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Faggotpassword
Lifer, Deather, Hesher, Whatever.
Joined: Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:01 pm Posts: 953
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I absolutely loved Yes's 80's period. For me, they went from mastering prog to mastering pop music. Even their pop records have all those off-time bits, extended virtusos sections nestled in just below the surface. And as for the vocal melodies, oh yes...
Discipline is grand but I haven't heard the others.
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Faggotpassword
Lifer, Deather, Hesher, Whatever.
Joined: Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:01 pm Posts: 953
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I mean, I can understand some elements of their fanbase throwing a shitfit over it and it was a blatant play for the mainstream which worked, but they did such a fucking five star job of it that you end up commending them for it. I wish more bands sold out like they did, really.
Isn't Tormato an 80's album too? Either way it's fucking solid.
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Thu Sep 26, 2013 9:30 pm |
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opaline
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Joined: Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:09 am Posts: 6392 Location: Sydney, Australia
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I think Jethro Tull's 80's material was the weakest overall so I've voted for them.
Rush & King Crimson released some great material in the 80's (i.e. "Permanent Waves", "Moving Pictures", "Discipline") so I don't put them in the same category as the others who generally struggled to maintain any prolonged artistic relevence.
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miranda
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Joined: Wed Apr 14, 2010 4:51 pm Posts: 528
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Astro Black wrote: Actually, Drama is an 80's album too - another 5/5. Solid candidate for 'most underrated album of all time'.
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Chantler
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Joined: Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:21 am Posts: 4643 Location: New Forest
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Stat_Rad wrote: 80's Queen wasn't a patch on 70's Queen though. Well it was different. They were a singles juggernaut in the 80s, smash after smash of beautifully crafted chart anthems, adapting to the decade with a skill and savvy that eluded almost all of their 70s rock peers while getting better and better onstage.
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Dr Yail Bloor
Climate Control
Joined: Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:54 pm Posts: 6325
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Great that KC are back together.
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miranda
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Dr Yail Bloor wrote: Great that KC are back together. Is this the Fripp-less ProjeKCt?
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miranda
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You just made me do a sex-wee on Facebook.
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Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:59 am |
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miranda
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Astro Black wrote: Music magazine editor in behind-the-times shockah!!  That's the thing - I have to spend the day listening to stuff like Powerwolf and Rhapsody of Fire, I don't get the chance to listen to or follow everything. Although this is pretty unforgivable, they're probably my favourite band.
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miranda
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Astro Black wrote: The shows will be good, that's for sure. Oh yes! I want to go home and listen to my records. NOW.
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Fri Sep 27, 2013 12:21 pm |
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blacklorre
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Joined: Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:46 pm Posts: 9598
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Camel was shit in the 80's too. Like Camel shit.
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Fri Sep 27, 2013 1:06 pm |
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blacklorre
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S/T & Mirage are the best. I would call them great. The rest of the 70's albums were OK but the 80's albums...(except the live ones)
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Fri Sep 27, 2013 1:12 pm |
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Chantler
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Joined: Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:21 am Posts: 4643 Location: New Forest
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Course you should hear CAMEL s/t. They flirted with greatness, certainly guitar and organ, struck a mood all of their own, interplay shimmered etc.
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blacklorre
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Snow Goose was their Pictures At An Exhibition. Not great but many people like it. Their first album is better than Mirage.
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Fri Sep 27, 2013 1:17 pm |
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Painkiller
Darth Fucking Vader
Joined: Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:25 am Posts: 28491
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I think Moonmadness is great, if rather quietly.
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Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:14 pm |
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robitusson
Darth Fucking Vader
Joined: Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:38 am Posts: 27810 Location: Cunnamulla
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I voted Genesis. Phil Collins as a frontman alone is enough to vote for them.
Conversely King Crimson arguably eclipsed their 70s work in the 80s.
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opaline
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Joined: Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:09 am Posts: 6392 Location: Sydney, Australia
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robitusson wrote: Conversely King Crimson arguably eclipsed their 70s work in the 80s. Say what now?? "Discipline" is undoubtedly a great record but the rest of their 80's material pales in comparison to their amazing 70's run.
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robitusson
Darth Fucking Vader
Joined: Tue Apr 20, 2010 9:38 am Posts: 27810 Location: Cunnamulla
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I suppose it depends how much you rate Beat and 3oaPP along with Discipline. Personally I think those 3 albums are an indivisible trio, although Discipline is definitely the best of them. Regardless, they certainly reinvented themselves most successfully in the 80s out of any of the bands on that list.
I would say Larks, Starless and Red are the peak of their 70s output and they are all stellar. But In the Wake of Poseidon is a bit of a shit album really and all the 80s KC album are certainly better than it..
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Cosmic Equilibrium
Space Ranger
Joined: Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:50 am Posts: 1095
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ITWOP is no ITCOTCK but it's still a good album. I like their other 70s stuff but what I've heard of it can be somewhat trying at times. LTIA was rather good if I remember. Glad that when I saw them a couple of years ago they concentrated on their 70s stuff. I don't think they played anything from the 81-84 period at all, actually.
I do agree that of all the 70s groups listed they reinvented themselves the most successfully in the 80s, this was probably helped by them being split up from 75-81 I guess, they got a chance to go at it with a clean slate and no baggage with Discipline. I haven't heard much of that period of theirs though, is it worth checking out?
I was listening to a Genesis bootleg from 1975 on Youtube last night. Great show, but... wow, you just can't fathom that three of those musicians under the same moniker would be making shiny artificial pop music a decade later. They really should have changed the name of the group after Hackett left.
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