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metalinmyveins Metal is in my blood
Number of posts : 3325 Age : 53
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:29 pm | |
| - xyz wrote:
- Van Halen releasing 1984 is enough for me to say it was one of the greatest years in music.
I wouldn't expect you too. Those who are celebrating 1984 for the most part were impressionable young teens at the time. There was a burgeoning metal scene going on with what I felt was a pretty decent pop scene. Like I stated earlier, I was just getting into metal the year previous, but I still liked pop. I hate even calling music on the radio back then pop, because I feel the pop of today has what I consider the worst negative connotation imaginable. I would say that there was a far better chance that your average metal head also was into radio/pop driven music to some extent back in the 80's compared to what you would find out today. The reason for that is, many of the pop acts back then were musicians, whereas today they are singers/performers. For the most part, I can't stand pop music, and it's because we live in the American Idol generation. The supposed pop stars of today seem so very limited these days. If they pen some lyrics on a piece of paper, they're considered a musician. Please! | |
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chucksteak Metal student
Number of posts : 133 Age : 48
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:29 pm | |
| That's the year it all started for me and I haven't been the same since! My parents bought me a "ghetto blaster" for my birthday. That weekend I had $ and needed a tape to play so my brother told me to get VH's 1984. From there I was buying Hit Parader and discovering stuff I had to hear. I remember 1984 and some of the first albums I ever bought:
VH-1984 Sammy Hagar-VOA KISS-Animalize Twisted Sister-Stay Hungry AC/DC-'74 Jailbreak
My favorite memory from that year was sitting in class(3rd grade) looking at Hit Parader and these were the days of WASP covered in blood holding skulls,Motley Crue in the Shout At The Devil pentagrams, covered in blood and all that glory,etc. and my teacher taking it from me, looking at all this, and saying do your parents know you have this? To which I reply Yeah they bought it for me! I think she just wrote me off after that day. Over the years that teacher would occasionaly run into my mother and always asked about my brother but never about me. I was probably a lost cause to her and just forgotten about. It was metal from the start for me and I've never looked back or taken any interest in pop music, culture,etc. I've never had interest in the radio either as I always had my own music to listen to and that stuff don't get airplay. | |
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metalken Metal master
Number of posts : 820 Age : 59
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:29 am | |
| This year was indeed a very fine year. I still have most, if not all records mentioned, on vinyl downstairs. I also graduated high school in 1984. | |
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Gilbert Metal is Forever
Number of posts : 9948 Age : 49
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Wed Feb 25, 2009 1:02 am | |
| We're getting old indeed . Heavy metal is really wonderful. All these old albums are still spinning!!! This is what makes metal so unique. No other musical genre can last that much. | |
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Required Fields Metal is my Life
Number of posts : 28670 Age : 39
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:15 pm | |
| There were many great albums that year! | |
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Required Fields Metal is my Life
Number of posts : 28670 Age : 39
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:17 pm | |
| One album I didn't see mentioned in this thread, though, is Fates Warning - Night on Bröcken. Very underrated album. | |
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MetalGuy71 Bukkake Tsunami
Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:53 pm | |
| Unfortunately, all of these albums by-passed me in 1984. I had to play catch-up few years later. But judging from those releases, it was indeed a good year for the genre. _________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:59 pm | |
| "Chemical Warfare" was a life-changing experience... |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:18 pm | |
| Motorhead - No Remorse. Of course this is partially a compilation album, but it's also the debut of the 2 guitar lineup and introduced such killer tracks as "Killed By Death", "Steal Your Face" & "Snaggletooth" into the Motorhead lexicon. |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:20 pm | |
| Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers The big reunion of 1984. Knocking At Your Back Door was in constant rotation on the radio...those were the days. |
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stepcousin Heart of Metal
Number of posts : 1268 Age : 57
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:38 pm | |
| You could pick just about any year between 1973 and 1989 and ya couldnt go wrong. IMO the golden age of metal. | |
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chucksteak Metal student
Number of posts : 133 Age : 48
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:22 pm | |
| - detuned wrote:
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
The big reunion of 1984. Knocking At Your Back Door was in constant rotation on the radio...those were the days. I remember that!!! Sadly it took me about 20 years to discover the genius of this band. Better late than never. | |
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the sentinel Metal is Forever
Number of posts : 9428 Age : 50
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:20 pm | |
| Awesome year indeed!!! Ironically, as I read through this thread, I am listening to "Wasted Years" from a Maiden tribute I picked up (Dee Snider singing and George Lynch on Lead Guitar) and I am feeling a tad nostalgic. Let's all raise our bottles to 1984. | |
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skullsmasher Metal master
Number of posts : 638 Age : 59
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:31 pm | |
| Yep I bought the whole list mentioned above as new releases too with the exception of Stryper. Didn't like them then still don't but the rest of are still played around my house regularly. 1980- 1988 was a great time for metal music, lots of great concerts during those years too | |
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manny mini boss
Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:33 pm | |
| - detuned wrote:
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
The big reunion of 1984. Knocking At Your Back Door was in constant rotation on the radio...those were the days. Saw them on that tour but I saw them in 1985 with Giuffria as the opening act, the best concert I have ever seen, Deep Purple kicked ass. | |
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SAHB Healer Metal is in my blood
Number of posts : 2793 Age : 66
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:42 pm | |
| I think that was the year that early Scandinavian and Euro metal really took off. Not only Yngwie's Rising Force, but lots of others like Oz and Overdrive and maybe Sortilege(?). Lots of others too. | |
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RevBilly6207 Metal novice
Number of posts : 45 Age : 48
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:22 pm | |
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Schbopo Ate his vegetables
Number of posts : 4958 Age : 34
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:37 pm | |
| Lots of good pop/rock that year too. I can't believe you guys left out Nena... And Survivor... Even poor Rockwell... | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:44 pm | |
| King Crimson - Three Of A Perfect Pair (1984) It would be 11 years before their next studio album. |
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James B. Scurvy Skalliwag
Number of posts : 12875 Age : 60
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:46 am | |
| here is another one | |
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kmorg Metal is my Life
Number of posts : 13862 Age : 49
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:27 am | |
| - Gilbert wrote:
- We're getting old indeed . Heavy metal is really wonderful. All these old albums are still spinning!!! This is what makes metal so unique. No other musical genre can last that much.
