What a TITANIC change from 1980 to 1989 in music!!!
Whats a tune that you love from that decade?
Personally I love the early eighties. I think my favorites are between Miami Vice and Arthurs Theme.
1st, and foremost would be Stevie Ray Vaughn. Amazing, incredible, awesome guitarist, with a solid backing from Double Trouble. If only he had not died in that helicopter crash. He'd be kickin Clapton and the rest behinds!
I got to see him. He was so awesome
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAG-kX_IlUw"]YouTube - Stevie Ray Vaughan Little Wing[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK3tLuGyVR8&feature=related"]YouTube - Stevie Ray Vaughan - Hug You, Squeeze You[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC71fFdCsbk&feature=related"]YouTube - Stevie Ray Vaughan - Testify[/ame]
He even did nursery rhymes
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaX7Y1GQl5w&feature=related"]YouTube - Stevie Ray Vaughan - Mary had a Little Lamb[/ame]
I have always been a big Journey fan. Anything from them in the early 80's would be good.
Neal Schon is a highly under rated guitarist. He can do some pretty amazing stuff, from rock to jazz. Heck, he was playing/touring with Carlos Santana when he was 15.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F77xx1HnQpM&feature=related"]YouTube - Journey-Cardiff Neil Schon intro March 2007[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7gKubB6yy0&feature=related"]YouTube - voodoo chile neil schon[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ztq__WSidM&feature=related"]YouTube - paul rodgers & neil schon live 1993[/ame]
Steve Smith was an awesome drummer for them. He is a very very good drummer, even compared to Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. Neil Per and Steve Smith are a couple of the only drummers to rank with Rich....
Early 80's was also while Greg Rollie was still around. When Jonathon Caine came in, he brought too much pop to their recordings. While they sold more records, it still was not like the early Schon/Rollie Journey that came about after Santan's Abaraxa(Greg Rollie sang and played keyboards on Black Magic Woman, and the rest of Abaraxas for that matter).
Schon and Rollie reunite; Rollie sining a reprise of his Santana stint, with Neal playing as when he was 15...
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYur5CnvWdA&feature=related"]YouTube - abraxas (neil schon) black magic woman gypsy queen[/ame]
Of course, Hank Williams Jr was kickin out some good stuff back then too. And didn't get as drunk on stage so often then. Reba was coming in to her own too.
It's tough, I like too many types of music to just pick a single band or song...