Post by Hervard on Mar 7, 2015 17:46:41 GMT -5
Well, I am indeed disappointed that this week's show is a repeat. On the positive side, at least I don't need to make a brand-new critique, since this was aired right about when I started posting my commentaries on these boards:
Cool, a 1982 show! Our friend Craig will like this one, because of the hockey championship thing. Anyway, as always, here’s my commentary about this week’s show:
Droppers:
SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD - BARRY MANILOW (35) - Great song! Too bad it dropped off!
TURN YOUR LOVE AROUND - GEORGE BENSON (32) - Good song, though I prefer several others from him.
PHYSICAL - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (31) - This wasn't bad, but it was quite overrated, IMO.
YOU COULD HAVE BEEN WITH ME - SHEENA EASTON (30) - Great song! Shame that it fell off!
THE SWEETEST THING - JUICE NEWTON (23) - See my comment for Sheena Easton.
(No drops from inside the Top 20, despite this being a 1982 show, as most of those occurred later in the year)
LW#3: I LOVE ROCK N’ ROLL – JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
LW#2: OPEN ARMS - JOURNEY
LW#1: CENTERFOLD – THE J. GEILS BAND
We’ll obviously be hearing from these songs again in the show, so my comments for them are coming up later.
40: FIND ANOTHER FOOL - QUARTERFLASH (debut) - Of their three Top 40 hits, this would probably be my least favorite. Still, not too bad.
39: DON'T LET HIM KNOW - PRISM (debut) - Pretty good song. They sound a lot like Loverboy (which is understandable, since both bands are Canadian).
38: 867-5309/JENNY - TOMMY TUTONE (debut) - Ah, the song that inspired so many nuisance phone calls in 1982! People would dial this number and say, “Hi, is Jenny there?” I wonder if any of them got a whistle blown into the phone at them? Anyway, I liked this song.
37: ON THE WAY TO THE SKY - NEIL DIAMOND (40) - Meh, this one was kinda dull. But it wasn’t too bad.
36: DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS - RICK SPRINGFIELD (debut) - Great song - definitely one of his best!
35: JUKE BOX HERO - FOREIGNER (39) - OK song, but they’ve had many better.
34: TELL ME TOMORROW - SMOKEY ROBINSON (37) - Pretty good; typical early-80s slow jam.
LDD: BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN – THE BABIES - Good song, but I prefer their two biggest hits.
OPTIONAL EXTRA: POP GOES THE MOVIES - MECO - This was pretty good, although I didn't recognize all the songs (enough to connect them with their respective movies, that is).
33: I BELIEVE - CHILLIWACK (33) - Great song; one of my favorite songs on Barry Scott’s Lost 45s CD.
ORIGINAL OPTIONAL EXTRA: ‘65 LOVE AFFAIR - PAUL DAVIS - Great, fun song! I also like songs by him such as “Sweet Life” and “Cool Night”.
32: MY GUY - SISTER SLEDGE (36) - Not sure if I prefer this one or the original.
31: EDGE OF SEVENTEEN - STEVIE NICKS (38) - biggest mover on the survey. I liked this one and, given all the airplay it received in 1982, I’m surprised this didn’t hit the Top Ten.
30: (OH) PRETTY WOMAN - VAN HALEN (debut) - Pretty good, but nothing beats the original by Roy Orbison.
EXTRA: YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE – DEBBY BOONE - I know what freakyflybry’s opinion about this song is As for me, I love it! A classic that I never get tired of it.
29: FREEZE-FRAME - THE J. GEILS BAND (34) - It’s OK, but I much prefer “Centerfold”.
28: ONE HUNDRED WAYS - QUINCY JONES FEATURING JAMES INGRAM (29) - Great song! Very hypnotic, and it sort of reminds me of the “Hill Street Blues” theme by Mike Post.
27: WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE - ABBA (28) - Good song, but I prefer “Dancing Queen” and “Winner Takes It All”
26: CALL ME - SKYY (26) - Pretty good song. Before this song, they played a medley of all five other songs entitled “Call Me” that had previously hit the charts.
25: HARDEN MY HEART - QUARTERFLASH (18) - This was my second favorite by them. It’s a nice song. This week, they played the original demo version of the song.
24: DADDY'S HOME - CLIFF RICHARD (25) - Nice, pleasant song. Remake of an oldie by Shep & The Limelights.
OPTIONAL EXTRA: I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME - CHARLENE - Great song! A guilty pleasure of mine!
23: DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (27) - Ah yes, the song that started it all off for them. And it was a good one, though I liked the follow-up a little better.
ORIGINAL OPTIONAL EXTRA: TAINTED LOVE - SOFT CELL - Meh, don’t like this one very much at all. Thank God KQLL didn’t play it!
22: TAKE OFF - BOB & DOUG McKENZIE (24) - This was a funny song. Bob & Doug did the talking and Geddy Lee of Rush did the singing in the choruses.
21: TONIGHT I'M YOURS - ROD STEWART (22) - This song sounds so much like “Young Turks”, but I liked that song a little better. This one is okies.
EXTRA: FAMILY AFFAIR – SLY & THE FAMILY STONE - OK song, but I turned this off halfway through so I could hear the YouTube video I was watching at the moment.
20: I CAN'T GO FOR THAT - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (7) - Classic Hall & Oates! This song was pretty good, but they’ve had many better.
19: SHOULD I DO IT - THE POINTER SISTERS (21) - Great song, with a sixties feel. This was back when their music was still halfway decent.
18: CHARIOTS OF FIRE – VANGELIS - (20) Love this song! Early in the countdown, there was a question letter about the song that took the longest to hit #1. At the time, there was a tie between two songs: “Hot Child In The City” by Nick Gilder and “Sad Eyes” by Robert John, both of which hit the top in their 21st weeks on the chart. Little did anyone know that this song was on its way to besting those two songs by one week! It would have been especially funny if they had placed the QL right before this song.
17: MAKE A MOVE ON ME - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (19) - GREAT song - one of her very best!
16: KEY LARGO - BERTIE HIGGINS (17) - I liked this song - nice and mellow.
15: LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE (15) - ALABAMA - I love this song a lot - but I know what Bry thinks of it
14: BOBBIE SUE - THE OAK RIDGE BOYS (16) - Meh, not the best song in the world, but it sure beats the hell out of El-frigging-vira!
13/LDD: THROUGH THE YEARS - KENNY ROGERS (13) - I believe this was the first time that this song was ever used as a Long Distance Dedication. Between now and late December, 1987, it was used as a LDD 17 times, and at one time it held the record (eventually tied by “Somewhere Out There” by Linda Ronstadt and then beaten by several songs, including the most requested song of all, “Because You Loved Me” by Celine Dion. As for my opinion of the song, it’s a nice, sweet song - an appropriate song for weddings and anniversaries and the like).
OPTIONAL EXTRA: THEME FROM MAGNUM PI - MIKE POST - Great song! Mike Post does many great TV show themes!
ORIGINAL OPTIONAL EXTRA: GET DOWN ON IT - KOOL & THE GANG - Meh, not my favorite song by them by any means.
12: PAC-MAN FEVER - BUCKNER AND GARCIA (14) - No. Just no.
11: SPIRITS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD - THE POLICE (12) - Good song. I always thought they were talking about Cheerios (which would make for at least two songs in the 1980s that mention that popular breakfast cereal - the other one, of course, is “Mornin’” by Al Jarreau).
10: TAKE IT EASY ON ME - THE LITTLE RIVER BAND (10) - Great song - one of their best (although my favorite from them would be “Lady”)
9: LEADER OF THE BAND - DAN FOGELBERG (9) - Good song, but I prefer many of his others.
8: MIRROR, MIRROR - DIANA ROSS (8) - No. Just no.
7: WE GOT THE BEAT - THE GO-GO'S (11) - Another song that I don’t like. Too teenybopper sounding.
6: SWEET DREAMS - AIR SUPPLY (6) - OK song, but I like most of their other songs better.
5: THAT GIRL - STEVIE WONDER (5) - Cool song, but I prefer a few others by him, including another one from Stevie’s “Musiquarium”, called “Ribbon In The Sky”, which I think only hit the R&B charts.
4: SHAKE IT UP - THE CARS (4) - Meh, not a big fan of this. I did like the story Casey told about their appearance at a baseball stadium stopping a baseball game that kept going into extra innings because of a tied score.
OPTIONAL EXTRA: DON'T YOU WANT ME - HUMAN LEAGUE - Great song! My favorite of their Top 40 hits! (Not sure what the original Optional Extra for Hour 4 was, though).
3: I LOVE ROCK N' ROLL - JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS (3) - This song was pretty good, even if it was way overplayed.
2: OPEN ARMS - JOURNEY (2) - Overplay sort of tainted this one. But it’s still a nice pleasant song. This was its third of six weeks in the runner-up position. It never got to #1, because Joan Jett leapfrogged over it the following week. But it fared better on R&R, where it spent seven weeks at #1, which tied it for the record at the time. And it turned out to be the top song of 1982 on R&R!
1: CENTERFOLD - THE J. GEILS BAND (1) - Great song - overplay hasn’t affected my fascination for this one at all. This was its last of six weeks at #1. The song didn’t hit #1 on R&R, presumably due to the lyrical content.
