response 7 of 23:

Feb 18 15:22 UTC 2003

Part of what makes me like an 80s song is if the lyrics make sense (I *hate*
some of the songs who go from a she to a you to a she again in addressing
(supposedly) the same individual ... agk!), part of it is if I liked the video
(I admit it, some songs I adore just because I loved the videos, although I
didn't really have MTV ever in the 80s...), and part of it is if I like the
way the voices blend (all of Def Leppard gets me because I really really like
how the four of them sing together -- ah, harmony....). 

I would not have classified "one Night in Bangkok" as a rap song, based on
the rap songs I've heard. (My son, alas ,went through a a rap music stage,
and still likes it -- to me, the main feature of rap is that the words and
music take a back seat to the "pushy" nature of the "rap" ie 
word word word word word WORD
word word word WORD
etc. 
It's not so much that you can hear what they're saying as they push the
emphasis  at you, to me. (I can't figure out why anyone likes it, but then
I'm a middle aged white woman who likes folk music, so I doubt I'm the target
audience.))
I thougth that "Chess" finally did get produced somewhere?  I have the
soundtrack album for it somewhere in my tapes.