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She probably still wouldn't, but once she was inducted into the "Rock & Roll" HOF, I think she felt compelled to actually have some "rock" music in her discography. She initially declined the nomination as she stated she was never a rock artist, but then reluctantly accepted it and said she'd...

I enjoyed Alexander O'Neal's "Hearsay" album from 1987 that included his biggest pop hits (he had a 13 year run on the R&B charts, but only a handful of crossover pop hits). The Hearsay album was produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis around the same time they did Janet Jackson's "Control". The...

Sorry, I've never been able to warm up to straight-up rap. The closest I've ever got are a few hip-house tracks from the 90's with a rapper over a house beat (like Technotronic or Daisy Dee), or Eurodance with a female vocal and male rapper (LaBouche, 2 Unlimited), but those trend more toward...

I'm mostly in the same boat, though I did like some of his 80's songs, from "Let's Dance" (1983) to "Time Will Crawl" (1987). But outside of those few years, I don't care for most of his songs. I did like Culture Club's cover of "Starman", though, from their 1999 album.

I like Pineda's vocals, too. I have the first two Pineda albums. Liked the first, but wasn't so crazy about the second. Have not yet checked out the most recent, Freedom.

I like Perry's voice and have several of those albums, but don't listen to them with any regularity. I do have some of the "hits" on my iPod 80's mix. As is usual, a couple of my favorites are the less-successful singles, "Suzanne" from Journey, and "You Better Wait" from Steve Perry solo.

Some dirty-minded people just hear penises everywhere. :laugh:

I was also surprised years ago when I tracked down Shocking Blue's, "Venus". Quite different takes on the song. I think "Rumour" was a bit of a surprise hit in the US. It had done OK but not a huge hit in much of the world, but for some reason it was a Top 5 hit in the US. It was featured on...

You may have heard their cover of Shocking Blue's "Venus" or the song "Cruel Summer". Those would probably be their best known American hits, along with "I Heard a Rumour". All Top 10 hits, 1984-1988. They have occasionally been compared to the ABBA sound. ABBA just released a new album, too...

Yeah, it sounds pretty generic even to me who has been a fan for decades. I'm waiting to see if there are any decent remixes. The last songs they released that really caught my ears were back in 2005-2009 with "Move In My Direction", "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)", and "Love Comes"...

Celebrating 40+ years of Bananarama, Sara and Keren just released their 45th single, "Masquerade", from the upcoming album of the same name. Not sure this would be one of my favorites of theirs, but I love to see artists still bringing their fans new music decade after decade. I do like this...

Zevon wrote it and recorded it first, but I think it was only an album track for him. The later covers by the ladies (Ronstadt and Terri Clark) were hit singles on the charts, so they're probably more well-known than Zevon's original.

We had some En Vogue discussion back around Posts #1984 to 1990. John posted "Free Your Mind" and I posted "Riddle".

And I'm not entirely convinced that's straight-up air they're puffing in those things. :laugh:

A shiny, happy, poppy "Merry Christmas" to all of HTF's music lovers. Yes, even to those for whom shiny pop is not your thing. :D PS - Try and ignore the weird, acid-trip video. :laugh: . And here's another, less EDM.

I know it from the Cohan biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy, but it think it was originally written for Cohan's musical 45 Minutes from Broadway.

I found this version a few years back. The arrangement isn't that different. Speaking of New York, there are a number of NY-related Christmas songs I enjoy every year. . Pointer Sisters - Christmas in New York . Lea Michele - Christmas in New York (different song from above)

Time for some festive, seasonal selections. :)

Kind of like some singers who have to constantly be gesturing and waving their hands around when they're simply singing. Mariah Carey is a prime example of the "diva hands", but I saw it on a Christmas special a couple nights ago from someone else, too. It kind of irritates me.

I like the Silk Sonic tracks I've heard so far, including "Leave the Door Open", but I didn't think they sounded much different from Bruno Mars' other ballads (like "Versace on the Floor" or "When I Was Your Man"). I feel a little bad for Anderson .Paak as most of the time I hear these tracks...

Ben Platt is best known for roles in Broadway musicals The Book of Mormon and Dear Evan Hanson, and film roles in the Pitch Perfect films and the title role in the filmed version of Evan Hanson. Just an Oscar short of an EGOT, he's received Tony, Grammy, and Emmy awards for his work, among other...

I've never listened to any Frankie Goes to Hollywood other than "Relax" as that was the radio hit. Maybe I should check them out.

I've been a lifelong fan of Dead or Alive since first hearing "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" in 1985 (the song actually hit the UK Top 5 twice, first at #1 in 1985 then again at #5 in 2006). The album "Youthquake" was one of the first albums I ever bought and I think I wore out my first...

One of her biggest worldwide hits, to be sure, and introduced her to the world. But I find I enjoy some of her songs from the later PWL years more than the early stuff. "What Do I Have To Do" (UK #6, 1991) . "Finer Feelings" (UK #11, 1992) . And she's still going and going, like the...

Very nice. I also love the layers and different sounds, similar to a lot of the synth pop I enjoy. I like this extended mix of Kylie Minogue's "Step Back In Time" (UK #4, AUS #5 1990) for similar reasons. They do something similar by building up at the start, then around 4:40 it drops...

I'm guilty of the same thing with other genres, but I think when people say all dance pop sounds the same, they cannot get past the thump of the bass drum. I could post a dozen tracks produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. They all have that 4/4 Linn drum beat that some would say sounds the same...

Pretty much the same here. I do own the "Decade" greatest hits album from back in the day, but don't have any individual albums. Though I may actually pick up the new album, "Future Past". More new music from another 80's mainstay, Erasure. I wasn't really thrilled by their last album, "The...

40 years and counting, new music from Duran Duran. They're celebrating with the Queen and James Bond, among others. ;)

I looked up the band at Wikipedia. Seems like Nightwish has been through a few vocalists over the years.

Oooh, I like that. Found this one on the suggestions list at YouTube. I like this one, too.