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Post by mkarns on Apr 13, 2009 10:27:09 GMT -5
9: WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE - VAN HALEN (12) - Good song, the one that ushered in the Van Hagar era. I like this, as well as their next two hits from the 90210 album. You mean "Saving Forever For You" and "The Right Kind of Love"?  "5150" includes "Why Can't this Be Love." Perhaps there was confusion with their next album, "OU812", released in 1988 (hits from it included "When It's Love" and "Finish What Ya Started".) |
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Post by Hervard on Apr 13, 2009 11:05:44 GMT -5
^Yes, I had those two albums confused. I meant 5150.
For the record, I do like "Saving Forever For You" and "The Right Kind Of Love" better than Van Halen's "Why Can't This Be Love" (I just don't think they'd sound very good remaking either single)
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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 13, 2009 13:52:51 GMT -5
Interesting that "5150" became Van Halen's first #1 album after David Lee Roth left-Prior to "5150",the band's highest charting album was "1984",which peaked at #2 in yep,1984.
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Post by Hervard on Apr 18, 2009 23:23:37 GMT -5
Great Scott! Seven debuts?? You sure don’t see that very often anymore, unless a ton of songs go recurrent in the same week (sometimes not even then, as older songs are pulled back onto the chart via vacuum effect). Anyway, the droppers are:
I WILL BE THERE - GLASS TIGER - (38) Good song. Probably my second favorite song from them behind “Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone)”
LIGHT OF DAY - THE BARBUSTERS (36) - Cool song. Reminds me a little of “R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.”
MANDOLIN RAIN - BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE (33) - Good song, definitely one of my favorites from him. Shame that it fell off, but at least we heard it on the last 1987 show, which is more than can be said for the two above droppers.
WHAT YOU GET IS WHAT YOU SEE - TINA TURNER (29) - Another good song that we missed, since it was not yet charting by the last 1987 show.
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN - EUROPE - Possibly my least favorite song from their 1987 album of the same title, but pretty good. This was one of the optional extras for this week.
LET’S WAIT AWHILE - JANET JACKSON - Cool song, but due to the fact that it’s on a tape that I listen to quite often, I am a little tired of it.
THE HONEYTHIEF - HIPSWAY - Aw, man! This was a great song. It had a very catchy chorus.
40: YOU CAN CALL ME AL – PAUL SIMON (debut) - Good song, re-released due to his success at the Grammies.
39: MEET ME HALF WAY – KENNY LOGGINS (debut) - Good song, like many of his movie hits (and the song was more successful than the movie it came from)
38: DAY-IN DAY-OUT – DAVID BOWIE - (debut) Good song, one of my favorites from him, along with “Never Let Me Down” from later that year.
37: GET THAT LOVE – THOMPSON TWINS (debut) - Definitely their most underrated hit. Should have been at least Top 20.
36: WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE – BON JOVI (debut) - Good song. I like the western feel to this, which was an omen of things to come (namely, that the band went country a few years ago)
35: THE RIGHT THING – SIMPLY RED (40) - Great song. This, however, is a perfect example of the “sophomore slump”, as their second album bombed big time. This was their only Top 40 hit from it. Also, note that this is the only song between 33-40 that wasn’t a debut song.
34: IF SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL - CHICAGO (debut) - Definitely a great song - one of my favorite post-Peter Cetera songs by them.
33: ALWAYS – ATLANTIC STARR (debut) - This one became a very popular wedding song. It’s a great one indeed.
32: SMOKING GUN – THE ROBERT CRAY BAND (22) - Good song. The story leading into the song sounded very familiar and then I remembered that I taped the song from this show, since I knew it was its last week on (it had fallen off the R&R chart the week before)
31: SE LA – LIONEL RICHIE - (37) I guess you could call this a guilty pleasure, as many people I know hated this song. I can see how it ended his Top Ten streak, though.
30: LET’S GO! – WANG CHUNG (17) - Good song - much better than the overplayed “Everybody Have Fun Tonight”
29: YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON – KIM WILDE (39) - There’s a handful of songs on this countdown that I like now but strongly disliked when they were on the chart. This is an example (although I was glad it dethroned U2, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves)
28: I KNOW WHAT I LIKE – HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (35) - Meh, not one of my favorites by them by a longshot either, but I do like it better than “Hip To Be Square”
27: SHIP OF FOOLS (SAVE ME FROM TOMORROW) – WORLD PARTY (30) - Good song, very different sounding.
LDD: THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL – WHITNEY HOUSTON - Good song, and fitting for the situation, just like the LDD in which this was in response.
26: TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT - GENESIS (14) - This song always makes me thirsty for a beer.
25: RIGHT ON TRACK – THE BREAKFAST CLUB (34) - Pretty good song. Is that really Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy singing backup?
24: NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU – GLENN MEDEIROS (32) - Awesome song! This definitely beats his duet with Bobby Brown from several years later.
23: SERIOUS – DONNA ALLEN (25) - Meh, not my cup of tea. It’s so d**n repetitive.
22: BIG LOVE – FLEETWOOD MAC (31) - OK song, but they’ve had better, an example being their next release “Seven Wonders”, the most underrated song on the “Tango In The Night” album.
