80s Hair Bands

[Simo]

:lol: Nice one, invented his own dance! Im gonna use that one next time I have dance (hopefully for everyones sake that isnt soon 8) )

Back to the topic, what do you think of the Darkness bringing a little 80's hair band back to us all??

I dont mind some of there songs and the tapping at the end solo of 'love is only a feeling' is a nice eddie van halen touch!

Good to see (from what ive seen anyway) that they seem to do it in good fun as you couldnt really go back to those days with pretending to be serious!

You know watching some of the old film clips from the 80's, besides the big hairdo's how good are some of the clothes and colours?

There are pink clothes and patterns that I wonder if that whole decade was just having a bit of a laugh at itself and everyone was in on it!

 

[Jimbo]

I don't think The Darkness would look out of place in the 80s. There's some great axe-work in 'I believe in a thing called love' too

 

[Ron Jeremy]

In the immortal words of Peter Garret

"Hairdressers with keyboards". the lot of 'em.

Who's he :lol: yet an other Australian pissy act who couldn't get international stardom thanks to their inferiour musical abilities :lol:

Gotta love bands like Midnight Oil, Cold Chiesel etc they weren't and never will be as talented or popular as hair bands so they try and put shit on them to make them feel better.

Best era ever!

Remember in the 80's you'd go to arenas for concerts, you knew the names of the band members we all wanted to be Axl Rose or Jon Bon Jovi now ? you see bands play at the Horden Pavilion or Penrith Leagues club dressed up like the beatles singing some crappy Australian piece :lol: boring!!!

When was the last time someone said " i want to be Tim Rogers :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Twizzle Frenzal, Spider bait, the living end are as pop as Wham & the Bangles :lol: :lol:

You am i :lol: :lol:

Spider bair :lol: :lol:

Jimmy Barns :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

the lot that listen to this music should be sent auchwitz

Long live Hair Rock!!!!!!!!

Thank god the Crue are reunited!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[SirShire]

I'm about to cry here.

Fight the good fight Carc

 

[Ron Jeremy]

Australian bands :lol: Dressed up like the Beatles or trying to play or resemble something from the 70's english punk movement, f**king idiots.



Whitesnake kick ass!!!!!!!!

Hope The darkness can do their best, not quite 80's arena yet but the closest thing too.

Remember when guitar solos were the norm and that a singer could actually well sing!! eg Dave coverdale, RJD, Axl Rose, Vince Neil, Steve Pearcy, Jon Bon Jovi, David lee Roth, Sammy Hagar etc........yet we were replaced with Tim Rogers, Peter Garret ert :lol:

 

[carcharias]

I'm about to cry here.

Fight the good fight Carc

what can one say to such un-Australian comments.

I feel pity .

Ron will never understand what its like to hear a song written by an Aussie that name checks places close to our own hearts.
A song that builds imagery and such national pride that it almost makes you wanna cry .

From Tim Rogers

So they met on Tuesday at the town hall steps
To get an eight by ten photo and a wedding date set.

Four seventy to Circular Quay.
A present in your pocket for the TAB

And it'll only take 9 hours
If you take the Hume Highway
And stop in for a cup of joe at the Paragon Cafe,
At the Paragon Cafe.

I got from Campbelltown to Yass
On a borrowed tank of gas
And I never missed a pothole on the trail
but what really drove the nails
were the songs they played as I drove away
I wanted rock n roll all night
Or something to make the night seem like it was going to end
That there was something to get to up around the bend
I sure hope you're out drinking with friends
tonight, as I drive away

Tonight the radio jockey he tried to kill me
Every tune was like a dull punch in the rain
Its only 270 miles to my temporary
But oh that guy he's gonna make me pay

After Flame Trees and Khe Sahn
And Solitary Man
A long time listener first time caller just won a thousand plans
Buy some new clothes for the kids
and oh, they're gonna make me pay as I drive away

From the Oils;

Sunburnt faces around, with skin so brown
Smiling zinc cream and crowds, Sundays the beach never a cloud
Breathing eucalypt, pushing panel vans
Stuff and munch junk food
Laughing at the truth, cos Gough was tough til he hit the rough
Uncle Sam and John were quite enough

Too much of sunshine too much of sky
It's enough to make you want to cry

Oh the power...

