Author Topic: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day (Read 308444 times)

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #2870 on:** April 05, 2013, 11:22:02 AM »

Quote from: Orbert on April 05, 2013, 11:16:34 AM

Yeah, they weren't afraid to mess with the norms, which was something cool about them.

I like that too. Both Africa and Roseanna were/are popular, and they both had keyboard solos in them. And they both fit the song so well, and don't detract from the pop appeal of them imo.

masterthes · « **Reply #2871 on:** April 05, 2013, 11:35:31 AM »

Fun song

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #2872 on:** April 05, 2013, 08:12:22 PM »

Rosanna WAS a great song but... it just got too much airplay.

KevShmev · « **Reply #2873 on:** April 07, 2013, 08:41:02 AM »

Chicago - Look Away

Most of Chicago's 80 ballads/softer hits absolutely reeked of some of the worst cheese ever, but this one was actually pretty good. Maybe it was the change of lead singers that made it seem a little less cheesy; hard to say. I do know that the shot near the end of the video where the gal comes out of the elevator was great. She goes into an elevator full of men in her swimsuit, changes in there, and when she exits the elevator fully-clothed, leaving the men in there in a sweat, she gives this little smile and look to the camera which was awesome. That little moment was probably why I liked the song in the first place.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #2874 on:** April 07, 2013, 09:01:19 AM »

Like the song but like most I do love the older Chicago. Though that album had so many hits and great hooks. The lack of horns is what I didn't like

masterthes · « **Reply #2875 on:** April 07, 2013, 09:28:13 AM »

Yeah, was a great video. the tune is very decent as well

Cool Chris · « **Reply #2876 on:** April 07, 2013, 11:31:43 AM »

Oh dear. I said this elsewhere, but Chicago around this period was the only Chicago I was familiar with at the time. And it seemed like every one of their songs was about getting kicked in the nuts to the curb by your girlfriend, which, to 14 year old Cool Chris, was the most tragic thing I could imagine. I had to have spent hours listening to their Greatest Hits CD 82-89, lamenting over my most recent break-up.

Big Hath · « **Reply #2877 on:** April 07, 2013, 12:42:01 PM »

Quote from: Cool Chris on April 07, 2013, 11:31:43 AM

I had to have spent hours listening to their Greatest Hits CD 82-89, lamenting over my most recent break-up.

this, x eleventy billion

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #2878 on:** April 08, 2013, 06:22:25 AM »

Wow, I'd totally forgotten about this song. Great chorus.

Jaq · « **Reply #2879 on:** April 08, 2013, 06:27:08 AM »

Quote from: Big Hath on April 07, 2013, 12:42:01 PM

Quote from: Cool Chris on April 07, 2013, 11:31:43 AM
I had to have spent hours listening to their Greatest Hits CD 82-89, lamenting over my most recent break-up.

this, x eleventy billion

Oh yeah, if you were hit by heartbreak in the 80s, you played Chicago. A LOT.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #2880 on:** April 08, 2013, 06:58:00 AM »

Guilty as charged.

KevShmev · « **Reply #2881 on:** April 08, 2013, 10:31:24 AM »

David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo (I Ain't Got Nobody)

While maybe not the best song out of his 80s hits (it being a mash of two covers), this was by far, IMO, the best video DLR the solo artist ever did. He had everything that screamed 80s videos: girls, humor, excess, everything. And the moment where he goes through a long spiel of what-the-hell ever words vocally is still LOL (at 4:29 in the link below, just before the Billy Idol parody). Certain videos just define the 80s; this is one of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN-4lX0QyZc

King Postwhore · « **Reply #2882 on:** April 08, 2013, 10:32:45 AM »

Hated it with a passion.

Cool Chris · « **Reply #2883 on:** April 08, 2013, 10:37:40 AM »

I loved this video, and by extension, this song, before I even knew what a gigalo was. I can't imagine listening to this song for more than 5 seconds now, but will watch this video first thing when I get home tonight.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #2884 on:** April 08, 2013, 10:43:50 AM »

The music video is classic DLR, and classic '80s, and I love all of the references. Being an old cover rather than a typical DLR tune, I don't love the song, but I do still like it. I rarely listen to it though.

Orbert · « **Reply #2885 on:** April 08, 2013, 10:44:34 AM »

A lot of songs are inextricably linked to their videos and always will be, and this is probably one of them. Also, this may have been one of the songs/videos that pushed me towards watching TV with the sound muted, which is now my norm. Listen to stuff I actually like, meanwhile watch TV and check out the babes. Best of both worlds. To this day, there are videos I've seen many times but have never actually heard the songs.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #2886 on:** April 08, 2013, 02:35:11 PM »

Love the video; hate the song.

wolfking · « **Reply #2887 on:** April 08, 2013, 05:56:39 PM »

Wasn't a fan of this one, although I really like DLR.

masterthes · « **Reply #2888 on:** April 08, 2013, 06:36:24 PM »

Fun song and video

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #2889 on:** April 08, 2013, 09:03:10 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on April 07, 2013, 08:41:02 AM

Chicago - Look Away

Um... no.