21: TALK DIRTY TO ME - POISON (28) - Great song! They had many good songs, such as “Nothing But A Good Time” and “Something To Believe In”.
20: CAN’TCHA SAY (YOU BELIEVE IN ME)/STILL IN LOVE – BOSTON (20) - Great song, definitely one of their best and probably their most underrated.
19: THE LADY IN RED – CHRIS DE BURGH (24) - Good song - nice and mellow.
18: HEAT OF THE NIGHT – BRYAN ADAMS (21) - Pretty good song, but he’s had many better.
17: COME GO WITH ME - EXPOSE (9) - Meh, not really into this song - one of my least favorites from them. I did like their follow-up, “Point Of No Return”, possibly their only upbeat Expose song that I like.
16: WHAT’S GOING ON – CYNDI LAUPER (19) - Good song, a nice remake of the old Marvin Gaye classic. I remember disliking this when it was on the chart, but I like it a lot now.
15: COME AS YOU ARE – PETER WOLF (18) - Great song! One of his best solo hits.
14: DOMINOES – ROBBIE NEVIL (16) - Another great song. I like the synthesizer at the beginning, representing dominoes falling down. Plus the song is great, like his other two songs from his self-titled album.
13: LEAN ON ME – CLUB NOUVEAU (7) - This one is OK, and I do like it better than the original version by Bill Withers. When this song was charting, I thought it was one of the worst songs on the chart.
LDD: IMAGINE – JOHN LENNON - Nice song, with a good message, such was the case with the dedication.
12: STONE LOVE – KOOL & THE GANG (15) - Good song, my favorite song from the “Forever” album (that charted at Top 40 radio, that is - “Special Way” is my favorite from that album. That song bombed at Top 40 radio, but did quite well at AC)
11: WALKING DOWN YOUR STREET – THE BANGLES (11) - They sure had a thing about walking, didn’t they? But this one is worlds better than the other one (come on, you know the title!) Too bad this one just barely fell short of the Top Ten (though it did spend about a month in the Top Ten at R&R, peaking at #8)
10: WITH OR WITHOUT YOU – U2 (13) - Another song that I hated with a passion during its chart run. Now I think it’s OK, but my favorite from “The Joshua Tree” is “Where The Streets Have No Name”.
9: MIDNIGHT BLUE – LOU GRAMM (5) - I loved the medley of “Midnight” hits, including another song with the same title, by Melissa Manchester. Not sure which of those I like better, but both are great. I did prefer his two songs from “Long Hard Look”, though.
8: THE FINER THINGS – STEVE WINWOOD (8) - Good song, but I prefer “While You See A Chance” and “Roll With It”.
7: LA ISLA BONITA - MADONNA (12) - Good song, but she’s had many better.
6: NOTHING’S GONNA STOP US NOW - STARSHIP (2) - Great song! Definitely one of my favorite of their #1s. Other great songs by them include “No Way Out” and “It’s Not Enough”. D’OH - they cut out the second verse this week!
5: (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS – CUTTING CREW (10) - Don’t really like it, due to the overplay. I liked their next two hits, as well as their AC hits in the late 80s/early 90s.
4: LOOKING FOR A NEW LOVE – JODY WATLEY (6) - The first of many of her songs that sound very much alike.
3: SIGN ‘O’ THE TIMES - PRINCE (4) - Yet another song I hated when it charted. Now I think it’s OK now that I don’t hear it everytime I turn on the radio. Not sure why they cut out the second verse, yet played what sounded like an extended remix (based on the part near the end).
2: DON’T DREAM IT’S OVER – CROWDED HOUSE (3) - Great song. I like their next hit “Something So Strong” a tad better.
1: I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME) (1) – ARETHA FRANKLIN & GEORGE MICHAEL - Great song! Glad it made it to the top.
Next week, I predict the show from April 27, 1985.
