#80s ballad pop

[anemoiawithatouchofobsession]

"Its 00:49 am and I'm in my feels" female ballad playlist (find these songs and more on THIS spotify playlist of mine!):

Won Jun Hee - Love Is Like Glass/사랑이란 유리같은 것

Kim Hye Rim - Breakup For Me/날 위한 이별

Lee Ji Yeon - That Reason Was Pain For Me/ 그 이유가 내겐 아픔이었네

Won Mi Yeon - Breakup Trip/ 이별여행

Lee Eun Ha - Like The Smile Saying Goodbye/미소를 띄우며 나를 보낸 그 모습처럼

Yeo Jin - Only More Yearning/그리움만 쌓이네

Park Young Mi - I Want To Forget It All/이제는 모두 잊고 싶어요

Ha Soo Bin- Don't Leave Me In Pain Anymore/더 이상 내게 아픔을 남기지마

Kim Ji Yeon - When The Cold Wind Blows/찬바람이 불면

Kang Susie - Scattered Days/흩어진 나날들

[retropopcult]

"Saving All My Love for You" is a song made famous by American singer Whitney Houston, who recorded it for her debut album in 1985. It became her first single to hit #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and eventually went Platinum for sales of over 1 million copies. At the 28th Annual Grammy Awards, it won for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

The song caused some controversy for Houston due to its theme of having an affair with a married man. Her mother, Cissy, did not like the scenario described in the lyrics, claiming that the song's message would reflect badly on her daughter. However, later Whitney herself confessed, “I was going through a terrible love affair at the time. He was married, and that will never work out for anybody. Never, no way.”

"Saving All My Love" was originally written by Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin during the 1970s and first recorded by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis for their album but not released as a single. Years later, Masser saw Whitney for the first time in New York when she was singing one of his songs, "The Greatest Love of All". After her performance, Houston told Masser that the song was one of her favorites and later, Masser was chosen by Arista to produce some tracks for Houston's first album.  He offered up "Saving All My Love" and she said she "immediately responded to it, emotionally."

After the success of her previous single, "You Give Good Love", the executives at Arista Records didn't think "Saving All My Love for You" was a good follow up for next single. When Masser heard this, he made a friendly wager with Arista's president, Clive Davis, during one of Houston's performances at the Roxy Theatre in LA. Masser proposed that if all the women got on their feet when Houston started single "Saving All My Love", then Davis would agree that it should be the next single. They did and it was. 

[citypopdaily]

Another Day, Another Love by Junko Ohashi / 大橋純子

Album: Tea for Tears Year: 1981 Label: Philips → Universal Music Japan Lyrics: Yoshiko Miura / 三浦徳子 Music: Yoshihiro Yonekura / 米倉良広

[alfairb]

We could live For a thousand years But if I hurt you I'd make wine from your tears

[t00thpasteface]

Hello fellow TWRP fan!!!!! They're literally my favorite band!! I have like 4 of their shirts lol

I'm glad to find another fan!!!!!

HELL YEAH!!!

i have a pretty indiscriminate music taste overall but i really love twrp's sound; they sound like what you remember old 80s music sounding like, and improve on it with their own spin instead of just copying it. and they don't skimp on the disco either!!

remember: the Disco Sucks movement was a psyop 👁👁

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: June 1, 1980

Lyrics:

Between eight and half past seven

This place is awful quiet

Have to do my shoppin'

Take care of my diet.

I run around in circles

And never see a soul.

Late at night

Early in the morning light

You can see

see them all.

Late at night

Early in the morning light

You can feel

feel them all.

Wonder what they're doing

This hour of the day.

What will be their temper

And what will be their pay

Songwriter: Alice May

Is there another meeting 'bout

How to change the world?

Late at night

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[lautakwah]

Ling....can the gworls have a cantopop playlist? We wanna hear!!

Ask and ye shall receive!

[brookesdreamery]

What is your favorite music genre?

Hmmm, good question 🤔

Honestly I’m pretty flexible when it comes to music, I’ll listen to just about anything if I like the lyrics and the beat. (My playlists would probably give someone genre whiplash tbh 😅). I really enjoy listening to pop and alternative! 😋

But I’d have to say my favorite kind of music at the moment would be 80’s love rock ballads!!!🎸 (Some of my favorites of the genre being: Everything I do (I do it for you), I don’t want to miss a thing, I just died in your arms tonight, Glory of Love, etc. 👌✨)

But mostly I’m the kind of person who will discover a random song and listen to it on repeat every waking second for a few weeks, and then drop it in favor of the next random song I find 😂

[pangurlban]

Chris Rea

On the Beach

1986

[anemoiawithatouchofobsession]

..••°♡°••Kang Susie performing "그땐 알겠지 (You'll Know Then) on KBS Gayo Top Ten, 1994••°♡°••..

[citypopdaily]

駅 (Eki) by Mariya Takeuchi / 竹内まりや

Album: Request Year: 1987 Label: Moon Records Lyrics & Music: Mariya Takeuchi / 竹内まりや

[claustrophonic]

Album: Two Star & The Dream Police - Mk.gee (2024)

This one was just released in February.

Two Star & The Dream Police (and Mk.gee in general) has a very distinctive sound. It's tinny, it's murky, it's noisy but clear. Most of the tracks are absurdly catchy. It's reminiscent of that "Justin Bieber" type of pop sound if it was dipped in chrome, thrown into a swamp, and rusted to something barely recognizable. 80s power-ballad-style elements are tastefully scattered throughout, creating a distinctive but familiar environment.

The lyrics are obstructed and warped, the English blissfully broken. Their meanings are something unclear, but still relatable. And his fuzzy, softly belt-y vocals match them so nicely.

This guy really knows how to curate an atmosphere, and he really honed in on this specific one. The name, the cover art, the murk and mystery! The sum of it all is an other-worldly masterpiece and, what is already one of my favorite albums of the year.

Personal Highlights:

Alesis

Rylee & I

Are You Looking Up

Candy

[carolofthedailydays]

Playing the blues clues theme song in my store to add whimsy

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: March 2, 1984

Lyrics:

They were sitting like a string of pearls

Decorating an illegal world

But the one that took the poor man´s plight

Was a tuby in the night

Mental anguish was her speciality

She´s a sadist of society

And she´ll tell you that tomorrow is gone

Now the race has just begun

One look in Madonna´s eyes

She can read your thoughts and can see through your mind

One look in Madonna´s eyes, she can´t fill the rooms

But empty lives

Now the thinking what a waste of sin

She´s a live one better jump on in

Twisted stories bodies clinging tight

She´s a tick-tock of the night

When the fog has finally settled in

She will baptise all the waiting men

And it seems the competition is on

Now the race has just begun

Songwriter:

One look in Madonna´s eyes

She can read your thoughts and can see through your mind

One look in Madonna´s eyes, she can´t fill the rooms

But empty lives

Candy DeRouge / Gunther Mende

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