2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee screechfest

If you can get past the ridiculous trigger warning about Michael’s music, this Hit Parade podcast about Janet was really good.

Janet Jackson Envisioned the Sound of 21st-Century Pop in 1989

 

Will check it out, thanks

 

I wore out that Janet Jackson cassette in 1986 and 1987 (and possibly a tad bit into 1988 with Madonna between albums). After that I was over her. But she deserves her place in the RRHOF.

 

At my 80s-90s radio station, we have Black Cat, Rhythm Nation and Escapade in rotation.
1814 is/was a helluva album.

 

How is Bryan Adams never mentioned as a worthy inductee? He certainly is. He's right on par with JC Mellencamp and a total contemporary. Thought of this while hearing "Somebody" on the radio this morning. He's got a long, varied career. "Run to You" and "Summer of '69" are great, great songs. "Heaven" is schmaltzy but still great in its way.

"Cuts Like A Knife" and "Reckless" are top of the best 10 albums of the 1980s. Plus, "One Night Love Affair" is playing when Mitch hits rock bottom in "Real Genius."

 

"Cuts Like A Knife" was a great, great song. "Run To You" and "In The Heat Of The Night" were solid. Everything else was radio-friendly schlock, most of which sounded the same. Including the song he wrote for Roger Daltrey's solo album. And I cannot stand "Summer of '69."

 

And then there's the execrable "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You," and the somehow-even-worse "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"

 

I used to dig it when HBO would do shows like this.

 

The site needs to create negative votes just for that piece of shit.

 

The class:
Nine Inch Nails
Notorious B.I.G.
Whitney Houston
Depeche Mode
T-Rex
Doobie Brothers