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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2555 on: February 26, 2013, 11:40:05 AM »
Huey Lewis & the News - Heart and Soul

Another hit from Sports (there were so many!), I always liked this song, and the video was totally 80s fun.  It wasn't my favorite by them, or even from that record, but I still liked it.  Just not a favorite.  I remember my mom and dad both loving this song a lot when it was out.
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2556 on: February 26, 2013, 12:13:22 PM »
I love Huey Lewis. He rarely had a bad song
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2557 on: February 26, 2013, 02:10:11 PM »
Yep, another good one from Huey.  Not the best, but a good fun song.
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2558 on: February 26, 2013, 02:29:34 PM »
If memory serves, and it may be wrong, MTV debuted the videos for both Heart And Soul by Huey Lewis and Mama by Genesis on the same night, an hour apart. Which is why, when people talk about Genesis going pop-and I made this comparison in the Genesis discography thread-I say that Genesis didn't really sound like a lot of pop bands, because look at what debuted on MTV the same night as Mama...this here Huey Lewis song.  :rollin

Good song, though. Huey Lewis and the News were a pretty reliable band there for a while, a bit of a 70s throwback rock act blending a modern sound to good old rock and roll.
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2559 on: February 26, 2013, 02:49:11 PM »
Damn, if you remember that, you've got a great memory.  But you're right, Genesis pop still isn't the same as Huey Lewis pop.
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2560 on: February 26, 2013, 11:53:18 PM »
Madonna - Live to Tell

I have to admit that this was the first Madonna song that I thought was really great.  Sure, I like a lot of her hits prior to this one, but this is one I thought was just a great song. And I remember the moment where I realized it.  I was sitting in the dentist's chair, waiting for my dentist to come in and do the cavity check following my cleaning, and in that time, a radio that was on in the next room was just loud enough for me to hear, Live to Tell was playing, and it just sounded like a great song to me in the state I was in at the time.  Top that, Jaq! :biggrin:
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2561 on: February 27, 2013, 12:10:04 AM »
I still love that song. I don't care what anyone thinks when they see Madonna in my list of artists on my iPod. :hat
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2562 on: February 28, 2013, 04:16:04 AM »
I like this too. You know, she has a really good knack with songs for soundtracks
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2563 on: February 28, 2013, 10:02:44 AM »
Quote from: Orbert on February 26, 2013, 02:49:11 PM
Damn, if you remember that, you've got a great memory.  But you're right, Genesis pop still isn't the same as Huey Lewis pop.

My memory of the 80s is a bit scattershot...and let's not talk about the second half of 1990, that was a bad time for me...but for some reason, as this thread has made abundantly clear, I can tie a lot of memory to MTV.  :lol
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2564 on: February 28, 2013, 10:14:02 AM »
Elton John - Sad Songs (Say So Much)

Good, solid song, and I remember the video being a lot of fun, too, although I haven't seen it in a long time.  I have never been a big Elton fan, but I liked a handful of his 80s hits.  It could be that, relatively speaking, they compared favorably to some of the bad 80s stuff, while his 70s stuff sounds so tame compared to so much of the awesome classic rock of that decade; hard to say.  But I just know I have always liked this song quite a bit. :tup :tup
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2565 on: February 28, 2013, 10:46:24 AM »
I submit to you the album Goodbye Yellowbrick Road to refute the notion that Elton John couldn't rock in the 70s. If anything I have the opposite opinion of his 80s work, which is really when he became a rather safe adult contemporary act.  :lol
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2566 on: February 28, 2013, 10:48:21 AM »
I didn't say he couldn't rock; I just meant that his best stuff from the 70s paled in comparison, IMO, to much of the other classic rock of the same time period.  "Tame" was probably the wrong word to use.

And I have owned Goodbye Yellow Brick Road for almost 20 years. :hat
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2567 on: February 28, 2013, 10:49:32 AM »
We have different definitions of what rocked in the 70s then.  :biggrin:
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2568 on: February 28, 2013, 11:10:38 AM »
Really like the song. I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues I like a tad better
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2569 on: March 01, 2013, 07:42:52 AM »
Quote from: Jaq on February 28, 2013, 10:49:32 AM
We have different definitions of what rocked in the 70s then.  :biggrin:

Apparently. :biggrin:
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2570 on: March 01, 2013, 11:53:50 AM »
John Mellencamp - Crumbin' Down

Another hit from Uh-Huh, this was probably my least favorite of the three hits from it at the time, but I probably like it more than Authority Song now.  Good, quality song, and as for the video...well, it's a good thing he didn't try to make a career out of being a dancer. :lol
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2571 on: March 01, 2013, 11:58:28 AM »
Not bad, but give me Pink Houses and Jack and Diane
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2572 on: March 02, 2013, 08:24:35 PM »
Quote from: KevShmev on February 25, 2013, 08:13:00 AM
Billy Joel - Allentown

Not one of my favorites from the album it's on, but not a terrible song either.

Quote from: KevShmev on February 26, 2013, 11:40:05 AM
Huey Lewis & the News - Heart and Soul

Good, fun song.

