the best songs ever: the lost years

[gabrielle]

Holy crap, 6 pages have been added to this thread, just since I went to bed last night.   And I'm still in 1981, lol!

[gabrielle]

More 1981:

[Eric the Green]

(06-17-2016, 05:34 AM)Galen Wrote:

(06-17-2016, 04:39 AM)Eric the Obtuse Wrote: Galen is just politically wrong. That colors everything he says about me. In my view, the lack of and betrayal of idealism is what went wrong, generally-speaking; not the consequences of it. But in music, I am interested ONLY in quality, and that is synonymous with beauty, melody, harmony, counterpoint, rhythm, imagination, sound, ambience and atmosphere, lyrics, vocal styling, inspiration; all the things that make music great. Whether the words or "message" is idealistic or cynical is almost beside the point. You know what my #1 rock song is, for example. I'll get to it pretty soon.

I have run into many pieces of music that are well executed but don't really do anything for me.  They must connect with something in the psyche otherwise it is just noise.

I agree; me too.

Quote:  I rather liked this long before I ever encountered you  but it did connect with something that I was never before able to put into words.  Those ideas sum you up nicely.  A pity you can't understand it.

It's a pretty good song. You should listen to me because I am usually correct. That's a pretty good reason.

[Galen]

(06-17-2016, 12:45 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(06-17-2016, 05:34 AM)Galen Wrote:

(06-17-2016, 04:39 AM)Eric the Obtuse Wrote: Galen is just politically wrong. That colors everything he says about me. In my view, the lack of and betrayal of idealism is what went wrong, generally-speaking; not the consequences of it. But in music, I am interested ONLY in quality, and that is synonymous with beauty, melody, harmony, counterpoint, rhythm, imagination, sound, ambience and atmosphere, lyrics, vocal styling, inspiration; all the things that make music great. Whether the words or "message" is idealistic or cynical is almost beside the point. You know what my #1 rock song is, for example. I'll get to it pretty soon.

I have run into many pieces of music that are well executed but don't really do anything for me.  They must connect with something in the psyche otherwise it is just noise.

I agree; me too.

Quote:  I rather liked this long before I ever encountered you  but it did connect with something that I was never before able to put into words.  Those ideas sum you up nicely.  A pity you can't understand it.

It's a pretty good song. You should listen to me because I am usually correct. That's a pretty good reason.

That is what I thought you would say.  Trouble is that you are almost never right and there was rather more to it than that.

[gabrielle]

1982 is like 1999:

[gabrielle]

1982

[gabrielle]

This is probably my favorite Michael Jackson song (1982):

[Eric the Green]

(06-17-2016, 01:09 PM)Galen Wrote: That is what I thought you would say.  Trouble is that you are almost never right

Wrong; compared to you I am always right.

Quote: and there was rather more to it than that.

Not that I could make out.

[Eric the Green]

(06-17-2016, 02:00 PM)gabrielle Wrote: This is probably my favorite Michael Jackson song (1982):
(Billy Jean)

The most popular.

But why not, The Way You Make Me Feel (1987)

[gabrielle]

More 1982:  This is not necessarily one of my favorite songs from the 80s, though the bass line is kind of cool.   The days of eyeliner and pastel suits!

[gabrielle]

(06-17-2016, 02:05 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(06-17-2016, 02:00 PM)gabrielle Wrote: This is probably my favorite Michael Jackson song (1982):
(Billy Jean)

The most popular.

But why not, The Way You Make Me Feel (1987)

I like that one too.

[gabrielle]

[Eric the Green]

(06-17-2016, 01:42 PM)gabrielle Wrote: 1982 is like 1999:

Did the phrase "I'm gonna party like it's 1999" come from this song, or did Prince just put it in the song?

[gabrielle]

Edit: same song, replaced with better video

[gabrielle]

(06-17-2016, 02:17 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(06-17-2016, 01:42 PM)gabrielle Wrote: 1982 is like 1999:

Did the phrase "I'm gonna party like it's 1999" come from this song, or did Prince just put it in the song?

Dunno.  I always thought it was Prince's

[gabrielle]

One more from 1982 (so much fun!):

[gabrielle]

I lied:

[gabrielle]

(06-17-2016, 02:42 PM)taramarie Wrote:

(06-17-2016, 05:44 AM)Galen Wrote: Taramarie those were some good choices.  I have to get some sleep so I will leave you with this something that I listened to quite a bit.  I am curious to  if you can figure out why.

Too much listening to bias "proof" and calling it expert and not being objective. We are lost pawns to "the man." No one cares and we are on our own.

Those are the messages I could decipher from it anyway listening to the lyrics.

This one was used in an episode of "The Americans" recently.

[gabrielle]

OK, so now we're on to 1983.

The Police were HUGE in the late 70s/early 80s, and broke up at the height of their popularity.  

Don't ever get caught between the Scylla and Charybdis.

[gabrielle]

(06-17-2016, 02:54 PM)taramarie Wrote:

(06-17-2016, 02:49 PM)gabrielle Wrote:

(06-17-2016, 02:42 PM)taramarie Wrote:

(06-17-2016, 05:44 AM)Galen Wrote: Taramarie those were some good choices.  I have to get some sleep so I will leave you with this something that I listened to quite a bit.  I am curious to  if you can figure out why.

Too much listening to bias "proof" and calling it expert and not being objective. We are lost pawns to "the man." No one cares and we are on our own.

Those are the messages I could decipher from it anyway listening to the lyrics.

This one was used in an episode of "The Americans" recently.

I don't know that show. We don't get all the programs you have over there....although i do not watch tv anyway.

I only watch a few of the better ones.  The Americans is set in the 80s and is about an undercover Soviet spy couple raising a family in the US.