eh, Mad world was on american top 40 with kasey kassem for weeks on end and yeah kroq played it to death too. A ton of risque songs made american top 40, one somewhat controversial one called "Sex" by Berlin as well. I think Sex may have made top 10 or 20 at one point. Heard that fucker when i'd travel for at least 2 months.
For those that don't remember, "American top 40" was a show on stations all over the u.s. and they did play a ton of synth stuff back in the 80s as that was the style for most of the 80s.
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[br]After initially putting out some compelling songs on "The Hurting" album ("Mad World", "Change", "Pale Shelter"), the duo's music quickly devolved into easy listening, radio friendly schlock.
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Mad World wasn't "radio-friendly"?
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In the conservative world of Top 40 programming, this song never saw the light of day... in the US anyway. And it was too "alternative" for the mainstream rock stations to touch.
Anybody remember hearing this back in the day outside of alt/punk stations like KROQ?
We considered it a victory when something as "risky" as Culture Club broke through to Hit radio- LOL!
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by neon surfer » Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:45 pm
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by neon surfer » Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:53 pm
The thing about the 80s synth/wave bands was that when a band became pc or had some incredibly pointless song like "women in chains" anti-slavery(?) song(or whatever the fuck it was), they lost all credibility. Nowadays that's all major labels churn out. Shit-hop, corporate down syndrome fuckcrap.
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by DJ Phoenix » Wed Jun 20, 2012 3:46 pm
[quote][i]Originally posted by neon surfer[/i]
<br>The thing about the 80s synth/wave bands was that when a band became pc or had some incredibly pointless song like "women in chains" anti-slavery(?) song(or whatever the fuck it was), they lost all credibility. Nowadays that's all major labels churn out. Shit-hop, corporate down syndrome fuckcrap.
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Lol, Fuckcrap will probably be some new genre/subgenre of music, watch.
"Keepin the '80s alive!"
<br>The thing about the 80s synth/wave bands was that when a band became pc or had some incredibly pointless song like "women in chains" anti-slavery(?) song(or whatever the fuck it was), they lost all credibility. Nowadays that's all major labels churn out. Shit-hop, corporate down syndrome fuckcrap.
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Lol, Fuckcrap will probably be some new genre/subgenre of music, watch.
"Keepin the '80s alive!"
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by neon surfer » Wed Jun 20, 2012 10:24 pm
haha
[quote][i]Originally posted by DJ Phoenix[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by neon surfer[/i]
<br>The thing about the 80s synth/wave bands was that when a band became pc or had some incredibly pointless song like "women in chains" anti-slavery(?) song(or whatever the fuck it was), they lost all credibility. Nowadays that's all major labels churn out. Shit-hop, corporate down syndrome fuckcrap.
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Lol, Fuckcrap will probably be some new genre/subgenre of music, watch.
"Keepin the '80s alive!"
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[quote][i]Originally posted by DJ Phoenix[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by neon surfer[/i]
<br>The thing about the 80s synth/wave bands was that when a band became pc or had some incredibly pointless song like "women in chains" anti-slavery(?) song(or whatever the fuck it was), they lost all credibility. Nowadays that's all major labels churn out. Shit-hop, corporate down syndrome fuckcrap.
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Lol, Fuckcrap will probably be some new genre/subgenre of music, watch.
"Keepin the '80s alive!"
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