[ SECRET POST #5919 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5919 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Lionel Richie's an R&B and pop star. He started off with the Commodores.

He's not my fave, but I solidly agree that R&B sure ain't what it used to be.

[lauramcewan]

I think it was referred to as "soft rock".

[(Anonymous)]

According to Wikipedia, his genres are Soul and R&B. Also, according to Wikipedia, in the 80s/90s, hip-hop and electronic music, among others, started to be more of an influence on both.

[(Anonymous)]

R&B in his case, but you'll find similar in the Adult Contemporary genre. He's on the funky end of it, but you get artists like Adele, Dionne Warwick, Julio and Enrique Iglesias.

[(Anonymous)]

Your "He's on the funky end of it" bit made me chuckle 'cause it reminded me of a story my dad told once about a radio station he worked at. Apparently they wouldn't let DJs play "Dancing on the Ceiling" before a certain time of evening, because they thought it might be "too raucous" for some listeners.

Yeah :p.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT My little brother was absolutely terrified of the song "Dancing on the Ceiling" because he'd seen a clip for it where they did in fact dance on the ceiling! What if that happened to him??? So it was obviously too disturbing for some people! Then again, he was four.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

LOL, awwwwwww, poor kid! I can see that, yeah, it would be a little startling for a child :D.

[(Anonymous)]

Love his stuff, too, anon. By the way, what I love the most is the story of how this song came to be- something about his manager coming into the room looking for him while he was playing the piano, and he jokingly played "hello, is it me you're looking for?" and the manager supposedly said "that's it, play it again" . Love that.

His Commodores era was even more interesting to me though gotta love those funky beats. Not sure what his solo era would be classified as but soft rock is a good guess. Piano-playing soft rock vocalists aren't that unusual though.

[(Anonymous)]

Commodores era 100%

Not the OP

[(Anonymous)]

The threads above are the first I'm hearing of "soft rock," in a sea of descriptors that seem to be about figuring out new ways to make rock sub-genres seem more impressive or threatening or manly or spooky. It's making me wonder if it's a legitimate descriptor or a reclaimed epithet, like "shoegazing."

In any case, I'm hoping you find more of what you like, anon.

[(Anonymous)]

Soft rock is a very well-known genre. Almost old-fashioned.

Also a really common radio format I think?

[(Anonymous)]

It’s just old enough I think. From an era back when rock was popular rather than edgy.

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe it’s just an American sub genre? It’s been around at least since the 70s. Officially it is called Adult Contemporary but radio stations still use soft rock more often and it’s the more common name when talking about it, even in the industry. The AC title just tends to be for charts and category titles on some selling/streaming platforms.

[(Anonymous)]

Soft rock is a genre and has been for decades. And it's totally appropriate, as are other rock subgenres - Toto are different to ACDC are different to Metallica, etc etc.

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed, OP. :)