Drifting to the Eurobeat
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Already had a few posts about Eurobeat in the "Listening" thread, but I feel like making it a full topic.
Made mostly in Italy, and made popular around the world through the street racing anime Initial D, avex's long-running Super Eurobeat CD series, and meme videos, Eurobeat is pure fluff of an electronic music genre, but its unrelentless energy is outstandingly addictive.
The big ones:
Max Coveri - Running In The 90's
Youtube VideoDave Rodgers - Deja Vu
Youtube VideoNiko - Night of Fire
Youtube VideoManuel - Gas Gas Gas
Youtube VideoLou Grant - Don't Stop The Music
Youtube VideoDave Rodgers - Space Boy
Youtube VideoDave Rodgers - Beat of the Rising Sun
Youtube VideoMega NRG Man - Back On The Rocks
Youtube VideoOther popular tracks:
Symbol - Forever Young
Youtube VideoThe Spiders From Mars - Fly Me To The Moon & Back
Youtube VideoMarko Polo - Speedy Speed Boy
Youtube VideoDaniel - Full Metal Cars
Youtube VideoJ. Storm - Dancin' In My Dreams
Youtube VideoChris Stanton - A Perfect Hero
Youtube VideoDr. Love - Don't Stand So Close
Youtube VideoDr. Love - Eurobeat
Youtube VideoDave Rodgers - Boom Boom Japan
Youtube VideoDejo & Bon - Wheelpower And Go!
Youtube VideoSmile.dk - Butterfly (Hyper K Mix)
Youtube VideoKen Blast - The Top
Youtube VideoPersonal picks:
Mega NRG Man - Grand Prix
Youtube VideoKevin & Cherry - Chemical Love
Youtube VideoSpeedman - Speed Lover
Youtube VideoTam Arrow - One Shot Girl
Youtube VideoFastway - Spacelove
Youtube VideoFastway - Shock Out
Youtube VideoKen Blast - When The Sun Goes Down
Youtube VideoHotblade - Power Two
Youtube VideoAnd as for Ace - Adrenaline, IMO the best Eurobeat track, it scored Initial D's final race, and I recommend hearing it there first. It's also halfway through the JD Neon mix below.
avex's (partial) Initial D playlist
Bratt Sinclaire (elite Eurobeat producer) playlist (ongoing)
JD Neon's 3-hour subscriber special mix (reupload)
Dave Rodgers live
YouTube gaming guitarist crossover covers
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Fastway - Love Countdown
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Mr. Groove - White Light
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This is a god-tier thread.
I'm adding some of these to my Italo Disco / Europop / Eurobeat playlist. Every Italian American (and Canadian) goes through their wannabe DJ phase and I'm having mine thankfully through only Apple Music and not spending 10 grand on turntables.
I feel like I listened to Real McCoy "Another Night" like 15 times this week.
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Here are a couple of Eurobeat-esque DDR tracks, the first from Italian producers Factory Team, and the second from Japanese producers Y&Co.
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This is an earlier form of Eurobeat that was made for Para Para dancing routines:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para_Para#2nd_Boom_(1993–1995)
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Priscilla - Love Is In Danger
Valentina - I Love You Like You Are
Cherry - When I Close My Eyes
(BTW, is anybody besides me listening to these?)