You're right. Nobody is spinning those old Dizzie Gilesbie albums any longer. And The Beatles stopped selling albums in 1971. And have any of you guys even heeard of Beethoven? _________________ | |
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Chairman_Smith Heart of Metal
Number of posts : 1636 Age : 37
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Sat Mar 07, 2009 6:30 pm | |
| 1984 - Double Plus Good!!!!! | |
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rattpoison Metal is in my blood
Number of posts : 2682 Age : 37
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:26 am | |
| 1984 like any other year has quality music, some of my faves from '84........
Replacements - Let It Be Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps From The Move Beasts Of Bourbon - Axeman's Jazz Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream Of Trains Gun Club - Las Vegas Story Only Ones - Remains Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - From Her To Eternity Jacobites - S/T Lords Of The New Church - Method To Our Madness Dogs D'Amour - The State We're In Smack - On You Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos The Pogues - Red Roses For Me Psychedelic Furs - Mirror Moves Waterboys - A Pagan Place Prince - Purple Rain Fuzztones - Lysergic Emanations Go-Betweens - Spring Hill Fair Long Ryders - Native Sons Bangles - All Over The Place.................. | |
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Sanctifyre Metal novice
Number of posts : 7 Age : 45
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:16 am | |
| I personally think that the period from 83-85 were the best years in metal.......86 was good too.
83-85 you have....... Fates Warning: The Specter Within-My favorite Fate's album and Night On Brocken-a classic Metal album
Possessed: Seven Churches-The best Death Metal album of all time
Slayer: Show No Mercy, Haunting The Chapel, Hell Awaits-one of the best Speed Metal albums, one of the best EPs and the best Thrash album
Metallica: Kill Em All, Ride The Lightning-the defining moments for this band
Exodus: Bonded By Blood-a classic Thrash album
Sacrifice: Torment In Fire-another classic Thrash album
Accept: Restless And Wild-A classic, Accept's best
Helloween S/T: one of the best Eps
Sepultura: Bestial Devastation-THE best EP
Destruction: Sentence Of Death-another classic EP
Sodom: In The Sign Of Evil-yet another classic EP
Bathory: S/T and the Return-two defining moments for extreme Metal
Celtic Frost: Morbid Tales and To Mega Therion-no need to explain these
Other mentions Hallows Eve "Tales Of Terror", Stormwitch "Tales Of Terror", Anvil "Forged In Fire", Anthrax "Fistful Of Metal", Megadeth "Killing Is My Buisness", Motley Crue "Shout At The Devil", Savatage "Sirens", "The Dungeons Are Calling" and "Power Of The Night", Dark Angel, Kreator, Hellhammer....the list goes on.
86 was also good, with "Reign In Blood", "The Force", "Under The Sign Of The Black Mark", "Darkness Descends", "Pleasure To Kill", etc. etc. | |
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Smindas Metal is in my blood
Number of posts : 2546 Age : 35
| Subject: Re: 1984 - What A Year!! Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:12 am | |
| - kmorg wrote:
- Gilbert wrote:
- We're getting old indeed . Heavy metal is really wonderful. All these old albums are still spinning!!! This is what makes metal so unique. No other musical genre can last that much.
You're right. Nobody is spinning those old Dizzie Gilesbie albums any longer. And The Beatles stopped selling albums in 1971. And have any of you guys even heeard of Beethoven? Wasn't Beethoven that dog or something? Certainly nothing to do with music though. _________________ | |
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