Women who love 80s & 90s music, who’s your favorite artist from back in the day?

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1. “Everything She Wants” – Wham

2. backstreet boys !

3. The Cure. My mom used to tell me that the only way she could get me to sleep some nights was by playing Lovecats, which I love and listen to regularly to this day.

4. Sade

5. Sorry I can’t choose just one so my absolute favs are:
   Pour Some Sugar on Me” by Def Leppard (1987),Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses (1987) and “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins(1981). As for the 90s meh but I used to listen to this “Waiting For Tonight” by Jennifer Lopez (1999). I blame my pops for the 80s 😝

6. When I was 10 or 11, I really loved the Bangles and Bananarama. Then I got on this huge B52s kick. Later teenage years, Liz Phair.

7. Alice In Chains

8. Tears For Fears – Everyone Wants To Rule the World

   Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody

   Michael Jackson – Beat It

   Modern English – Life’s Rich Tapestry

   Madonna – The Power of Goodbye

   La Bouche – Sweet Dreams

   Smashing Pumpkins

   The Cranberries

   Bush

   Garbage – Only Happy When It Rains

   Alice In Chains

   Weezer

   Pearl Jam

   Foo Fighters

   and many more eeeeek!!!!

9. Prince

   Janet Jackson

   Depeche Mode

10. Prince

    pretty much every song Prince did in the 80’s

11. Blondie. Debbie Harry is such an icon.

12. Always Nick Cave

13. radiohead, the cure, NIN & deftones!

14. Pixies, The Cure, Radiohead

15. Portishead and Mazzy Star are some that I haven’t seen mentioned yet.

    I also fell down a rabbit hole once after discovering “Plastic Love” by Mariya Takeuchi and found that I like 80s Japanese pop.

16. a bit cliché but Guns n Roses was a fave of mine as a teen. Don’t Cry from them is my go to comfort song

17. INXS. They’re simply the greatest ever.

18. Madonna, Whitesnake, Whitney Houston, Prince, Michael Jackson, Lisa Lisa, Taylor Dane, Evelyn “Champagne” King, Sade, Tupac, Mariah Carey, Snoop Dogg, Spice Girls…list goes on and on.

19. Sinead O’Connor. I didn’t discover her until the late 90’s and have loved her since.

20. Depeche Mode

21. Toni Braxton had a couple of bangers…

22. I Ran So Far Away – A Flock of Seagulls, simply a timeless banger

23. Fleetwood Mac, Hall & Oats, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt.

24. I love me some Alanis.

25. No Doubt! In the 90s they were so fun! I grew up dreaming of pink hair thanks to Gwen Stefani, was obsessed since I was a kid. I remember sitting way too close to the tv watching their music videos.

26. Weezer baby!

    Say it aint soooowooowoooo

27. The Cure

28. Blind Melon. Shannon Hoon was Janis reincarnated. Candlebox, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Temple of the Dog, Tonic. Everclear had a lot of great songs. Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms.

29. The Smiths ♡