August 16th, 2020: Almost certainly I will finish this blog someday.
I was chilling on YouTube today when I stumbled across a Prince concert, which always makes me think of how great of a musician, singer, performer, songwriter etc he was. (Let's be honest, he wasn't a very good actor.) I wanted to write a blog about the Top Ten musicians of the 80s. But I wanted to rely on someone else's Top Ten, so I Googled my way around the internet. One list had The Beastie Boys as #1, another list had Kenny Rogers as #1- um, no and no. Don't get me wrong I love both of those artists, but neither are even close to #1. I came across a udiscovermusic.com blog about The Top Ten Superstars of the 80s. I may have a few quibbles with their Top Ten, but overall it's a pretty good list.
Other musicians that should be considered for any Top Ten 80s musicians include RUN-D.M.C., Def Leppard, U2, George Michael, R.E.M., Duran Duran (or as the kids called them back in the day Duran squared), Journey, Tina Turner, Van Halen, Ozzy, The Boss and so many others.
Here, in no particular order, is udiscovermusic.com's Top 10 80s artists. It should be obvious which musicians are the ones I like the most. Yes, Miss Houston is one of those musicians. She had a mix of grace, beauty and that amazing voice that no one will ever top. She also picked great songs or had people help pick great songs for her. Great talent with great songs made her one of the Top Ten 80s musicians.
1) "1999":
2) "Little Red Corvette":
3) "Delirious":
4) "Let's Pretend We're Married":
5) "Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)":
6) "Let's Go Crazy":
7) "Take Me With U":
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13) "When Doves Cry":
16) "Purple Rain":
18) "Raspberry Beret":
21) "Kiss":
23) Prince featuring Sheena Easton "U Got The Look":
27) Again featuring Sheena Easton "The Arms of Orion":
34) "Automatic":
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