Tux of Borg Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s_in_music o U2 (The Joshua Tree), R.E.M. (Document), and Midnight Oil (Diesel and Dust) release albums that signify a move back towards politically and socially aware music o Death's Scream Bloody Gore helps to define the burgeoning death metal scene o Noise pop emerges with releases from The Jesus and Mary Chain (Darklands) and Yo La Tengo (New Wave Hot Dogs) o The term world music is first used as a marketing category to describe several dozen kinds of folk music from around the world; the term immediately draws criticism from artists like David Byrne and other critics o The Gipsy Kings' "Djobi Djoba" and "Bamboleo" mark the commercial emergence of Sevillana, a pop-oriented flamenco music, in Europe o Bon Jovi's Livin' On A Prayer, from the record selling album Slippery When Wet, becomes the biggest selling song of the year. o Guns N' Roses releases Appetite for Destruction and dominate the American music scene for the year with an arena rock and thrash metal-influenced sound; in Europe, Celtic Frost's (Into the Pandemonium) influence and sales peak o Ian MacKaye's Embrace LP Embrace and Rites of Spring's EP All Through a Life are said to be the beginning of emo music, based around MacKaye's Washington DC label, Dischord Records o Guy's Guy is often considered the beginning of New Jack Swing o Los Lobos' "La Bamba" and Linda Ronstadt's Canciones de Mi Padre surprise success revitalizes Mexican-Texan music o Whitney Houston's sophomore album Whitney keeps her career full-speed. It becomes the first female album (and only 5th album ever) to debut at #1, and contains 4 number one singles.
Dahlia'sBills Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 Wow. I just happened to come across the 1987 Yearbook Issue of Rolling Stone while cleaning out my attic the other day.
Pete Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 I graduated HS in 1987- good times! Lets not forget Husker Du, Metallica, Slayer, COC, DRI, Stormtroopers of Death, Billy Squier, Dead Milkmen, Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag, Living Color, Robert Cray, Paul Simon, Bad Brains, Replacements, Prince, Iron Maiden, Rainbow, Scorpions, Peter Gabriel..........give me a while I will think up some more great music from 1987
RuntheDamnBall Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 I graduated HS in 1987- good times! Lets not forget Husker Du, Metallica, Slayer, COC, DRI, Stormtroopers of Death, Billy Squier, Dead Milkmen, Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag, Living Color, Robert Cray, Paul Simon, Bad Brains, Replacements, Prince, Iron Maiden, Rainbow, Scorpions, Peter Gabriel..........give me a while I will think up some more great music from 1987 Bolds for all the ones that got me especially excited. Also, I got to work on Paul Simon's last record. What a talent that guy is, if ridiculously quiet and within himself. Still, great musician and he knows how to get the very best out of everyone he works with. And Steve Gadd, his drummer for the last few decades, man responsible for that signature sound in '50 Ways,' is awesome.
RuntheDamnBall Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 When people say 'the 80s sucked,' they aren't really thinking about it, at least in terms of music. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980s_in_musico U2 (The Joshua Tree), R.E.M. (Document), and Midnight Oil (Diesel and Dust) release albums that signify a move back towards politically and socially aware music Not only that. With R.E.M. in particular it meant that a sound that appealed to a small group of college kids could grow to become something more universally viable. o Noise pop emerges with releases from The Jesus and Mary Chain (Darklands) and Yo La Tengo (New Wave Hot Dogs) Certainly two great bands. One's best work was already behind them (J&MC's Psychocandy is the one to own). Yo La Tengo's best record wouldn't come for another ten years (I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One must be one of my favorite albums of all-time, and one of the last great top-to-bottom albums --I'd put 97's OK Computer and In the Aeroplane Over the Sea as others in that category). o The term world music is first used as a marketing category to describe several dozen kinds of folk music from around the world; the term immediately draws criticism from artists like David Byrne and other critics What a stupid, stupid term that was only useful for people selling things. It's akin to thinking of Africa as a country when it's really such a rich tapestry of culture and geography. Further proof that we see things with our own eyes only and that this kind of negotiation is always a problem. Like Fela Kuti has the first thing to do with Ali Farka Toure or Ravi Shankar, other than that they're 'different.' What a supremely retarded worldview. o Ian MacKaye's Embrace LP Embrace and Rites of Spring's EP All Through a Life are said to be the beginning of emo music, based around MacKaye's Washington DC label, Dischord Records A huge influence for me. The funnier thing is that that brand of 'emo' music has NOTHING to do with what's being put out under that brand now. What McKaye and co. profferred was an emotional response to the personal and the political that begged a reorganization of the way one sees the world and one's place in it. It was not about hoping the girl whose locker was next to yours would finally ask you out. What a fascinating post, though. Thanks for putting it up.
