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Subject: The Weeknd' "Blinding Lights" is one of the few recent songs I love

Written By: imrane on 02/03/20 at 3:29 am

Could "Blinding Lights" be the start of a return to late 2000s/early 2010s happier-sounding music without mumbling? It sounds like an 80s song or a retro styled song from 2009-2014 to me, yet fresh in the sea of mumble gibberish songs.

Subject: Re: The Weeknd' "Blinding Lights" is one of the few recent songs I love

Written By: shadowcookie on 02/03/20 at 7:16 am

It’s one of my current favourite songs too.

Subject: Re: The Weeknd' "Blinding Lights" is one of the few recent songs I love

Written By: Sman12 on 02/03/20 at 7:37 am

I'm actually liking it better than "Heartless".

Subject: Re: The Weeknd' "Blinding Lights" is one of the few recent songs I love

Written By: mc98 on 02/03/20 at 1:55 pm

There’s also that Dua Lipa song “Don’t Start Now”, which is a bop. I hope we get more songs like these in the early 2020s.

Subject: Re: The Weeknd' "Blinding Lights" is one of the few recent songs I love

Written By: wagonman76 on 02/03/20 at 10:30 pm

Love that weeknd song. Sounds very 80s to me. Even has an 80s sounding synth patch.

Subject: Re: The Weeknd' "Blinding Lights" is one of the few recent songs I love

Written By: Slim95 on 02/03/20 at 11:09 pm

I hate it. There's not a single popular song I like right now.

Subject: Re: The Weeknd' "Blinding Lights" is one of the few recent songs I love

Written By: nally on 05/01/21 at 10:53 am


Love that weeknd song. Sounds very 80s to me. Even has an 80s sounding synth patch.

It does remind me a little bit of "Young Turks" by Rod Stewart (a 1981 hit), due to the synth and the drumbeat.

Subject: Re: The Weeknd' "Blinding Lights" is one of the few recent songs I love

Written By: wagonman76 on 05/01/21 at 12:35 pm


It does remind me a little bit of "Young Turks" by Rod Stewart (a 1981 hit), due to the synth and the drumbeat.


I hear that from a lot of people. But I never heard any similarity that really stood out. To me it sounds more like “Take On Me”. Same reason, the synth and drum machine.

Subject: Re: The Weeknd' "Blinding Lights" is one of the few recent songs I love

Written By: NightmareFarm on 05/03/21 at 12:09 pm

If artists have to emulate older decades to make good music then so be it. Much better than the mess that was 2010s music.

Subject: Re: The Weeknd' "Blinding Lights" is one of the few recent songs I love

Written By: Slim95 on 05/04/21 at 2:33 pm


I hate it. There's not a single popular song I like right now.

I have no idea why I said this since I ended up liking Blinding Lights :-\\ It's not very original but it's catchy and will be remembered as the anthem for the early 2020s and Covid era.

Subject: Re: The Weeknd' "Blinding Lights" is one of the few recent songs I love

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 05/04/21 at 4:23 pm


I have no idea why I said this since I ended up liking Blinding Lights :-\\ It's not very original but it's catchy and will be remembered as the anthem for the early 2020s and Covid era.


You must have been under a spell. Reminds me of "Bewitched" when Samantha would twitch her nose and make somebody say something, and then they shake their heads and say "I have no idea why I just said that!".  ;D

Subject: Re: The Weeknd' "Blinding Lights" is one of the few recent songs I love

Written By: batfan2005 on 05/04/21 at 8:43 pm


I have no idea why I said this since I ended up liking Blinding Lights :-\\ It's not very original but it's catchy and will be remembered as the anthem for the early 2020s and Covid era.


I also think Dua Lipa's "Don't Start Now" reminds me of that time, which is probably why I don't listen to it now even though that song and album are otherwise good.

Subject: Re: The Weeknd' "Blinding Lights" is one of the few recent songs I love

Written By: wagonman76 on 05/04/21 at 9:06 pm


I also think Dua Lipa's "Don't Start Now" reminds me of that time, which is probably why I don't listen to it now even though that song and album are otherwise good.


For me, besides Blinding Lights, is Say So by Doja Cat.

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