Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 6:59 am
This song IS 1984.
This is a thread for discussion of this song, and this song only.
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Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
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This song IS 1984.
This is a thread for discussion of this song, and this song only.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:05 am
so goddamned good.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:07 am
I know, right.
The FUCKING harmonies.
The FUCKING harmonies.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:18 am
autotuned bullshit
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 7:23 am
This is no joke.
I'm not joking.
I'm not joking.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:07 am
air drumming like a crazed ape.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:09 am
I played this on the internet jukebox at the bar last night and was a fucking hero.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:15 am
Before you know it, you'll be on you KNEES!!
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:23 am
i think any of the other top 100 of 1984 are more 1984 than this song though.\m/Johnny\m/ wrote:
This song IS 1984.
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1 Prince When Doves Cry
2 Tina Turner What's Love Got To Do With It
3 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson Say Say Say
4 Kenny Loggins Footloose
5 Phil Collins Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
6 Van Halen Jump
7 Lionel Richie Hello
8 Yes Owner Of A Lonely Heart
9 Ray Parker Jr. Ghostbusters
10 Culture Club Karma Chameleon
11 John Waite Missing You
12 Lionel Richie All Night Long (All Night)
13 Deniece Williams Let's Hear It For The Boy
14 Bruce Springsteen Dancing In The Dark
15 Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Want To Have Fun
16 Duran Duran The Reflex
17 Cyndi Lauper Time After Time
18 Pointer Sisters Jump (For My Love)
19 Romantics Talking In Your Sleep
20 Laura Branigan Self Control
21 Prince and The Revolution Let's Go Crazy
22 Daryl Hall and John Oates Say It Isn't So
23 Thompson Twins Hold Me Now
24 Kool and The Gang Joanna
25 Stevie Wonder I Just Called To Say I Love You
26 Rockwell Somebody's Watching Me
27 Matthew Wilder Break My Stride
28 Nena 99 Luftballons
29 Dan Hartman I Can Dream About You
30 Sheila E. The Glamorous Life
31 Steve Perry Oh Sherrie
32 Lionel Richie Stuck On You
33 Elton John I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
34 Cyndi Lauper She Bop
35 Madonna Borderline
36 Corey Hart Sunglasses At Night
37 Billy Idol Eyes Without A Face
38 Eurythmics Here Comes The Rain Again
39 Billy Joel Uptown Girl
40 Night Ranger Sister Christian
41 Cars Drive
42 Olivia Newton-John Twist Of Fate
43 Duran Duran Union Of The Snake
44 Huey Lewis and The News The Heart Of Rock 'N' Roll
45 Chicago Hard Habit To Break
46 Scandal The Warrior
47 Peabo Bryson If Ever You're In My Arms Again
48 Pointer Sisters Automatic
49 Shannon Let The Music Play
50 Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson To All The Girls I've Loved Before
51 Billy Ocean Caribbean Queen
52 Genesis That's All
53 Lionel Richie Running With The Night
54 Elton John Sad Songs (Say So Much)
55 Huey Lewis and The News I Want A New Drug
56 Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton Islands In The Stream
57 Pat Benatar Love Is A Battlefield
58 Rod Stewart Infatuation
59 Mike Reno and Ann Wilson Almost Paradise
60 ZZ Top Legs
61 Jacksons State Of Shock
62 Rick Springfield Love Somebody
63 Culture Club Miss Me Blind
64 Huey Lewis and The News If This Is It
65 Cars You Might Think
66 Madonna Lucky Star
67 Bruce Springsteen Cover Me
68 Quiet Riot Cum On Feel The Noize
69 Irene Cara Breakdance
70 Daryl Hall and John Oates Adult Education
71 Tracy Ullman They Don't Know
72 Billy Joel An Innocent Man
73 Bananarama Cruel Summer
74 Wang Chung Dance Hall Days
75 K.C. Give It Up
76 Pointer Sisters I'm So Excited
77 Ray Parker Jr. I Still Can't Get Over Loving You
78 Michael Jackson Thriller
79 Madonna Holiday
80 Ollie And Jerry Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us
81 John Lennon Nobody Told Me
82 Culture Club Church Of The Poison Mind
83 Christopher Cross Think Of Laura
84 Debarge Time Will Reveal
85 Police Wrapped Around Your Finger
86 John Cougar Mellencamp Pink Houses
87 Ratt Round And Round
88 Go-Go's Head Over Heels
89 Billy Joel The Longest Time
90 Kool and The Gang Tonight
91 Christine McVie Got A Hold On Me
92 Shalamar Dancing In The Sheets
93 Rolling Stones Undercover Of The Night
94 John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band On The Dark Side
95 Duran Duran New Moon On Monday
96 Peter Schilling Major Tom (Coming Home)
97 Cars Magic
98 Night Ranger When You Close Your Eyes
99 Billy Squier Rock Me Tonite
100 James Ingram and Michael McDonald Yah Mo B ThereRe: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:25 am
You take your negative ass somewhere else, you asshole.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:28 am
shut up.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:28 am
how the fuck was my post negative? didn't say i disliked the song. i followed your thread rules; stated a simple opinion, and i get shit on. thanks.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:01 am
total air drumming classic to be sure.fallbacktostone wrote:air drumming like a crazed ape.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:27 am
I'm sorry Streven...a world of no wrote:how the fuck was my post negative? didn't say i disliked the song. i followed your thread rules; stated a simple opinion, and i get shit on. thanks.
