Which songs most caught your attention during the 1980's?
Jul 20, 2022 8:54:13 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Jul 20, 2022 8:54:13 GMT -5
Which songs most caught your attention during the 1980's?
Although I had once been a very active member of a rock band as a rhythm guitarist, I was mostly involved in religion during the 1980's. However, these are two songs are the ones that most caught my attention during that time. The Every step you take song was of special interest due to this TV soap opera which had a stalker as one of the protagonists and that some was always played at the end.
The Michel Jackson song was because of its compelling beat and the exceptional dancing performances which accompanied it. Also, because I had once been stupid enough to be in gangs during my teens and sort of identified with the song.
The Michel Jackson song was because of its compelling beat and the exceptional dancing performances which accompanied it. Also, because I had once been stupid enough to be in gangs during my teens and sort of identified with the song.
1. ‘Beat It’ by Michael Jackson
We get so used to the sleek, funky side of Michael Jackson on the hit parade that was Thriller that it's easy to forget how hard ‘Beat It’ actually legitimately rocks. And it's not just Eddie Van Halen's famous finger-busting solo; it’s that perfectly formed sneer of a guitar riff – conceived by Jackson and played by session ace Steve Lukather – those exaggerated downbeats that feel like medicine balls being slammed down on a concrete floor and the raw desperation in MJ’s voice as he chronicles the harsh truths of the street-fighting life. As much of a dance-floor killer as it is, ‘Beat It’ is a genuinely heavy song, psychologically as much as sonically.
2. ‘Every Breath You Take’ by the Police
Too many people mock the '80s as an age of excess, yet loads of classic singles from the era are studies in cool restraint (see: Phil Collins – no, honestly). It’s just that they spent a butt-ton of money on everything. So though Stewart Copeland could be a florid, flashy drummer, and though Sting was known to dash a few extra flicks on his grooves, ‘Every Breath’ measures each note microscopically, as if arranged with OCD, which makes the stalking vibe that much subtly creepier.
We get so used to the sleek, funky side of Michael Jackson on the hit parade that was Thriller that it's easy to forget how hard ‘Beat It’ actually legitimately rocks. And it's not just Eddie Van Halen's famous finger-busting solo; it’s that perfectly formed sneer of a guitar riff – conceived by Jackson and played by session ace Steve Lukather – those exaggerated downbeats that feel like medicine balls being slammed down on a concrete floor and the raw desperation in MJ’s voice as he chronicles the harsh truths of the street-fighting life. As much of a dance-floor killer as it is, ‘Beat It’ is a genuinely heavy song, psychologically as much as sonically.
2. ‘Every Breath You Take’ by the Police
Too many people mock the '80s as an age of excess, yet loads of classic singles from the era are studies in cool restraint (see: Phil Collins – no, honestly). It’s just that they spent a butt-ton of money on everything. So though Stewart Copeland could be a florid, flashy drummer, and though Sting was known to dash a few extra flicks on his grooves, ‘Every Breath’ measures each note microscopically, as if arranged with OCD, which makes the stalking vibe that much subtly creepier.