My Vinyl Collection is Lame???
Posted by Warm_Garden_8528@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 199 comments
Some background. My wife and graduated high school in 84 and 85 from the same area. For the most part we have the same tastes in music. Every Thursday evening I sit outside with a drink and listen to the music I listened to growing up. So about a couple of weeks I'm sitting outside with my martini and the wife comes and tells me my Throwback Thursday music is lame. It's like she threw a dagger into my soul. So in an attempt to unlame my Thursday vinyl collection I am going to ask the group what should would you add?
I have all the Police, most INXS, all Van Halen (of course) Bob Seger, English Beat, U2, Bryan Adams, Journey, Boz Scaggs, Huey Lewis, Men at Work, (Greatest Hits), Stones, Who, Def Leppard and some Rod Stewart. So what else do I need???
DiscountAcrobatic356@reddit
Rush - Moving Pictures might be up your alley based on that list. And if you like VH and Def Leppard maybe Ozzy Osborne - Diary of a Madman wouldn’t be a stretch.
war_eagle_keep@reddit
If she doesn’t like your music tell her to go kick rocks. Everyone giving great advice on other music from your period is nice, but you want to listen to the music you listened to back then, which is Van Halen and not Depeche Mode.
violet_pike@reddit
If I were you, I’d invite my wife to DJ. You could just sit back and let her do the spinning. How sweet would it be to have drinks and listening to music you both grew up with? You could even visit your local record store and buy a few new things. My husband and I do this regularly and it’s so fun surprising each other with songs we haven’t heard in ages.
ibbity_bibbity@reddit
Talk Talk - The Color of Spring and Spirit of Eden
defStef@reddit
Add some REM, Clash, Echo & Bunnymen, Tom Petty + Heartbreakers, Tears for Fears, OMD, ABC, Blondie, Billy Idol, and some Crowded House.
InstantlyTremendous@reddit
There is a severe lack of Pixies lowering the cool factor
But Roth era VH almost makes up for the lost cool
ReddSaidFredd@reddit
The Pixies weren't formed until 1986.
Unusual_Wolf5824@reddit
Does the wife have any recommendations?
ReddSaidFredd@reddit
Something not white male led?
Anchiladda@reddit
What the hell difference does that make? You choose what music is pleasing to your ear based on the sex and ethnicity of the vocalist?
bigheadstrikesagain@reddit
His own suggestions were like all white men except the GoGos and Siouxie.
GenX-ModTeam@reddit
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Anchiladda@reddit
So?
GenX-ModTeam@reddit
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Full_Mission7183@reddit
Dude. FORTY years have elapsed. Try something from this century.
Warm_Garden_8528@reddit (OP)
Dude, if music was any good today I would listen to it. The stuff that comes out today blows.
CyndiIsOnReddit@reddit
Do you really look for music or just suffer the ones you see on TV shows? There's so much great new music! Just the Idles newest TANGK is a good example but there's so much more!
Im_tracer_bullet@reddit
Look at what's in their existing collection...you already know the answer to that question.
If music had flavors, they prefer vanilla.
CyndiIsOnReddit@reddit
Vanilla is a good flavor! Some people have their comfort music. I like to try new stuff every single day if I have the chance. I don't like "reruns" and I rarely watch a movie twice myself. I like a lot of variety from all music genres, all over the world.
But I love vanilla too! Especially with pie. ;)
2Dogs3Tents@reddit
Got a list for a former music head that needs a refresher of current rock offerings? I set music aside for many years but am trying to jump back in and would love to hear some new great bands.
CyndiIsOnReddit@reddit
It's hard to say without knowing your tastes. The problem for me is I learn music by Youtube. I don't do vinyl or Spotify, I just make playlist. BUt I can share my two favorite playlists. One called The Good Good I tried to get a variety of 70s to 2000s. https://youtu.be/RijB8wnJCN0?si=8CbHric6kyPCQtSr
So it starts with Cypress Hill, but you'll find Blue Oyster Cult, Idles, Butthole Surfers, Rush, Ningen Isu, and finishes with Jesse Welles.
My other one called 80 Days I have collected music from different countries. Some so old they don't even know the original tunes, some new. 84 videos from around the world, starting with Closer to the Heart and finishing with a band I just learned about here called Sadsvit. I really like them, they remind me of Joy Division. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyhW2v0NDM0&list=PL5EbMHrnuf_VF7HgSYl9K_qmo67Etv12y
2Dogs3Tents@reddit
Thanks very much!
