One Thousand Songs from the 1980's: 1989

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Songs 305-307

I'm suffering from a bit of burnout when it comes to this blog and I'm feeling a little lazy so today's songs are a bit of a cheat. Hollywood Rose - Anything Goes (1984)

L.A. Guns - The Battle of Jayne (1989)

Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine (1987)

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Songs 299-301

To celebrate the 300th song on this blog, we'll end this post with a special performer for the ladies. But first...
Xymox - Obsession (1989)

Ministry - I Wanted to Tell Her (1983)

And now, an artist who had many hits in the 1980's. I'm putting my favorite. I want to tell you that I love this song, but the point is probably moot. So without further ado....
Rick Springfield - Rock of Life (1988)

What's that? That's not the song you think of when you think of Rick Springfield? You want to hear the song he's better known for? Fine. Don't say I never give you anything.
Rick Springfield - Honeymoon in Beirut (1988)

Really? That's not the song you were thinking of either? Something older? I guess you were a General Hospital fan. Here's Jessie's Girl (1981)

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Songs 233-235

So yesterday Casey Neistat posted this video:

where he mentions the 80's metal band Anvil so I decided to include Anvil today. Here's Straight Between the Eyes (1987)

I figured you can't have an anvil without a hammer so here is MC Hammer with Pump It Up (1988)

Then if you have a hammer you should have Nine Inch Nails. Head Like A Hole (1989)

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Songs 209-211

Breaking out songs I love today. Thomas Dolby - Blinded Me with Science (1982)

I actually bought this album on it's release date. The first time I ever did such a thing. Richard Marx - Don't Mean Nothing (1987)

Erasure - Piano Song (1989)

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Songs 203-205

Taking a break from the popular tunes today and shifting to some classical music. I had hesitated to do so because much of classical music recordings are performances of older songs. Can we really call them tunes of the (19) eighties if they were written in the 19th century? I'm doing so because these particular recordings were notable for the era, at least for me. Beginning with the Marsalis brothers. As a sax player, listening to Branford was very important to my growth as a player. He demonstrated that the sax could be played in any setting. This is Arabesque No. 1 by Claude DeBussy off of Branford's Romances for the Saxophone album (1986)

I also enjoyed listening to Wynton because of how awesome he was. There is no shame in working hard and aspiring to have technical and musical chops like Wynton demonstrated on Carnival of Venice (also 1986)

Finish up with someone who was a very straightforward traditional classical performer in the eighties but has since done anything and everything. Yo-Yo Ma first broke out of the normal classical recordings with an album of Cole Porter jazz tunes in 1989. Here's Anything Goes (1989)