Love those 80's!

[Shan-man]

Wow, lots of bands that I had forgotten about! I really liked New Order. They played a lot of this music in the clubs back in the day.

I totally forgot Tangerine Dream (forgive, please!). I was also going to mention some more 'borderline' techno groups like Pet Shop Boys, Afrika Bambaataa (and the Soul Sonic Force! ), Cybotron (bonus points if can name their top hit), PM Dawn. Remember Gary Numan's Cars? How about M, Pop Muzik?

All are on mu iPod right now... am I sad or cool?!

 

[BigDaddyRog]

Shan...with your strange knowledge of music...WHY THE HECK ARENT YOU SOMEHOW INVOLVED IN IT? I remember, and often play...every one you just named...EXCEPT cybotron!!! I'll have to look that one up.
KRAFTWERK is definately the pioneers of techno (boing boom chock)...the others, although using bubbling bass lines and synth's were really more what was then called "progressive dance".....Debbie Debb, Freestylers, Keoki, Crystal Waters...there were hundreds of them...I liked most of them.
Then in the early 90s, Yanni, Manheim Steam Roller, and John Tesh came in and kinda mom & popped it up so much that it lost its edge. Meaning that now were left with guys like Moby, ATB, & ATC...none of which are bad, by any means....but if ya get one of those young little ecstacy trippin underground DJs....they can mix ANYTHING into a techno rip. Have you heard the Nine Inch Nails/Mario Bros mix of CLOSER? yes...Mario Bros, as in the theme to the video game!!!! Cant wait to see whats considered cool in the next decade!!!

 

[ntsammy5]

I'm more into Ten Years After, Hendrix, Morrison, Paige, et al - I am a child of the 60s ---- my kids were teens at the end of the 80s - sad commentary - I am listening to City Sickness by the Heart Attacks right now - but I don't know names any more - I needed to look at the playlist on Napster to find the name. Sad -




OH The OZ just popped up - I don't Wanna Stop - it's cranked up - that's my kind of music - along with Hinder, Seether, Buckcherry, Weezer, Nickleback - all newer than the 80s - I guess raising kids - I just listened during the 80s and never got really into it like I should have.

 

[BigDaddyRog]

Not so sad, AL...as we get older..other things need to fill those gaps in our minds besides song names and lyrics and band names! I cant wait till the day comes when I dont care about the new song Im hearings playability, when I dont have to worry if its too slow to get a crowd going, or too sad, or to dated, etc...I cant wait till I can listen to a song and say "that sounds good." or "thats crap." and not have another concern about it. If I like it, I'll listen to it..if I dont I'll change the channel or track. Right now, Im kinda forced to endure music I HATE because its what the kids are diggin and I have to be current in my playlist selection. Im pretty sure when my DJing days are over, I'll probably just put it on a country station and take a nap.

 

[Shan-man]

...the others, although using bubbling bass lines and synth's were really more what was then called "progressive dance".....Debbie Debb, Freestylers, Keoki, Crystal Waters...there were hundreds of them...I liked most of them.

Oh yeah, don't get me started down the freestyle-genre... that's my sh... stuff! Debbie Deb, Covergirls, Freestyle, Egyptian Lover, Expose, Planet Patrol, Stevie B, Will to Power! Again, all on my Nano at this moment! Nano=small=I listen to this stuff enough to warrant being there! LOL

"look out weekend cause, here I come, because weekends were made for fun, fun, fun!"

 

[des1954]

Can you remember the name of the only hit single from THIS solo album?

No caption or info for this photo...just a big ol'

Was it Hold Me Touch Me? or Tonight You Belong to Me?

Paul Stanley is an amazing talent. He's actually performed on Broadway, and if my memory serves me correctly, he played The Phantom in Phantom of the Opera in Toronto. I understand he's a very talented painter or some kind of artist. Although I couldn't stand the creepy costumes of KISS, I loved their music. I also just heard that AC/DC is releasing a new album.

Rog...I have two albums that I have yet to get sick of (since ummmm 1969?), and still play the crap outta them. Beatles White Album, and Tommy by The Who. I was also into Zepplin, Jethro Tull, Grand Funk, Moody Blues, Jerry Garcia (yes, I'm a Dead Head - Sometimes the lights all shinin' on me. Other times I can barely see.), and hell....I've forgotten the names of most groups, but when I hear their music I can jump right in! My summer of '73 was a blur!

 

[BigDaddyRog]

Tonight You Belong To Me is what I had in mind...the actual title is I WAS MADE FOR LOVING YOU. Paul Stanley IS INDEED very diverse and multitalented...although PHANTOM OF THE PARK (the 70s movie) may lead you to think his acting skills were less than keen. I didnt know he did broadway shows, but that makes perfect sense....being the um,.......BROAD(as in feminin)WAY that he is!!!

