themusicaddict's Top 104 80's Greatest Bands of All-Time: The Honorable Mentions (Updated February 23rd, 2016)

Hello,

Updated February 28th, 2016. I knew that I would forget some bands. All four of these musicians deserve at least a honorable mention: The Jets, Vanessa Williams, Klymaxx and James Taylor (his 80s output wasn't that great).

This has been updated as I remembered both The Pointer Sisters and En Vogue- you'll be seeing them in my next top 104 80's bands of all-time.

This was inspired by someone asking me a question at a Valentine's Party. I was teasing her about her music selection, a lot of OMD, so she asked me my Top Ten 80's bands. Since I had a lot of free time at work, I was able to come up with this list. I honestly was quite surprised with some of my own choices.

The reason I didn't list the Eagles in my rankings is because their last studio CD for several years, the excellent "The Long Run" was released in 1979. They released a live CD "Eagles Live" in 1980, but that's basically a live greatest hits CD. The Eagles released three other Greatest Hits CDs in the 80s. Although they are still active in some form, R.I.P Glenn Frey, they were never really a "80's band". If I ever write a 70's Greatest Bands of All-Time. They'll definitely be very high on that list. A lot of other bands fit that same criteria, for instance Fleetwood Mac (I've been loving "Rumors" lately), Yes, Paul Simon, Diana Ross, The Clash and Genesis.

In alphabetic order:

Anita Baker:

Big Audio Dynamite:

Neneh Cherry:

The Clash- yes I know they are a much loved band, but they never moved the needle much for me:

Sheena Easton:

Fleetwood Mac:

Samantha Fox:

Aretha Franklin:

Firehouse:

Genesis:

Don Henley:

Iron Maiden:

J. Geils Band:

The Jets:



Joe Jackson:

Joan Jett and the Blackhawks:

Klymaxx:



Kool and The Gang:

LL Cool J:

Martika:

Men At Work:

Missing Persons:

New Order:

Quarterflash:

Diana Ross:

Paul Simon:

Rick Springfield:

James Taylor, with J.D. Souther:



"Never Die Young":



"That's Why I'm Here":



Tesla:

Vanessa Williams:

Yes:

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