The Motown 25th Anniversary Special aired in the spring of 1983.As you know,this show featured Michael Jackson's stunning,amazing performance of "Billie Jean".I think that this performance really kicked Michaelmania into high gear.The nation was mesmerized.

SoulAlive said:

The Motown 25th Anniversary Special aired in the spring of 1983.As you know,this show featured Michael Jackson's stunning,amazing performance of "Billie Jean".I think that this performance really kicked Michaelmania into high gear.The nation was mesmerized.

This is really what started it all. It wasn't Thriller itself but this one performance is what set the music world ablaze and led to 1984 being 1984. Truly a once in a lifetime moment that won't happen again for a very long time.

1977 and 1981 were better years

luvsexy4all said:

1977 and 1981 were better years

1978 is my #1 favorite year for music....but that's another thread

For me personally 1984

MotownSubdivision said:

NorthC said:

MotownSubdivision said:

Now that you mention it, why don't music sites and streaming services have search functions where you can find music via the year it was released? Compiling every album by their years of release shouldn't be a challenge.

Because lots of people don't know in which year a particular song or album they like was released. Not everybody is an archivist! Let's take a song that was famous... David Bowie's Let's Dance... Tavares' Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel... What year were they released? I wouldn't know. With Prince I know everything of course, because I'm a fan, but how many people do you think know and like Kiss but don't know or care what year it was from?

"Let's Dance" by David Bowie is from early 1983.

"Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel" is from late-spring 1976

I'm very good with years! lol....I know the year,and the time of year,most songs came out,lol

NorthC said:

NorthC said:

Cool! But y'all get my point, right? If somebody is looking for Let's Dance, they would look for the title or the artist. The only way I can imagine someone googling 1984 is if they're looking for George Orwell's novel.

true,lol

MotownSubdivision said:

SoulAlive said:

Next Unsung: Janet Jackson

..LOL...Lawd, if it ever happens I'd Love to be a Fly on the wall when Janet's Publicist breaks the news..I'd be too scared to tell her to her Face...I picture Janet's soft voice turning into a deep "Devil" voice...

1984

- this year was magical.

this year 1984 belonged to PRINCE and noone else in the music business... ok, & then of course the writer George Orwell....


wow, Purple Rain was at #1 for 24 weeks, & won an Oscar too....

Incredible.

Gotta go with 1984 since that's when the 2nd generation of hip hop came on the scene- Run-DMC (Hard Times), Whodini (5 Minutes of Funk), and UTFO (Roxanne Roxanne) as a few examples.

Comser said:

thedance said:

NorthC said:

Comser said:

Wham! was fantastic in the UK in '83 and finally made it big in America in '84

That's nothing to get excited about.

Hey, Make It Big is a pop masterpiece! One of the best albums of '84.

luvsexy4all said:

1977 and 1981 were better years

So which is better?

...1983 or 1984?

MotownSubdivision said:

in 1983,Pat Benatar released her finest single "Love Is A Battlefield" the video was amazing,too!

SoulAlive said:

NorthC said:

SoulAlive said:

in 1983,Pat Benatar released her finest single "Love Is A Battlefield" the video was amazing,too!

Yes, that was good! And it proves the point I was making earlier: I love the song, I remember the video, but I couldn't for the life of me remember what year it was from. Oh well. I was 12 years old at the time!

I remember it came out in the fall of '83

MotownSubdivision said:

luvsexy4all said:

1977 and 1981 were better years

So which is better?

...1983 or 1984?

do u have a list of albums released those years--i cant put it into perspective unless i see a list

luvsexy4all said:

MotownSubdivision said:

So which is better?

...1983 or 1984?

do u have a list of albums released those years--i cant put it into perspective unless i see a list

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_in_music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_in_music

"Love Is A Battlefied" was such a departure from Pat Benatar's earlier singles...and so was the video.She has said that,when she made this video,it was all heavily influenced by Michael Jackson's videos from that era."He's the one who raised the bar",she said."So suddently,I had to learn how to dance,lol".

SoulAlive said:

"Love Is A Battlefied" was such a departure from Pat Benatar's earlier singles...and so was the video.She has said that,when she made this video,it was all heavily influenced by Michael Jackson's videos from that era."He's the one who raised the bar",she said."So suddently,I had to learn how to dance,lol".

The video for her song was directed by Bob Giraldi, same guy behind the videos for Beat It and Say Say Say.

MichaelJackson5 said:

SoulAlive said:

"Love Is A Battlefied" was such a departure from Pat Benatar's earlier singles...and so was the video.She has said that,when she made this video,it was all heavily influenced by Michael Jackson's videos from that era."He's the one who raised the bar",she said."So suddently,I had to learn how to dance,lol".

The video for her song was directed by Bob Giraldi, same guy behind the videos for Beat It and Say Say Say.

This is a tough call. But my vote goes to 1983.