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Comment on Open Secret: The Score by Judy Hilton

Judy Hilton — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:13:18 +0000

Robin, you are very talented! Particularly liked “The Phone Call”

Comment on The Worst Decade For Pop Music: The ’80s by Philb

Philb — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:51:53 +0000

Pardon my French, but f*** the Yamaha DX-7. F*** it straight to hell. I told my keyboardist that if he ever gets one, I’ll put a mercy bullet right through his head.

Great to hear Tears for Fears mentioned as something good to have come from the ’80s. I loved Songs From the Big Chair the first time I heard it (circa ’87) and think it’s held up as one of the few bright spots to appear from that dark, awful, awful period of 1984-87 (I’m lookin’ straight at you, DX-7). Phil Collins’ No Jacket Required is a perfect example of everything wrong with that era.

But there’s a glaring omission to this discussion: what about dance music? It’s the only style from that period I can listen to without cringing at, mainly because those production values never really went away (still the standard today), but, more importantly, they sound great (hello, 808). All that early electro and techno/house borne in the wake of Kraftwerk, Moroder, et. al. still sounds vital to my ears, unlike a lot of rock or jazz from that same period.

Comment on The Worst Decade For Pop Music: The ’80s by Dougrad

Dougrad — Tue, 04 May 2010 02:26:20 +0000

I also think the 90s was the worst musical era for pop music, even though it was a great decade for rock music. Sure, there was crappy pop in the 80s too, but it seemed like pop stations back then played a wider variety of different musical sub-genres. In the 90s, all you would hear on pop stations was disposable dance-pop, lovey-dovey pop ballads, and mellow pop-rock, with a catchy alternative rock song thrown in every once in awhile. And then, of course, there were those terrible third-wave ska bands, pop-rappers, boybands, pop princesses, and Latin popstars that flooded pop stations in the late 90s. The 80s also had a lot of catchier, timeless pop songs that still sound good today and get played at virtually any dance or club you go to. I can’t really think of any 90s pop songs that you could consider to stand the test of time, or that get played at any dance or club you could go to.

Comment on It Was Over Before We Began by Robin

Robin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:42:36 +0000

Thanks, Lonnie Bruner! Her name is Meg Ruddick. She’s really got the most perfectly gorgeous voice.

Comment on It Was Over Before We Began by Lonnie Bruner

Lonnie Bruner — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:22:05 +0000

Good job Robin. I listened to them all. You obviously put a lot of work into this and it sounds great. Who’s the female vocalist?

Comment on The RPM Challenge: 2007 by It Was Over Before We Began « smallgoodthing

It Was Over Before We Began « smallgoodthing — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:23:30 +0000

[...] Previous RPM Challenges led to 2009’s Another Roadside Attraction, these songs from 2008, and these from [...]

Comment on RPM Challenge: 2008 by It Was Over Before We Began « smallgoodthing

It Was Over Before We Began « smallgoodthing — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:23:25 +0000

[...] from scratch in February. Previous RPM Challenges led to 2009’s Another Roadside Attraction, these songs from 2008, and these from [...]

Comment on Another Roadside Attraction by It Was Over Before We Began « smallgoodthing

It Was Over Before We Began « smallgoodthing — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:23:19 +0000

[...] to produce an entire album from scratch in February. Previous RPM Challenges led to 2009’s Another Roadside Attraction, these songs from 2008, and these from [...]

Comment on RPM Challenge: 2009 by aaron

aaron — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:20:46 +0000

this is great, you’ve been holding out on us!

Comment on The Worst Decade For Pop Music: The ’80s by Frozenfire

Frozenfire — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:18:10 +0000

Ackk… I meant ” i find the ’90s to have been the worst musical era. “