I dig the Talking Heads and Wire, though I'm not sure liking either is all that strange.
As for unpopular picks (or at least uncool), I have to admit that I love ABBA: Incredible hooks/melodies, underrated production values, just the quintessential pop band.
And if you listen to songs such as "Under Attack" or "The Day Before You Came", there's no doubt they could have been an excellent synthpop band had they stayed together/gone that route in the '80s.
|