Post by Hervard on Sept 14, 2012 17:37:09 GMT -5
American Top 40: The 80s - September 15, 2012
This week’s presentation - September 20, 1986
Well, darn, that kinda blows. They could easily have run a 1980 show this week, but they even broke etiquette and went with a show five days removed from this weekend’s date. But maybe that was because they wanted to get a 1986 show on and, since they already ran the one from September 13 last year, decided to play this one. Oh well, maybe 1980 will be next week. If they don’t, then they just might be planning the full Top 100 of 1980, but somehow, I doubt that they’ll do that. Anyway, this puts 1986 into the lead as far as repeat shows are concerned, with eight of them. This show was originally broadcast on AT40: The 80s on the first week of September, 2008. I clearly remember that week, because that was when Sunny 101.5 dropped the show in favor of broadcasting the Fighting Irish games. That started my boycott for the station, which lasted for about a year and a half. So at least the first hour of the show will be new (as this is a former Flashback show). Sunny 101.5, incidentally, has since re-added the show, but the only thing is, it starts at 5:00 on Sunday mornings, which is a little early for me. But that’s OK; I can catch it on virtually any station, thanks to live stream!
Dropped:
VELCRO FLY - ZZ TOP (39) - Good song, but my least favorite of their Afterburner singles.
THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW - THE MONKEES (36) - Great song! Shame that it dropped off! At least they played it as an Optional Extra on the last 1986 show, back in July.
YANKEE ROSE - DAVID LEE ROTH (22) - Wow, this one dropped from a high position! And, I do believe we missed it completely this year, as it debuted the week after the last 1986 show. That’s OK, I was never a huge fan of the song (though I did like Roth’s conversation with his guitar at the beginning of the show).
40: PARANOIMIA – THE ART OF NOISE WITH MAX HEADROOM (debut) - Very weird song, but I like it.
39: WE DON’T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF – JERMAINE STEWART (34) - Good song, with a good message (please, no comments about how he didn't take his own advice...)
38: MAD ABOUT YOU – BELINDA CARLISLE (31) - This was OK, but I preferred most of her other solo hits.
37: GIRL CAN’T HELP IT - JOURNEY (debut) - Great song! My second favorite song from their Raised On Radio album behind “I’ll Be Alright Without You”.
36: GLORY OF LOVE (THEME FROM “THE KARATE KID PART II”) – PETER CETERA (24) - Great song! Definitely one of his best solo hits!
35: POINT OF NO RETURN – NU SHOOZ (37) - Good song - much better than the annoying “I Can’t Wait”.
34: EARTH ANGEL (FROM “KARATE KID PART II”) – NEW EDITION (debut) - Great song, although I preferred the original, as well as the one heard in the movie “Back To The Future”.
33: I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON – ROBERT PALMER (38) - This song was OK, but I preferred his previous release, “Hyperactive”.
LDD: YOUR WILDEST DREAMS – THE MOODY BLUES - Great song! Definitely one of their best, and very fitting for the dedication.
32: SWEET LOVE – ANITA BAKER (35) - Great song, though I preferred a few others by her.
31: MONEY$ TOO TIGHT (TO MENTION) – SIMPLY RED (32) - Great song! My favorite of their two 1986 hits.
OPTIONAL EXTRA: THE WAY IT IS - BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE - Great song! This one has definitely aged quite well.
30: TRUE COLORS – CYNDI LAUPER (40) - This song was OK, but I generally prefer her upbeat songs.
29: A MATTER OF TRUST – BILLY JOEL (33) - Good song, but I preferred the next release, “This Is The Time”.
28: RUMORS – TIMEX SOCIAL CLUB (19) - Great song, though I sure didn’t like it back when I was hearing it every single hour on the radio.
27: PAPA DON’T PREACH – MADONNA (14) - Meh, not a fan of this one. My least favorite of her True Blue singles.
26: LOVE WALKS IN – VAN HALEN (28) - Great song! I felt this song was quite underrated.
25: TWIST AND SHOUT – THE BEATLES (29) - Good song, but not quite their best.
24: MAN SIZE LOVE (FROM “RUNNING SCARED”) - KLYMAXX (15) - Great song! As we all know, I like all three of their Top 40 hits and it’s a close race between this and “I’d Still Say Yes” as my favorite by them.
