Topic: If The 80's Never Happened
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Thu 09/27/18 08:30 PM

What if Boston never had More Than A Feeling?

What if Madonna hadn't been a Material Girl?

What if Falco had never been Rocked by Amadeus?


*keep this going with artists and songs from the 80's.*

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Fri 09/28/18 12:50 PM


What if Boston never had More Than A Feeling?

*keep this going with artists and songs from the 80's.*


What if Boston, more than a feeling was released in September 1976?

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Fri 09/28/18 03:27 PM
With the decline of disco in the early 1980s rap became a new form of expression. Rap arose from musical experimentation with rhyming, rhythmic speech. Rap was a departure from disco. Sherley Anne Williams refers to the development of rap as "anti-Disco" in style and means of reproduction. The early productions of Rap after Disco sought a more simplified manner of producing the tracks they were to sing over. ~ wiki

While rap existed in the 70s it gained a true following during the 80s.
If the 80s didn't happen, rap might not have become popular and disco might have survived. I remember pre80s rap but it wasn't called rap.
I also remember early 80s rap that had actual musical instrument accompaniment. Sounded more like 'songs' than today's rap. Like a hip hop rap.

By the mid-1980s, country music audiences were beginning to tire of country pop. Although some pop-country artists continued to record and release successful songs and albums, the genre in general was beginning to suffer. By 1985, a New York Times article declared country music "dead". However, by this time, several newcomers were working behind the scenes to reverse this perception. ~ wiki

Without the 80s, who knows what type of music would be popular today.

Stu's photo
Fri 09/28/18 04:23 PM
Then neither would today..

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Fri 09/28/18 05:58 PM
What if Elvis Costello couldn't find the blueprints for building a ship?

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Mon 10/15/18 05:30 PM
MTV started in the 80's. That had to change something for music. I think some bands/singers wouldn't have become as big because teens were always saying, "did you see that song on MTV?" I was a big radio listener in the 80's. It came down to "video killed the radio star".

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Mon 10/15/18 05:39 PM
Money & Cigarettes - Eric Clapton

One of the best albums of the 1980s.


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Fri 10/19/18 06:38 PM
The Queen.
Best band ever.

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Thu 08/08/19 01:07 PM


What if Boston never had More Than A Feeling?

What if Madonna hadn't been a Material Girl?

What if Falco had never been Rocked by Amadeus?


*keep this going with artists and songs from the 80's.*


What if Prince had never partied like it was 1999?

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Thu 08/08/19 01:31 PM
What if you could check out and actually leave hotel California

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Thu 08/08/19 02:01 PM

With the decline of disco in the early 1980s rap became a new form of expression. Rap arose from musical experimentation with rhyming, rhythmic speech. Rap was a departure from disco. Sherley Anne Williams refers to the development of rap as "anti-Disco" in style and means of reproduction. The early productions of Rap after Disco sought a more simplified manner of producing the tracks they were to sing over. ~ wiki

While rap existed in the 70s it gained a true following during the 80s.
If the 80s didn't happen, rap might not have become popular and disco might have survived. I remember pre80s rap but it wasn't called rap.
I also remember early 80s rap that had actual musical instrument accompaniment. Sounded more like 'songs' than today's rap. Like a hip hop rap.

By the mid-1980s, country music audiences were beginning to tire of country pop. Although some pop-country artists continued to record and release successful songs and albums, the genre in general was beginning to suffer. By 1985, a New York Times article declared country music "dead". However, by this time, several newcomers were working behind the scenes to reverse this perception. ~ wiki

Without the 80s, who knows what type of music would be popular today.


To be a bit more specific, without the 2 live crew, where would we be with censorship and would we have some other great works of comedy?

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Thu 08/08/19 03:58 PM


What if Poison needed something more than a Good Time? :wink: drinker