Coming up next week: St. Patty's Day 1984, which is a brand-new show. Well, unless Mike got false info and we end up with 3/24/84 instead.
Cool, a 1982 show! Our friend Craig will like this one, because of the hockey championship thing. Anyway, as always, here’s my commentary about this week’s show:
Droppers:
SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD - BARRY MANILOW (35) - Great song! Too bad it dropped off!
TURN YOUR LOVE AROUND - GEORGE BENSON (32) - Good song, though I prefer several others from him.
PHYSICAL - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (31) - This wasn't bad, but it was quite overrated, IMO.
YOU COULD HAVE BEEN WITH ME - SHEENA EASTON (30) - Great song! Shame that it fell off!
THE SWEETEST THING - JUICE NEWTON (23) - See my comment for Sheena Easton.
(No drops from inside the Top 20, despite this being a 1982 show, as most of those occurred later in the year)
LW#3: I LOVE ROCK N’ ROLL – JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
LW#2: OPEN ARMS - JOURNEY
LW#1: CENTERFOLD – THE J. GEILS BAND
We’ll obviously be hearing from these songs again in the show, so my comments for them are coming up later.
40: FIND ANOTHER FOOL - QUARTERFLASH (debut) - Of their three Top 40 hits, this would probably be my least favorite. Still, not too bad.
39: DON'T LET HIM KNOW - PRISM (debut) - Pretty good song. They sound a lot like Loverboy (which is understandable, since both bands are Canadian).
38: 867-5309/JENNY - TOMMY TUTONE (debut) - Ah, the song that inspired so many nuisance phone calls in 1982! People would dial this number and say, “Hi, is Jenny there?” I wonder if any of them got a whistle blown into the phone at them? Anyway, I liked this song.
37: ON THE WAY TO THE SKY - NEIL DIAMOND (40) - Meh, this one was kinda dull. But it wasn’t too bad.
36: DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS - RICK SPRINGFIELD (debut) - Great song - definitely one of his best!
35: JUKE BOX HERO - FOREIGNER (39) - OK song, but they’ve had many better.
34: TELL ME TOMORROW - SMOKEY ROBINSON (37) - Pretty good; typical early-80s slow jam.
LDD: BACK ON MY FEET AGAIN – THE BABIES - Good song, but I prefer their two biggest hits.
OPTIONAL EXTRA: POP GOES THE MOVIES - MECO - This was pretty good, although I didn't recognize all the songs (enough to connect them with their respective movies, that is).
33: I BELIEVE - CHILLIWACK (33) - Great song; one of my favorite songs on Barry Scott’s Lost 45s CD.
ORIGINAL OPTIONAL EXTRA: ‘65 LOVE AFFAIR - PAUL DAVIS - Great, fun song! I also like songs by him such as “Sweet Life” and “Cool Night”.
32: MY GUY - SISTER SLEDGE (36) - Not sure if I prefer this one or the original.
31: EDGE OF SEVENTEEN - STEVIE NICKS (38) - biggest mover on the survey. I liked this one and, given all the airplay it received in 1982, I’m surprised this didn’t hit the Top Ten.
30: (OH) PRETTY WOMAN - VAN HALEN (debut) - Pretty good, but nothing beats the original by Roy Orbison.
EXTRA: YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE – DEBBY BOONE - I know what freakyflybry’s opinion about this song is As for me, I love it! A classic that I never get tired of it.
29: FREEZE-FRAME - THE J. GEILS BAND (34) - It’s OK, but I much prefer “Centerfold”.
28: ONE HUNDRED WAYS - QUINCY JONES FEATURING JAMES INGRAM (29) - Great song! Very hypnotic, and it sort of reminds me of the “Hill Street Blues” theme by Mike Post.
27: WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE - ABBA (28) - Good song, but I prefer “Dancing Queen” and “Winner Takes It All”
26: CALL ME - SKYY (26) - Pretty good song. Before this song, they played a medley of all five other songs entitled “Call Me” that had previously hit the charts.
25: HARDEN MY HEART - QUARTERFLASH (18) - This was my second favorite by them. It’s a nice song. This week, they played the original demo version of the song.
24: DADDY'S HOME - CLIFF RICHARD (25) - Nice, pleasant song. Remake of an oldie by Shep & The Limelights.
OPTIONAL EXTRA: I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME - CHARLENE - Great song! A guilty pleasure of mine!
23: DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (27) - Ah yes, the song that started it all off for them. And it was a good one, though I liked the follow-up a little better.
ORIGINAL OPTIONAL EXTRA: TAINTED LOVE - SOFT CELL - Meh, don’t like this one very much at all. Thank God KQLL didn’t play it!
