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PrintableHarlepolis said: DavidEye said: Harlepolis said: I was only 10 months
 but the only good memory from 83 is I have a backstage picture of Anita Baker holding me and standing by my mother,,,I wish I could remember anything from that night tho  I remember Anita Baker was on tour during the summer of '83.She had a huge hit song called "Angel" from her 1983 album 'The Songstress' and she was geting alot of acclaim. I truly envy you if you witnessed that live show cuz I 4 one neva seen Anita live(well that night doesn't count cuz I don't remember squad ).Actually,I didn't go the show.I just remember hearing alot about it,and our local R&B radio station was giving away tickets. | |
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otan said: 83. I was a senior in HS. I was gettin some. Anywhere and everywhere. I was a HO.
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DavidEye said: intha916 said: DavidEye said: intha916 said: One of my favorite years (along with 84 and 85) I guess the musical memory that stands out the most is me and my boys cruising down I-80 on the Nemitz (the part that collapsed in the 89 quake) in Oakland and listening to KSOL play 1999 in its entirety. This was before the album came out and the only song we had heard was 1999 single. DMSR came on and I about drove the car off the freeway the beat was so damn NASTY! One of my boys yelled out "Oh Shit!" a few seconds after the keyboard came in at the start of the jam. Nothing like hearing that song and album for the first time. I knew right then, this cat was going to come with some new shit unlike anything we had heard before. The rush of knowing it was the beginning of something fresh is something I haven't felt since. Damn P, we miss you man
 Man,you're bringing back so many memories
Remember back when KSOL used to play entire albums every night at Midnight? They played the entire '1999' album on Thanksgiving night,1982.Then,because the response was so great,they played the entire album again on Christmas Eve,1982.Do you remember that? Those were the days. Yep. KSOL was my shit. I had moved out to Sacramento by 80 but used to go down for weekends and hang with my boys going to Warrior and A's games all the time. So many of my memories from 82-85 took place in the East Bay. Remember Cameron Paul and his mixes? KBLX? And that weak am station that used to play hip hop (forgot the station id) Yes,I remember the Cameron Paul mixes.KBLX is still around and they actually play alot of Prince these days.They are the only local station that played his recent single "She Loves Me 4 Me".Not sure about the AM station that played hip-hop,but there was an AM station based in Oakland that played R&B,it was called KDIA.Is that the one you're referring to? oh man yall are my homeboys!!! I grew up in the East Bay and when I returned to Sac on sunday's I'd go the long way...I'd go to Leopold's in Berkley to see what they had and then maybe go over to the city all the time listening to KSOL or KBLX. KSOL or KPOO do you remember that one out of the city? I remember they would play the long versions of all the songs...I miss the Bay then I'd take 80 all the way home.
I miss P
remember the Kool Jazz Festivals? sneaking into the Palladium? 
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DavidEye said: intha916 said: DavidEye said: intha916 said: One of my favorite years (along with 84 and 85) I guess the musical memory that stands out the most is me and my boys cruising down I-80 on the Nemitz (the part that collapsed in the 89 quake) in Oakland and listening to KSOL play 1999 in its entirety. This was before the album came out and the only song we had heard was 1999 single. DMSR came on and I about drove the car off the freeway the beat was so damn NASTY! One of my boys yelled out "Oh Shit!" a few seconds after the keyboard came in at the start of the jam. Nothing like hearing that song and album for the first time. I knew right then, this cat was going to come with some new shit unlike anything we had heard before. The rush of knowing it was the beginning of something fresh is something I haven't felt since. Damn P, we miss you man
Man,you're bringing back so many memories
Remember back when KSOL used to play entire albums every night at Midnight? They played the entire '1999' album on Thanksgiving night,1982.Then,because the response was so great,they played the entire album again on Christmas Eve,1982.Do you remember that? Those were the days. Yep. KSOL was my shit. I had moved out to Sacramento by 80 but used to go down for weekends and hang with my boys going to Warrior and A's games all the time. So many of my memories from 82-85 took place in the East Bay. Remember Cameron Paul and his mixes? KBLX? And that weak am station that used to play hip hop (forgot the station id) Yes,I remember the Cameron Paul mixes.KBLX is still around and they actually play alot of Prince these days.They are the only local station that played his recent single "She Loves Me 4 Me".Not sure about the AM station that played hip-hop,but there was an AM station based in Oakland that played R&B,it was called KDIA.Is that the one you're referring to? Yep it was KDIA. They used to have a hip hop show on some night (forgot which) I still listen to KBLX when I get out there on weekends. KMEL is pretty much trash now and isn't KSOL Wild 94.9 now or something? Kiss FM is cool though. Bringing Together Five Decades of R&B/Funk/Soul/Dance