What makes this song so 1984 over the rest of that list is the fact that I don't think I've heard it 3 times since the year of it's release. You can't go to a gathering of the juggalos of douchebags without hearing When Doves Cry at least once. When I heard Easy Lover yesterday, I was immediately brought back to a simpler time. I must've seen that video 100 times in the early days of MTV. SHit rules.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:12 am
lotsa stuff I have heard in ages from that list... oddly have desire to hear stuff I didn't even care for... i'm for JC and teh Beaver Brown Band latera world of no wrote:i think any of the other top 100 of 1984 are more 1984 than this song though.\m/Johnny\m/ wrote:
This song IS 1984.SPOILERSPOILER_SHOWCode: Select all
1 Prince When Doves Cry 2 Tina Turner What's Love Got To Do With It 3 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson Say Say Say 4 Kenny Loggins Footloose 5 Phil Collins Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) 6 Van Halen Jump 7 Lionel Richie Hello 8 Yes Owner Of A Lonely Heart 9 Ray Parker Jr. Ghostbusters 10 Culture Club Karma Chameleon 11 John Waite Missing You 12 Lionel Richie All Night Long (All Night) 13 Deniece Williams Let's Hear It For The Boy 14 Bruce Springsteen Dancing In The Dark 15 Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Want To Have Fun 16 Duran Duran The Reflex 17 Cyndi Lauper Time After Time 18 Pointer Sisters Jump (For My Love) 19 Romantics Talking In Your Sleep 20 Laura Branigan Self Control 21 Prince and The Revolution Let's Go Crazy 22 Daryl Hall and John Oates Say It Isn't So 23 Thompson Twins Hold Me Now 24 Kool and The Gang Joanna 25 Stevie Wonder I Just Called To Say I Love You 26 Rockwell Somebody's Watching Me 27 Matthew Wilder Break My Stride 28 Nena 99 Luftballons 29 Dan Hartman I Can Dream About You 30 Sheila E. The Glamorous Life 31 Steve Perry Oh Sherrie 32 Lionel Richie Stuck On You 33 Elton John I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues 34 Cyndi Lauper She Bop 35 Madonna Borderline 36 Corey Hart Sunglasses At Night 37 Billy Idol Eyes Without A Face 38 Eurythmics Here Comes The Rain Again 39 Billy Joel Uptown Girl 40 Night Ranger Sister Christian 41 Cars Drive 42 Olivia Newton-John Twist Of Fate 43 Duran Duran Union Of The Snake 44 Huey Lewis and The News The Heart Of Rock 'N' Roll 45 Chicago Hard Habit To Break 46 Scandal The Warrior 47 Peabo Bryson If Ever You're In My Arms Again 48 Pointer Sisters Automatic 49 Shannon Let The Music Play 50 Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson To All The Girls I've Loved Before 51 Billy Ocean Caribbean Queen 52 Genesis That's All 53 Lionel Richie Running With The Night 54 Elton John Sad Songs (Say So Much) 55 Huey Lewis and The News I Want A New Drug 56 Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton Islands In The Stream 57 Pat Benatar Love Is A Battlefield 58 Rod Stewart Infatuation 59 Mike Reno and Ann Wilson Almost Paradise 60 ZZ Top Legs 61 Jacksons State Of Shock 62 Rick Springfield Love Somebody 63 Culture Club Miss Me Blind 64 Huey Lewis and The News If This Is It 65 Cars You Might Think 66 Madonna Lucky Star 67 Bruce Springsteen Cover Me 68 Quiet Riot Cum On Feel The Noize 69 Irene Cara Breakdance 70 Daryl Hall and John Oates Adult Education 71 Tracy Ullman They Don't Know 72 Billy Joel An Innocent Man 73 Bananarama Cruel Summer 74 Wang Chung Dance Hall Days 75 K.C. Give It Up 76 Pointer Sisters I'm So Excited 77 Ray Parker Jr. I Still Can't Get Over Loving You 78 Michael Jackson Thriller 79 Madonna Holiday 80 Ollie And Jerry Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us 81 John Lennon Nobody Told Me 82 Culture Club Church Of The Poison Mind 83 Christopher Cross Think Of Laura 84 Debarge Time Will Reveal 85 Police Wrapped Around Your Finger 86 John Cougar Mellencamp Pink Houses 87 Ratt Round And Round 88 Go-Go's Head Over Heels 89 Billy Joel The Longest Time 90 Kool and The Gang Tonight 91 Christine McVie Got A Hold On Me 92 Shalamar Dancing In The Sheets 93 Rolling Stones Undercover Of The Night 94 John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band On The Dark Side 95 Duran Duran New Moon On Monday 96 Peter Schilling Major Tom (Coming Home) 97 Cars Magic 98 Night Ranger When You Close Your Eyes 99 Billy Squier Rock Me Tonite 100 James Ingram and Michael McDonald Yah Mo B There
