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101 Best Songs of 1988:#1 – Guns n’ Roses – Sweet Child o’ Mine (1 Viewer)
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Osaurus
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Interestingly enough, I’ve seen them live twice. The first time was one of the worst shows I’ve ever been to (distortion city) and the second show was awesome (didn’t hurt that Curve and Spiritualized were opening).
scorchy
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First time I saw them in early 90s was ear-damaging. In '94 they were good, but then in '97, Jim and William got in a fight and played for all of 15 minutes. The Psychocandy tour a few years back was great again. I was supposed to see them last year in Scotland for a Darklands redux but it got pandemicked.
ETA: Loved Curve. If I make it to a 92 list, Fait Accompli will be there.
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plinko
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Leroy Hoard
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Good job dude. Because of you the rest of us will never enjoy another blue light special.
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#60 - Belinda Carlisle - Circle in the Sand
The Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat was the first cassette I ever bought. My first vinyl album was AC/DC's Dirty Deeds a couple of months earlier. Strange bedfellows. Anyway, I've loved them since I was a little kid, just like Drew Barrymore, who gave the Go-Go's a pretty fun induction speech at this years RnR Hall of Fame ceremony. And if you haven't seen the recent documentary - what are you waiting for?
Circle in the Sand was the third single off Belinda Carlisle's second solo album. Heaven Is A Place on Earth hit #1 in late 1987 followed by I Get Weak which stalled at #2 in March of '88 (blocked by Rick Astley). Circle in the Stand peaked at #7 but it was my favorite of the bunch - it's got just a tinge of gothiness to it.
Circle in the Sand
The Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat was the first cassette I ever bought. My first vinyl album was AC/DC's Dirty Deeds a couple of months earlier. Strange bedfellows. Anyway, I've loved them since I was a little kid, just like Drew Barrymore, who gave the Go-Go's a pretty fun induction speech at this years RnR Hall of Fame ceremony. And if you haven't seen the recent documentary - what are you waiting for?
Circle in the Sand was the third single off Belinda Carlisle's second solo album. Heaven Is A Place on Earth hit #1 in late 1987 followed by I Get Weak which stalled at #2 in March of '88 (blocked by Rick Astley). Circle in the Stand peaked at #7 but it was my favorite of the bunch - it's got just a tinge of gothiness to it.
Circle in the Sand
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Leroy Hoard
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Belinda Carlisle seemed to have a certain magic to her voice. This song is a good example of that.
timschochet
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Whenever I think of solo Belinda I think of that Madonna film Truth or Dare, and one of Madonna’s dancers is singing a Belinda song, and Madonna throws her the death stare.
rockaction
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There are a lot of comments I'm not making here.
First: Soul Asylum. Twenty-two year old rock pretty much opened and shut the door on their punk rock career one day to a bunch of medical staff. It happened thusly. When I woke up from a needed shoulder surgery for a torn labrum, still in a daze and woozy from the effects of the sedatives they had me under, the first thing I heard on the radio was "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum coming from the loudspeakers. Really still out of it, and unconscious, I apparently began asking very vociferously "What is this ####?" "What is this ####?" With the nurses scrambling to narrow down my complaint and checking tubes, etc., I finally said "WHAT IS THIS ####### #### ON THE RADIO?" To which they responded, "I don't know, what do you like."
I hollered back, "PUNK ####### ROCK NOT THIS SOUL ASYLUM ####!" before I hollered, "I'm in pain..."
They quickly put me back under.
That about still sums up how I feel about their nineties output. And shoulder surgery.
There are other things to say about Morrissey (what a tendentious fellow), The Bravery (what a great record or two), and Belinda (Dottie Danger) but I'll let the thread rock, roll, and R&B its way into the hearts of forty year-old women of every stripe imaginable.
First: Soul Asylum. Twenty-two year old rock pretty much opened and shut the door on their punk rock career one day to a bunch of medical staff. It happened thusly. When I woke up from a needed shoulder surgery for a torn labrum, still in a daze and woozy from the effects of the sedatives they had me under, the first thing I heard on the radio was "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum coming from the loudspeakers. Really still out of it, and unconscious, I apparently began asking very vociferously "What is this ####?" "What is this ####?" With the nurses scrambling to narrow down my complaint and checking tubes, etc., I finally said "WHAT IS THIS ####### #### ON THE RADIO?" To which they responded, "I don't know, what do you like."
I hollered back, "PUNK ####### ROCK NOT THIS SOUL ASYLUM ####!" before I hollered, "I'm in pain..."
They quickly put me back under.
That about still sums up how I feel about their nineties output. And shoulder surgery.
There are other things to say about Morrissey (what a tendentious fellow), The Bravery (what a great record or two), and Belinda (Dottie Danger) but I'll let the thread rock, roll, and R&B its way into the hearts of forty year-old women of every stripe imaginable.
