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#4482522 - 07/12/19 03:02 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: cichlidfan]  
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Originally Posted by cichlidfan
Probably less than a 1,000 people in a venue that seats over 5,000. Such a shame since they really are excellent as a live band.



Wow. That's almost as bad as doing a concert at a dog racing track and still failing to sell out!


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#4482525 - 07/12/19 03:32 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Originally Posted by cichlidfan
Probably less than a 1,000 people in a venue that seats over 5,000. Such a shame since they really are excellent as a live band.



Wow. That's almost as bad as doing a concert at a dog racing track and still failing to sell out!


The only reason that came to mind is that they have played so many times in so many places that anyone that wanted to see them already had.


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#4482526 - 07/12/19 03:37 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: Dart]  
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Sad about Cheap Trick turnout. They need to come to Baton Rouge, I gotta good feeling (town is stuck in the 80's, we still love the music here)...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDbmEDij6Gs

EDIT: Interviewed 2014, same 5 guys now for 16 years, not bad for a cover band and I swear they just keep getting better (as does their stage show).

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What else is sad (from Wikipedia)...

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"The Beastie Boys were an American hip hop group from New York City formed in 1981. The group comprised Michael "Mike D" Diamond (vocals, drums), Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass) and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitar)."

"On May 4, 2012, Yauch died from cancer at the age of 47."

"Founding Beastie Boys guitarist John Berry died on May 19, 2016, aged 52, as a result of frontotemporal dementia,"
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That I knew, this I didn't...

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"The Outfield was an English rock band based in London, England. The band achieved success in the mid-1980s and are best remembered for their hit single, "Your Love". The band's lineup consisted of guitarist John Spinks, vocalist and bassist Tony Lewis and drummer Alan Jackman."

"On 9 July 2014, John Spinks died of liver cancer. He was 60 years old."
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Gives way and suddenly it’s day again
The sun is in the east
Even though the day is done
Two suns in the sunset, hmph
Could be the human race is run
#4482527 - 07/12/19 03:46 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: Dart]  
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Cinderella? "Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)" and "Nobody's Fool" my favorites.

I'm always up for some 80's hairbands! I'll see your Cinderella and raise you one Ratt!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXXrT7j7VW8




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u8teXR8VE4


My favorite Ratt, although apparently not popular enough to get a cheesy video (that's ok, I like the album cover)...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y76yfTGQ7tw



The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in
Gives way and suddenly it’s day again
The sun is in the east
Even though the day is done
Two suns in the sunset, hmph
Could be the human race is run
#4482529 - 07/12/19 03:58 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: Dart]  
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Sorry Dart. Not really. neaner

Kate Bush, Cinderella, and lots of stuff I've never heard of... I'm going to harvest the hell out of this thread when it's done (find what I like and then go on a music shopping spree). tuner




The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in
Gives way and suddenly it’s day again
The sun is in the east
Even though the day is done
Two suns in the sunset, hmph
Could be the human race is run
#4482535 - 07/12/19 05:24 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: Dart]  
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For some reason (?) at the time I could not stand Ratt but that has changed for sure and I do rock out to their hits when they come on the radio or Pandora

Another top band for me was Dokken - love, love that band - George Lynch is a true rock guitar virtuoso

It's Not Love


Breaking The Chains


Just Got Lucky


Into The Fire


and the mandatory rock ballad smile Walk Away



If you want a great Pandora channel create a "Dokken" channel, it sticks to the 80's rock genre better then using a lot of other bands


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#4482536 - 07/12/19 05:39 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: Dart]  
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Cruise trips don't grab my attention but these do look fun band

Monster of Rock Cruise - https://monstersofrockcruise.com/the-bands/


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#4482537 - 07/12/19 05:46 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: Dart]  
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Since we are on the subject of old music. How many of you still use/listen to vinyl? I have a few hundred albums in the closet (some of which have never been released on CD) and am tempted to get a turntable again. I have a friend that is so into vinyl that he has a $1500 turntable (not including the cost of the cartridge and stylus).

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#4482539 - 07/12/19 05:49 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: Dart]  
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Ah shucks, can't really stream comfortably on satellite internet. Don't feel bad for me, it's for the best. smile

Although it looks like they're running fiber-optics out here, at least along the main highway (on both sides of road) so maybe I'll soon have options. I haven't decided if that's a good thing or not.