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butterfli25 said: DavidEye said: intha916 said: DavidEye said: intha916 said: One of my favorite years (along with 84 and 85) I guess the musical memory that stands out the most is me and my boys cruising down I-80 on the Nemitz (the part that collapsed in the 89 quake) in Oakland and listening to KSOL play 1999 in its entirety. This was before the album came out and the only song we had heard was 1999 single. DMSR came on and I about drove the car off the freeway the beat was so damn NASTY! One of my boys yelled out "Oh Shit!" a few seconds after the keyboard came in at the start of the jam. Nothing like hearing that song and album for the first time. I knew right then, this cat was going to come with some new shit unlike anything we had heard before. The rush of knowing it was the beginning of something fresh is something I haven't felt since. Damn P, we miss you man
Man,you're bringing back so many memories
Remember back when KSOL used to play entire albums every night at Midnight? They played the entire '1999' album on Thanksgiving night,1982.Then,because the response was so great,they played the entire album again on Christmas Eve,1982.Do you remember that? Those were the days. Yep. KSOL was my shit. I had moved out to Sacramento by 80 but used to go down for weekends and hang with my boys going to Warrior and A's games all the time. So many of my memories from 82-85 took place in the East Bay. Remember Cameron Paul and his mixes? KBLX? And that weak am station that used to play hip hop (forgot the station id) Yes,I remember the Cameron Paul mixes.KBLX is still around and they actually play alot of Prince these days.They are the only local station that played his recent single "She Loves Me 4 Me".Not sure about the AM station that played hip-hop,but there was an AM station based in Oakland that played R&B,it was called KDIA.Is that the one you're referring to? oh man yall are my homeboys!!! I grew up in the East Bay and when I returned to Sac on sunday's I'd go the long way...I'd go to Leopold's in Berkley to see what they had and then maybe go over to the city all the time listening to KSOL or KBLX. KSOL or KPOO do you remember that one out of the city? I remember they would play the long versions of all the songs...I miss the Bay then I'd take 80 all the way home.
I miss P
remember the Kool Jazz Festivals? sneaking into the Palladium? "I'd go to Leopold's in Berkley " Damn now that's a blast from the past. Used to love that store. Right next to the Tower Records on Durant. I remember being in there when they had Whodini signing records. I was just trying to buy a few albums and they were trying to make us get in the line to meet Whodini. I said real loud "I don't give a damn about meeting those dudes, I just want to get this shit rung up" Extacy threw me a dirty look lol. Ah the good old days when I was young. lol Bringing Together Five Decades of R&B/Funk/Soul/Dance
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intha916 said: DavidEye said: intha916 said: DavidEye said: intha916 said: One of my favorite years (along with 84 and 85) I guess the musical memory that stands out the most is me and my boys cruising down I-80 on the Nemitz (the part that collapsed in the 89 quake) in Oakland and listening to KSOL play 1999 in its entirety. This was before the album came out and the only song we had heard was 1999 single. DMSR came on and I about drove the car off the freeway the beat was so damn NASTY! One of my boys yelled out "Oh Shit!" a few seconds after the keyboard came in at the start of the jam. Nothing like hearing that song and album for the first time. I knew right then, this cat was going to come with some new shit unlike anything we had heard before. The rush of knowing it was the beginning of something fresh is something I haven't felt since. Damn P, we miss you man
Man,you're bringing back so many memories
Remember back when KSOL used to play entire albums every night at Midnight? They played the entire '1999' album on Thanksgiving night,1982.Then,because the response was so great,they played the entire album again on Christmas Eve,1982.Do you remember that? Those were the days. Yep. KSOL was my shit. I had moved out to Sacramento by 80 but used to go down for weekends and hang with my boys going to Warrior and A's games all the time. So many of my memories from 82-85 took place in the East Bay. Remember Cameron Paul and his mixes? KBLX? And that weak am station that used to play hip hop (forgot the station id) Yes,I remember the Cameron Paul mixes.KBLX is still around and they actually play alot of Prince these days.They are the only local station that played his recent single "She Loves Me 4 Me".Not sure about the AM station that played hip-hop,but there was an AM station based in Oakland that played R&B,it was called KDIA.Is that the one you're referring to? Yep it was KDIA. They used to have a hip hop show on some night (forgot which) I still listen to KBLX when I get out there on weekends. KMEL is pretty much trash now and isn't KSOL Wild 94.9 now or something? Kiss FM is cool though. KDIA shut down in the mid-90s,which is unfortunate because they were a great station.KSOL has evolved into Wild 94.9,and they play mostly commercial hip-hop and today's R&B.Yes,KMEL is trash these days...lol...but KISS FM is great,it's one of the few radio stations that I listen to.They specialize in Old School R&B and funk,but lately they've been adding crap like Ashanti to their playlist. | |
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I just graduated high school in the summer of '83... I remember all this shit... those were good times. More later...  |
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moderatorLet's see I was eleven, so I was probably practicing my moonwalk and trying to figure out whether this "Prince" dude was all hype. | |
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June7 said: I just graduated high school in the summer of '83... I remember all this shit... those were good times. More later...