Quote from: KevShmev on April 08, 2013, 10:31:24 AM

David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo (I Ain't Got Nobody)

Wow, well that didn't age very well.

I still love the "You've got charazma" kid though.

wolfking · « **Reply #2890 on:** April 08, 2013, 09:13:54 PM »

Chicago were never really popular here in Aus, so I'm actually not that familar with them. Should check them out, what I have heard was okay.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #2891 on:** April 08, 2013, 09:14:29 PM »

Kade - the older, the better. Trust me.

wolfking · « **Reply #2892 on:** April 08, 2013, 09:15:49 PM »

Quote from: DebraKadabra on April 08, 2013, 09:14:29 PM

Kade - the older, the better. Trust me.

I actually really like that analogy.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #2893 on:** April 08, 2013, 09:18:59 PM »

Big Hath · « **Reply #2894 on:** April 08, 2013, 10:11:31 PM »

Quote from: wolfking on April 08, 2013, 09:13:54 PM

Chicago were never really popular here in Aus, so I'm actually not that familar with them. Should check them out, what I have heard was okay.

start with CTA. What a great debut.

KevShmev · « **Reply #2895 on:** April 09, 2013, 09:02:26 AM »

Madonna - Like a Virgin

Easily one of her most defining songs of her career. I thought it was catchy enough when it first came out, but I wasn't a big fan. I thought many of her hits in the 80s were better.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #2896 on:** April 09, 2013, 10:40:48 AM »

Never been a fan of her music but you can't deny her music and star power.

masterthes · « **Reply #2897 on:** April 09, 2013, 11:03:35 AM »

she definitely has better songs

Jaq · « **Reply #2898 on:** April 09, 2013, 04:45:32 PM »

Every time I hear this song I think of the part of Reservoir Dogs where Quentin Tarantino explains what the song is really about, and then how Steve Buscemi's character refuses to tip on general principle.

KevShmev · « **Reply #2899 on:** April 10, 2013, 08:38:53 AM »

Mötley Crüe - Wild Side

This video was noteworthy because it featured the spinning drum set of Tommy Lee; I remember that being a big thing. I was not really a big fan of this band, like a lot of people my age were, but I did like this song a lot. And it has held up as one of their best hits of the time period.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #2900 on:** April 10, 2013, 12:16:31 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on April 09, 2013, 09:02:26 AM

Madonna - Like a Virgin

Not my favorite from that album, or in general.

Quote from: KevShmev on April 10, 2013, 08:38:53 AM

Mötley Crüe - Wild Side

As much as I dug this song back in the day, I saw Crue on the GGG tour and I have to be honest - Whitesnake (their opener) blew the Crue AWAY.

KevShmev · « **Reply #2901 on:** April 10, 2013, 12:26:18 PM »

Okay, but what does that have to do with how good Wild Side is or isn't?

bosk1 · « **Reply #2902 on:** April 10, 2013, 12:29:46 PM »

Quote from: DebraKadabra on April 10, 2013, 12:16:31 PM

Quote from: KevShmev on April 10, 2013, 08:38:53 AM
Mötley Crüe - Wild Side

As much as I dug this song back in the day, I saw Crue on the GGG tour and I have to be honest - Whitesnake (their opener) blew the Crue AWAY.

Yeah, I saw them at the Day On The Green show on that tour, and Whitesnake, Poison, and Jetboy ALL blew Crue away.

But as far as the song, yeah, don't care for it.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #2903 on:** April 10, 2013, 12:32:10 PM »

Great Crue song. Aside from the spinning drum kit, the music video was just phoned in concert footage, and not one of their particularly memorable ones (I mean come on, no girls in cages or classrooms?)

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #2904 on:** April 10, 2013, 12:33:58 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on April 10, 2013, 12:26:18 PM

Okay, but what does that have to do with how good Wild Side is or isn't?

It's a frame of reference for how the song didn't age well for me, silly man.

Quote from: bosk1 on April 10, 2013, 12:29:46 PM

Yeah, I saw them at the Day On The Green show on that tour, and Whitesnake, Poison, and Jetboy ALL blew Crue away.

I don't think it was too hard to blow the Crue away on that tour.

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Author Topic: MTV in the 80s Song of the Day (Read 308444 times)