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1984 Song of the Year Nominees:

"Every Breath You Take" – The Police (Winner) - Songwriter: Sting
"All Night Long (All Night)" - Songwriter: Lionel Richie
"Beat It" - Songwriter: Michael Jackson
"Billie Jean" - Songwriter: Michael Jackson
"Maniac" - Songwriter: Michael Sembello & Dennis Matkosky

Other notable nominees for awards that year included Tina Turner's "What's Love Got To Do With It" (which won Record of the Year in 1985) and Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time".

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Posted by Lonnie Utah

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Posted on 2/11/26 at 6:36 pm to deeprig9

Other noteables from that year. In no particular order.

"Let's Dance" David Bowie
"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Eurythmics
"Hungry Like the Wolf" Duran Duran
"Electric Avenue" Eddy Grant
"Little Red Corvette" Prince
"Rock the Casbah" The Clash

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Posted by deeprig9

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Posted on 2/11/26 at 6:38 pm to Lonnie Utah

Are we just all dumb boomers or is music actually getting worse?

"ThErE's StIlL gOdD MuSiC oUt ThErE!!!!!" ?????

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Posted by Zappas Stache

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Posted on 2/11/26 at 6:50 pm to deeprig9

quote:
is music actually getting worse?

My Dad said the same thing in 1984

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Posted by Brosef Stalin

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Posted on 2/11/26 at 7:07 pm to Zappas Stache

his dad said the same thing in 1964

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Posted by High C

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Posted on 2/11/26 at 7:11 pm to deeprig9

Never underestimate the importance of radio play then. Today, I don’t know what what be the equivalent. YouTube plays? Spotify? In any sense, our listening was much more dictated then.

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Posted by Big Scrub TX

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Posted on 2/11/26 at 7:56 pm to Brosef Stalin

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his dad said the same thing in 1964

But not much before that. That's the big thing The Beatles changed. They basically ushered in the generation gap. Parents and kids listened to very similar music prior to that. Even the blip of the rock n roll revolution had basically gone away by the time The Beatles showed up.

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Posted by awestruck

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Posted on 2/11/26 at 8:51 pm to deeprig9

quote:
Are we just all dumb boomers or is music actually getting worse?

"ThErE's StIlL gOdD MuSiC oUt ThErE!!!!!" ?????

The title reads

quote:
at the Grammy's

not

quote:
1984 Best Song

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Posted by awestruck

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Posted on 2/11/26 at 9:03 pm to Big Scrub TX

eta: gets to your point at 2:48 or so

This post was edited on 2/11/26 at 9:07 pm

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Posted by SludgeFactory

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Posted on 2/12/26 at 6:49 am to deeprig9

maybe the grammy's just suck?

There are no doubt great song writers/artists out there today. The grammys won't promote them for various reasons. Perhaps the consumer isn't the same as it was in 1984?

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Posted by Bjorn Cyborg

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Posted on 2/12/26 at 10:40 am to deeprig9

Music isn't worse.

Popular music is worse.

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Posted by KiwiHead

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Posted on 2/12/26 at 3:21 pm to deeprig9

There is some good rock being made, but there is no real want by the record companies to promote them or to sign them wholesale.....unless they want to go to Nashville and maybe skip in on the country charts.

It's a lot cheaper to produce and record someone like Billie Eilish or Lorde than say a 5 person band like Aerosmith.

I knew a music club guy in NYC who said that we the public eat what the record companies tell us to eat when it comes to music

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