Im_tracer_bullet@reddit
Ridiculous assertion.
Just absurd.
Judgy-Introvert@reddit
Hard disagree. There’s plenty of good music out there today.
East-Garden-4557@reddit
You didn't even manage to find the really good music from the 80s, you got stuck in the safe zone
East-Garden-4557@reddit
Do you hear it?
The cry of the musically stale and unadventurous.
Monkeynutz_Johnson@reddit
Try bands like Guster or The National. A little more adventurous, try Wet Leg.
Under_the_Milky_Way@reddit
You are missing so much good stuff my man. Are you a fan of music or nostalgia?
grateful_john@reddit
No, it’s just not aimed at you. The same way older generations called your music crap.
melissafromtherivah@reddit
I disagree. There is a whole hell of a lot of good music out there for the finding.
corneliusvanhouten@reddit
Yeah, no. You're just not looking in the right places.
GlassMotor7387@reddit
Not all of it. Some of the stuff these days is really good.
ReddSaidFredd@reddit
That's a bad take. Maybe what you are hearing on commercial radio isn't to your liking, but there are so many artists putting out great music right now.
gabrielroth@reddit
It seems like your wife might prefer some more contemporary sounds — adding some deeper cuts from 1984 to the rotation might not satisfy her
Mo_Steins_Ghost@reddit
You know this is the GenX sub right?
4554013@reddit
Just because we're Gen X doesn't mean we need to stop growing and evolving. If you STAY in the 80s you're just gonna end up a Boomer-style curmudgeon.
Electronic_Bus7452@reddit
He has a throwback Thursday night that he listens to 80’s music. Doesn’t mean he won’t listen to modern music. This is about the throwback.
Mo_Steins_Ghost@reddit
Who said I'm staying in the 80s?
There's over 100 years of film and recorded music, and I haven't listened to or viewed it all. I'm good.
4554013@reddit
Sorry, Mo, I meant that for the OP
Mo_Steins_Ghost@reddit
No worries. It's all good.
Phil__Spiderman@reddit
The Gex X move is to not give a shit what other people want to listen to.
East-Garden-4557@reddit
You know there was a huge amount of amazing music released during our formative years, and non stop ever since. My boomer dad still searches out and listens to new music all the time, your ears still work once you become an adult.
Mo_Steins_Ghost@reddit
I'm not closed off to new music. There just hasn't been much I care to listen to... it's not for a lack of listening. You're preaching to the choir, literally:
East-Garden-4557@reddit
You are seriously saying that with access to basically all the music in the world you can't find any good new music?
Mo_Steins_Ghost@reddit
I didn't say "any". And again "good" is subjective. I'm not telling you to like what I like or for the reasons I like it.
You don't need to tell me about access to music. I literally wrote the paper on it:
East-Garden-4557@reddit
Yet you were the one that responded to a comment suggesting the OP try some music from this century by saying we are in a Gen X sub. Our age shouldn't stop us from exploring new music.
Mo_Steins_Ghost@reddit
The person I was responding to was being adamant telling OP to to listen to music more recent.
I mean, what do you think, probabilistically, is going to happen? Our formative years with music tend to be our teens. I don't expect younger people to listen to what I listen to, either. That's just impractical.
But I have a whole other level of issues... that are not necessarily related to OP's reasons.
A curious person would ask the question, but you didn't.
East-Garden-4557@reddit
Why is it impractical to have younger people listening to what you do?
Mo_Steins_Ghost@reddit
That's not what I said.
I said:
Grammatical rules apply here: The "that" is me expecting younger people to listen to what I listen to. They can. Nobody's stopping them. But expecting it is what's impractical.
Full_Mission7183@reddit
Yes, so I hate it when I see us following the ways of the Boomers.
If you are at a country show and realize that it is all married couples in their 50s you are actually at an alt-country show, we are still defining genres.
Mo_Steins_Ghost@reddit
"alt-country" was already happening with Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, etc... all well into last century.
Besides that, the advent of auto-tune and the destruction of the album market pretty much ensured the permanent decline of artist development budgets. The 80s and early 90s was pretty much the peak of the entire short lived existence of the recording industry as we, the MTV generation, knew it.
