What is your favourite pop or rock band?

[NinaZara]

Tom, I remember NKOTB. If I am not mistaken, they were the one who started this boy band phenomenon and that they were the highest paid teenagers?

And I totally agree with you that Boys 2 Men were (are) phenomenal singers.

Oh, I love Joey Mcintyre's Stay the same. (Malaysians make fun of his name and pronounce it Makan tayar, literally, eat tyre. I know, just cruel!)

[NinaZara]

[Monica Z]

Emm. My favorite music band is Evanescense. I really like their singer I mean Amy Lee.
Also I listen to Avril, Linkin park somtimes. I like them, too.
I try to understand the lyrics and somtimes I can , but it's difficul to me. has anybody any suggestion to improve my listening? My English teacher says with over listening just I can improve it, anything else?
Regards

[Prezbucky]

Amy Lee is talented -- good pick

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Nina

ROFL, YOU wore CATERPILLAR BOOTS?! LOL!!!!

That is awesome -- totally authentic.

Did you ever wear a clock necklace?

hehe

As for NKOTB, yeah, Joey was the main nemesis. And his last name's meaning in your Malay language is hilarious.
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[Ralf]

Have you guys ever heard of baggy or rave (sound)? When I was 16 I was trying hard to dress and move exactly like Ian Brown, the lead singer of The Stone Roses. This clip from the Late Show took me down memory lane again -- it all goes pear-shaped some 50 seconds into the clip! And have a listen to this interview, the Mancunian legend is still alive and kicking
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[NinaZara]

[NinaZara]

[Prezbucky]

That first clip us precious, Ralf!

Nina, I was feigning shock at the caterpillar-boots info -- they were en vogue for a spell for girls and dudes alike.

Still, I'm thrilled to hear that you're a girly girl.

hehe

I forgot some from yesterday's lists:

Debbie Gibson
Tiffany
Van Halen (doh!!!)
Aerosmith (doh again!!!)
The Police
Starship (formerly Jefferson Airplane)
Boston
Expose (expoZAY)
Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark (OMD)
Taylor Dayne
Lionel Richie (is there a T in it? crap!)
Martika (Toy Soldiers)
Stevie Wonder

I spent an hour last night trying to remember the notable groups of the 80s (aside from those mentioned in my chronological-faves list) and I still managed to forget these folks. And surely I've forgotten others even now, after several attempts to name them.

We might not have known how to dance or how to dress, but there were a lot of notable (well, some were anyway) musical acts in the 80s.

And I just realized I forgot MC Hammer. U can't touch this. Break it down!

Nice call on Vanilla Ice, Nina. For a few months he was the biggest thing going.
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[NinaZara]

I know they were for both girls and boys. I just wish I had listened to my mother and had different wardrobes.

I am not that girly, girly, by the way.

And thanks for the list. Had fun browsing them. (I am listening to the Police --Every breath you take, as I am writing this)

Did you guys also listen to Karyn White, Olivia Newton John or even Mariah Carey?

Hopelessly devoted to you

Superwoman

Without you. I think this is phenomenal.

[Prezbucky]

Olivia Newton-John and Mariah C, yep. Not sure about Ms. White.

Mariah had me with her first CD. Then she started using that glass-breaking squeal, which sounds to me like nails on a chalkboard. But when she wants to sing without the squealing, I generally like her stuff.
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[NinaZara]

Oh, you were referring to her "Spectacular range spanning 5 octaves"?

(quoted from IMDB)

[Prezbucky]

yeah -- that fifth octave particularly. hehe
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[Jeanstrang]

Hello lady and gentlemen ,
Listening to music is one of my hobbies. I can listen any kinds of music if the song is wonderful. I like Westlife, Il Divo, Asley Tisdale, Rihanna, Ne-yo, Justin,Avril Lavigne.etc.The English songs help me listen English and I can learn more structures, new worlds through lyrics. Music also helps me entertain.

[Scarymary777]

Heavy Young Heathens
Oasis
The Beatles
Jet

[FlyingV]

Hey, and what about SCORPIONS? Have you ever listened their songs? I think it's one of the most underrated bands ever. They are really positive and, imho, stand out among many other rock bands for their life-asserting, peaceful and deeply emotional songs. Important to add, they are nice and friendly people, who haven't been spoiled by fame - just rocking even after 40 years since their start.