The Great Musical Taste Black Hole I Endured - Page 2

Griff · 05-16-2006, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

In 1983 I was a complete prog freak and listened to nothing but Genesis Yes ELP and such.

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You really were my roomie back in '83 weren't you?

Ibby · 05-14-2006, 09:52 AM

Mneh, I'm not too fond of The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking. Kinda bland if you ask me. Like The Final Cut, except without the great writing.

Elspode · 05-14-2006, 10:53 AM

1984 - Time After Time, She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
1984 - Wrapped Around Your Finger - Police
1984 - Let's Go Crazy - Prince
1985 - Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds
1985 - Would I Lie to You - Eurythmics
1985 - All She Wants to Do is Dance - Don Henley
1986 - Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer
1986 - Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
1986 - Life in a Northern Town - The Dream Academy
1986 - What You Need - INXS

I pulled these from the Top 100's of the three years specified. There's no need to send in anything that wasn't a major hit because they won't play them anyway, especially if submitted by someone who wasn't in "The A Group".

Undertoad · 05-14-2006, 11:58 PM

Because those acts marked the end of the baby boom at roughly the same time "corporate" radio with limited playlists reached 100% penetration. They did not get broad play when released and so they fail to reach the critical mass needed to reach an audience for "oldie" status. It's all about market and mathematics. Art is Right Out.

The numbers finally work out on satellite radio BTW: Sirius 22 is "First Wave"...

Bryan Ferry's Boys and Girls is every bit as much record as Avalon, and deserves classic status. (Gilmour is on it BTW.) Why doesn't it have that status. Well it was a tad too dancy for rock radio but one might also suspect that not enough independent promoters were supplied with enough coke to sway the right radio people. That was after all how those decisions were made.

Ah but if you prefer to hear "Back In Black" for the 10,000th time because it's a "timeless classic" you go right on ahead. The song hasn't changed from the last 9,999 plays. It's still three minutes long, still the same goddamn 1-4-5, the chords are still the same three chords every kid learns to play for the first time on guitar, the vocalization is still that stupid scream and the solo is still mind-bogglingly obvious. Knock yourself out, the pile of vomit in the corner will be mine.

05-15-2006, 12:06 AM

That was one example... there are many more, I was using them because they did put out an album during that time period. I also used Herbie Hancock, an amazing talent, who also put out his worst album during that time. Double Vision was a real low for David Sanborn, but I'm picking on jazz, it was just a bad time for jazz, rock, pop as well as several other talented artists in many genres. It was a real low spot for country as well, the beginning of country/pop... the beginning of the end for Nashville.

barefoot serpent · 05-16-2006, 02:47 PM

The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary -- Fire Woman

mrnoodle · 05-16-2006, 04:02 PM

I totally forgot The Cult. I loved that guy's voice.

Ibby · 05-16-2006, 05:52 PM

hahahahahahahaha... SWEEEET SOOOOOUL SISTEEERRRRRR!

wolf · 05-18-2006, 01:47 AM

I often wonder what happened to that great music that we really couldn't dance to in high school ...

05-14-2006, 10:53 AM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	1984 - Time After Time, She Bop - Cyndi Lauper 1984 - Wrapped Around Your Finger - Police 1984 - Let's Go Crazy - Prince 1985 - Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds 1985 - Would I Lie to You - Eurythmics 1985 - All She Wants to Do is Dance - Don Henley 1986 - Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer 1986 - Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel 1986 - Life in a Northern Town - The Dream Academy 1986 - What You Need - INXS I pulled these from the Top 100's of the three years specified. There's no need to send in anything that wasn't a major hit because they won't play them anyway, especially if submitted by someone who wasn't in "The A Group". __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

05-16-2006, 02:47 PM	#6
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary -- Fire Woman __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

05-16-2006, 04:02 PM	#7
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	I totally forgot The Cult. I loved that guy's voice. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

05-16-2006, 05:52 PM	#8
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	hahahahahahahaha... SWEEEET SOOOOOUL SISTEEERRRRRR! __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

05-18-2006, 01:47 AM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I often wonder what happened to that great music that we really couldn't dance to in high school ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-14-2006, 09:52 AM	#2
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Mneh, I'm not too fond of The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking. Kinda bland if you ask me. Like The Final Cut, except without the great writing.

05-14-2006, 11:58 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Because those acts marked the end of the baby boom at roughly the same time "corporate" radio with limited playlists reached 100% penetration. They did not get broad play when released and so they fail to reach the critical mass needed to reach an audience for "oldie" status. It's all about market and mathematics. Art is Right Out. The numbers finally work out on satellite radio BTW: Sirius 22 is "First Wave"... Bryan Ferry's Boys and Girls is every bit as much record as Avalon, and deserves classic status. (Gilmour is on it BTW.) Why doesn't it have that status. Well it was a tad too dancy for rock radio but one might also suspect that not enough independent promoters were supplied with enough coke to sway the right radio people. That was after all how those decisions were made. Ah but if you prefer to hear "Back In Black" for the 10,000th time because it's a "timeless classic" you go right on ahead. The song hasn't changed from the last 9,999 plays. It's still three minutes long, still the same goddamn 1-4-5, the chords are still the same three chords every kid learns to play for the first time on guitar, the vocalization is still that stupid scream and the solo is still mind-bogglingly obvious. Knock yourself out, the pile of vomit in the corner will be mine.

05-15-2006, 12:06 AM	#5
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	That was one example... there are many more, I was using them because they did put out an album during that time period. I also used Herbie Hancock, an amazing talent, who also put out his worst album during that time. Double Vision was a real low for David Sanborn, but I'm picking on jazz, it was just a bad time for jazz, rock, pop as well as several other talented artists in many genres. It was a real low spot for country as well, the beginning of country/pop... the beginning of the end for Nashville.

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