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Post by freakyflybry on Apr 19, 2009 1:12:04 GMT -5
April 25, 1987 40. Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (new) - great song, one of my favourites from him... good to see this one got a second shot at the charts 39. Kenny Loggins - Meet Me Half Way (new) - great song! I enjoy most of his movie hits, this being no exception 38. David Bowie - Day-In Day-Out (new) - I like this but prefer most of his earlier hits 37. Thompson Twins - Get That Love (new) - wtf did this sound like again? 36. Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive (new) - great song! One of my favourites from them 35. Simply Red - The Right Thing (40) - I like this but prefer most of their other top 40 hits 34. Chicago - If She Would Have Been Faithful (new) - good song, one of their most underrated 33. Atlantic Starr - Always (new) - I like this, about the same amount as their other big ballads 32. The Robert Cray Band - Smoking Gun (22) - it's ok but nothing really remarkable 31. Lionel Richie - Se La (37) - No. Just no. 30. Wang Chung - Let's Go (17) - great song! One of their more underrated ones despite going top 10 29. Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On (39) - great song! My favourite from her 28. Huey Lewis & the News - I Know What I Like (35) - I like this but prefer all the other singles from the "Fore!" album, especially "Hip To Be Square" 27. World Party - Ship of Fools (30) - wtf did this sound like again? LDD: Whitney Houston - The Greatest Love Of All - while not the saddest situation for this song to be used as an LDD, still, marital abuse is quite sad  As for the song itself, definitely one of her most empowering, I like it 26. Genesis - Tonight, Tonight, Tonight (14) - great song, one of my favourite Genesis songs 25. The Breakfast Club - Right On Track (34) - good song, definitely underrated compared to a lot of the songs on the chart (but might've done better had Madonna still been with them at this time!) 24. Glenn Medeiros - Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You (32) - such a sweet song, I like this but prefer "She Ain't Worth It" 23. Donna Allen - Serious (25) - again, an alright song, but nothing really remarkable 22. Fleetwood Mac - Big Love (31) - good song but I prefer all the other hits from "Tango In The Night" 21. Poison - Talk Dirty To Me (28) - great song! Definitely one of my favourites from them 20. Boston - Can'tcha Say (You Believe In Me)/Still In Love (20) - good song though I prefer most of their other hits 19. Chris DeBurgh - The Lady In Red (24) - another beautiful song, I like this one despite the cheese factor 18. Bryan Adams - Heat Of The Night (21) - good song but I prefer the singles from his previous 2 albums, as well as a few of his 90's hits 17. Expose - Come Go With Me (9) - good song but I prefer their ballads 16. Cyndi Lauper - What's Going On (19) - I like this but prefer the Marvin Gaye and All Star Tribute versions 15. Peter Wolf - Come As You Are (18) - my favourite solo hit from him though I prefer him with the J. Geils Band 14. Robbie Nevil - Dominoes (16) - good song, one of my favourites from him 13. Club Nouveau - Lean On Me (7) - a remake I prefer over the original, good song LDD: John Lennon - Imagine - so sad to hear about the situation in Cambodia then, but this song was a very appropriate message of hope; I like this song, probably even more than any Beatles song! 12. Kool & the Gang - Stone Love (15) - good song though I prefer most of their earlier hits 11. The Bangles - Walking Down Your Street (11) - great song, definitely one of their best 10. U2 - With Or Without You (13) - great song! One of my favourites from them 9. Lou Gramm - Midnight Blue (5) - thanks to Adam, it's been a tradition to listen to this song at midnight on Friday nights... and that's helped me like the song a lot more. Still prefer some Foreigner stuff though 8. Steve Winwood - The Finer Things (8) - great song! One of my favourites from him 7. Madonna - La Isla Bonita (12) - I like this one, but prefer many other Madonna songs 6. Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (2) - great song, my favourite from them 5. Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms (10) - great song! An 80's mix show essential 4. Jody Watley - Looking For A New Love (6) - I like this, definitely one of my favourites from her 3. Prince - Sign O' The Times (4) - I like most of his stuff... this one's no exception, but it's one I like more for the lyrics than anything else 2. Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over (3) - great song! Another 80's mix show essential 1. Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (1) - great song! Nice to see Aretha getting another #1 so long after her previous one, and George Michael was a nice touch on this one too |
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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 20, 2009 13:24:30 GMT -5
1987 was also the year that Aretha Franklin became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
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Post by mkarns on Apr 24, 2009 15:28:10 GMT -5
April 19, 1975:
40: SHAKEY GROUND – TEMPTATIONS (good, funky kickoff to the countdown)
39: LOVE WON'T LET ME WAIT - MAJOR HARRIS (slow but pleasant)
38: HARRY TRUMAN - CHICAGO (good President, not such a good song.)
37: SHAVING CREAM - BENNY BELL (a true left field novelty hit, recorded nearly 30 years earlier. I knew this song from campfires at Boy Scout camp, of all places.)
36: MY EYES ADORED YOU - FRANKIE VALLI (didn’t like this one. What was up with talented 50s and 60s veterans, like Frankie Valli and Paul Anka, resorting to dull lounge music for 70s hits?)
35: BAD TIME - GRAND FUNK (poppier than earlier hits, and very good)
34: YOUNG AMERICANS - DAVID BOWIE (excellent change of direction, though I like his Ziggy Stardust-era glamrock hits better)
33: BEER BARREL POLKA - BOBBY VINTON (update of 1939 hit; something different, but I'd have liked it better without the disco-ish beat that was presumably supposed to bring it up to date.)
32: YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL - JOE Cocker (simple, beautiful ballad)
31: HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (very nice pop hit with just a hint of country feeling, though it was a hit in both genres which caused controversy in the country field. As Casey said here, Olivia didn't really consider herself a country singer and within a couple of years stopped aiming at that market altogether.)
30: AMIE - PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE (good country rocker that has held up well; it should have gone higher than #27, where it peaked the next week.)
29: AUTOBAHN - KRAFTWERK (then-innovative synthesizer-based instrumental; was probably considered futuristic in 1975, and indeed it was in light of how dominant synths would be in the 1980s.)
28: ONLY YESTERDAY - CARPENTERS (one of my favorites from them. AT40 faded it too early in this broadcast.)
27: SHOESHINE BOY - EDDIE KENDRICKS (good, upbeat song)
26: THANK GOD I'M A COUNTRY BOY - JOHN DENVER (fun uptempo change of pace from the ballads that were most of his hits at the time, though the rural talk was a bit overdone IMO.)
