Worst year for music?
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Escapegoat said:
Eh?
1 George Michael Faith
2 INXS Need You Tonight
3 George Harrison Got My Mind Set On You
5 Guns N' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine
11 George Michael One More Try
17 Whitesnake Is This Love
19 Def Leppard Pour Some Sugar On Me
21 Michael Jackson Man In The Mirror
23 Robert Palmer Simply Irresistible
27 George Michael Father Figure
30 Def Leppard Love Bites
36 Michael Jackson The Way You Make Me Feel
37 Bobby McFerrin Don't Worry, Be Happy
46 INXS Devil Inside
50 Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield What Have I Done To Deserve This?
58 Terence Trent d'Arby Sign Your Name
65 INXS New Sensation
76 Tracy Chapman Fast Car
80 Pet Shop Boys Always On My Mind
91 George Michael Kissing A Fool
95 INXS Never Tear Us Apart
96 Steve Winwood Valerie
From: Billboard - http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/top-100-songs-o...
There's definitely some good stuff there and, as an aside, a lot more rock than you seem to see these days1 George Michael Faith
2 INXS Need You Tonight
3 George Harrison Got My Mind Set On You
5 Guns N' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine
11 George Michael One More Try
17 Whitesnake Is This Love
19 Def Leppard Pour Some Sugar On Me
21 Michael Jackson Man In The Mirror
23 Robert Palmer Simply Irresistible
27 George Michael Father Figure
30 Def Leppard Love Bites
36 Michael Jackson The Way You Make Me Feel
37 Bobby McFerrin Don't Worry, Be Happy
46 INXS Devil Inside
50 Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield What Have I Done To Deserve This?
58 Terence Trent d'Arby Sign Your Name
65 INXS New Sensation
76 Tracy Chapman Fast Car
80 Pet Shop Boys Always On My Mind
91 George Michael Kissing A Fool
95 INXS Never Tear Us Apart
96 Steve Winwood Valerie
From: Billboard - http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/top-100-songs-o...
scottydoesntknow said:
Agreed. Anything Stock Aitken and Waterman is pure dirge.
I like roadblock.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF28Z_lr3t4
Fittster said:
ha, Roadblock.IIRC it was pushed out on a white label, so no-one would know it was a SAW track. Instead it was hyped up before being umasked as another 'pop monster' from SAW :-)
IMHO the best that SAW released were the Princess tracks.
boxedin said:
ha, Roadblock.
IIRC it was pushed out on a white label, so no-one would know it was a SAW track. Instead it was hyped up before being umasked as another 'pop monster' from SAW :-)
IMHO the best that SAW released were the Princess tracks.
“Say I’m your number 1” was a pretty good pop track.IIRC it was pushed out on a white label, so no-one would know it was a SAW track. Instead it was hyped up before being umasked as another 'pop monster' from SAW :-)
IMHO the best that SAW released were the Princess tracks.
I love how some posters have listed a load of tunes and are trumpeting them as being 'good'.
The chart music of the late 80s was bloody awful to a young me. I was in my first job in a factory, and we were unfortunate enough to have Radio 1 piped in over the intercom all day, every day.
It bordered on traumatic.
The chart music of the late 80s was bloody awful to a young me. I was in my first job in a factory, and we were unfortunate enough to have Radio 1 piped in over the intercom all day, every day.
It bordered on traumatic.
Edited by Front bottom on Tuesday 26th November 11:28
TOTP is/was never a good way to judge the state of music.
It played the stuff in the charts and, amongst the odd gem, the chart has always been (and always will be) stuffed with middle of the road dross, so that's what watching any episode of TOTP2 will deliver.
1988 - Well, my memory of that year was Jaguar winning Le Mans, so musically, who knows, but I'm pretty sure there were some decent acts around in the late 80s, same as there are every year.
You could say 'worst' year for the charts and a lot of the 2000s would figure highly for me with talentless wkers talking over other people's tracks (oh, sorry, Rap stars), but it's entirely subjectives - One man's meat and all that...
Oh well, don't worry.Mmmm - I can take or leave it...
M
It played the stuff in the charts and, amongst the odd gem, the chart has always been (and always will be) stuffed with middle of the road dross, so that's what watching any episode of TOTP2 will deliver.
1988 - Well, my memory of that year was Jaguar winning Le Mans, so musically, who knows, but I'm pretty sure there were some decent acts around in the late 80s, same as there are every year.
