Your fave Rock albums IN the '80s, and still ok? |
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Sean Trane
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Given the time frame you gave us in the top post of this page, yes, I understand. You'd probably be more accurate if it was the 90's in question. Myself, I don't remember that much what I listened to before I was 10 (at least not enough to make a list of it), but my rock record craze started circa 72/3 (+/- 10 yo) and started having cash enough to buy my albums in 74 , via newspaper delivery.
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let's just stay above the moral melee
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David_D
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not by now |
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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David_D
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When that's the case, it's fine enough. |
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Edited by Grumpyprogfan - September 25 2024 at 06:55 |
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Sean Trane
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To me, DD is more of a 70's band, even if they +/- stopped in 82. TBH, I hate Metheny's Orchestrion (I know, not the same decade) as much as I hate the Synclavier (for guitars, I have no qualms about KB models). Just because it's innovative (meaning new technology) doesn't make it progressive (Gated drums and rhythm boxes were innovative, but...) ADMiola & Zappa also fell into this ugly trap/craze, but neither Frippy or Belew used synclaviers, TTBOMK*, which is more than I can say about Metheny (though I do like a couple of his very early-80's albums, but after Offramp, it's +/- over for me). Seems like Synclavier managed to get the worst out of those fantastic players. John McLaughlin sounds bad on it ("Adventures in Radioland" -- cringe!), Holdsworth & Dimeola sounds terrible (and boring), etc. They all just seem to totally lose their unique, individual touch whenever they strap on Synclavier. Was the novelty/marketing gimmick so strong back then that these fine artists couldn't notice how much damage was it doing to their music? I almost wish they'd go back and re-record those LPs, because there's probably some terrific music hidden in there that was botched by the Synclavier. The genre of Smooth jazz (it's a rather good name to describe the music encompassed) is generally viewed as the dominant form of jazz in the 80's. Even the Marsalis tribe dabbled into it, despite the scatholic-than-pope trad-jazz buff Wynton would like to admit. *: I checked, they (Bobby & Ade) both toyed around with it, as most guitarist fell into this fad, but it doesn't sound lije it in their three albums. ..
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What is TTBOMK? |
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To The Best Of My Knowledge (with a little help from Google)
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Sean Trane
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McL sounds like Zawie in Mr Gone it's even worse when he screws that white box on his guitar body |
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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LOL, "AFAIK" is no longer good enough
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YMBKYLT, of course it isn't (you must be kidding, you little twerp) |
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Even in the '80s, I was mostly into mainstream Rock and different kind of much Pop-influenced music, I also liked much and listened to other kinds of music. For instance the Danish Before's A Wish of Life on my list here, which I today find to be some of the very best Post-Punk ever, with influences like Joy Division, The Doors and the Greek proggers, PLJ Band. Here's the title track from this album - powerful and very emotional stuff: Edited by David_D - September 26 2024 at 04:20 |
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David_D
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A Wish of Life is by the way one of the three Danish Rock albums that I'm most impressed by when looking at it from an international perspective, and the all three are: Secret Oyster - Sea Sun (1974) Before - A Wish of Life (1982) Mercyful Fate - Melissa (1984) Edited by David_D - September 26 2024 at 04:44 |
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Cristi
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Melissa is one of the most important heavy metal albums, influential and groundbreaking. Just calling it "Danish rock" belittles it quite a bit.
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David_D
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Well, I use Rock term in a broad sense here, and exactly because it's so groundbreaking and influential Heavy Metal / proto-Prog Metal album, I'm so impressed by it in an "international perspective" - and still, it is a Danish album and one Danes can be proud of, I think. |
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Cristi
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Then call it "Danish metal". it's more accurate.
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I entered the 80's as a 16 year old and left as a 26 year old so my tastes changed dramatically through 6th Form College and University.
Rainbow - Rising Motorhead - Overkill Led Zeppelin - IV Deep Purple - In Rock Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast Black Sabbath - Paranoid Saxon - Wheels Of Steel AC/DC - Highway To Hell Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material The Stranglers - The Raven Supertramp - Crime Of The Century Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells ELO - Discovery Hawkwind - Hall Of The Mountain Grill The Pink Fairies - Kings Of Oblivion Leonard Cohen - New Skin For The Old Ceremony King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You Groundhogs - Split Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink Yes - Close To The Edge Genesis - Trespass Jethro Tull - Aqualung Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood Gong - You Roy Harper - HQ Neil Young - After The Goldrush |
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I can't call Sea Sun and A Wish of Life for "Danish metal". |
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Cristi
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I was talking about Mercyful Fate and you knew that...
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these were my favourite rock albums in the 1980s that I still enjoy today:-
Queen - Queen II . - Sheer Heart Attack . - Hot Space . - The Works . - A Kind of Magic . - Queen I Yes. - The Yes Album . - Fragile . - Close to the Edge . - Relayer All About Eve - All About Eve Adam and the Ants - Dirk Wears White Sox . . . . - Kings of the Wild Frontier Al Stewart - Past, Present and Future Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmores Rainbow . - Rising ELO - Time Marillion - Script for a Jesters Tear . - Fugazi . - Real to Reel . - Misplaced Childhood . - Seasons End David Bowie - Diamond Dogs . . - Ziggy Stardust . . - Scary Monsters Dire Straits - Love Over Gold . . - Making Movies Hawkwind - Doremi Fasol Latino Adam Ant - Friend or Foe . . - Strip . . - Vive le Rock Roger Taylor - Fun in Space . . - Strange Frontier Genesis - Foxtrot Iron Maiden - Killers . . - Iron Maiden . . - Somewhere in Time Brian May - Star Fleet Project John Miles - Zaragon Pallas - The Wedge . - The Sentinel IQ - the Wake . - Tales From the Lush Attic Michael Schenker Group - Assault Attack Slade - Rogues Gallery Rick Wakeman - No Earthly Connection . . - King Arthur Chris De Burgh - Man on the Line . . . - Spanish Train UFO - UFO2 Flying . - Lights Out . - Misdemeanour . - Mechanix Pink Floyd - The Wall . . - Relics Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 3 Motφrhead - On Parole Mike Oldfield - Five Miles Out Bruce Hornsby - The Way it Is Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasure Dome Deep Purple - In Rock Robin George - Dangerous Music Men at Work - Cargo Jon & Vangelis - Short Stories . . . - Friends of Mr Cairo Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses . . - Crest of a Knave TPau - Rage Rush - 2112 . - A Farewell to Kings . - Permanent Waves Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV . . - Houses of the Holy Manfred Manns Earth Band - Budapest Live
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