Author Topic: 80s Classic Albums (Featuring: King Crimson) (Read 117284 times)

KevShmev · « **on:** March 22, 2015, 06:10:50 AM »

I thought this was a good idea for a thread. Every 3-5 days, give or take, I will feature an 80s album that is a classic and we can discuss it.

If anyone has ideas for albums I could feature, feel free to PM them. I already have a bunch in line. Some are rock, some are pop, some are metal, and some are something else. This will not be limited to just one or two genres. But I don't know want this to be a free-for-all where people start randomly posting albums on their own in here, but if you PM me good ones, I will bump them way up to near the head of the line.

For a spell in late '86/early '87, this was my favorite album, which I owned on cassette. Prior to this, there weren't many albums that I frequently listened to all of, but I always played both Sides 1 and 2 of this one. "Livin' on a Prayer" was the monster hit, of course, and "You Give Love a Bad Name" and "Wanted Dead or Alive" were hugely popular, as well. I was quite keen on "Let It Rock," as I though that slightly-proggy intro was cool. I'm still surprised that "Never Say Goodbye" was given the singles treatment with a video and everything, considering the times we were in, that would have been a monster hit. But regardless, Slippery When Wet was hugely popular and remains a good record today.

bl5150 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 22, 2015, 06:24:58 AM »

SWW made my Top 50 so I suppose that says it all - the 2nd last Bon Jovi album I give a shit about

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #2 on:** March 22, 2015, 06:33:10 AM »

Solid album overall, and the first 4 tracks are absolute killer.

Bolsters · « **Reply #3 on:** March 22, 2015, 06:35:42 AM »

I never got past the compilation with Bon Jovi, meant to because I do like the compilation disc but haven't gotten around to it yet. But I see some familiar songs on this album, so I'll give it a listen on Spotify tomorrow.

Following.

TAC · « **Reply #4 on:** March 22, 2015, 06:59:53 AM »

What a monster of an album. Though I personally prefer New Jersey, I've always felt that the hair metal explosion and chart topping albums in the mid to late 80's by rock bands was made possible by Slippery When Wet.
And really, it seemed to come out of nowhere. I don't remember a lot of hubbub about 7800, other than their opening slot on Ratt's tour.
SWW was released and BAM!

Saw this tour 2 or 3 times.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #5 on:** March 22, 2015, 09:02:12 AM »

Every song was radio ready on this album when radio mattered. This blew them up!

jjrock88 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 22, 2015, 09:07:27 AM »

I respect the impact this album had for sure.

I don't like Bon Jovi, but I can tolerate/don't mind the songs off this one and NJ. After that, no thanks!

lonestar · « **Reply #7 on:** March 22, 2015, 09:08:57 AM »

Huge album, and deserving of its accolades.

KevShmev · « **Reply #8 on:** March 22, 2015, 09:11:25 AM »

Want proof that music fans were ready to lap up any and everything Bon Jovi did following Slippery When Wet? Bad Medicine went to number 1. I'm sure there'll be defenders of it, but that song sucks.

bl5150 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 22, 2015, 09:12:38 AM »

Quote from: KevShmev on March 22, 2015, 09:11:25 AM

Want proof that music fans were ready to lap up any and everything Bon Jovi did following Slippery When Wet? Bad Medicine went to number 1. I'm sure there'll be defenders of it, but that song sucks.

Finally someone who agrees with me on Bad Medicine. Makes me cringe and I always thought it was a terrible choice as first single. The vast majority of people I know disagree with me though

I do love New Jersey though as a whole.

KevShmev · « **Reply #10 on:** March 22, 2015, 09:15:13 AM »

It didn't help that the video featured Sam Kinison screaming his head off at the beginning, and that guy always got on my nerves, so it never really had a chance with me.

jjrock88 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 22, 2015, 09:19:01 AM »

Sam Kinison is very annoying

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #12 on:** March 22, 2015, 09:20:54 AM »

Bad Medicine was awesome. Shut your whore mouthes!

King Postwhore · « **Reply #13 on:** March 22, 2015, 09:41:54 AM »

Aqua whore mouths Blob.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #14 on:** March 22, 2015, 10:18:54 AM »

Quote from: lonestar on March 22, 2015, 09:08:57 AM

Huge album, and deserving of its accolades.

This. Jeez, this album just stayed on the charts, it kept selling and selling and selling. Everyone had this back in the day.

Also, "Raise Your Hands" was in Spaceballs, so

Personally, I preferred New Jersey, but there is nothing wrong with this one at all.

