Return of the Son of Jukebox Thread

[Christopher Robin]

3 minutes ago, Solarverse said:

@Christopher Robin Did somebody say the 80's? And with that note, goodnight, people.  🙂

Someone did indeed.

Funny most people I talk to know that song but cannot remember who sings it. Ah delicious irony.

 

This is one of those songs that kinda says it all.

 

 

[Heraclea]

What the '80s were like at their best:

 

Radio Birdman - The Man with the Golden Helmet

Edited December 29, 2019 by Heraclea

[Christopher Robin]

Keeping with the 80's

 

 

[Heraclea]

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Fireworks

[Heraclea]

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

[boggo2300]

 

[siolfir]

Well, if we're going with 80s and iconic guitar intros...

(chosen over Paradise City because the intro is all guitar: for both songs you know what it is on the first note)

 

[Christopher Robin]

@siolfir True, and a great pick. Honestly you could say that about most anything Slash did. His sound is iconic.

Heart's is special to me for a few reasons, it was done by a woman at a time where there were few prominent female rockers,

many of the more recent guitar gods like Slash, Eddy Van Halen, Nuno Bettencourt etc have sited Nancy as an influence... and it's acoustic.

   

Speaking of prominent women, strut those million dollar legs Tina!

Fun Fact:

Spoiler

Million dollar legs is a actually a literal attribution as Tina Turner had her legs insured by Lloyds of London for 1.6 million dollars... each.

 

 

 

Edited December 29, 2019 by Christopher Robin

[siolfir]

5 minutes ago, Christopher Robin said:

@siolfir True, and a great pick. Honestly you could say that about most anything Slash did. His sound is iconic.

Heart's is special to me for a few reasons, it was done by a woman at a time where there were few prominent female rockers,

many of the more recent guitar gods like Slash, Eddy Van Halen, Nuno Bettencourt etc have sited Nancy as an influence... and it's acoustic.  

Well, it's not done by a woman, but if you want acoustic intros:

 

[Christopher Robin]

You know I don't think I've ever heard that particular Rush song before.

I'll have to give it a listen later when I can devote my undivided attention rather

than having it play as background music while working on other things. Thanks @siolfir

 

 

Sidenote: I'm not sure why the original version of the video doesn't come up on YT

but I was able to find it on Vimeo. Might want to grab a copy in case it is becoming scarce.

 

It's poetry in motion.

 

 

Edited December 29, 2019 by Christopher Robin

[siolfir]

6 minutes ago, Christopher Robin said:

You know I don't think I've ever heard that particular Rush song before.

According to songfacts, it was supposed to be the original introduction to The Trees, but the producer (Terry Brown, aka Broon) didn't like it so it was cut for the album version. They played it for a couple of tours, which is how it got recorded for Exit..Stage Left and listed as Broon's Bane.

[Christopher Robin]

Good to know.

 

Speaking, a bit earlier, about impressive guitarists and, even earlier, about

creatures erupting from the stage during a show, made me remember this little gem.

 

Yngwie Malmsteen isn't a name that just rolls off the tongue but he was no slouch on the axe himself.

 

I feel like they threw a little of everything into this video. Wizards, check! Explosions and laser light show, check!

Cheesy special FX and an epic guitar solo, double check! Fire breathing dragons, you bet! Chunky Conan wannabe, check! Wait wut? 

 

 

 

Edited December 29, 2019 by Christopher Robin

[Heraclea]

Elvis Costello - Waiting for the End of the World

[Barbarette]

Oh. I'd not heard of Radio Birdman and I thought No Myth was a 90's song.

Here is my fav Heart song.

 

 

 

[boggo2300]

 

[boggo2300]

Never underestimate the awesome of Malmsteen

 

[boggo2300]

Michael Schenker is Rudy Shenker (Lead singer of the Scorpions Brother) plus how awesome is it the band is called M.S.G.

 

 

[boggo2300]

Staying with the awesome of German Metal of the 70-80's

 

[boggo2300]

Later in time, from the end of the 80's 

 

[boggo2300]

And my final instalment in tonight's German Metal of the 70-80's (yes I know Yngwie is Swedish, and Manowar American)

 

Edited December 30, 2019 by boggo2300

[Heraclea]

Billie Davis - Whatcha Gonna Do

[Oubliette_Red]

Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

 

[Oubliette_Red]

"Weird Al" Yankovic - Headline News

 

[Roughtrade]

Uncertain if anyone has done this one yet.  Probly, but worth a second viewing...

 

 

[catsi563]

 

Jigsaw - Sky High

 

while were bending back into some classics