Quote from: KevShmev on February 28, 2013, 10:14:02 AM
Elton John - Sad Songs (Say So Much)

Older EJ > 80s EJ.
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I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues I like a tad better

Yeah, me too.

Quote from: KevShmev on March 01, 2013, 11:53:50 AM
John Mellencamp - Crumbin' Down

Fixed the last name misspell for ya.  Great song. :metal
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2573 on: March 02, 2013, 10:33:18 PM »
I've said it before in this thread, but I liked energetic rocker John Cougar far better than earnest, socially conscious John Mellencamp. Far, far better. This song does nothing to convince me I'm mistaken.  :lol
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2574 on: March 03, 2013, 05:20:29 AM »
John Cougar had a lot of great songs actually.  This is indeed a good one.
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2575 on: March 03, 2013, 07:33:53 AM »
Quote from: Jaq on March 02, 2013, 10:33:18 PM
I've said it before in this thread, but I liked energetic rocker John Cougar far better than earnest, socially conscious John Mellencamp. Far, far better. This song does nothing to convince me I'm mistaken.  :lol

I completely agree. That's why my favorite about is Whenever We wanted.  Straight on rock album for him.
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2576 on: March 04, 2013, 08:24:18 AM »
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Quote from: KevShmev on March 01, 2013, 11:53:50 AM
John Mellencamp - Crumbin' Down

Fixed the last name misspell for ya.  Great song. :metal

The spelling and grammar nazi inside me feels ashamed. :facepalm: :lol
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2577 on: March 04, 2013, 08:36:09 AM »
Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime

I have always been mesmerized by both this song and the video; both are absolutely amazing. Talking Heads are not everyone's cup of tea, and even as a kid, I thought they were a little weird - David Byrne's quirky on-screen persona mostly being the reason - but that weirdness was a big reason why their songs were so good and their videos so entertaining.
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2578 on: March 04, 2013, 08:39:52 AM »
Great song, and a weird video :lol
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2579 on: March 04, 2013, 08:50:42 AM »
Love me some Talking Heads. Yeah, that was an odd video but TH are a weird band
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2580 on: March 04, 2013, 10:52:39 AM »
Real quirky but just enough hook to make it damn catchy.  But the video......what the hell?! :lol
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2581 on: March 04, 2013, 12:25:01 PM »
I don't like everything by the Talking Heads, but a lot of their songs are really weird and cool, in a weird and cool way, and this is one of them.
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2582 on: March 05, 2013, 09:17:26 AM »
Journey - I'll Be Alright Without You

I know a lot of Journey fans aren't wild about the hits from the Raised on Radio record, but I always liked this song quite a bit, and I still do; good, solid song.  I am not always a huge fan of him as a vocalist - I think he overdoes it at times, and don't worship him like a lot of people do - but Steve Perry's vocals are pretty dynamite in this tune.  All I remember about the video are two things: 1) it was an actual live version, and 2) Perry's hairdo was absolutely ridiculous. :lol
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2583 on: March 05, 2013, 09:21:26 AM »
To this day, the presence of American Idol's Randy Jackson on this album and tour makes me want to see someone he judges poorly on the show to say "what the hell do you know, you were in Fake Journey!"  :lol Which sums up what a lot of long time Journey fans thought of this album. It wasn't Journey, it was Steve Perry with Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain along for the ride.
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2584 on: March 05, 2013, 09:35:39 AM »
I'm a big Journey fan (I actually just saw them live last Saturday :hat), but I don't know/like anything from this album, aside from Be Good To Yourself, which I don't mind.

I just checked it out again though, and the vocals are great, and it's a decent song, but nothing great. And whoa, Perry's hairstyle instantly tells you which half of the '80s it was. :lol
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2585 on: March 05, 2013, 09:48:28 AM »
Ah, the Steve Perry solo album.  I KID!!  3 songs including this one are great and the rest is 80's sounding shlock.
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2586 on: March 05, 2013, 10:17:53 AM »
I really like this song, but I prefer the studio version to the video's live performance.  The studio version is a lot more laid back.  It has a cool vibe.

Perry should have auditioned for Heart looking like that!
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2587 on: March 05, 2013, 11:21:20 AM »
It's alright
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2588 on: March 05, 2013, 07:16:51 PM »
I'm a big Journey fan too, and didn't like this album at all for many years. Eventually I warmed up to it though, after maybe...8 or 10 years? It's still very far from being my favourite Journey album, but I do actually like most of the songs on it now.

This particular song is definitely one of the better ones from the album, for me, and for most of the period I did not listen to the album I still liked this song. It was actually part of the Best-Of compilation that got me into the band in the first place, so that's probably why.
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Re: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day
« Reply #2589 on: March 06, 2013, 08:46:49 AM »
ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man

For whatever reason, I didn't like this song nearly as much as I did the other major hits from the Eliminator album (Legs and Gimme All Your Lovin').  I mean, this is a good song, but it wasn't one that I couldn't not watch if it came on; maybe the video not being as memorable as the others didn't help.  Hard to say, but it's still a solid tune.
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