Jaq · « **Reply #15 on:** March 22, 2015, 10:24:11 AM »

I've said this before in the old MTV thread, but if you were a guy in your twenties and you wanted a good foot in the door with a lady in 1986, you owned this album.

Thankfully it was a pretty immaculate slab of arena rock anthems, so there were worse things to pop in the car's cassette player than this.

jammindude · « **Reply #16 on:** March 22, 2015, 11:30:20 AM »

I preferred F1800. But this is a great "butt rock" album.

They need to re-release it with the original cover, it may have been controversial back then, but now that the album has long since been established, they need to give to original cover the respect it deserves.

Lowdz · « **Reply #17 on:** March 22, 2015, 01:36:16 PM »

Quote from: TAC on March 22, 2015, 06:59:53 AM

What a monster of an album. Though I personally prefer New Jersey, I've always felt that the hair metal explosion and chart topping albums in the mid to late 80's by rock bands was made possible by Slippery When Wet.
And really, it seemed to come out of nowhere. I don't remember a lot of hubbub about 7800, other than their opening slot on Ratt's tour.
SWW was released and BAM!

Saw this tour 2 or 3 times.

Also prefer New Jersey but there is no denying the quality of this album. This and Europe's Final Countdown opened the doors for all that followed.
I first heard of Bon Jovi with the Runaway singkle and liked the first album alot. 7800 had its moments but fell short. I saw them at Donington's Monsters Of \rock festival on the 7800 tour and they were excellent.
I had tickets for the Slippery tour but they were late for the gig and we had a train to catch back so we sold them and made a tidy profit due to all the hype at that time.
Anyway, great album, though Jon never could sing the modulation in Livin' On A Prayer.

TAC · « **Reply #18 on:** March 22, 2015, 03:09:53 PM »

Quote from: Lowdz on March 22, 2015, 01:36:16 PM

I first heard of Bon Jovi with the Runaway singkle and liked the first album alot.

I knew the single and thought it wasn't bad. But then I saw them open for Scorpions on that tour and they were so good live I bought the album the next day. I'll never forget the wicked live version of Get Ready.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #19 on:** March 22, 2015, 03:54:16 PM »

Quote from: TAC on March 22, 2015, 03:09:53 PM

Quote from: Lowdz on March 22, 2015, 01:36:16 PM

I first heard of Bon Jovi with the Runaway singkle and liked the first album alot.
I knew the single and thought it wasn't bad. But then I saw them open for Scorpions on that tour and they were so good live I bought the album the next day. I'll never forget the wicked live version of Get Ready.

I had the first BJ album for a few weeks before that show and they did not disappoint opening for the Scropions.

bosk1 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 23, 2015, 09:11:21 AM »

Not much to say that hasn't already been said. I had been following since the first album, but this one took it up a notch in every way.

PetFish · « **Reply #21 on:** March 23, 2015, 09:51:25 PM »

Bon Jovi is my all-time favourite band.

Jon is an all-time-great front man and a wonderful humanitarian. One of the hardest working and talented musicians in history. His lyrics are very poetic. He (and the band) appreciate their fans first and foremost and do everything they can in every performance to show them just how much whereas too many current bands are up there acting like they're doing the fans a favour by even showing up and couldn't look less interested.

Richie was (sadly) an amazing guitar player and the reason I started playing when I was 14. For a long time he's made an ass out of himself every time he speaks and it's so difficult for me to watch him live on Youtube cuz he's a mess. When I watch anything from Keep the Faith or earlier my jaw drops but since then he's gotten worse and worse.

To be able to survive through grunge and be creating great rock music to this day while selling-out arenas and stadiums around the world with almost no love from anything resembling mainstream music is a great testament to their musicianship and values.

They put the current "big acts" to shame by playing a minimum of two hours every show with the average being around 2.5 hours while the "big acts" barely crack 90 minutes.

It makes me sad to see they're still thought of as somewhat of a joke to Joe Average.

80s Bon Jovi Trivia:

- They made five videos for Slippery but only ever aired three. Never Say Goodbye and Wild in the Streets are the other two (can be found on the Slippery When Wet: The Videos).
- They made three complete videos for "I'll Be There For You" but the other two have never seen the light of day (Jon mentioned in an interview on "New Jersey: The Videos").
- New Jersey was supposed to be a double album (get the just-released anniversary re-issue, it's awesome, but still doesn't have a bunch of great songs on it, you gotta be hardcore like me to have those).
- Recording Slippery in Vancouver put my city on the worldwide musician map (then came Motley and Aerosmith and Metallica and...).
- Aerosmith begged Bon Jovi to let them have "Social Disease" for "Permanent Vacation".
- The original title for "New Jersey" was "Sons of Beaches" (that lyric can be heard in "99 in the Shade".
- The current bass player, Hugh McDonald, actually played bass on the debut album.
- Richie's double-neck guitars always have the 12-string on the bottom, reverse of the typical setup.
- David Bryan's real name is "David Raushbaum".
- "Livin' on a Prayer" almost didn't make it onto Slippery, Jon didn't think it was very good.
- "You Give Love a Bad Name" almost went to the band Loverboy.
- Bon Jovi are credited with "inventing" the unplugged-style performances due to the 1989 MTV Awards performance.