23: ALL CRIED OUT – LISA LISA & CULT JAM WITH FULL FORCE (26) - Great song! Easily my favorite of all their Top 40 hits!
22: HEAVEN IN YOUR EYES - LOVERBOY (25) - Great song, though I prefer several others by them.
21: PRESS – PAUL McCARTNEY (21) - Good song - the second of two songs in Hour 2 that he was involved with - and here’s a good one - neither of them hit the Top 30 on the R&R charts.
20: HEARTBEAT – DON JOHNSON (30) - Great song! A guilty pleasure, since a few people I know don’t like this song at all.
OPTIONAL EXTRA: I’LL BE OVER YOU - TOTO - Great song! One of my favorite songs by them!
19: TYPICAL MALE – TINA TURNER (27) - Great song! Kind of strange that this song doesn’t get much recurrent airplay, seeing as it peaked at #2.
18: MISSIONARY MAN – THE EURYTHMICS (23) - Meh, not a huge fan of this song. One of my least favorite songs by them.
17: THROWING IT ALL AWAY - GENESIS (20) - This was OK, but it’s my least favorite song from Invisible Touch.
16: THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART - DOUBLE (16) - Great song! Too bad it was their only Top 40 hit.
15: TWO OF HEARTS – STACEY Q (17) - Not a fan of this one, but at least the “ah-ah-ah” part in the middle was cut out.
14: WHEN I THINK OF YOU – JANET JACKSON (18) - Good song. Her chart career was really beginning to take off with this, as it was her very first number one hit.
13: SWEET FREEDOM (THEME FROM “RUNNING SCARED”) – MICHAEL McDONALD (7) - Great song! One of his best solo hits!
12: HIGHER LOVE – STEVE WINWOOD (6) - Not a big fan of this one, since it’s so overplayed.
11: LOVE ZONE – BILLY OCEAN (13) - Good song - your typical mid-80s slow jam.
10: BABY LOVE - REGINA (10) - Great song! Casey made a slight mistake at the end of Hour 3 - he had just said that this song was #10, then said that the ten biggest songs were coming right up (while it's true there were indeed ten songs in hour 1, the Long Distance Dedication wouldn't count).
9: DREAMTIME – DARYL HALL (12) - Great song! I would never have guessed it was a solo hit, though.
8: DON’T FORGET ME (WHEN I’M GONE) – GLASS TIGER (11) - Great song! My favorite of their Top 40 hits!
7: VENUS - BANANARAMA (5) - Meh, not a fan of this one. I preferred Frankie Avalon’s song of the same title.
6: WALK THIS WAY – RUN-D.M.C. (9) - Great song! As much as I dislike rap, I actually like this song - even better than the original.
5: WORDS GET IN THE WAY – MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (8) - Great song! I do, however, prefer a few others by them, including a few upbeat songs (as I generally prefer ballads by them, as well as Gloria Estefan solo).
LDD: DANIEL – ELTON JOHN - Great song, though far from being my favorite song from him.
4: TAKE MY BREATH AWAY (THEME FROM “TOP GUN”) - BERLIN (1) - Good song. Call me a fool, but I actually prefer Jessica Simpson’s 2004 remake.
3: FRIENDS AND LOVERS – CARL ANDERSON AND GLORIA LORING (4) - This song was pretty good - I loved it when it first came out, but it was way overplayed and I got tired of it. It’s good to hear every now and again, though.
OPTIONAL EXTRA: TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT - EDDIE MONEY FEATURING RONNIE SPECTOR - Another song that was overplayed - only I wouldn’t mind terribly if I never heard this one anymore. Definitely one of my least favorite songs by him.
2: DANCING ON THE CEILING – LIONEL RICHIE (2) - “Hey, look at that footprint on the ceiling!” I heard that almost everyday at school and found it completely annoying. Not that I really found it knee-slappingly hilarious in the first place. As for the song, it was a pretty good one.
1: STUCK WITH YOU – HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (3) - Great song! Glad that this one made it to the top (and even more glad that it was R&R’s #1 song of 1986)!
Predictions for next week: It is indeed time for a 1980 show, but now I’m not totally sure that they’d go with another repeat. But I sure hope that they don’t wait until October for the next 1980 show, so I’ll predict next week’s show to be September 20, 1980. My back-up prediction is September 21, 1985.
