― dleone, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I've always had a major soft spot for Bad Company's "Shooting Star", although that's more Soft Rock than AOR.
Wot no Randy Newman?
― electric sound of jim, Tuesday, 8 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I was talking about AOR more in a stylistic sense. Sundar got it pretty much down with his list as to what I was talking about, though personally, the only Bryan Adams song I've ever liked was "This Time". Therefore, I wouldn't go for "Easy Lover" or "Valerie" on the ballot, they seem way more on the pop than 'rawk' end of the spectrum. Maybe if Stevie Winwood was wielding a Flying-V guitar in the video. :)
Robin, Re: "All I Want to Do Is Make Love To You" You evil evil man! :) If you're going to go that dark route, then surely "What About Love," "These Dreams" or "Alone"?
― Joe, Wednesday, 9 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― electric sound of jim, Wednesday, 9 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Robin Carmody, Thursday, 10 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― helenfordsdale, Thursday, 10 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Kansas "Carry on Wayward Son"
Kansas "Song for America"
Asia "Soul Survivor"
Foreigner "More Than a Feeling"
Though thee above all r0x0r, I can't actually think of anything else in this genre I can stand to listen to. Sorry!
― Norman Phay, Thursday, 10 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
That was from 'Quadrophenia' actually.
What about 'Eye Of The Tiger' by Survivor - one of my most hated.
― David Inglesfield, Thursday, 10 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― the pinefox, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Robin Carmody, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Bruce Hornsby...does he count as AOR? He has the middle-of-the-road- rocker cred down (maybe because Don Henley's done his stuff), but it still sounds too radio-lite.
― Joe, Friday, 11 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Joe, Friday, 5 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 5 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore, Friday, 5 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― J, Friday, 5 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dan Perry, Friday, 5 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
How about "Affair of the Heart" by Rick Springfield?
My friend and I were singing Winger's "Seventeen" a couple nights ago. As if they didn't get arrested. Was there even any controversy? I don't remember. I don't remember "Say Goodbye". "Magic Power" has a pretty classic melody in the verses. I think "Midsummer's Daydream" was a lot of people's introduction to playing harmonics on the guitar. Guitar teachers used to play it all the time. I remember years back when there was a CBC Radio series on Hendrix co-hosted by Rik Emmett. He revealed his longtime dream of being asked to play "O Canada" at a Blue Jays game and wowing the crowd with a Hendrix-does-"Star Spangled Banner"-style noise spree.
― sundar subramanian, Friday, 5 April 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 17 April 2003 14:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 17 April 2003 14:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 17 April 2003 15:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Thursday, 17 April 2003 16:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ian Johnson (orion), Thursday, 17 April 2003 16:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyoTfRwtWw4
3:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qQxpTogxxE
4:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdXQwzi_XTw
5:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n6ukyw_cRY
6:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjgngFpExQQ
7:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR_NulU8eXs
8:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgENjvjM_Qk
9:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe4jkmYN_Kg
10:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB17uWuBrL0
― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 18 January 2007 19:14 (seventeen years ago) link
I think Toto - Africa is the only song mentioned here that I like. I'm a bit ashamed to say it but fuck it if I don't get excited and sing along whenever I overhear it somewhere.
― Moka, Saturday, 3 December 2016 00:21 (seven years ago) link
Adult Oriented Rock Vs Album Oriented Rock
― a but (brimstead), Saturday, 3 December 2016 01:31 (seven years ago) link