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C O U R S E L E C T U R E 1980s New Acts, Old Styles and Blue-Eyed Soul Notes taken on August 1, 2016 by Edward Tanguay |
artists that came along in the 1980s but who based their sound on earlier styles
if you had just discovered AC/DC, you would think that they would be best grouped with bands like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin from the first half of the seventies
but AC/DC didn't have their first big hits in the United States until 1979, when groups like Led Zeppelin stopped recording
replaced by Brian Johnson
a look back or a continuation of the tradition of blues rock with the kind of Robert Plant vocals, maybe a little scratchier than Robert Plant's vocals
the guitar hero at the center, Angus Young, who decided that his image would be of a school boy, so he's often wearing a schoolboy uniform, sometimes with a backpack, he's playing this Gibson SG guitar, he became a real Jimmy Page like figure
they became one of the stable acts of rock radio in the 80s
Huey Lewis and the News
they are different because they are easy rocking, sunny, and wholesome in terms of their approach
feature in Back to the Future
a return to an old-fashion good time
nothing sexually aggressive or predatorys
nothing that has to do with unhappiness or discomfort or protest or rebellion
just fun, good-time music that should puts a smile on your face
Hall had works with Gamble and Huff in the 1970s
the 70s version of the Righteous Brothers
more of an AM band than an FM band
white guys that is strongly influenced by black soul of the 60s
originally from Wham! with Andrew Ridgeley
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
had a lot of cross-over success
popular with black listeners
strong debts to 1960s soul
1988 Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
1991 When a Man Loves a Woman
was on TV a lot, white listeners knew him well
didn't have the cross-over success that George Michael had