Let's return to the eighties, which seems to be the popular vote on here.
A selection of Depeche Mode songsAngel (2013)
Barrel of a Gun (1997)
Blasphemous Rumours (1984)
Broken (2013)
But Not Tonight (1986)
Come Back (2009)
Cover Me (2017)
Dream On (2001)
Enjoy The Silence (1990)
Fail (2017)
Ghosts Again (2023)
Going Backwards (2017)
Heaven (2013)
Hole To Feed (2009)
Home (1997)
Jezebel (2009)
Just Can't Get Enough (1981)
Little Soul (2009)
Long Time Lie (2013)
Miles Away / The Truth Is (2009)
Never Let Me Down Again (1987)
Peace (2009)
People Are People (1984)
Personal Jesus (1989)
Poison Heart (2017)
Precious (2005)
Secret To The End (2013)
See You (1982)
Should Be Higher (2013)
So Much Love (2017)
Somebody (1984)
Soul With Me (2023)
Speak To Me (2023)
The Worst Crime (2017)
Wagging Tongue (2023)
Where's the Revolution (2017)
Wrong (2009)
I'm a 70's, 60's, 90's , 2010's ,2000's then 80's ..we're not far enough through the 2020's yet for those to compete. Don't know enough of the 50's really bar the commercial stuff
"A mind is like a parachute, it doesn't work if it's not open"
Abba 'Dancing Queen AC/DC 'Touch Too Much' Adam & The Ants ' Kings of the Wild Frontier'' Arcade Fire 'Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)' Beach Boys 'God Only Knows' Beatles 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' Blondie 'Denis' Bowie David Suffragette City = Heroes Clash 'London Calling' Coldplay 'Warning Sign' Elvis Costello 'Oliver's Army' Cure 'A Forest' Depeche Mode 'Enjoy The Silence' Dire Straits 'Sultans Of Swing' Doors 'Riders On The Storm' Dr.Feelgood Milk and Alcohol Eagles 'Hotel California. Echo & The Bunnymen 'The Killing Moon' ELO 'Don't Bring Me Down' Roberta Flack 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Free 'Wishing Well' Fleetwood Mac (Pete Green) 'Man Of The World/Albatross (joint winners) Fleetwood Mac (Nicks/Perfect 'The Chain' Peter Gabriel 'Games Without Frontiers' Gaye Marvin 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' Guns n Roses 'November Rain' PJ Harvey 'The Glorious Land' Hendrix Jimi 'All Along The Watchtower' Housemartins 'Build' Iggy Pop 'Lust For Life Iron Maiden 'Run To The Hills' Isley Brothers 'Harvest For The World' = 'Summer Breeze' Jackson Joe 'Is She Really Going Out With Him'/ It's Different For Girls - (joint-winners) Jam 'Down In The Tube Station At Midnight' Jethro Tull Heavy Horses, Baker St Muse, We Used To Know, The Silver Cord, The Hair Who Lost His Spectacles, Raising Steam. Kaiser Chiefs 'I Predict A Riot' Kings Of Leon 'Sex On Fire' Kinks 'You Really Got Me' Led Zeppelin 'Dazed & Confused' John Lennon 'Imagine' Love 'Alone Again Or' Madness 'Night Boat To Cairo' Marley Bob 'No Woman No Cry' Marmalade 'Reflections Of My Life' New Order 'Blue Monday' + 'Perfect Kiss' Nirvana 'Come As You Are' Numan Gary/Tubeway Army O'jays 'Backstabbers' OMD 'Messages' Orbison In Dreams = Oh, Pretty Woman Pink Floyd 'Wish You Were Here' Pixies 'Where Is My Mind' Police 'Roxanne' Prince 'Sign Of The Times' Queen = 'Bohemian Rhapsody' + 'Somebody To Love' QOTSA 'No One Knows' Radiohead 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)' Rolling Stones 'Sympathy For The Devil' Roxy Music 'Virginia Plain' Santana 'Samba Pa Ti' Sex Pistols 'Pretty Vacant' Stranglers 'No More Heroes' T. Rex 'Ride A White Swan' Talk Talk 'The Rainbow' = 'It's My Life' Taylor James 'You've Got A Friend' = 'Carolina On My Mind' U2 '11 O'Clock Tick Tock' Ultravox 'Vienna' Undertones 'Teenage Kicks' Van Halen 'Running With The Devil = Hot For Teacher Velvet Underground 'I'm Waiting For The Man' Gene Vincent 'Be Bop Lula' Walker Brothers 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore' Who 'Won't Get Fooled Again' Wonder Stevie 'Superstition' X-Ray Spex 'The Day The World Turned Dayglo' XTC 'Making Plans For Nigel' Yeah Yeah Yeahs 'Maps' Yes 'Roundabout' Young Neil 'Rockin In The Free World' Zombies 'Time Of The Season' ZZ Top 'La Grange
1964white wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 3:09 pm
Ah well, we're back in the comfortable 80s for the majority.
Coldplay's first two albums were decent, before they went all cack.
That's how I felt on Coldplay. They were riding Britpop when they first started. And they did have an indie sound, and I always thought Chris Martin was a great lyricist.
But later years they just went all pop. And I think a lot of it was to do with Chris Martin's ego. He just bought into the whole idea of becoming a mega star. He's more interested in looking like a male Beyonce on stage than a real musician.
I was never all in on them. But I do admit that a lot of their early songs were really good. But now, I hear their new stuff and just think it's absolute cack (as you say)
10 Enjoy The Silence 08 Personal Jesus 07 Everything Counts 06 Just Can't Get Enough 06 New Life 05 Stripped 05 See You 05 It's No Good 05 Policy Of Truth 05 Never Let Me Down 04 Blasphemous Rumours 03 Here is the House 02 I Feel You 02 Precious 02 Try Walking in My Shoes 01 Barrel Of A Gun 01 In your Room 01 I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead
