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Re: 10 Nov 2009--it's 1980
« Reply #30 on: November 10, 2009, 10:31:46 AM »
now here's a song I used to get behind not liking.  BJ and this rhythm do NOT go together!  
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Re: 10 Nov 2009--it's 1980
« Reply #31 on: November 10, 2009, 10:32:13 AM »
I figured she'd play the obligatory Devo as she has done so far in every set circa 1980.  Not my favorite song from that album though.

Now I wonder if she's going to throw in some obligatory Cars too.

BOS to the B-52s!  They were so much better pre-Love Shack/Roam era...

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Re: 10 Nov 2009--it's 1980
« Reply #32 on: November 10, 2009, 10:32:27 AM »
Lord knows I'm not the biggest fan of Billy Joel, especially after he hit it big, but I feel compelled to give a BOS to this one. 'Don't Ask Me Why'...more for the guitar strumming than the steel drums.
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Re: 10 Nov 2009--it's 1980
« Reply #33 on: November 10, 2009, 10:33:00 AM »
Quote from: Tinka_Cat on November 10, 2009, 10:31:46 AM

now here's a song I used to get behind not liking.  BJ and this rhythm do NOT go together!  

as noted above, I had the precise opposite reaction.
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Re: 10 Nov 2009--it's 1980
« Reply #34 on: November 10, 2009, 10:36:13 AM »
BOS Althea!
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Re: 10 Nov 2009--it's 1980
« Reply #35 on: November 10, 2009, 10:36:40 AM »
Quote from: mshray on November 10, 2009, 10:33:00 AM
Quote from: Tinka_Cat on November 10, 2009, 10:31:46 AM

now here's a song I used to get behind not liking.  BJ and this rhythm do NOT go together!  

as noted above, I had the precise opposite reaction.

well, I acknowledge that a musician can appropriate genres and make a song that's well done, but something about this bugged me.  It's instrumentation was great, but he should stick to Levittown rhythms --  :)
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Re: 10 Nov 2009--it's 1980
« Reply #36 on: November 10, 2009, 10:37:16 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on November 10, 2009, 10:31:35 AM
ooo! AL gives us a BJ, but don't axe me why.

yes, she has been heavy on the Rod lately.
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Re: 10 Nov 2009--it's 1980
« Reply #37 on: November 10, 2009, 10:37:16 AM »
shouldn't AL have followed Mt St Helens with "Throwing Stones", aka "ashes, ashes"?



ETA: and Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes" actually *is* from 1980
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Re: 10 Nov 2009--it's 1980
« Reply #38 on: November 10, 2009, 10:37:50 AM »
Quote from: radical347 on November 10, 2009, 10:28:49 AM
Quote from: urth on November 10, 2009, 10:10:35 AM

Wow, this *def* sounds like my 1980. BOS1 Genesis, Behind the Lines, from their last decent album.

Aww...no love for Invisible Touch? :( ;)

That's my fav. album of theirs, I can dig this one though, I'll VHM it.

I'll withhold my opinion of Invisible Touch, but suffice to say, no, no love for that one. Not even a little.

Duke (the album that included Behind the Lines) was their last gasp as a prog band imo. Even though it contained some pretty big singles  (Turn It On Again, Misunderstanding), there was still a fair amount of extended instrumental bombast as well to keep their core fans engaged. On Abacab they turned a corner and just did pop songs, which may have had some elements of prog, but were shorter and more melodic. They definitely weren't the same band after Duke.

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Re: 10 Nov 2009--it's 1980
« Reply #39 on: November 10, 2009, 10:39:34 AM »
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Re: 10 Nov 2009--it's 1980
« Reply #40 on: November 10, 2009, 10:41:13 AM »
VHM Steve Forbert, even if this was once something of a Moreytrina.
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Re: 10 Nov 2009--it's 1980
« Reply #41 on: November 10, 2009, 10:43:09 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on November 10, 2009, 10:41:13 AM

VHM Steve Forbert, even if this was once something of a Moreytrina.

...and I very nearly jinxed you on that one.
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Re: 10 Nov 2009--it's 1980
« Reply #42 on: November 10, 2009, 10:47:41 AM »
Completely underwhelmed by everything after the B-52s.  Her first 1980 set = amazing.  This one = meh, it was alright.
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Re: 10 Nov 2009--it's 1980
« Reply #43 on: November 10, 2009, 10:53:57 AM »
Quote from: urth on November 10, 2009, 10:37:50 AM

Duke (the album that included Behind the Lines) was their last gasp as a prog band imo. Even though it contained some pretty big singles  (Turn It On Again, Misunderstanding), there was still a fair amount of extended instrumental bombast as well to keep their core fans engaged. On Abacab they turned a corner and just did pop songs, which may have had some elements of prog, but were shorter and more melodic. They definitely weren't the same band after Duke.


From the Wikipedia page for Duke, a better explanation of what I was trying to get across:

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Duke is regarded as a transitional Genesis album, incorporating both elements of dense and elaborate instrumentation associated with the band's 1970s era material and glimpses of their future 1980s pop melodies and hooks. It's therefore become regarded as the album where many Genesis fans would draw the line between the "old" and "new" Genesis. Duke showed both sides of the band's music, containing both short radio-friendly pop tunes (e.g. "Misunderstanding") as well as lengthy progressive rock suites (e.g. "Duke's Travels"). Hence, Duke enjoys the anomaly of being simultaneously regarded as either the band's last progressive outing or their first pop-oriented release.
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Re: 10 Nov 2009--it's 1980
« Reply #44 on: November 10, 2009, 10:55:44 AM »
Quote from: radical347 on November 10, 2009, 10:32:13 AM
I figured she'd play the obligatory Devo as she has done so far in every set circa 1980.  Not my favorite song from that album though.

 heh, not the Song-U-Want, eh?

these guys rocked pretty hard, I loved them.  It would've been great to see them at the Regency Ballroom, but tix were 40 (or maybe 50) and above, I think (sort of like the age of the band members).  gotta budget those rock dollars in these times!
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