Why we grew up in the greatest music generation!!!

by **G.I.Jim** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:38 am

I've been sitting here enjoying my vicodin and checking out youtube videos in amazement. We (well most of us here) are from the greatest era and generation of music ever. I honestly don't think music will EVER get back to the peak in the 80's/early 90's. The talent, the backing from huge record labels, the fans that actually BUY the music and support the artists... it's basically all gone. :cry:

Here are a few examples of what made the 80's/90's so great to me. These kind of live (well, mostly live) performances are becoming extinct....

1. Heaven Tonight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJR1rzTz6s8

2. Top Of The World:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6U7OOFv ... re=related

3. Is This Love:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eADGmHraHTs

4. Heart Of Stone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKVb6KvK ... re=related

5. Separate Ways:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7uGcACB ... re=related

6. Nothing Else Matters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFanFFKm ... re=related

7. That Was Yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZiSntiI08

8. Angelia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z8NnpmqfCs

9. Straight From The Heart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ebtjgK8 ... re=channel

10. In My Dreams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMELFNoqOAg

11. Forget Me Not: (Couldn't find a good live version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qol7z-k ... re=related

12. Show Me The Way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fZciYmXNs4

These are just some of my favorites. Don't know why I'm even posting this, but thought some of you might like them. That, and I'm high as hell!:lol: :wink:

by **mikemarrs** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:40 am

hell i just took my vicodin and getting my list together as we speak.

by **G.I.Jim** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:41 am

mikemarrs wrote:hell i just took my vicodin and getting my list together as we speak.

Sweet! We'll compare notes. :lol:

by **Everett** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:43 am

Good thing i was too young for this

BTW jim thanks for the styx

by **G.I.Jim** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:46 am

Everett wrote:Good thing i was too young for this

BTW jim thanks for the styx/reo

Yep, you were still shitting your pants back then. :lol:

And you're welcome, but where the hell did you see me post an REO song? If I did... I'm getting my prescription changed immediately!!!

by **Everett** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:47 am

G.I.Jim wrote:
Everett wrote:Good thing i was too young for this

BTW jim thanks for the styx/reo

Yep, you were still shitting your pants back then. And you're welcome, but where the hell did you see me post an REO song? If I did... I'm getting my prescription changed immediately!!!

You got to the post before the edit. I thought the in my dreams was reo but it turned out to be dokken :twisted:

by **mikemarrs** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:48 am

Everett wrote:Good thing i was too young for this

BTW jim thanks for the styx

i saw styx july 2,1991 here in memphis.how old were you at this point in time? :lol:

the ballad by styx 'show me the way' was a top ten hit at the time even though the album never cracked the top 60.

by **Everett** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:48 am

mikemarrs wrote:
Everett wrote:Good thing i was too young for this

BTW jim thanks for the styx

i saw styx july 2,1991 here in memphis.how old were you at this point in time?

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by **Behshad** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:51 am

G.I.Jim wrote:I've been sitting here enjoying my vicodin and checking out youtube videos in amazement. We (well most of us here) are from the greatest era and generation of music ever. I honestly don't think music will EVER get back to the peak in the 80's/early 90's. The talent, the backing from huge record labels, the fans that actually BUY the music and support the artists... it's basically all gone.

Here are a few examples of what made the 80's/90's so great to me. These kind of live (well, mostly live) performances are becoming extinct....

1. Heaven Tonight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJR1rzTz6s8

2. Top Of The World:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6U7OOFv ... re=related

3. Is This Love:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eADGmHraHTs

4. Heart Of Stone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKVb6KvK ... re=related

5. Separate Ways:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7uGcACB ... re=related

6. Nothing Else Matters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFanFFKm ... re=related

7. That Was Yesterday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MZiSntiI08

8. Angelia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z8NnpmqfCs

9. Straight From The Heart:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ebtjgK8 ... re=channel

10. In My Dreams:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMELFNoqOAg

11. Forget Me Not: (Couldn't find a good live version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qol7z-k ... re=related

12. Show Me The Way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fZciYmXNs4

These are just some of my favorites. Don't know why I'm even posting this, but thought some of you might like them. That, and I'm high as hell!:lol:

Great list, Specially #1

Add to that list :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhV7DEmLgMY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a2lJcdMugE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCbUZqN8JZ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3DJhwAhrjY

by **G.I.Jim** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:57 am

Great picks B! I've never heard the Norum solo stuff, and it sounds a LOT like Europe to me! I'm gonna check Itunes tonight to see what they have. Lita Ford... Oh how I love thee!

