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High school dances for the win.
I can smell the Drakkar Noir mixed with Aqua Net, the 80's aphrodisiac.
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The Next TOP SONG of 1988 - 1. Heartbreak Beat - Psychedelic Furs (1 Viewer)
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I can smell the Drakkar Noir mixed with Aqua Net, the 80's aphrodisiac.
Leroy Hoard
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Bracie Smathers
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Its a good song. Sounds like a bar band that peeked with this tune so I gave it an appropriate ranking. People will criticize but you have to give it its due.
Bracie Smathers
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80. The Last Beat Of My Heart - Siouxsie And The Banshees
In 2021, Spin rated it in their list of "the 50 best alt-rock love songs", for its "slow-climbing swell of accordion and muted tom-tom thump", qualifying it as a "perfect marriage of words and atmosphere".
In 2021, Spin rated it in their list of "the 50 best alt-rock love songs", for its "slow-climbing swell of accordion and muted tom-tom thump", qualifying it as a "perfect marriage of words and atmosphere".
scorchy
Footballguy
No criticism from me. One of the things I hate about satellite radio is that I'm always flipping through my dozen presets to find something better. I always stop on Angel Eyes. It's not only a good song but, more importantly, has never been played so much that I got tired of it. It was another song I vividly remember from the jukebox of the pizza joint where I worked.Bracie Smathers said:
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scorchy
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Love Siouxsie. Love the song. That Spin list though... I had never seen it so was excited to go check it out. I feel like they nailed most of the top spots but everything after was like throwing darts blindfolded - one bullseye for every six complete misses.Bracie Smathers said:
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79. (I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes
Recently I caught the excellent Netflix series The Movies That Made Us and in the first one they went into the story of Dirty Dancing. It is incredible, can't pimp the series enough. It is really good and the Dirty Dancing segment blew me away because it is a miracle that it got made and became such a hit.
They went into detail on the soundtrack which is another miracle, and this tune nearly wasn't on the soundtrack.
I wasn't as into the Righteous Brothers when they were a thing because I was too young and only recently got into them from a plethora of
- Reaction
- Videos (I've never heard anyone use the term Messa di voce before and it is perfectly used in this video)
The song stands alone but add in the remarkable backstory then add in Bill Medley, its just real good.
(The best reaction video I've ever seen) 21 YEAR OLD FIRST TIME HEARING Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling | "Ohmygod I jes got chills on my arm, he took my arm off with that."
Recently I caught the excellent Netflix series The Movies That Made Us and in the first one they went into the story of Dirty Dancing. It is incredible, can't pimp the series enough. It is really good and the Dirty Dancing segment blew me away because it is a miracle that it got made and became such a hit.
They went into detail on the soundtrack which is another miracle, and this tune nearly wasn't on the soundtrack.
I wasn't as into the Righteous Brothers when they were a thing because I was too young and only recently got into them from a plethora of
- Reaction
- Videos (I've never heard anyone use the term Messa di voce before and it is perfectly used in this video)
- that show an unmistakable emotional reaction and they not only scored in the soundtrack for the movie Ghost Bill's tune scored huge in the soundtrack to Dirty Dancing.
The song stands alone but add in the remarkable backstory then add in Bill Medley, its just real good.
(The best reaction video I've ever seen) 21 YEAR OLD FIRST TIME HEARING Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Loving Feeling | "Ohmygod I jes got chills on my arm, he took my arm off with that."
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scorchy
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OK, so I know this is boring and I promise it's the last time I say something similar, but this song is totally gonna be on my 1987 countdown if I ever get around to it. I love it - partly because it's great and partly because of a very specific memory of a girl named Misti.
Bracie Smathers
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78. Copperhead Road - Steve Earle
The album is often referred to as Earle's first "rock record"; Earle himself calls it the world's first blend of heavy metal and bluegrass, and the January 26, 1989 review of the album by Rolling Stone suggested that the style be called "power twang" RS applauded Earle for introducing country music's storytelling and three-chord structures to rockabilly and contemporary rock music.
