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Post by BillboardBoy on Aug 30, 2004 19:49:05 GMT -5
I was a big fan of Laura Branigan and was very upset to hear of her death.  Here are my favorites from her: 1) Self Control 2) Gloria 3) The Power of Love 4) Lucky One 5) Solitare |
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Post by Hervard on Aug 31, 2004 10:49:43 GMT -5
I remember a version of this song where she sings every line in the verses twice (i.e. "Oh the night/oh the night/is my world/is my world/city light/city light/painted girl/painted girl..."), but I only heard it once, on U93's Top 93 of 1984.
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Post by Nick on Aug 31, 2004 11:09:02 GMT -5
I was sad to hear of her passing as well. I agree with your picks for her best songs. I also loved "Shattered Glass" by her in 1987. :'(
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Post by Pet Shop Boy on Aug 31, 2004 13:22:32 GMT -5
Classic song. Everyone knows it, even if they don't know they know it, if you know what i mean....
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Post by mst3k on Aug 31, 2004 17:23:22 GMT -5
I was sad to hear of her passing as well. I agree with your picks for her best songs. I also loved "Shattered Glass" by her in 1987. :'( Same here... also "Moonlight On Water". |
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Post by johnnywest on Sept 1, 2004 9:05:37 GMT -5
Very sad. :'( But I do love "Self Control." It reminds me of the 6th and 7th grade.
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Post by tico on Sept 1, 2004 12:03:54 GMT -5
My favorite song of hers.
RIP Laura
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Post by Ling-Ling on Nov 10, 2004 6:29:34 GMT -5
I was never a big fan of Laura Branigan, but I did love this song, and I was incredibly sad to hear of her passing.
I agree with MandyfanUK, this is one of those songs that you know, you just don't know you know it, LOL. It was a pretty big hit, peaking at #4 on the Hot 100.
And if I remember correctly, the video to this was quite controversial at the time of its release. If my memory is serving me correctly, it was the first video to ever be banned from MTV (it was also directed by Oscar-winning director William Friedkin). I catch it every now and then on VH1 Classic, it's really not the kind of video you would picture her in.
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Post by johnnywest on Nov 10, 2004 10:14:52 GMT -5
And if I remember correctly, the video to this was quite controversial at the time of its release. If my memory is serving me correctly, it was the first video to ever be banned from MTV (it was also directed by Oscar-winning director William Friedkin). I catch it every now and then on VH1 Classic, it's really not the kind of video you would picture her in. What happened in the video? I've never seen it. I can't imagine it involving people with whips and chains like in "Erotica." :) |
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Post by Pet Shop Boy on Nov 10, 2004 11:44:28 GMT -5
In the Video Laura goes to a sort of club/casino, spots a guy in a scary Phantom Of The Opera-ish mask, follows him into a room where there's some kind of orgy going on, she joins in, (It's all hinted at with dancing and flesh-coloured suits though, not outright porn a'la madonna). She then returns home where the masked stranger comes in and apparently has sex with her, but it's supposed to be a dream, some scenes strongly suggest that Brannigan is in fact masturbating. Then it ends with her waking up in bed with her boyfriend, but he turns his face towards her and he's wearing the mask.
It's a cool video. Very arty.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Jan 17, 2005 17:41:28 GMT -5
Loved it! I heard this song for the first time in 1997 through a white label remix on a mixtape. I didn't know who had done this song until just last year. I googled the words, and it came up.
Some new remixes came out in 2004 of this song. Trance mixes.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Feb 5, 2007 18:55:26 GMT -5
The video:
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Post by joker on Feb 8, 2007 20:24:24 GMT -5
I like it.
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Post by johnnywest on Mar 6, 2007 23:14:51 GMT -5
Another great song from the 80s....
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Post by unicorns on Oct 8, 2008 20:58:19 GMT -5
my faorite from her
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Post by nlp81906 on Nov 28, 2008 22:17:48 GMT -5
incredible, her greatest were Spanish Eddie , Shattered Glass, Ti Amo
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Post by lolhey on Sept 18, 2010 11:26:13 GMT -5
The song is still the bomb to this very day, huge jump from her earlier work before the Self Control era. I think this will always be the best Laura Branigan song.. such a shame she passed on though.
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Post by ♛ The Manticore ☯ on Apr 12, 2012 10:48:58 GMT -5
One of my favorite 80's song of all time. This was in the soundtrack for GTA Vice City in 2002.
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Post by billme on Apr 13, 2012 23:06:25 GMT -5
This was my #1 song of July 4th weekend in 1984 and I created a special version of this song from my recording of the fireworks display I put together that weekend. It worked out really good during those O-o-h's part of the song. I even grab audio from the baseballl all-star that weekend "strike three" and added it in my mix. It's on some cassette tape that I have packed away years ago. I used to create special versions of some my #1 songs back in 1982-84 time period.
Today, computer technology makes creating your music so much easier just ask DJ earworm just imagine him doing his work on cassette tape. That's what I did back then...
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Post by HolidayGuy on Apr 14, 2012 8:57:25 GMT -5
One of my favorite Branigan tracks. Loved it back in 1984 (as a 9-year-old- who probably didn't understand the innuendo in the video, mind you).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2012 10:33:16 GMT -5
Love this! Her best song.
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Post by Dammn Baby on Nov 4, 2012 10:20:19 GMT -5
This is my favorite Laura Branigan song. It peaked at #4 Hot 100, #2 Dance, and #5 A/C in 1984. It was also a huge international hit, peaking in the Top 5 in many territories.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Nov 4, 2012 11:33:54 GMT -5
VICE CITY!! Love this song.
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Post by Rocky on May 30, 2014 19:38:27 GMT -5
One of my favorite song of the 80s. :) A classic.
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Post by johnnywest on May 31, 2014 11:49:52 GMT -5
I heard this recently when it was played in an optional segment on "AT40 - the 80s" when the did their last 1984 show.
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Post by Unhinged on Nov 24, 2017 13:27:01 GMT -5
Classic 80's. Love this. The video is awesome too.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Nov 25, 2017 12:11:53 GMT -5
The original song that Laura remade into her own hit
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Post by leonagwen on May 30, 2018 23:42:27 GMT -5
My favorite song from the summer of 1984.
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Post by Glove Slap on Jun 1, 2018 12:20:42 GMT -5
Her best single, and quite a well known song too.
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Post by Glove Slap on Jun 1, 2018 12:20:53 GMT -5
Her best single, and quite a well known song too.
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Here are my favorites from her:
