Melt With You

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Comment by Eric Renz-Whitmore on November 19, 2008 at 3:20pm

Very cool... how was XTC live?
(I did a few of these first tours, coupla seconds, crewed for the Psychedelic Furs...)

Comment by jeff on November 19, 2008 at 3:27pm

ha - i still have that split enz album!
i had forgotten all about big country...

Comment by Masshole in Fringecrest on November 19, 2008 at 3:38pm

What, no Cars? no Talking Heads? I'm just joshing, that's quite the list you have there.

Comment by Adelita on November 19, 2008 at 3:43pm

Oh god, talk about the product of the 80s - I went to the Us Festival in California in 1983. Here's who I saw:

Saturday, May 28 (New Wave Day)

* Divinyls
* INXS
* Wall of Voodoo - Stan Ridgway's last appearance with Wall of Voodoo
* Oingo Boingo
* The English Beat
* A Flock of Seagulls
* Stray Cats
* Men at Work
* The Clash - Mick Jones' last appearance with The Clash.

Sunday, May 29 (Heavy Metal Day)

* Quiet Riot
* Mötley Crüe
* Ozzy Osbourne
* Judas Priest
* Triumph
* The Scorpions
* Van Halen

Monday, May 30 (Rock Day)

* Los Lobos (on a side stage only)
* Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul
* Berlin
* Quarterflash
* U2
* Missing Persons
* The Pretenders
* Joe Walsh
* Stevie Nicks
* David Bowie

Comment by ayax on November 19, 2008 at 3:46pm

The Sound, anybody? Adrian Borland? :)

Comment by Masshole in Fringecrest on November 19, 2008 at 4:11pm

Adelita- that's what i'm talking about! Your list supports that seldom spouted line of reasoning regarding what made 80's music so great for music fans- it was equally pre-punk-punk-post punk, plus there were legit metal acts, cheese factors from 0 to 10 (0 being Van Halen or Ozzy (Maybe?) and 10 being Triumph or Quiet Riot (Maybe?)) and pop (Thinking Michael Jackson before he went Jacko Wacko), new wave, proto-jazz (I'm thinking specifically of Joe Jackson here, but there were many more).

It was a boon for the ears. Don't get me started.

Comment by Adelita on November 19, 2008 at 4:20pm

In the 80's I was totally into what I used to call 'roots music' - Blasters, Los Lobos, The Knitters, Dwight Yoakum, Los Lobos, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lone Justice, BoDeans, Stray Cats, etc. There was quite a wonderful music scene in Burque back then with great bands like the Broadway Elks, Mutts, and Strawberry Zots.

But I loved all the new wave stuff. Saw Cindy Lauper at the now demolished Civic Auditorium (used to be near Lomas and I-40)

I wasn't a fan of the hair bands, but it was great fun at the festival to see the madness of Ozzy and a very, very drunk David Lee Roth who kept forgetting the words to all the songs.

What's funny is that my 14 year old daughter is a huge fan of 80s music. She loves The Clash, Ramones, and Run DMC!!

Comment by Masshole in Fringecrest on November 19, 2008 at 4:24pm

That Knitters album is sorely underrated.

Comment by ABQSkippy on November 19, 2008 at 4:28pm

Karla, you obviously did not grow up in ABQ, no? We didn't get lots of great concerts here. Very few venues were available. I can think of the Cow Palace (Tingley), the Civic Center and occasionally the Pit or UNM stadium.
Were there any others?
I was big into R & B in the 80's. Hardly anyone major ever got to ABQ. I did see Kool and the Gang and the Gap Band here.

Comment by ayax on November 19, 2008 at 4:34pm

Love the BoDeans, Adelita. To this day.
My buddy Erin is in his mid twenties and borrows my Echo and the Bunnymen, Waterboys, Cure, Smiths etc. cd's.

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