I see buildings, clothing the sky, in paradise
Sydney, nights are warm
Daytime telly, blue rinse dawn
Dad's so bad he lives in the pub, it's a underarms and football clubs
Flat chat, Pine Gap, in every home a Big Mac
And no one goes outback, that's that
You take what you get and get what you please
It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees

Oh the power...

Or you've got

love in an elevator
girls girls girls
Ya mumma dont dance and ya daddy don't rock"n"roll ( was this even their own song?)
cherry pie

lyrical genius :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

funny how Ron bags out Aussie bands for dressing like someone else...have a look at every single one of his "Hair Bands" they all look the same.

 

[Darth Bobo]

For me there is 1 word that best sums up MOST hair bands of the 80's and that is Poser. (sp?)

Knowledge of an instrument + lack of talent + over compensation = 80's Hair Bands. How else could you describe Warrant?

Personally Mortley Crue were the exception to the rule, those boys could play live.

 

[Jimbo]

Sammy Hagar

"WE'RE NOT WORTHY!!"

 

[Jimbo]

Knowledge of an instrument + lack of talent + over compensation = 80's Hair Bands.

Actually you just described modern RnB (if you omit knowledge of an instrument)

 

[Darth Bobo]

Knowledge of an instrument + lack of talent + over compensation = 80's Hair Bands.

Actually you just described modern RnB (if you omit knowledge of an instrument)

Fair call, but I am a child of Sabbath so 99% of RnB sounds like a lack of talent to me.

What really bugs me about modern RnB is the *ahem* lryics. It is pronounced the way it is spelt, there is NO "choo" sound in Y-O-U!!!! Is there a challenge to do the most damage to the English language that I missed the announcement on?

 

[carcharias]

To be honest Peter Garret didn't actually say that about hair bands , he said it about Duran Duran.

I suppose you've gotta hand it to Ron Jeremy for his dedication.

each to there own.

I'm having a reflective moment.

 

[Trollhammaren]

Worst 'genre' ever.

 

[Jimbo]

Worst 'genre' ever.

Worst post ever...

 

[frank]

Ahhhhh, good old Aussie imagery. There's so few bands around who're game enough to name check Australian places and people. I'm sick to death of Oz bands using overseas references in their songs *cough* JET *cough*.

Cheers to you Timmy Rogers.

Some of Don Walker's finest -

Hiked up to Sydney in the week before Christmas
It was thirty-eight degrees in the shade
Bought a second-hand Morris for a cheap two-twenty
And drove it down to Adelaide
She boiled for an hour twenty miles out of Euston
I thought the heat would never end
But I knew I'd be home for Christmas with my Sandy
And a few extra dollars to spend

When I go walkin' down Bluewater Bay
Surface in the city at the end of the day
Oh-oh, I got a bad case of the bends
Standing on the sidewalk you can see
Somebody everybody wants to be
They got the means to justify every end
I had a friend broke through illegally
Pulled a job on a small-town T.A.B.
Five grand down on her own piece of Eden

And I'm thinking
Christmas 1982
Round this time a year ago
Gaskill sold his boat
And headed for the Cross to sink a few
Never trust a Wayside Chapel crowd
On Christmas Eve
They must be entertained
And if a stranger does the dying
That's O.K.!

Campbell lane
Through the window, curtain rain
Long night gone, yellow day
Speed shivers melt away

Ita's tongue never touches her lips
She could always be my godmother
And though the desk-top hides her hips
My imagination's strong
She's the sweetest thing I've ever seen
I'd like to take her out to dinner
But when I think about the places I've been
I'd probably hold my fork all wrong

Now for some Whitesnake 'lyrics' -

If I could touch the crystal silence
That we have after making love,
Just to tell you I need you here
In the glow of the stars above

:lol: :lol: :lol:
Are these guys serious?

80s hair bands? Pfffffffffffffffffftt

 

[Jimbo]

I will agree with you Frank, in that 'Flame Trees' is one of the best Australian rock songs ever written.

