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Post by malibou on Sept 21, 2021 23:07:00 GMT
I agree with that list, but then I graduated high school in 1978 so the music of my teens and what I remember most and loved at the time was classic rock. I still love it-Van Halen, and the other bands like this. Even though I was in college during the 80's I hated the music and the fashion. In the 80's I was listening to Al Stewart-he was my favorite then, a singer/song writer best know for his hit "Year of the Cat" but his music was so much more than that. He considered himself an amatuer historian, and one thing I loved about his songs was that they told stories-it wasn't just the popular "I love you, she loves him" stuff I'd hear on the radio. I still prefer the 1970's and consider it "my decade". As far as music goes I know what I like. These days it's Marillion (my all time favorite band) and Tori Amos. Their music is complex (especially Marillion's) and I really love their lyrics. Tori-I just loved her music from the first time I heard her sing. She has an incredible voice, plays her instrument (the piano) like she was born to it and also write amazing lyrics. When she was 5 years old she won a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore! I love music. It means so much to me-I don't think I could live without it. In 88 or 89, while living in South Lake Tahoe, Al Stewart was playing at one of the casinos with Peter White on guitar - holy cats can that guy play Spanish guitar. They were there for a week, doing two shows a night. I went to every. single. one! Most of the time there were less than 20 people there. By the 4th show, they were recognizing me and thanking me for coming. By the 6th show, I was hanging out with them after every performance, drinking at the bar. We had the best time. Several years later I was dragging my Dh to see Al Stewart. One time, as we were leaving, he came up to me and very tentatively asked if my name was " malibou" and had I lived in South Lake Tahoe. We went out for drinks that night too! My least favorite song of his is Year of the Cat. Lol. I graduated in 82, but have an endless love for some of those late 60s early 70s bands. I love love love the early Kinks, and T Rex, and Stories and if course Bowie.
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Post by pepperwood on Sept 21, 2021 23:21:54 GMT
These were among my favorite aerobics songs:
10. Rick Astley - 'Never Gonna Give You Up'
4. Wham! - 'Wake Me Up (Before You Go Go)'
1. Starship - 'We Built This City'
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Post by scrappychick on Sept 21, 2021 23:43:29 GMT
I feel personally attacked by that list. I love all of those songs!
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Post by Skellinton on Sept 21, 2021 23:47:43 GMT
LOVE LOVE LOVE Depeche Mode!!! LOVE! I am kind of hit and miss with The Cure. As I mentioned earlier, I was very into Yaz. I liked Talk Talk as well. There was also Golden Earring but I don't know if they are alternative or rock. I love Yaz as well! Just can't get enough. 😉 Depeche Mode, Yaz, Erasure, New Order, The Cure, Pet Shop Boys, Bauhaus, Tears For Fears, Thompson Twins. Music just doesn’t get better then that. I do love lots of mainstream 80’s-Wham!, Duran Duran, INXS, Howard Jones, Pat Benetar, etc but the “alternative” bands are the best. I will admit I hate U2 and B52s though, I don’t get the love for them at all. B-52s music makes me want to rip my ears off my head.
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Post by peabay on Sept 22, 2021 0:03:51 GMT
Haven't read everyone's comments, so I'm sure someone beat me to this point, but part of the reason We Built this City is SUCH a bad song, other than just being a bad, bad song, is the reminder that Starship was once Jefferson Starship and prior to that Jefferson Airplane and the reminder of how far they'd fallen. To hear the amazing Grace Slick sing those insipid lyrics was really depressing.
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Post by dewryce on Sept 22, 2021 0:09:12 GMT
I love Yaz as well! Just can't get enough. 😉 Depeche Mode, Yaz, Erasure, New Order, The Cure, Pet Shop Boys, Bauhaus, Tears For Fears, Thompson Twins. Music just doesn’t get better then that. I do love lots of mainstream 80’s-Wham!, Duran Duran, INXS, Howard Jones, Pat Benetar, etc but the “alternative” bands are the best. I will admit I hate U2 and B52s though, I don’t get the love for them at all. B-52s music makes me want to rip my ears off my head. My favorite band for most of my life. Saw them again half a dozen years ago, very cool.
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Post by hutchfan on Sept 22, 2021 1:12:19 GMT
Whew thank the Lord INXS and Rick Springfield are not on that list. They are my 80's jam and still are!
