Bore wrote:#Infinity wrote:Bonkers wrote:
I have been collecting the 170s-180s and AbeatC had some stomping tracks back then!
It's odd that you say that because I've always considered 170s and 180s to be a dark age for A-Beat C, especially from SEB 176 to SEB 186 in particular. Their material during that period was mostly incredibly underpowered and poorly written, clearly showing ailment from the still-recent departures of Sandro Oliva and Alessandra Mirka Gatti. It wasn't until 2009 that the label truly got their act back together.
From Dave perspective the best material was done during 160s definitely. But 170s had some sparks of light in there as well. Red Core was decent and V.I.P. Is J.P. wasn't technically released on SEB till 178. Albeit being out earlier. Or maybe I'm just forgetting the timeline.
I think Dave was best around 1999, when he released "Deja Vu," "Beat of the Rising Sun," "Night Fever," and "100." I also love "Burning Like Fire" from SEB 195 (which you gave a 6+
). "V.I.P." and "Red Core" were both decent songs, but even so, they were sadly among the best that A-Beat C had to offer during the dark period of 2007 and early 2008.
There was a
lot of mediocre or even downright awful material produced throughout that era, however, with different artists. Among some of the biggest stinkers:
* Back to the Rising Sun (176) - A pretty much directionless song with watery synths.
* Like a Video (176) - This has an intriguing title, but the song itself couldn't be any less so.
* Watch Out (177) - A failed and uninspired attempt to capture a classic eurobeat feel.
* Dangerous Love (177) - Without meaty, hard-hitting production, Powerful T. songs cannot deliver their full potential.
* We Can Be Heroes (179) - This track is so sappy it's frankly hilarious.
* True Colour (181) - Pretty much the epitome of forgettable comeback-era Annerley Gordon songs. She should have just focused on Whigfield instead of continue to collaborate with A-Beat C after Domino and Sandro Oliva departed.
* Dance (181) - Written by a candied-up fourth grader.
* Fight All Night (182) - How are you supposed to take seriously a song about fighting all night when your instrumentation sounds like it was last used on an elevator lounge soundtrack?
* I'll Be Waiting (183) - It's Norma Vanilli, what do you expect?
* Bad Boys (183) - Sorry Matt, but this isn't how you pull off the eurobeat badass image. You need supercharged beats and aggressive melodies, not this pedestrian mess.
* Tell Me (183) - Yawn.
* Come on Up (184) - Written by a candied-up fifth grader.
* People Like Dancing (186) - Oh god, here it is, the big stinker. One of the absolute worst eurobeat songs ever recorded. The synth work is a muddled pigsty, the vocal delivery incredibly half-assed, and the melody awkwardly depressing. It falls flat in pretty much every single department. While I can understand ranking "I'm Superstar" below this, that song
almost has a likable cheesiness to it, whereas this just spoils my mood within a matter a seconds.
Frankly, there's not a single song produced by A-Beat C released from SEB 176 to 186 that I truly love. The closest calls would be "Gunfire," "Glorious," and "The One for Me," which are all good but not great.
The Race Is Over Is Good, too, though.