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National Anthem of South Africa (South African National Anthem)
Enoch Sontonga and C. J. Langenhoven
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Depeche Mode
I'm glad you included Depeche Mode in there, Vatnisse... I would hate to have to defend my favorite band against slander and calumny... ;)
What would you say the qualities of a "quintessentially 80's" band are? Eurythmics and Depeche Mode I agree with; what about, say, Bananarama or Duran Duran (shudder)?
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The period had a certain look (puffy shoulders, big hair, bad makeup) and feel (out-of-control consumerism, disposable crap, me-first a$~$+#@s), and the quintessential 1980s music reflects that. If you can plausibly imagine something being played on an episode of Miami Vice or maybe Dynasty, yeah. So, Duran Duran is quitessentially 1980s, but The The is not; WASP is 1980s but Iron Maiden is not (or at least not until Seventh son of a seventh son). Def Leppard is 1980s, as is Van Halen. Dire Straits isn't, except for Walk of life, which is the most 1980s thing ever. Still, the ultimate 1980s anthem is Tiffany's I think we're alone now - prefab teenage crap with thin-sounding synth, unneccessary percussion that serves no purpose other than to muddle the beat, the fake emotion-growly stuff before the chorus... It is perfect.
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The 80's music was mostly about look and feel first (and musicality as a second thought). I think the John Hughes films helped make the 80's music scene what it was (at least in the bigger cities and the coasts...the midwest was still ACDC/Floyd/LedZep/Priest/Queen/MeatLoaf). most of the bands from those movies are at least as 80s as the popmetal of those days. Also stuff like ABC/Eurythmics/HueyLewis/Cars...and that DireStraits album. Michael Jackson was just a smidge more 80s than DireStraits or BRUUUUCE!, but only a smidge.
I do remember a 'World Piece Tour' poster in an episode of Facts of Life, but I also agree Iron Maiden isnt really 80's rock. Crue/TwistedSister/Dio/QuietRiot/RATT/VH/Poison/DefLep/Guiffria/Whitesnake/ and the non-makeup KISS are all 80s. Still like some of those bands...but rather than be embarrassed when someone pulls up beside me when Im jamming one of these cheezeball metal bands...I do this: Living the Life
Heres something from the 90s
Time Bomb
Rancid
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By the way, Cr500cricket, we have a standing tradition in this thread of "not counting" articles, and possibly not even pronouns, in the names of songs or creators unless they're meant to be exceptionally important to the song/creator name - otherwise we'd be up to our hat-jingles in songs beginning with "T" or "A," you understand.
Masato Nakamura
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Vatnisse, for a moment I though you were continuing your '80s jaunt, referencing John Parr's "Naughty Naughty". Speaking of naughty naughty...
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
The Shirelles
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You know, I certainly thought Danger Danger was an 80s thing. As for the other naughty song - wow, what a video. The hair, the shirtless-with-leather-pants look... I didn't recognize the name, but I thought he looked kinda familiar - turns out he did the St. Elmo's Fire soundtrack. Crappy, crappy movie, but an OK song.
Hear'n Aid
The heavy metal 'aid to Ethiopia' song. Better than We Are The World, not as good as Do They Know It's Christmas.
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Jim Steinman
So, I hear you cry, why does Meat Loaf sound so bad on this song? Well, kids, that's because he was laid up recovering from throat blowout and Jim Steinman hadn't discovered Bonnie Tyler yet. So Steinman did what any self-respecting megalomaniac would do when the intended vocalist was unavailable, and sang the songs himself. The result isn't exactly great.
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