25: POETRY MAN - PHOEBE SNOW (good beginning to a worthy career; kind of like a more soulful Joni Mitchell.)
24: STAND BY ME - JOHN LENNON (decent cover of well known classic)
23: HOW LONG - ACE (very good, low key rocker)
22: KILLER QUEEN - QUEEN (interesting, theatrical debut hit.)
21: IT'S A MIRACLE - BARRY MANILOW (sounded like a Broadway song and dance number; a change of pace from his usual fare.)
20: THE BERTHA BUTT BOOGIE - JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH (hilarious; works better if you also know Castor's 1972 hit "Trogolydyte" which introduced us to the Butt sisters.)
19: EXPRESS - B.T. EXPRESS (OK disco instrumental; nothing special.)
18: ONCE YOU GET STARTED - RUFUS (piledriving dance number with great Chaka Khan vocals.)
17: I DON'T LIKE TO SLEEP ALONE - PAUL ANKA (if I may borrow a phrase from freakyflybry and others here, No. Just no.)
16: JACKIE BLUE - OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS (interesting lyrics and atmospheric music.)
15: LONG TALL GLASSES - LEO SAYER (entertaining song that resembled early Elton John)
14: SHINING STAR - EARTH, WIND & FIRE (overplayed but still great)
13: L-O-V-E (LOVE) - AL GREEN (standard-issue for him, but good)
12: WALKING IN RHYTHM - BLACKBYRDS (great song by DC-area soul group; in 1976 they made the chart, but not the top 40, with "Rock Creek Park", about the local landmark.)
11: LADY MARMALADE - LABELLE (great; also topped the chart in a 2001 remake, which isn't as good but does illustrate the song's lasting appeal and quality)
10: BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS - FREDDIE FENDER (Spanglish country ballad; sounded quite old-fashioned, but that may be part of its charm.)
9: EMMA - HOT CHOCOLATE (interesting musically and lyrically)
8: WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITH YOU - BARRY WHITE (pretty formulaic for him)
7: CHEVY VAN - SAMMY JOHNS (kind of a guilty pleasure, but enjoyable)
6: SUPERNATURAL THING - BEN E. KING (well sung, though his 60s hits were better)
5: HE DON'T LOVE YOU (LIKE I LOVE YOU) - TONY ORLANDO & DAWN (good, though I like the Jerry Butler original better. Hit #1 two weeks later.)
4: NO NO SONG - RINGO STARR (goofy but fun novelty about saying no to drugs and booze; presaged the 80s "Just Say No" catchphrase by a decade. I prefer the B-side, "Snookeroo", which was played on AT40 on the 3/29/75 show that has been run by Premiere and XM)
3: LOVIN' YOU - MINNIE RIPERTON (No. Just no.)
2: ANOTHER SOMEBODY DONE SOMEBODY WRONG SONG - B.J. THOMAS (pleasant, more country than his previous hits. #1 the following week.)
1: PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM - ELTON JOHN (brilliant. Second week at #1, and the first chart topper in three months with more than one week on top--Elton's remake of "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" was the last one.)
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Post by reachinforthestars on Apr 24, 2009 20:39:44 GMT -5
28: ONLY YESTERDAY - CARPENTERS (one of my favorites from them. AT40 faded it too early in this broadcast.) I wish an early fade-out was the worst thing they did to this great song. They ripped out part of the chorus lead-in, the entire first chorus, the bridge, the second verse, and spliced in the second chorus lead-in at the wrong point so a duplicate measure was played, resulting in the same line being repeated twice.  |
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Post by mmb on Apr 25, 2009 1:20:52 GMT -5
Here's the Bilzrat's comments for this week's AT40 THE 80's from 04/27/1985
40: SAY YOU'RE WRONG - JULIAN LENNON: Not a bad song at all, a rocker if you ask me, too bad it only got as high as #21.
39: LOST IN LOVE - NEW EDITION: Not one of their best songs, but passable. Sounds like a Jackson 5 song.
38: 'TIL MY BABY COMES HOME - LUTHER VANDROSS: We would have to wait a year for the public to realize his potential as an established artist, this song gives a peek at that.
37: SOMEBODY - BRYAN ADAMS: Overplayed today, but a rocker then.
36: CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING - REO SPEEDWAGON: Ditto for this song in terms of heavy airplay, listenable but not as impactual as it was in 1985.
35: HEAVEN - BRYAN ADAMS: Still listenable, though it was heavily played.
34: WALKING ON SUNSHINE - KATRINA AND THE WAVES: Peppy, before ALL I WANNA DO by Sheryl Crow came this happy song.
33: CELEBRATE YOUTH - RICK SPRINGFIELD: Not bad, though Rick was becoming over the hill in the society of Madonna, Prince and Bruce Springsteen.
32: ONE LONELY NIGHT - REO SPEEDWAGON: This was a good song, should've been top 10.
31: IN MY HOUSE - MARY JANE GIRLS: Didn't care for it then, though the ladies were pretty and today respect it for Rick James' artistic vision of the music and the girls. Too bad drugs got the better of him.
30: VOX HUMANA - KENNY LOGGINS: I do like this song, though it's a retread of I'M ALRIGHT, followup FOREVER is much better.