You could say 'worst' year for the charts and a lot of the 2000s would figure highly for me with talentless wkers talking over other people's tracks (oh, sorry, Rap stars), but it's entirely subjectives - One man's meat and all that...
selym said:
S100HP said:
generationx said:
I quite like Mel and Kim
I too find it respectable.M
Edited by marcosgt on Tuesday 26th November 12:35
Front bottom said:
I love how some posters have listed a load of tunes and are trumpeting them as being 'good'.
The chart music of the late 80s was bloody awful to a young me. I was in my first job in a factory, and we were unfortunate enough to have Radio 1 piped in over the intercom all day, every day.
It bordered on traumatic.
TBH though I can't remember a time when R1 was any good (Tommy Vance's Friday-night rock-show aside )The chart music of the late 80s was bloody awful to a young me. I was in my first job in a factory, and we were unfortunate enough to have Radio 1 piped in over the intercom all day, every day.
It bordered on traumatic.
Edited by Front bottom on Tuesday 26th November 11:28
I was a fan of the Collins era Genesis, thought Wind And Wuthering and Duke were great albums, then they brought out Invisible Touch and I had the misfortune to see them at Wembley on the Invisible Touch tour, playing all that mid 80s tat from that album.
See Robert Plant at the Town & Country Club(had lead singer out of It Bites as support) and that was another mid 80s disappointment.
It seemed the mid to late 80s was just a crap time for music and the start of the decline in general. Even Hounds Of Love I thought was a far cry from Kate Bush's first three albums even though like Invisble Touch for Genesis was probably her best seller.
Digital killed the music star.
See Robert Plant at the Town & Country Club(had lead singer out of It Bites as support) and that was another mid 80s disappointment.
It seemed the mid to late 80s was just a crap time for music and the start of the decline in general. Even Hounds Of Love I thought was a far cry from Kate Bush's first three albums even though like Invisble Touch for Genesis was probably her best seller.
Digital killed the music star.
Escapegoat said:
Eh?
1 George Michael Faith
2 INXS Need You Tonight
3 George Harrison Got My Mind Set On You
5 Guns N' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine
11 George Michael One More Try
17 Whitesnake Is This Love
19 Def Leppard Pour Some Sugar On Me
21 Michael Jackson Man In The Mirror
23 Robert Palmer Simply Irresistible
27 George Michael Father Figure
30 Def Leppard Love Bites
36 Michael Jackson The Way You Make Me Feel
37 Bobby McFerrin Don't Worry, Be Happy
46 INXS Devil Inside
50 Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield What Have I Done To Deserve This?
58 Terence Trent d'Arby Sign Your Name
65 INXS New Sensation
76 Tracy Chapman Fast Car
80 Pet Shop Boys Always On My Mind
91 George Michael Kissing A Fool
95 INXS Never Tear Us Apart
96 Steve Winwood Valerie
From: Billboard - http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/top-100-songs-o...
George Harrison's Got My Mind Set On You compared to All Things Must Pass.1 George Michael Faith
2 INXS Need You Tonight
3 George Harrison Got My Mind Set On You
5 Guns N' Roses Sweet Child O' Mine
11 George Michael One More Try
17 Whitesnake Is This Love
19 Def Leppard Pour Some Sugar On Me
21 Michael Jackson Man In The Mirror
23 Robert Palmer Simply Irresistible
27 George Michael Father Figure
30 Def Leppard Love Bites
36 Michael Jackson The Way You Make Me Feel
37 Bobby McFerrin Don't Worry, Be Happy
46 INXS Devil Inside
50 Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield What Have I Done To Deserve This?
58 Terence Trent d'Arby Sign Your Name
65 INXS New Sensation
76 Tracy Chapman Fast Car
80 Pet Shop Boys Always On My Mind
91 George Michael Kissing A Fool
95 INXS Never Tear Us Apart
96 Steve Winwood Valerie
From: Billboard - http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/top-100-songs-o...
Robert Palmer's Simply Irresistible compared to Sneakin Sally Through The Alley.
Raygun said:
George Harrison's Got My Mind Set On You compared to All Things Must Pass.
Robert Palmer's Simply Irresistible compared to Sneakin Sally Through The Alley.
You have a point (2 in fact), but I'm sure you can do that with nearly any year.Robert Palmer's Simply Irresistible compared to Sneakin Sally Through The Alley.
Evangelion said:
I remember hearing someone on the radio saying that in his opinion, 80s music was crap because everything was over-produced
And...? If you knew or mentioned who it was, it might have some value to some, but someone saying music was crap is about as valuable as a Boris Johnson promise...M
Edited by marcosgt on Thursday 28th November 11:37
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