Some folks at RS were born around -give or take- 1974...

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luvsexy4all said:

MotownSubdivision said:

luvsexy4all said: Which individual year from 69-81 would you say was the best?

too hard to say probably 77 or 78

I don't think there's ever been a great year like 1984, but the case can be made for other years.

But if we're going to go back to the period from the late60's-early80s, why not include 1968? That was a monster year as well.

As for your choice, I'd take 1977. Rumors, Aja, Nevermind The Bollocks, All 'N All, the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, and too many unforgettable songs and albums to count.

Like I said, the difference between 1984 and those other years is a) the aftershocks of the biggest album ever, Thriller, and 2) the pivotal role that MTV played in making the Big Four household names.

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In the 80s org poll from a few years ago http://prince.org/msg/8/333051, more albums from 1989 finished in my top 50 than 1984 so I guess I consider 1989 to be a better year musically.

My top ten albums from 1984:

1. Purple Rain - Prince And The Revolution

2. Catastrophe Ballet - Christian Death

3. Run D.M.C. - Run D.M.C.

4. Hyæna - Siouxsie And The Banshees

5. Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen

6. Tocsin - Xmal Deutschland

7. Apollonia 6 - Apollonia 6

8. Ice Cream Castle - The Time

9. The Smiths - The Smiths

10. Dream Street - Janet Jackson

My top ten songs from 1984:

1. Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil

2. Madam Butterfly - Malcolm McLaren

3. Swimming Horses - Siouxsie And The Banshees

4. Let's Go Crazy - Prince And The Revolution

5. Spiritwalker - The Cult

6. Uprock - The Rock Steady Crew

7. (Feels Like) Heaven - Fiction Factory

8. Hollow Eyes - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

9. Eighties - Killing Joke

10. Club Underworld - Cerrone

sexton said:

10. Dream Street - Janet Jackson

I'm sorry I dissed that album so hard But I just don't recall that album registering back then.

Cinny said:

sexton said:

10. Dream Street - Janet Jackson

I'm sorry I dissed that album so hard But I just don't recall that album registering back then.

I will concede it makes my list entirely for nostalgic reasons. I bought the album right after Control came out and often listened to both of them back to back on my walkman on car trips. The Jesse Johnson songs are cool. And hearing Michael sing background on "Don't Stand Another Chance" is cute. But my favorite cheese on the album is the duet with Cliff Richard.

Scorp said:

absolutely...no question about it........

everyone u turned, another great artist unleashed unforgettable music

from all genres too

from MJ, to PRINCE, to BRUCE, to CYNDI LAUPER, to VAN HALEN, to LISA/LISA CULT JAM, to DENNIS EDWARDS, to TINA TURNER, MADONNA, to GENESIS (PHIL COLLINS), LIONEL RICHIE, THE POINTER SISTERS, APPOLONIA 6, THE TIME, DURAN DURAN, WHAM, RUN DMC

it was awesome....

PATTY SMITH..THE WARRIOR.......LOVED THAT SONG

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What albums/ songs did they have in 1984? On top of that, what is Appolonia 6 and what did they have in 84?

MotownSubdivision said:

Scorp said:

absolutely...no question about it........

everyone u turned, another great artist unleashed unforgettable music

from all genres too

from MJ, to PRINCE, to BRUCE, to CYNDI LAUPER, to VAN HALEN, to LISA/LISA CULT JAM, to DENNIS EDWARDS, to TINA TURNER, MADONNA, to GENESIS (PHIL COLLINS), LIONEL RICHIE, THE POINTER SISTERS, APPOLONIA 6, THE TIME, DURAN DURAN, WHAM, RUN DMC

it was awesome....

PATTY SMITH..THE WARRIOR.......LOVED THAT SONG

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What albums/ songs did they have in 1984? On top of that, what is Appolonia 6 and what did they have in 84?

Dennis Edwards: DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER

Lisa/Lisa & Cult Jam: I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME

Appolonia 6: SEX SHOOTER

Scorp said:

MotownSubdivision said:

What albums/ songs did they have in 1984? On top of that, what is Appolonia 6 and what did they have in 84?

Dennis Edwards: DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER

Lisa/Lisa & Cult Jam: I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME

Appolonia 6: SEX SHOOTER

I think he's implying that you don't know how to spell Apollonia 6.

sexton said:

Scorp said:

Dennis Edwards: DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER

Lisa/Lisa & Cult Jam: I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME

Appolonia 6: SEX SHOOTER

I think he's implying that you don't know how to spell Apollonia 6.

sexton said:

MotownSubdivision said:

sexton said:

I think he's implying that you don't know how to spell Apollonia 6.

I legitimately didn't know what Apollonia 6 was.