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Post by Skellinton on Sept 22, 2021 1:51:56 GMT
Haven't read everyone's comments, so I'm sure someone beat me to this point, but part of the reason We Built this City is SUCH a bad song, other than just being a bad, bad song, is the reminder that Starship was once Jefferson Starship and prior to that Jefferson Airplane and the reminder of how far they'd fallen. To hear the amazing Grace Slick sing those insipid lyrics was really depressing. My sibling, who is insanely smart and full of trivia facts once decided to enlighten me about their name change, but got it backwards and was earnestly telling me how they went from Jefferson Starship to Jefferson Airplane to just Airplane. I knew the story, but kept a straight face as they told me all this. To this day when we are together and hear We Built This City (which happens way too often, btw) I always have to comment how much I love the band “Airplane”. I love being a little sister.
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Post by birukitty on Sept 22, 2021 1:53:47 GMT
I agree with that list, but then I graduated high school in 1978 so the music of my teens and what I remember most and loved at the time was classic rock. I still love it-Van Halen, and the other bands like this. Even though I was in college during the 80's I hated the music and the fashion. In the 80's I was listening to Al Stewart-he was my favorite then, a singer/song writer best know for his hit "Year of the Cat" but his music was so much more than that. He considered himself an amatuer historian, and one thing I loved about his songs was that they told stories-it wasn't just the popular "I love you, she loves him" stuff I'd hear on the radio. I still prefer the 1970's and consider it "my decade". As far as music goes I know what I like. These days it's Marillion (my all time favorite band) and Tori Amos. Their music is complex (especially Marillion's) and I really love their lyrics. Tori-I just loved her music from the first time I heard her sing. She has an incredible voice, plays her instrument (the piano) like she was born to it and also write amazing lyrics. When she was 5 years old she won a scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore! I love music. It means so much to me-I don't think I could live without it. In 88 or 89, while living in South Lake Tahoe, Al Stewart was playing at one of the casinos with Peter White on guitar - holy cats can that guy play Spanish guitar. They were there for a week, doing two shows a night. I went to every. single. one! Most of the time there were less than 20 people there. By the 4th show, they were recognizing me and thanking me for coming. By the 6th show, I was hanging out with them after every performance, drinking at the bar. We had the best time. Several years later I was dragging my Dh to see Al Stewart. One time, as we were leaving, he came up to me and very tentatively asked if my name was " malibou" and had I lived in South Lake Tahoe. We went out for drinks that night too! My least favorite song of his is Year of the Cat. Lol. I graduated in 82, but have an endless love for some of those late 60s early 70s bands. I love love love the early Kinks, and T Rex, and Stories and if course Bowie. Loved reading your stories about Al Stewart and Peter White. I saw them perform together many times during that era and Peter White is incredibly friendly. We used to hang out too after the shows. I always took photos during the shows and they happened to be recording a live album one year. I was asking them to sign some of the previous tour's photos I'd taken and they flipped over them-Peter was especially enthused about them. He's such a sweetheart. Anyway, what ended up happening was me sending several to the manager for possible inclusion on that album and they ended up printing 7 of them inside the CD booklet of "Rhymes in Rooms" which sold internationally. I was so excited! My dream when I was 19 was to get my photos on an Al Stewart photo album and when I was 32 when that album was released and my dream finally came true. It didn't happen automatically. There was a lot of negotiation back and forth between the manager because basically he wanted them all for free! I finally settled on them covering all of my costs (which were high considering they wanted to see 8x10's for consideration) for me keeping my copyright allowing them one time usage to publish, and for insisting I receive credit under each photo. When the manager said he wanted them all for free and I said, "No" he replied "Well RA is letting us use his photos for free." And I replied, "Well, I'm not RA." RA is the other guy who's shot is the cover shot and he has 2 photos on the inside. Oh my! My heart was in my throat when I gave the manager that reply and I was sure that was it-the deal was over. Happily that wasn't the case and my negotiating paid off. I agree with you-"Year of the Cat" is my least favorite song of his too. There is so much more to him musically within the albums.
