The music scene was transitional for a few years, but in the most extended sense, there were songs as late as 1994 that had a vague '80s element to them, albeit in updated form. You didn't really have to be a "90s music" fan to enjoy 'em either.
Such as:
How Do You Talk to an Angel - The Heights To Be With You - Mr. Big What Becomes of the Brokenhearted - Paul Young Always the Last to Know - Del Amitri Everyday - Phil Collins It Hit Me Like a Hammer - Huey Lewis King Of Wishful Thinking - Go West Straight to Your Heart - Bad English
Posted by rocksteadyflamethrower (Member # 1065) on :
Crap, I lost my post. Let me try this again.
I wish I could share your sentiment, but to me, the copyright date tells the story. When I see 1990 or 1991 as the copyright date, that cadges it for me. The numbers tell the story more than the sound ever could.
Also, to me, for example, a song like "To Be With You" isn't an 80s-sounding song at all. If anything, it seems more like a 70s throwback, with an acoustic Eagles feeling to it.
That's just my view, though.
Sincerely,
John Kilduff
Posted by Marty McFly (Member # 4403) on :
quote:Originally posted by rocksteadyflamethrower: Crap, I lost my post. Let me try this again.
I wish I could share your sentiment, but to me, the copyright date tells the story. When I see 1990 or 1991 as the copyright date, that cadges it for me. The numbers tell the story more than the sound ever could.
Also, to me, for example, a song like "To Be With You" isn't an 80s-sounding song at all. If anything, it seems more like a 70s throwback, with an acoustic Eagles feeling to it.
That's just my view, though.
Sincerely,
John Kilduff
That's cool, John - I always like to get different views since it makes me see things in a way I otherwise might not have.
I sort of see what you mean. It's more an accoustic power ballad (I guess it just seems "80s" to me because it was by a hair metal band, LOL).
Overall, I think it depends on the artist. For instance, new or breakout bands in 1990 or '91 sound relatively Nineties (Red Hot Chili Peppers, even Vanilla Ice! LOL ), probably from paying closer attention to developing trends. But bands who had already been out for awhile (and could afford to "play it safe") seemed to be doing 80s styled songs through 1992, and in a vague way, even up to '94.
They definitely weren't 1984 Duran Duran-sounding, maybe more refined 1989-sounding, if you know what I mean.
P.S. I HATE losing posts, so I know how that is! Posted by Stitch G (Member # 2895) on :
One genre where the music changed very quickly heading into the 90's was dance music. In 1989, popular dance music was by the likes of Stock Aitken and Waterman, or less mainstream acts like S Express. In 1990 dance music exploded with Black Box (Ride on time, Everybody, Fantasy), Soul 2 Soul (Back to life), Guru Josh (Infinity), Technotronic (Pump up the jam, Get up, This beat is Technotronic) and many many more making big impacts on the charts.
In the early 90s dance music was much more popular than grunge here in Oz, in fact Pearl Jam and Nirvana only had one Top 10 hit each (Pearl Jam's "Alive" hit #10, while Nirvana's "Smells like teen spirit" made #7 - in fact Weird Al Yankovichs parody "Smells like Nirvana" was a bigger hit!)
Posted by Jessie the Sunflower Goddess (Member # 1877) on :
Anything that came from Big Hair bands of the early 90s still always makes me think 80s. I can't specifically think of any at the moment.
Posted by The Mouse Avenger (Member # 4406) on :
King Of Wishful Thinking...& that does it for me! My mind is blank right now, so I can't think of anymore...^^;;
Posted by Hordak (Member # 1772) on :
Winger's "Battle Stations", from the Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey soundtrack, sounded like textbook 80s poodle rock. That and Chesney Hawkes' "The One And Only" are the most obvious for me; I LOVE these two songs! Cheesy, oh so cheesy, yet so good!!
Also "Wild Women Do" by Natalie Cole (another Pretty Woman).
Posted by Stitch G (Member # 2895) on :
I love how in 80's movies set in the future assumed that hair metal was going to be the predominant form of music. Terminator 2 is probably the biggest example of this, but I guess because they had Guns'n'Roses on the soundtrack they had to go that way.
Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
Ohmygosh!!! I loved "The One and Only." I will watch the beginning of Doc Hollywood every time it's on just to hear that song!! I would love to find it on CD. And I always liked "Everyday" by Phil Collins as well.
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
That song by Whitetown, something called Your Woman was a bit of a throwback for me. It sounded like some sort of song by Taco or something. I liked some of Richard Marx's 90's songs like Hazard too that kept that 80's spirit.
Posted by Brandon777 (Member # 4014) on :
One song from the 90's that seems like an 80's song is "Life Is A Highway". It seems like a song I would have had on a 45 record when I was a kid. Another 80's like song was "Big Bang Baby" from STP. That video was straight up early 80's.
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