Decent showing beyond Something in the Water being my fave album song.

Electric Avenue number one. Good song not great.

Every Breath You Take number 51? In my top ten.

They always overrate Run DMC

Girls Just Want To Have Fun? lost it's sheen.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-1983-1234681014/

kinda odd that they added Ray Parker Jr's 1983 single "I Still Can't Get Over Loving You" to their list.I don't think that's one of his finest singles.It was clearly inspired by the Police's "Every Breath You Take" and it even borrows a line from that song: every breath you take,I'll be watching you,girl".But Parker takes it one step further.The last line of the song is this chilling warning: don't you ever try to leave...it'll be the last thing you ever do

PJMcGee said:

This was good: The only person not impressed? David Lee Roth, who scoffed to Rolling Stone, “What did Edward do with Michael Jackson? He went in and played the same fucking solo he’s been playing in this band for 10 years. Big deal!"

Really disheartening that Roth would say that. Also, he's kind of wrong. The solo in Beat It is perfect for the song and quite unique.

SoulAlive said:

It’s not on the list but I think “Promises,Promises” by Naked Eyes was a superb 1983 track.

Totally agree. As was "She Blinded Me with Science" Two nice calls.

chrisslope9 said:

SoulAlive said:

It’s not on the list but I think “Promises,Promises” by Naked Eyes was a superb 1983 track.

Totally agree. As was "She Blinded Me with Science" Two nice calls.

1983 was an amazing year for music,Alot going on.

SoulAlive said:

chrisslope9 said:

Totally agree. As was "She Blinded Me with Science" Two nice calls.

1983 was an amazing year for music,Alot going on.

I can't really argue with Eddie Grant up top. That song was everywhere in NYC in 1983

chrisslope9 said:

PJMcGee said:

chrisslope9 said:

Really disheartening that Roth would say that. Also, he's kind of wrong. The solo in Beat It is perfect for the song and quite unique.

Really? Compared to Prince, Eddie bores me to tears.

Not me. He is actually much like Prince. A multi instrumentalist who really shined on guitar and could also write great pop hits while at the same time please his core audience. I am not much of a metal guy but I loved Eddie because like Prince, you could see pure joy all over his face when he performed and he knew how to hold a note in a way that it could go right into you like medicine. The guy had soul.

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chrisslope9 said:

PJMcGee said:

chrisslope9 said:

Not me. He is actually much like Prince. A multi instrumentalist who really shined on guitar and could also write great pop hits while at the same time please his core audience. I am not much of a metal guy but I loved Eddie because like Prince, you could see pure joy all over his face when he performed and he knew how to hold a note in a way that it could go right into you like medicine. The guy had soul.

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I only know the hits, but don't remember hearing anything like you're describing (except for the joy; he looked like he had fun). Is there a song in which he displays a fraction of the feeling that Prince did in, say, Purple Rain?

This post isn't about comparing Prince and EVH. They were both two of the greatest talents of my gereration (Gen X) I'll leave it at that.

PJMcGee said:

chrisslope9 said:

Not me. He is actually much like Prince. A multi instrumentalist who really shined on guitar and could also write great pop hits while at the same time please his core audience. I am not much of a metal guy but I loved Eddie because like Prince, you could see pure joy all over his face when he performed and he knew how to hold a note in a way that it could go right into you like medicine. The guy had soul.

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I only know the hits, but don't remember hearing anything like you're describing (except for the joy; he looked like he had fun). Is there a song in which he displays a fraction of the feeling that Prince did in, say, Purple Rain?

This post isn't about comparing Prince and EVH. They were both two of the greatest talents of my gereration (Gen X) I'll leave it at that.

More nonsense lists from RS - we've needed some kind of real music journalism for a while now.

Comparing artists is like comparing colors, it's pointless and I love them all.

I appreciated reading this list because the year 1983 has always been a particular interest of mine, as it saw the mainstreaming of a lot of new sounds that became definitive. I made TWO 120-minute mix cassettes in high school of this music, even though I don't really remember anything before 1984.

PJMcGee said:

I'm X too. It just bothers me when they have lists of greatest guitarists and EVH is worshipped and Prince maybe isn't on the list even. That's changed recently, but still.

IMO Prince was a much better all around guitarist than EVH. Prince never got the respect as a guitarist because, for the most part, after PR he really buried the guitar in the mix. Some albums he hardly played at all. And the assless pants and attempts at rap didn't help either If he had released a record like Lotus or the live version of SOTT right after PR it would've been game over as far as Prince being solidified as a guitar hero. I don't think he was intersted to tell the truth.

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