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Post by bobbo428 on May 17, 2014 20:39:56 GMT -5
I never hear any song on the radio by him except the annoying "Sunglasses at Night." I enjoyed the thoughtful "Never Surrender" much more, though I almost never hear it on the radio despite its having been a bigger hit than the dumb "Sunglasses." Most of his other hits were bland and nondescript (about 5 or 5.5 on a ten-point scale), though I did like the 1988 song I heard on an AT40 rebroadcast a year or two ago. I never make negative comments about artists I do not like . Just because I do not like them does not mean that they are not good or have any value. And since I prefaced this with "I never" you know I am about to do the exact thing I just told you I would never do. I have never liked Corey Hart. I never didn't like Corey Hart, either. He was, as you said, that 5 or 5.5 on a ten-point scale kind of artist to me. I think that's why I remember all of his songs: I was always wondering when he would go away. HOWEVER: His song, "Boy In The Box" is one of my favorite songs of all time, hands down. I think it just does an amazing job of defining the 80's from a pop music standpoint. As you said about, "Never Surrender", I think of "Boy In The Box" as thoughtful: An esoteric song that transcended time and still illuminates its words into my soul. Nah, just kidding. Still "Box" was a really, really good song I didn't realize that your comment was tongue in cheek--I read the first line and thought I had messed up, coming down too hard on "Sunglasses." BTW, I think that song made its Hot 100 debut 30 years ago this week, give or take a week. However, from now on I should insert "in my view" or something like that, in case a reader enjoys the artist or songs. For example, back in 1997, I dissed the band AC/DC while at a bar. I had no idea that it was one guy's all-time favorite band. I apologized to him, but I was on his c!@p list for quite some time.
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Post by woolebull on May 18, 2014 6:37:32 GMT -5
I never make negative comments about artists I do not like . Just because I do not like them does not mean that they are not good or have any value. And since I prefaced this with "I never" you know I am about to do the exact thing I just told you I would never do. I have never liked Corey Hart. I never didn't like Corey Hart, either. He was, as you said, that 5 or 5.5 on a ten-point scale kind of artist to me. I think that's why I remember all of his songs: I was always wondering when he would go away. HOWEVER: His song, "Boy In The Box" is one of my favorite songs of all time, hands down. I think it just does an amazing job of defining the 80's from a pop music standpoint. As you said about, "Never Surrender", I think of "Boy In The Box" as thoughtful: An esoteric song that transcended time and still illuminates its words into my soul. Nah, just kidding. Still "Box" was a really, really good song I didn't realize that your comment was tongue in cheek--I read the first line and thought I had messed up, coming down too hard on "Sunglasses." BTW, I think that song made its Hot 100 debut 30 years ago this week, give or take a week. However, from now on I should insert "in my view" or something like that, in case a reader enjoys the artist or songs. For example, back in 1997, I dissed the band AC/DC while at a bar. I had no idea that it was one guy's all-time favorite band. I apologized to him, but I was on his c!@p list for quite some time. I understand, but I can assure you that I would never be upset at anyone's opinion, especially if you came down on a group I really love. That's what makes people different! Still, I was in total agreement with you: not a Hart fan with one caveat: you with "Never Surrender" and me with "Boy In The Box". Your story about AC/DC is a good cautionary tale, however. One man's trash is another man's gold. But your take on Corey Hart was legit, even if someone really liked him. It's crazy we're talking thirty years for Hart. I think he is only 51 or 52 and is now releasing some new stuff. And I wouldn't be surprised to see a new song of his reach number 35 . In fact, now I'm pulling for it!
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Post by pb on May 19, 2014 13:24:17 GMT -5
Chicago spent the entire 1970s and 1980s charting multiple hits per album in the Top 20, but when the 80s segued into the 90s, they essentially (and rather promptly) vanished. Peter Cetera left to Chicago to go solo and had two #1 songs, then a #4 off the followup album, and then only reached the top 40 one more time in the early 90's at #35.
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Post by freakyflybry on May 19, 2014 14:27:09 GMT -5
Chicago spent the entire 1970s and 1980s charting multiple hits per album in the Top 20, but when the 80s segued into the 90s, they essentially (and rather promptly) vanished. Peter Cetera left to Chicago to go solo and had two #1 songs, then a #4 off the followup album, and then only reached the top 40 one more time in the early 90's at #35. He also had a top 10 duet with Cher, "After All", in 1989.
