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Don't remember it much either, but I remember he was a big deal for awhile after winning Star Search.SAM HARRIS - Sugar Don't Bite (#36 - 11/10/1984)
Don't remember much about this one.
Don't remember it much either, but I remember he was a big deal for awhile after winning Star Search.SAM HARRIS - Sugar Don't Bite (#36 - 11/10/1984)
Don't remember much about this one.
Solid group of 36es here. I mentioned JoBoxers in Tim's thread.MARSHALL CRENSHAW - Someday, Someway (#36 - 8/28/1982)
Still listen to this one all the day.
MARTIN BRILEY - The Salt In My Tears (#36 - 7/30/1983)
One of my favorite 80's songs. It made all my spite filled mixed tapes after many negative outcomes with the other gender.
JOBOXERS - Just Got Lucky (#36 - 11/19/1983)
I still hear this one every few months.
Marshall Crenshaw was live on the radio this week for Cubs' opener. Hadn't thought of that song in years and now got it twice in a week.Solid group of 36es here. I mentioned JoBoxers in Tim's thread.
Under-rated and largely forgotten song. Not sure how lyrics like these would go over in today's world.To finish up the 35's . . .
E.U. - Da' Butt (#35 - 5/21/1988)
Spike Lee's alter ego Mars Blackmon makes an appearance. It's gotta be da shoes.
Heard "Someday Someway" like three times on Sirius in recent days. I never knew what the song was about as a kid ... now I can grok it at a higher level.Marshall Crenshaw was live on the radio this week for Cubs' opener. Hadn't thought of that song in years and now got it twice in a week.
"Da Butt" reminds me of being young and good times. What movie was it from? She's Gotta Have It? Going to look it up.Under-rated and largely forgotten song.
School Daze I believe."Da Butt" reminds me of being young and good times. What movie was it from? She's Gotta Have It? Going to look it up.
Fun sample of Chic's "Good Times" classic guitar line.Essentially the rap equivalent of "Rock Around The Clock" in terms of early influence.SUGARHILL GANG - Rapper's Delight (#36 - 1/12/1980)
Can't say I was much into rap as a 13 year old.
"Good Times" was so good that the guitar line and bass line were both copied in that same year, with Queen obviously doing the latter with "Another One Bites The Dust".Fun sample of Chic's "Good Times" classic guitar line.
Agreed - I expected more from Tommy on his solo venture.TOMMY SHAW - Girls With Guns (#33 - 11/17/1984)
Of Styx fame. Or Damn Yankees if you like that band any better. People should like either of those group better than this effort.
New Girl Now is still a good song but good lord are the videos horrific.HONEYMOON SUITE - Feel It Again (#34 - 5/10/1986)
They had other popular tracks that I probably liked better . . .
New Girl Now
I have never been into rap but this is still a really cool song and part of a fantastic album. I think I was 13 or 14 when this came out and this young metal head was blown away.SUGARHILL GANG - Rapper's Delight (#36 - 1/12/1980)
Can't say I was much into rap as a 13 year old.
It's definitely no "Total Eclipse Of The Heart".The Steinman song is kind of weak, but a Meat Loaf vocal plus a Todd Rundgren guitar and production could have probably made it tons better....
Big fan of this band, Derry Graham is/was an underrated lead guitarist. Probably would be better without all the heavy synths, but what can you do. New Girl now is my favorite track of theirs, I love that guitar/bass break/bridge in the middle leading up to the guitar solo, but those others you've listed are good too.Let's knock out all the 34's . . .
HONEYMOON SUITE - Feel It Again (#34 - 5/10/1986)
They had other popular tracks that I probably liked better . . .
New Girl Now
What Does It Take
Bad Attitude
Burning In Love
Love Changes Everything
Really enjoyed them. They don't get played all that much these days. Too bad.
As Johnny Carson used to say . . . they can't all be winners.Bernadette Peters?
Still looking good in this 2009 vid...at 61...must have had some work done...As Johnny Carson used to say . . . they can't all be winners.
One of the top ten events in my life of which i wish i had a vid is me pop-locking to Genius of Love. Witnesses would shonuff make the HomeAlone face (and that werent a thing yet) at a pasty 6'4 slouching longhair in his 30s getting his Rerun onTOM TOM CLUB - Genius Of Love (#31 - 4/24/1982)
I still listen to this one. Mariah Carey borrowed the riff for Fantasy.
Underrated gem IMHO. Steinman's bombast is not everyone's cup of tea, but the backing band nails it here.Not gonna get a lot of hits on the #32's . . .
JIM STEINMAN - Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through (#32 - 8/15/1981)
Of Meatloaf fame.
Overall, I doubt anyone is going to jump on any of these as being great songs or things they had forgotten about and are glad to have heard them again.
Man, I would have guessed Slave To Love would have been his highest charter. Interesting.BRYAN FERRY - Kiss And Tell (#31 - 4/30/1988)
From the band Roxy Music. Song from the Big Lights, Big City soundtrack. Never watched the movie.
So good. When I was a kid, this song was so enigmatic because I couldn't make out hardly any of the lyrics except "James Broooown ... James Broooown".TOM TOM CLUB - Genius Of Love (#31 - 4/24/1982)
I still listen to this one. Mariah Carey borrowed the riff for Fantasy.
I have 22 left to rank...2 of them have already come up here, but I will still post them in order...Sprinted through a bunch of songs yesterday and today. Will get back to some stories soon. Still have 195 songs to go. There are still a number of songs people won't really know well in the 20's, but then things should start picking up. There are quite a few songs remaining that I would have thought would have been brought up in Tim's thread that haven't been mentioned over there. Which makes me wonder if they aren't that popular, if people don't remember them, or if there is a perception that the songs aren't OHT's.
