Billy Ocean
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Billy Ocean
Whatever happened to this staple of the 80's?
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Re: Billy Ocean
fact: Billy Ocean was the first concert I ever attended. I think I was about 16 or 17.
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from a few months ago:
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Re: Billy Ocean
You can't forget about the License to Drive song.
I thought maybe he would still be big after all the hits he had in the 80's.
I thought maybe he would still be big after all the hits he had in the 80's.
#7
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Re: Billy Ocean
I saw him perform live at Epcot two years ago. It was a free show. It wasn't bad for what it was.
It's sort of crazy how many of these 80s artists were just huge for awhile and then suddenly fall completely off the map. Here in the US he had 3 number one songs and 4 more top ten hits in like a 5-year span, and then nothing.
It's sort of crazy how many of these 80s artists were just huge for awhile and then suddenly fall completely off the map. Here in the US he had 3 number one songs and 4 more top ten hits in like a 5-year span, and then nothing.
#8
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Re: Billy Ocean
Seriously though, there are plenty of acts from every decade who are big for a while and then drop off the face of the earth. Some of them just can't hold the public's interest, others move into other areas of music (Nile Rodgers of Chic became an incredibly successful producer for Madonna, Bowie, etc.).
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Re: Billy Ocean
Funny how someone like Lionel Richie who is around the same age as Billy Ocean has a career going on 4 decades. He was actually able to re-invent himself and change his sound a few times.
I saw that Ocean's last major studio album was in 1993 and after that tanked, he pretty much left the industry.
I saw that Ocean's last major studio album was in 1993 and after that tanked, he pretty much left the industry.
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Seriously though, there are plenty of acts from every decade who are big for a while and then drop off the face of the earth. Some of them just can't hold the public's interest, others move into other areas of music (Nile Rodgers of Chic became an incredibly successful producer for Madonna, Bowie, etc.).
#14
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Re: Billy Ocean
Huh... I thought he went back to Trinidad and was still a fairly popular star in the Caribbean. Maybe it's Eddie Grant I'm thinking of.
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Re: Billy Ocean
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAjInKiOkqo
Here he is on some Aussie chat show in 2009. Dude is killing it and sounds even better then the record.
Here he is on some Aussie chat show in 2009. Dude is killing it and sounds even better then the record.
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Re: Billy Ocean
He was on the Tonight Show this week
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