Anybody else love this song?

[nickofypres]

:jackson:

 

[Popinski Soda]

I used to like it, but then I remembered that I wasn't a ***.

No, but seriously, I didn't even listen to it. Looks pretty *** though -- and knowing you, it most assuredly is.

Spoiler

 

[beardown28]

I liked the song a few months ago before it was played on the radio 40 billion times a day. Call me a hipster... but while you call me a hipster, go **** yourselves.

 

[Sunbiz1]

Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) - official video - YouTube

Dig this shit right here.

I think you've reached a new low, not only does this guy have little talent...but he needs a solid 6 months of gym time.

He looks like Jim Morrison, which would explain your infatuation I guess.

 

[Rush]

Haters.

 

[FirstTimer]

I like it. Reminds me of a style of song from the 80's....which is my favorite decade of music.

 

[Rush]

I like it. Reminds me of a style of song from the 80's....which is my favorite decade of music.

Part of the reason I like it. Maybe it's because most of the shit that comes out now on the radio is garbage.

 

[Sunbiz1]

I like it. Reminds me of a style of song from the 80's....which is my favorite decade of music.

Very Culture Club/Boy George style. Not many like 80's music, was somewhat of a lost decade jammed in between the creative 70's and the re-vitalized 90's.

 

[onebud34]

Part of the reason I like it. Maybe it's because most of the shit that comes out now on the radio is garbage.

Stop listening to the radio

:yeah:

 

[onebud34]

Very Culture Club/Boy George style. Not many like 80's music, was somewhat of a lost decade jammed in between the creative 70's and the re-vitalized 90's.

I've come to like some 80's music...although I could do without ever listening to most of it.

 

[onebud34]

am i the only one who thinks he sounds a little like peter cetera?

You got the first name right...I was thinking Peter Gabriel

 

[FirstTimer]

Very Culture Club/Boy George style. Not many like 80's music, was somewhat of a lost decade jammed in between the creative 70's and the re-vitalized 90's.

Actually I'd liken it more to a song by The Cure, in the vein of "Just like Heaven".

:rofl: at "not many like 80's music".

It's usually the 2nd or 3rd best decade behind the 60's and 70's.

IMO it's behind the 60's. The 70's was a solid enough decade but I liked the pop music in the 80's a lot better, the variety of rock, and the inclusion of hip-hop.

 

[Sunbiz1]

I've come to like some 80's music...although I could do without ever listening to most of it.

Dio rocked

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmSt1oEIshE]1983 Ronnie James Dio "Rainbow In The Dark" (Rock Palace) - YouTube[/ame]

When I grew up in the 80's, we listened to that stuff as opposed to the MTV crap. However, such artists as Madonna at least had some talent as opposed to Lady shitbox etc.

 

[Sunbiz1]

Actually I'd liken it more to a song by The Cure, in the vein of "Just like Heaven".

:rofl: at "not many like 80's music".

It's usually the 2nd or 3rd best decade behind the 60's and 70's.

IMO it's behind the 60's. The 70's was a solid enough decade but I liked the pop music in the 80's a lot better, the variety of rock, and the inclusion of hip-hop.

There were a shitload of what we called girl bands back then(graduated HS in 84'), such as Journey, Styx, and a bunch of off-shoots specializing in romantic lyrics. The talent level was actually pretty good, much better overall than today. But the creativity was often misdirected b/c music as a whole had an identity crises after disco.

 

[onebud34]

There were a shitload of what we called girl bands back then(graduated HS in 84'), such as Journey, Styx, and a bunch of off-shoots specializing in romantic lyrics. The talent level was actually pretty good, much better overall than today. But the creativity was often misdirected b/c music as a whole had an identity crises after disco.

Speaking of Journey...there is a funny video floating around of Luther Allison, Otis Rush, and I believe Albert King jamming with Journey. Or verse vice.

 

[onebud34]

Do you still listen to Coldplay?

:crazydance:

 

[FirstTimer]

There were a shitload of what we called girl bands back then(graduated HS in 84'), such as Journey, Styx, and a bunch of off-shoots specializing in romantic lyrics. The talent level was actually pretty good, much better overall than today. But the creativity was often misdirected b/c music as a whole had an identity crises after disco.

What does any of this have to do with "not many people liking 80's music"?

 

[JosMin]

So the forum has gone from "full Special person" to "full homo"?

Do you still listen to Coldplay?

Here's the real deal:

MC5 - Kick Out The Jams - YouTube

Fun JosMin fact -- "Back in the USA" by MC5 was the first album I bought when I was 15 and decided to start collecting records. Really underrated band. They were a cool dichotomy to influx of Motown stuff in the late 60s. MC5 did a lot of crazy stuff before "they got big" towards 1970. They opened up for Sun Ra a few times.

 

[JosMin]

I think identity crises periods in music are the best times for musical creativity. When we have phases of disco, grunge, etc. then every band sounds like every other band, and there is no creativity whatsoever. I would say that 1980-1983 was one of the most creative times in music history.

Punk dying and turning into hardcore (tyvm Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Rich Kids on LSD, Minor Threat, et al), disco dying, the Motown/Stax rivalry waning completely, Marvin Gaye dying in '84, Lennon dying in '80, Springsteen making his jump towards pop sensibilities and true Americana, hip-hop culture exploding, electronics and sound manipulation.....

Anyone who hates the early 1980s can S my C.

 

[FirstTimer]

Punk dying and turning into hardcore (tyvm Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Rich Kids on LSD, Minor Threat, et al), disco dying, the Motown/Stax rivalry waning completely, Marvin Gaye dying in '84, Lennon dying in '80, Springsteen making his jump towards pop sensibilities and true Americana, hip-hop culture exploding, electronics and sound manipulation.....

Anyone who hates the early 1980s can S my C.

I would argue punk didn't really "die", it just evolved.(for example a punk band like The Cure, stayed "punk" but went darker and helped create goth rock. But I see the point.

You also didn't mention Michael Jackson in relation tot he early 80's. Obviously a huge moment/album(s).

Bands like Queen re-inventyed themselves as well. I know it's not the late 80's either but on the end of the decade you had some great rock music as well. It's really hard to hate music in the 80's. Even the pop stuff that came out at the time is seen as "classic" relative to what came after it. For better or for worse Cyndi Lauper etc has held up way better than Brittney Spears.