Your other songs were great picks too.

by **Rockindeano** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:14 am

mikemarrs wrote:hell i just took my vicodin and getting my list together as we speak.

I just scored a 90 count of 10/325 Percocet. looks like we all belong to an exclusive MR club. hahaha, fuck off all you squares, people who don't like pain killers.

Mike, I am pretty fucked up with shoulder and knee pain, but I also had a stomach ache this morning. No problem, popped 9 percs, poof! Problem solved, and oh yeah, I am in a pretty goddamned good mood too.

by **Angel** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:21 am

Great list, Jimbo! I hope you're feeling better!

by **Behshad** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:28 am

G.I.Jim wrote:Great picks B! I've never heard the Norum solo stuff, and it sounds a LOT like Europe to me! I'm gonna check Itunes tonight to see what they have. Lita Ford... Oh how I love thee! Your other songs were great picks too.

Jim,
You HAVE to listen to this Norum song. One of his best. I want your honest input.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA_QCGST ... ata_player

by **Duncan** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:53 am

by **Jana** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:09 am

Wow, Duncan, Vega, Kiss of Life is fantastic. Thanks.

by **S2M** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:09 am

Jana wrote:Wow, Duncan, Vega, Kiss of Life is fantastic. Thanks.

And it ain't U2....imagine that? :twisted:

by **Duncan** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:11 am

If any of you want a modern yet 80's sound try One Night Only.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF1WzzrLmpk

by **Duncan** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:13 am

Jana wrote:Wow, Duncan, Vega, Kiss of Life is fantastic. Thanks.

Their album is fantastic.

by **Jana** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:13 am

Jimbo, you're living in your youth and nostalgia. I grew up on 80s music, so where my heart is, but to call it the greatest era and greatest generation of music ever and ignoring all the brilliant music that came in the '70s and I guess late '60s is kind of mindblowing, sorry.

by **Jana** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:14 am

Duncan wrote:
Jana wrote:Wow, Duncan, Vega, Kiss of Life is fantastic. Thanks.

Their album is fantastic.

I'm going to get it. Thanks.

by *Laura » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:15 am

Oh man...I won't be able to get out of this thread for awhile. This is the greatest time machine and I don't wanna get back!
Awesome links.

by **S2M** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:20 am

Overall, I'd have to go 70s as MY best era of music. Followed, closely by '89-'93.

by **Jana** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:34 am

S2M wrote:Overall, I'd have to go 70s as MY best era of music. Followed, closely by '89-'93.

I love so much of '70s music and brilliant bands and singers. It's just l

89 to 93, what a great four years of music for me: TEARS FOR FEARS: Seeds of Love and Elemental. DEPECHE MODE: Violator and Songs of Faith and Devotion.
SEAL - his BRILLIANT debut album - plus the equally brilliant followup in 94 (kind of a toss up on which was better). MADONNA: Like a Prayer and Erotica.
U2 - Acthung Baby and the experimental Zooropa.
1993 - BABYFACE - For the Cool in You. 1993 - TONI BRAXTON's stunning debut album. Eurythmics live album.

Uh-oh, most of this is not MELODIC ROCK. I shouldn't have listed. LOL

A lot more in that period. This just came to mind.

by **S2M** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:49 am

Jana wrote:
S2M wrote:Overall, I'd have to go 70s as MY best era of music. Followed, closely by '89-'93.

I love so much of '70s music and brilliant bands and singers.

