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The 100 Greatest Songs of 1981 #1 Super Freak (1 Viewer)

timschochet said:
29. Rickie Lee Jones “Woody and Dutch On the Slow Train to Peking” (from Pirates) 

https://youtu.be/qhBgGwr_Ktg

Jones’ second album was better than her first, and this was the most outstanding song, a tribute to 50s doowap featuring Steve Gadd on drums and one of the all time classic bass performances ever by the legendary Chuck Rainey. 
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If Woody had gone right after the Police, this would never have happened.

 
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Shall I compare thee to "Just Fade Away"?
Go-Gos art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the buds of OliviaNewtonJ,
And Frame of Freeze hath all too short a date;
Sometime too hot the Eyes of BetteD shine
And often is the Red Barchetta dimm'd;
And every Stone In Love sometime declines,
By chance do New Lace Sleeves become untrimm'd;
But thy Crimson & thy Clover shall not fade,
Nor lose possession that Prince Charming ow’st;
Nor shall death brag Spellbound in his shade,
When in eternal lines The Stroke dost grow’st:
  So long as men can yet Tube Snake Boogie,
  So Urgent be this sweet emergency.

 
Definitely one of my early favorites by Petty.  He has more good songs than you can shake a stick at, and this is one of his best. 

 
timschochet said:
28. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers “A Woman In Love (It’s Not Me)” (from Hard Promises)

https://youtu.be/fKDYErlu5Kc

One of their all time classic rockers. Some kick ### guitar playing by Campbell (as usual), along with great keyboards by Tench. 
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My favorite Petty tune, and by a healthy amount. The kickass combo of Campbell’s guitar, Blair’s bass and Tench’s keys, plus the wavering lament in Petty’s voice, just works beautifully.

 
Watching that video, it's almost comical how much better Petty was at videos than almost everyone else. 

There's not much to this one, this was early on in videos, but it's stylish, you can sit through it. 

Most of those early 80s videos look completely brutal if you don't have the nostalgia glasses on. 

Don't Come Around Here No More still looks fresh as hell

 
massraider said:
Watching that video, it's almost comical how much better Petty was at videos than almost everyone else. 

There's not much to this one, this was early on in videos, but it's stylish, you can sit through it. 

Most of those early 80s videos look completely brutal if you don't have the nostalgia glasses on. 

Don't Come Around Here No More still looks fresh as hell
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I always preferred videos where they show the artists playing rather than the gimmicky mini-movie approach.

 
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27. The Commodores “Lady (You Bring Me Up)” (from In the Pocket) 

https://youtu.be/phNLASyPsUU

This was the last Commodores’ effort with Lionel Richie; he would shortly thereafter launch a very successful solo career. But IMO his best ever material was back when he was part of this group: this is an extremely well crafted pop song, one of their best. 
In keeping with the current discussion, the video linked really really sucks. 

 
timschochet said:
27. The Commodores “Lady (You Bring Me Up)” (from In the Pocket) 

https://youtu.be/phNLASyPsUU

This was the last Commodores’ effort with Lionel Richie; he would shortly thereafter launch a very successful solo career. But IMO his best ever material was back when he was part of this group:  
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I like a lot of his solo stuff too, but it's hard to top Sail On with The Commodores.

 
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26. Triumph “Magic Power” (from Allied Forces) 

https://youtu.be/eQNma7xjMGE

Allied Forces was a throwback to a slightly earlier age of rock, from just a few years back: the days of Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Boston, of large stadiums and double guitars and lots of keyboards. It was grandiose and epic and had nothing whatsoever in common with the power pop of New Wave. 
And yet “Magic Power” is as catchy, as hook laden as any song that came out in 1981. It’s one of my all time favorite songs to sing along with. It’s very dated, specific to a moment in time (sometime in the 70s!); and I still adore it and always will. 

 
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timschochet said:
Allied Forces was a throwback to a slightly earlier age of rock, from just a few years back: the days of Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Boston, of large stadiums and double guitars and lots of keyboards.
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good call on bringing this one back timbo. 

Though they always seemed more like a "kicked up" version of Journey to me than those leading prog groups.  

 
Binky The Doormat said:
good call on bringing this one back timbo. 

Though they always seemed more like a "kicked up" version of Journey to me than those leading prog groups.  
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I'm not sure they are a kicked-up Journey, but they are not prog-influenced at all.  I did see ELP as a warm up act for Deep Purple, really disappointed in ELP.  Emerson was very pompous.  

 
timschochet said:
26. Triumph “Magic Power” (from Allied Forces) 

https://youtu.be/eQNma7xjMGE

Allied Forces was a throwback to a slightly earlier age of rock, from just a few years back: the days of Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Boston, of large stadiums and double guitars and lots of keyboards. It was grandiose and epic and had nothing whatsoever in common with the power pop of New Wave. 
And yet “Magic Power” is as catchy, as hook laden as any song that came out in 1981. It’s one of my all time favorite songs to sing along with. It’s very dated, specific to a moment in time (sometime in the 70s!); and I still adore it and always will. 
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Derek Smalls on bass.

This seems like a very generic 80's hard rock song to me. Like, end credits of some 80's film generic.  I'd never imagined it would be considered top 100.

 
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25. The Pointer Sisters “Slow Hand” (from Black & White) 

https://youtu.be/dbk29JZdl5A

Written by John Bettis, who composed a lot of big hits in this era, including “Crazy for You” for Madonna and “Human Nature” for Michael Jackson. 
The Pointer Sisters had been around all through the 70s but they were just starting to come into their own with some pretty big hit songs. 

 
timschochet said:
25. The Pointer Sisters “Slow Hand” (from Black & White) 

https://youtu.be/dbk29JZdl5A

Written by John Bettis, who composed a lot of big hits in this era, including “Crazy for You” for Madonna and “Human Nature” for Michael Jackson. 
The Pointer Sisters had been around all through the 70s but they were just starting to come into their own with some pretty big hit songs. 
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I’m not so excited about this one. But I am so...scared. 

 
Loooove the Sistahs, though not this stage especially. Their & the lamented Rickie Lee Jones's debut albums are in my Top 10 "Best Albums You've Never Listened To"

 
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timschochet said:
26. Triumph “Magic Power” (from Allied Forces) 

https://youtu.be/eQNma7xjMGE

Allied Forces was a throwback to a slightly earlier age of rock, from just a few years back: the days of Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Boston, of large stadiums and double guitars and lots of keyboards. It was grandiose and epic and had nothing whatsoever in common with the power pop of New Wave. 
And yet “Magic Power” is as catchy, as hook laden as any song that came out in 1981. It’s one of my all time favorite songs to sing along with. It’s very dated, specific to a moment in time (sometime in the 70s!); and I still adore it and always will. 
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As I said earlier in the thread, this entire album is great. There's a song from it I like even better than this one. 

 
Ghost Rider said:
Yep, not much prog to be found with Triumph, just kick ### melodic hard rock. Magic Power is a good one. :cool:  
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Blinding Light Show/Moonchild from their first US album was as close to prog as they got. Rik Emmett was an extraordinarily accomplished guitarist, but he drew much more from AOR and metal than he did prog. 

 
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