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Post by johnnywest on Jun 27, 2014 17:28:20 GMT -5
Here's another one: Blondie. Four #1s from 1979-81, a #37 hit in 1982, and then bupkis. Deborah Harry did a little acting and was in "Hairspray" in the late '80s. They also had a decent Hot AC hit in 1999 with "Maria."
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Post by dougbroda on Jul 13, 2015 2:10:03 GMT -5
Surprised no one mentioned maybe the biggest example. From 1977-84 Kenny Rogers was the biggest baddest ombre around, even earning a USA For Africa invite. Pop, AC, Country, Movies it didn't matter. Then when the calendar turned to 1985, he couldn't catch a cold, let alone gold on the charts. Totally true on the pop side. Fell like a brick on the Hot 100 and almost as bad AC. Country side, though, he had #1s in 85 and 86, a #6 in 88, and a #8 in 89. At that point he plunges just as fast off the Country charts until Buy Me a Rose in 1999.
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Post by Jessica on Jul 13, 2015 2:18:21 GMT -5
Sorry if this has been mentioned before but how about Billy Idol? He had a bunch of hits in the 80s and a hit in 1990 with "Cradle Of Love" and then seemingly disappeared.
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Post by JessieLou on Jul 13, 2015 8:33:12 GMT -5
Lauryn Hill
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Post by JessieLou on Jul 13, 2015 8:37:19 GMT -5
As for Taylor Dayne, after "Heart of Stone" ended her 1987-90 run of hits she did return to the top 10 (on CT40) in 1993 with a remake of Barry White's "Can't Get Enough of Your Love". The followup, "Send Me a Lover" went top 40, and that was her last CHR hit. That 3-year gap really put the kibosh on the momentum she'd had after 1990, though quite honestly, her hits from Can't Fight Fate (with the exception of her #1 hit "Love Will Lead You Back") seem to be lacking a musical "edge" that those from her first album had. I disagree. "I'll Be Your Shelter" is one of my favorite pop hits from that time period.
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Post by matt on Jul 13, 2015 16:46:01 GMT -5
No doubt--I can't think of too many other artists who seemed to be headed for super-stardom, but then absolutely dropped of the face of the Earth like Lauryn Hill did. She burst onto the scene with the Fugees in 1996, then the Miseducation LP two years later, after which she seemed to be the darling of the world of music critics. Then, poof...just like that she was gone. Apparently, she's had a number of personal problems but still, who else was on the verge of that level of greatness, then would not ever be heard from again?
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Post by mga707 on Jul 13, 2015 18:26:35 GMT -5
No doubt--I can't think of too many other artists who seemed to be headed for super-stardom, but then absolutely dropped of the face of the Earth like Lauryn Hill did. She burst onto the scene with the Fugees in 1996, then the Miseducation LP two years later, after which she seemed to be the darling of the world of music critics. Then, poof...just like that she was gone. Apparently, she's had a number of personal problems but still, who else was on the verge of that level of greatness, then would not ever be heard from again? Maybe Syd Barrett (original Pink Floyd frontman)? Again, personal problems (mental illness issues in Syd's case) were to blame.
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Post by cachiva on Jul 16, 2015 23:29:10 GMT -5
Once Victor Willis (aka the talented one) left the Village People, all that was left were background singers, and dancers. Hard to believe he could just walk away from it all. But he did.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Mar 19, 2017 19:49:19 GMT -5
Xanadu a bad movie? Not in my book. I still to this day consider it one of my all time favorite movies. Same here, count me in as liking/enjoying Xanadu, the feature film along with its RIAA Multi-Platinum Motion Picture Soundtrack and that was around 1980, 6 years before I became a big Electric Light Orchestra fan circa 1986! Speaking of ELO, from Beethoven to disco to as mentioned above, movie soundtracks, they were lighting up the charts from the mid 70s-early 80s. And then poof, like somebody turning off the electricity, the lights went out.
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Post by dth1971 on Mar 20, 2017 6:48:28 GMT -5
Did Kylie Minogue have a long hiatus from AT40 after having 3 top 40 hits in 1988-1989? She returned to the charts in 2002.
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Post by dukelightning on Mar 20, 2017 8:08:19 GMT -5
Yes she is part of that club of artists who had an entire decade between hits....the 90s.
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