1987 was a hellluva year musically.

Madhouse
Sign o the times - album and later the film
Bigger and Deffer - LL
Keep your eye on me - Herb Alpert
Hearsay - Alex O'neal
Paid in Full - Eric B & Rakim
Bad - Mike Jackson
Hardline According to.....- TTD

dayum.....

JQuad said:

how could I 4get "Faith" and Jody Watley!!!!!

88 was so much better in black music.

Baby Tonight: MArlon Jackson
Make It Last Forever: Keith Sweat

Even though it came out the year before, Janet's "Control" was still all over the charts.

I know everybody mentioned albums, but I'm gonna talk singles:

"Love You Down" Ready For The World
"Shake You Down" Gregory Abbott
"You Got it All" The Jets
"Head To Toe" Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
"Six in the Morning" Ice-T
"Never Gonna Give You Up" (I know it's kinda cheesy but I like it anyway).

Personally, while '87 had some grooves, I think that, after 1982, 1984 was a good year for all music, but especially black music.
[Edited 9/13/07 12:41pm]

qvgangsta18 said:

I liked 87 better. 88 was good, though. In 88, we got


I LOVE THIS ALBUM!
[Edited 9/13/07 13:00pm]

Pretty much any music after '82 is just...
(Note: There are some expections)

FuNkeNsteiN said:

U sound like VainAndy now.

daPrettyman said:

Hell, I'm even more picky than vainandy. Vain actually likes a lot of eighties stuff. I pretty much dislike everything released after '81-'82

Just checked out some big songs that i remember in 1987 competing for top positions in the charts in the UK and alot of these are still very well known to many. -


Bad - Michael Jackson
Ballerina Girl - Lionel Richie
Control - Janet Jackson
Didn't We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston
Faith - George Michael
Heaven Is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle
I Just Can't Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson
(I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight - Cutting Crew
I Knew You Were Waiting for Me - Aretha Franklin & George Michael
I Need Love - LL Cool J
I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston
La Bamba - Los Lobos
La Isla Bonita - Madonna
Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Need You Tonight - INXS
Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
The Final Countdown - Europe
The Lady in Red - Chris DeBurgh
U Got The Look - Prince and Sheena Easton
With or Without You - U2

Oh what a horrible year for music. It was one of the crossover years of the late 1980s. There were a few great songs that year but I can't think of them right now. I try to block those years from my memory.

You are more picky than me. My cutoff point is 1984.
.
.
[Edited 9/13/07 14:18pm]

kash said:

You know, Final Countdown is one of the worst and cheesiest songs in the history of music.

vainandy said:

Laugh all u want. She still had one of the greatest voices at that time.

1987 was a very important year for rock/metal music, aaahhhh, good times

Hysteria-Def Leppard
Guns and roses-Appetite for destruction
Whitesnake-Whitesnake
Aerosmith-Permanent Vacation
Mötley Crüe-Girls, girls, girls
Anthrax-Among the living
Napalm death-Scum
Faith no more-Introduce yourself
Red hot chili peppers-The uplift mofo party plan
Keith Richards-Talk is Cheap
[Edited 9/13/07 16:01pm]

vainandy said:

Man, y'all are some close-minded folks.

daPrettyman said:

They need their own show:

"The Vain and Funk Show" - We hate EVERYTHING except Party Rap and Funk!

One of my faves from 87:

FuNkeNsteiN said:

That actually would mean something if you actually were born during that time (you're, what, 20 years old?) . At least VA lived through the times that music was made, which gives him a different perspective on how to evaluate that period.

NOTE: Technically, Keith Sweat's album is copyrighted for 1987 and the first single "I Want Her" was released in the end of 1987 (late November), but I consider the "Make It Last Forever" period as 1988. All his singles were released and/or peaked in 1988 and that was when the album gained its prominence.
[Edited 9/13/07 20:50pm]

qvgangsta18 said:

So were 1984 and 1990, IMO.

Speaking of standout singles from 1987:

The System - "Don't Disturb This Groove"
Surface - "Happy"
Stephanie Mills - (You're Puttin') A Rush on Me"
The Whispers - "Rock Steady" and "In the Mood"
The Isley Brothers - "Smooth Sailin' Tonight"
The Force M.D.s - "Love Is a House"

[Edited 9/13/07 20:43pm]

Some of My favorites were
Fake-Alex O'neal
love is a house-the force md's
certified true-barkays
system of survival- ewf
can u dance- the deele
can you dance- shanice
Head to toe/Lost in emotion- lisa lisa & cult jam
Sexy-Klymaxx
He wants my body-Starpoint
Keep your eye on me- Herb Alpert
All in my mind- Full Force

I think 1987 is one of my favorite years musically. Some of my favorite albums of all time came out this year...






I even love the Madge singles from

And I completely forgot about this gem:

[quote]

Najee said:

That's actually why I have a lot of respect for Funkenstein. I lived through that era so it's only natural that I'm going to love a lot of the stuff because it was the soundtrack to my youth. However, living through the era, your tastes are also formed from the people you were around and what was going on in your life at the time.

Funkenstein, on the other hand, wasn't even born when a lot of the music he loves was released. He didn't live though the era so he doesn't have the influence of outside friends or personal experiences molding his tastes. His love for the funk is 100% pure and influence free. I have my own perspective but I enjoy and appreciate his perspective also. Considering his age, he is going against everything that his age group listens to. He has a mind of his own and wasn't scared to explore what his friends were afraid to. Now, if we could only get some of these other 20 year olds to listening to funk, we might could start back ass shakin' again and get things back on the right track.
.
.
[Edited 9/13/07 22:06pm]

Axchi696 said:

i envy all of you all for remembering when sh*t comes out. i really do.

MuthaFunka said:

I hate rap