29: JUST A GIGOLO/I AIN'T GOT NOBODY - DAVID LEE ROTH: Believe it or not, Fun. DLR had a good time with this popular 30's and 40's track.
28: THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER - HOWARD JONES: Danceable, I'm more partial to WHAT IS LOVE? and YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU!!!
LDD: ALWAYS AND FOREVER - HEATWAVE: Good song but overplayed, this should've been a top 10 song back in 1978, only peaked at #18.
27: FRESH - KOOL & THE GANG: MISLED and CHERISH were the best songs off the EMERGENCY album. This one, meh.
26: FOREVER MAN - ERIC CLAPTON: Like it though not Slowhand's best.
25: LOVERGIRL - TEENA MARIE: Didn't care for it then, don't care for it today.
24: SUDDENLY - BILLY OCEAN: Good song, though when I wasn't in the mood to hear it, when Billy would sing: I Used to Think That Love was Just a Fairy Tale, I would change it and say: IT IS!!!
23: MATERIAL GIRL - MADONNA: Backlash alert, NO, JUST NO!!!
22: AXEL F - HAROLD FALTERMAYER: Like IT'S A SMALL WORLD, it stays in your head, you just think of the movie BEVERLY HILLS COP when that song plays.
21: NEW ATTITUDE - PATTI LaBELLE: Back to back BHC songs. Passable, though this would be the Philadelphia native's 3rd wind, she had hits in the 60's with the Blue Belles, the number 1 smash LADY MARMALADE with her group LaBelle, and she would take the 80's by storm in the R&B charts.
20: ROCK AND ROLL GIRLS - JOHN FOGERTY: A rocker.
19: SOME THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNSAID - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES: This should've at least hit number 10.
18: EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - TEARS FOR FEARS: Good song, best represented the ME generation of the 80's.
17: DON'T COME AROUND HERE NO MORE - TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS: Different kind of song for Petty who plays piano in this song with Eurythmics man Dave Stewart on guitar, reminiscent of the Steve Miller Band's THE JOKER!!!
16: EVERYTHING SHE WANTS - WHAM: OK, not one of their best songs.
15: THAT WAS YESTERDAY - FOREIGNER: Good song, should've been top 10.
14: ALONG COMES A WOMAN - CHICAGO: The radio version of this song is more powerful than the Album version of Chicago 17. Cliched, but should've been top 10.
13: MISSING YOU - DIANA ROSS: Melancholy tribute to a friend and father of one of her children, the great Marvin Gaye, written with conviction by Lionel Richie, with Diana's speech all hers.
12: SMOOTH OPERATOR - SADE: This will get another backlash, but I wasn't crazy about her material, though she did introduce America to Smooth Jazz.
11: ONE MORE NIGHT - PHIL COLLINS: Like it, haunting and the kind of song you want to here at night when you're walking (this was 1985 people, not as safe today).
10: ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE - DON HENLEY: Danceable song, BOYS OF SUMMER was much better, Martha Davis and Patty Smyth contribute harmony vocals.
9: I'M ON FIRE - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Like it, never knew it was Bruce at that time until a station finally announced it, as you can tell I was a late bloomer on the BORN IN THE USA album.
8: SOME LIKE IT HOT - THE POWER STATION: Nice collaboration of Robert Palmer (who got his 2nd wind when he joined this group) and Andy and John Taylor (no relation) of DURAN DURAN. Like followup BANG A GONG better.
7: OBSESSION - ANIMOTION: Never cared for this song, though it rang in my head as the opening theme of NBC'S SATURDAY NIGHT'S MAIN EVENT for the WWE (then known as the WWF).
6: ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK - MURRAY HEAD: Fun song, was heavily played at the time, but is still catchy.
5: DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) - SIMPLE MINDS: The movie THE BREAKFAST CLUB comes to mind when this song plays.
4: NIGHTSHIFT - THE COMMODORES: The 2nd of 2 tributes to Marvin Gaye (Diana Ross' MISSING YOU the other), but also a tribute to Jackie Wilson, song still stands the test of time.
LDD: KEEP ON LOVING YOU - REO SPEEDWAGON: What put the Champaign, Illinois band on the top 40 map. Way better number 1 song than CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING!!!
3: RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT - DEBARGE: Danceable, though their ballads are much better.
2: CRAZY FOR YOU - MADONNA: This was believe it or not the first song I LIKED from Madonna(it took me a while to get used to BORDERLINE).
1: WE ARE THE WORLD - USA FOR AFRICA: Easy on the ears, though it was for a good cause, standouts in the song include Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry and Ray Charles.
Footnote: Everybody must've been going to the movies at that time, take a good look at the songs that charted and let's see how many movies can some of you name. Thanks for reading.
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Post by Hervard on Apr 25, 2009 8:28:24 GMT -5
This week, they went back to the last week in April, 1985. Personally, a pretty good time for me - I knew school would be letting out in another six weeks. That’s always a good feeling, but especially to someone in middle school. My seventh grade year was hell on earth. But I digress. Anyway, before we get to the countdown, let’s check out the droppers:
THE BIRD - THE TIME (36) - Not a big fan of it, so no big loss.
