Just did a search and didn't see a topic/poll about this, so here goes. :)

Early decade songs like "Young Turks" and "Tonight I'm Yours" shows him moving into the pop/new wave style, but still sounding a bit like his 70's hard rock days. By decade's end, he was inching closer to the lite/AC rock style he'd end up doing in the 90's and today, with songs like "Forever Young," but basically the whole decade was his best time IMHO.

I didn't really hear much of his still until about 1991-93 upon watching MTV/VH1. However, I did know "Some Guys Have All the Luck" which is still my favorite song of his -- very upbeat and fun pop/rock, almost sounds like dance music. :D

What are your thoughts on Rod in the 80's?

Or, for those who fully experienced it, what was he like at the time, what did you think of him, etc? He's, to me, a great example of an older artist staying with the times really well. I heard he turned 60 a few months back, which means he was about 36-46 in the 80's, but from all I've observed, didn't seem it.

I like, "Some Guys Have All the Luck" followed by "Passion" (even though it was mine and an ex-boyfriend's song.  ::))






Cat

Some Guys have All the Luck
Love Touch

Some guys have all the luck

I have his greatest hits and I love them all.  I really like This old heart of mine too  :)

My favourite: "Every Beat Of My Heart"
Through these misty eyes
I see lonely skyes
Lonely road to Babylon
Where's my family?
And my country?
Heaven knows where I belong. :)

this is a fun topic  :)

My Heart Can't Tell You No got my vote followed by Baby Jane..i have the '45  :)

I like "Infatuation"...especially the video versions with Kay Lenz. I also like the "Lost In You" video...as for songs...I like them all :)

Other.
Nothing.

Something happened to Rod Stewart in the '70s. He was never as good as he was during his "Every Picture Tells a Story" and "Never a Dull Moment" days.

His only song worth listening to in the last 30 years has been 1991's "Broken Arrow", and he didn't even write it.

Other, the prefered the earlier Rod Stewart too.

Tonight I'm Yours
Downtown Train
My Heart Can't Tell You No

Tanya

Hey, it's cool to see the responses here.

I've gone back and listened to the Out of Order album since I made this thread and I like "Lost in You" more than I remembered. Andy Taylor of the Power Station produced it, and it kinda rings a bell to their "Some Like it Hot" (especially the guitar) - rocks pretty hard compared to much of his more recent work.

Some Guys have All the Luck

other:  What Am I Gonna Do (I'm So in Love With You), a song rarely heard these days

Here's Rod's hits of the 80s (Some years might be off depending on what country each song charted in)

NOTE:  'This Old Heart of Mine' and 'Downtown Train' both peaked in 1990



1980 - (If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
1980 - I Don't Want to Talk About It
1980 - Passion
1980 - My Girl
1981 - Somebody Special
1981 - Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)
1981 - Young Turks
1982 - How Long
1983 - Baby Jane
1983 - What Am I Gonna Do (I'm So in Love With You)
1983 - Sweet Surrender
1984 - Infatuation
1984 - Some Guys Have All the Luck
1984 - All Right Now
1984 - Trouble
1985 - People Get Ready <w/ Jeff Beck>
1986 - Love Touch
1986 - Every Beat of My Heart
1986 - Another Heartache
1987 - In My Life
1987 - Sailing '87
1987 - Twistin' the Night Away '87
1988 - Lost in You
1988 - Forever Young
1988 - My Heart Can't Tell Me No
1989 - Crazy About Her