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scorchy
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Good timing, rock. I was specifically thinking of you as I'm readying #59 for mass consumption (sometime after dinner). You're either gonna love it or absolutely shred it. Can't wait to see which.
rockaction
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Can't wait. I will say that the Soul Asylum thing is more fun at my expense than theirs in the end.scorchy said:
Moaning out about how one is in pain sounds very Dostoyevsky-esque when it comes to modern man and discomfort. "Ow, here's this wonderful creation I hate...NOW PAIN!!!"
Actually, being a goth, you can probably relate...lol.
rockaction
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Oh yeah, as far as segregation and hip hop goes, I grew up in a rural white community that had kids from Hartford bussed in under the well-meaning but patronizing slogan "Project Concern," which flew in the eighties, but never would today. We had white hip hop heads like massraider, but it was generally pretty segregated at that time. The funny thing was all the white kids had already been into rap and hip hop because of breakdancing back in elementary and middle school. Everyone tried to breakdance. Even young rock, who found out he had nothing quite like rhythm and soul embedded anywhere within.
But it's weird how in elementary and middle school we all knew rap, but by '88 it was segregated to a degree. It actually probably coincides with the rise of black nationalism in emceeing topics around that time period, but that might be a different topic for a different day, and the program can proceed apace without too much sociopolitical society gazing.
But it's weird how in elementary and middle school we all knew rap, but by '88 it was segregated to a degree. It actually probably coincides with the rise of black nationalism in emceeing topics around that time period, but that might be a different topic for a different day, and the program can proceed apace without too much sociopolitical society gazing.
scorchy
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#59 - Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
This ones for you, @rockaction.
I can't remember whether I had heard of Velvet Underground in 1988 but I definitely hadn't ever actually heard them. I wouldn't have known that the Cowboy Junkies Sweet Jane was even a cover if the VJ hadn't told me. I liked the song a lot but it didn't make me go out and hunt down any VU. That wouldn't happen till the soon-to-be Mrs. Scorchy moved in with me and I unpacked her pretty impressive CD collection.
Lou Reed himself said that the 1988 version was the "best and most authentic version I have ever heard." That should carry some weight given that Lou's known to be just a bit hard to please.
Sweet Jane
And as a bonus Rock, here's my personal favorite VU cover - an industrial take on All Tomorrow's Parties by the Norwegian electronic band Apoptygma Berzerk.
This ones for you, @rockaction.
I can't remember whether I had heard of Velvet Underground in 1988 but I definitely hadn't ever actually heard them. I wouldn't have known that the Cowboy Junkies Sweet Jane was even a cover if the VJ hadn't told me. I liked the song a lot but it didn't make me go out and hunt down any VU. That wouldn't happen till the soon-to-be Mrs. Scorchy moved in with me and I unpacked her pretty impressive CD collection.
Lou Reed himself said that the 1988 version was the "best and most authentic version I have ever heard." That should carry some weight given that Lou's known to be just a bit hard to please.
Sweet Jane
And as a bonus Rock, here's my personal favorite VU cover - an industrial take on All Tomorrow's Parties by the Norwegian electronic band Apoptygma Berzerk.
fatguyinalittlecoat
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I used to dig the Cowboy Junkies Sweet Jane, didn’t hear it until like 1993 or something but when I discovered that CD I remember listening to it a lot. Now I don’t think I have the patience to hear lyrics sung that slowly.
rockaction
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Oh, I haven't even thought this would be '88 because I was sure it was '89. So much for that. No, this song is great. I'd cross-post from tim's '70 thread or any of the numerous music drafts recently, but it should suffice that I picked Cowboy Junkies's cover of "Sweet Jane" off of their The Trinity Session as a representative of Velvet Underground's best. I love their cover. What I noted in tim's thread that isn't as well known is that they really emphasized the bridge in the song. Reed's original was cut on the first versions of Loaded and the bridge was left off, which apparently infuriated him, something nobody knew would happen when they were editing the song because they claimed he knew and was cool with it.
Anyway, it's a beautiful bridge and the lyrics are
Heavenly wine and roses
Seem to whisper to me when you smile
La la la la, la la la...
As for the bolded, I'm only 1:00 in and LOL at how bad I thought it was going to be compared to how good it really is. That sounds excellent in its own goth way. That's not a backhanded compliment, either. That's a "Holy ####, that's the spirit, folks."
:mindblown:
scorchy
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It was on the Natural Born Killers soundtrack so got renewed play around that time. Are you into speed metal now or something?
fatguyinalittlecoat
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scorchy
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Trinity Sessions was '88 and the video first got played in October. It's brief stay on the modern charts was in January '89.
As for the spirit, I feel like Scandinavians must feel the Velvet Underground in their soul. I heard them more in a month over there than in a lifetime here.
scorchy
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Oof. Didn't you drag us to The Devil Makes Three and everyone but you hated it?
rockaction
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Yeah, I should have clarified that I wasn't doubting your date, I was doubting my "surefire" memory which has proven to be wrong so many times.
As for the latter comment, I have nothing to add. I've never been to a Scandinavian country. I think I'd freak out upon mere arrival, frankly. I don't know why, but the more outre parts of their culture freak me the heck out, so I think it's safe to say I'd be a misfit toy there.