Coach Tuesday Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 How can you leave out the Pixies' "Come On Pilgrim"? (great thread btw)
Pete Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 Bolds for all the ones that got me especially excited. Also, I got to work on Paul Simon's last record. What a talent that guy is, if ridiculously quiet and within himself. Still, great musician and he knows how to get the very best out of everyone he works with. And Steve Gadd, his drummer for the last few decades, man responsible for that signature sound in '50 Ways,' is awesome. RTDB- you have excellent taste in music! Quite eclectic too, as is mine. Thats cool you work in the field. What are you listening to as far as newer stuff? The newest stuff for me which gets heavy airplay is Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Sublime(amazing band IMO), White Stripes- Jack White knows the blues! Great White Stripes cover of John the Revelator. The Shins are cool. I like Franz Ferdinand too. Always looking for good recomendations. BTW Jesus and Mary Chain rocks- I saw them at Yale in an old church about 15 years ago- great show!
Tux of Borg Posted January 24, 2007 Author Posted January 24, 2007 http://www.hotpopsongs.com/Music/Billboard/1987.html 1987 Billboard's Top 20 Songs & Artist # 1 Faith - George Michael # 2 Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi # 3 Alone - Heart # 4 With Or Without You - U2 # 5 La Bamba - Los Lobos # 6 I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston # 7 Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship # 8 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2 # 9 Didn't We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston # 10 I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - Aretha Franklin & George Michael # 11 At This Moment - Billy Vera & The Beaters # 12 I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany # 13 (I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew # 14 Lean On Me - Club Nouveau # 15 Bad - Michael Jackson # 16 Shake You Down - Gregory Abbott # 17 Here I Go Again - Whitesnake # 18 Always - Atlantic Starr # 19 Head To Toe - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam # 20 Shakedown - Bob Seger
JLO Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 I graduated HS in 1987- good times! Lets not forget Husker Du, Metallica, Slayer, COC, DRI, Stormtroopers of Death, Billy Squier, Dead Milkmen, Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag, Living Color, Robert Cray, Paul Simon, Bad Brains, Replacements, Prince, Iron Maiden, Rainbow, Scorpions, Peter Gabriel..........give me a while I will think up some more great music from 1987 Class of '87 here also. Christ, has it been that long already... Pink Floyd- Momentary Lapse of Reason. Saw them 2nights in a row at the CNE Stadium in Toronto. The ticket was $25 dollars.
The Poojer Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 not a fan of Rage Against the Machine, but seeing as how you brought it up, I just read that they are getting back together to perform in some 3 day music festival in California...just FYI RTDB- you have excellent taste in music! Quite eclectic too, as is mine. Thats cool you work in the field. What are you listening to as far as newer stuff? The newest stuff for me which gets heavy airplay is Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Sublime(amazing band IMO), White Stripes- Jack White knows the blues! Great White Stripes cover of John the Revelator. The Shins are cool. I like Franz Ferdinand too. Always looking for good recomendations. BTW Jesus and Mary Chain rocks- I saw them at Yale in an old church about 15 years ago- great show!
Johnny Coli Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 I believe Dino Jr. released the brilliant You're living all over me LP in '87. There's a ton of other stuff that came out around that time, but any decent list'll have to wait until I can get home and dig through the stacks.
RuntheDamnBall Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 I believe Dino Jr. released the brilliant You're living all over me LP in '87. There's a ton of other stuff that came out around that time, but any decent list'll have to wait until I can get home and dig through the stacks. Good one.
Pete Posted January 24, 2007 Posted January 24, 2007 I believe Dino Jr. released the brilliant You're living all over me LP in '87. There's a ton of other stuff that came out around that time, but any decent list'll have to wait until I can get home and dig through the stacks. one of my favorite bands! Where You Been is my favorite. J Rips!
