Post by stefancrosscoe on Mar 9, 2023 16:28:27 GMT
Tried to look it up to see if any similar named threads were already posted, but could not find any.
Certain genres and styles is more nostalgic than others, and the so called Eurodance era of the early to mid 90s, never seems to fail to bring me back to the time when I started to first collect and purchase my own albums on CD, which was quite a big thing, since before that I had mostly older music tapes that would not last forever.
Another important factor, was the dominance of the best of collection albums, with tons of different artists, music styles and of course big hits all gathered onto one or two CDs.
Most of the names would only appear once, as they never again had another big hit, where as others would almost be included on all the popular best of releases, and sometimes not just with one hit but two at the same time.
I am by far not any big "expert" on Eurodance, but I guess it was something which arrived in the late 80s from stuff like Italo dance, synthpop, and the rise of more watered down hip-hop, all blending into something that managed to come with an instant hook early on, and usually have a very sexy female singer/dancer and some random "tough guy" MC doing his rapping routine midways. While most of the music and lyrics were probably done by some high in demand italian or german producers/songwriters teams.
Well, I guess there are not often I go through an entire record of Eurodance music, the few times I have attempted on doing so, and not through a best of release of different kind of names, but just one act alone, it has been quite a letdown. One or two big hits, but the rest is either typical filler material, or something I can barely get through without pushing the skip button for all its worth.
Anyway, I might be among few who will post a few songs every now and then, or hopefully not. But could be interesting and fun to see if any other in here have a soft spot for this kind of music, and maybe get to find some older or newer unheard classics.
I think I just start up with one of those which I have heard many, many times over, but for me it sums up everything that I like about the music, even if it probably arrived during a time when the whole Eurodance movement had seen better days.
2 Unlimited - Here I Go (1995)
Certain genres and styles is more nostalgic than others, and the so called Eurodance era of the early to mid 90s, never seems to fail to bring me back to the time when I started to first collect and purchase my own albums on CD, which was quite a big thing, since before that I had mostly older music tapes that would not last forever.
Another important factor, was the dominance of the best of collection albums, with tons of different artists, music styles and of course big hits all gathered onto one or two CDs.
Most of the names would only appear once, as they never again had another big hit, where as others would almost be included on all the popular best of releases, and sometimes not just with one hit but two at the same time.
I am by far not any big "expert" on Eurodance, but I guess it was something which arrived in the late 80s from stuff like Italo dance, synthpop, and the rise of more watered down hip-hop, all blending into something that managed to come with an instant hook early on, and usually have a very sexy female singer/dancer and some random "tough guy" MC doing his rapping routine midways. While most of the music and lyrics were probably done by some high in demand italian or german producers/songwriters teams.
Well, I guess there are not often I go through an entire record of Eurodance music, the few times I have attempted on doing so, and not through a best of release of different kind of names, but just one act alone, it has been quite a letdown. One or two big hits, but the rest is either typical filler material, or something I can barely get through without pushing the skip button for all its worth.
Anyway, I might be among few who will post a few songs every now and then, or hopefully not. But could be interesting and fun to see if any other in here have a soft spot for this kind of music, and maybe get to find some older or newer unheard classics.
I think I just start up with one of those which I have heard many, many times over, but for me it sums up everything that I like about the music, even if it probably arrived during a time when the whole Eurodance movement had seen better days.
2 Unlimited - Here I Go (1995)