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People hate on Stevie's 80s stuff cause it wasn't the 70s stuff, not because it wasn't good. And that's a shame cause his 80s stuff is fantastic. In Square Circle is one of my favorite Stevie albums.
6. "Red, easily. A lot of black 70's acts released notable songs in the 80's..." In response to Reply # 0
Stephanie Mills, Patti Labelle, Chaka Khan, Cameo, The Gap Band, and plenty others made popular, credible music in the 80's. And almost all those timeless jheri-curl funk anthems were made by 70's carryovers.
>Stephanie Mills, Patti Labelle, Chaka Khan, Cameo, The Gap >Band, and plenty others made popular, credible music in the >80's. And almost all those timeless jheri-curl funk anthems >were made by 70's carryovers.
some might even argue that Cameo had MORE success in the 80's than they did in the 70's. ( Chaka Khan too, for that matter. The majority of her Solo releases were in the 80's and beyond)
As a swede, I have no natural relationsip to tat band but I unfortunately saw a concert-tape a sbort wbile ago and it was about as "rock" as sting, Pil Collins or Clapton... Sad, sad shit and so limp-dicked I couldn't believe "stoners" turned to dis band; sounded yuppie-rock as fuck to me but I assume dey had more balls initially...
Anyway, QOTSA is a good example of a band wo managed to go beyond de distinctively 90's Kyuss/Stoner-rock quality to a more 00's mainstrean-edgy sensibility...
Overall doug, I can't relate to any of deez alternatives... De non-issue 60's-70's transition works for R&b but not rock. Meanwbile, I tink most 70's acts made asses 0out of demselves in de 80's and most 80's acts were wiped away completely in de 90's...
10. "RE: 70's artists in the 80s vs 80s artists in the 90s vs 90s artists in ..." In response to Reply # 0
I think this poll is less about the individual artists and more about when shifts in musicals styles and taste happened.
Most R&B stars could make the transition from the late seventies to the early eighties because the music didn't change as dramatically (it stayed in the kinda post-disco/quiet storm lane for a few years into the eighties).
The transition between the late eighties and early nineties was much more jarring with the arrival of new jack swing and hip-hop based R&B. That was mush harder for established R&B stars to deal with.
>I think this poll is less about the individual artists and >more about when shifts in musicals styles and taste happened. > > >Most R&B stars could make the transition from the late >seventies to the early eighties because the music didn't >change as dramatically (it stayed in the kinda >post-disco/quiet storm lane for a few years into the >eighties).
A LOT of those earlier artists *turned into* that, though. Meaning, once that shift happened, they spent the rest of their careers making ballads, love songs, etc. Not too many of them made any uptempo records anymore. Could it be said that this is also the era when "Adult Contemporary Radio" was born?
> >The transition between the late eighties and early nineties >was much more jarring with the arrival of new jack swing and >hip-hop based R&B. That was mush harder for established R&B >stars to deal with.
You're right....adult contemporary was a refuge for a lot of older R&B acts because that was about as close to "traditional" R&B as they could get (and stay relevant).
The rise of videos also made it harder for older acts to keep doing uptempo stuff which reinforced them staying in the adult contemporary lane.
But at least the eighties had adult contemporary as a refuge. The nineties had no place to hide from the hip-hop/new jack swing monster....
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