This week’s presentation - September 20, 1986
Well, darn, that kinda blows. They could easily have run a 1980 show this week, but they even broke etiquette and went with a show five days removed from this weekend’s date. But maybe that was because they wanted to get a 1986 show on and, since they already ran the one from September 13 last year, decided to play this one. Oh well, maybe 1980 will be next week. If they don’t, then they just might be planning the full Top 100 of 1980, but somehow, I doubt that they’ll do that. Anyway, this puts 1986 into the lead as far as repeat shows are concerned, with eight of them. This show was originally broadcast on AT40: The 80s on the first week of September, 2008. I clearly remember that week, because that was when Sunny 101.5 dropped the show in favor of broadcasting the Fighting Irish games. That started my boycott for the station, which lasted for about a year and a half. So at least the first hour of the show will be new (as this is a former Flashback show). Sunny 101.5, incidentally, has since re-added the show, but the only thing is, it starts at 5:00 on Sunday mornings, which is a little early for me. But that’s OK; I can catch it on virtually any station, thanks to live stream!
Dropped:
VELCRO FLY - ZZ TOP (39) - Good song, but my least favorite of their Afterburner singles.
THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW - THE MONKEES (36) - Great song! Shame that it dropped off! At least they played it as an Optional Extra on the last 1986 show, back in July.
YANKEE ROSE - DAVID LEE ROTH (22) - Wow, this one dropped from a high position! And, I do believe we missed it completely this year, as it debuted the week after the last 1986 show. That’s OK, I was never a huge fan of the song (though I did like Roth’s conversation with his guitar at the beginning of the show).
40: PARANOIMIA – THE ART OF NOISE WITH MAX HEADROOM (debut) - Very weird song, but I like it.
39: WE DON’T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF – JERMAINE STEWART (34) - Good song, with a good message (please, no comments about how he didn't take his own advice...)
38: MAD ABOUT YOU – BELINDA CARLISLE (31) - This was OK, but I preferred most of her other solo hits.
37: GIRL CAN’T HELP IT - JOURNEY (debut) - Great song! My second favorite song from their Raised On Radio album behind “I’ll Be Alright Without You”.
36: GLORY OF LOVE (THEME FROM “THE KARATE KID PART II”) – PETER CETERA (24) - Great song! Definitely one of his best solo hits!
35: POINT OF NO RETURN – NU SHOOZ (37) - Good song - much better than the annoying “I Can’t Wait”.
34: EARTH ANGEL (FROM “KARATE KID PART II”) – NEW EDITION (debut) - Great song, although I preferred the original, as well as the one heard in the movie “Back To The Future”.
33: I DIDN’T MEAN TO TURN YOU ON – ROBERT PALMER (38) - This song was OK, but I preferred his previous release, “Hyperactive”.
LDD: YOUR WILDEST DREAMS – THE MOODY BLUES - Great song! Definitely one of their best, and very fitting for the dedication.
32: SWEET LOVE – ANITA BAKER (35) - Great song, though I preferred a few others by her.
31: MONEY$ TOO TIGHT (TO MENTION) – SIMPLY RED (32) - Great song! My favorite of their two 1986 hits.
OPTIONAL EXTRA: THE WAY IT IS - BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE - Great song! This one has definitely aged quite well.
30: TRUE COLORS – CYNDI LAUPER (40) - This song was OK, but I generally prefer her upbeat songs.
29: A MATTER OF TRUST – BILLY JOEL (33) - Good song, but I preferred the next release, “This Is The Time”.
28: RUMORS – TIMEX SOCIAL CLUB (19) - Great song, though I sure didn’t like it back when I was hearing it every single hour on the radio.
27: PAPA DON’T PREACH – MADONNA (14) - Meh, not a fan of this one. My least favorite of her True Blue singles.
26: LOVE WALKS IN – VAN HALEN (28) - Great song! I felt this song was quite underrated.
25: TWIST AND SHOUT – THE BEATLES (29) - Good song, but not quite their best.
24: MAN SIZE LOVE (FROM “RUNNING SCARED”) - KLYMAXX (15) - Great song! As we all know, I like all three of their Top 40 hits and it’s a close race between this and “I’d Still Say Yes” as my favorite by them.
