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1980's
Feb 4, 2019 11:34:05 GMT 10
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Post by Telso on Feb 4, 2019 11:34:05 GMT 10
After the 90s, I'm also giving the 80s a fighting chance by exploring more of the mainstream and so far it stunds me how bland the year 1980 is. It's dominated by dull soft rock ballads and forgettable disco hits with the genre being on its last legs. New wave was claiming dominance too, but between the late 70s and early 80s I feel this is easily its worst year with shockingly few standouts ("Call Me"!). Pink Floyd also had a surprise hit that year and it's pretty darn great as well. It's funny how people love to yack on how 80s the early 90s are but no one seems to care on how still 70s 1980 was as if that year was fully erased from collective consciousness  .
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1980's
Feb 6, 2019 20:08:46 GMT 10
Post by SharksFan99 on Feb 6, 2019 20:08:46 GMT 10
After the 90s, I'm also giving the 80s a fighting chance by exploring more of the mainstream and so far it stunds me how bland the year 1980 is. It's dominated by dull soft rock ballads and forgettable disco hits with the genre being on its last legs. New wave was claiming dominance too, but between the late 70s and early 80s I feel this is easily its worst year with shockingly few standouts ("Call Me"!). Pink Floyd also had a surprise hit that year and it's pretty darn great as well. It's funny how people love to yack on how 80s the early 90s are but no one seems to care on how still 70s 1980 was as if that year was fully erased from collective consciousness . There are a few gems released in 1980 (e.g Icehouse's "We Can Get Together", INXS' "Just Keep Walking"), but other than that, I would have to agree that 1980 was a pretty average year for music. There are very few standouts from that year. This is going to be a pretty unpopular opinion, but I personally think "The Wall" is incredibly overrated and honestly, quite average. I don't see the appeal in it at all.
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Feb 11, 2019 9:50:07 GMT 10
Post by #Infinity on Feb 11, 2019 9:50:07 GMT 10
After the 90s, I'm also giving the 80s a fighting chance by exploring more of the mainstream and so far it stunds me how bland the year 1980 is. It's dominated by dull soft rock ballads and forgettable disco hits with the genre being on its last legs. New wave was claiming dominance too, but between the late 70s and early 80s I feel this is easily its worst year with shockingly few standouts ("Call Me"!). Pink Floyd also had a surprise hit that year and it's pretty darn great as well. It's funny how people love to yack on how 80s the early 90s are but no one seems to care on how still 70s 1980 was as if that year was fully erased from collective consciousness . There are a few gems released in 1980 (e.g Icehouse's "We Can Get Together", INXS' "Just Keep Walking"), but other than that, I would have to agree that 1980 was a pretty average year for music. There are very few standouts from that year. This is going to be a pretty unpopular opinion, but I personally think "The Wall" is incredibly overrated and honestly, quite average. I don't see the appeal in it at all. The Wall is technically from late 1979, actually, but I suppose "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" was mostly big at the start of 1980. 1980 was not a particularly good year for popular music, but it was a pretty burgeoning time for early new wave, synth-pop, metal, and second wave ska. You had to look beyond all the sleepy MOR ballads and awkward backwash disco to find the best stuff then.
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1980's
Feb 11, 2019 10:08:56 GMT 10
Post by SharksFan99 on Feb 11, 2019 10:08:56 GMT 10
The Wall is technically from late 1979, actually, but I suppose "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2" was mostly big at the start of 1980. 1980 was not a particularly good year for popular music, but it was a pretty burgeoning time for early new wave, synth-pop, metal, and second wave ska. You had to look beyond all the sleepy MOR ballads and awkward backwash disco to find the best stuff then. Yep, that's true. Although, to be honest, I tend to think that some of the biggest non-disco/ballad hits from 1980 are heavily overrated. For instance, AC/DC's "Back in Black" is often revered here in Australia as being one of the best hard-rock songs of the '80s, but I think it's pretty average.
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1980's
Mar 20, 2019 9:49:57 GMT 10
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Post by Telso on Mar 20, 2019 9:49:57 GMT 10
Can we all agree that 1983 was easily this decade's best year for music? It's the year that gave us "Billie Jean", "Let's Dance", "Flashdance.., What a Feeling!", "Total Eclipse of Heart", "Every Breath You Take", "Sweet Dreams (are Made of This)", "99 Luft Balloons", "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", and so on.
It's also funny how incredibly passé this year actually is as well. It was already 14 years old when I was born and I've definitely looked funny at 1997 in 2011, so I imagine the same would have been true for someone in 1997 when it comes to 1983.