It's that trio of chicks in lingerie in the Purple Rain movie, produced by Prince.

MotownSubdivision said:

sexton said:

I think he's implying that you don't know how to spell Apollonia 6.

I legitimately didn't know what Apollonia 6 was.

You never purified yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.

1984 was a very fun year when it comes to the entire pop musicial landscape (albums, concerts, videos, etc.).

But was it the greatest year in pop music history, not really because it piggy backs off of 1983 which was better.

My Top 5

1. 1982 (my personal favorite just in R&B alone)

2. 1967

3. 1983 (continuing into '84)

4. 1973

5. 1990

Can't argue with that

1997 was my favourite year in music so far

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This is quite a bit off-topic, but 2005 holds a special place in my heart. It was the year when I discovered music beyond the usual top 40s pop and the R&B I was listening to in my 2ndary school years.

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People probably associate 2005 with Akon, Fall Out Boy, BEP, Nickelback, and goddamm Crazy Frog.

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But I don't.

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Because I discovered a different station on my radio, and was subsequently introduced to Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, M.I.A., Maximo Park, Bloc Party, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Heather Nova, Hard-Fi, The Dead 60s, Mu, and Danko Jones, to name a few.

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'05 is the year that opened my eyes and made me realize that I can escape the songs that are all over the Top 40 and try some alternatives.

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As for how I feel about '84? I'm an 87 birth so I don't think I can properly judge it, not having lived it.

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But I do like the pop that was made in that year. I'm a fan of 80s pop in general, especially if it's just a little bit synthy or new romantic.

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ginusher said:

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This is quite a bit off-topic, but 2005 holds a special place in my heart. It was the year when I discovered music beyond the usual top 40s pop and the R&B I was listening to in my 2ndary school years.

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People probably associate 2005 with Akon, Fall Out Boy, BEP, Nickelback, and goddamm Crazy Frog.

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But I don't.

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Because I discovered a different station on my radio, and was subsequently introduced to Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, M.I.A., Maximo Park, Bloc Party, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Heather Nova, Hard-Fi, The Dead 60s, Mu, and Danko Jones, to name a few.

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'05 is the year that opened my eyes and made me realize that I can escape the songs that are all over the Top 40 and try some alternatives.

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As for how I feel about '84? I'm an 87 birth so I don't think I can properly judge it, not having lived it.

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But I do like the pop that was made in that year. I'm a fan of 80s pop in general, especially if it's just a little bit synthy or new romantic.

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kpowers said:

ginusher said:

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This is quite a bit off-topic, but 2005 holds a special place in my heart. It was the year when I discovered music beyond the usual top 40s pop and the R&B I was listening to in my 2ndary school years.

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People probably associate 2005 with Akon, Fall Out Boy, BEP, Nickelback, and goddamm Crazy Frog.

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But I don't.

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Because I discovered a different station on my radio, and was subsequently introduced to Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, M.I.A., Maximo Park, Bloc Party, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Heather Nova, Hard-Fi, The Dead 60s, Mu, and Danko Jones, to name a few.

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'05 is the year that opened my eyes and made me realize that I can escape the songs that are all over the Top 40 and try some alternatives.

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As for how I feel about '84? I'm an 87 birth so I don't think I can properly judge it, not having lived it.

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But I do like the pop that was made in that year. I'm a fan of 80s pop in general, especially if it's just a little bit synthy or new romantic.

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Sorry, I originally had a part in there in which I was criticizing the notion that 1984 was the greatest year in pop music (as opposed to certain years in the decades before it), mostly because MTV and the introduction of the music video, as well as a heavier emphasis on synthesizers, was shifting the focus of pop music more toward image, and 'style over substance'. I was going to posit that some artists with a more organic style, who put their musicianship before their image, would have a bit more trouble breaking through in the music charts in 1984 than they would have had even 5 years prior.

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But then I left those paragraphs out, because I wasn't around in 84, and figured I didn't have a good view on these matters.

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And since the thread just seems to be mostly nostalgia-filtered (there was awesome stuff in the mid-80s, but the best of it wasn't in the pop charts), I figured I'd make a case for a year that is maybe not associated with great music, but does have a treasure chest of hidden gems in it. These were also the days of Gnarls Barkley's St. Elsewhere and White Stripes' Get Behind Me Satan. It was the time when I re-discovered Prince as a teenager through Musicology, 3121, and Planet Earth (yes, Planet Earth!).

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I love myself some Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Madonna, and Wham!, but I'll be damned if I won't acknowledge that the more interesting stuff was being done in the punk/ska/new wave scenes. Not in the upper regions of the charts.

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I was 18 in '05. I'm guessing a lot of you guys were 18-ish in '84. Memories get coloured.

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