Your LEAST favourite band of the 80's

[Trufflehound]

MODERN ROMANCE

Modern Romance were started as a joke by ex members of the brilliant but mostly obscure punk band The Leyton Buzzards. They figured they'd rather make a fortune from trashy salsa pop than remain permanently broke from being in a brillant but mostly obscure punk band.

Trouble is they forgot to inform anyone at the time that it was a joke, so instead of laughing we just all thought they were shit.

 

[Norman Potting]

Bananarama - thread closed?

 

[Return of the Rev]

you two

 

[bernster]

Level 42 utter turd

 

[Simster]

Simply Red.

 

[El Presidente]

Not to mention Wild Swans, Felt, Comsat Angels, The Sound, The Chameleons and a host of great bands that never made it.

Mark Burgess' of The Chameleons 650 page autobiog is a great read. His fall out with the other band members is still entertaining, as John Lever (the drummer) has major rants on Facebook about their latest split on a regular basis.

Chameleons Vox (which is now just Burgess from the originals) are playing two nights in Manchester in December, Script of the Bridge night one, and What does Anything Mean? night two.

 

[El Presidente]

Modern Romance were started as a joke by ex members of the brilliant but mostly obscure punk band The Leyton Buzzards. They figured they'd rather make a fortune from trashy salsa pop than remain permanently broke from being in a brillant but mostly obscure punk band.

Trouble is they forgot to inform anyone at the time that it was a joke, so instead of laughing we just all thought they were shit.

Were they the band caused Sarah Green to blush on Swap Shop when some urchin phoned through to speak to them and said "Modern Romance are sh*t"? It could have been Johnny Hates Jazz or something of a similar ilk.

 

[The Legend that IS Lawro]

Curiosity Killed the Cat. Utter Sherman.

 

[El Presidente]

Simply Red.

Worst experience of my music life was attending their gig at the NEC (friend gave me a ticket), and I've seen the Take That musical.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Were they the band caused Sarah Green to blush on Swap Shop when some urchin phoned through to speak to them and said "Modern Romance are sh*t"? It could have been Johnny Hates Jazz or something of a similar ilk.

You're thinking of Five Star.

 

[Trufflehound]

Not to mention Wild Swans, Felt, Comsat Angels, The Sound, The Chameleons and a host of great bands that never made it.

Jeremy Kelly and Ged Quinn of the original Wild Swans did have a big 80s hit as The Lotus Eaters - The First Picture of You

And as I learned when I moved over here, The Sound never made it in the UK, but they were huge in the Netherlands. I made a tidy profit selling my old vinyl Sound albums, because they were all on the original UK labels and worth five times what their Dutch equivalents were.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Were they the band caused Sarah Green to blush on Swap Shop when some urchin phoned through to speak to them and said "Modern Romance are sh*t"? It could have been Johnny Hates Jazz or something of a similar ilk.

You're thinking of Five Star.

It was Matt Bianco and the quote was "you're a bunch of s"

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

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I do think Queen are quite overrated.

I concur, but to me they were a 70's band, taking such meaningless drivel as Bohemian rhapsody to number one in 1975/76.

Personally, I never "got" Spandau ballet. Even the name was stupid.

 

[atfc village]

It was Matt Bianco and the quote was "you're a bunch of s"

that was Mike Read taking the question ,5 star was indeed Sarah Greene.

 

[Machiavelli]

HKFC has picked out most of the best ones from the UK, although there were some good ones from the USA alternative scene. Overall, it was the worst decade for music, as for many other things.

 

[KZNSeagull]

Got to be Duran Duran surely.

Closely followed by Kajagoogoo. Or any of the purple sta-press trouser brigade. Or Culture Club, Marilyn, Dead or Alive.

Or any of the "hair rock" bands.

It's a tough one to narrow down.

 

[Elvis]

I love the Jam, the smiths, joy division/new order, AND one of my favourite songs of all time is FANTASTIC DAY....

Fair enough. ' so where do we go from here'

 

[Tarpon]

Michael Bolton.

 

[tinycowboy]

King of the Slums. And Big Fun.

 

[atfc village]

Brother beyond.