Hey hey hey - 1983 was a great year to graduate from high school. The drinking age in Atl was 18! They moved it up to 19 the following year, and 20, and then 21 - so we were ahead of everyone else. um. not that I gauge my happiness by alchohol availability alone, NO! New Wave was still new, there were few rules to what was hip - so anything went... trench coats, I once wore a preacher robe to the nightclub. Hairstyles were whatever you could do with a bottle of cocacola and some toothpaste (I didnt' know NOTHING about mousse or hairspray). The Last Otan Track: www.funkmusician.com/what.mp3 | |
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It's strange how I remember 1983 but I can't remember
what the F**K I did last year. 82-85. Great years in New York! | |
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Hey Davideye and others...1983 was the best year for Top 40 pop music in my opinion..Even though 1984 often get the credit from critics and pop music historians as being the best year.....
The year started out real good and just got better and the summer of 1983 was awesome. At the time I didn't have cable TV so I depended on regular tv programming which aired videos through out the week. Music videos were a BIG DEAL then...But on Fridays and Saturdays we had a 6 hour music video show on TBS which aired locally here in Atlanta called Night Tracks{it was on cable for the rest of the USA}. Me and my cousins would stay up and watch videos all the night long...The following songs is what made summer of 1983 so great... ***Stevie Nicks- Stand Back ***Michael Jackson-Wanna Be Startin Something...by this time Epic Records had released this song as the 4th single off of Thriller. ***Thomas Dolby- She Blinded Me With Science{both top 40 and R&B radio was jamming this one} ***Kajagogo-Too Shy ***Men Without Hats-The Safety Dance ***Eddy Grant-Electric Avenue ***Prince 1999...Warner Bros re-released this song as a single in the summer of 1983...the first time they released it {back in autumn of 1982}, it only went to number #44 on the charts. This time it went would go to number #12. ***Taco-Puttin On The Ritz..."If you're blue and you don't know where to go to..why don't you go where fashion sits...puttin on the ritz". ***The Police-Every Breath You Take...This song dominated the summer of 1983 for the most part at the number #1 position{it stayed at number #1 for 8 weeks and was the number one song for the entire year of 1983}. ***Culture Club-Time{Clock Of The Heart}...This was a true summer jam. Everybody was jamming this song in summer of 1983...I remember buying the 45 single and then a few weeks later I bought the cassette tape Kissing To Be Clever and I wore this song out. It went to number #2 on the Billboard pop charts and was kept out of number one by The Police's "Every Breath You Take". It went to number #19 on the Billboard R&B charts that summer. ***Sergio Mendes-Never Gonna Let You Go...This was a nice pop ballad that went to number #4 in the summer of 1983. Great song..one of my favorites of 1983. ***New Edition-Is This The End?...this slow jam was going strong in the summer ***Duran Duran-Is There Something I Should Know In the summer of 1983, me, my cousins and buddies were out of school for the summer. We'd go to our summer jobs and work, visit the arcade and spend lots of money{playing Space Invaders and Ms.Pac Man}, listen to our radio/boomboxes playing all of those great 1983 songs and chase girls...not necessarily in that order .