The review compares Earle to Randy Newman, Bruce Springsteen, and Waylon Jennings among others, and concludes with Rolling Stone's designation of Earle as an "important artist" and finding Copperhead Road worthy of four stars.
Bob Seger would cover some of Earle's tunes much later in 2014 on his Ride Out tour.
Airplay on rock radio stations drove the title track into Billboard's Album Rock Top Ten chart, and that in turn helped Copperhead Road on Billboard's Album Chart, where it peaked at number 56.
The album is often referred to as Earle's first "rock record"; Earle himself calls it the world's first blend of heavy metal and bluegrass, and the January 26, 1989 review of the album by Rolling Stone suggested that the style be called "power twang" RS applauded Earle for introducing country music's storytelling and three-chord structures to rockabilly and contemporary rock music.
The review compares Earle to Randy Newman, Bruce Springsteen, and Waylon Jennings among others, and concludes with Rolling Stone's designation of Earle as an "important artist" and finding Copperhead Road worthy of four stars.
Bob Seger would cover some of Earle's tunes much later in 2014 on his Ride Out tour.
Airplay on rock radio stations drove the title track into Billboard's Album Rock Top Ten chart, and that in turn helped Copperhead Road on Billboard's Album Chart, where it peaked at number 56.
snellman
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One of those songs I will crank if it comes on and I am in the vehicle by myself. It has such a unique sound. Country, blue grass, southern rock and rock.
Ramsay Hunt Experience
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Another great karaoke memory for me. Singing this blitzed at like 2 AM before a crowd of fellow summer associates and others in Adams Morgan. Flipping the mic back to the DJ and just walking out the door of the bar to the cheers of the crowd.
Bracie Smathers
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77. A Smile In A Whisper - Fairground Attraction
I went out with a girl who looked like the MTV VJ Julie ANN Brown not the MTV VJ DOWNTOWN Julie Brown and the lead singer Eddi Reader has somewhat of a similar look IMHO. Maybe that is why two songs from this group have made the list.
I went out with a girl who looked like the MTV VJ Julie ANN Brown not the MTV VJ DOWNTOWN Julie Brown and the lead singer Eddi Reader has somewhat of a similar look IMHO. Maybe that is why two songs from this group have made the list.
Bracie Smathers
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76. Queen of the Slipstream - Van Morrison
The lyrics quote two of Morrison's songs from his early career; "the slipstream" derives from "Astral Weeks" and the lines "I see you slipping and sliding in the snow ... you come running to me, you'll come running to me" were used in "Come Running". "Slipping and a sliding" was also mentioned in his song Brown Eyed Girl.
The lyrics quote two of Morrison's songs from his early career; "the slipstream" derives from "Astral Weeks" and the lines "I see you slipping and sliding in the snow ... you come running to me, you'll come running to me" were used in "Come Running". "Slipping and a sliding" was also mentioned in his song Brown Eyed Girl.
Bracie Smathers
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TripItUp
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74. Englishman In New York - Sting
Sting wrote the song about the famous eccentric and gay icon Quentin Crisp, who is the "Englishman" of the title. The song was composed not long after Crisp had moved from London to an apartment in the Bowery in Manhattan. Sting had met him and Crisp remarked jokingly to the musician that he "looked forward to receiving his naturalisation papers so that I can commit a crime and not be deported." When Sting asked him what kind of crime, he answered, "Something glamorous, non-violent, with a dash of style. Crime is so rarely glamorous these days."
Sting wrote the song about the famous eccentric and gay icon Quentin Crisp, who is the "Englishman" of the title. The song was composed not long after Crisp had moved from London to an apartment in the Bowery in Manhattan. Sting had met him and Crisp remarked jokingly to the musician that he "looked forward to receiving his naturalisation papers so that I can commit a crime and not be deported." When Sting asked him what kind of crime, he answered, "Something glamorous, non-violent, with a dash of style. Crime is so rarely glamorous these days."