TOO LATE FOR GOODBYES - JULIAN LENNON - No big loss here either - this was my least favorite release from “Valotte”. Quite overplayed and besides, we heard it on the last Flashback show from 1985, the very week it debuted.
HIGH ON YOU - SURVIVOR (31) - Good song, but you can still hear this song today on many 80s stations. Due to the large gap between 1985 shows, we missed this one completely (it debuted the week after the last 1985 show).
RADIOACTIVE - THE FIRM (29) - Didn’t like it; no big loss at all.
JUST ANOTHER NIGHT - MICK JAGGER (25) - This one was OK, but, like most of the other droppers, no big loss.
Hey, how about that? A large amount of droppers, and none of them were songs I particularly liked (though, as I said, “High On You” is a good one, but not an obscure song) The question is, are any of the debuts good songs? Only one way to find out, let the countdown begin.
40: SAY YOU'RE WRONG - JULIAN LENNON (debut) - Good song, possibly my favorite song from him (though Valotte would be a very close second). Oddly enough, they faded the song out during the instrumental bridge.
39: LOST IN LOVE - NEW EDITION (debut) - Great song! They did well with ballads as with upbeat numbers. 38: 'TIL MY BABY COMES HOME - LUTHER VANDROSS (debut) - Though I prefer Luther’s slower songs, this one was pretty good.
37: SOMEBODY - BRYAN ADAMS (18) - Good song, but I prefer many others by him.
36: CAN'T FIGHT THIS FEELING - REO SPEEDWAGON (23) - Great song, one of my favorites by them! Oldest song on the survey this week, at 14 weeks.
35: HEAVEN - BRYAN ADAMS (debut) - I was so glad that this song was given a second chance. It had been released the year before, from the movie “A Night In Heaven”. Then, he included it on his Reckless album and decided to take another shot at it, now that the album was a success. It proved to be more than worthwhile, as it went all the way to #1, becoming Adams’ first chart topper. It’s a good one!
34: WALKING ON SUNSHINE - KATRINA AND THE WAVES (40) - Good song, definitely one of the big summer hits of 1985!
33: CELEBRATE YOUTH - RICK SPRINGFIELD (39) - Pretty good song, but I preferred his early-80s hits, even if they did sound so much alike.
32: ONE LONELY NIGHT - REO SPEEDWAGON (38) - Good song - I like their ballads better than their hard rockers. Still, I prefer “Can’t Fight This Feeling” over this.
31: IN MY HOUSE - MARY JANE GIRLS (debut) - Good song. Too bad this was their only hit.
30: VOX HUMANA - KENNY LOGGINS (33) - It’s a pretty good song, but I preferred the next release, the one-week wonder “Forever”.
Optional Extra: SMUGGLER’S BLUES - GLENN FREY
29: JUST A GIGOLO/I AIN'T GOT NOBODY - DAVID LEE ROTH (35) - This is the song that started off the Flashback version of the show. I noticed many 1985 shows, their second hours started off at #29 (even #28 in some cases). They were pretty straightforward in Hour 1, without any extras or anything, plus no replay of any of the previous week’s Top Three. As for this song, it’s a good one - good remake of the old song from the, what, 1940s? I know that it was well before the rock era.
28: THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER - HOWARD JONES (37) - Great song, but I prefer a few others from him - “No One Is To Blame” would probably be my favorite.
LDD: ALWAYS AND FOREVER - HEATWAVE - Classic love song! It’s a good one.
27: FRESH - KOOL & THE GANG (34) - Good song, probably my favorite from their “Emergency” album
26: FOREVER MAN - ERIC CLAPTON (27) - Pretty good song, considering I’m not much of an Eric Clapton fan.
25: LOVERGIRL - TEENA MARIE (15) - This song is pretty good, although I sure hated it when it was on the charts!
24: SUDDENLY - BILLY OCEAN (29) - Great song! If not for this song, his hit from the following year, “There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)” would not have come about.
23: MATERIAL GIRL - MADONNA (13) - Good song. Just missed hitting #1 on the Hot 100 (but it did sneak in a week on top on R&R).
22: AXEL F - HAROLD FALTERMAYER (30) - Cool instrumental song. I still remember when I would shadowbox in time to the music whenever this song came on.
21: NEW ATTITUDE - PATTI LaBELLE (24) - I always forget how good of a song this is.
20: ROCK AND ROLL GIRLS - JOHN FOGERTY (22) - Good song, but probably my least favorite single from “Centerfield”.
19: SOME THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNSAID - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES (21) - Definitely one of their more obscure hits. I thought it was pretty good, but I can see why this one didn’t go Top Ten. Sounded a little out of place for 1985.
18: EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - TEARS FOR FEARS (26) - Good song - much better than their annoying next release!
17: DON'T COME AROUND HERE NO MORE - TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS (20) - No. Just no.
16: EVERYTHING SHE WANTS - WHAM (19) - Good song - possibly my favorite single from “Make It Big”.
15: THAT WAS YESTERDAY - FOREIGNER (17) - Awesome song! Very possibly my favorite from them!
14: ALONG COMES A WOMAN - CHICAGO (14) - A landmark song for Chicago, as it was their last one with Peter Cetera as lead singer. Too bad it missed the Top Ten (although it did peak at #7 on the R&R chart)
13: MISSING YOU - DIANA ROSS (10) - Good tribute to Marvin Gaye.
12: SMOOTH OPERATOR - SADE (16) - Good song. They played a different version than usual, with a spoken word part at the beginning, and they repeated the “Coast to coast, L.A. to Chicago” line. I like the other version better.
11: ONE MORE NIGHT - PHIL COLLINS (4) - I like this one (though I sure didn’t when it was on the charts!). I still can’t believe it held off “We Are The World” for a week, as one would think, with all the copies that song was selling, that it would have easily jumped from 5 to 1.
10: ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE - DON HENLEY (11) - This song’s OK, but I prefer the other two singles from “Building The Perfect Beast”
9: I'M ON FIRE - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (6) - Rather unusual style for Springsteen, but it obviously worked, for the song hit the Top Ten.
8: SOME LIKE IT HOT - THE POWER STATION (12) - OK song - was never really a big fan of the Power Station though.
7: OBSESSION - ANIMOTION (7) - OK song, but nothing I’d go out of my way to listen to.
6: ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK - MURRAY HEAD (9) - Pretty good song - this week, they played the version with the classical music prelude.
5: DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) - SIMPLE MINDS (8) - This song’s OK, but rather overplayed (and kind of hard for me to listen to for several reasons).
4: NIGHTSHIFT - THE COMMODORES (3) - The second of two tributes to Marvin Gaye on the chart (although they also pay tribute to the late Jackie Wilson in this one). It’s OK, but the Commodores just weren’t the Commodores without Lionel Richie. Sort of like Genesis when Phil Collins left.
LDD: KEEP ON LOVING YOU - REO SPEEDWAGON - Well, whaddya know, a show with my three favorite REO Speedwagon singles (up to that point, anyway).
3: RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT - DEBARGE (5) - Good song, but I prefer their slower songs (as well as El DeBarge’s solo hit “Who’s Johnny”).
2: CRAZY FOR YOU - MADONNA (2) - This song was gearing up to hit #1 on the R&R chart the following week. It was held out of #1 for another week on BB and many fans of this song were afraid it wasn’t going to make it, but it managed to sneak in a week at the top. It was R&R’s top song of all of 1985.
1: WE ARE THE WORLD - USA FOR AFRICA (1) - Great song. That was a very heartwarming letter sent in from those two young girls who donated a dollar of their allowance to help the starving people in Africa, wasn’t it?
Predictions for next week: I’ll guess 1980 for next week’s show. Not sure if they’ll do May 3 or May 10. I’m thinking possibly the latter, since it was, well, almost a Flashback show. If they don’t do 1985, then 1982 is a good bet, though 1984 isn’t out of the question either.
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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 25, 2009 9:15:26 GMT -5
I'm not sure what year he recorded it,but Louis Prima recorded a version of "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody"-David Lee Roth heard Prima's version & decided to record it-Roth's version is very similar to Prima's.
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Post by jdelachjr2002 on Apr 25, 2009 9:54:29 GMT -5
It is one of the optional extras this week.
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Post by papathree on Apr 25, 2009 11:48:09 GMT -5
Apr 20, 1974 (aired on SXM Channel 7 on Saturday 25 April 2009)
This week's countdown includes quite a few of the most annoying songs ever to make the Top 40. Here are the songs I would include in that list:
#37: Oh Very Young – Cat Stevens (debut)
#34: The Payback (Part 1) – James Brown (up 5 from #39 last week)
#33: Help Me – Joni Mitchell (debut)
#32: I’m a Train – Albert Hammond (up 8 from debuting at #40 last week)
#18: Mockingbird – Carly Simon & James Taylor (falls 8 from #10 last week)
#17: Keep on Singing – Helen Reddy (up 4 from #21 last week)
#14: Seasons in the Sun – Terry Jacks (falls 6 from #8 last week)
#8: The Loco-Motion – Grand Funk (up 9 from #17 last week)
#3: Hooked on a Feeling – Blue Swede (falls 1 from #2 last week)
What do you think?
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Post by mkarns on Apr 25, 2009 14:29:42 GMT -5
This week, they went back to the last week in April, 1985. Personally, a pretty good time for me - I knew school would be letting out in another six weeks. That’s always a good feeling, but especially to someone in middle school. My seventh grade year was hell on earth. The same was true for me, except for the beginning and end of that school year (1987-88), 7th grade was probably the worst year of my life. So when we get AT40 countdowns from that period I usually take it as my week off from listening; I was listening to the countdown most weeks then anyway and so remember most of the songs, meaning there isn't much interesting to discover. At least that lasted only a year; what is it with middle school that is so hard for a lot of us? As to "Just a Gigolo" and "I Ain't Got Nobody", those have been recorded many times, but the biggest hit version of JAG was by Ted Lewis and His Band, who hit #1 with it in 1931. "I Ain't Got Nobody" was #3 for Marion Harris in 1921 (she also had a #2 hit in 1917 with "I Ain't Got Nobody Much"; don't remember if it's the same song.) Information from my copy of Joel Whitburn's "Pop Memories, 1890-1954". |
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Post by mrjukebox on Apr 25, 2009 14:34:55 GMT -5
I'll go ahead & do my critique of the 4/20/74 countdown,which is on both terrestrial radio & Sirius XM this weekend:#40-"Boogie Down"-Eddie Kendricks-A good follow-up to "Keep On Truckin"-This was Eddie's only other solo release to make the top 10-#39-"Star Baby"-The Guess Who-An overlooked gem from this Canadian group-Should've been a much bigger hit-#38-"Thanks For Saving My Life"-Billy Paul-Okay,but I like "Me & Mrs.Jones" a whole lot better-#37-"Oh,Very Young"-Cat Stevens-One of the best tunes Cat ever wrote-#36-"Jungle Boogie"-Kool & The Gang-Still sounds funky 35 years later-If I'm not mistaken,it was featured on the "Pulp Fiction" soundtrack-#35-"Outside Woman"-Bloodstone-Rather obscure song-It was OK,but I liked "Natural High" a whole lot better-#34-"The Payback"-James Brown-Another masterpiece from the late,great Godfather Of Soul-#33-"Help Me"-Joni Mitchell-Turned out to be Joni's most successful hit-Still sounds good after all these years-#32-"I'm A Train"-Albert Hammond-An oddball record to be sure-I heard an acapella version not too long ago on Dr.Demento's program-#31-"The Entertainer"-Composed way back in 1902 by Scott Joplin,it was featured on the soundtrack of the Oscar winning film "The Sting"-It would turn out to be Marvin Hamlisch's only top 40 hit-#30-"Eres Tu"-Mocedades-Nice song,even though it's sung entirely in Spanish-#29-"You Make Me Feel Brand New"-The Stylistics-One of the best songs this Philadelphia group ever recorded-#28-"Midnight At The Oasis"-Maria Muldaur-A bona fide guilty pleasure-My wife especially likes this song-#27-"Jet"-Paul Mc Cartney & Wings-1974 would be a good year musically for Macca-This was the second release from the "Band On The Run" album & a great rocker-#26-"Dark Lady"-Cher-A former #1 song & one of Cher's best-Believed she performed this on "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour",which would wrap up its three-year run in 1974-#25-"Piano Man"-Billy Joel-Billy's breakthrough hit-It was inspired by his real life stint at a Los Angeles cocktail lounge called The Executive Room-#24-"Let It Ride"-Bachman-Turner Overdrive-This marked Randy Bachman's second top 40 appearance-Bachman was a founding member of The Guess Who-A good uptempo rocker-#23-"Touch A Hand Make A Friend"-The Staple Singers-Decent song-Gotta love the lead vocals of Mavis Staples-#22-"My Mistake Was To Love You"-Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye-An inspired matchup between two of Motown's biggest artists-#21-"Tell Me A Lie"-Sami Jo-Another obscurity,but it was nothing special-#20-"I've Been Searchin' So Long"-Chicago-One of their better ballads with Peter Cetera on lead vocals-#19-"The Show Must Go"by Three Dog Night-Wound up being TDN's final top 10 smash-Written by Leo Sayer,who was a year away from achieving superstardom-Another guilty pleasure of mine-#18-"Mockingbird"-Carly Simon & James Taylor-Originally a hit in 1963 for another duo Inez & Charlie Foxx,Carly & James do an impressive job here-#17-"Keep On Singing"-Helen Reddy-OK,but nothing to write home about-#16-"Tubular Bells"-Mike Oldfield-One of two instrumentals featured on this countdown-This is outstanding-#15-"Just Don't Want To Be Lonely"-The Main Ingredient-Excellent follow up to "Everybody Plays The Fool"-#14-"Seasons In The Sun"-Terry Jacks-To quote one of my fellow board posters,No just no-#13-"Dancing Machine"-Jackson Five-A funky little number from Michael & his siblings-#12-"A Very Special Love Song"-Charlie Rich-"The Silver Fox" was on quite a roll back then-Another classic song-#11-"Lookin For A Love"-Bobby Womack-Three weeks ago,Womack was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame-His former group The Valentinos originally recorded this song-The J.Geils Band had a minor hit with this one too-#10-"I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song"-Jim Croce-A posthumous top 10 hit for this guy-One of his best-#9-"The Lord's Prayer"-Sister Janet Mead-Sister Janet hailed from Australia-A song that would certainly get the seal of approval from The Catholic Church-A real toe tapper-#8-"The Loco-Motion"-Headed for #1-A great foot stomper-Produced by Todd Rundgren-#7-"Sunshine On My Shoulders"-John Denver-Another former chart topper-Great tune-Hard to believe John is no longer with us-#6-"Oh My My"-Ringo Starr-Terrific song,which features background vocals by Martha Reeves-#5-"Come & Get Your Love"-Redbone-Loved this song better than "The Witch Queen Of New Orleans"-#4-"Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me"-Gladys Knight & The Pips-Huge Gladys Knight & The Pips fan-Truly one of their best-#3-"Hooked On A Feeling"-Blue Swede-Atrocious all the way-I prefer the original version by BJ Thomas-#2-"Bennie & The Jets"-Elton John-An all-time classic-#1-"TSOP"-MFSB-The original theme from the long running TV series "Soul Train"-A great instrumental to boot.
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As for the song itself, definitely one of her most empowering, I like it