23: ALL CRIED OUT – LISA LISA & CULT JAM WITH FULL FORCE (26) - Great song! Easily my favorite of all their Top 40 hits!
22: HEAVEN IN YOUR EYES - LOVERBOY (25) - Great song, though I prefer several others by them.
21: PRESS – PAUL McCARTNEY (21) - Good song - the second of two songs in Hour 2 that he was involved with - and here’s a good one - neither of them hit the Top 30 on the R&R charts.
20: HEARTBEAT – DON JOHNSON (30) - Great song! A guilty pleasure, since a few people I know don’t like this song at all.
OPTIONAL EXTRA: I’LL BE OVER YOU - TOTO - Great song! One of my favorite songs by them!
19: TYPICAL MALE – TINA TURNER (27) - Great song! Kind of strange that this song doesn’t get much recurrent airplay, seeing as it peaked at #2.
18: MISSIONARY MAN – THE EURYTHMICS (23) - Meh, not a huge fan of this song. One of my least favorite songs by them.
17: THROWING IT ALL AWAY - GENESIS (20) - This was OK, but it’s my least favorite song from Invisible Touch.
16: THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART - DOUBLE (16) - Great song! Too bad it was their only Top 40 hit.
15: TWO OF HEARTS – STACEY Q (17) - Not a fan of this one, but at least the “ah-ah-ah” part in the middle was cut out.
14: WHEN I THINK OF YOU – JANET JACKSON (18) - Good song. Her chart career was really beginning to take off with this, as it was her very first number one hit.
13: SWEET FREEDOM (THEME FROM “RUNNING SCARED”) – MICHAEL McDONALD (7) - Great song! One of his best solo hits!
12: HIGHER LOVE – STEVE WINWOOD (6) - Not a big fan of this one, since it’s so overplayed.
11: LOVE ZONE – BILLY OCEAN (13) - Good song - your typical mid-80s slow jam.
10: BABY LOVE - REGINA (10) - Great song! Casey made a slight mistake at the end of Hour 3 - he had just said that this song was #10, then said that the ten biggest songs were coming right up (while it's true there were indeed ten songs in hour 1, the Long Distance Dedication wouldn't count).
9: DREAMTIME – DARYL HALL (12) - Great song! I would never have guessed it was a solo hit, though.
8: DON’T FORGET ME (WHEN I’M GONE) – GLASS TIGER (11) - Great song! My favorite of their Top 40 hits!
7: VENUS - BANANARAMA (5) - Meh, not a fan of this one. I preferred Frankie Avalon’s song of the same title.
6: WALK THIS WAY – RUN-D.M.C. (9) - Great song! As much as I dislike rap, I actually like this song - even better than the original.
5: WORDS GET IN THE WAY – MIAMI SOUND MACHINE (8) - Great song! I do, however, prefer a few others by them, including a few upbeat songs (as I generally prefer ballads by them, as well as Gloria Estefan solo).
LDD: DANIEL – ELTON JOHN - Great song, though far from being my favorite song from him.
4: TAKE MY BREATH AWAY (THEME FROM “TOP GUN”) - BERLIN (1) - Good song. Call me a fool, but I actually prefer Jessica Simpson’s 2004 remake.
3: FRIENDS AND LOVERS – CARL ANDERSON AND GLORIA LORING (4) - This song was pretty good - I loved it when it first came out, but it was way overplayed and I got tired of it. It’s good to hear every now and again, though.
OPTIONAL EXTRA: TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT - EDDIE MONEY FEATURING RONNIE SPECTOR - Another song that was overplayed - only I wouldn’t mind terribly if I never heard this one anymore. Definitely one of my least favorite songs by him.
2: DANCING ON THE CEILING – LIONEL RICHIE (2) - “Hey, look at that footprint on the ceiling!” I heard that almost everyday at school and found it completely annoying. Not that I really found it knee-slappingly hilarious in the first place. As for the song, it was a pretty good one.
1: STUCK WITH YOU – HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (3) - Great song! Glad that this one made it to the top (and even more glad that it was R&R’s #1 song of 1986)!
Predictions for next week: It is indeed time for a 1980 show, but now I’m not totally sure that they’d go with another repeat. But I sure hope that they don’t wait until October for the next 1980 show, so I’ll predict next week’s show to be September 20, 1980. My back-up prediction is September 21, 1985.