Pip's Invitation
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This song is cromulent. I may be the only person I know who feels this way. Seems like everyone else really loves it or really hates it.
rockaction
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Osaurus
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Encyclopedia Brown
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It was a good song for its time, a refined sound. Now, it is painful to hear Axl make a try at it. A lifetime of inhaling cigarettes makes it impossible for him to hit the high notes and unable to sustain the low notes.
rockaction
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By this I mean that it's okay. It's just sort of meh. Maybe that's not quite cromulent, which is a good word for it.
Bracie Smathers
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73. Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) - U2
I'm a HUGE fan of Phil Spector's Christmas album so I much prefer the original Darline Love version but this one is a good tribute IMHO.
I'm a HUGE fan of Phil Spector's Christmas album so I much prefer the original Darline Love version but this one is a good tribute IMHO.
Bracie Smathers
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72. Into Temptation - Crowded House
Junkee Media, a digital media company based in Australia said that "If you ever needed an example of how convincing Neil Finn’s songwriting is, consider this: Sharon Finn thought Neil was cheating on him because of this song. Add in the undercurrent of Hester’s unmistakable jazz-brush finesse and a synth-string orchestral sweep, and you’re left with one of the band’s most emotive, understated moments."
Junkee Media, a digital media company based in Australia said that "If you ever needed an example of how convincing Neil Finn’s songwriting is, consider this: Sharon Finn thought Neil was cheating on him because of this song. Add in the undercurrent of Hester’s unmistakable jazz-brush finesse and a synth-string orchestral sweep, and you’re left with one of the band’s most emotive, understated moments."
Pip's Invitation
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Have always liked this. Also got a “meh” from the rankers in JML’s countdown.Bracie Smathers said:
rockaction
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Bracie Smathers said:
I'm a big fan of this song because of a punk cover of it by the New Bomb Turks. Towards the end of the song, the New Bombs break into a medley of "Runaround Sue" mixed with the Dwarves's "#### Around," soaring their way into the ether that is the end of the record.
If that all sounds appealing to you...
Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) - New Bomb Turks
Osaurus
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71. Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen
Uh, doesn't rate this high but I'm still not even at the half-way point so I'm still grinding through chaff. Carmen formerly of the Raspberries benefited from another tune written for the Dirty Dancing soundtrack by songwriters Franke Previte and John DeNicola who also wrote the top soundtrack song I've Had The Time Of My Life. Previte is/was Frankie of Frankie and the Knockout fame.
I mentioned it with the previous selection of Time Of My Life that the story behind the movie and the soundtrack are miraculous in how everything came together to become so successful. One of the few successful independent films and probably the only one that also had a smash soundtrack from the 80s.
Uh, doesn't rate this high but I'm still not even at the half-way point so I'm still grinding through chaff. Carmen formerly of the Raspberries benefited from another tune written for the Dirty Dancing soundtrack by songwriters Franke Previte and John DeNicola who also wrote the top soundtrack song I've Had The Time Of My Life. Previte is/was Frankie of Frankie and the Knockout fame.
I mentioned it with the previous selection of Time Of My Life that the story behind the movie and the soundtrack are miraculous in how everything came together to become so successful. One of the few successful independent films and probably the only one that also had a smash soundtrack from the 80s.
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
70. Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson
So many 80s videos that are unremarkable, few stood out but this is one of the videos that wasn't just a vehicle for the song. Black artists were/are pushed to be socially active they elevate their profile and MJ had the highest profile of anyone in the 80s so I can't imagine the pressure he was under to take a stand for multiple social causes.
