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Glad I could jog your memory a little bit, Atomik. Alisha is really great and totally underrated. Lots of talent associated with her music too. People like Shep Pettibone, Cindy Valentine, and Martika.
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quote:Originally posted by Ronnie: Til Tuesday - Voices Carry (album)
loving these songs:
love in a vacuum looking over my shoulder i could get used to this
Wow.. Ronnie .. most people only know Til Tuesday for the tune "Voices Carry". Did you know that Til Tuesday actually won 'Best New Artist' at the 1985 MTV Music Awards?
From the "Voices Carry" album.. my fav tune is "Love In A Vacuum" .. I actually enjoy listening to it more than the group's signature tune "Voices Carry".
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I think 'Voices Carry' is probably one of the top 50 songs of the 80s, but I can't help but think that if Cyndi Lauper had sung all of 'Til Tuesdays songs, they'd have been so much better. They just sound perfect for her.
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quote:Originally posted by Valley: Wow.. Ronnie .. most people only know Til Tuesday for the tune "Voices Carry". Did you know that Til Tuesday actually won 'Best New Artist' at the 1985 MTV Music Awards?
From the "Voices Carry" album.. my fav tune is "Love In A Vacuum" .. I actually enjoy listening to it more than the group's signature tune "Voices Carry".
i didn't know that?..i can certainly see how they snagged that award.
i figured you liked that song, val. and i too, like those songs i mentioned above, more so that "voices carry."
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quote:Originally posted by Secret Admirer: I think 'Voices Carry' is probably one of the top 50 songs of the 80s, but I can't help but think that if Cyndi Lauper had sung all of 'Til Tuesdays songs, they'd have been so much better. They just sound perfect for her.
Secret do you not like Amiee Mann? I can see what your saying totally about Cyndi....I just think Amiee's voice is so unique........I love 'Save Me' from her solo stuff later on.
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quote:From the "Voices Carry" album.. my fav tune is "Love In A Vacuum" .. I actually enjoy listening to it more than the group's signature tune "Voices Carry".
'Love in a Vacuum' is great. That slap-bass intro always gets me.
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Allegaeon's Fragments of Form and Function. One of the best melodic death metal albums I've heard for quite some time (although it has quite a bit of technical death metal in there as well).
Go science metal!
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I love this band ..And talk about a band with persistance and staying power..this group from the Netherlands first formed back in 1985, but only has just recently seen some speck of success in the underground music scene at most. So I guess technically you can consider them an 80's band. However, mainstream success seems to be the last thing on this band's agenda. They seem quite comfortable playing in the club/goth scene and seem quite content in keeping it that way. Pearls in Dirt is their most recent studio album released in 2007..and it's a beauty if you ask me. Margriet Mol is the singer in this band and she's got to be among my favorite female vocalists out there right now. She has got a set of pipes on her. If you don't believe me, check out this video for their first, and only single off this record.
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For an unlikely Superstar, Phil Collins, certainly did very well for himself. It's interesting to see how his two biggest selling albums did on either side of the Atlantic:
USA:
No Jacket Required - 12,000,000 ...But Seriously - 4,000,000
Europe:
No Jacket Required - 6,900,000 ...But Seriously - 13,400,000
I guess we can never agree of anything.
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I've been listening to 'The Lord of The Rings: Return of the King' lately.
before she went cuckoo for cocoa puffs, her 80s tracks were awesome....love her look in videos like HOW WILL I KNOW & I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY. those are always fun to watch. love the songs!
i also like the songs,
so emotional you give good love saving all my love for you
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quote:For an unlikely Superstar, Phil Collins, certainly did very well for himself. It's interesting to see how his two biggest selling albums did on either side of the Atlantic:
USA:
No Jacket Required - 12,000,000 ...But Seriously - 4,000,000
Europe:
No Jacket Required - 6,900,000 ...But Seriously - 13,400,000
I guess we can never agree of anything.
Those figures are deceptive, though. Phil spent a lot of time in the US through the 'No Jacket' period (before and after), and thanks to that - along with MTV video rotation - he had his period of greatest success (ditto Genesis for the same reasons the following year). However, in the UK he was slightly less present, and the singles chart positions reflect that: 'Against All Odds'. 'Invisible Touch', 'One More Night', 'Separate Lives', 'Sussudio' - all US #1's - none of them UK #1's.
However, for 'But Seriously', not only was Phil present in Europe, but there was a massive TV marketing campaign for the album in the lead up to Christmas. As a result, the album topped the UK charts for something like 15 weeks (throughout Christmas) compared to the US 4 weeks.
I think his popularity from 'Against All Odds' until the end of the decade remained more or less even between the US and Europe, with maybe a peak in the US throughout '85 and '86 helped by exposure via Miami Vice and things like that. The sales figures (I believe) are more evidence that promotion - when it works - really can have an effect.
PS: Ronnie; early Whitney was great! Remember that she used to slate Madonna for being a bad role model?!
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Before she can come back, she has to quit drugs.
I do have some issues with Whitney influencing a whole generation of female vocalists to sing in a strident bloated over the top way. Then again... Mariah and Celine didn't help.
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and i too, like those songs i mentioned above, more so that "voices carry."
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