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Live is life...




Very little info about Opus other than the fact that it is an Austrian band formed in Graz in 1973 and originally composed of Herwig Rüdisser, Ewald Pfleger, Kurt-Rene Plisnier and Günter Grasmuck.


Group which will remain mainly in the musical history of the Eighties for the enormous title "Live is life" released in 1985. Single which will be a real hit on a planetary level that year.


As such alone, he deserved this article.


To discover or rediscover...


 

Discography (among others ...) :


80s  Decade :

  • Seeming out of reach 1980

  • Not the way 1980

  • Daydreams 1980

  • Keep your mind 1981

  • (Have you seen) My blue Suede shoes 1981

  • Showclown 1981

  • The opusition 1982

  • Yellow fellow 1982

  • Stop the Pop 1982

  • Flyin’ high 1982

  • Up and down 1984

  • Way to play 1984

  • Positive 1984

  • Live is life 1985

  • Idolater 1985

  • Rock on the rocks 1985

  • Dreamin' takes you away 1985

  • Whiteland 1987

  • Can you hear me 1987

  • On the surface 1987

  • Faster and faster 1988


90s  Decade :

  • Somewhere - Somehow 1990

  • When the night comes 1990

  • Get out of my head 1990

  • Gimme love 1992

  • Crazy world 1992

  • Walkin' on air 1992

  • Just for fun 1996

  • Don't say goodbye 1996

  • How can I exist 1996


2000s  Decade :

  • Holy moments 2004

  • Show me now 2004

  • Take love from my heart 2004


2020s   Decade :

  • We made it 2020

  • Halfway done 2020

  • Time will come 2020

  • Made my day 2020

  • Fake or true 2020

  • The living proof 2021

  • Flying high (The Schick Sisters) 2021

  • Good or bad (The Schick Sisters) 2022

  • So simple (The Schick Sisters) 2022

  • The beat goes on (The Schick Sisters) 2024

  • Eleven (The Schick Sisters) 2024


 

Tracks :


1980...the very first steps in instrumental mode. Difficult in these conditions to go from shadow to light quickly...



1980...this very first opus will at least have the merit of launching them and making them discover the musical world as it really is...



1980...afterwards you have to start well one day as they say and it is rare that we smash everything from the first album. Let's give them time...



1981...a new opus which will not really change the situation. Whatever happens, the group is gaining momentum slowly but surely and that's the important thing...



1981...little by little the style and sound are structured and stick more and more to the times. Good reasons to believe in the future...



1981...now they just need to find that little something extra that will make all the difference and finally set them apart from the crowd...



1982...it won't be 1982 for this year either, but we're getting closer anyway. It's just a matter of time...



1982...it is clear in any case that something is going to happen at one time or another, it cannot be otherwise...



1982...there really isn't much missing for the big takeoff, it's clear. The group is working on it in any case...



1982...the little extra, they will finally find it with this title. A title that will give them their first success and finally put them on the path to success...



1984...a sequel which doesn't really confirm all the good things we could think of them. There is quality in all this but not enough at this stage to allow them to fight with the best...



1984...afterwards the adventure is far from over and they have not shown all of their possibilities. And the future will prove it in a magnificent way...



1984...we feel that something big is bound to happen at one point or another, it's only a question of time...



1985 ... then THIS title comes ! It took them a while to produce it but the result will far exceed anything they could have imagined. The group signs here quite simply the title of their life but especially one of the biggest dance hits of the decade. MAS-TER-FUL !



1985...impossible for this title to compete with its predecessor as the bar was set so high. Besides, all the titles that come later will also be...



1985...after that does not mean that the adventure is not worth pursuing, far from it. They still have things to offer and especially to sing, it is clear !



1985...after reaching the top of the mountain you always have to come down. Then it's up to them to come down as gently as possible...



1987...they will achieve a new success here which proves to them with certainty that nothing is ever finished in music, far from it...



1987...of course the success is now mainly located in Austria but it's better than nothing. This at least gives them reason to continue to believe in the future...



1987...as long as the core fan base remains substantial there is no reason to throw in the towel prematurely. This is what the group says to himself every day...



1988...and in principle he is absolutely right, especially when there is new success thanks to this title. An adventure far, far from over...



1990...after having blossomed and then reached the heights during the 80s, it remains to be seen what this new 90s has in store for them...



1990...what is certain in any case is that they intend to continue the adventure as far as possible thanks to the production of titles of more than obvious quality...



1990...it is clear that there is still room for them on the international music scene. Will they be able to come back, good question...?



1992...the production of titles remains substantial in any case and reassures the group's desire not to give up...




1992...a great adventure which has lasted for 12 years and which is far from having come to an end. At least we hope so...



1992...successes will become more and more rare but it doesn't matter as long as the qualitative level remains constant, which is the case with them...



1996...a group which will remain known mainly for one title and which nevertheless frankly would have deserved to be recognized for all of its work...



1996...because when we see all the titles produced since their beginnings there is really something to impress, both by the number and by the quality...



1996...they will have achieved their biggest success in the Dance register but their talent in the Intimist register no longer needs to be demonstrated, that much is clear...



2004...we lost sight of them for almost 8 years but here they are again regardless. A desire to believe in it until the end which undoubtedly commands respect...



2004...and it's not the core fans who are going to complain about it, quite the contrary. As soon as a new opus comes out they are obviously over the moon...



2004...the group is in its 3rd decade of career, which is no small thing. Longevity reserved for the most gifted of each generation as always...



2020...we really thought that the matter was definitively over but it was a bad idea to know them because here they are back in an unexpected way to say the least...



2020...it took them 16 years to come back but they are definitely here. Not only are they there, but what they are now offering is far from devoid of interest, that much is clear...



2020...so in music nothing is ever finished. They prove it here with certainty even if we cannot still speak of a return to grace...



2020...a decade 2020 which sees many other groups from the 80s like them returning which can only reassure them about the future of events...



2020...so there is still room for all these old groups who have decided to show young people that there was really talent in all these groups from the 80s...



2021...so furtive return or more sustainable return, the future will tell us. It would be a real shame if the adventure ended there...



2021...we will later find them in charming company with the 'Schick Sisters', notably on one of their reference titles...



2022...so we imagine that there will be a sequel to all of this in one way or another. And this to the delight of the core fans once again...


2023...so last title or not ? Knowing them, it would be extremely surprising if there wasn't a sequel to all this, that's for sure...



2024...



2024...


 

Top Bonus : 2024...


 

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