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Post by malibou on Sept 22, 2021 2:12:07 GMT
In 88 or 89, while living in South Lake Tahoe, Al Stewart was playing at one of the casinos with Peter White on guitar - holy cats can that guy play Spanish guitar. They were there for a week, doing two shows a night. I went to every. single. one! Most of the time there were less than 20 people there. By the 4th show, they were recognizing me and thanking me for coming. By the 6th show, I was hanging out with them after every performance, drinking at the bar. We had the best time. Several years later I was dragging my Dh to see Al Stewart. One time, as we were leaving, he came up to me and very tentatively asked if my name was " malibou" and had I lived in South Lake Tahoe. We went out for drinks that night too! My least favorite song of his is Year of the Cat. Lol. I graduated in 82, but have an endless love for some of those late 60s early 70s bands. I love love love the early Kinks, and T Rex, and Stories and if course Bowie. Loved reading your stories about Al Stewart and Peter White. I saw them perform together many times during that era and Peter White is incredibly friendly. We used to hang out too after the shows. I always took photos during the shows and they happened to be recording a live album one year. I was asking them to sign some of the previous tour's photos I'd taken and they flipped over them-Peter was especially enthused about them. He's such a sweetheart. Anyway, what ended up happening was me sending several to the manager for possible inclusion on that album and they ended up printing 7 of them inside the CD booklet of "Rhymes in Rooms" which sold internationally. I was so excited! My dream when I was 19 was to get my photos on an Al Stewart photo album and when I was 32 when that album was released and my dream finally came true. It didn't happen automatically. There was a lot of negotiation back and forth between the manager because basically he wanted them all for free! I finally settled on them covering all of my costs (which were high considering they wanted to see 8x10's for consideration) for me keeping my copyright allowing them one time usage to publish, and for insisting I receive credit under each photo. When the manager said he wanted them all for free and I said, "No" he replied "Well RA is letting us use his photos for free." And I replied, "Well, I'm not RA." RA is the other guy who's shot is the cover shot and he has 2 photos on the inside. Oh my! My heart was in my throat when I gave the manager that reply and I was sure that was it-the deal was over. Happily that wasn't the case and my negotiating paid off. I agree with you-"Year of the Cat" is my least favorite song of his too. There is so much more to him musically within the albums. OMG! your story is way cooler! I immediately went and grabbed my Rhymes in Rooms CD to see your photos. Their awesome! I'm so jealous. I've seen Peter White several times on his own and he has recognized me everytime. 😁 He is such a personable guy. I can't say I have ever known someone that loves Al Stewart as much as I do. Looks like you are 4 years older than I am, and that seems young to have fallen for him. Most of the time I'm pretty sure I'm one of the youngest in the crowd. I read my first Kurt Vonnegut book because of his song Sirens of Titan.
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Post by birukitty on Sept 22, 2021 2:21:29 GMT
Loved reading your stories about Al Stewart and Peter White. I saw them perform together many times during that era and Peter White is incredibly friendly. We used to hang out too after the shows. I always took photos during the shows and they happened to be recording a live album one year. I was asking them to sign some of the previous tour's photos I'd taken and they flipped over them-Peter was especially enthused about them. He's such a sweetheart. Anyway, what ended up happening was me sending several to the manager for possible inclusion on that album and they ended up printing 7 of them inside the CD booklet of "Rhymes in Rooms" which sold internationally. I was so excited! My dream when I was 19 was to get my photos on an Al Stewart photo album and when I was 32 when that album was released and my dream finally came true. It didn't happen automatically. There was a lot of negotiation back and forth between the manager because basically he wanted them all for free! I finally settled on them covering all of my costs (which were high considering they wanted to see 8x10's for consideration) for me keeping my copyright allowing them one time usage to publish, and for insisting I receive credit under each photo. When the manager said he wanted them all for free and I said, "No" he replied "Well RA is letting us use his photos for free." And I replied, "Well, I'm not RA." RA is the other guy who's shot is the cover shot and he has 2 photos on the inside. Oh my! My heart was in my throat when I gave the manager that reply and I was sure that was it-the deal was over. Happily that wasn't the case and my negotiating paid off. I agree with you-"Year of the Cat" is my least favorite song of his too. There is so much more to him musically within the albums. OMG! your story is way cooler! I immediately went and grabbed my Rhymes in Rooms CD to see your photos. Their awesome! I'm so jealous. I've seen Peter White several times on his own and he has recognized me everytime. 😁 He is such a personable guy. I can't say I have ever known someone that loves Al Stewart as much as I do. Looks like you are 4 years older than I am, and that seems young to have fallen for him. Most of the time I'm pretty sure I'm one of the youngest in the crowd. I read my first Kurt Vonnegut book because of his song Sirens of Titan. I sent you a PM.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Sept 22, 2021 2:26:14 GMT
I pretty much only listen to SiriusXM. My default music channels are:
70's 80's 1st Wave Soul Town The Groove Love Yacht Rock Road Trip Siriusly Sinatra Classic Rewind
I agree that 1st Wave is better than 80's on 8. I lived in England in the mid-80s so that colors my view of 80's music.
I don't pay for Pandora, but the only channel I really listen to there is 70's Funk. Be still my heart, that is the best station ever!! It's my preferred station when I'm working in my yard.
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Post by snugglebutter on Sept 22, 2021 2:47:01 GMT
Every other Sara/Sarah will agree with me that Sara by Starship is the ultimate worst 80's song.
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Post by ModChick on Sept 22, 2021 3:37:17 GMT
Love most of these songs, lol, mind you I love the 80s.
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