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scorchy
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Didn't take it that way. I was hedging the year too b/c of some contradictory info on the googles.
Pipes
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I was a junior in high school when this song came out and it was my first “serious” girlfriend and my song. She was my first and broke my heart, briefly, when she broke up with me. Hasn’t listened to the song in ages, kind of forgot about it so this link brought back a flood of memories. Damn you! Lol just kidding really enjoying these.scorchy said:
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Pip's Invitation
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I just can’t with this, and never could. I’m glad it made them money, but it’s an embarrassment.scorchy said:
Pip's Invitation
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Great song. My stepsister played this album to death (but not as much as she played Madonna to death).scorchy said:
Pip's Invitation
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I thought this was a parody when I first heard it back in the day.
It does what it does very well, it’s just not my kind of thing.
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ProstheticRGK
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I love Lou Reed. I was gonna preface my take with that, and say the Cowboy Junkies cover of Sweet Jane is better than the original, but I guess he beat me to it.
Bracie Smathers
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A deeper track that didn't get any airplay but was one of my favorits from that album was
10,000 Maniacs - Don't Talk
I'm not spotlighting since it was released early in 87 and wouldn't qualify for either of our lists.
Just love the tune.
Natalie's voice is wonderful.
scorchy
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I like Don't Talk and Like The Weather a ton. I don't think there's a bad song on there - one of the reasons I still pull out the vinyl version.
I think Peace Train got pulled from later pressings because of the whole Cat Stevens/fatwa thing.
scorchy
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So for The Flame, was it garbage because it was Cheap Trick or garbage b/c it was garbage. If it was performed by Bad English instead, would you hate it or would you just shrug and change the station? It wouldn't make my list of good Cheap Trick songs either, but among the landscape of terrible power ballads, for me, it was passable - and absolutely huge.
Maybe it's because I'm almost 50, but I think Belinda may be hotter now than ever.
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scorchy
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#58 - The Primitives - Crash
A near-perfect blast of indie-pop. I can't say the same for the rest of the album - I bought it immediately and don't remember a single other song on it. The Primitives hung around for a bit and made a couple of other records that got alternative radio airplay - I'm sure somebody else out here could name one but not me.
Crash hit #3 on the Billboard Modern Rock Charts but didn't make the Hot 100. But if you can measure a song by who covers it, Crash is in good company, with the Mr. T Experience, Belle & Sebastian, Johnny Marr, and Alexei Lalas (???) all having a go at it.
Crash
A near-perfect blast of indie-pop. I can't say the same for the rest of the album - I bought it immediately and don't remember a single other song on it. The Primitives hung around for a bit and made a couple of other records that got alternative radio airplay - I'm sure somebody else out here could name one but not me.
Crash hit #3 on the Billboard Modern Rock Charts but didn't make the Hot 100. But if you can measure a song by who covers it, Crash is in good company, with the Mr. T Experience, Belle & Sebastian, Johnny Marr, and Alexei Lalas (???) all having a go at it.
Crash
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McBokonon
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My family and I connected during the lockdown period by watching Old Crow Medicine Show’s Hartland Hootenanny. We’d group text during the show and it will be one of the things I will positively remember about this time period. Pokey was their guest one week and I had never heard of him before. I was instantly hooked and now celebrate his entire catalog.
He starts playing at 31:10
fatguyinalittlecoat
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Yeah I just saw him perform solo a couple weeks ago. Would have been better with a full band but still great.
My family and I connected during the lockdown period by watching Old Crow Medicine Show’s Hartland Hootenanny. We’d group text during the show and it will be one of the things I will positively remember about this time period. Pokey was their guest one week and I had never heard of him before. I was instantly hooked and now celebrate his entire catalog.
He starts playing at 31:10
McBokonon
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Also, there was a part of the show where they read letters from viewers. We sent a card with a donation and a picture of one of our dogs (a chihuahua named Sancho) and they read the letter and showed him.
My family and I connected during the lockdown period by watching Old Crow Medicine Show’s Hartland Hootenanny. We’d group text during the show and it will be one of the things I will positively remember about this time period. Pokey was their guest one week and I had never heard of him before. I was instantly hooked and now celebrate his entire catalog.
He starts playing at 31:10
22:08 if you care to see Sancho’s time in the spotlight
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Bracie Smathers
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Geez, their isn't going to be anything leftover for my list since this tune basically didn't chart in 88 but was used in THIS hit movie.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
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Our fantasy football commissioner @tdog had a Trinity Sessions poster with the Lou Reed quote on it on his wall all through college. I probably heard that cover 500 times before I ever heard the original. In fact, I think the first time I heard the Mott the Hoople version (eating a burger at Five Guys), I thought it was the original.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
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This wasn't nearly the train wreck I hoped it would be. Perfectly acceptable bar band cover.
scorchy
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I'm not gonna let you wriggle out of your commitment, Bracie. Unlike Rock, I have a loooong memory.
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Andy Dufresne
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They have a second, reasonably well known song from '89 that I like as well.
It was issued as a single after the album's initial release and was later included on re-releases as well as on the follow-up album Pure.
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