Why does 80's music get such a bad rap?

SickAsAParrot said:
I really didn't like the sound of the Yamaha DX7, it's tinkely glassiness seemed to be on everything from the mid 80's. It was cheap and reliable, compared with analog synths, but damned hard to program so everyone used the same presets.

The early 80's (late 70's) analog synth groups were not immune, witness Polymoog preset 1 all the way through The Pleasure Principle, but at least it was just 1 record, not a whole raft of different bands. They sound much less dated to me.

Having said that I own a DX27 which I bought because it was a cheap MIDI controller. Can't program it for ****.
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I had a DX7 in the 80s and it cost me well over £1000 so certainly wasn't cheap.
I also had the DX27 which was a cut down version of the DX7 and I had the big Yamaha flagship drum machine with lots of pads on it and that cost around £799.
 
Minxy said:
Everybody loves to hate them I know but I sed to love a bit of Status Quo.
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Not really 80s though, Quo had their best years in the early to mid 70s and their recent Frantic Four tour was superb. I went to watch them at the Wolverhampton Civic but over the years seen them live at least 20 times.
 
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