Also, it's partly my fault.
PopuluxePete@reddit
Look at his list. This is not a musically adventurous person. He needs more Yacht Rock. Toto, Doobie Brothers, Hall and Oats. We're not getting him on board with King Gizzard.
VinylHighway@reddit
It’s not lame
Im_tracer_bullet@reddit
It's the UGG boots and pumpkin spice latte of record collections.
VinylHighway@reddit
You know that thing you like? I don’t like it.
milesandhikes@reddit
Needs some Depeche Mode in there 😍 I thought you said you two had the same taste in music? Why does she now think it’s lame?
RVAblues@reddit
Yeah that is kinda lame. Rod Stewart? Bryan Adams? Were they ever cool?
(Yes, I’m aware of the Faces, but I’m specifically referring to solo Rod).
Im_tracer_bullet@reddit
That was Dad rock when it was new.
Phil__Spiderman@reddit
Rod had some bangers. And some good songs, too.
Expert_Habit9520@reddit
Count me in as someone that likes Rod Stewart’s solo stuff, at least some of it. I think “Infatuation”, “Downtown Train”, “Forever Young”, and “Rhythm Of My Heart” are all good. And frankly I like some of his uptempo stuff from late ‘70s into very early ‘80s.
I think where he probably stopped “being cool” was making the song “Love Touch” for Legal Eagles. I even like that one, but I don’t blame anyone else for thinking it was lame and probably tainted Rod’s image a bit.
Phil__Spiderman@reddit
My mom played his records all the time. I grew up with his music. And I think it's safe to say he had a few hits.
Maggie May, You Wear It Well, I Don't Want to Talk About It, Infatuation, Baby Jane, Young Turks, Da Ya Think I'm Sexy, Hot Legs, Passion, Tonight I'm Yours, You're In My Heart, What Am I Gonna Do, Some Guys Have All the Luck, Sailing, Tonight's The Night, Every Picture Tells a Story, The First Cut Is the Deepest.
East-Garden-4557@reddit
I don't believe they were ever cool.
formercotsachick@reddit
Huey Lewis and Bob Seger kind of took me out - my DAD used to listen to them when I was a teenager.
RVAblues@reddit
Yeah.
EastHuckleberry5191@reddit
Duran Duran, REM, INXS
Visible-Disaster@reddit
I’m on the complete other side of Gen X and I can appreciate (and own a lot of) what you listed, but it’s a relatively narrow collection of what was popular music at the time. It’s kinda basic, but vinyl is expensive so understand being picky about purchases.
Even in that era there was amazing alternative “college rock”.
But in the end listen to what you enjoy and if the purpose is to connect to a time in your life, that’s probably what you were listening to then.
PopeCerebus@reddit
Like
What
You
Like
slo1111@reddit
Need some indie. Some Husker Du would do you well. Get your some of that original wall of sound
KurtStation68@reddit
This right here. But if it's too much, one can listen to Sugar or Bob Mould.
Dinosaur Jr is good, Jawbreaker, J-Church
Visible-Disaster@reddit
Gotta have Copper Blue, great album. Although Explode and Make Up is my favorite Sugar song.
SantaRosaJazz@reddit
Paul Simon, Steely Dan, They Might Be Giants, Concrete Blonde.
Own-Cable8865@reddit
With the exception of The Police and INXS, this is a lame list, indeed. Start with The Cure, right from the beginning.
Careless_Ocelot_4485@reddit
Flipper, FEAR, Dead Kennedys, Big Boys, JFA, MDC, Fugazi, Minor Threat, CRASS, Really Red, Black Flag, Bad Brains, Circle Jerks, Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, DRI, Minutemen, Butthole Surfers, Subhumans, GBH, TSOL, Suicidal Tendencies, Ministry, Front 242, Youth Brigade, Big Black, Naked Raygun, Test Dept., Cabaret Voltaire, Section 25, Bauhaus, Felt, The Jazz Butcher, The Wedding Present, The Lucy Show
charlie-claws@reddit
Get some Oz Rock in there bloke.
Cold Chisel.
Midnight Oil.
The Divinyls.
The Angels.
Rose Tattoo.
Mental as Anything.
John Farnham.
The Church.
Australian Crawl.
Icehouse.
AC/DC.
Dragon.
Pseudo Echo.
Skyhooks.
