i mean we didn't even talk about metal. I mean when you think about it, the 80s where pretty ing eclectic. The power ballad was an 80s creation. Roxette and it must of been love. That was late 80s.
In the air was first played live in 81. Inventing air drumming.
Dykes_on_Jay
99 luftballons followed by Luba let it go. we goannas die soon.
SYSTEM-J
The '80s were a ing terrible decade in general, but in the midst of all the bad haircuts and cheesy action movies they still gave us the golden age of hip-hop, the of birth house, techno and acid, a wealth of beautiful post-disco dance music and the second summer of love. And Voodoo Ray will always and forever be the absolute nuts.
Looney4Clooney
isn't the fact that things were terrible in itself kinda interesting and in hindsight relevant at least enough to consider that well , say what you want about the 80s, it was an interesting decade.
sg_57
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Originally posted by Mattsanity.
I was born during the tail end of the 80's so maybe my two cents aren't as valuable compared to EddieZilker's. There's only a handful of great 80's electronic dance tracks in my opinion, and they're probably the same amount as the fingers I have. I know that's flat out disrespectful but I'm a homosapien who has his likes and dislikes.
People consider Rakim the greatest rapper simply because he's an early hip hop legend. I believe Nas surpassed him though based on his work from the 90's. that's another topic and this is an EDM site, so I might not mention them again.
Chicago house, Detroit techno, and New Beat were influential genres, and each of them do feature stone cold classics. That could never be discredited.
I realize there`s tracks from 1990 and 1991 that still have that 80`s feel.
All I want to say that it wasn't until those early progressive house tracks from 1990 like Leftfield - Not Forgotten and Ultraviolet - Kites that EDM started coming to fruition.
Even though the seventies might debatably be called 'better' in terms of general music output as machines hadn't quite made it possible yet for people with very little musical knowledge or experience to go in the studio and be able to release product with 'dumbed-down' simplistic production values when compared to previous times, the eighties were still an absolutely incredible decade for electronic music in general.
Let's start with Kraftwerk's album 'Computer World', which then begat Soul Sonic Force "Planet Rock"
Then we can go visit George Clinton and his "Atomic Dog".
After which (as Derrick May famously said) you "put the two of them together in an elevator with only a sequencer to keep them company" and see what the result turns out to be.
Close the decade with LFO, Depeche Mode and The Orb.
The argument could equally be made that all truly great things about electronic dance music really happened before 1990 (acid House, Summer Of Love, Ibiza, etc...) and that their freshness was never equalled; and that the following decade's only great accomplishments was the rise of superclubs and the start of money-grabbing DJ worship culture. But that would clearly be cynical.
I could compile a list, of course. One day....
Mattsanity.
1987 Italo Disco yall
Mattsanity.
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Originally posted by sg_57
The argument could equally be made that all truly great things about electronic dance music really happened before 1990 (acid House, Summer Of Love, Ibiza, etc...) and that their freshness was never equalled; and that the following decade's only great accomplishments was the rise of superclubs and the start of money-grabbing DJ worship culture. But that would clearly be cynical.
I could compile a list, of course. One day....
Let me say that 808 State - Pacific State is a classic.
I heard someone say 1989 was the greatest year for electronic music.
It's the politically correct thing to say, but I'm not sure if yall think '89 was the best year.
2003 > 1989
people say michael jordan isn't the greatest basketball player because of certain players from the 60's and 70's. he is by consensus the greatest player of all-time for a reason. yes he was influenced by players before him but he took basketball to another level.
Looney4Clooney
is it possible 2003 was the year you got into it so that for you, this is what you think is the best ? What artists in particular do you think took it to the next level in 2003 ?
Dykes_on_Jay
Considering you seem to be a fan of the NYC gay circuit diva house/garage in this case your favorite year should he in the 90's Matt.
Mattsanity.
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Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
is it possible 2003 was the year you got into it so that for you, this is what you think is the best ? What artists in particular do you think took it to the next level in 2003 ?
I realize 2003 was a continuation of the global trance madness that started circa 1998 but I still rate it above 1989 in terms of replay value and the motivation to tune in.
Dykes_on_Jay
Not sure if serious :haha:
Mattsanity.
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Originally posted by Dykes_on_Jay
Considering you seem to be a fan of the NYC gay circuit diva house/garage in this case your favorite year should he in the 90's Matt.
indeed. even Sasha played gay diva house in 1994/95.
