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What is your top 20 favorite 80's bands or singers

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Don Mah

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Feb 14, 2002, 5:36:45 PM2/14/02
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#20 Duran Duran
#19 Bananarama
#18 Blondie
#17 Go-Go's
#16 The Alarm
#15 Honeymoon Suite
#14 Roxette
#13 Madonna
#12 U2
#11 Love And Rockets
#10 Platinum Blonde
#09 Alien Sex Fiend
#08 Sister Of Mercy
#07 The Cure
#06 Billy Idol
#05 SNFU
#04 Jesus And The Mary Chain
# Tears For Fears
# Big Country
#01 Depeche Mode

Mr Day In The UK

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Feb 15, 2002, 5:54:38 AM2/15/02
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Couldn't get 20 bands but heres my 10 -

10/ Visage

9/ Ultravox - pre Quartet

8/ Soft Cell/Marc & the Mambas

7/ OMD

6/ The Cure

5/ Numan - pre 'Warriors'

4/ New Order/Joy Division

3/ Talk Talk

2/ DM

1/ Prefab Sprout

Florian [depeche.fan] Lembke

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Feb 15, 2002, 7:03:22 AM2/15/02
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Hi NG,

"> Couldn't get 20 bands but heres my 10 -

10 - Michael Jackson
09 - Frankie goes to hollywood
08 - REM
07 - Prince
06 - The Cure
05 - New Order
04 - U2
03 - Camouflage
02 - Tears for fears
01 - Depeche Mode


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Dentaku

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Feb 15, 2002, 3:37:06 PM2/15/02
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In no particular order

Front 242
OMD (pre junk culture)
DM
Bauhaus
Sisters
PSB
Simple Minds (pre don't you)
New order
Big Audio Dynamite (clash is not really eighties, isn't it?)
Gang of 4
Nitzer Ebb
TC Matic
Soft Cell
U2 (pre joshua tree)
Smiths
Big country
Ministry
Echo& Bunnymen


Der sexdwarf

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Feb 15, 2002, 5:03:02 PM2/15/02
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Here is my list

1 - Alphaville
2 - Softcell
3 - Depeche Mode
4 - Cure
5 - New Order
6 - Sisters Of Mercy
7 - Mission UK
8.- Pet Shop Boys
9 - Duran Duran
10-Simple Minds
11-Simply Red
12-Camouflage
13-Blondie
14-Bad Boys Blue
15-Lighting Seeds
16-Anything Box
17-Peter Murphy
18-Smiths
19-Cetu Javu
20-CCCP


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Graybags

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Feb 15, 2002, 6:55:58 PM2/15/02
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"Mutleycat" <mutl...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 15:36:45 -0700, "Don Mah"
> <don...@compusmart.ab.ca> wrote:
>
> in no order what so ever..
>
> hanoi rocks
> janes addiction
> echo and the bunnymen
> husker du
> poison idea
> the pixies
> venom
> the lilac time

DM?

Nightbreed

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Feb 16, 2002, 8:09:38 AM2/16/02
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It was easier to do this alphabetically...

a-ha
Alphaville
Camouflage
Depeche Mode
Duran Duran
Erasure
Falco
Genesis
Howard Jones
Information Society
Men At Work
Pet Shop Boys
Queen
Simple Minds
Simple Minds
Squeeze
Tears For Fears
Thompson Twins
Trash Can Sinatras
Yazoo

Nightbreed

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Feb 16, 2002, 8:11:39 AM2/16/02
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Just realized that I posted Simple Minds twice - oops. (Damn that
Excel!!)

TranceBack2002

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Feb 16, 2002, 11:20:11 AM2/16/02
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>Men At Work

YAY!!

GiGAtRoNiK

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Feb 18, 2002, 8:35:55 PM2/18/02
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DM
RED FLAG
ERASURE
REM
FRONT 242
NITZER EBB
KRAFTWERK
YAZ
OMD
BOOK OF LOVE

Michael

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Feb 19, 2002, 2:01:42 AM2/19/02
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#1- Erasure
#2- Pet Shop Boys
#3- James (w/Tim Booth)
#4- Depeche Mode
#5- The B-52's
#6- REM
#7- New Order
#8- The Smiths
#9- Eurythmics/Annie Lennox
#10- Madonna
#11- Aha
#12- Duran Duran
#13- U2
#14- Enya
#15- Tears For Fears
#16- Pink Floyd
#17- Roxette
#18- Blondie
#19- The Police/Sting
#20- Billy Idol

Dr. Sunil

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Feb 19, 2002, 12:17:17 PM2/19/02
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DM
PSB
Erasure
Tears for Fears
Human League
Simple Minds
Queen
New Order
Duran Duran
Spandau Ballet
ABC
Eurythmics
Kim Wilde
Level 42
Nik Kershaw
Alphaville
Yazoo/Alison Moyet
Desireless
Howard Jones
Ultravox/Midge Ure

Crystal Moon

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Feb 20, 2002, 4:22:25 PM2/20/02
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  1. Depeche Mode
  2. Indochine
  3. Talk Talk
  4. The Mission UK
  5. Fad Gadget
  6. The Sisters Of Mercy
  7. Kraftwerk
  8. All About Eve
  9. The Cure
  10. Simple Minds
  11. Skinny Puppy
  12. Bauhaus
  13. Camouflage
  14. Kate Bush
  15. Howard Jones
  16. New Order
  17. Duran Duran
  18. Neon Judgement
  19. Taxi Girl
  20. Partenaire Particulier... child's nostalgia :-)

Crystal Moon

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Feb 20, 2002, 4:26:14 PM2/20/02
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01. Depeche Mode
02. Indochine
03. Talk Talk
04. The Mission UK
05. Fad Gadget
06. The Sisters Of Mercy
07. Kraftwerk
08. All About Eve
09. The Cure
10. Simple Minds
11. Skinny Puppy
12. Bauhaus
13. Camouflage
14. Kate Bush
15. Howard Jones
16. New Order
17. Duran Duran
18. Neon Judgement
19. Taxi Girl
20. Partenaire Particulier... child's nostalgia :-)

Sorry I posted in htlm...


Jeff Harper

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Feb 20, 2002, 5:58:35 PM2/20/02
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1. New Order
2. Depeche Mode
3. Bauhaus
4. The Cure
5. U2 (old stuff)
6. Re-flex
7. Duran Duran
8. The Jam
9. Front242
10. Kommunity FK
11. Secret Affair
12. The Clash
13. ABC
14. Madonna
15. The Go-Go's
16. Sparks
17. Thompson Twins
18. Violent Femmes
19. English Beat
20. Ceta Javu

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risingforce73

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Feb 21, 2002, 1:01:10 AM2/21/02
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My Top 20 would be Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Arcadia, The Cars, The
Police, Micheal Jackson, George Micheal, The Fixx, Culture Club, A-ha,
Blondie, The Clash, Gary Numan, Hall and Oates, Tears for Fears, Andy
Taylor, The Power Station, Spandue Ballet, Howard Jones, Billy Idol

Crystal Moon

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Feb 21, 2002, 5:35:12 AM2/21/02
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"Crystal Moon" <engel...@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
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And I forget Dead Can Dance and Lustmord


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