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Can't have 80's without some Rick James, although YT sound doesn't do this justice...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dNIQVYGXbM

"Cocaine is a hell of a drug."

Also, some Herbie Hancock...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHhD4PD75zY



The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in
Gives way and suddenly it’s day again
The sun is in the east
Even though the day is done
Two suns in the sunset, hmph
Could be the human race is run
#4482540 - 07/12/19 05:58 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: cichlidfan]  
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Originally Posted by cichlidfan
Since we are on the subject of old music. How many of you still use/listen to vinyl? .



I'm fairly certain my last LP purchase was the soundtrack for "Return of the Jedi" in 1983. smile


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#4482541 - 07/12/19 06:08 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: Dart]  
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Don't forget about all the "alternative" or "college radio" that was from that era. Some of the more "mainstream" of that era ;




#4482542 - 07/12/19 06:14 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: Dart]  
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Weezer, who are definitely not a new band, recently released a cover album 'The Teal Album' and it has a great cover of Tears for Fears "Everybody Wants to Rule the World".


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#4482544 - 07/12/19 06:15 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: Dart]  
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Wasn't Tears for Fears considered to be New Wave?


What I find so funny about the "alternative" label in retrospect is that many of the artists who fell under that label had major commercial mainstream success.


So what were they an "alternative" to then?


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#4482545 - 07/12/19 06:27 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Wasn't Tears for Fears considered to be New Wave?


What I find so funny about the "alternative" label in retrospect is that many of the artists who fell under that label had major commercial mainstream success.


So what were they an "alternative" to then?


I think Talking Heads, Elvis Costello and the B-52s, fell under that category but achieved pretty major success as well.


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#4482546 - 07/12/19 06:29 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: Dart]  
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Originally Posted by cichlidfan
Since we are on the subject of old music. How many of you still use/listen to vinyl? I have a few hundred albums in the closet (some of which have never been released on CD) and am tempted to get a turntable again. I have a friend that is so into vinyl that he has a $1500 turntable (not including the cost of the cartridge and stylus).


Until about the time I was engaged (early-'87), my music collection was mostly on 8-tracks (at that time people were happy to get rid of them, so large collection for little money). I purchased only a few LPs (often duplicates of 8-tracks) when I wanted the best sound quality or a cassette for the car (chrome or metal tape with proper recording levels). I always hated cheap quality record-store cassettes.

To pay for a ring and first new car, I sold lots of possessions including my king-sized waterbed and stereo/music collection. I don't remember where my LPs went. Wasn't long after getting married (1/88) that I started buying CDs.



The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in
Gives way and suddenly it’s day again
The sun is in the east
Even though the day is done
Two suns in the sunset, hmph
Could be the human race is run
#4482547 - 07/12/19 06:33 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: Dart]  
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Wow Mark, so you got married while Reagan was still in office? You really are old! wink


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#4482548 - 07/12/19 06:34 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: Dart]  
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It was alternative to what was being played on the radio at that time, so many of the bands got their first exposure on heavy rotation on MTV.
The bands got really big but at first the radio airplay was not there but it did come.

Tears for Fears and a lot of the New Wave bands did get the radio airplay but "College Rock" was a different story.

There you would hear bands like Husker Du, Fugazi, and so many more that did not get airplay on regular radio.
For us the College Rock station was coming out of Vanderbilt University and they were great back in the 80's

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#4482549 - 07/12/19 06:36 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Wow Mark, so you got married while Reagan was still in office? You really are old! wink


Lol. I like my age, but that may change in the future. smile



The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in
Gives way and suddenly it’s day again
The sun is in the east
Even though the day is done
Two suns in the sunset, hmph
Could be the human race is run
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New Wave I think of "I Ran" and this from same band...



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOK3rqVgN2I

^ So many music videos have screwed up and/or shortend songs.



The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in
Gives way and suddenly it’s day again
The sun is in the east
Even though the day is done
Two suns in the sunset, hmph
Could be the human race is run
#4482556 - 07/12/19 06:45 PM Re: Our music was the best... [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Wasn't Tears for Fears considered to be New Wave?


What I find so funny about the "alternative" label in retrospect is that many of the artists who fell under that label had major commercial mainstream success.


So what were they an "alternative" to then?

Hair Metal. Really the were just Rock.

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