Your Favorite Musical Artists of the 80s

Tom Petty. When “Full Moon Fever” came out,

I think I listened night and day. Another rocker

gone too soon 😢

From the early to late 80s I enjoyed AC/DC, Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and others.  I'm still a metalhead.

Simple Minds, Thompson Twins, Peter Gabriel, INXS, Depeche Mode, Thomas Dolby, Dire Straits, and Echo and the Bunnymen. I'm still a die hard Peter Gabriel and Mark Knopfler fan.

I'd have to go with U2, The Police and Michael Jackson (not the Jackson Five of the previous decade!)

my favorites are John Denver, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Loretta Lynn, & a host of others of country but my all time favorite is Mr. Denver.

My favorite was and still is Bon Jovi. 

Queen! 

Kate Bush

with a 4-octave range, influences that range from Irish folk music to David Bowie and Roxy Music, one of the pioneers of the Fairlight, a CBE for her contributions to British music, songs that explore the lives of characters ranging from a bored housewife to a Vietnamese soldier to Hitler's dance partner, Kate is like no one else.  Numerous musicians, from Tori Amos to Big Boi, cite her as an inspiration and an influence.  She began writing songs when she was 13; her first hit record came at age 19.  Kate was the first woman to have a self-written hit song on the UK charts, the first to have a number 1 album; she is the only woman to have 8 albums on the charts at the same time.

I was introduced to Kate through a "Night Flight" showing of a film made during her only tour:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64YAWm1ZkKc.  40 years later, I, along with millions of other patient fans, await a new album, a new concert, a new film--anything.  Whatever Kate wants to do, whatever sounds or images she wants to explore, it's all ok with us.

The 80’s were a continuation of my love affair

with Fleetwood Mac. I waited with

anticipation for the release of their
Greatest Hits in 1988, which I then

played to death. I have seen them 

in concert 3 times but not until the

2000’s. Their music still saves me
many a day 🎼💜

What would the eighties have been like without Prince.