22: TAKE OFF - BOB & DOUG McKENZIE (24) - This was a funny song. Bob & Doug did the talking and Geddy Lee of Rush did the singing in the choruses.
21: TONIGHT I'M YOURS - ROD STEWART (22) - This song sounds so much like “Young Turks”, but I liked that song a little better. This one is okies.
EXTRA: FAMILY AFFAIR – SLY & THE FAMILY STONE - OK song, but I turned this off halfway through so I could hear the YouTube video I was watching at the moment.
20: I CAN'T GO FOR THAT - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (7) - Classic Hall & Oates! This song was pretty good, but they’ve had many better.
19: SHOULD I DO IT - THE POINTER SISTERS (21) - Great song, with a sixties feel. This was back when their music was still halfway decent.
18: CHARIOTS OF FIRE – VANGELIS - (20) Love this song! Early in the countdown, there was a question letter about the song that took the longest to hit #1. At the time, there was a tie between two songs: “Hot Child In The City” by Nick Gilder and “Sad Eyes” by Robert John, both of which hit the top in their 21st weeks on the chart. Little did anyone know that this song was on its way to besting those two songs by one week! It would have been especially funny if they had placed the QL right before this song.
17: MAKE A MOVE ON ME - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (19) - GREAT song - one of her very best!
16: KEY LARGO - BERTIE HIGGINS (17) - I liked this song - nice and mellow.
15: LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE (15) - ALABAMA - I love this song a lot - but I know what Bry thinks of it
14: BOBBIE SUE - THE OAK RIDGE BOYS (16) - Meh, not the best song in the world, but it sure beats the hell out of El-frigging-vira!
13/LDD: THROUGH THE YEARS - KENNY ROGERS (13) - I believe this was the first time that this song was ever used as a Long Distance Dedication. Between now and late December, 1987, it was used as a LDD 17 times, and at one time it held the record (eventually tied by “Somewhere Out There” by Linda Ronstadt and then beaten by several songs, including the most requested song of all, “Because You Loved Me” by Celine Dion. As for my opinion of the song, it’s a nice, sweet song - an appropriate song for weddings and anniversaries and the like).
OPTIONAL EXTRA: THEME FROM MAGNUM PI - MIKE POST - Great song! Mike Post does many great TV show themes!
ORIGINAL OPTIONAL EXTRA: GET DOWN ON IT - KOOL & THE GANG - Meh, not my favorite song by them by any means.
12: PAC-MAN FEVER - BUCKNER AND GARCIA (14) - No. Just no.
11: SPIRITS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD - THE POLICE (12) - Good song. I always thought they were talking about Cheerios (which would make for at least two songs in the 1980s that mention that popular breakfast cereal - the other one, of course, is “Mornin’” by Al Jarreau).
10: TAKE IT EASY ON ME - THE LITTLE RIVER BAND (10) - Great song - one of their best (although my favorite from them would be “Lady”)
9: LEADER OF THE BAND - DAN FOGELBERG (9) - Good song, but I prefer many of his others.
8: MIRROR, MIRROR - DIANA ROSS (8) - No. Just no.
7: WE GOT THE BEAT - THE GO-GO'S (11) - Another song that I don’t like. Too teenybopper sounding.
6: SWEET DREAMS - AIR SUPPLY (6) - OK song, but I like most of their other songs better.
5: THAT GIRL - STEVIE WONDER (5) - Cool song, but I prefer a few others by him, including another one from Stevie’s “Musiquarium”, called “Ribbon In The Sky”, which I think only hit the R&B charts.
4: SHAKE IT UP - THE CARS (4) - Meh, not a big fan of this. I did like the story Casey told about their appearance at a baseball stadium stopping a baseball game that kept going into extra innings because of a tied score.
OPTIONAL EXTRA: DON'T YOU WANT ME - HUMAN LEAGUE - Great song! My favorite of their Top 40 hits! (Not sure what the original Optional Extra for Hour 4 was, though).
3: I LOVE ROCK N' ROLL - JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS (3) - This song was pretty good, even if it was way overplayed.
2: OPEN ARMS - JOURNEY (2) - Overplay sort of tainted this one. But it’s still a nice pleasant song. This was its third of six weeks in the runner-up position. It never got to #1, because Joan Jett leapfrogged over it the following week. But it fared better on R&R, where it spent seven weeks at #1, which tied it for the record at the time. And it turned out to be the top song of 1982 on R&R!
1: CENTERFOLD - THE J. GEILS BAND (1) - Great song - overplay hasn’t affected my fascination for this one at all. This was its last of six weeks at #1. The song didn’t hit #1 on R&R, presumably due to the lyrical content.
Coming up next week: St. Patty's Day 1984, which is a brand-new show. Well, unless Mike got false info and we end up with 3/24/84 instead.