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Mar 20, 2019 20:40:24 GMT 10
Post by SharksFan99 on Mar 20, 2019 20:40:24 GMT 10
Can we all agree that 1983 was easily this decade's best year for music? It's the year that gave us "Billie Jean", "Let's Dance", "Flashdance.., What a Feeling!", "Total Eclipse of Heart", "Every Breath You Take", "Sweet Dreams (are Made of This)", "99 Luft Balloons", "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", and so on. It's also funny how incredibly passé this year actually is as well. It was already 14 years old when I was born and I've definitely looked funny at 1997 in 2011, so I imagine the same would have been true for someone in 1997 when it comes to 1983. I know i'm probably in the minority in regards to this, but I wouldn't even consider 1983 as being among the Top-3 best '80s years for music, to be honest. I've always felt as though people tend to over-hype how excellent the quality of music was during the Early-Mid '80s. There were some absolutely standout releases from 1983, no doubt, but there were also quite a lot of sub-par releases that made up the charts that year as well. Music is entirely subjective though. I'll be honest, out of all the songs you mentioned in your post, I personally only like "Let's Dance" and "99 Luft Balloons". I don't actually dislike the rest of the songs as such, however I could spend the rest of my life without ever listening to them and I wouldn't be disappointed.
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1980's
May 3, 2019 6:09:31 GMT 10
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Post by Telso on May 3, 2019 6:09:31 GMT 10
It's just so funny to me how 1980 saw the release of two huge hits called "9 to 5", one socially progressive celebrating women going to the workforce (Dolly Parton's song), one fairly regressive, celebrating traditionalism and 50s-style women as housewives instead (Sheena Easton's song).
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May 8, 2019 8:29:56 GMT 10
Post by John Titor on May 8, 2019 8:29:56 GMT 10
87 and up is fine
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1980's
Jan 31, 2020 11:08:13 GMT 10
Post by Mystique on Jan 31, 2020 11:08:13 GMT 10
EPIC!
Guns N' Roses ( Sweet Child O' Mine ) Live At The Ritz 88
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Jan 31, 2020 11:18:44 GMT 10
Post by SharksFan99 on Jan 31, 2020 11:18:44 GMT 10
EPIC! Guns N' Roses ( Sweet Child O' Mine ) Live At The Ritz 88 Each to their own! I've never been a fan of Guns N' Roses, tbh. I think they're overrated and I don't really like Axl Rose as a singer.
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May 26, 2020 4:55:08 GMT 10
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Post by Telso on May 26, 2020 4:55:08 GMT 10
EPIC! Guns N' Roses ( Sweet Child O' Mine ) Live At The Ritz 88 Each to their own! I've never been a fan of Guns N' Roses, tbh. I think they're overrated and I don't really like Axl Rose as a singer. I really, really don't like that highpitched main guitar riff on "Sweet Child o' Mine", it's truly an unpleasant sound that makes me uncomfortable. Not that Axl Rose's karaoke singing and or the token hair metal power ballad lyrics work much as the song's saving grace 
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May 26, 2020 17:13:31 GMT 10
Post by SharksFan99 on May 26, 2020 17:13:31 GMT 10
Each to their own! I've never been a fan of Guns N' Roses, tbh. I think they're overrated and I don't really like Axl Rose as a singer. I really, really don't like that highpitched main guitar riff on "Sweet Child o' Mine", it's truly an unpleasant sound that makes me uncomfortable. Not that Axl Rose's karaoke singing and or the token hair metal power ballad lyrics work much as the song's saving grace That's interesting that it makes you feel uncomfortable. I think the biggest issue I have with the riff is the fact that it suffers from the same issue that taints "Smells Like Teen Spirit" or "Bohemian Rhapsody"; over-exposure. Whenever I hear the opening guitar riff in "Sweet Child o' Mine", it just makes me want to turn the volume down. I can't enjoy the song at all simply because of how often I've heard it over the years. Plus, Guns 'N Roses aren't exactly a great band to begin with, so there's that.
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Jan 13, 2024 19:52:45 GMT 10
Post by SharksFan99 on Jan 13, 2024 19:52:45 GMT 10
This is something I've only noticed recently after compiling every number-one single in the UK and Australia, but the '80s had several chart-topping songs called "The Power of Love" and they all happened to be released around the same time!
The first one was the song released by Frankie Goes to Hollywood in late 1984. It topped the charts in the UK and reached the top-10 in many countries around the world, including Australia.
Then of course, there's Huey Lewis' "The Power Of Love", which came out in 1985 and was featured on "Back to the Future". Due to it's association with the movie, this is arguably the most well-known song out of the three songs, and it was also the most commercially successful at the time. Huey Lewis' song was a global smash-hit and topped the charts in the US, Australia and Japan.
Last but not least, Jennifer Rush released a song with the same name only a few months later and it became a worldwide hit towards the end of 1985.
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