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Post by mkarns on Jan 18, 2017 14:30:48 GMT -5
Electric Light Orchestra's entire original run from 1972-1986, then 2001 and 2015 had style departures over many musical genres! ELO in their original run did change up their style at times from the classically influenced rock that they made their signature, in the late 1970s delving in to disco (their 1979 album "Discovery" was referred to as "Disco Very" by some), and in the 1980s scoring rockabilly-type hits with "Hold On Tight" and "Rock 'n' Roll Is King".
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Post by trekkielo on Jan 18, 2017 21:47:25 GMT -5
Electric Light Orchestra's entire original run from 1972-1986, then 2001 and 2015 had style departures over many musical genres! ELO in their original run did change up their style at times from the classically influenced rock that they made their signature, in the late 1970s delving in to disco (their 1979 album "Discovery" was referred to as "Disco Very" by some), and in the 1980s scoring rockabilly-type hits with "Hold On Tight" and "Rock 'n' Roll Is King". Then also, new wave, synthpop and technopop on 1981's Time, Secret Messages in 1983 and Balance of Power from 1986.
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Post by cursereversed on Jan 20, 2017 13:50:46 GMT -5
The 12/10/83 show that Premiere aired last month had back-to-back departure in style songs: "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes" by Asia at #37 and "I Won't Stand In Your Way" by the Stray Cats at #36. Not surprisingly neither song got much higher; Asia had peaked at #34 the previous week while the Stray Cats moved up one spot the next week and then fell out of the Top 40.
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Post by keithr63 on Jan 21, 2017 16:53:51 GMT -5
38 Special and Second Chance-their highest charting song and for me their worst song and I am a huge 38 fan- this song just can' t compete with Hold On Loosely,Rockin' Into The Night and Back Where You Belong When I first heard this song, I thought Sting had released a third solo album and it was the lead-off single. I was surprised to hear that it was .38 Special. I agree - they were much better with Don Barnes as the lead singer. "Second Chance" was OK, but it would have sounded better being sung by an artist who was more AC-oriented - not .38 Special. I totally agree
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jan 21, 2017 17:05:16 GMT -5
Mama Jama was totally different than Carlton's other hit Everlasting Love
I Love You was a shocker for those expecting another Couldn't Get It Right by CBB
Twilight Zone was radically different that GE's Radar Love
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jan 21, 2017 17:12:55 GMT -5
Kiss was quite a left turn from the songs PR Nelson had done for Purple Rain and other releases to that point.
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Post by johnnywest on Jul 3, 2018 12:46:22 GMT -5
How about "Black Cat" by Janet Jackson?
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Post by chrislc on Jul 4, 2018 1:48:34 GMT -5
Perry Como had mostly humorous/clever (attempted anyway) hits throughout the late 50s - so It's Impossible was a departure from that and a return to the romantic crooning he had done most of the time in the 40s and early 50s.
Then John Denver went in the opposite direction in 1975.
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Post by bobbo428 on Jul 5, 2018 21:26:50 GMT -5
Most of Jewel's 1996-2001 songs were adult alternative/quasi folk rock. I enjoyed most of her songs in that time frame. However, in 2003, she released an electronic-sounding record in 2003--I believe it was called "Intuition," and she released it to stay contemporary. It was only a moderate hit, I believe. I don't think I've heard it in 15 years. Then, in 2008, she shifted again, this time to mainstream country and a song I enjoyed a lot more called "Stronger Woman." I enjoyed the song, and it made the top 20.
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Post by freakyflybry on Jul 5, 2018 23:25:46 GMT -5
Most of Jewel's 1996-2001 songs were adult alternative/quasi folk rock. I enjoyed most of her songs in that time frame. However, in 2003, she released an electronic-sounding record in 2003--I believe it was called "Intuition," and she released it to stay contemporary. It was only a moderate hit, I believe. I don't think I've heard it in 15 years. Then, in 2008, she shifted again, this time to mainstream country and a song I enjoyed a lot more called "Stronger Woman." I enjoyed the song, and it made the top 20. On R&R (which Casey used then), "Intuition" peaked at #8.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Feb 1, 2019 15:06:40 GMT -5
Ronnie's hits all had an Urban Cowboy feel but Stranger In My House was straight up pop.
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Post by djjoe1960 on Feb 1, 2019 17:20:02 GMT -5
Paul McCartney's last Top 10 hit of the 1970's (Goodnight Tonight) is probably his most 'different' from his other hits that decade. It is also probably his least played Top 10 of the 1970's.
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Post by retrodaddy on Feb 1, 2019 18:41:55 GMT -5
Everybody Have Fun Tonight by Wang Chung. Though it's hard to pin down their exact style of music, imo, Everybody is a fast tempo party anthem unlike any of their other hits. I read an article a while back in which one of the duo related how he was asked by their record company for another Everybody, and he told then it was just a one-off thing and really not something they wanted to do again as it's just mot their style. The song was originally written as a much slower song, but producer Peter Wolf directed WC to speed up the song and add "Everybody have fun tonight, everybody Wang Chung tonight," to every chorus.
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Post by johnnywest on Feb 1, 2019 19:22:30 GMT -5
Aqua had the novelty hit "Barbie Girl" in 1997 and came back with a nice ballad called "Turn Back Time" a year later.
Similar to that, The Chainsmokers had the novelty song "#Selfie" in 2014. I never expected to hear from them again. Then in late 2015, they returned with a much slower and mainstream song, featuring a different vocalist on "Roses."
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Post by mga707 on Feb 1, 2019 20:09:09 GMT -5
Everybody Have Fun Tonight by Wang Chung. Though it's hard to pin down their exact style of music, imo, Everybody is a fast tempo party anthem unlike any of their other hits. I read an article a while back in which one of the duo related how he was asked by their record company for another Everybody, and he told then it was just a one-off thing and really not something they wanted to do again as it's just mot their style. The song was originally written as a much slower song, but producer Peter Wolf directed WC to speed up the song and add "Everybody have fun tonight, everybody Wang Chung tonight," to every chorus. They did copy the sound to some extent in the follow-up, "Let's Go!". In my opinion, anyway.
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