I thought of this thread the other day when I heard Kenny Loggins' "This Is It" on the radio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS52sEUqxMo
― eisimpleir (crüt), Thursday, 17 June 2021 00:49 (three years ago) link
“These Dreams” definitely feels like a food court where aims have lunch during a mall-job shift, or a strip club mid-afternoon with only a few isolated patrons scattered around the place.
― too cool for zen talk (Eazy), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
hell yeah, crutCan I get a hell yeah to this spacey loggins epic?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAq0oonN9Kc
― brimstead, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 19:08 (two years ago) link
"This is It" was ruined for me (relatively speaking) because I think it was used as the theme to some news show in Philadelphia when I was a kid.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
That's exactly the reason why the song is iconic to me.
― enochroot, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
I can't find it right now but didn't we have a list thread somewhere of songs that are about giving it your all, going for it, reaching for the stars, not givin' up, etc.?
Like "Man in Motion," "This is It," and other inspiring songs that go well over the training montage in an 80s action movie?
― Ludacristine McVie (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 21:26 (two years ago) link
oh wait, now I found it
Cheesy '80s Songs About Heart and Soul and Overcoming and Winning and Givin' it All That You Got (RIYL Action Movies and Training Montages and Cocaine)
― Ludacristine McVie (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 21:28 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogMKZ5Zto2Q
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Thursday, 24 June 2021 11:33 (two years ago) link
Ooh, that's a good one. Just moody enough.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 June 2021 12:23 (two years ago) link
These Dreams is one of my favorite Heart songs.
― Kind regards, Anus (the table is the table), Tuesday, 7 September 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
the gold standard for this has always been the blue nile for me
I wouldn't classify the blue nile as AOR
I like These Dreams a lot.
― akm, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 21:05 (two years ago) link
This track was a pretty big FM radio tune (at least where I was at) that Mark Sandman really did not get with Morphine. (Although Morphine was a pretty hip group seemingly loved by NPR and college stations somewhat even today I suppose.)
I had not heard for a long time until I heard it in the piped music at the local Redi Mart (which plays all sorts of wacky stuff that you would not expect in a small town in KY - LOTS OF Depeche, New Order and Cure...deep cut 80s stuff).
Treat Her Right - I Think She Likes Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyOo-aheGIU
― earlnash, Tuesday, 7 September 2021 23:51 (two years ago) link
That blues harp dude is inexcusable.
― enochroot, Wednesday, 8 September 2021 01:35 (two years ago) link
i'll submit player, "baby come back"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLtmmFjxSoc
― andrew m., Thursday, 16 September 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
occurs to me now that it could as easily have been a hall n oates jam.
― andrew m., Thursday, 16 September 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
for rnb equivalents, I'll submit jermaine jackson, do what you dohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sneQ1AaIbC0
― andrew m., Thursday, 16 September 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
ozark mountain daredevils, "jackie blue"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xuW-aI-haw
― andrew m., Thursday, 16 September 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
I don't know if "Holdin' on to Yesterday" ever got played on AOR; it didn't on my local station. I don't even remember it much on Top 40, though it charted at #17 on US Billboard. Love this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1jeVdUo1-I
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 16 September 2021 17:00 (two years ago) link
This genre can feel creepy or spooky in a good way, especially if you're out in the middle of nowhere and all you have to listen to is a classic rock station.
Was never much of a Journey fan, but in recent years, I discovered "Who's Cryin' Now" as kind of creepy.
A favorite of mine has always been Pat Benatar's "I'm Gonna Follow You".
― Night of Olay: The Resurrection (I M Losted), Thursday, 16 September 2021 17:22 (two years ago) link
xp The Ambrosia song got played a lot on the AOR stations I listened to up until the mid Eighties.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Thursday, 16 September 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
Yeah, in retrospect maybe it got played on mine back then, but it's now been focus-grouped off the playlist.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 16 September 2021 17:50 (two years ago) link
Firefall's "Strange Way" fits in with "70s AOR that stayed around in the moody mid-80s."