MyLeftT1t@reddit
Elvis Costello, Squeeze, XTC, Psychedelic Furs
Difficult_Ad_502@reddit
Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, The Jam, Berlin, Replacements, Husker Du, Pogues, Missing Persons, Ramones……
jmeesonly@reddit
1980's?
Black Flag, Damaged.
Suicidal Tendencies, Self-Titled (first album).
Minor Threat, entire discography.
Butthole Surfers, everything from the '80's.
Melvins, Ozma.
What's that you say? You weren't listening to any of these in the 80's? I think I've found the problem . . .
East-Garden-4557@reddit
I somehow do not think he got into punk 😆
East-Garden-4557@reddit
But yes I agree with your suggestions
Quiet-Lobster-6051@reddit
Get some Bad Religion.
ImmortalityLTD@reddit
Rush had a great run of albums in the 80s: Permanent Waves-Moving Pictures-Signals-Grace Under Pressure-Hold Your Fire-Presto
AlmeMore@reddit
DAVID BOWIE
arioandy@reddit
The clash!
AlmeMore@reddit
The only band that matters!
-Ancalagon-@reddit
Sabbath
TheSpitalian@reddit
Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, David Bowie, Styx…
vankirk@reddit
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live Eric B and Rakim - Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Interesting-Quit-847@reddit
Didn’t see XTC mentioned yet.
GasmaskTed@reddit
Something that isn’t lowest common denominator music you can hear at the dentist office…
corpus-luteum@reddit
PP Arnold, if you think you're groovy.
corpus-luteum@reddit
Gil Scott Heron should be in everybody's collection.
zer00eyz@reddit
> I have all the Police, most INXS, all Van Halen (of course) Bob Seger, English Beat, U2, Bryan Adams, Journey, Boz Scaggs, Huey Lewis, Men at Work, (Greatest Hits), Stones, Who, Def Leppard and some Rod Stewart. So what else do I need???
There is a size matters joke to make in here...
For real, diversify:
Jazz: John Coltrane or Dave Brubeck
Blues: Muddy Waters, BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughan
Sound Tracks: Pulp fiction, Natural Born Killers, Shaft, The Graduate, Purple Rain
corpus-luteum@reddit
Soundtracks are a great way to expand your collection. Lock, Stock and Two Barrels is another great compilation.
corpus-luteum@reddit
Kool Aid by B.A.D. II
arsebiscuits71@reddit
I've rediscovered INXS in a big way lately, they kinda got lost in the mix a bit, they fucking rule
ReddSaidFredd@reddit
Just spun “Kick” tonight!
kiteless@reddit
Same here. So many hits.
RedHighlander@reddit
Looks like we’re about the same age. But I would guess we have way different music tastes. Throw in some Zeppelin, AC/DC, ZZ Top. If you’re really feeling adventurous, some Iron Maiden and Rush. Love Hairy Styels too.
ReddSaidFredd@reddit
The Go Go's, Joy Division/New Order, The Cure, Duran Duran, Siouxie & The Banshees
hbg2601@reddit
REM, The Replacements, The Allman Brothers, Eagles, The Tubes, Genesis.
TripMaster478@reddit
REM was the first one to come to my mind. Joy Division is also incredible.
Plastic-Sentence9429@reddit
Yep.
travster23@reddit
You forgot The Smiths
ReddSaidFredd@reddit
No I didn’t. I hate Morrissey.
msmika@reddit
Johnny Marr wrote amazing songs, though. The best way to listen to The Smiths these days is to go see him. He sings perfectly well! I much prefer to actually see him perform those songs without Morrissey than to hear Morrissey sing them without Johnny on guitar. If that makes sense.
bigheadstrikesagain@reddit
Does Marr sing Smiths songs now?
msmika@reddit
Yep, and I was surprised at how many he played compared to 20 years ago!
1stnspc@reddit
The live Johnny Marr set from this past RSD is great!
msmika@reddit
I saw him a few months ago in San Francisco and my boyfriend, who hates Morrissey, had a great time. Johnny's the best.
ReddSaidFredd@reddit
I think it’s just like how cilantro tastes like soap to some people. Can’t do it.
pinballrocker@reddit
Same, always have.
travster23@reddit
Fair
wlodzi@reddit
This is the way.
IronAnchor1@reddit
A gentleman and a scholar.
lacatro1@reddit
Metallica, The Cure, GnR, Prince, George Michael.