Hair Bands still rock though

 

[carcharias]

I know I said each to their own but this is just sick.

From the Motley Crue boys and their smash 1987 release "Girls Girls Girls "

All In The Name Of...

She's only fifteen
She's the reason-the reason that I can't sleep
You say illegal
I say legal's never been my scene
I try like hell but I'm out of control

All in the name of rock 'n' roll
For sex and sex I'd sell my soul

Pretty, pretty so innocent
She says you ain't seen nothing yet
Brings me a dirty, dirty magazine
There she was for all the world to see
I try like hell but I'm out of control. All in the name of rock 'n' roll
For sex and sex I'd sell my soul

Says to me daddy
Can I have some candy
Wanna be your nasty
Anytime you want
You know you can have me

All in the name of rock 'n' roll

 

[Simo]

:shock: That is sick, i havent heard that song but unless he was 15 as well, I would say he has issues!

However are we going to turn this thread into who can lookup the dumbest lyrics from one genre and put them up against the best lyrics of another? We could be going around in circles forever!

I wouldnt say the radiators 'you give me head' is lyrical genious either but thats not the point.

You know what I like about the old hair bands days?

There was generally a lot of energy in the songs, not obviously as deep as other genres, but just fun and energetic with a kick ass guitar solo to boot which I love. Then on most albums there is a great ballad or power ballad! They are great.

Like when going through Poisons 'open up and say ahh..' You get through some light hearted energetic songs and then reach 'fallen angel' and 'every rose has its thorn'!

Those sort of albums were everywhere in the big hair days and I reckon its great.

You dont have to have the greatest lyrics to have the greatest song. Poetry probably needs great writing skills but a song can get by with a catchy melody, lots of energy or just some great guitar work to get you through. E.g. I used to Love her by GNR was GREAT at the velvet revolver concert, its a funny, light hearted song not meant to be taken literally but I couldnt get it out of my head!

 

[carcharias]

your right simo.

However,
I find it hard not to mock the ridiculous .

Speaking of which ..who remembers Roxus?

 

[Simo]

Roxus? I remember Roxett but not Roxus, what did they sing??

 

[carcharias]

Juno Roxus was the front man..they were Aussie's and they tried to be like their American "Hair Band" counterparts.

They had one sort of hit ...a power ballad .
I have no idea what it was called.

A few years ago Merrick and Rosso on JJJ got talking about them ( baggging them out- and rightfully so) and one day Juno came into the studio for a chat.
I can't remember the full details but he was a good sport and actually recorded a song with them.....it was a power balled ....naturally.
It was hilarious.

I'll look into it for a pic or something.


Here you go.

ROXUS
Juno Roxas (vocals); Dragan Stanic (guitar); John 'Stones' Nixon (bass); Darren Danielson (drums); Andy Shanahan (keyboards)
Limp-wristed hard rock accident Roxus was the first act signed to Molly Meldrum's ill-fated Melodian label on the strength of a self-financed single. The band first tasted chart success with a live EP followed by national tours with Poison and Bon Jovi. The annoying "Where Are You Now?" shot up into the heights of the Top 20 and Roxus toured with Warrant but the follow ups were virtually ignored. Nightstreet stiffed and while they stumbled on for a further three years, the band split in 1994 following wholesale personnel changes the previous year which saw the entire line-up with the exception of Roxas and Stanic replaced. The bass role was taken briefly by producer and songwriter Craig Harnath, who first made his name in post-New Romantic pop group Kids in the Kitchen! Nixon and Danielson later turned up in Chocolate Starfish. Juno Roxas moved on to an ill-advised solo career and has dropped from sight.

Discography: I Love Women (single) (self release) 198?
Stand Back (single) (Melodian) 1989
Body Heat (single) (Melodian) 1989
Live (EP) (Melodian) 1990
Where Are You Now? (single) (Melodian) 1991
Nightstreet (Melodian) 1991
Bad Boys (single) (Melodian) 1991
Jimi G (single) (Melodian) 1991

"Where are you now" was the culprit.