@36605domtop: 2010's: Adele "One and Only" the gospel choir bridge is everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4r-c4I_9Rc I know it ain't easy Giving up your heart I know it ain't easy Giving up your heart Nobody's perfect, it ain't easy, trust me I've learned it Nobody's perfect, it ain't easy, trust me I've learned it I know it ain't easy Giving up your heart Nobody's perfect, it ain't easy, trust me I've learned it :true: :bravo: A similar choice (gospel choir included) was made by Madonna in one of her most powerful songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBaoOfbh3hY But, IMHO the song of Madonna used the choir in a better way: it's like a crescendo. I'm not religious But I feel so moved I'm not religious Makes me wanna pray I'm not religious But I feel so moved I'm not religious Makes me want to pray

Walking on sunshine

In The Navy (In The Brownies)  - Scots comedian Billy Connelly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zayvKdOLneE

@DamaDama: Karma Chameleon!! +1 and The War Song - Extended version

@giza: Earthless is one of my favorites! I've seen them 2 days in a row a few years ago, and both sets were completely different, their guitarist is all sorts of amazing! Been a long time since I listened to Earthless' I had one album From the ages. Pretty Heavy stuff. Just did a little diggin' and managed to find most of their stuff. I'll give them a spin. Thanks for the scoop giza :urock:

I didn't know 3, 4 and 7.

@36605domtop: Females: 1. Whitney Houston - Hex Hector turned her best vocal into a true club music diva anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX29tzHdWiE 2. Toni Braxton - her debut album "Toni Braxton" can be played start to end, no skips. "You're Makin' Me High" from "Secrets" is SO sexy! 3. Donna Summer - There's tons of disco classics, but there are also vocal gems like "On the Radio" or "Dim All the Lights". 4. Mary J. Blige - "What's the 411?", "My Life", and "Mary" are truly classic albums, even to this day. No one conveys pain/heartbreak like MJB. 5. Shania Twain - "You're Still the One", "From This Moment On", and "Any Man of Mine". (I'm leaving off names like Mariah, Christina, Annie Lennox, et al to bring some new names to the table, but I still had to put Whitney and Toni on the list!) Males: 1. Prince - the vocal on "Adore" gets me every time. How this was never released as a single is beyond me. He was a musical genius. 2. Luther Vandross - When you do a cover song live on TV 1000x better than the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ9ZVGM7smE 3. Michael Jackson - The man had talent. I prefer 70s "Off the Wall"  and 90s "Dangerous" MJ more than 80s MJ. 4. Stevie Wonder - "Superstition", "Sir Duke", "As", "Signed, Sealed, Delivered", "I Wish", "Lately", "Ribbon In the Sky" and so much more. 5. Phil Collins - There's his Genesis period.  I love "One More Night". But, "Against All Odds/Take A Look At Me Now" is iconic. 80's MOR music. Groups: 1. U2 - I have every U2 album. I will always be a fan. Some seriously great stuff from the "Unforgettable Fire" through "Achtung Baby" period. 2. Earth, Wind, and Fire - "Shining Star", "Reasons", "That's the Way of the World", "September", "After the Love Has Gone" and more. 3. The Police - "Message In a Bottle." "Synchronicity" album. Sting solo career. 4. Santana - "Supernatural" is great. The early stuff is great too. They go back to Woodstock! 5. Wham - "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", "Careless Whisper" and the George Michael solo career. I grew up listening to music in the 80's, so my choices go back a bit. Good music is still out there, it's just that there's also a lot more crap you have to dig through. From your favorite female singers, I only have heard of Houston, even though I haven't heard her music. I never felt any interest in Prince, but I hope he rest in peace. About Collins, I really liked the songs he made for “Tarzan” (1999), but I prefer the music from Peter Gabriel as a solist (yeah, I know they were together in Genesis). I respect U2, but the only album I can hear whole and think about it as a masterpiece is “All That You Can't Leave Behind” (2000). And, maybe I'm wrong, but I thought that Santana was a solist not a band…

I don't hate him but I do think he is getting very close to a Britney Spears head shave breakdown.

Those groups were geared towards our time. I think that One Direction are geared towards the current generation, and that our era is over.

Freedom! It's so liberating to listen to.

David Bowie  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcPA7Fzebw

John Digweed  Nick Warren    Deep Dish      Steve Lawler  Hernan Cattaneo 

You're not looking hard enough. Popular music–that is, music that gets played in heavy rotation on commercial radio, particularly since the rise of Clear Channel (now called iHeartMedia)--has always been mostly complete crap. And the stuff from decades ago that doesn't suck has been played so much that I can't stand to listen to it anymore. I really enjoy Soft Cell, for instance. But, if you live in the US, the only Soft Cell song you've ever heard on the radio in the last 20 god damn years is "Tainted Love". It's made me hate that song, which is not even a bad song in and of itself. I still always skip it when it starts playing because I'm never in the mood to hear it for the umpteenth time. It takes me out of the "Soft Cell experience" and makes me feel more like I'm sitting through a Nabisco commercial when I hear it (I don't doubt it's been used in one of their ads at some point). They had better original material anyway.

@jimiphil: She is playing the Judy Garland part in the new remake of a star is born Well, if that's not an effort at gay-signaling, I dunno what is. Don't get me wrong, I don't have a problem with it. I don't mean to accuse them of pandering, because I'm really not that cynical. I just find the lack of subtlety amusing.