Re: A Truce -- American Top 40: The Countdown of the Century

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Date Posted: 17:34:59 04/23/02 Tue
Author: Dave
Subject: Re: A Truce
In reply to: Darren W. Alexander 's message, "A Truce" on 15:07:54 04/23/02 Tue

I can think of a couple other ones off the top of my head. How about Rick Springfield, Madonna, and the Bee Gees(if not already in)? But it can be stated that many artists that will not be in the Hall gave us some great music, such as Paul Davis, Pablo Cruise, Kim Carnes, Cliff Richard, and Christopher Cross(to name a few). The greatest proliferation of these artists were in the late 70s and early 80s when the music scene was wide open and not so defined by MTV or VH-1. Finding a lost hit from such an artist on Flashback always brings a smile to my face. There's certainly nothing wrong with being a fan of Prince, Madonna, Michael, or some other 80s mega-star, but many of their songs are heavily played and it's great to hear from some of the others once every week, even Charlene :-).

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>It seems that the debate on 1981 is going to be hotly
>contested on here by both sides! I appreciate all of
>the comments, however it is time for all of us to move
>on. It should be stated that because of their playing
>a 1981 show last year, I became a fan of Pablo Cruise,
>which I never would have if they had not played the
>countdown. Now, I don't know if that is a good thing
>or not........ and the more that I do think about it,
>it is probably more of the latter!
>
>This discussion has led me to another question in my
>mind. The time frame is coming quickly in which
>artists who premered from that time will be up for
>induction into the hall of fame! And as much as I
>love 1980, 1981, and 1982, I seriously dobut that many
>of the artists who were prevelent during that time
>have any shot at ever making it to Cleveland.
>
>Here is the ones that I can think of:
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>1) Prince: No brainer. And yes, I know that his
>first album came out in 1978, and, "I Wanna Be Your
>Lover" hit the AT40 in December in 1979, but for all
>intense and purposes, Prince's first big hit spent
>most of its chart run in 1980.
>
>2)The Clash: Another no brainer.
>
>3)Blondie: While I don't think that they will have as
>easy of a time getting in as the first two, I think
>that they should get in as well. And while they hit
>before 1980, 1980 was their breakout year.
>
>4) Sugarhill Gang: I think they will get in, lumped
>together with other "pioneers" of rap music. It would
>make sense when viewing how the Hall has given credit
>to other pioneers of different forms of music.
>
>5) Van Halen: I think they get in, also.
>
>6) The Police: Their body of work might hurt them
>(not enough albums), but they have a good shot just by
>default!
>
>Prince and Van Halen should be up for induction in
>2003, so I'll be watching closely.
>
>If these are the only ones that even are considered
>(and please add whomever you feel deserves it from the
>1978-1982 frame), maybe this was the dry time for pop
>music critically. I don't think that artists such as
>Air Supply or Cristopher Cross have any chance, even
>though the charts might tell us otherwise!
>
>But, I still love the music, whether it was great or
>not... give me Bertie Higgins and a bottle of Red
>Stripe any day of the week! And don't look now, but
>I'm starting to reach for some Pablo Cruise!

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Re: A Truce -- Doug Bowden, 07:06:39 04/24/02 Wed
Re: A Truce -- Chris, 10:04:59 04/24/02 Wed