and ah... that Peter Schilling version of Major Tom.. Good times.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:20 am
popular music nowadays just doesn't have the same zing as the stuff from the 80s.
but then again maybe it does and i just think all of it sucks.
the radio means nothing to me now.
but then again maybe it does and i just think all of it sucks.
the radio means nothing to me now.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:26 am
I also find myself appreciating pop music from this era now even though I actively despised that music when I was a kid in the 80s. When I hear pop music from when I was in high school, I'm always surprised at how well crafted a lot of that shit really was as opposed to anything of that ilk I seem to hear now which just seems to be a hook repeated ad nauseum.Pisscubes wrote:This list really brings into focus how big radio was back then. I can hum almost all 100 of those songs, even the ones I don't remember actively liking. I don't know if I was just more receptive to things then, but I don't feel like today's popular music is on EVERYWHERE the way I feel like most of these songs were. Arcades, malls, cars, etc-- I feel like I couldn't walk 3 steps without hearing many of these 100 songs.
edit: oops I guess I just repeated Bunger's statement.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:30 am
Breaking my own rules...
She Bop is a fucking JAM.
She Bop is a fucking JAM.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:31 am
you can have lauper.\m/Johnny\m/ wrote:Breaking my own rules...
She Bop is a fucking JAM.
still does not top the collins / bailey tandem.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:42 am
After just a quick glance, I could swear a bunch of those songs are older than '84.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:44 am
MUSTARD TIGER
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:51 am
Glad to see this thread, this song is one of my 80s favorites...catchy and propulsive as FUCK, massive harmonies, big ol' drums, ripping guitar solo bridge, sweet ass pre-chorus key change, this is music to conquer life by.
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 10:52 am
songs crushes all falses with mystical nocturnal power
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:33 am
I don't think today's top 40 bands will have any careers at ribfests in 15 to 20 years. They may as well hang themselves when their bullet on the top 40 fades.Pisscubes wrote:This list really brings into focus how big radio was back then. I can hum almost all 100 of those songs, even the ones I don't remember actively liking. I don't know if I was just more receptive to things then, but I don't feel like today's popular music is on EVERYWHERE the way I feel like most of these songs were. Arcades, malls, cars, etc-- I feel like I couldn't walk 3 steps without hearing many of these 100 songs.a world of no wrote:i think any of the other top 100 of 1984 are more 1984 than this song though.\m/Johnny\m/ wrote:
This song IS 1984.SPOILERSPOILER_SHOWCode: Select all
1 Prince When Doves Cry 2 Tina Turner What's Love Got To Do With It 3 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson Say Say Say 4 Kenny Loggins Footloose 5 Phil Collins Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) 6 Van Halen Jump 7 Lionel Richie Hello 8 Yes Owner Of A Lonely Heart 9 Ray Parker Jr. Ghostbusters 10 Culture Club Karma Chameleon 11 John Waite Missing You 12 Lionel Richie All Night Long (All Night) 13 Deniece Williams Let's Hear It For The Boy 14 Bruce Springsteen Dancing In The Dark 15 Cyndi Lauper Girls Just Want To Have Fun 16 Duran Duran The Reflex 17 Cyndi Lauper Time After Time 18 Pointer Sisters Jump (For My Love) 19 Romantics Talking In Your Sleep 20 Laura Branigan Self Control 21 Prince and The Revolution Let's Go Crazy 22 Daryl Hall and John Oates Say It Isn't So 23 