89 to 93, what a great four years of music for me: TEARS FOR FEARS: Seeds of Love and Elemental. DEPECHE MODE: Violator and Songs of Faith and Devotion.
SEAL - his BRILLIANT debut album - plus the equally brilliant followup in 94 (kind of a toss up on which was better). MADONNA: Like a Prayer and Erotica.
U2 - Acthung Baby and Zooropa.
1993 - BABYFACE - For the Cool in You. 1993 - TONI BRAXTON's stunning debut album.

A lot more in that period. This just came to mind.

Ummm...no. :lol:

I was thinking more like:

1989

Fifth Angel - Time Will Tell
Valentine - Valentine
Silent Rage - Don't Touch me There
Shark Island - Law of the Order
Saraya - Saraya
MSG - Save Yourself
Giant - Last of the Runaways
Babylon A.D. - Babylon A.D.
Alice Cooper - Trash
Danger Danger - Danger Danger

1990

Vixen - Rev it Up
Nelson - After the Rain
Trixter - Trixter
Lynch Mob - Wicked Sensation
Jagged Edge UK - Fuel for your Soul
House of Lords - Sahara
Firehouse - Firehouse
Eyes - Eyes
Y&T - Ten
Pretty Maids - Lethal Heroes

and that's just the first 2 years..... :twisted:

by **Jana** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:52 am

I could go back and be more in depth year to year, but I have a feeling nary a one of our albums will we share :lol:

by **Don** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:53 am

Just a few of the great rock albums from high school

1979-1983
Foreigner 4
Hi infidelity
Paradise Theater
Escape
Frontiers
Highway to Hell
Back In Black
For Those About to Rock We Salute You
The Wall
The Final Cut
Long Distance Voyager
High N Dry
Pyromania
Blizzard of Ozz
Diary of a Madman
Loverboy
Get Lucky
Breaking the Chains
Diver Down
Women and Children First
Moving Pictures

by **timstar78** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:56 am

1990 was definitely a great year for rock music...off the top of my head:

Heart "Brigade"
Alias S/T
Warrant "Cherry Pie"
Poison "Flesh & Blood"
Winger "In The Heart Of The Young"
Cinderella "Heartbreak Station"
Extreme "Pornografitti II"
Steve Vai "Passion & Warfare"
Eric Johnson "Ah Via Musicom"
Black Crowes "Shake Your Money Maker"
Tesla "Five Man Acoustical Jam"

by **S2M** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:58 am

timstar78 wrote:1990 was definitely a great year for rock music...off the top of my head:

Heart "Brigade"
Alias S/T
Warrant "Cherry Pie"
Poison "Flesh & Blood"
Winger "In The Heart Of The Young"
Cinderella "Heartbreak Station"
Extreme "Pornografitti II"
Steve Vai "Passion & Warfare"
Eric Johnson "Ah Via Musicom"
Black Crowes "Shake Your Money Maker"
Tesla "Five Man Acoustical Jam"

Again, not to harp on your music. Honestly. But those are the mainstream, popular bands. The Alias is the only obscure one on that list.... :lol:

by *Laura » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:00 pm

timstar78 wrote:
Heart "Brigade"
Eric Johnson "Ah Via Musicom"

Two of my all time favorite albums right there. Hard to match that kind of music and inspiration. Some of the '90s were just as good as the '80s.

by **timstar78** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:01 pm

S2M wrote:
timstar78 wrote:1990 was definitely a great year for rock music...off the top of my head:

Heart "Brigade"
Alias S/T
Warrant "Cherry Pie"
Poison "Flesh & Blood"
Winger "In The Heart Of The Young"
Cinderella "Heartbreak Station"
Extreme "Pornografitti II"
Steve Vai "Passion & Warfare"
Eric Johnson "Ah Via Musicom"
Black Crowes "Shake Your Money Maker"
Tesla "Five Man Acoustical Jam"

Again, not to harp on your music. Honestly. But those are the mainstream, popular bands. The Alias is the only obscure one on that list....

I wasn't aware that was the criteria.

MR

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