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"Bring back the real 80's rock"

I miss the old days. It seems that these days everyone wants to learn to play keyboards, or synth their music, or worse…rap.

Why can’t we go back to the 80’s, when Rock was all about long hair, kick @ss guitar riffs and attitude. Yeah, there were those who overdid it and those who faked it, but the attitudes were just a part of what made the music great.

I’ll get a lot of stick for this now, but I remember when Meatloaf was a god among bikers, when Ozzy was part of a much larger stage and not part of a family sit-com style fly on the wall docusoap. I remember when David Coverdale wasn’t just known for slow ballards. I remember the dramatic riffs that sang to your heart and made you mosh in the old fashioned way. Rock wasn’t metal, that was true, metal was for the really hardcore who moshed the hardest and never washed. Rock was for those who wanted to love, to live and to drive to the sound of guitars.

There was enough different rock for everyone too, the Ballards for those who didn’t want hardcore, the chart rock, there for the masses who weren’t ready for the human sacrifice and then there was the hard rock, the stuff of legend that led in to the even more infamous death metal. Rock was there for every occasion and never let you down.

Yes, Rock (and metal, now I’ve brought it up) was great in those days. The only raps came from the proper rappers like Run DMC and the rockers had the hair, the leather and the huge stage presence. Nowdays what do we have? New Metal, a hybrid of bad rap and kiddy rock and then we have commercial woman rock. Now forgive me for being sexist, but woman rock is not really up their with the best of them, is it? Think Bonnie Tyler, T’Pau then think Avril Lavigne, that’s all I have to say about that.

It all went wrong when it became far too commercial and ended up becoming a parody of itself, when we finally realised we would have to give in to pop and when dance killed what hope we had. Until decent new REAL Rock bands come back, I’m going to inflict rock wherever I go, from the car, from the house and at work. Then, and only then, they will see sense.

I tend to regard Whitesnake, The Scorpions and Europe as one hit wonders but Def Leppard hold a fond place in my heart purely for the memories their 80's rock music bring back.

It's nowt to do with non-gig attendance.

It's everything to do with Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Europe and all that mob though.
Go on, tell me your favourite Whitesnake song.

Then sing it, and I promise an Eastern German will magically appear and "vant to tush your viggly bits, jah?" whilst whistling along to The Scorpions

I don't see why I have to attend gigs to enjoy the music.

I've never been to one. I'm sure I'll now be lectured for not being a "real music fan", but I don't care.

No - but I saw them a good few years ago in Sheffield...

Only because of ironic individuals that dont actually own any of the albums or attend any gigs.

Hands up which of you pooftahs went to see Def Leppard 2 weeks ago then?

"Hot shot city on a Saturday night
We're hotter than rock'n' roll
She's burning baby in my soul
Check it out, check it out!"


LOL!


You can't mess with 80's rock, Goatboy. Love it or hate it with a passion, it'll be around longer than you can possible imagine.

I have only one thing to say to that...



"Hot shot city on a Saturday night
We're gonna party down until the morning light"

I bet you like to cruise along the coast at night, feeling the wind in your tussled mane and impressing the laydeez on your Harley.

Old rock is the domain of mulleted Germans, there is no excuse for liking it.
Not even in an ironic, kitsch way.

You big bunch of retro wussies

"We built this city...We built this city on rock and ro-lll!"

Ha ha! I could mention them all day...

Ther version sung entirely in Russian was a nice touch...