Post by stefancrosscoe on Apr 26, 2021 9:23:36 GMT
Apr 26, 2021 8:17:32 GMT @deblovesbeccy said:
I will reply to more of this post and your other one when I am on next time and have more time to write a longer reply 'cause I don't want to rush out short replies to you but I wanted to let you know the Psychedelic Furs did have a new album out last year and there were a few bands that released new albums last year that hadn't for a long time and Blue Oyster Cult released their album, 'The Symbol Remains' which was their first studio album of brand new material since 2001 and I really liked that one and it is worth checking out if you are a fan. Journey, Heart, Night Ranger and the Scorpions are all said to be having new albums coming out this year and Cheap Trick recently released a new one called 'In Another World' and two of the members of Toto released new solo albums and I was curious if you listen to new albums by many Rock bands or mostly stick to their classics 'cause I think some of them are still putting out good songs that are very underrated 'cause mainstream radio stations only seem to promote their classics which Deep Purple addressed in one of their songs. Two Classic Rock bands that are not very well known here but I really like are Magnum and UFO and have you heard of any of their songs 'cause I think you might like them judging on the Artists and Bands you do like and I am surprised both of them were not bigger. 
I only have two Blue Oyster Cult albums, Secret Treaties and Agents of Fortune, and where the latter one, is probably a bit stronger, or so I believe. Yet some of the tracks on Secret Treaties, are just amazing, so I guess I will have to dig a bit further in, with a few more of their releases.
Also, I do not listen to that much new music, even by some of my favorite artists, which I guess is kind of a weird way of being a bit "afraid" of being let down, but if I am gonna play it out like that, I guess I will never get to know if would have loved the new stuff, nor not.
Apr 26, 2021 8:17:32 GMT @deblovesbeccy said:
Also who was your first favourite band? Mine was Bon Jovi and I am still a big fan of theirs now and own all their albums and seen them in concert more times than I can remember and I didn't have MTV in the 80s and it wasn't until getting Foxtel after Galaxy went broke I had MTV but by then it had started to change and was playing a lot of Reality TV Shows and I heard MTV was the best in the 80s 'cause it played music videos all day long and they ruined it by putting too many non music programs on the channel. However, I still do own several of Scooter and their 90s albums, which I gotta say, is not all terrible, even though they never became the critics "darlings".
While they probably are most famous for their more upbeat party-dance/techno sound, they also provided lots of very beautiful and surprisingly well made instrumental and b-sides, which for me, were another important reason to why I fell so much in love with their music back then.
I think they are among the best selling german act, along with Modern Talking, and I guess are still alive, even though the only original member left, is the vocalist/front man H.P. Baxxter, where as the former members would drop of, from time to time.
For me, I guess the period between 1994-1999 is where I feel they had their creative and commercial heyday, of course they would still be very productive and delivering probably even bigger hits, than ever, the years following, but it was just not quite the same, as earlier.
They actually started out during the 80s, as a new wave or synthpop act, called Celebrate the Nun, had a few hits, but then re-started into the early 90s, as a dance/remix project, known as The Loop!, but decided that whay make music for other artists, who then go on and have success, while they could just as easily make their own hits and enjoy the same success, so Scooter were born around 1993-94, and I guess the rest is history.
They often reference, sample and cover 70s and 80s hits and artists, specially Kiss, Depeche Mode, Billy Idol, Supertramp and a whole bunch of new wave and synthpop artists as well, but I think they did it best, when they put out instrumental songs, which sadly often were overshadowed by the vocal stuff.
Anyway, what I love about their earlier and more instrumental music, is how they combined soothing and relaxing melodies with some incredible upbeat and very dancable music and beats. Layer upon layer of great stuff, and where some I feel, sounds way more impressive, after all these years, than their more famous hit singles.
Of course, it helps out, that I played these till almost "death", back in the days, but they still have so much warm and feel-good atmosphere to them, that I just never tire of re-listen to them.
Rhapsody in E (1994)
Back in Time (1995)
Different Reality (1995)
Beautiful Vibes (1995)
Coldwater Canyon (1996)
Tonight (1997)
Bon Jovi, I gotta admit, I have not heard that many albums of them, but they were surely among the 80s bands, who survived the "grunge attack" in the early 90s, and seemed to come out even stronger, which surely could not be said, of many of the other 80s rockers, who either fell apart, or just got completely "wiped out".