Author Topic: 80s Classic Albums (Featuring: King Crimson) (Read 117489 times)

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #350 on:** April 25, 2015, 05:42:45 PM »

I don't like this band or this album.

Calvin6s · « **Reply #351 on:** April 25, 2015, 06:23:21 PM »

Complete London Calling Album on YouTube
I wouldn't post a complete album YT, but it was put up by Sony Music UK so I think it is perfectly legal.

London Calling and Train in Vain are the only two that do anything for me and that is probably due to radio play. The album cover gives you the impression you are about to hear some serious aggro-punk ... and instead it borders on sounding like a 1950s sock hop. Never made it into my music library, but I'd consider putting this into my music library.

As far as nostalgia, this was my swim coach's idea of the perfect band and perfect album. There were at least four of us into Metallica at the time and the swim coach would constantly tell us "you want real music? Then go get The Clash - London Calling."

I tried to get into it, but it never did much for me.

bl5150 · « **Reply #352 on:** April 25, 2015, 07:41:00 PM »

https://youtu.be/83xXAFdCQCk?t=160

TempusVox · « **Reply #353 on:** April 25, 2015, 10:04:47 PM »

I never really got into this one much either. I actually much preferred Combat Rock with SISoSIG, and Rock the Casbah.

Lolzeez · « **Reply #354 on:** April 26, 2015, 04:34:08 AM »

Excellent album even though a bit too long.

bosk1 · « **Reply #355 on:** April 27, 2015, 08:26:30 AM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on April 25, 2015, 05:42:45 PM

I don't like this band or this album.

KevShmev · « **Reply #356 on:** April 27, 2015, 04:48:38 PM »

Ah yes, another 80s album just loaded with songs that were both big hits and MTV mainstays. "I Want a New Drug" and "If This Is It" are longtime favorites of mine, the latter of which is one of the most classic 80s videos ever, IMO. Four top 10 hits and another top 20 song, all songs that have aged well. Make no mistake about it, if anyone owned MTV in 1984, it was probably Huey Lewis and the News, thanks to Sports.

bl5150 · « **Reply #357 on:** April 27, 2015, 05:35:56 PM »

Huey and his band were definitely a "cut above" and one of the few pop rock acts that I got into to any degree. My fave of his is Jacob's Ladder off the Fore album which (surprise,surprise) is about as guitar heavy as they got and ,incidentally, written by Bruce Hornsby. The video for that song also had me in fits of laughter - I can't find a sharp copy on Youtube but Chris Hayes' facial expressions are priceless.

Sports seems to be his most highly respected album and is also top quality - just a bit too poppy for my taste in the end. He did have some great vids too.

bosk1 · « **Reply #358 on:** April 27, 2015, 06:29:43 PM »

For the life of me, I cannot figure out why I never actually owned a copy of this album. I really liked everything I heard from it (and that goes for every Huey song I have ever heard, actually). I really need to pick up this album.

Calvin6s · « **Reply #359 on:** April 27, 2015, 06:50:41 PM »

My father had Huey Lewis - Sports, but I never did. Definitely remember the MTV videos. He was also in Back to the Future I believe.

The hit songs are good and probably wouldn't hurt to check out the arrangement to improve pop songwriting chops. But I was always more of rock fan than a roll fan.

KevShmev · « **Reply #360 on:** April 27, 2015, 06:54:52 PM »

What's funny about the If This Is It video is there a clear nip slip in it, but I never noticed it until a few months ago, and VH1 Classic still plays it unedited, so they must not have caught it yet either.

Note, when the two women roll over on the backs off of one of the band members, right after the guitar solo, the gal on our left has one clearly exposed. And she looks like she couldn't care less.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #361 on:** April 27, 2015, 06:58:32 PM »

Absolutely one of my favorite albums of all time. Huey Lewis had a distinctive voice, tons of charisma, and the band gelled well together and were songwriting machines. Just amazing.

Calvin6s · « **Reply #362 on:** April 27, 2015, 06:58:54 PM »

Going to YouTube right now.

T-ski · « **Reply #363 on:** April 28, 2015, 09:13:02 AM »

no one pumped the rock fist like Huey Lewis.

always enjoyed their music and their videos were great.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #364 on:** April 28, 2015, 10:35:52 AM »

You could hum this whole album and not even know you are doing it. So damn catchy, every song.

bosk1 · « **Reply #365 on:** April 28, 2015, 10:54:08 AM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on April 28, 2015, 10:35:52 AM

You could hum this whole album and not even know you are doing it. So damn catchy, every song.

I've never thought of it that way, but that is spot on.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #366 on:** April 28, 2015, 11:17:25 AM »

Got into whatever album had "Power Of Love" on due to back To The Future...

Amazing pop song as is "Hip To Be Square".

bosk1 · « **Reply #367 on:** April 28, 2015, 11:27:45 AM »

I think what I need to do is just go pick up a Huey Lewis greatest hits package (same with Hall & Oates).

King Postwhore · « **Reply #368 on:** April 28, 2015, 11:33:47 AM »

Quote from: bosk1 on April 28, 2015, 11:27:45 AM

I think what I need to do is just go pick up a Huey Lewis greatest hits package (same with Hall & Oates).

I remember going to see Chicago and H&O was opening. My wife said she really didn't know too many songs then went on to sing ever H&O song they played.

CLOSET FAN I called her all night.

Podaar · « **Reply #369 on:** April 28, 2015, 11:49:51 AM »

This is a great album!