AcDc new disc came out today......Im gonna give it a couple of days to get into the systems and download it from mp3rocket to give it an ear...Im kind of syked about it!!!

 

[RvUsa]

I haven't played yet, mainly cuz I don't remember much of the 80's.... LOL

But does anybody remember this guy, he had a couple hits in the 80's and was from my neck of the woods!

Here he is live in concert in 1981


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Z7PWl7RaI

 

[bigdisneydaddy]

Tonight You Belong To Me is what I had in mind...the actual title is I WAS MADE FOR LOVING YOU. Paul Stanley IS INDEED very diverse and multitalented...although PHANTOM OF THE PARK (the 70s movie) may lead you to think his acting skills were less than keen. I didnt know he did broadway shows, but that makes perfect sense....being the um,.......BROAD(as in feminin)WAY that he is!!!

AcDc new disc came out today......Im gonna give it a couple of days to get into the systems and download it from mp3rocket to give it an ear...Im kind of syked about it!!!

I cant help but wonder why you arent in radio Rog, you have an enormous amount of music knowledge and a great way of explaining yourself.

 

[Gatordad]

he's got the face for it too.....

 

[ntsammy5]

AcDc new disc came out today......

I actually ordered that online - let me know and I'll rip it for you

 

[BigDaddyRog]

I haven't played yet, mainly cuz I don't remember much of the 80's.... LOL

But does anybody remember this guy, he had a couple hits in the 80's and was from my neck of the woods!

Here he is live in concert in 1981


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Z7PWl7RaI

Wow...I forgot about Donnie Iris...."Ah Leah!" was his best ever!! Barely made the charts though. "Love is like a rock" smoked the charts from day one!!

I cant help but wonder why you arent in radio Rog, you have an enormous amount of music knowledge and a great way of explaining yourself.

Thanks Scott.....Im too poor for radio!!! I wouldnt really be able to afford the transition from the clubs to radio...Id be going in as the new guy..getting horrible time slots til someone paid attention...after a couple of years I would do pretty well, Im sure..but it would take time to find my people(ya know...those sick individuals that find me JUST OFFENSIVE ENOUGH, but not so bad as to keep reporting me to the FCC...Id love to be a Howard Stearn..but he's already got that spot filled). So..I just stick to the self and mental abuse of surrounding myself with nude crazy broads who never give me as much money as their contracts tell them to!!! Gotta love my life...got to....I DONT..but Im supposed to!!!!

 

[BigDaddyRog]

Currently on my Disney High School Musical MixMax(ok...yeah, I stole it from my kid, but it was a really expensive xmas gift and she never even touches it anymore!!!) playlist for the past few months( I rarely get around to changing it...I rarely really listen to it except in the golf cart)...


song...artist
18 & life...skid row
867-5309....tommy tutone
american girl...tom petty
and she was...talking heads
another one bites the dust...queen
anyway you want it...journey
atomic punk...van halen
bark at the moon...ozzy
beth...kiss
bicycle race...queen
bizarre love triangle...new order
blister in the sun...violent femmes
blue monday...new order
brass in pocket...pretenders
break my stride...matthew wilder
california girls...david lee roth
calling dr love...kiss
centerfold...j geils
cherry pie...warrant
christeen sixteen...kiss
come on eileen...dexy's midnight runners
cruel to be kind...nick lowe
people are people...depeche mode
destination unknown...missing persons
detroit rock city...kiss
do you believe in love...huey lewis & the news
dont talk to strangers...rick springfield
dont you want me...human league
down under...men at work
rhiannon...fleetwood mac
friday im in love...cure
go your own way...fleetwood mac
good girls dont...the knaack
gypsy road...cinderella
heavens on fire...kiss
hit me with your best shot...pat benatar
how do you talk to an angel..the heights
i eat cannibals...shriekback
i hate everything about you...ugly kid joe
i wanna rock...twisted sister
i want action...poison
ive done everything for you...rick springfield
ice cream man...van halen
jessies girl...rick springfield
jean jeanie...david bowie
juke box hero...foreigner
jungle love...steve miller band
jungle love...morris day & the time
just like heaven...cure
killer queen...queen
lay it down...ratt
leather & lace...stevie nicks
life in a northern town...dream academy
lips like sugar...the smiths
livin on a prayer...bon jovi
look, but you cant touch...poison
love is the drug...roxy music
modern love...david bowie
futures so bright, gotta wear shades...timbuk 3
aint missing you at all...john waite
never...heart
nighttrain...guns & roses
once in a lifetime...talking heads
one thing leads to another...the fixx
our house...madness
our lips are sealed...gogos
suicide solution...ozzy
pass the dutchie...musical youth
fat bottomed girls...queen
bestfriend...queen
rock me amadeaus..falco
rock'n'me...steve miller band
roxanne...the police
run to the hills...iron maiden
runaway...bon jovi
safety dance...men without hats
set adrift on a memory bliss...pm dawn
sexy and 17...stray cats
shakin'...eddie money
should i stay or should i go...clash
signs...tesla
so alive...love & rockets
somebody save me...cinderella
space age love song...flock of seagulls
spirits in the material world...the police
sticky sweet...motley crue
stop draggin my heart around...stevie nicks/tom petty
stray cat strut...stray cats
take me home tonight...eddie money
take the money and run...steve miller band
the look...roxette
the look of love..abc
the one thing...inxs
the promise...when in rome
the waiting...tom petty
the warrior...scandal
these dreams...heart
time for me to fly...reo speedwagon
top jimmy...van halen
turning japanese...the vapors
tush...zz top
vacation...gogos
walking in la...missing persons
we belong...pat benatar
we got the beat...gogos
we're not gonna take it...twisted sister
weird science...oingo boingo
werewolves of london...warren zevon
what about love...heart
what i like about you...romantics
whip it...devo
you make my dreams come true...hall & oates
you really got me...kinks
your love is driving me crazy...sammy hagar
youth gone wild...skid row

