f "(you can still) rock in america" and that entire subgenre of mid-80s FM anthems. (tho "bullshit FM rock'n'roll patriot anthems" would probably make for a great poll...)
There's Only One Way to Rock - Sammy Hagar 1981Rock You - Helix 1984Turn Up the Radio - Autograph 1984Raised on Radio - Journey 1986I Love it Loud - Kiss 1982R.O.C.K. in the USA - John Cougar Mellancamp 1985(You Can Still) Rock in America - Night Ranger 1983 Magic Power - Triumph 1981For Those About to Rock - AC/DC 1980I Like to Rock - April Wine 1979Rock of Ages - Def Leppard 1983Heart of Rock & Roll - Huey Lewis and The News 1983I Love Rock and Roll - Joan Jett 1981Rock 'N' Roll Party in the Streets - Axe 1982I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister 1984Bryan Adams - Kids Wanna Rock - 1984
― Zachary Taylor, Saturday, 18 May 2013 21:35 (ten years ago) link
Can you make a Spotify playlist of that? I feel like rocking.
― Huston we got chicken lol (Phil D.), Saturday, 18 May 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
surely Hagar's "VOA" belongs on that list too
― the league against cool sports (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 18 May 2013 21:45 (ten years ago) link
omg that list is amazing. nailed it (except maybe Joan Jett is def not bullshit?).
what was your Golden Age of Rock Radio station?
― inste grammophon (rogermexico.), Saturday, 18 May 2013 22:01 (ten years ago) link
btw the "raised on radio" i had in mind was THE RAVYNS (warning: olden times video contains like two minutes of backstory before music begins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8HT4kkBjD8
That was the "Raised on the Radio" I had in mind too. I remembered the chorus and assumed the rest.
― Zachary Taylor, Saturday, 18 May 2013 22:09 (ten years ago) link
Hunting down old songs I don't really remember from the radio has been a recent hobby of mine. Adding The Ravyns to the list. I recently rediscovered "Mean To Your Queenie" by Point Blank.
― Zachary Taylor, Saturday, 18 May 2013 22:12 (ten years ago) link
R.O.C.K. in the USA - John Cougar Mellancamp 1985
Have a soft spot for this, as it was the garagiest thing on top 40 radio in 1985.
(am also reminded that the first time I heard "Cold Sweat" was around that time -- Mellencamp's version)
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Sunday, 19 May 2013 06:32 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 24 May 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
I don't think "Magic Power" is necessarily a rock anthem, it's just an earnest "turned on some music to forget my day" anthem (and a poor man's "Spirit of Radio".) "She gets the magic power of the music from me" - the singer may not be a musician, he could be a DJ or maybe even the radio itself.
A few more for that mid-80s list: "Cum On Feel the Noize", "We Built This City", "Turn Up the Radio" (Autograph)
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 24 May 2013 06:06 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 25 May 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
If I were a rock and roll timelord, I'd go back to the 80s and create a Night Ranger/Husker Du split 7" with Night Ranger doing "Don't Want to Know if Your Lonely" and Husker Du doing "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" in their respected styles.
― earlnash, Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:30 (ten years ago) link
That's just crazy enough to work.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 25 May 2013 02:33 (ten years ago) link
I was at a rep screening of Wall Street last night, a theatre where they often start with a bunch of clips related to the film somehow. The "Secret of My Success" video was part of last night's pre-show. I'm not sure if I've ever seen anything so stupefyingly, irredeemably awful. I've always reserved that designation for "The Final Countdown," but I have to rethink that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUcRFTD_KEE
(Stepping back, I also realize there's stuff from the early '70s every bit as bad that I look back on with tolerant amusement.)
― clemenza, Saturday, 24 August 2019 21:43 (four years ago) link
Poor Elvis. A worse indignity than if someone had actually dug up his corpse.
― clemenza, Saturday, 24 August 2019 21:45 (four years ago) link
When You Close Your Eyes is so classicDon’t Tell Me You Love Me also so classicsoclassic
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 24 July 2021 01:54 (two years ago) link
Actually showed up on my Release Radar recently as they've a new album out in a few weeks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szs1Yi6gKb8
― groovypanda, Thursday, 29 July 2021 07:19 (two years ago) link