We saw Huey Lewis and the News last summer for the 30th anniversary of Sports and once the concert got going (hey, it's difficult to get warmed up at their age) they were as good as ever.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #370 on:** April 28, 2015, 11:57:08 AM »

I actually listened to this again not long ago. Simply great.

Lolzeez · « **Reply #371 on:** April 28, 2015, 03:48:53 PM »

Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

KevShmev · « **Reply #372 on:** April 28, 2015, 03:50:59 PM »

Quote from: Lolzeez on April 28, 2015, 03:48:53 PM

Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

I was waiting for someone to post that.

Quote from: Kotowboy on April 28, 2015, 11:17:25 AM

Got into whatever album had "Power Of Love" on due to back To The Future...

Amazing pop song as is "Hip To Be Square".

I am shocked that you are jumping ahead instead of discussing the featured album.

Lolzeez · « **Reply #373 on:** April 28, 2015, 03:52:59 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on April 28, 2015, 03:50:59 PM

Quote from: Lolzeez on April 28, 2015, 03:48:53 PM
Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

I was waiting for someone to post that.

Sorry just had to.

TempusVox · « **Reply #374 on:** April 28, 2015, 10:26:28 PM »

Excellent album. Bad is Bad is one of my favorite songs from that era. But there is not a bad song on this entire record IMO.

Excellent music and a very nice guy too. Very real and kind.

Calvin6s · « **Reply #375 on:** April 28, 2015, 11:01:14 PM »

Quote from: bosk1 on April 28, 2015, 11:27:45 AM

I think what I need to do is just go pick up a Huey Lewis greatest hits package (same with Hall & Oates).

Love the Holland Oates. I resisted them when I was younger (in public, in private I kinda knew I liked their hits). But I love that *guy*. Did we ruin the next album up for discussion?

WebRaider · « **Reply #376 on:** April 29, 2015, 12:30:16 AM »

Quote from: KevShmev on April 27, 2015, 04:48:38 PM

Ah yes, another 80s album just loaded with songs that were both big hits and MTV mainstays. "I Want a New Drug" and "If This Is It" are longtime favorites of mine, the latter of which is one of the most classic 80s videos ever, IMO. Four top 10 hits and another top 20 song, all songs that have aged well. Make no mistake about it, if anyone owned MTV in 1984, it was probably Huey Lewis and the News, thanks to Sports.

Super album... always thought it kinda neat that Huey played on Thin Lizzy's awesome live album "Live and Dangerous". Not exactly the same styles but I'm a fan of both.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #377 on:** April 29, 2015, 02:37:27 AM »

Quote from: KevShmev on April 28, 2015, 03:50:59 PM

Quote from: Lolzeez on April 28, 2015, 03:48:53 PM
Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

I was waiting for someone to post that.

Quote from: Kotowboy on April 28, 2015, 11:17:25 AM
Got into whatever album had "Power Of Love" on due to back To The Future...

Amazing pop song as is "Hip To Be Square".

I am shocked that you are jumping ahead instead of discussing the featured album.

I literally know nothing about the band so can't really contribute apart from those two songs

Cyclopssss · « **Reply #378 on:** April 29, 2015, 05:29:32 AM »

On MJ's Thriller: Super album, it boast 7(!) number one hits. But as an album, composition-wise and productionwise, Off the Wall was the better album.

Never got int o the Clash that much. Probably because they may have looked like a 'punkband', they never sounded like one in my ears. And I've heard plenty of punkbands in my time. Probably because they were to good musicians for it. (don''t forget, Bad Brains started off as a jazz/funk fusion band). The only songs I truely love by them is London Calling and Rock the Casbah.

Huey Lewis was cool. Too slick to be a rock band and too rock to be a popband. Catchy songs though....

KevShmev · « **Reply #379 on:** April 29, 2015, 03:18:06 PM »

Say what you want about Madonna, but she was one of a handful of artists who dominated the 80s, and Like a Prayer is usually looked at as her most classic album. The title track alone is just a powerhouse of a track, and it's so funny to watch the video now and think that that was considered very controversial in 1989. My, how things have changed!

If Michael Jackson was the King of Pop, this album solidified Madonna's status as the Queen of Pop.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #380 on:** April 29, 2015, 03:54:12 PM »

My older sister listened to Madonna a ton when we were kids. I totally heard Express Yourself in " Born This Way " .

Outcrier · « **Reply #381 on:** April 29, 2015, 03:59:42 PM »

Quote from: Lolzeez on April 26, 2015, 04:34:08 AM

Excellent album even though a bit too long.

Yep, it could do without some latter tracks but i don't think that hurts London Calling legacy.

As for Madonna, never was a fan even though i like some of her latter songs.

bl5150 · « **Reply #382 on:** April 29, 2015, 04:00:56 PM »

I had zero interest in Madonna as a kid apart from that book she did about metal

Kotowboy · « **Reply #383 on:** April 29, 2015, 04:04:19 PM »

Quote from: bl5150 on April 29, 2015, 04:00:56 PM

I had zero interest in Madonna as a kid apart from that book she did about metal

Did it focus primarily on aluminium or copper ? Or maybe one of the other lesser known metals ?

bl5150 · « **Reply #384 on:** April 29, 2015, 04:12:59 PM »

Quote from: Kotowboy on April 29, 2015, 04:04:19 PM

Quote from: bl5150 on April 29, 2015, 04:00:56 PM
I had zero interest in Madonna as a kid apart from that book she did about metal

Did it focus primarily on aluminium or copper ? Or maybe one of the other lesser known metals ?

I forgot to look at the words - sorry

News: Fall Into the Light, official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFxH4kky6z4

Author Topic: 80s Classic Albums (Featuring: King Crimson) (Read 117489 times)

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