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Post by freakyflybry on Nov 28, 2012 10:59:18 GMT -5
Ditto to that. Pretty hard to top "My first name ain't baby, it's Janet...Miss Jackson if ya nasty!" ;D I'm getting old and memory's getting foggy: What was the name of the Janet song that ripped off, er, sampled, the rhythm track of America's "Ventura Highway"? I always thought that was pretty brazen, since she had already copied the melody line of "Daisy Jane" for "Let's Wait Awhile" (IMHO, of course). Someone To Call My Lover |
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Post by mga707 on Nov 28, 2012 11:01:08 GMT -5
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Post by rgmike on Nov 28, 2012 15:22:38 GMT -5
I always assumed the the use of the "Ventura Hwy" sample (for which America got paid) was her way of apologizing for ripping off "Daisy Jane".  |
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Post by bottlerocket on Nov 29, 2012 5:37:03 GMT -5
Among a stellar list of forgotten hits, "Convoy" crashed the gate doing 43 (percent of the vote).
Interest mix of classics and obscure number ones in 1977. I'm going with Mary McGregor's "Torn Between Two Lovers". I don't think I heard at the time and can't imagine hearing it anywhere today.
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Post by bottlerocket on Nov 30, 2012 14:59:25 GMT -5
With 43% of our vote, "Da Doo Ron Ron" by Shaun Cassidy is the most forgotten song of 1977.
As much as it has been vilified over the years, it's amazing how disco hits sustain in popularity. But I'm going to go with Nick Gilder's "Hot Child In The City", probably the least played disco hit of the group though I was also tempted to choose "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" which I never hear also.
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Post by mkarns on Nov 30, 2012 15:49:38 GMT -5
With 43% of our vote, "Da Doo Ron Ron" by Shaun Cassidy is the most forgotten song of 1977. As much as it has been vilified over the years, it's amazing how disco hits sustain in popularity. But I'm going to go with Nick Gilder's "Hot Child In The City", probably the least played disco hit of the group though I was also tempted to choose "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" which I never hear also. You consider "Hot Child In the City" disco? I don't. |
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Post by bottlerocket on Dec 1, 2012 6:20:43 GMT -5
Our closest vote yet wound up in a tie between "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" by Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams and "You Needed Me" by Anne Murray, each garnering 25% of the vote.
I find it hard to pick one of these 1979 number one songs as none of them seem quite as obscure as those from the mid-70s (possibly because there are so many fewer). Even lesser known Bee Gees songs probably have some fan base as they were the biggest act of the 70s. I'm torn between a few but I'm going to base my choice on the relative obscurity of the artist singing and go with "Sad Eyes" by Robert John.
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Post by bottlerocket on Dec 2, 2012 12:19:51 GMT -5
The sixth straight number one for the Bee Gees is the most forgotten song of 1979, "Love You Inside Out" receiving 43% of the vote.
This is where it gets hard for me. I know all these songs so well that I forget that others haven't been similarly indoctrinated. "Sailing" is an obvious choice since it was chart-wise the least popular number one yet it did win "Record of the Year" at the Grammys so I think its longevity may be retained to some extent. I'm left with two number ones by two big names in music that rarely receive any recognition. I'm really tempted to say "Coming Up" since I was never such a big fan of the song and don't really remember it being all that popular at the time but instead I'm going with a song that I remember being very popular back then but no longer played much. Recently, I had a friend who was born in 1979 say to me that it was hard for him to believe there was a time when top 40 radio stations played Barbra Streisand. I imagine if he heard "Woman In Love" he would be doubly surprised.
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Post by mga707 on Dec 2, 2012 14:22:02 GMT -5
Recently, I had a friend who was born in 1979 say to me that it was hard for him to believe there was a time when top 40 radio stations played Barbra Streisand. I imagine if he heard "Woman In Love" he would be doubly surprised. Babs knew how to maintain her hipness quotient at that time, by teaming up with other hot artists and/or producers. Donna Summer and Barry Gibb being the two most obvious examples. Local A/C oldies station (KGVY) plays both "Woman In Love" and the follow-up, "Guilty". Although not for the next three weeks, as they just flipped to Xmas hell. They are still running their weekend syndicated stuff, but they don't carry either AT40 show. |
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Post by JMW on Dec 2, 2012 17:58:43 GMT -5
My vote for the forgotten 1980 #1 is Coming Up. For a song that was at the top for almost a month, you don't really hear it too much on the radio unless a 1980 AT40 show has it in the countdown.
(In fact, I rarely hear any of Paul's 80s songs on the radio as opposed to his 70s hits.)
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Post by lasvegaskid on Dec 2, 2012 19:26:10 GMT -5
Anything by George Michael. A perfect example of radio piling on when hot then backing off just as quickly when he became out of vogue.
The song I still hear the most by him is the controversial at the time #2 I Want Your Sex.
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Post by mga707 on Dec 2, 2012 20:20:12 GMT -5
Anything by George Michael. A perfect example of radio piling on when hot then backing off just as quickly when he became out of vogue. The song I still hear the most by him is the controversial at the time #2 I Want Your Sex. Interesting, because that's one of post-Wham hits that I never hear. About the only GM solo hit I ever hear locally is "Father Figure". Never hear "Faith" or "One More Try" or any of the later hits. |
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Post by JMW on Dec 2, 2012 21:53:08 GMT -5
Never hear "Faith" or "One More Try" or any of the later hits. Faith and One More Try are the two songs that I do hear all the time locally (on WMXY during the week and during their Time Warp weekend); I guess it depends on what part of the country you're from or on whoever is responsible for the station's playlist. |
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Post by bottlerocket on Dec 3, 2012 3:15:39 GMT -5
Earning 33% of the vote, the Captain and Tennille with "Do That To Me One More Time", regarded by this site as the most forgotten song of 1980.
Much of 1981 doesn't get a whole lot of airplay on most 80s stations and very few recur in other formats. However, I really do think the contender for most forgotten song of the decade has to be "Medley" by Stars on 45. It sounded dated to me at the time given that it was a Beatles sound-alike act. This is a song that would have likely not hit the top had John Lennon's horrific murder not occurred six months prior.
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Post by JMW on Dec 3, 2012 13:34:13 GMT -5
I'm definitely going to agree with Stars on 45 as the most forgotten #1 of 1981.
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