*These are all off the top of my head, I'm sure I have more, but I don't want to overstay my welcome.

jjrock88 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 24, 2015, 03:18:02 AM »

Wow you sure are a fan

KevShmev · « **Reply #23 on:** March 24, 2015, 04:32:29 PM »

While admittedly not a big fan of The Boss, this is a good album. I get why it was so popular. I never much cared for the title track or "Cover Me," but always liked "Dancing in the Dark" and "Glory Days" a lot; "I'm On Fire" is a nice song, as well. I never heard the non-hits from it until a few years ago, and most of them did not really grab me, except for "No Surrender," which is one of the rare Springsteen songs I will seek out on its own. I remember hearing that Springsteen was opposed to doing videos, as he thought they were a waste of time, but was talked into, and changed his tune once he saw what a difference they made in his career, since this album wouldn't have blown up like it did without MTV playing the videos from this non-stop.

TAC · « **Reply #24 on:** March 24, 2015, 04:38:14 PM »

Quote from: jjrock88 on March 24, 2015, 03:18:02 AM

Wow you sure are a fan

He gives other fans a bad name!

Quote from: PetFish on March 23, 2015, 09:51:25 PM

- The current bass player, Hugh McDonald, actually played bass on the debut album.

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Wow, that's interesting!

King Postwhore · « **Reply #25 on:** March 24, 2015, 05:49:31 PM »

Rumor has it, Hugh played on all the albums.

Kev, this is one album I just can't get into. I just never could get into Bruce. The man has such passion in his music but it's just not my cup of tea.

TAC · « **Reply #26 on:** March 24, 2015, 06:09:17 PM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on March 24, 2015, 05:49:31 PM

Rumor has it, Hugh played on all the albums.

Is that true?

King Postwhore · « **Reply #27 on:** March 24, 2015, 06:16:56 PM »

Not sure but I've read that. Sort of what Cinderella did to their drummer Fred Coury.

wolfking · « **Reply #28 on:** March 24, 2015, 06:48:55 PM »

I could never get into the boss. He's cool and all, but just never did much for me.

bl5150 · « **Reply #29 on:** March 24, 2015, 06:51:13 PM »

Quote from: wolfking on March 24, 2015, 06:48:55 PM

I could never get into the boss. He's cool and all, but just never did much for me.

Similar ,although I never dug into his discog as deep as I should. I really just know the radio stuff. A lot of people with taste similar to mine really love him , but then same goes for Rush

Cool Chris · « **Reply #30 on:** March 24, 2015, 08:51:43 PM »

Quote from: PetFish on March 23, 2015, 09:51:25 PM

- Bon Jovi are credited with "inventing" the unplugged-style performances due to the 1989 MTV Awards performance.

I remember seeing that at the time, and even my 13 year old not-really-a-Bon-Jovi-fan brain thought it was awesome.

jjrock88 · « **Reply #31 on:** March 24, 2015, 11:15:40 PM »

Quote from: wolfking on March 24, 2015, 06:48:55 PM

I could never get into the boss. He's cool and all, but just never did much for me.

Zydar · « **Reply #32 on:** March 25, 2015, 01:18:57 AM »

Big fan of the Boss, but that album never hit the spot for me. I much prefer his 70s stuff.

jammindude · « **Reply #33 on:** March 25, 2015, 06:39:15 AM »

There's no doubt that Bruce sings with a lot of passion, I just don't care for his style at all. Nice guy.

He and Joe Cocker are two guys that I classify as "guys who made a singing career out of not being able to sing"

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #34 on:** March 25, 2015, 06:49:30 AM »

Bruce Springsteen is awesome.

This album was my introduction to him, so it woull always hold a special place in my heart. I have since come to prefer his older stuff to this album, but it is just so damn well-made, from a total perspective (writing, performing, production) that it is an all-time classic. Legend.

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Author Topic: 80s Classic Albums (Featuring: King Crimson) (Read 117284 times)