Ok-Function1920@reddit
Led Zeppelin 1, 2, or 4
Adlow9@reddit
You need Mr. Mister. Unapologetic 80's.
correct_use_of_soap@reddit
Magazine, Wire, Gary Numan, Jesus and Mary Chain
PopuluxePete@reddit
Just throw Suicide in there while you're at it geez.
bigheadstrikesagain@reddit
Not a lot of NY 77 in there. Love Suicide, but how did you link them?
PopuluxePete@reddit
I guess wire and magazine would have both been considered divisive in their given scenes at the time, so that's where the Suicide link comes in. Love them or hate them type bands
dperiod@reddit
Queen, Billy Joel, Prince, Tracy Chapman, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, Cher, Eagles, Duran Duran, Hall & Oates, and some good compilations like the Footloose, Miami Vice, Beverly Hills Cop soundtracks and a few k-tel comps from the mid-80s.
raletti@reddit
Who gives a shit. How's your CD/tape collection?
NJ_Tal@reddit
Talking heads, Stevie Wonder, steely dan, Lionel Richie (with or without the Commodores) Supertramp, Santana, my goodness there's so many
Great-Tical-Returns@reddit
Prince
dperiod@reddit
For absolute sure!
The_Observatory_@reddit
So you have more or less the same taste in music, but she thinks the music you play on Thursdays is lame? Isn’t the stuff you play pretty much the same stuff she likes?
Maybe she’s tired of the same old music and wants something new? Not just different 80s music, but new music from the last few years. There is plenty of great new music being made these days, and it’s even being released on vinyl again. Maybe pick out some new releases and see how it goes?
I won’t make any recommendations because my taste in new music leans toward the obscure and less popular. But it would be an interesting experiment to try, and maybe the two of you will start a new tradition- new vinyl Thursdays. Mix a couple of drinks and throw on new records to sample and evaluate.
East-Garden-4557@reddit
I want to hear your suggestions, I love obscure.
The_Observatory_@reddit
Spafford, The Jon Stickley Trio, Fruition, Goose, Aqueous, Dopapod, Cory Wong, Dirty Loops, Snarky Puppy, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, The Werks, Railroad Earth, cbdb, The Drowns, The Chats, Le Special, Sierra Hull, Umphrey's McGee, Snacktime, The Fritz, The Heavy Pets, The Jeff Sipe Trio, TAUK, Kyle Tuttle Band, Zach Deputy, Twiddle, Igorrr, Larnell Lewis, Gnome, Kick The Kangaroo, The Lickerish Quartet...
Then there are artists who may have been around for a long time, or they're not obscure, or downright popular, but for whatever reason they're different from the stuff I was listening to in the 80s, like Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, The String Cheese Incident, moe., Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Acoustic Syndicate, Ningen Isu, Ghost, Phish, Keller Williams, the Jazz Mandolin Project, Leftover Salmon, the Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Victor Wooten's Soul Circus, the Tony Furtado Band, Col. Bruce Hampton, Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit, The Slip, Eileen Ivers, Jeff Coffin & the Mu'Tet, Oysterhead, The Del McCoury Band, Blueground Undergrass, Jellyfish, The Paperboys...
... and so many more. I probably forgot a few.
Fun-Jelly6976@reddit
Why are you asking us? Ask her what she listened to back in the day.
AdFickle7027@reddit
Oingo Boingo - Just another Day, Dire Straits, Yes, Cameo, Foreigner, The Eurythmics, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Tears for Fears - Pale Shelter, Talk Talk - Life's What you make it, or basically just buy the GTA Vice City Soundtrack
autymama@reddit
Queen, Madonna, Cindy Lauper, Metallica ( I love a wide variety 😜)
Fogsmasher@reddit
Violent Fems for sure
Servile-PastaLover@reddit
Violent Femmes, Bauhaus, Peter Murphy, Shriekback, Throwing Muses, Amy Mann [in & out of Till Tuesday], Art Of Noise are the ones off the top of my head.
2Dogs3Tents@reddit
When Art of Noise first hit the scene on MTV i was blown away. It was so unique at the time.
ReddSaidFredd@reddit
Yes, that first Violent Femmes album! Every song is great.
kath_of_khan@reddit
The Church, the Smithereens, Missing Persons, the B-52’s…
You could do some throwback Yacht Rock, then go old school hard core with some UFO.
