Author Topic: 80s Classic Albums (Featuring: King Crimson) (Read 117562 times)

TAC · « **Reply #665 on:** May 26, 2015, 02:38:53 PM »

Quote from: jammindude on May 26, 2015, 02:34:24 PM

Well....rock radio played a big part too. My first exposure to Iron Maiden was hearing Still Life on the radio. That might be hard to believe, because Still Life was not a single. I don't know why local rock radio chose to play that song first (it was a precursor to the album coming out) but rock radio was also behind Iron Maiden as well.

Wow, that is hard to believe. I can tell you that in Boston and Providence, they were NEVER played, unless it was the day of a show.

Outcrier · « **Reply #666 on:** May 26, 2015, 02:44:57 PM »

Thinking about it, Maiden could have other entries here because of all the classics 80s albums they have.

jammindude · « **Reply #667 on:** May 26, 2015, 02:45:44 PM »

I think they bowed to public pressure. Where I went to high school, the smoking area (another thing that might be hard to believe in this day and age...but yes...my high school had a smoking area for students) was flooded with Iron Maiden t-shirts.

Between 1984 and 1986, I don't know of a single hard rock band that could sell out an arena like Iron Maiden....maybe Van Halen. They were just freakin *that* big.

TAC · « **Reply #668 on:** May 26, 2015, 02:55:47 PM »

Yeah, even for Dio's Last In Line tour in 1984, they moved the stage to the halfway point of the Providence Civic Center.
Van Halen definitely was a sell out, and although I did not go see Priest's Defenders tour. I think that did pretty well too.

bosk1 · « **Reply #669 on:** May 26, 2015, 03:06:53 PM »

Quote from: TAC on May 26, 2015, 02:55:47 PM

Van Halen definitely was a sell out

First thing you've posted that I agree with all day.

El Barto · « **Reply #670 on:** May 26, 2015, 03:10:24 PM »

Maiden got good airplay, along with a lot of other metal bands, long before there was a Headbanger's Ball. In fact, once they designated a few hours a week for metal you saw far less of it on a regular basis. In any event, NotB and POM both got good MTV coverage, and even some of the Dianno albums to a lesser degree.

And from a personal standpoint, the video of Icarus was what prompted me to go out and beg, borrow or steal POM and led me to conclude that those guys weren't bad.

TAC · « **Reply #671 on:** May 26, 2015, 03:14:01 PM »

Quote from: bosk1 on May 26, 2015, 03:06:53 PM

Quote from: TAC on May 26, 2015, 02:55:47 PM
Van Halen definitely was a sell out

First thing you've posted that I agree with all day.

First time you were right all day.

TAC · « **Reply #672 on:** May 26, 2015, 03:41:33 PM »

Quote from: El Barto on May 26, 2015, 03:10:24 PM

Maiden got good airplay, along with a lot of other metal bands, long before there was a Headbanger's Ball. In fact, once they designated a few hours a week for metal you saw far less of it on a regular basis. In any event, NotB and POM both got good MTV coverage, and even some of the Dianno albums to a lesser degree.

Wasn't it called Metal Mania or something like that?

King Postwhore · « **Reply #673 on:** May 26, 2015, 03:50:00 PM »

Bart, that video encouraged myself and 3 other teenages to try and murder that dong in my friends garage. Of course it was the drummers garage.

bosk1 · « **Reply #674 on:** May 26, 2015, 03:58:20 PM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on May 26, 2015, 03:50:00 PM

Bart, that video encouraged myself and 3 other teenages to try and murder that dong in my friends garage.

Well, I suppose that's understandable, since it is not uncommon for teenagers to want to experiment with all those new feelings that are raging through their bodies. But I have to admit, I have never heard it called that before. You kids and your slang...

King Postwhore · « **Reply #675 on:** May 26, 2015, 04:05:52 PM »

Holy shit!! That is the funniest mistake. I ever made.

Song folks. Song.

Btw, I did that murdering myself.

TAC · « **Reply #676 on:** May 26, 2015, 04:11:09 PM »

Whew. I'm glad you weren't actually murdering your dong!

King Postwhore · « **Reply #677 on:** May 26, 2015, 04:14:07 PM »

I did have a slashing motion.

TAC · « **Reply #678 on:** May 26, 2015, 04:16:49 PM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on May 26, 2015, 04:14:07 PM

I did have a slashing motion.

Well, no wonder that..

Quote from: kingshmegland on May 16, 2015, 01:41:10 PM

My head turns purple ...

King Postwhore · « **Reply #679 on:** May 26, 2015, 04:19:03 PM »

Now your stalking. I am stalking worth though.