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SouthernBrother said: ***Michael Jackson-Wanna Be Startin Something...by this time Epic Records had released this song as the 4th single off of Thriller. Was there a video 4 that song? WOW I neva knew, I thought it was only 4 radio air-play! | |
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Harlepolis said: SouthernBrother said: ***Michael Jackson-Wanna Be Startin Something...by this time Epic Records had released this song as the 4th single off of Thriller. Was there a video 4 that song? WOW I neva knew, I thought it was only 4 radio air-play! No there was no video for "Wanna Be Startin Something". Videos back in those days wasn't the promotional force they are today. The only videos that were made out of the 7 singles from Thriller was 1)Billie Jean 2)Beat It 3)Thriller(Short film) SouthernBrother aka BRO915 | |
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SouthernBrother said: Harlepolis said: SouthernBrother said: ***Michael Jackson-Wanna Be Startin Something...by this time Epic Records had released this song as the 4th single off of Thriller. Was there a video 4 that song? WOW I neva knew, I thought it was only 4 radio air-play! No there was no video for "Wanna Be Startin Something". Videos back in those days wasn't the promotional force they are today. The only videos that were made out of the 7 singles from Thriller was 1)Billie Jean 2)Beat It 3)Thriller(Short film) SouthernBrother aka BRO915 Yeah thats what I'm fimiliar with  | |
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Videos back in those days wasn't the promotional force they are today.
What are you insane? MTV constantly votes Thriller as the greatest video of all time, still -- of course, they bankrolled it, so sure they're gonna love it, but nonetheless, videos are NOTHING compared to what they were back then... now they're yawn-fests, regardless how much money they pour into a video. Back in the day, we had a frickin party JUST to watch the debut of that Thriller video! Dance troupes would learn that damn dance and go perform it at malls. Have you seen anyone doing Destiny's Child video dances at malls? AND - Starting Something was never released as a single, that's why there was no video for it. The Last Otan Track: www.funkmusician.com/what.mp3 | |
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Crikey! I was only eight. I just remeber Thriller being everywhere and I didn't even like MJ at the time.  | |
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otan said: AND - Starting Something was never released as a single, that's why there was no video for it.
Yes it was. UK no.8 and US no.5. | |
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SouthernBrother said: Harlepolis said: SouthernBrother said: ***Michael Jackson-Wanna Be Startin Something...by this time Epic Records had released this song as the 4th single off of Thriller. Was there a video 4 that song? WOW I neva knew, I thought it was only 4 radio air-play! No there was no video for "Wanna Be Startin Something". Videos back in those days wasn't the promotional force they are today. The only videos that were made out of the 7 singles from Thriller was 1)Billie Jean 2)Beat It 3)Thriller(Short film) SouthernBrother aka BRO915 Dude, #1, BECAUSE of the fact videos weren't as mainstream back then and MTV blowing up was probably one of the biggest reasons Thriller was so successful. I know otan pointed this out but I am completely shocked at your comment
And Human Nature, though not rotated nearly as much, was a video. It's partially shown on Moonwalker... at first, I didn't think they actually played it on TV, but it actually was aired a bit. It's just cheesy cut-and-paste fuzzy crap with a pic of him animated around a drawn city or something to that effect. Wanna Be Starting Something was the first single of Thriller. Otan, you might not remember it because Thriller wasn't as monstrous at the very very beginning. I have the 12" collection of singles and b-sides from Off The Wall and Thriller. Oh shit, my hat done fell off | |
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INSATIABLE said: Wanna Be Starting Something was the first single of Thriller.
Actually it was the 4th single. | |
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Cloudbuster said: INSATIABLE said: Wanna Be Starting Something was the first single of Thriller.
Actually it was the 4th single. In the US, or the UK? I have a timeline book of his...  Oh shit, my hat done fell off | |
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It was definitely the first single released on the radio at the time. Here, that is. I will look it up tonight.  Oh shit, my hat done fell off | |
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INSATIABLE said: Cloudbuster said: INSATIABLE said: Wanna Be Starting Something was the first single of Thriller.