Looks like you like harder hitting music, so how about hitting the 90’s with a deep dive into gurrrl power with some Donna’s, the Breeders and Bikini Kill?
Environmental-Gap380@reddit
One of the first music LPs I got when I was young was Berlin - “Pleasure Victim”.
I wish I still had some of my vinyl. I had more 45s than LPs though.
devildoc8804hmcs@reddit
Maybe a new wife is easier.
ZombieButch@reddit
The first four Black Sabbath albums.
Aware-Owl4346@reddit
Early Blondie. REM. Talking Heads (live). B-52s.
Chauncy1911@reddit
All KISS albums until any of the OG members left the band.
Rikkitikkitabby@reddit
The Butthole Surfers
Repulsive-Tea6974@reddit
Here are some GenX & Boomer LPs from the non-specific genre side of the cabinet.
Repulsive-Tea6974@reddit
My preferred genre.
muphasta@reddit
Depeche Mode
Ministry
Skinny Puppy
Dead Kennedys
Fine_Comparison9812@reddit
Metallica
Dryfly0@reddit
John Mellencamp, Pink Floyd, Aerosmith.
No_Inevitable_3241@reddit
Prince, Stevie Ray Vaughan, REM,
MisterSandKing@reddit
The Clash, Bowie, Blondie, the Cars, Talking Heads, BTO, um…
Dxbr72@reddit
ELO, ah ha, tears for fears, Dead Kennedys
TripThruTimeandSpace@reddit
Yaz or Yazoo if you are from the UK.
maryjayjay@reddit
I'm sure your wife is lovely, but it is possible to be a good person and terribly wrong. Lol!
formercotsachick@reddit
I will occasionally dip into past favorites (especially around the fire pit now that it's summer), but for the most part I listen to contemporary music by female artists - Chappell Roan, Olivia Rodrigo, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Charlie XCX, Doechii, Sabrina Carpenter and yes, even Taylor Swift. I do like me some Benson Boone and Shaboozey though.
As a 54 year old woman, the music and lyrics of a bunch of currently old dudes with a fair amount of lyrics that have aged pretty poorly don't really speak to me and who I am at this point in my life - kind of pissed off at the state of the world, with no fucks to give any more, and ready either dance, laugh out loud, cry my eyes out or throw down as the moment moves me to do. Bob Seager and Huey Lewis sure as hell don't inspire me to do any of those things.
Long_Bit8328@reddit
... also an 84 graduate. Here are some of the bands me and my wifes musical pallet has expanded to over the years
Blitzen Trapper Tyler Childers Devil Makes Three Turnpike Troubadours Cage the Elephant Jack White/White Stripe/Raconteurs Mike Campbell & Dirty Knobs Greta Van Fleet Wolfmother...
Resident_Lion_@reddit
we have very different music taste it seems like. my vinyl collection is marvin gaye, sam cooke, otis redding, miles davis, jackson 5, aretha franklin, temptations, etc.
Excellent_Paint_8101@reddit
Try some Death & Bathory, fill out yer genres, get some Minutemen & Husker Du, Keith Jarrett, Tangerine Dream, remember classic rock & jazz often sound best on vinyl.
pmac109@reddit
I’m NOT trying to “promote” myself here, but I have a 3 hour 80’s playlist on Spotify that you (or anyone else) is welcome to listen to https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4bR0tP9JboBInooyQw1Q2e?si=UAXh-hUbQ5St8NHoT3ErFQ&pi=pK9dP1nmRzmNp
melissafromtherivah@reddit
Nice playlist!! Thank you for sharing, seriously great.
pmac109@reddit
Thanks! It’s got some overplayed stuff, some of my personal favorites, and some deep cuts. I just realized no MJ, however and maybe no Prince. If that’s the case, I’ll add the entire Purple Rain soundtrack
melissafromtherivah@reddit
Oh yeah definitely add the Purple Rain soundtrack and Thriller!
pmac109@reddit
I just double checked and Purple Rain is there. I will add Thriller. And more Rush
melissafromtherivah@reddit
🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Bloody_Mabel@reddit
I AM promoting myself 😉.
Here is my 7.5 hour 80s playlist.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4h9Qk7F34O507xYnMCv3vJ?si=riBtS7AoQne6n3X9GFCNnQ&pi=2jDlkArCTBuaJ
johnnyspader@reddit
Nice!
