Mapping Influences Over Time
Vashti Bunyan , no relation to Paul apparently, was another of those songs that came via a commercial on the NFL Network. It might have been under armor or something. I’m having difficulty trying to explain what it was about the song that was so attractive. Vashti’s voice had this sort of soft purity about …
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I know that I keep circling back to MTV and I know how silly it sounds given what it has devolved into today but back in the 1980’s, back in the MTV’s first decade, it was important in an inexplicable way. It was still ground breaking radio for your eyes as well as your ears. …
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I find it interesting to look back at the past 100 posts, particularly the ones that feauture the music from the radio and MTV. Seeing it all in this condensed time lapse format highlights how quickly the popular mainstream music sound changed over the course of the decade. Men Without Hatsand Culture Club faded away …
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It seemed like some kind of changing of the guard at MTV. The bands that were on all the time a few months ago like Wang Chung, Steve Perry, Bryan Adams, Culture Club and The Cars, seemed to drop off and another wave of fresh faces and respected veterans took over. Maybe it didn’t happen …
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