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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #60 on: April 01, 2007, 01:11:38 pm »
Duuuuude!!  It's "Everyone's a super hero, everyone's a Captain Kirk"


hey I STARTED this thread cause I can't remember my own name!! Let alone a song I haven't heard in forever!!  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #61 on: April 01, 2007, 01:25:39 pm »
80s music was interesting for a lot of reasons . . . so many contradictions!

Most Hit Music of that time was so synthetic; hollow drum and bass tracks sounded good to us then. And on the surface, there was a party-it-up theme. But underneath, kind of a precipitous sense of doom or armageddon ("we got to live it up, live it up, Ronnie's got a new gun" and the club smash "American Soviets").

Even though it was a sexually conservative time with AIDS hysteria and Family Values shoved down our throats, androgyny was totally accepted, even encouraged in pop culture. Apparently, they initially tried to market John Mellencamp in a pouty, effeminate way because it was such a successful look for male artists.

And 80s culture seemed to reject the escapism of the 60s and 70s, but there was bending of reality in the 80s like never before. Remember Max Headroom and the hit Paranomia? An 80s "artist" that existed on no physical plane whatsoever.
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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #62 on: April 01, 2007, 01:31:54 pm »
Wouldn't be Elton John, would it??

Or, <gasp> the Carpenters??
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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #63 on: April 01, 2007, 01:39:05 pm »
Wouldn't be Elton John, would it??

Or, <gasp> the Carpenters??

Carpenters!!

they were 70s...right??

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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #64 on: April 01, 2007, 01:41:36 pm »
80s music was interesting for a lot of reasons . . . so many contradictions!

Most Hit Music of that time was so synthetic; hollow drum and bass tracks sounded good to us then. And on the surface, there was a party-it-up theme. But underneath, kind of this precipitous sense of doom or armageddon ("we got to live it up, live it up, Ronnie's got a new gun" and the club smash "American Soviets").

Even though it was a sexually conservative time with AIDS hysteria and Family Values shoved down our throats, androgyny was totally accepted, even encouraged in pop culture. Apparently, they initially tried to market John Mellencamp in a pouty, effeminate way because it was such a successful look for male artists.

And 80s culture seemed to reject the escapism of the 60s and 70s, but there was bending of reality in the 80s like never before. Remember Max Headroom and the hit Paranomia? An 80s "artist" that existed on no physical plane whatsoever.

yes, remember Der Commisar? (or however it was spelled....a lot seemed focused on Communism)

"I wear my Sunglasses at night"

that was another that the video had that whole oppression feel to it or am I remembering wrong??

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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #65 on: April 01, 2007, 02:06:03 pm »
More softer sounds from the 70's

Super Stars - Chicago
                  - Rod Stewart
                  - Kenny Rogers
                  - Billy Joel
                  - Elton John
                  - Barry Manilow
                  - John Denver
                  - Olivia Newton-John
                  - Diana Ross
                  - Jackson 5 / Jacksons
                  - Stevie Wonder

Soft Soul Sounds - George Benson
                        - L T D
                        - Smokey Robinson
                        - Commodores
                        - Lamont Dozier
                        - Jermaine Jackson
                        - Bobby Womack
                        - Spinners
                        - Main Ingredient
                        - Bill Withers
                        - War
                        - Moments
                        - Al Green
                        - Roberta Flack
                        - Chi-Lites
                        - Stylistics

Motown - Supremes
            - Temptations

Ladies - Evelyn Champagne King
         - Stephanie Mills
         - Melissa Manchester
         - Rita Coolidge
         - Donna Summers
         - Linda Ronstadt
         - Anne Murray
         - Bette Midler
         - Carly Simon
         - Joni Mitchell
         - Carole King
         - Yvonne Elliman
         - Helen Reddy
         - Melanie
         - Barbra Streisand

Be back later with the rest of the 70's major contributors
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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #66 on: April 01, 2007, 02:26:34 pm »
Don't know if the rest of the 70's will fit here - let's see ...

Pop - Ray Parker Jr.
      - Player
      - Shawn Cassidy
      - Leif Garrett
      - Andy Gibb
      - Blue Swede
      - Bay City Rollers
      - Captain & Tennille
      - ABBA
      - Sweet
      - Gilbert O'Sullivan
      - Lighthouse
      - Donnie & Marie
      - Tony Orlando 7 Dawn
      - Osmonds

Novelty - Jim Stafforf
           - Dickie Goodman

Easy Rock - Bob Welsh
              - John Stewart
              - Gerry Rafferty
              - Supertramp
              - Eric Carmen
              - Little River Band
              - Steve Miller
              - Boz Scaggs
              - Gary Wright
              - Fleetwood Mac
              - Orleans
              - Santana
              - Loggins & Messina
              - Eric Clapton
              - Jackson Browne
              - Todd Rundgren
              - Moody Mlues
              - Eagles

OK this is enough - the next grouping will be long too so, one more after this!
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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #67 on: April 01, 2007, 02:39:08 pm »
Let's try & fit the rest in this post. The 70's ...

Soft Sounds - Stephen Bishop
                  - Michael Johnson
                  - 10cc
                  - Al Stewart
                  - Alan Parson's Project
                  - Ambrosia
                  - Firefall
                  - England Dan & John Ford Coley
                  - Paul Davis
                  - Leo Sayers
                  - Seals & Crofts
                  - Atlanta Rhythm Section
                  - Paul Simon
                  - Art Garfunkel
                  - Steely Dan
                  - Robert John
                  - Jim Croce
                  - Raspberries
                  - Harry Chapin
                  - Don McLean
                  - Bread
                  - Lobo
                  - Carpenters
                  - James Taylor
                  - Cliff Richards
                  - Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young)

Country - Freddy Fender
            - Willie Nelson
            - Charlie Rich
            - Mac Davis
            - Michael Murphy
            - Ronnie Milsap
            - Crystal Gayle
            - Dolly Parton

Country Rock - Charlie Daniels Band
                   - Pure Prairie League
                   - Allman Brothers Band

Folk - Gordon Lightfoot
      - Cat Stevens

Instrumentals - Meco
                   - Mike Post
                   - John Williams
                 
Also, forgot to include: - Gladys Knight & the Pipis
                                 - Heart
                                 - John Fogerty
                                 - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

And that's just about it.

Now Jess - recognize any a these artists from the 70's
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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #68 on: April 01, 2007, 02:50:56 pm »
yes, remember Der Commisar? (or however it was spelled....a lot seemed focused on Communism)

"I wear my Sunglasses at night"

that was another that the video had that whole oppression feel to it or am I remembering wrong??

I love both those tunes!

The ripping guitar solo over a synth arrangement made Sunglasses really stand out to me.  And I loved the hook of Der Kommisar!

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Re: Songs of the 80s and 90s...help me out here
« Reply #69 on: April 01, 2007, 03:13:46 pm »
yes, remember Der Commisar? (or however it was spelled....a lot seemed focused on Communism)

"I wear my Sunglasses at night"

that was another that the video had that whole oppression feel to it or am I remembering wrong??

Let's just keep things straight, here. "Der Kommissar" was by Falco, a performer from Austria.

And "I Wear My Sunglasses at Night" was by Corey Hart, from Canada.

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