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 16 September 2021 18:00 (two years ago) link
38 Special, "You Got The Deal":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLsEm8pku_M
I lived my life one way too longDeal me straight, I can't go wrongA gambler's fate's in the cards he takesAnd now I know it's just a mistake
― aegis philbin (crüt), Friday, 17 September 2021 00:25 (two years ago) link
Noel emits posted “burning feeling” earlier but this is my fav lovelock jam:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8tJDPoknXA
― brimstead, Friday, 17 September 2021 01:43 (two years ago) link
Speaking of .38 Special, does this fit the bill, too?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRkaPdfjzEk
Very bittersweet montage/end-credits ballad vibe, but the tempo might be just mid-tempo enough to work.
BTW, lovely youtube comment:
My Girl and I had just split prior to my 3rd deployment to Iraq. Friends of mine acquired tickets to see 38 Special in Dallas. what I didn't know was they had managed to meet with band members and during the concert my Girl and I were called on stage and they played this song for us while we danced. We have been married for 16 years now. I proposed that night. A night I will never forget.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 8 October 2021 19:50 (two years ago) link
That is lovely, but it also reminds me of @IraParks from Twitter who tweets out fake YouTube comments that have exactly the same kind of rhythm as that.
― Josefa, Friday, 8 October 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
Well I got shagged to this song in the bathroom of a Wendy's
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Friday, 8 October 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
how was the baked potato?
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 October 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
You should have seen the salad bar.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Friday, 8 October 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
Right in front of my salad bar.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 8 October 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link
I might be stretching to meet the criteria, and I'm not sure these are worthy of praise, but here are a few I thought of. Purposely not embedded...
Emerson Lake & Powell - Touch & GoThe Hooters - All You ZombiesThe Firm - Satisfaction Guaranteed
― beard papa, Saturday, 9 October 2021 00:07 (two years ago) link
Olivia Newton-John “Magic” is core curriculum for me in this area, so smooth and ominous
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Saturday, 9 October 2021 02:24 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8thfhpKzYg
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Thursday, 11 May 2023 02:46 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbHiY-DvMg0
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Thursday, 11 May 2023 02:52 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3soJBmu_cFI
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Thursday, 11 May 2023 02:54 (one year ago) link
thread desperately needs a spotify playlist.
surprised there's not an AI tool that can scrape the text and youtube links and uh, do that for us.
― anza808, Thursday, 11 May 2023 03:27 (one year ago) link
Pet Shop Boys - "Later" Duran Duran - "Save A Prayer"
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Thursday, 11 May 2023 03:54 (one year ago) link
I made one a while backhttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/17ioxB7tYdJvbZFaMksZFi?si=HZzWmro3Sd-SDfWn985Q2A
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 11 May 2023 05:52 (one year ago) link
Benjamin Orr "Stay the Night"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ySLmwsfP4Q
― coolgnoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 11 May 2023 06:17 (one year ago) link
Foreigner "Waiting for a Girl Like You", similar vibe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIdfPBmUAXc
― coolgnoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 11 May 2023 06:25 (one year ago) link
Walter Egan - "Hot Summer Nights"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oZyT9z9Fmc
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 11 May 2023 06:28 (one year ago) link
I can't tell you why
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odcn6qk94bs
― coolgnoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 11 May 2023 06:39 (one year ago) link
Electric Light Orchestra – Sorrow About To Fallhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnAbyd8oT-E
― c u (crüt), Thursday, 11 May 2023 06:47 (one year ago) link
surprised benny mardones "into the night" had never been mentioned
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 11 May 2023 06:56 (one year ago) link
Pedo anthem
― coolgnoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 11 May 2023 08:13 (one year ago) link
Too croony, not moody.
― enochroot, Thursday, 11 May 2023 13:13 (one year ago) link
"Waiting for a Girl like You" and "I Can't Tell You Why" mentioned in the first post
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Thursday, 11 May 2023 13:56 (one year ago) link
My bad, President K. Both tracks still rock tho
― coolgnoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 11 May 2023 14:14 (one year ago) link
added egan, elo, eagles (which i missed somehow), and benjamin orr to the playlist - all great picks
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 11 May 2023 14:35 (one year ago) link
that Orr song rules. a childhood favorite that I only rediscovered a year ago
― Qeq-hauau-ent-pehui (Neanderthal), Thursday, 11 May 2023 14:52 (one year ago) link