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Post by pieter on Apr 27, 2021 15:56:11 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Apr 27, 2021 15:56:51 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Apr 27, 2021 15:58:32 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Apr 27, 2021 16:01:59 GMT -7
Second British InvasionDuran Duran (performing in Toronto in 2005) were a major act in the Second British Invasion. They were known for their glossy music videos on MTV. The Second British Invasion consisted of music acts from the United Kingdom that became popular in the United States during the early-to-mid 1980s primarily due to the cable music channel MTV. The term derives from the similar British Invasion of the U.S. in the 1960s. These acts primarily brought with them synthpop and new wave styles of music to the American charts, and according to Rolling Stone, brought "revolution in sound and style".
During the late 1980s, glam metal and dance music replaced Second Invasion acts atop the U.S. charts.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_British_Invasion
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Post by pieter on Apr 28, 2021 14:39:26 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Apr 28, 2021 14:41:27 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Apr 28, 2021 14:42:47 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Apr 28, 2021 14:44:55 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Apr 28, 2021 14:49:57 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Apr 28, 2021 14:51:26 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Apr 28, 2021 15:01:25 GMT -7
Typical eighties stylish British New Romantics music of the Thompson Twins
For the restless and hard rock and Hip Hop loving kid I was this was to much of British melancholica, sophistication and class. Of course girls in my environment loved this music, because they didn't had to be boys or young men like me and my bunch of Beavis and Butthead kind of friends were. We loved AC/DC, KISS, Black Sabath, Iron Maiden, the Sex Pistols, Motörhead, Slayer, Anthrax, the Beasty Boys and Public Enemy. Less refined music than the New Romantics. Straight (hetro) teenage boys music of the eighties. I really did had such kind of friends. Skinny, pockmarked, adolescent, messing around, raving and Bullshitting idiots, but funny lads. The Thompson Twins for me were to polished, kitch, effeminate and androgynous. Other New Romantics bands to. The young lad I was looked for Rock 'n Roll, rough music and speed (fastness).
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Post by pieter on Apr 28, 2021 15:09:51 GMT -7
Later I appreciated the British Blitz, New Wave, New Romantics and Synthpop more.
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Post by Jaga on Apr 29, 2021 4:06:14 GMT -7
Pieter, thanks for posting. I love the music of 80s, since this was my youth.
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Post by pieter on Apr 29, 2021 12:37:04 GMT -7
Pop music of the eightiesJaga, though the New Romantic movement rose and fell relatively quickly in terms of time, it doesn't mean there weren't a number a great bands to emerge and made a long impact on music listeners across the globe. The heyday of the New Romantic movement occurred from 1979-1981 in the UK, and New Romantics were also called Blitz Kids. They incorporated a snazzy brand of New Wave and synthpop music, and was as many as a reaction to punk rock, which exploded right before the New Romantics. Known as much for their forward thinking wardrobe as much as their music, New Romantic bands are around today and their music can still be heard on the radio.
So, what are the best New Romantic bands? Any list of New Romantics bands must feature the likes of Duran Duran, Culture Club, Simple Minds, Spandau Ballet and Adam and the Ants. Though some bands on this list didn't emerge from the clubs associated with the New Romantic movement, they were described as New Romantics, hence their place on this list.
That said, it's up to you to determine what are the best New Romantic bands or who are your favorite eighties bands, pop groups, video clips, fashion styles, hair styles, music genres and musicians. The eighties was the time of new electronic music style next to fifties, sixties and seventies music which in an organic way had developed into eighties rock music, pop music and rock 'n roll.
