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Showing posts with label Rock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rock. Show all posts
Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits (1979)
Call Me - Loneliness And The Modern Man (1981)
Just discovered today! Simnple rock and roll is the best rock and roll!
There isn't an element that stands out from any other. It all just fits together. Well crafted with various hooks and catchy chorus, reminds me a little bit of 10cc at times, but isn't as complex.
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Pablo Cruise - Love Will Find A Way (1978)
You Don't know what you got, until it's gone. In the late 70s I was way into the Punk scene, that anything on the radio was substandard. With those days gone, I miss the well crafted tunes that I over looked. Sure, the hits that played were so heavy in rotation that you never needed to stay glued to the radio dial. Who would have thought that Yacht Rock would even be a thing?
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Gary Myrick and The Figures - She Talks In Stereo (1980)
This song is on two lists of music that were a part of my musical character. The first, the Soundtrack to Valley Girl. What an epic collection of music. Secondly, it's part of the Exposed family, in specific Exposed II.
This song is a fine example of something I would have easily ignored because of the rock music I was too focused on.
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Wings - Goodnight Tonight (1979)
Truly a musical genius and lyical mastermind, Paul McCartney is a legend. From the early days with The Beatles, to his solo work, his brilliance can be heard. Whether it is Paul McCartney "&" Wings or just Wings, it doesn't matter, Sir Paul is a music machine.Here is one of my faves,
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Seventeen - Foreigner (1979)
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Vitesse - Down And Around (1979)
With bands like Foghat, Head East, REO Speedwagon, Journey etc...in heavy radio rotation, many bands went unnoticed. And this band Vitesse, is one of them. Weird name, weird album cover, but nonethe less, I found this one and it's amazing. The guitar work is phenomenal, the vocals harmonic and pleasant.
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Michael Stanley Band - He Can't Love You - 1980
This is Good Old Fashioned Rock And Roll. I can't recall when or where I heard this song, but I do remember enjoying it. This was at a time were I was musically buried with Mtv and Post Punk and New Wave, and Kiss and Queen as well as my garduation year. It's simple, melodic and full of hooks.
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The Tubes - Talk To Ya Later - 1981
I always thought these guys were a little 'out of the box' and thought Fee Waybill is a little goofy. I can honestly say I never really gave them a chance, and that still holds to this day. I can say that their hits are spectacular. I recall seeing this on Mtv as well as a local band Milwaukee band called "Smart Aleck" doing a cover of this.
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The Alan Parsons Project - Some Other Time - 1977
I am not a huge 'progressice' rick fan. Every once and a while I hear a song that is so well done it 'breaks' my way pf thinking. Like Electric Light Orchestra, The Alan Parsons Project uses a mixture of guitar and string, albeit synthesized, and creates masterpeices of audio pleasure.
This takes me back to the days of my older brother's good hearted friend, Larry Larry did follow what was popular, nor did he care. Hanging around with Larry was my first tatse of Styx, Rush and The Alan Parsons Project.
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Alice Cooper - How You Gonna See Me Now (1978)
There aren't too many ballads that I enjoy, but this is one of them. I have seen Alice Cooper 7 times because I enjoy his showmanship as well as his music. Alice was also a person that had his problems shared with the media. We knew he had some marital issues as well as a problem with alcohol. I imagined this song as he wrote it to his wife while in rehab. Not sure if that was the case, but it will always hold a special place in my audio memory. From The Inside was such an increible album. The songs were had intricate and melodic as well as a lyrical masterpiece thanks to the collaboration of Bernie Taupin.
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The Producer - Certain Kinda Girl (1981)
When I first heard this I thought it was John Waite from The Babys. This one was in slight rotation during the best years of Mtv in the early 80s. Even with it's very simply written melody, it's a great example of how less is more. Over all the self titled release is a true treasure and deserves a listen.
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Tycoon - Such A Woman (1978)
When I was in school, I remember, it have been in Circus magazine, but there was a phone number you could call and hear up and coming artists. This was one of the songs I remember hearing and it simply blew me away. Back when Toto hits the scene in 1978 with Hold The Line, I got a taste of something well crafted and meticulously produced. Granted, bands like Queen were engineered with mutliple layers, and innovative stereo techniques that were pure musical production craftsmenship genius. So when bands use studio production to their benefit, it really makes a difference. This was one of those gems that I knew was going to hit the radio music scene well before it was made available. It never burned the charts as I thought it would, making it to #26 on Billboards Top 100, but I loved it
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Ali Thomson - Live Every Minute (1980)
There's nothing too special about this song. I like the feel and the subtle Supertramp vibe of this recently discovered gem.
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Styx - Snowblind (1980)
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Eddie Money - Baby Hold On (1978)
I don't rememer exactly when I heard this but it stood out from many of the other songs in 1978. It's simplistic approach with a fully layered produced song...This is fantastic. He had a unique look at the time too. Longer hair, but not a hippie or a hard rocker, with an open knotted tie with a sport coat. I loved it and mimiced it whenwver I got a chance.
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Henry Paul Band - Longshot (1980)
Here is one that I recently discovered that has a little bit of a Southern flair, kinda like .38 Special. But it's more rock than country. This definitely would not have made my musical taste when it came out, but this is a solid tune that deserves to be on here.
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Balance - (Looking For The) Magic (1981)
Discovered
It amazes me how how good this album is and it took me so long to realize it. A great mixture of keyboards, guitars, and layered harmonies. This song sounds like a cross between Kenny Loggins and Toto. I had to check if the entire album was in my rotation, because it will be if it isn't.
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Toronto - 5035 (1980)
I always loved Holly Woods's (Anne Elizabeth Woods) voice. I thought it was the most amazing powerful female voice in music at the time. I loved her looked, her hair, they way she dressed. It was one of my first female fronted crushes. The first sight and sound I remember was on Mtv, for their video "Your Daddy Don't Know". I immediately purchased their entire musical library. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.
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Tom Petty - I Need To Know (1978)
Easily my favorite Tom Petty song. The first time I heard this song was from a local cover band named "Smart Aleck". It had a female vocalist and never knew this was a Tom Petty tune until many years after it's release.
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