Thompson Twins Hold Me Now 24 Kool and The Gang Joanna 25 Stevie Wonder I Just Called To Say I Love You 26 Rockwell Somebody's Watching Me 27 Matthew Wilder Break My Stride 28 Nena 99 Luftballons 29 Dan Hartman I Can Dream About You 30 Sheila E. The Glamorous Life 31 Steve Perry Oh Sherrie 32 Lionel Richie Stuck On You 33 Elton John I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues 34 Cyndi Lauper She Bop 35 Madonna Borderline 36 Corey Hart Sunglasses At Night 37 Billy Idol Eyes Without A Face 38 Eurythmics Here Comes The Rain Again 39 Billy Joel Uptown Girl 40 Night Ranger Sister Christian 41 Cars Drive 42 Olivia Newton-John Twist Of Fate 43 Duran Duran Union Of The Snake 44 Huey Lewis and The News The Heart Of Rock 'N' Roll 45 Chicago Hard Habit To Break 46 Scandal The Warrior 47 Peabo Bryson If Ever You're In My Arms Again 48 Pointer Sisters Automatic 49 Shannon Let The Music Play 50 Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson To All The Girls I've Loved Before 51 Billy Ocean Caribbean Queen 52 Genesis That's All 53 Lionel Richie Running With The Night 54 Elton John Sad Songs (Say So Much) 55 Huey Lewis and The News I Want A New Drug 56 Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton Islands In The Stream 57 Pat Benatar Love Is A Battlefield 58 Rod Stewart Infatuation 59 Mike Reno and Ann Wilson Almost Paradise 60 ZZ Top Legs 61 Jacksons State Of Shock 62 Rick Springfield Love Somebody 63 Culture Club Miss Me Blind 64 Huey Lewis and The News If This Is It 65 Cars You Might Think 66 Madonna Lucky Star 67 Bruce Springsteen Cover Me 68 Quiet Riot Cum On Feel The Noize 69 Irene Cara Breakdance 70 Daryl Hall and John Oates Adult Education 71 Tracy Ullman They Don't Know 72 Billy Joel An Innocent Man 73 Bananarama Cruel Summer 74 Wang Chung Dance Hall Days 75 K.C. Give It Up 76 Pointer Sisters I'm So Excited 77 Ray Parker Jr. I Still Can't Get Over Loving You 78 Michael Jackson Thriller 79 Madonna Holiday 80 Ollie And Jerry Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us 81 John Lennon Nobody Told Me 82 Culture Club Church Of The Poison Mind 83 Christopher Cross Think Of Laura 84 Debarge Time Will Reveal 85 Police Wrapped Around Your Finger 86 John Cougar Mellencamp Pink Houses 87 Ratt Round And Round 88 Go-Go's Head Over Heels 89 Billy Joel The Longest Time 90 Kool and The Gang Tonight 91 Christine McVie Got A Hold On Me 92 Shalamar Dancing In The Sheets 93 Rolling Stones Undercover Of The Night 94 John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band On The Dark Side 95 Duran Duran New Moon On Monday 96 Peter Schilling Major Tom (Coming Home) 97 Cars Magic 98 Night Ranger When You Close Your Eyes 99 Billy Squier Rock Me Tonite 100 James Ingram and Michael McDonald Yah Mo B There
I can't say I even recognize the NAME of any one of these songs from 2012, much less "hum" it in 25 years.
http://www.top40charts.net/index.php?pa ... sic-charts
Re: Phil Collins and PHILIP BAILEY - Easy Lover
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 1:28 pm
I don't know how familiar you guys are with songwriting craft, but there's a noticeable difference between '80s pop and contemporary pop. Over time, harmonic complexity has diminished and homogenized. Our songs today use 1/3rd the amount of chord variety we did back then. Much worse, we don't change keys very often, and we barely modulate anymore. It used to be that songs would use secondary dominants to shift into the target I chord of new keys, we used pivot chord modulations, extensions and alterations, modes, etc. Now most pop music remains in a single key. Overall, we're moving away from harmonic content and more towards rhythmic content. Variation is accomplished through little frequency dynamic tricks and production. We are production-focused now. This means that you can pick up an acoustic guitar at a party and play some '80s tunes, and because the unique fingerprint of the song is there in the harmonic content, people recognize it—try to play a newer song and you're just playing standard C, E, G, A type chords, and all the fingerprint content is gone, since it's contained in the production tricks.