Unusual_Wolf5824@reddit
Bob Marley and the Wailers and Jimi Hendrix come to mind...
jcstrat@reddit
Definitely not lame as is.
Toss some new order/ joy division, missing persons, Depeche Mode, the cure, Genesis if you want.
Monkeynutz_Johnson@reddit
If you're trying to impress a girl, go with Roxy music. Avalon should be just the thing.
KingCurtzel@reddit
This album is pure panty remover.
Monkeynutz_Johnson@reddit
Just trying to help a brother out.
Noir-Foe@reddit
Need Violent Femmes, Dire Straits, New Order, Bob Dylan and Soul Asylum
Senior-Ad9616@reddit
As a fellow female, I would playfully wager to say she’s probably going through menopause. It did a number on my tastes in music and movies.
All the GenX love to you both!
Flaky-Debate-833@reddit
Maybe the vinyl is fine and you just need a new wife......I kid!
OGREtheTroll@reddit
Prince, Peter Gabriel, Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, Bangles, Traveling Wilburys
TheNozzler@reddit
It’s the Van Halen ruining everything
4554013@reddit
You say that, but he didn't even BUY the U2 albums. Steve Jobs broke in and left the records.
OppositeDish9086@reddit
What exactly is she opposed to? That's a pretty wide swath of music groups. What does she like? What did she like back then?
Safetosay333@reddit
Thompson Twins
Servile-PastaLover@reddit
Peter Gabriel and David Bowie...
even their 70s classic stuff [Like Gabriel's Genesis albums] was huge with 80s Gen X.
TurkGonzo75@reddit
R.E.M., Beastie Boys (the newer reissues are fantastic), Ozzy (and Black Sabbath), Zeppelin
linniex@reddit
Allman brothers Live at the Fillmore East . Not GenX but it should be
Invisibella74@reddit
Definitely not lame! I'm jealous of that collection! 😂
KISSALIVE1975@reddit
Mostly Not Lame, A Few Bands Are Very Lame…
Iron_Chic@reddit
I Used To Love Her - Guns n' Roses
marshallkrich@reddit
You graduated in 84....Samhain - Initium, Metallica - Ride The Lightning , Iron Maiden- Power Slave, Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry, Dio - The Last in Line. 1984 HAD SOME BANGERS!!!
raf_boy@reddit
Go to YouTube.
Search: Venetian Snares Winnipeg is a Frozen Shithole. Play the videos in sequence.
She won't comment on your vinyl collection anymore.
You're welcome.
Mynky@reddit
Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Queen.
TimeAndMotion2112@reddit
Divorce is always an option.
threesunrises@reddit
It's not lame. Buy what you will listen to. I graduated at the same time and probably had about 300 records at the time. I now have 2,200. We love music and are always spinning records.
Ill-Course8623@reddit
Oingo Boingo- Dead Man's Party
Fillmore80@reddit
Megadeth. Always a headbanger.
IHaveNoHump@reddit
Ditch the bitch. You should not be humiliated for the music you love. Dump her ass, find somebody who boogies to your tune. Life is too fucking short for thoughtless people.
lowfreq33@reddit
Yeah, that’s his wife, so you’re pretty out of line here.
corneliusvanhouten@reddit
... to put it mildly
WhatTheHellPod@reddit
Doesn't sound that lame to me.
Reachforthesky777@reddit
I think you should respond to this by setting up a screen and watching people communicate in semaphore next time instead of listening to music. Act like you're really into it. Seriously commit. You'll never be criticized about your music again.
GlassMotor7387@reddit
REM Pretenders The Who Depeche Modes violator is really good. Cheap Trick Stevie Ray Vaughan
Or
Boston's first album is a perfect album.
Mo_Steins_Ghost@reddit
Have you tried asking your wife?
Flat_6_Theory@reddit
A selection of artists from my 80s playlist titled Freeze Frame. These should put a little pep in your step.
After the Fire, Asia, Beastie Boys, Billy Squier, The Cars, The Cult, Danzig, Devo, Gary Numan, The J Geils Band, John Cougar, New Order, Kon Kan, Loverboy, Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock, Romeo Void, Rush, Sammy Hagar, Slick Rick, The Smiths, The Style Council, Styx, Tom Petty, Van Halen, and Vanilla Ice.