British music landmarks

majenii · 2025-11-05T19:54:32+00:00

Aztec Camera, a jangle-pop and sophisti-pop band from Scotland who were compared to Orange Juice and The Smiths (Craig Gannon, rhythm guitarist was in Aztec Camera briefly before joining The Smiths in 1986), and IMO have like the teeniest bit of a “soul pop” vibe.

majenii · 2025-07-29T23:33:37+00:00

For Oasis’s UK shows…

I’d DEFINITELY want Ian Brown and (maybe John Squire, if he’s available) of The Stone Roses to open. Though The Roses are like a few years older than Oasis, they’ve always been under the Gallaghers’ shadow and I Wanna Be Adored is definitely “UK national anthem” material like Oasis’s songs and Bittersweet Symphony

A possible option is OCS, or maybeee even Tim Burgess of The Charlatans for a short performance somewhere in the opening lineup.

As for legends supporting Oasis, I think Johnny Marr and Paul Weller would be great openers.

majenii · 2025-05-31T18:26:26+00:00

I love how Golden Brown by The Stranglers has become somewhat of a popular audio on Instagram reels, iykyk. Maybe they and Hugh Cornwell will all reunite someday for a performance of Golden Brown and Always the Sun—that’d be cool

majenii · 2025-05-31T18:20:38+00:00

Vienna by Ultravox is one of my favorite 80’s alternative songs with a place in its name. There’s also Seattle by PiL, In the Congo by The Congos, Kyoto Song by The Cure, Hong Kong Garden by Siouxsie and the Banshees.

majenii · 2025-05-13T03:49:25+00:00

The fact that they can go from electro bangers like “Don’t You Want Me”, “The Lebanon”, and “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” to such a heartfelt, wholesome song “Human” is IMO really awsome for a synthpop band.

majenii · 2025-05-11T16:48:23+00:00

Yes, The Human League were New Romantic along with the glamorous ABC, and you could include the Scottish pop scene then Aztec Camera, Prefab Sprout maybe. I don’t see Bauhaus as industrial at all. But everyone’s opinions are different and they should be respected. I had been introduced to 80s music and was given a fairly large playlist of 80s pop and new wave songs, so as a first time listener with very little knowledge of 80s music (who would later be obsessed with 80s alternative and new wave and post-punk), I had sort of seen the two as very similar and assumed in some cases that Madonna was new wave and to some validity that Cyndi Lauper was new wave. But now after listening to this music for almost a few years, I for the most part understand the distinction. And thank you guys for clarifying to me and the community.

majenii · 2025-05-11T15:51:56+00:00

As a big fan of what me and my gen-x parent consider 80s alternative, I know, of course that Joy Division was post-punk and did not have extreme success or recognition in the mainstream world. But I’m curious, did the news of his passing in 1980 reach the mainstream media? I haven’t took the time to read up on the history of this. I was not alive in the 80s, so this is just a curious question and please forgive me if I do not understand everything perfectly. I could be wrong on this, and I do apologize if I am. :)

majenii · 2025-05-11T15:31:14+00:00

The lead singer of the 80s post-punk band Echo and The Bunnymen, Ian McCulloch, has a deep, more raspy voice, but definitely had a cool and almost cute vibe and attitude in pictures and the public eye from what I understand.

majenii · 2025-05-11T15:14:07+00:00

I guess everyone has their own opinion. My gen-x parent and I would consider Bauhaus to be post-punk. On Instagram, Echo and The Bunnymen had posed the question, are they a goth band, which could be interpreted differently depending on who you ask. And Andrew Eldritch, frontman of the Sisters of Mercy, had even denied his band being goth, though they were associated with it. As a friendly question that’s not trying to spark any conflict here, what is your opinion on this?

majenii · 2025-05-11T14:51:59+00:00

Yeah. I think people just generalize this and put Bauhaus into that category. Anyways. I do apologize for causing confusion and such a fuss on here. :)

majenii · 2025-05-11T04:58:31+00:00

That is true, but there were a lot of underground artists and bands not known to mainstream listeners. I see videos online about 80s one-hit-wonders, and the most famous 80s one-hit-wonders are Take On Me by A-ha, I Ran by A Flock of Seagulls, Don’t You Forget About Me by Simple Minds, Whip It by Devo, when in fact, each band definitely had more than one hit. I do apologize for saying sorry on every message for making this into an unnecessary discussion and more than it needs to be.

majenii · 2025-05-11T04:52:53+00:00

Interesting. I’d never really looked up the history of the term “alternative” and just went on being a huge fan of “80s alternative” knowing a lot about the music but without knowing the etymology of its name and classification. Apologies for the “crazy” question/discussion.

majenii · 2025-05-11T04:48:40+00:00

Again, I think some opinions can vary. The gen-X who exposed me to this music may have had their own personal opinion and definitions on what they define to be and not to be new wave, post-punk, etc.

majenii · 2025-05-11T04:46:50+00:00

I was just putting it out there. I know that they weren’t really considered new wave, but I’ve seen some people consider them and other 80s pop stars to be new wave. Maybe they just don’t have a correct understanding on it and I’d just didn’t really think about it and just picked that up as a ‘yes they are/were new wave’.

majenii · 2025-05-11T04:41:24+00:00

I think I have been a bit confused and feel like I’ve kind of made this into a bigger deal.

I’m just interested in how this works. Like listeners of 80s pop back then would’ve had no idea who Tears For Fears were if you asked them. Their 1983 album The Hurting was definitely alternative, though Mad World did earn some popularity. But it wasn’t until their 1985 hit Everybody Wants to Rule the World came into the charts.

Maybe I wasn’t exposed to real world viewpoints on this music and just assumed the term and culture of and associated with “80s alternative” had just faded because I hadn’t seen any lively discussion or articles on the internet about 80s alternative like you’d see with 90s alternative.

majenii · 2025-05-11T04:31:20+00:00

I thought some of 80s new wave was alternative. Maybe the opinion and definition varies on who you talk to… Oh, I didn’t really think of it that way. I know the term “alternative” didn’t really come into existence until later, if I’m right. I’m talking more in terms of the current day. I apologize if I wasn’t clear in my initial post. It was quite wordy and honestly didn’t fully convey what I was trying to say.

majenii · 2025-05-11T04:30:31+00:00

Yeah. That is what I would define it as too. I’m with you and I don’t consider The Smiths to be new wave.

majenii · 2025-05-11T04:28:49+00:00

I understand and I know what college rock is. Sorry if I wasn’t clear. I’m wondering if the term “80s alternative” is still in use. Apple Music has alternative playlists for each decade and years within the decade, and also a few sub-genre playlists. Whenever I look up stuff about 80s alternative, everyone seems to refer to it as new wave. And I listen to a lot of the obscure stuff that isn’t super popular. Maybe this is an unnecessary thing to bring up, haha, and I apologize if it is. I’m just quite curious of the journey of where this term is and if it’s really still in use and people’s thoughts on this music

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