Pete Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 speaking of great 80s bands- RIP Brent Liles, bassist Social Distortion http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/2...s.ap/index.html I cant beleive I forgot to mention The Cult for 1987 music- great stuff!
buckeyemike Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 Another Class of '87 person here. My 20 year HS reunion is in October. IMO, The Joshua Tree is the best album of the '80s. Nothing else is even close, except for maybe Paul Simon's Graceland (RTDB, is that the album you worked on?). My tastes were a little more "poppy" than many of those on this board. I was really into Chicago at that time (Chicago 18, the first album with Jason Scheff as lead singer, went gold in '87. Scheff's been lead singer longer than Peter Cetera was). Also, and you can make fun of me all you want, I was into Stryper then. "To Hell With The Devil" went double platinum in '87, and "Honestly" was a Top 30 power ballad for the boys in Yellow and Black. Whitesnake and Bon Jovi made hair bands big starting in 1987. All in all, it may not have been the best time in music...but it was a LOT of fun.
R. Rich Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 I graduated HS in 1987- good times! Lets not forget Husker Du, Metallica, Slayer, COC, DRI, Stormtroopers of Death, Billy Squier, Dead Milkmen, Suicidal Tendencies, Black Flag, Living Color, Robert Cray, Paul Simon, Bad Brains, Replacements, Prince, Iron Maiden, Rainbow, Scorpions, Peter Gabriel..........give me a while I will think up some more great music from 1987 You graduated in 1987? Hahahaha!!!! You're old!
rockpile Posted January 25, 2007 Posted January 25, 2007 http://www.hotpopsongs.com/Music/Billboard/1987.html 1987 Billboard's Top 20 Songs & Artist # 1 Faith - George Michael ... and Rockpile's then eleven year old daughter asks for the CASSETTE tape, entitled "I Want Your Sex". Somehow that seemed so wrong. Could not do that.
GoodBye Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 ... and Rockpile's then eleven year old daughter asks for the CASSETTE tape, entitled "I Want Your Sex". Somehow that seemed so wrong. Could not do that. Hey, I think all girls around our age wanted that album!
Pete Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_in_music [edit] Bands Formed Alice in Chains Danzig Fugazi Gin Blossoms Jane's Addiction Mr. Big Nirvana Paul Oakenfold's career begins Poster Children Public Enemy Tori Amos' career begins X Japan [edit] Bands Disbanded Hüsker Dü The Smiths Wham! Zebra [edit] Albums released In alphabetical order by artist/band - Compilation - Accept Into the Fire - Bryan Adams Classics Live II - Aerosmith Permanent Vacation - Aerosmith Among The Living - Anthrax I'm The Man EP - Anthrax Strength of Steel - Anvil Jackomo - Little Annie Anxiety Bandez Raising Fear - Armored Saint Eternal Idol - Black Sabbath Career of Evil: The Metal Years - Blue Öyster Cult Terror Rising EP - Lizzy Borden Visual Lies - Lizzy Borden Never Let Me Down - David Bowie Touch - Laura Branigan Locust Abortion Technician - Butthole Surfers Speed Metal Symphony - Cacophony Heaven on Earth - Belinda Carlisle Secrets Of Synthesis - Wendy Carlos King's Record Shop - Rosanne Cash Raise Your Fist and Yell - Alice Cooper Best Before 1984 - Crass Electric - The Cult Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - The Cure The Best Of Dalida, Vol. 2 - Dalida (compilation) Scream Bloody Gore - Death (debut) Hysteria - Def Leppard Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr. Dream Evil - Dio Back For the Attack - Dokken Silence - Stephan Eicher The Blanton-Webster Years - Duke Ellington Menjaring Matahari - Ebiet G. Ade The Circus - Erasure Paid in Full - Eric B. & Rakim White Fields - The Escape Club (debut) Death Before Dishonour - The Exploited Exposure - Exposé Introduce Yourself - Faith No More Faster Pussycat - Faster Pussycat Bombay City - Remo Fernandez One Night Stand - Flamin' Groovies Tango in the Night - Fleetwood Mac Frehley's Comet - Frehley's Comet Official Version - Front 242 Funhouse - Funhouse Tallulah - The Go-Betweens In The Dark - Grateful Dead Once Bitten... - Great White Rock You To Hell - Grim Reaper (final album) 2X4 - Guadalcanal Diary Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses (debut) I Never Said Goodbye - Sammy Hagar Music to Strip By - Half Japanese Bad Animals - Heart Wild In The Streets - Helix Bring the Family - John Hiatt Get Close To My Love - Jennifer Holliday Warehouse: Songs and Stories - Hüsker Dü (final album) Rhyme Pays - Ice-T (debut) A More Perfect Union - Icon Kick - INXS Bad - Michael Jackson Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction Crest of a Knave - Jethro Tull Priest... Live! - Judas Priest 1987 (What the !