 

[BigDaddyRog]

he's got the face for it too.....

This is VERY TRUE!!!!

 

[bigdisneydaddy]

Wow...I forgot about Donnie Iris...."Ah Leah!" was his best ever!! Barely made the charts though. "Love is like a rock" smoked the charts from day one!!


Thanks Scott.....Im too poor for radio!!! I wouldnt really be able to afford the transition from the clubs to radio...Id be going in as the new guy..getting horrible time slots til someone paid attention...after a couple of years I would do pretty well, Im sure..but it would take time to find my people(ya know...those sick individuals that find me JUST OFFENSIVE ENOUGH, but not so bad as to keep reporting me to the FCC...Id love to be a Howard Stearn..but he's already got that spot filled). So..I just stick to the self and mental abuse of surrounding myself with nude crazy broads who never give me as much money as their contracts tell them to!!! Gotta love my life...got to....I DONT..but Im supposed to!!!!

I have this vision of you being one of the presets on my Sirius.....

I think your show would be much more intelligent than Stearns, I really do not like him.

 

[des1954]

I have this vision of you being one of the presets on my Sirius.....

I think your show would be much more intelligent than Stearns, I really do not like him.

I agree with that, Scott. However, if radio pays as little in NOLA as it does in Florida, Rog's family would starve to death! I have two friends that did radio work (one in Nashville & one in Tampa) and you'd think they make the big $$$'s, but Rog is right. You don't get money until you get that BIG following. Most DJ's make their money doing store or event promo's.

We had a production company in Sarasota that did a lot of radio ads & music for TV ads that was always looking for vocalists. Just for the fun of it I went & auditioned, and was actually hired. I had this sweet, generic voice they were looking for. I was very excited until they told me what I would make. Now, this was back in the 80's, and the pay was peace-meal (no musician's union wages) & they would pay $15/recording session. A recording session can sometimes take HOURS!! I had this vision in my head of going in, singing, and leaving an hour later. Well, I had my vision blown apart in no time. I worked 3 evenings (not consecutive nites) on one jingle for 6 hours a night! The "Richard Cranium" that was paying for the production didn't like the "sound", and it looked like there was no end in site. When you divide $15 by 6, you didn't even pay for your gas to get there. That's when I wised up & said thanks, but no thanks. At that time, I could work 45 minutes of O.T. at the telco & make $15.

 

[Tri-circle-D]

The "Richard Cranium" that was paying for the production didn't like the "sound", and it looked like there was no end in site.

Richard Cranium?



That's there is funny. I don't care who you are.

TCD

 

[BigDaddyRog]

That IS some funny stuff!!

Deb's exactly right....we used to have a local station do a live broadcast from our club when we used to have amatuer night. The DJs from the radio station freaked out when watching the girls tip me out at the end of their shift, and would always say they were definately in the wrong end of the business...of coarse they were still in awe of the nude aspect...but that only lasts for the first month or so. But thats what made me realize how little their pay was. They made 1500 a night from our club for the broadcast...had to split that 50/50 with the station...then their share of the 50% was split between the 3 that actually worked the show...so they made 250 each for the night, and that was their BEST gig!!! These guys have been around for a while and had a small but decent following.

 

[DisneySoccerScouts]

Richard Cranium?



That's there is funny. I don't care who you are.

TCD

Ditto

 

[ntsammy5]

...of coarse they were still in awe of the nude aspect....

I always like to use the word nude whenever possible!


How's business Rog? Are things getting any better? I hope so.