Podaar · « **Reply #680 on:** May 26, 2015, 04:38:34 PM »

I've heard of "stabbing the cat" but "murdering the dong"?

bosk1 · « **Reply #681 on:** May 26, 2015, 05:50:03 PM »

And with three friends, no less.

TAC · « **Reply #682 on:** May 26, 2015, 05:59:56 PM »

Quote from: bosk1 on May 26, 2015, 05:50:03 PM

And with three friends, no less.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #683 on:** May 26, 2015, 06:04:17 PM »

It was a metal daisy chain.

TAC · « **Reply #684 on:** May 26, 2015, 06:05:58 PM »

Time for a new album, Kev!

bosk1 · « **Reply #685 on:** May 26, 2015, 06:19:56 PM »

No doubt.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #686 on:** May 26, 2015, 06:37:12 PM »

They're a 90'a band bosk1.

El Barto · « **Reply #687 on:** May 26, 2015, 06:37:53 PM »

Quote from: TAC on May 26, 2015, 03:41:33 PM

Quote from: El Barto on May 26, 2015, 03:10:24 PM
Maiden got good airplay, along with a lot of other metal bands, long before there was a Headbanger's Ball. In fact, once they designated a few hours a week for metal you saw far less of it on a regular basis. In any event, NotB and POM both got good MTV coverage, and even some of the Dianno albums to a lesser degree.
Wasn't it called Metal Mania or something like that?

I don't remember metal being treated any differently in the early days of MTV. I don't think there were enough videos for them to be that picky. I don't know if it was a blessing or a curse, but it seemed you'd always get a block that was Michael Jackson, Culture Club, Dio, U2, Men at Work and Ratt, just all hodgepodged together.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #688 on:** May 26, 2015, 06:41:19 PM »

Early on English bands made videos. Most American bands we're late to the Video Revolution. So MTV played a ton of British bands at first.

KevShmev · « **Reply #689 on:** May 26, 2015, 06:43:09 PM »

Anybody else think of this 80s film scene when reading this last page...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmfd9etbXGE

King Postwhore · « **Reply #690 on:** May 26, 2015, 06:45:47 PM »

Totally. I'm all oiled up as well.

bl5150 · « **Reply #691 on:** May 26, 2015, 07:27:42 PM »

Have we done Journey yet king , cos that Neal Schlong is a really cool guitarist?

KevShmev · « **Reply #692 on:** May 26, 2015, 07:34:26 PM »

Quote from: bl5150 on May 26, 2015, 07:27:42 PM

Have we done Journey yet king , cos that Neal Schlong is a really cool guitarist?

LOL.

Quote from: kingshmegland on May 26, 2015, 06:45:47 PM

Totally. I'm all oiled up as well.

KevShmev · « **Reply #693 on:** May 26, 2015, 07:39:52 PM »

While maybe not as classic as many of their 70s albums, The Game is still a classic Queen record. It has their biggest hit ever - "Another Bites the Dust" - and a handful of other hits, not to mention some good deep cuts. This album was a change of pace for Queen, too, as it was their first studio record to feature synthesizers. This is one of those albums you can just turn on and enjoy the heck out of for 36 minutes (yes, it is that short).

King Postwhore · « **Reply #694 on:** May 26, 2015, 07:53:02 PM »

Quote from: bl5150 on May 26, 2015, 07:27:42 PM

Have we done Journey yet king , cos that Neal Schlong is a really cool guitarist?

He'd cause a chain reaction here.

Kev, I love this album. I had to buy ito twice on album. Sail Away Sweet Sister is my favorite on this album.

erwinrafael · « **Reply #695 on:** May 26, 2015, 07:59:44 PM »

Dragon Attack I came to appreciate when I got older. Now I really love it.

This has one of my top 5 Queen songs: Save Me. Brian May is aamazing.

jammindude · « **Reply #696 on:** May 26, 2015, 10:24:40 PM »

This was the first Queen album I ever owned. Still love every track to this very day. It was the last in a huge string of classic albums. Things got a lot more hit and miss after this.

bosk1 · « **Reply #697 on:** May 27, 2015, 07:40:42 AM »

This was the first album I owned, period. The music store up the street ("music store," as in, store that sold musical instruments) had a little carousel full of cassette tapes on the counter, and they had this. I saved up my allowance until I had enough to bring it home. I loved pretty much every track. Sadly, I don't even remember the last time I owned a copy.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #698 on:** May 27, 2015, 07:44:41 AM »

Listening to it right now.

TAC · « **Reply #699 on:** May 27, 2015, 07:51:58 AM »

This is a real nice album.

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Author Topic: 80s Classic Albums (Featuring: King Crimson) (Read 117562 times)