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In Reply to: RE: The Human League, "Hard Times" posted by mkuller on September 20, 2016 at 21:56:55
I did not latch on to TAS until the early-90s, so I can only ask questions about the mid-80s. Obviously, "Don't You Want Me" was a song everyone knew and liked. Had the professional media used examples such as this, they would have found a much larger audience, brought more people to the table.For me, in early 1982, my downstairs neighbor had Dare on LP, probably purchased from The Record Factory, then located on Geary & Parker. The stepdad looked like a Korean Jackson Browne. Every now and then, while tossing a football to a few neighborhood kids, he'd wink to me and my brother, invites us over, and let us play Atari 2600, and use the single-rack, tower Sony stereo.
Yes, we loved Dare. At the same time, the mom did not like Vangelis' "Chariots Of Fire." But there is no forgetting the stepdad also playing Christopher Cross' "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)," Kenny Loggins' "This Is It," and Neil Diamond's "America."
It's pretty obvious that, if you have adults allowing and encouraging the kids to get into popular music, eventually, some of the latter will eventually take an interest in audio.
But anyway, thank you for sharing the story of visiting HP in '85, and getting to hear an extended mix of "Don't You Want Me." Of the myriad audiophiles who email me, Rocky Road, among AA's fora, is the most popular, most beloved. Stories and experiences relating to the music are a major reason why these audiophiles cite Rocky Road as their fave. Just the other day, one guy wrote (and was okay with me quoting him), "I've learned more from RR, than all the other forums combined."
Edits: 09/21/16Follow Ups:
...Harry used to refer to some of this music in his reviews.
There were some well recorded dance singles like Lionel Ritchie's "All Night Long" and Ah Ha's "Take on Me".
What a treat! Dinner and listening w/ HP.
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