Does anyone know why Christopher Cross was black balled?
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He falls into the same category as Air Supply. Even if the guy was a hunk, the style of music just wasn't going to fly during the MTV years. Only hot women continued to be successfull in that genre.
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Ride Like The Wind was all over the FM rock stations in '80. He was opening act for The Eagles on final The Long Run tour.
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you mean if they used a claymation video like they did for peter gaberial he wouldn't sell records?
phil collins solo stuff got played.
phil collins solo stuff got played.
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"I’ve never heard of these bands, mom. What kind of music do they play?"
"Crap rock?"
"No…"
"Wuss rock."
"That’s it."
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I call it "dentist rock" because I have very vivid memories of stuff like Cross, Air Supply and Hall on Oates on seemingly endless rotation on the radio station they always played at the dentist when I was a kid. And I spent a LOT of time in that chair "Sailing" under novocaine and the like....
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So true
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Has anyone ever heard from Saxon after covering Christopher Cross?
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Blackballed!
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Blackballed!
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He's the Ted McGinley of the music biz.
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Winning the Grammy for "Best" New Artist is also considered a curse.
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YACHT ROCK: Episode 1
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The fact that it took 41 posts for a Yacht Rock episode to be introduced into this thread is really sad. We should all be ashamed.
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I don't know what it is about yacht rock. I can't stand it, but I can't turn it off. It's the devil!
#45
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Weird about Bryan Adams though, maybe he asked that he not be on the site?
#46
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Bryan Adams specifically requested AllMusic remove all reviews of his albums/body of work, because they weren't quite flattering of him. Strangely, they complied with this request.
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The Canadian government has apologized for Bryan Adams on several occasions.
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Link? Or sardonic?
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Since Mr. Adams doesn't want anyone to look up information about his albums, I'll adhere to his wishes by not buying any of them.
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And as usual, that thread begins with your typical Internet ignorance on the nature of censorship. ("WHAT ABOUT FREE SPEECH?!!!")