Best of Super Eurobeat: from Max Coveri to Initial D
1) Max Coveri - Running in the 90's
Super Eurobeat
Super Eurobeat is the best music you’ve never heard of (unless you’re Japanese). It’s a form of extremely fast music which has, like Gabber, in excess of 120 Beats per minute. But unlike Gabber, it is a more pop friendly with catchy tunes and, (like its Italo Disco predecessors), nonsensical, repetitive lyrics. Some say it isn’t a Super Eurobeat song if it doesn’t contain the words love, fire or speed in it
When interest in Italo disco waned in the late eighties, many former European artists decided to throw their lot in with a new form of music, a music which, oddly enough found popularity only in Japan. These days, interest in Super Eurobeat (even in Japan) is waning, the genre has run its course. But for a while it was one of the most popular dance club music. Fortunately, to the non Japanese person, like you and me, this genre is fresh, new and offers significant rewards to the open minded.
Many anime fans will be familiar with Super Eurobeat from the popular anime, Initial D, which features a soundtrack almost exclusively of this genre. Initial D, for the first time, brought this genre to the attention to westerners. But its still very unknown. Being able to name a Super Eurobeat gives you almost as many nerds points as knowing how to do the Sexy Commando
Probably the two best name artists in this genre are Max Coveri (Italo-disco legend) and Dave Rodgers.
Here are my personal top three in the genre
Max Coveri – Running in the 90’s
Dave Rodgers – Space Boy (the lyrics are nonsensical, but epically so).
Norma Sheffield - I Just Wanna Call You Now
Other great Examples of Super Eurobeat
Ace - Drivin Crazy
Ace - Dynamite
Ace - Play the music
Alexis - One Night In Tokyo
Annerley Gordon - On My Own
Annerley Gordon - Say Yeah
Bazooka Girl - Velfarre 2000
Dave McLoud - Gimme the Night
Dave McLoud - Mikado
Dave Rodgers - 100
Dave Rodgers - Beat of the Rising Sun
Dave Rodgers - Deja Vu(New Generation Remix)
Dave Rodgers - Make Up Your Mind
Dave Rodgers & Mega NRG Man - Night Fever
Dave Simon - I Need Your Love
De Niro - Start
Derreck Simons - Make My Day
Derreck Simons - Station to Station
Digital Planet - FLY AWAY
Dusty - Rock Me to the Top
Edo Boys - No One Sleep in Tokyo
Fastway - Kingo King'o Beat
Go2 - Looka Bomba
Go2 - Power
Kasanova - Love Shining
King & Queen - Dancing Queen
Leslie Parrish - Love Is In Danger
Leslie Parrish - Remember Me
Lou Grant - Don't Stop the Music
Manpower - Spark in the Dark
Matt Land - CityLoverCity Rider
Max Coveri - Golden Age
Max Coveri - One more time
Max Coveri - Speedy Speed Boy
Max Coveri - Toy boy
Mega NRG Man - Burning Desire
Mega NRG Man - Grand Prix
Melissa White - Wanna Be With You
Nathalie – Heartbeat
Overload - Black Out
Pamsy - Babyface
Tommy K - Break the Night
Valentina - I Love You Like You Are
Vicky Vale - Dancing
Wain L - Make Up Your Mind