Jackson seemed to address every social cause in the video with a montage of: starving children in Africa, Adolf Hitler, Hitler's American "relatives", George Lincoln Rockwell's American Nazi Party, the Ku Klux Klan, Martin Luther King Jr., the Kent State shootings, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nelson Mandela, Pieter Botha, Lech Wałęsa, the June Struggle in South Korea, homeless people in the U.S., baby Jessica McClure's rescue, kids in graduation, and other historical figures.
Cynically I would say that he window dressed every social cause so he didn't have to take on any single cause.
In any event the video is impressive.
So many 80s videos that are unremarkable, few stood out but this is one of the videos that wasn't just a vehicle for the song. Black artists were/are pushed to be socially active they elevate their profile and MJ had the highest profile of anyone in the 80s so I can't imagine the pressure he was under to take a stand for multiple social causes.
Jackson seemed to address every social cause in the video with a montage of: starving children in Africa, Adolf Hitler, Hitler's American "relatives", George Lincoln Rockwell's American Nazi Party, the Ku Klux Klan, Martin Luther King Jr., the Kent State shootings, Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nelson Mandela, Pieter Botha, Lech Wałęsa, the June Struggle in South Korea, homeless people in the U.S., baby Jessica McClure's rescue, kids in graduation, and other historical figures.
Cynically I would say that he window dressed every social cause so he didn't have to take on any single cause.
In any event the video is impressive.
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
69. Orinoco Flow - Enya
I really liked the unique sound of this when it came out and still enjoy it. Its pizzicato chords, generated by altering the Roland D-50 synthesizer's "Pizzagogo" patch, are highly recognizable as a New-Age sound.
The title of the song is an allusion both to Orinoco Studios (now Miloco Studios), where it was recorded, and to the river of the same name.
I really liked the unique sound of this when it came out and still enjoy it. Its pizzicato chords, generated by altering the Roland D-50 synthesizer's "Pizzagogo" patch, are highly recognizable as a New-Age sound.
The title of the song is an allusion both to Orinoco Studios (now Miloco Studios), where it was recorded, and to the river of the same name.
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
We still listen to several Enya CDs from that time. Great background music for company, dinner time, that kind of stuff.
Really soothing.
Really soothing.
Bogart
Footballguy
Bracie Smathers said:
Never owned an Enya album/CD/cassette, but this song batted fifth in the powerful Pure Moods lineup, the most important CD in young Bogart's 1996-7 dating arsenal. That CD played a big part in getting me laid, married and divorced.
Bonus points for the infomercial that would play late at night, multiple times a week. My ex and I lived in different cities for about a year, but we both had channels that would play the same infomercials at the same time and that would be the background distraction as we ran up ridiculous phone bills saying how much we liked each other.
Bogart
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Bracie Smathers said:
For better or worse, a lot of my early musical education was obtained by listening to the Dirty Dancing and More Dirty Dancing soundtracks. You got one more song off the album for the trifecta coming up?
scorchy
Footballguy
I love Time Of My Life and can see the allure of Hungry Eyes, but if that other song is ranked higher, it has to be for "so bad it's good" reasons, right?
Bogart
Footballguy
Oh, yeah absolutely. And saying you "see the allure" of Hungry Eyes is being kind. That song is also not good, and surprised it was higher than Time Of My Life. IMHO, of course.
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
68. Elvis is Everywhere - Mojo Nixon
This definitely brings back memories of 1988, the dorms and my roommate giggling listening to this tune.
Elvis is in everybody out there
Everybody's got Elvis in them!
Everybody except one person that is...
Yeah, one person!
The evil opposite of Elvis
The Anti-Elvis
Anti-Elvis got no Elvis in 'em
Lemme tell ya
Michael J. Fox has no Elvis in him
This definitely brings back memories of 1988, the dorms and my roommate giggling listening to this tune.
Elvis is in everybody out there
Everybody's got Elvis in them!
Everybody except one person that is...
Yeah, one person!
