Music Gourmets Presents 60 Years of Great Music - 1984

[Zeeba Neighba]

Hey, it's Thursday! Next year's coming tomorrow. Think about your 1984 picks

 

[axolotl]

Hey, it's Thursday! Next year's coming tomorrow. Think about your 1984 picks

Should we rethink them if we've already made them? o_O

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Should we rethink them if we've already made them? o_O

Only if ur board.

 

[axolotl]

Only if ur board.

Elitist! Thou shalt never pass.

 

[lpfreak1170]

Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.

Some great albums this year that I still play quite frequently - Purple Rain, Stoneage Romeos, and Let It Be
Still with those gone, I'm going to choose an obvious choice for me though not necessarily an obvious choice if it was back in 1985. Certainly the singles off this one (which were ALL over the radio) as well as my NJ locale made me perk my ears up and become interested in Springsteen, but I soon gravitated to his older material. Born in the U.S.A. just seemed too poppy and that wasn't the direction my musical interests were starting to change. In fact, I really enjoyed the albums few non-released tracks more. Over time, though, it's difficult to resists how this album draws you in and how well-crafted the pop numbers are. Of course, not that Springsteen has gone subsequently in like 8 other directions with his music, I realize that this wasn't a sell-out, just another stop on his journey into a wide range of musical styles. Also I'm not more inclined to be impressed (as I've stated many times before) with the power of the 3-minute single in moving the listener. I've also been to a ton of his concerts where many of these songs take on whole new identities. In short, it's a fantastic album!

Great album! Love "Bobby Jean".

 

[Mattafett]

Madonna - Like a Virgin

 

[Worm]

Purple Rain is taken, and I thought about picking Talking Heads, but this is the one I'm going with:
Van Halen - 1984

 

[patrikc325]

Purple Rain is taken, and I thought about picking Talking Heads, but this is the one I'm going with:
Van Halen - 1984

 

[patrikc325]

HM's

Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths

Reckoning - R.E.M.

Grace Under Pressure - Rush

Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple

The Swing - INXS

 

[Ojai Sam]

The Bangles - All Over The Place

Here I am, late to the party and to my surprise, these four talented women are still standing over by the hors d'oeuvre table unselected. Happy to rectify that omission. Their first album still showed a lot of the hard punk edge that helped them take L.A. by storm as The Bangs.

God, please tell me that wasn't more than 30 years ago.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Spotify playlist for the whole thread is here:

 

[Unsomnambulist]

HMs:

Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade



Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime



Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II



The Fall - The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall



Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground



Butthole Surfers - Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

The Bangles - All Over The Place

Here I am, late to the party and to my surprise, these four talented women are still standing over by the hors d'oeuvre table unselected. Happy to rectify that omission. Their first album still showed a lot of the hard punk edge that helped them take L.A. by storm as The Bangs.

God, please tell me that wasn't more than 30 years ago.

Is it heresy to admit Walk Like An Egyptian is one of my favorite guilty pleasures? Am I selling the band short? Does it help to say I'm listening to All Over The Place right this very minute?

Edit: I enjoyed it. Really nice arrangements, energetic tempos and really nice vocals. I also appreciated the evolution beyond fast and dirty punk style. These songs were energetic but well crafted and well performed. Glad I listened!

 

[Worm]

I thought I'd done the cut and paste properly, but I missed the paste part I think. Thanks, Patrick!

 

[Worm]

HMs:

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

The Pretenders - Learning to Crawl

Bryan Adams - Reckless

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome

Ratt - Out of the Cellar