OK, since this week's show is a repeat, I'm posting a recycled commentary. Since this one is from before I started posting commentaries here, it's one where I reply to FreakyFlyBry's critique.
A Flashback show from 2001, plus the bottom ten songs
This was a pretty good songs. My favorites would probably be "Too Hot" and their AC-only hit "Special Way".
I actually liked this better than the original - probably because I'd heard it more.
Yeah, this was a good one. And I agree - the reality show network sucks.
Wasn't the uptempo bridge cut out of the song? It sure was on the station where I listened to the show.
Mine too, because this is the only song I've heard by her. Well, if you don't count that sappy ballad with Peter Gabriel from a few years later.
George Michael? I heard on the show that it was somebody else singing backup.
Yeah, this was a pretty dynamic song. Gloria Estefan's song "Seal Our Fate" from 1991 reminded me a little of this song.
Anything else that Huey Lewis does.
It was much better than Eddie's other Top 40 song "Put Your Mouth On Me".
Well, it was OK, but definitely not Billy Joel at his best.
This song was actually my favorite song off of the "Building The Perfect Beast" album. It only got as high as #22 on Billboard, but was a Top 20 hit on R&R.
Yeah, this song was mediocre at best. He sure said the word "down" a lot in this song, didn't he?
I thought this song was pretty cool, but I do agree - "Man Size Love" and "I'd Still Say Yes" were a lot better.
This song kicked off the AT40 Flashback version of this song, as I recall.
This song was indeed a watered-down Duran Duran song. It was OK, but I got tired of it rather quickly.
I like it better. "Sanctify Yourself" was my favorite of their four mid-80s hits.
Me too. The title of this song sounds rather perverted.
Nah, this song was much better than "If You Leave". It was my favorite of all their hits.
Exactly, this song is basically "Gimme All Your Lovin/Sharp Dressed Man" with a different beat. It is a good one, though, as you said.
Me too. Her quality slipped during the last few years of her Top 40 chart career.
My thoughts precisely. It's a toss-up between these two songs. Distant third is that cheese called "Where Do The Children Go" (basically, "And We Danced" in ballad version, harmonica and all).
I agree. I'm not sure what my favorite Mellencamp song would be, but it's not this one.
Me too.
I myself preferred "Love You Down", but this one was passable.
I loved this song. Sort of brings tears to my eyes (long story, but it was featured in an episode of Highway To Heaven, which tended to make me cry).
Moreover, there was a vocal version of this song, which was played the first few weeks the song was on the Countdown America chart. Not sure if AT40 ever played that one.
I agree about "Everytime You Go Away" being better, but "Come Back And Stay" - nah! I preferred his song "Heaven Can Wait", from his "Other Voices" album, which was released in 1990.
Not bad.
Actually, of the three mentioned, this was my favorite song of hers.
I liked this song, but I liked their more obscure song "Notorious" the best.
Yeah, kinda cheesy, but not bad.
Agreed; this song wasn't his best. I liked "Heaven" better.
"If You Could Read My Mind", yes. "Sundown", no. Personally, this song ranks in the middle of those (this held true nationally, but the other way.) Anyway, yeah, I remember hearing this song on the way to school almost every day in November, 1976. Interesting story, both the song, and what Casey said.
This is a good song, but far from being my favorite Heart song.
Agreed. I didn't like this when it was charting, due to overplay, but now I think it's cool. It was the biggest move this week. As I recall, this same week, it also took a big 23-13 move on the R&R chart.
I didn't like this song too well. I liked those other songs better, too, as well as the ones that followed.
What about "Poison Arrow"?
I liked this song, too. When it first came out, I thought it was the cheesiest song I ever heard, but I eventually grew to like it.
This was possibly my favorite song on this week's chart.
What you said.
Meh, this one's kinda dull. Very overplayed, too. I prefer songs like "Don't Stop Believin'" and "I'll Be Alright Without You".
When was this named worst song ever? It's a great one. Classic, like you said.
I liked this song too. At R&R, except for its debut week, this song climbed up the chart alongside "We Built This City".
My favorite Tears For Fears song from the Big Chair era.
And it was #1 for two weeks on the R&R chart.
Well, this song did not hit #1 on R&R (this week was Stevie Wonder's second week at #1 there).
Well, I'm kind of hoping that they hold off on 1986 until the end of November, so they can run something new, but something tells me that's not going to happen. Moreover, unless they stray from next weekend's date, I think a repeat next week is inevitable, since we've already heard most of the mid-November shows already, even for the years that have been recently featured. And so, my prediction for next week is November 15, 1986, with my back-up prediction being November 19, 1983.