The evil opposite of Elvis
The Anti-Elvis
Anti-Elvis got no Elvis in 'em
Lemme tell ya
Michael J. Fox has no Elvis in him
timschochet
Footballguy
If you don’t got Mojo Nixon then your store could use some fixin’
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
67. Did Ye Get Healed - Van Morrison
Morrison biographer Johnny Rogan describes the song as "A powerful statement of transcendence confirming that the spiritual dimension to his (Morrison's) music was now an overwhelming priority."
Morrison biographer Johnny Rogan describes the song as "A powerful statement of transcendence confirming that the spiritual dimension to his (Morrison's) music was now an overwhelming priority."
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Definitely higher here lol.
I don’t get the hate. It shows a heart and its great to whistle along to.
Good ole Save the WhaleBracie Smathers said:
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65. Hawkmoon 269 - U2
The "269" in the title refers to the number of mixes they tried before getting it right in the studio - that number does not appear in the lyrics. The origin of "Hawkmoon" is less clear: The Edge once said that Hawkmoon is a town in North Dakota U2 passed through in 1986 on the Conspiracy Of Hope tour for Amnesty International, leading Bono to use it as a title, but there is no such town in either of the Dakotas. More likely, Bono got the idea from a collection of short stories by Sam Shepard called Hawk Moon, originally published in 1973.
The "269" in the title refers to the number of mixes they tried before getting it right in the studio - that number does not appear in the lyrics. The origin of "Hawkmoon" is less clear: The Edge once said that Hawkmoon is a town in North Dakota U2 passed through in 1986 on the Conspiracy Of Hope tour for Amnesty International, leading Bono to use it as a title, but there is no such town in either of the Dakotas. More likely, Bono got the idea from a collection of short stories by Sam Shepard called Hawk Moon, originally published in 1973.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
It's all right -- there are quite a few songs on Rattle and Hum that I like better.
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
64. Used To Love Her - Guns N' Roses
Contrary to popular belief that the song is about a girlfriend of Axl Rose, the song was written as a joke. Izzy Stradlin stated, "I was sitting around listening to the radio and some guy was whining about a broad who was treating him bad. I wanted to take the radio and smash it against the wall. Such self-pity! What a wimp! So we rewrote the same song we heard with a better ending." Slash perversely quipped, "People think it's about one of our old girlfriends, but it's actually about Axl's dog."
Contrary to popular belief that the song is about a girlfriend of Axl Rose, the song was written as a joke. Izzy Stradlin stated, "I was sitting around listening to the radio and some guy was whining about a broad who was treating him bad. I wanted to take the radio and smash it against the wall. Such self-pity! What a wimp! So we rewrote the same song we heard with a better ending." Slash perversely quipped, "People think it's about one of our old girlfriends, but it's actually about Axl's dog."
Alex P Keaton
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scorchy
Footballguy
I did manage to catch that one, GB.
Maybe substitute the acoustic You're Crazy, which is pretty awesome in its own right.
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Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
Well, well, well.
I've got a problem.
My computer crashed so I had to reset it and lost all of my files and didn't keep a copy of my list.
I 'think' I can reclaim most tunes but it will be difficult to remember 63 tunes in order.
Oh, that sucks.
I've got a problem.
My computer crashed so I had to reset it and lost all of my files and didn't keep a copy of my list.
I 'think' I can reclaim most tunes but it will be difficult to remember 63 tunes in order.
Oh, that sucks.
scorchy
Footballguy
Bracie Smathers
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63. Got My Mind Set On You (Version I) - George Harrison
George's return after a 5-year absence and the last album put out while he was still alive. When this came out, I had no idea that it was a cover from 1962.
George put out a SECOND version AND even a THIRD version.
I wasn't aware of all three versions.
I lost my list so I'm trying but it will take some time.
George's return after a 5-year absence and the last album put out while he was still alive. When this came out, I had no idea that it was a cover from 1962.
George put out a SECOND version AND even a THIRD version.
I wasn't aware of all three versions.
I lost my list so I'm trying but it will take some time.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
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