@#$ Is Going On?) - The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu. Subsequently destroyed after copyright infringement claim. Akwaba Beach - Mory Kanté Keel - Keel Abigail - King Diamond Crazy Nights - KISS Too Late To Cry - Alison Krauss Shaka Zulu - Ladysmith Black Mambazo Trio - Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton Running in the Family - Level 42 Bigger and Deffer - LL Cool J By the Light of the Moon - Los Lobos Ready or Not - solo debut album of Foreigner lead vocalist Lou Gramm Hurricane Eyes - Loudness Diminuendo - Lowlife Lubricated Goat Plays the Devil's Music (debut) - Lubricated Goat Immaculate Deception - Ludichrist You Can Dance - Madonna Strange Weather - Marianne Faithfull Clutching at Straws - Marillion Deathcrush - Mayhem Perfect Timing - McAuley-Schenker Group (first release after Robin McAuley joined and they changed their name) Huevos - Meat Puppets Gluey Porch Treatments - The Melvins (The $5.98 EP) Garage Days Re-Revisited - Metallica Faith - George Michael Diesel and Dust - Midnight Oil Go On... - Mr. Mister Stereoland - The Modern Art Pool It! - The Monkees Poetic Champions Compose - Van Morrison Girls, Girls, Girls - Mötley Crüe Rock 'n' Roll - Motörhead Escape From Noise - Negativland Substance - New Order Tritonian Nash-Vegas Polyester Complex - No Trend Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack In Dreams: The Greatest Hits - Roy Orbison Tribute - Ozzy Osbourne Taking Over - Overkill Power Metal - Pantera Trio (album) - Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt Signs of Life - Penguin Cafe Orchestra Actually - Pet Shop Boys Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd Come On Pilgrim - Pixies (debut) Buster Poindexter - Buster Poindexter Sign 'O' The Times - Prince Yo! Bum Rush the Show - Public Enemy Right Now! - kitty Galore Halfway to Sanity - The Ramones Document - R.E.M. Pleased to Meet Me - The Replacements The Cowboy Way (album) - Riders in the Sky Saddle Pals - Riders in the Sky Best of the West - Riders in the Sky Kane Roberts - Kane Roberts (former Alice Cooper guitarist's solo debut) I Prefer The Moonlight - Kenny Rogers Stinkfist - Clint Ruin and Lydia Lunch Hold Your Fire - Rush Surfing With the Alien - Joe Satriani Hall of the Mountain King - Savatage The Walking - Jane Siberry Coming Around Again - Carly Simon Floodland - The Sisters of Mercy Cleanse Fold and Manipulate - Skinny Puppy The World Won't Listen - The Smiths (February, compilation) Louder than Bombs - The Smiths (March (U.S.)/May (U.K.), compilation) Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths (September, final studio album) The Perfect Prescription - Spaceman 3 Sister - Sonic Youth Join the Army - Suicidal Tendencies Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen Brenda K. Starr - Brenda K. Starr ...Nothing Like the Sun - Sting All Systems Go - Donna Summer It's Better To Travel - Swing Out Sister Make It Last Forever - Keith Sweat In My Tribe - 10,000 Maniacs The Legacy - Testament (debut) New Again - TexAns Tiffany - Tiffany Introducing the Hardline According to... - Terence Trent D'Arby Bridge of Spies - T'Pau Always & Forever - Randy Travis Love Is for Suckers - Twisted Sister (final album) The Joshua Tree - U2 To the Power of Three - 3 Calm Before The Storm - Venom Live...In the Raw - W.A.S.P. Live...Animal EP W.A.S.P. Triumph And Agony - Warlock (final album) Radio K.A.O.S. - Roger Waters Whitecross - Whitecross Pride - White Lion (2nd album, major label (Atlantic Records) debut) Whitesnake - Whitesnake Characters - Stevie Wonder Starting Up - Roy Wood Contagious - Y&T Out of Silence - Yanni 3.V - Zebra Tattooed Beat Messiah - Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction
buckeyemike Posted January 26, 2007 Posted January 26, 2007 Hey, I think all girls around our age wanted that album! That was before we knew George Michael was gay. Interestingly, Denis Leary had a great line about that. He said after watching George Michael dance around in the first 15 seconds of the "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" video, we should have figured out he was gay then.
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