Barking Spiders Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Golden Brown is The Stranglers biggest selling hit so anyone trying out Rattus on the strength of that could be in for a bit of a shock 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) - Edited March 12, 2022 by Jus Lukin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 10 hours ago, Dood said: Disturbed. awwww wah ah ah ah! I would have thought now Disturbed for Sound of silence. People might be surprised that all their songs aren't that terrible! 7 hours ago, paul_5 said: Stevie Wonder's 'I just called to say I love you' The Cure's 'Friday I'm in love' Wouldn't have thought that either of those are hugely unrepresentative of their other output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicko Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Bjork, It's Oh So Quiet is only representative of an eclectic style and great voice. Van Halen's Jump is on the poppy side of their output and apart from the solo isn't a guitar based song 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Faith No More and "Easy"! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) - Edited March 12, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 3 hours ago, Bolo said: Not sure if that's accurate to the topic, as Don't Speak was preceded by 'I'm Just A Girl' ? That’s a new one on me. Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Yes and Owner of a Lonely Heart might qualify, but it could be argued that it was representative of their output at the time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Barking Spiders said: Golden Brown is The Stranglers biggest selling hit so anyone trying out Rattus on the strength of that could be in for a bit of a shock Always The Sun was another one one from their 'pop' period, and a totally pointless cover of All Day and All of the Night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britsie Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin. From the film Top Gun with Tom Cruise but not written by them. The single is a cheesy ballad but the album is full of modern rock-songs. I love the album but always skip the single. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I started discovering music from the very late 70s onwards, so was really finding my feet in the eighties. Whilst not any one band, or song in particular, I dismissed a lot of, mainly American, soft rock, synthy rubbish that was huge in the 80s, only to find later that those bands were a hard rocking outfit in the 70s, Boston, Cars, etc. In the same vein, solo artists that released the same type of material but had fronted much heavier rock bands earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Bolo said: Not sure if that's accurate to the topic, as Don't Speak was preceded by 'I'm Just A Girl' ? And the entire album is basically a feminist manifesto: smart, and musical to boot. The other tracks aren’t that different, just not as ballady. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Has anybody mentioned Captain Sensible and "Happy Talk"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Frankie Miller 'Darlin'. He is so much better than his one big hit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 1 hour ago, TheGreek said: Has anybody mentioned Captain Sensible and "Happy Talk"? yes. 😛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 3 hours ago, Woodinblack said: I would have thought now Disturbed for Sound of silence. People might be surprised that all their songs aren't that terrible! Wouldn't have thought that either of those are hugely unrepresentative of their other output. Yep, I'd say I Just Called is typical of SW's ballady stuff. As for The Cure, have they made any songs that are well known and which get regular airtime on major radio stations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: As for The Cure, have they made any songs that are well known and which get regular airtime on major radio stations? Friday I'm In Love is probably the most played, followed by Love Cats, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven and Lullaby I reckon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 4 hours ago, MrCrane said: Ralph McTell - Streets of London yes - Ralph McTell is a country blues player, having taken his stage name from Blind Willie McTell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 18 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said: As for The Cure, have they made any songs that are well known and which get regular airtime on major radio stations? I think 2019's inclusion in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame has put them very much back in the public eye. @Maude picked four good examples but with the 80s radio station at work we regularly hear Boys Don't Cry, Close to Me and Pictures of You as well. Plus songs like A Forest and Charlotte Sometimes get regular airplay on alternative radio stations. I can't imagine Robert Smith worries too much about paying his next electricity bill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 11 hours ago, paul_5 said: Stevie Wonder's 'I just called to say I love you' 4 hours ago, Woodinblack said: Wouldn't have thought that either of those are hugely unrepresentative of their other output. To my mind it is. Stevie Wonder's songbook is chock full of absolutely superb songs, whereas IJCTSILY is syrupy throwaway bollócks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Pachelbel. He was an organ and fugue composer of note, and his Canon and Gigue (jig) in D was lost and forgotten until the 1920s, when a single manuscript of the piece was discovered. As far as the public are concerned, it is his only hit, and was for 3 violins and "continuo" (bass) rather than organ. Tarrega was a virtuoso guitarists and composer, but is best known for two bars of music on a mobile phone - the Nokia ringtone, which forms part of his Grand Waltz. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 17 minutes ago, Cat Burrito said: I think 2019's inclusion in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame has put them very much back in the public eye. Which surely mean this has to get posted. Love it. 😄 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 24 minutes ago, Maude said: Which surely mean this has to get posted. Love it. 😄 So good isn't it?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Barking Spiders said: As for The Cure, have they made any songs that are well known and which get regular airtime on major radio stations? They have had 4 top tens and 23 top 30s, so I guess so! Lullaby and love cats were both higher placed than Friday Im in love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepb24 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 All About Eve are probably unfortunately best known for that TOTP appearance, while they did come up with the odd similar type of thing they could also rock with the best of them when they put their minds to it, especially on stage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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