The 1980s saw the emergence of electronic dance music and new wave. As disco fell out of fashion in the decade’s early years, genres such as post-disco, Italo disco, Euro disco and dance-pop became more popular. Rock music continued to enjoy a wide audience. Soft rock, glam metal, thrash metal, shred guitar characterized by heavy distortion, pinch harmonics and whammy bar abuse became very popular. Adult contemporary (a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music), quiet storm ( radio format and genre of contemporary R&B, performed in a smooth, romantic, jazz-influenced style), and smooth jazz gained popularity. In the late 1980s, glam metal became the largest, most commercially successful brand of music in the United States and worldwide.An example of Italo discoA Postdisco and Eurodisco band was Imagination. Their biggest hit, "Just an Illusion", peaked at number two in March 1982.The 1980s are commonly remembered for an increase in the use of digital recording, associated with the usage of synthesizers, with synth-pop music and other electronic genres featuring non-traditional instruments increasing in popularity. Also during this decade, several major electronic genres were developed, including electro, techno, house, freestyle and Eurodance, rising in prominence during the 1990s and beyond. Throughout the decade, R&B, hip hop and urban genres were becoming commonplace, particularly in the inner-city areas of large, metropolitan cities; rap was especially successful in the latter part of the decade, with the advent of the golden age of hip hop. These urban genres—particularly rap and hip hop—would continue their rise in popularity through the 1990s and 2000s.
A 2010 survey conducted by the digital broadcaster Music Choice, which polled over 11,000 European participants, revealed that the 1980s was the most favoured tune decade of the last 40 years.
Notable artists include Michael Jackson, Madonna, George Michael (as well as Wham!), Prince, Whitney Houston and The Police. In june 1988 I went to a Whitney Houston concert in the Ayhoy Concert Hall in Rotterdam. It was the first big concert in a 'large city' (Rotterdam) for the 18 year old provincial kid from the South-Western Island coastal region Zeeland. In 1990 when I moved to Amsterdam I became a large city fellow myself. But Vlissingen (44,371 citizens) was different than Rotterdam (651,157 citizens) in 1988. While I was a hard rock and Hip Hop kid I was quite ecclectic and listened to Blues, Soul, Disco, Reggea, Sca, R&B, Country & Western, New Wave, New Romantics, Punk/hardcore, Synthpop, Glamrock, general pop music, Rock music, Eurodisco, Postdisco and Folk music (Bob Dylan) as well. I was addicted to Radio and had a radio-cassette tape recorder (double deck) and recorded a lot of hits and undergrpound or less known music from both official radio stations and local regional pirate stations. Next to that I had my long play record player for my long play records, singles and 12 inches. I loved to go to local bars and discotheques and spend a lot of afternoons in record stores in the Middelburg and Vlissingen towns on the Walcheren Peninsula in Zeeland (Netherlands). In the United States, MTV was launched and music videos began to have a larger effect on the record industry. Pop artists such as Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Duran Duran, Prince, Cyndi Lauper and Madonna mastered the format and helped turn this new product into a profitable business. New wave and synthpop were developed by many British and American artists, and became popular phenomena throughout the decade, especially in the early and mid 1980s. Music grew fragmented and combined into subgenres such as house, goth, and rap metal.
The advent of numerous new technologies had a significant impact on 1980s music, and led to a distinct production aesthetic that included synthesizer sounds, drum machines and drum reverb.
Madonna and Whitney Houston were groundbreaking female artists of the decade. The keyboard synthesizer and drum machine were among the most popular instruments in music during the 1980s, especially in new wave music. After the 1980s, electronic instruments continued to be the main component of mainstream pop.
Jaga, you lived in Krakow in the communist peoples republic. Your music style probably was a mix of communist Eastern-Europe music and mixed with Western-European, Southern-European (Italian/Spanish/Portuguese/Greek/Southern-French) music and American/Canadian and Australian Western music. I wonder what your taste was, to which radio stations you listened? Radio Poland, Radio Luxemburg, Radio Free Europe, maybe West-German radio, French radio or the BBC?
Pieter
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Post by pieter on Apr 29, 2021 13:15:15 GMT -7
My favorite eighties songs and instrumentals are these Jaga.
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