Members veracohr Posted September 11, 2010 Members Share Posted September 11, 2010 Since I know you were all waiting for the official return of 80's-style pop, here it is: SW05tcG3Fgw OK, honestly I know nothing of current pop music so it's entirely possible this isn't news at all, but I just came across this. The video scares me, but I guess the music isn't bad for what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted September 11, 2010 Members Share Posted September 11, 2010 The 80s have been back for a long time. How else could bands like Interpol and Bloc Party have any purchase in the culture? And isn't Katy Perry just sort of a Waitresses song turned into a persona? So... is Robyn like Elmer Fudd's illegitimate love child or something? In addition to the Fudd-esque looks, she actually sings: "Somebody said you've got a new fwend..." This is very cosmic, because in 1980 my punk band (which eventually was called Machine Dog) was, for two weeks, the Wacky Wabbits. Digging a little: looks like Robyn (born Robin Miriam Carlsson in 1979) is definitely on to the music of her infancy. Her album released this year actually seems to be titled Body Talk Pt 1. (What's really scary is there are about 20 albums by various artists with close variations on Body Talk as the title.) She was apparently a child star in Sweden, writing themes for several TV shows when she was 11 or 12 in. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 I liked it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members veracohr Posted September 12, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 12, 2010 Didn't Interpol START in the 80's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted September 12, 2010 Members Share Posted September 12, 2010 Didn't Interpol START in the 80's? Nah... they just sound like that. They're relative youngsters, starting in '97. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol_%28band%29 I actually have enjoyed a fair amount of Interpol's earlier work but the last album I listened to was so thoroughly, grotesquely squashed that there simply was no volume level that it was listenable at. The 'mastering engineer' really screwed the record into the ground. I just can't imagine WTF the production team was thinking. To me, Interpol is sort of what I probably wanted New Order to have been. (I loved Joy Division and wanted to love New Order. I wasn't really falling for their music before I went to see them their first time in Cali (where I saw them in Billy Barty's old disco roller rink, of all places) but I still really wanted to like them. But it was like watching apathetic robots going through the motions... one of the most thoroughly disappointing, flat, lifeless, disaffected, uninvolving shows I can think of off the top of my head. There was nothing really wrong with it -- hell, it was mostly robots, some guitar, and some singing... but it was just so joyless. Pun possibly intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Philter Posted September 12, 2010 Members Share Posted September 12, 2010 Kickass vocal mix. Pop music is great. I really like how normal looking she is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cry Logic Posted September 12, 2010 Members Share Posted September 12, 2010 Robyn is a big star in Sweden and around the world in the dance/pop scene.My favorite thing she's done was a song she did with R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted September 12, 2010 Members Share Posted September 12, 2010 Synthpop lives! released 2009[YOUTUBE]Kk8eJh4i8Lo[/YOUTUBE] released 2008[YOUTUBE]eAev1ZjE3dI[/YOUTUBE] released 2007[YOUTUBE]spF8yc-S070[/YOUTUBE] nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FranklinWalker Posted September 12, 2010 Members Share Posted September 12, 2010 i am 80's too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roy Brooks Posted September 12, 2010 Members Share Posted September 12, 2010 I like the music on all the YouTubes that were posted in this thread. But I don't care for the singing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted September 12, 2010 Moderators Share Posted September 12, 2010 I loved Robyn in the 90's and I love her new stuff. BTW, I think her punky elf club chick vibe is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members timmit65 Posted September 13, 2010 Members Share Posted September 13, 2010 It's about time! Can I start wearing skinny ties again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted September 13, 2010 Members Share Posted September 13, 2010 It's about time! Can I start wearing skinny ties again? God, I hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted September 13, 2010 Members Share Posted September 13, 2010 '80s are already on their way out, gents. Sorry you missed them the second time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bookumdano2 Posted September 13, 2010 Members Share Posted September 13, 2010 I really liked Yes in the 70's but as anyone can see here, they really came into being something very special in the 80s. Love that 80's style and Just look at the size of the audience at exactly 2:20 - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted September 13, 2010 Members Share Posted September 13, 2010 That first record, in its construction, melody and harmony, is almost the same thing as a Faith Hill or Shania Twain record... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted September 13, 2010 Members Share Posted September 13, 2010 I LOVE 80s music, but this recent regurgitation of the old synthpop sound is extremely uninspired. Back in the '80s people were actually doing something original and cutting edge, pushing the limits of the technology they had at the time. They certainly aren't pushing the limits of the technology afforded them today. Besides, this is my favorite Robyn song and video: fdTucUya9YE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spokenward Posted September 13, 2010 Members Share Posted September 13, 2010 Besides, this is my favorite Robyn song and video: This video ends with the visual homage to "Looney Tunes" that Blue suspected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members veracohr Posted September 13, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 13, 2010 '80s are already on their way out, gents. Sorry you missed them the second time around. Damnit! I was waiting for the appropriate time to get a big glam metal hairdo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted September 13, 2010 Members Share Posted September 13, 2010 So it's about time for the 90s to be recycled as nostalgia I suppose. Will guys all start singing like the Creed guy again now? The nostalgia-cycle is pretty short these days. But then, Elvis Costello was co-opting Buddy Holly visual nostalgia vibes in 1976, a mere 17 years after Holly died. So by that timescale, approx 1993 is up for recycling.....let's see, big names that year: the Cranberries, Depeche Mode, Counting Crows, Nirvana, U2, Bjork's Debut..... nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted September 14, 2010 Members Share Posted September 14, 2010 Since I know you were all waiting for the official return of 80's-style pop, here it is: So Lady Gaga didn't qualify? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members veracohr Posted September 14, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 14, 2010 So Lady Gaga didn't qualify? I don't know, like I said, I don't know much about pop music. But I saw that video and immediately thought "wow that's 80's!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted September 14, 2010 Members Share Posted September 14, 2010 So Lady Gaga didn't qualify? Lady Gaga's music has a lot of retro '80s elements, yet is still modern enough to keep it from being a total retro rehash. If anything, the relatively-modern day trance music influence has been more prevalent in her music than the '80s stuff. Remember there were no supersaw waves back in the '80s, and the supersaw sound is what's all over "Pokerface," "Bad Romance" and "Paparazzi." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ethanpol Posted September 15, 2010 Members Share Posted September 15, 2010 It's very difficult to say that which musics are good to hear. But i like 80's music. They are rely good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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