You have to say this like Pat Summerall at the end of CBS' 4 PM game. "Murder.............She Wrote."Murder, She Wrote.
That's when you know they saved their money.ANGNETHA FALTSKOG - I Can't Shake Loose (11/5/1983)
One of the "A's" in ABBA. Looks and sounds like Olivia Newton-John. Not sure which is more surprising . . . that someone offered ABBA $1 billion for a 100 date reunion tour in 2000 . . . or that they turned it down.
Every once in a while, I bust out and sing out SEXAY SEXAY!!E.U. - Da' Butt (#35 - 5/21/1988)
Spike Lee's alter ego Mars Blackmon makes an appearance. It's gotta be da shoes.
I dated the same girl for about half of college, and learned a few weeks in that this was one of her dozen or so favorite songs. All of them were variations on a theme - basically wires stuck straight into one's amygdala. "Walking on Sunshine", "Donna Everywhere", "Pop Goes the World" ... just a textbook list of upbeat, inoffensive pop.OXO - Whirly Girl (#28 - 4/23/1983)
Remember it being popular for about 20 minutes.
George WellsFun sample of Chic's "Good Times" classic guitar line.Essentially the rap equivalent of "Rock Around The Clock" in terms of early influence.SUGARHILL GANG - Rapper's Delight (#36 - 1/12/1980)
Can't say I was much into rap as a 13 year old.
There used to be a Mid-South wrestler in the early-to-mid 80s named "Master Gee" that used to use this as his theme music. I don't know if Master Gee ever wrestled for any of the nationally broadcast outfits (WWF, NWA out of Atlanta, WCCW out of Dallas, etc.).
When I went to download tunes from these 3 albums the only one I got 2 from was the coverdale album. Much catchier stuff even if he did sound like a Plant copy.The Firm was disappointing considering the talent. Page’s best work, post Zep was on the Coverdale-Page album, which, I think is treated unfairly by Zep fans because of the mini-spat between Plant and Coverdale...
“Satisfaction Guaranteed” got decent play on the classic rock stations...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnjJVwaivKg...and is a decent song
These three are solid tracks. "Mama Used to Say" was one of the better post-disco grooves that came out in the early 80s ... and the seamless move from the gruff "like Mama used to say" to the high-range "take your time" refrain is really cool to listen to.Finishing up the #30's . . .
JUNIOR - Mama Used To Say (#30 - 4/24/1982)
Neither did this one.
PATRICK SIMMONS - So Wrong (#30 - 5/7/1983)
Another Doobie Brothers contributor. I was a big MTV viewer in 1983 yet don't remember this one airing.
KATE BUSH - Running Up That Hill (#30 - 11/30/1985)
I would have thought her duet with Peter Gabriel on Don't Give Up would have been a bigger hit.
This story sort of reminds me of a situation I got myself into when I was in college. I had a guy friend that I had known for quite a while and we spent a lot of time together. He got engaged, and I got to know his fiancee quite a bit. At one point, I started dating someone, and it came out that she had been seeing my friend before she had started seeing me (he was already engaged). Not exactly what you want to hear from someone you just started dating ("it wasn't really much of anything, it was pretty much just physical. It was just a fling.")I dated the same girl for about half of college, and learned a few weeks in that this was one of her dozen or so favorite songs. All of them were variations on a theme - basically wires stuck straight into one's amygdala. "Walking on Sunshine", "Donna Everywhere", "Pop Goes the World" ... just a textbook list of upbeat, inoffensive pop.
Not long after that, I learned that she was severely bipolar and fell back on these same songs every time she needed to adjust her meds.We stayed together for 2 years regardless. I'd like to think I'd have been just as supportive to anyone who wasn't a stacked 5'10" blonde, but I'm not fooling myself.
I kid you not, she's been married for the past 14 years to ... my best friend from high school. I've lived an odd life.
Another good tune largely forgotten in time.MOVING PICTURES - What About Me (#29 - 2/12/1983)
No extra charge for the Spanish subtitles. I remember seeing the video a handful of times.
Wow....I had forgotten about this song completely...it came back to me when I heard the chorus....that is a forgotten classic...that singer has good pipes...Another good tune largely forgotten in time.
Before the emergence of mp3s, it took me FOREVER to find this on CD. Ended up finding it at a great old record store (anyone remember those) just north of Pittsburgh called Record-Rama
TIL that another of the OHWs on Bipolar Girl's list made it all the way to #9. I was expecting to be able to pick up this conversation again in a day or two at most.I dated the same girl for about half of college, and learned a few weeks in that this was one of her dozen or so favorite songs. All of them were variations on a theme - basically wires stuck straight into one's amygdala. "Walking on Sunshine", "Donna Everywhere", "Pop Goes the World" ... just a textbook list of upbeat, inoffensive pop.
Pop Goes The worldI dated the same girl for about half of college, and learned a few weeks in that this was one of her dozen or so favorite songs. All of them were variations on a theme - basically wires stuck straight into one's amygdala. "Walking on Sunshine", "Donna Everywhere", "Pop Goes the World" ... just a textbook list of upbeat, inoffensive pop.
Not long after that, I learned that she was severely bipolar and fell back on these same songs every time she needed to adjust her meds.We stayed together for 2 years regardless. I'd like to think I'd have been just as supportive to anyone who wasn't a stacked 5'10" blonde, but I'm not fooling myself.
I kid you not, she's been married for the past 14 years to ... my best friend from high school. I've lived an odd life.