Actually it was the 4th single. In the US, or the UK? I have a timeline book of his... In both. US: The Girl Is Mine, no.2 Billie Jean, no.1 Beat It, no.1 Wanna Be Startin'Somethin', no.5 Human Nature, no.7 P.Y.T., no.10 Thriller, no.4 UK: The Girl Is Mine, no.8 Billie Jean, no.1 Beat It, no.3 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin, no.8 Thriller, no.10 P.Y.T., no.11 | |
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INSATIABLE said: SouthernBrother said: Harlepolis said: SouthernBrother said: ***Michael Jackson-Wanna Be Startin Something...by this time Epic Records had released this song as the 4th single off of Thriller. Was there a video 4 that song? WOW I neva knew, I thought it was only 4 radio air-play! No there was no video for "Wanna Be Startin Something". Videos back in those days wasn't the promotional force they are today. The only videos that were made out of the 7 singles from Thriller was 1)Billie Jean 2)Beat It 3)Thriller(Short film) SouthernBrother aka BRO915 Dude, #1, BECAUSE of the fact videos weren't as mainstream back then and MTV blowing up was probably one of the biggest reasons Thriller was so successful. I know otan pointed this out but I am completely shocked at your comment
You're preaching to the choir. I know how and why Thriller became sucessful.. complete with its' ripple effects on the music industry. And Human Nature, though not rotated nearly as much, was a video. It's partially shown on Moonwalker... at first, I didn't think they actually played it on TV, but it actually was aired a bit. It's just cheesy cut-and-paste fuzzy crap with a pic of him animated around a drawn city or something to that effect. Hmmm,but was it the official promotional video??? Wanna Be Starting Something was the first single of Thriller. Otan, you might not remember it because Thriller wasn't as monstrous at the very very beginning. No actually The Girl Is Mine was the leadoff single. I have the 12" collection of singles and b-sides from Off The Wall and Thriller. | |
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Ah, the summer of '83 - I remember it well...
I met my first girlfriend at a party - I still remember what she had on: red short shorts, the cute mini-socks with the balls at the end, white tennis shoes and rapidly developing 13 yr old cleavage (I was 13,too). She was dancing to "She Blinded Me With Science" by Thomas Dolby and it was the sexiest thing I had ever seen!!! She asked me to dance and I half-stumbled, half-tripped my way through the song. (I hadn't got my MJ/Prince moves down yet - that took another six months). Anyway, by the time the party was over, I had already asked her to be "my girl" and she agreed. I was ready to propose marriage by then. I didn't need a ride home, 'cause I was floatin' on cloud nine. I was thinking of our future plans, and trying to figure out when I'd attempt to french kiss her. Things were definitely going my way! I had my girl and I was going to give her the tongue!!! She dumped me a few days later. Still, I'll always cherish that song - there's nothing like your first love... My author page: https://www.amazon.com/au...eretttruth | |
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SouthernBrother said: Harlepolis said: SouthernBrother said: ***Michael Jackson-Wanna Be Startin Something...by this time Epic Records had released this song as the 4th single off of Thriller. Was there a video 4 that song? WOW I neva knew, I thought it was only 4 radio air-play! No there was no video for "Wanna Be Startin Something". Videos back in those days wasn't the promotional force they are today. The only videos that were made out of the 7 singles from Thriller was 1)Billie Jean 2)Beat It 3)Thriller(Short film) SouthernBrother aka BRO915 You know,I've always wondered why MJ never made any videos for ALL the singles from 'Thriller'.Maybe he didn't wanna risk being overexposed? Or,maybe because he was waiting to make the huge,big-budget "Thriller" video? In any case,it's a shame that there weren't any videos for "The Girl Is Mine","Wanna Be Startin Something" and "Human Nature" (yes,I know there is a rare promo video,but it was never shown on the music channels). | |
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I was only 3 at the time, but now that I'm older, I'm growing to love 1983 more than any year in music (if I can throw "1999" in there, it definitely would be). It produced great albums like:
It also produced a lot of one-off hits that I love, like:
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Summer of 83...
I had just turned 11...I was stuck in the house..Parents wouldn't let me go anywhere...so I listened to the radio all day..and I was obsessed with MJ, so I played Thriller constantly. [This message was edited Thu Jul 3 11:21:37 PDT 2003 by LadyCabDriver] ***************************************************
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DavidEye said: "Promises,Promises" by Naked Eyes
this song was the JAM!!! I still play this song today.  ***************************************************
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