Thread 126854814

Explain yourself, 1980.

Left off Peter Gabriel 3.

>>126854814 (OP)
1980 may be the best year for music, but with a few exceptions, you wouldn't know it from this chart

>>126854857
Thanks. I forgot that one b/c I hate it so.

WTF 1980

>>126854814 (OP)
Jews

>>126854814 (OP)
bebe le strange is so cool

>>126855644
That jews stole all the color ink that year is both (1) ridiculous (2) the best we got

>>126854814 (OP)
It was a different time.

>>126854814 (OP)
Even now I can't quite tell which version I like better, this or Previn one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7hFdGnwH1E&list=RDMM&index=27

does this count?

>>126854814 (OP)
food was harder to come by on account of reagan

>1979
>all the repetitive disco trash and cheesy fagpop such as abba and barry manilow

>1980
>rock regains momentum and a lot of the best albums in music history

why/how did this happen?

>>126854814 (OP)
Dirty Mind is funny as fuck

>>126855774
based
https://youtu.be/i7-ECr1VRGY

That was the year black and white photography became nostalgic rather than simply obsolete.

>>126855952
The economy was completely fucked back then, they couldn't afford color ink.

>>126859873
I don't think the year of Van Halen II, Highway to Hell, The Wall, Lovedrive, and Hell Bent For Leather could be _that_ terrible for rock.

>>126854814 (OP)
The Pet Shop Boys hadn't invented color yet

>>126860040
there was also REO Speedwagon's Nine Lives which was the most hard rock album they ever did

>>126859967
Why did I always used to think the blonde one was the singer?

>>126855774
that was the end of the "real" Heart and anything after that doesn't count

rush and u2 suck dick

I tend to regard 79 as a little weaker year than the two surrounding ones for one thing the trend that year seemed to be diffuse, watery pop production unlike the clear, sharp, and up front sounds in 78 and 80.

>>126860124
U2 had a lot of great songs. I'm not sure I can say the same for Rush. What are some good Rush songs that aren't Tom Sawyer

>>126860133
which is funny because 1977 had also had more watery sounding hits in contrast to 76 having clear, crisp sounds with a lot of mid range

>>126860166
Subdivisions

Everybody Wants Some, Romeo Delight, And The Cradle Will Rock....what's there to explain?

>>126859873
1980 also had "Funkytown" and "Call Me" so don't assume there was no disco trash and buttpop around.

>>126860107
cringe

Where's Departure by Journey?

>>126860040
>and Hell Bent For Leather

Judas Priest always followed production trends to the letter so their albums are a perfect sample representation of what the currently popular aesthetic was when they were recorded.

>>126860166
>>126860211
Working Man, Closer To The Heart, The Spirit Of Radio, The Trees, Limelight, Red Barchetta, New World Man, Time Stand Still, Force Ten, The Big Money, Countdown, La Villa Strangiato, YYZ

>>126860211
Ya that's a good one. The Trees fills out my knowledge of Rush

>>126860241
that's in contrast to Van Halen who usually stood a bit apart, the first album is very reverby in a year when up front albums with a lot of mid range were the norm.

>>126860244
thanks man

>>126860124
Boy is one of their only good albums

>>126860308
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYYdQB0mkEU This song meant EVERYTHING when I finished Middle School and entered High School.

in 1980 the hot sound was disco rhythms and slow spacey guitar solos like for example the entire Heaven and Hell album

A Farewell to Kings [Mercury, 1977]
The most obnoxious band currently making a killing on the zonked teen circuit. Not to be confused with Mahogany Rush, who at least spare us the reactionary gentility. More like Angel. Or Kansas. Or a power-trio Uriah Heep, with vocals revved up an octave. Or two. D

>>126860081
you probably saw videos of the songs she sings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH7VboG8vc8

>>126860220
Yours in a SIMPLE RHYYYYYYYYYYYYME

>>126860430
>reactionary gentility
lol. What did our man have to say about King Crimson?

>>126854814 (OP)
Mad how gay yanks thought U2 was a gay band cos they had a shirtless boy on their album cover fucking nonces

IF YOU LISTEN TO FOOLS

>>126860081
Nancy Wilson rocks. I hope to do the intro to Crazy on You justice someday

>>126860458
you can't expect burgers to understand nuance

>>126860455
hahaha Christgau waited until everyone else liked KC before giving them good reviews. what a poser

>>126860484
that's 1981 bro

>>126859730
close. they must have befriended some jews and gotten a little ink.

I straight up admire Nancy Wilson. Like I do Marty Friedman or Dave Mustaine at his best
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVcl0Iw3fs8

>>126860166
This whole album got me into Rush - its stellar

>>126860220
>I LIKE.....

>>126860081
>>126860448
Nancy (the blonde) sang a rare lead on These Dreams, a crappy power ballad that nevertheless was a #1 song.

>>126859873
Counterpoint: '79 was the release of The Police's best album

>>126854814 (OP)
>>126855359
>>126855448
why didnt you add Killing Joke

>>126859873
Fuck off disco is great

>>126860784
How do I distinguish disco from funk

>>126860658
another B&W kino
https://youtu.be/X6tygiRnpao

peter gabriel sucks balls too

>>126861070
sledgehammer is 10/10 though

>>126860124
dont mess with u2, boy or else im gonna fry your ass to KFC.

>>126861070
Eat shit faggot. Your bad taste shows.

>>126860898
are you stupid?

>>126861070
not biting. but don't give up

>>126860898
They have different rhythms, disco is way simpler

Funk:
Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music

Disco:
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
Bee Gees - Night Fever

>>126861273
almost certainly. but you sound like you're not. so I expect you can explain the difference in as little as one sentence

>>126861087
yeah, that's his only good song

>>126861279
I appreciate it. but I can't help but notice that
'september' appears on funk YT lists too. it seems there's some overlap

>>126861315
>it seems there's some overlap
Yep, like "That's The Way" by KC & The Sunshine Band. However, September is barely funk and the only reason it is considered so is because it was made by a funk band.

>>126861353
both seem very hook oriented. I guess funk is to disco as stoner rock is to grunge

Disco is basically a fusion of funk, Philadelphia soul (orchestral melody-oriented soul) and European pop (such as ABBA)

>>126861484
It's sped up Motown sound

>>126854814 (OP)
Sad year for music. John Bonham, John Lennon and Bon Scott all died that year.

>>126861546
Not really

1980 playlist for Patricians only.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0MBjmumsH2jWInZKoW3kaa?si=IUCPTexPRceHpUyLjRaBRg&pi=EQbWHmTuR1Cng

>>126859730
they used up the last of their jew-ink in 1980. Almost bare in 1981