Hard and AOR poll

Toss up between Fleetwood Mac and Journey. I love the Mac, but they sort of slid after Rumours. Still made some decent music, but Mirage and Tango In The Night were very inconsistent. And I cannot even begin to tell you what a train wreck Behind The Mask was after Buckingham left. A nice return with Say You Will and The Dance, though.

Journey, on the other hand, provided some of the best music of my youth. "Mother, Father" from Escape is simply gut wrenching and a more serious song when compared to "Who's Crying Now" or "Stone In Love". Frontiers, though not as good as Escape, has some great songs that you never hear on the radio--primarily, "Edge Of The Blade" and the title track.

Perry really fouled up (as he even admitted) when he fired Steve Smith and Ross Valory in favor of studio hired guns for Raised On Radio. By this time the magic had gone and it's hardly recognizable as being a Journey album.

Long post, I know, but I still have a warm spot for Journey.

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Toto is my favorite band so this is an easy choice for me.

Now i remember FOREIGNER

none of the above. there's a hitlist of stock pub-rock bands I'd rather never hear again

Ghost Rider wrote: I've never been into AOR, though I quite like Fleetwood Mac. Out of this list, I choose Free - who are miles better than any of the bands mentioned here.

 

  Free!

Though a second choice for me would be REO Speedwagon.

The T wrote: markosherrera wrote: Now i remember FOREIGNER And where's Air Supply????

Foreigner have songs like juke box hero,cold as ice,dirty white boy ,hot blooded,that are classics of AOR,with a force and feeling that Air Supply dont have, because Air Supply is a group in the category of bee gees,prism,bolton etc etc but worst

king of Siam wrote: Air Supply

No,please,no......Air Supply is for other poll,but not, I dont want to think about this kind   of groups.may be  that I have pollyosis,but with some limits  Other member can design this poll,but not me.... uff.

So many good groups here.... My best memories of the 70s and 80s are tied into some of these groups. I am a HUGE fan af Styx (who were very progressive at their start and still had progressive tones as they reached the end), Boston (man I just wish Tom Scholz had just gotten his head out of his butt long enough to create more music), Toto, the Mac, Journey, etc. I finally chose the Eagles because of the moments of true beauty that occured in their music. BTW, "The Last Resort" is a great song.... It moves me to chills everytime Henley sings these lines:

"We satisfy our endless needs and
justify our bloody deeds,
in the name of destiny and the name of God

And you can see them there,
On Sunday morning
They stand up and sing about
what it's like up there
They call it paradise
I don't know why
You call someplace paradise,
kiss it goodbye."

Damn good stuff.

^^^  I've just noticed...Loverboy

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: Hey, since when is Fleetwood Mac AOR or Art Rock?   Not even Rumors is an Album Oriented Rock release only to mention one reason, three tracks out of it (Dreams, Go Your Own Way and Don't Stop) were hit singles, something that doesn't happen in AOR and don't tell me they play Hard Rock.   Fleetwood Mac is  POP, an OUTSTADING and ORIGINAL POP band where almost all the members were very skilled musicians and three members were able to take the lead vocals.   Iván

Why doesn't that happen in AOR? Albums that were made as such often produce hits. Look at Pink Floyd and Yes.