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Subject: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: whistledog on 09/24/13 at 8:48 pm
I'm pretty sure this topic exists, but I am lazy to look, so why not get a fresh perspective.
I am not a fan of all country music, but I do enjoy the little country ditty here and there, and the 80s had quite a few that I liked.
Deborah Allen - I've Been Wrong Before (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ4lALuMZcc
Atlanta - Sweet Country Music (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31yusmmNMpA
Anne Murray - Now and Forever (You and Me) (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTGHn-yZVo0
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: yearofthemonkey on 09/25/13 at 6:10 am
I always sing this when I'm looking for something and the light isn't on:
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Fishin' in the Dark (1987)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh3ml8gzrd4
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: Howard on 09/25/13 at 6:29 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAyDmJvjxbg
Johnny Lee- Lookin For Love
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: Paul on 09/25/13 at 12:26 pm
Although it did have a hardcore following, country music meant diddley squat to us over the ocean...
So much so, that out of the countless #1 country hits from that entire decade, just two (!) sold enough copies to get into our upper circle!
Funnily enough, both Kenny Rogers songs -'Coward Of The County' (#1 - 1980) and 'Islands In The Stream' (with Dolly Parton - #7 - 1983)
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 09/25/13 at 2:16 pm
The Bellamy Brothers - When I'm Away From You (1983)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN0Qw_MCPc8
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: Howard on 09/25/13 at 7:15 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiwcOaaRo1Y&feature=player_embedded#t=0
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: whistledog on 09/25/13 at 7:46 pm
Although it did have a hardcore following, country music meant diddley squat to us over the ocean...
So much so, that out of the countless #1 country hits from that entire decade, just two (!) sold enough copies to get into our upper circle!
Funnily enough, both Kenny Rogers songs -'Coward Of The County' (#1 - 1980) and 'Islands In The Stream' (with Dolly Parton - #7 - 1983)
That is strange how Country Music never took off in the UK. Here are a trio of hits by American country artists that you would recognize in the song itself ...
Crystal Gayle - Turning Away (1984)
A UK #15 hit for Shakin' Stevens in 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2jp42z1RRU
Sylvia - Cry Just A Little Bit (1985)
Originally a UK #3 hit for Shakin' Stevens in 1983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIOcibVEGHQ
Eddy Raven - A Letter to You (1989)
Originally a UK #10 for Shakin' Stevens in 1984
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J6Ud7mAI5U
Now why couldn't Shaky have had that kind of success in North America :-\\
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 09/25/13 at 8:17 pm
Roseanne Cash - Seven Year Ache (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWgeQa5U2kc
Ronnie Milsap - Smokey Mountain Rain (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwcKde9PiQk
Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXXn8sANoj4
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: whistledog on 09/25/13 at 9:16 pm
^ Three great ones there. Another good gem from Ronnie Milsap was Lost in the 50s Tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYqb9jH6bRg
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: Paul on 09/26/13 at 5:38 am
Now why couldn't Shaky have had that kind of success in North America :-\\
Probably the same reason why country music has never really become big here - that cultural divide thing, I guess...
Mind you, I'd probably have a good laugh seeing Mr. Stevens in a stetson and a rhinestone suit!
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: Howard on 09/26/13 at 6:44 am
Roseanne Cash - Seven Year Ache (1981)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWgeQa5U2kc
Ronnie Milsap - Smokey Mountain Rain (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwcKde9PiQk
Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXXn8sANoj4
I like Eddie Rabbitt
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: Howard on 09/26/13 at 6:47 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVHQsmIaDBY
Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: yelimsexa on 09/26/13 at 7:12 am
Probably the same reason why country music has never really become big here - that cultural divide thing, I guess...
Mind you, I'd probably have a good laugh seeing Mr. Stevens in a stetson and a rhinestone suit!
The cultural divide is just not overseas, its within North America itself. Generally, liberal urban areas see country music as "too hillbilly, backwoods, bland, and repetitive" whereas the more conservative areas (the "red states/counties") provide the lion's share of the promotion. Within the '80s itself, in the early part of the decade, the movie Urban Cowboy allowed country music to penetrate deeper into blue state America and allow the numerous crossovers. This was the "yacht country" period with your Oak Ridge Boys, Ronnie Milsap, Willie Nelson, Eddie Rabbitt, Anne Murray, Alabama, and of course leading the charge Kenny Rogers. But once Michael Jackson arrived along with the second British Invasion, country music quickly regressed to its traditional enviornment and even country fans started feeling that the performers were getting washed out with bland tunes. Thankfully toward the end of the '80s a new wave of country artists gave new life to the genre via the New Traditonalist movement, such as Reba McEntire, Randy Travis, k.d. Lang, George Strait, and Alan Jackson. Despite this improvement in quality, these songs never crossed over into "blue state America".
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: Howard on 09/26/13 at 1:52 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV1z4NPoIoI
Guitar Man-Elvis
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 09/26/13 at 2:19 pm
Clint Black - A Better Man (1989)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNCgQVC7JEE
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: whistledog on 09/26/13 at 4:04 pm
Mind you, I'd probably have a good laugh seeing Mr. Stevens in a stetson and a rhinestone suit!
Him in a suit like that would certainly bring truth to his song What Do You Wanna Make Those Eyes at Me For :D
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: whistledog on 09/26/13 at 4:09 pm
Guitar Man-Elvis
That looks like the 1968 version he originally did, but you are correct that it was also an 80s song. The 1981 Remix was #1 on the Country Charts across North America and even made the US Top 40. Good tune!
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 09/27/13 at 12:39 am
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes (1988)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9r-jAmC6Dc
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: Howard on 09/27/13 at 3:26 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4ZSds0GT64
Coward Of The County-Kenny Rogers
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: SpaceHog on 11/30/13 at 12:01 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QCLGWTNZak
Rosanne Cash-Hold On. 1986. Made it to #5 on the Billboard Country chart and stayed on the chart for 22 weeks!
For the classic country listener, when I lived near St. Louis I would listen to KWRE 730 AM out of Warrenton.
http://www.kwre.com/
Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: robby76 on 12/05/13 at 7:40 am
I discovered Crystal Gayle through this tv appearance with Andy Gibb. This is a medley of two of her hits which I love... one being from 1980, thus making it eligible for this thread.
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My other contribution is Reba McEntire's 1986 hit "Whoever's in New England". The video is a great slice of suburban 80s'ness.
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Subject: Re: Country Music - The 80s
Written By: Dagwood on 12/05/13 at 8:16 am
Whoever's in New England was my first real introduction to country, and made me love it. Love that song.