4 from the 80s

The Police, The Talking Heads, U2, and The Romantics were my favorite bands we listened to today. 

Synchronicity is a pretty awesome album, but I have trouble listening to it all at once because it gets so weird and out there at times. 

The Talking Heads are funky, but I love them. They sound like they're having fun and not taking anything seriously which makes them easy to enjoy. 

U2 is weird for me, I love some of their stuff and hate some of their stuff. But they're hard not to like because they all seem like good guys and they preach pretty good messages. The only reason I think I don't like some of their stuff is because I don't really like so much politics in my music. 

I don't listen to The Romantics much, but Talking in Your Sleep is a cool song. 

1981- REO Speedwagon

Keep on Loving You is a pretty great song. I don't think it's as good as some of their earlier stuff, but it's a solid song. I think REO got a little bit chincy later on, my favorite REO song is Golden Country which is very very different from Keep on Loving You. A lot of the stuff was pretty cool, I think 1981 was a pretty great year for music and had some of the best qualities from music of both the 70s and 80s. 

70s v 80s

The 70s were pretty experimental. Music advanced as much as it ever has technologically, but artists didn't really sell out. I think that was the major difference from the 80s. The 80s weren't as experimental, they were more about being as far out and crazy as possible. There were tons of artists who did what they had to to make a popular song and cash in. 

I love a lot of 80s stuff, and most of the rock is still pretty great, but I can't stand the pop stuff. 

I'm excited to hopefully listen to some of Phil Collins solo stuff, Joe Walsh and Don Henley outside of the Eagles, and some of the European one hit wonders that had some pretty cool songs.