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Post by vto66 on Mar 18, 2011 23:02:05 GMT -5
"Living Eyes"--The Bee Gees (This should have been released as the first single rather than "He's A Liar". It might have done better, maybe even hit the Top 10).
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Post by jgve1952 on Mar 19, 2011 1:11:50 GMT -5
bestmusicexpert--maybe YouTube has the two Starbuck songs? I have found that You Tube has almost every song imaginable and you can download the songs as well.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Mar 19, 2011 4:57:31 GMT -5
Probably, I should have just checked. I imagine me hearing it would be better than asking opinions... A few years ago I took peoples opinions of the group: The Darkness. Didn't hear a note of their music and bought the CD. I was VERY sorry I did that! I had believed fans of Queen when I was told they sounded like Queen.
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Mar 19, 2011 5:00:45 GMT -5
Just listened to bits of all 3 (Lucky Man as well.) I'd have listeded to them in full but Casey is about to start and I'll be recording in a minute. The only one I didn't like was Everybody Be Dancin'
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Post by karaokegod on Mar 19, 2011 7:48:42 GMT -5
Well off the top of my head I would have to say these:
THE CHICAGO BEARS SHUFFLIN' CREW-Superbowl Shuffle (#41, 1986)-Sold a MILLION copies!!! HERBIE HANCOCK-Rockit (#71, 1983) Sold A MILLION copies!!! MODERN ENGLISH-I Melt With You (#78, 1983) SAMMY HAGAR-The Winner Takes It All (From "Over The Top") (#54, 1987) DAVID LEE ROTH- Goin' Crazy (#66, 1986), That's Life! (#85, 1986) and Stand Up (#64, 1988) WAX-Right Between The Eyes (#43, 1986) POLICE-Don't Stand So Close to Me '86 Version (#46) BUSTER POINDEXTER-Hot Hot Hot! (#45, 1988)
Hope some of you people agree!
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Post by saltrek on Mar 19, 2011 11:22:01 GMT -5
The Cars - It's All I Can Do (#41 - 1979) Bruce Springsteen - Badlands (#42 - 1978) .38 Special - Rockin' Into The Night (#43 - 1980) Teena Marie - Square Biz (#50 - 1981)
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Post by karaokegod on Mar 19, 2011 12:21:53 GMT -5
Here's more:
EURYTHMICS-Sexcrime (#81, 1984),It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back) (#78, 1986),Thorn In My Side (#68, 1986),I Need A Man (#46, 1988), You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart (#64, 1988) CYNDI LAUPER- Boy Blue (#71, 1987),Hole In My Heart (All The Way To China) (#54, 1988),My First Night Without You (#62, 1989) PET SHOP BOYS-Love Comes Quickly (#62, 1986), Suburbia (#70, 1987), Left To My Own Devices (#84, 1989) ROBERT PALMER-You Are In My System (#78, 1983),Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming (#60, 1989) LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM-Holiday Road (#82, 1983) OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN-Landslide (#52, 1982),The Rumour (#62, 1988) JOURNEY-Why Can't This Night Go On Forever (#60, 1987) THOMAS DOLBY-Hyperactive (#62, 1984) DJ JAZZY JEFF AND FRESH PRINCE-Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble (#57, 1988), I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson (#58, 1989) NEW EDITION-Count Me Out (#51, 1985)
A lot of these I mentioned and in my previous post I had heard some way too much on MTV and well before I ever followed the charts and when years later when I got my first Joel Whitburn HOT 100 Hits book I was surprised and how low they hit!
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Post by saltrek on Mar 19, 2011 12:45:30 GMT -5
Speaking of huge MTV hits - how about Herbie Hancock's Rockit. It was on MTV constantly, yet only reached #71 on Billboard in 1983.
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Post by pizzzzza on Mar 19, 2011 12:48:17 GMT -5
Speaking of MTV, how did Berlin do on the charts (Besides the OBVIOUS "Take My Breath Away")
I'm speaking of songs like "Sex", "The Metro", "No More Words"....etc...
I"m too lazy to look, and I figured someone on here would already know. ;D
I must admit I didn't keep up with the charts as time went along in the 80s...
I remember someone mentioning another big MTV group - Missing Persons - not having any top 40 hits, which really shocked me.
It would be cool if someone could make some type of list of MTV videos that were big in the 80s, but didn't fare as well on the AT 40 charts!
There have already been some good ones already mentioned, but it would nice to see a more thorough list to compare.
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Post by saltrek on Mar 19, 2011 13:02:59 GMT -5
Sex - 62 The Metro - 58 No More Words - 23 (yayy!!)
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Post by pizzzzza on Mar 19, 2011 13:14:57 GMT -5
Sex - 62 The Metro - 58 No More Words - 23 (yayy!!) That's so sad - looking back, IMHO, they had some of the best stuff around - I love to listen to them today - great sound to it!
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Post by 80sfreak on Mar 19, 2011 16:28:07 GMT -5
Sex - 62 The Metro - 58 No More Words - 23 (yayy!!) Dob't forget one of their better tunes Masquerade which only hit #82
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Post by snarfdude on Mar 20, 2011 9:56:50 GMT -5
1971: Where Evil Grows - Poppy Family (Which Way You Goin' Billy peaked at #45 - was on the Hot 100 for 12 weeks Talk It Over In The Morning - Anne Murray - only got to #57 - was a nice pop song Any canadian oldies station (and there are a few of them left) will certainly have these in rotation. they were bigger in the home country. both artists as we know would have international smashes only a few years later.
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Post by tarobe on Mar 20, 2011 10:05:57 GMT -5
Three songs that I wished had made the top 40 were "Running" by Chubby Checker (#91) in 1982, "On the Wings of a Nightingagle" by the Everly Brothers (#50) in 1984 and "Great Gosh A' Mighty" by Little Richard (#42) in 1986. All should have been big comeback songs.
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Post by pizzzzza on Mar 20, 2011 11:41:54 GMT -5
Does anyone remember "Lady Bump" from Penny McLean - went to #48 in early 1976 - was one of the bigger disco hits, but didn't quite fare as well on the Hot 100.
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