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  3 0 The 80s started coming back in early 00s with 'electroclash' and other electronic subgenres. The revival has been going for over a decade now. Check out the new book by Simon Reynolds - Retromania if you are actually interested in why as opposed to just making a CRAZY STATEMENT!!!! http://www.amazon.com/Retromania-Pop-Cultures-Addiction-Past/dp/0865479941 Brian Geoghagan answered in Other Arts & Music 10 months ago | Report 1 comment by bpmc… 0 0 Okay, I will then. I know it has been going on for a while, but it seems like in the last year it has just taken over..and I just don't understand. Although I enjoy an 80's style song every now and again, it is like 20 new bands have popped up in this last year heavy with 80's synth and vocal stylings. Why, when for so long I thought the common parlance was that for the most part, this type of 80's music was considered slightly embarrassing to listen to? bpmc commented 10 months ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  1 0 At this point you're probably listening to the bands who were listening to the bands who were listening to the bands who were emulating the 80's-with-an-update back in 1999-2003. Just like a mid-80's J Mascis riffing off of punk and old Neil Young records led to Built to Spill, but also to Creed and Nickleback shitting out your radio speakers 15 years later. Good and bad may come from all of this. Inspiration leads to progress and turns into something different. Emulation of that inspiration leads to feces on your iPod. Curious, though. Can you name some of the groups you're talking about? As far as I'm aware, that revival's far past been and gone and we're on to something new. Or can you tell me where you found that time machine that transported you from 1999? LMNOP answered in Other Arts & Music 10 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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  0 0 Electroclash/Synth/New Wave is awesome is why. Black Beetles in Amber answered in Other Arts & Music 10 months ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question preview THIS IS A PREVIEW: Click "Post" to submit it or "Edit" to make changes. edit Please wait… This could take a minute if the tubes are clogged.

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