1982: The Last Year Rock Dominated the Pop Charts

UltimateClassicRock ^ | 2/17 | Corey Irwin

[D Rider]

Disco sucked.

[DoodleBob]

Go to the Browse by tags section. From there you can select Rock. But within the Rock genre you can further refine your search for sub genres like rock & roll, garage rock, and so on. In each subgenre there are scores of bands and tunes you can sample and stream - and even buy if you're so inclined.

[Jolla]

My son (21 years old) is in a rock band in Paris, they play nothing written after 1975.

[AlbertWang]

You are absolutely correct.

Who defines what is Rock? Lemmy, an obvious Subject Matter Expert, stated “We are Motorhead. We play Rock and Roll”. No one would disagree with him.

Now listen to another bass player- Paul McCartney. Does he sound anything like Lemmy? Absolutely not. Paul plays Pop Music.

[MikeSteelBe]

Motorhead Rules

Butthole Surfers = rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNAkbbKycCM

[mairdie]

This comment and the opening essay are some of the reasons I stay with Free Republic. The sea of knowledge here is so vast, it’s like taking university lectures all day while reclining on my float toy in blissful learning. Before the universities went woke, of course.

Star Trek - Between a Laugh and a Tear - John Mellancamp
https://youtu.be/RBb9RI9NSN0

(Now I have to go and change some YouTube titles.)

[Churchjack]

Support your local music scene and buy unsigned music. Or act like a Dem and expect to be told what's good.

Amen and amen. I would add, from a contrarian perspective, that Red Dirt music will save your soul.

[FoxInSocks]

Billboard’s list of the top 10 “Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Artists”:

1. The Beatles
2. Madonna
3. Elton John
4. Elvis Presley
5. Mariah Carey
6. Stevie Wonder
7. Janet Jackson
8. Michael Jackson
9. Whitney Houston
10. Rihanna

[Steven Scharf]

“John Mellencamp (four weeks with “Jack & Diane”)”

I always thought it was John Cougar. Did he get married or something?

John Cougar Mellencamp started his music career using just his middle name. At some point after his first album he added his last name to his official credits. So “Jack & Diane” should be correctly listed as John Cougar and his later work as John Cougar Mellencamp. He should never be referred to as John Mellencamp.

This shows that the author really does not not know his rock and roll.

[nickcarraway]

Based on what metrics?

Interesting, Rihanna beat out Beyonce.

[nickcarraway]

Does he sound anything like Lemmy?

Hmmm, so the term Rock and Roll was originally used in the 1950s to apply to performers like Elvis, Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, etc. But you would say they aren't Rock and Roll, because they don't sound like Lemmy?

[minnesota_bound]

Homer Simpson

Grand Funk Railroad, Homer’s Favorite Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXKmsvRXE4A

Rock attained perfection in 1974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLqfXlIq6RE

Rockin Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyy7ERnky9g

It’ll Happen To You! (The Simpsons)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGrfhsxxmdE

Simpsons Boston Reference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjiyq25crAQ

Grand Funk Railroad, Homer’s Favorite Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXKmsvRXE4A

[minnesota_bound]

Combo country and blues....

The Blues Brothers (1980) - Rawhide Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdR6MN2jKYs