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Post by woolebull on Dec 8, 2012 9:13:37 GMT -5
I would argue that if you asked someone who was 20 to name any of those songs, "Amadeus" would be one that almost anyone would get. I don't think that song has been out of rotation since 1986. It may have been polarizing to some people, but that's kind of like saying "Ice Ice Baby" isn't popular now. People might not like it, but everyone knows it. I'm with mkarns about "Songs"...in fact I would say that any of Billy Ocean's eleven Top 40 hits from the 80's would be more forgotten than Amadeus. And I type this as a Billy Ocean fan.
Then again, maybe "Amadeus" isn't played everywhere...I just don't think of it as obscure. ;D
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Post by seminolefan on Dec 8, 2012 10:12:47 GMT -5
There are quite a few #1s from '86 that I don't hear outside of these AT40 shows. I'll go with "Sara".
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Post by bottlerocket on Dec 8, 2012 14:29:41 GMT -5
To clarify, I felt that "Rock Me Amadeus" was extremely popular at the time and "Sara" was a number one during a weak week. I used to listen to WBLI on Long Island and night after night for a couple of months the number one song on their request top 6 at 10 was "Rock Me Amadeus". I still remember the first time I ever heard it was on that countdown. Scared the crap out of me.
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Post by woolebull on Dec 8, 2012 15:12:39 GMT -5
To clarify, I felt that "Rock Me Amadeus" was extremely popular at the time and "Sara" was a number one during a weak week. I used to listen to WBLI on Long Island and night after night for a couple of months the number one song on their request top 6 at 10 was "Rock Me Amadeus". I still remember the first time I ever heard it was on that countdown. Scared the crap out of me. Still scares the crap out of me  |
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Post by matt on Dec 8, 2012 16:15:00 GMT -5
Was "Rock Me Amadeus" the "least popular song at the time to reach number one"? That's kind of a contradiction in terms, as if it were #1 it by nature must have been popular. Maybe it was polarizing as well as popular, with as many disliking it as liking it; from my recollection that may well have been true. "Sara" is less remembered than Starship's two other #1 hits (speaking of polarizing, I don't get the hate so many have for "We Built This City", but that's another discussion). "Amanda" is a good song that feels somewhat anachronistic for 1986, but maybe that added to its appeal in a sense. But it does get relatively little play today, while Boston's 1970s hits are in endless recurrent rotation. Of other 1986 #1's, I don't hear much of "There'll Be Sad Songs" or "The Next Time I Fall", outside of AT40 and other special shows, and don't much miss them. I still do sometimes hear "Holding Back the Years". Many of those were the ones I was getting at when I mentioned "4 or 5" songs from '86 that are somewhat obscure. Funny thing, '86 has always been one of my more favorite years of the 80s in music, but it wasn't great for #1 songs. Another one toward the top of the obscure list for '86 would be "On My Own"...such a downer of a song. Just never seemed like a #1 to me. |
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Post by JMW on Dec 8, 2012 18:49:50 GMT -5
This one is a real tough one for me, but my vote is going to the song that was #1 for a week but was not announced by Casey thanks to it being a 4th of July weekend: "There'll Be Sad Songs".
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Post by woolebull on Dec 8, 2012 19:25:00 GMT -5
This one is a real tough one for me, but my vote is going to the song that was #1 for a week but was not announced by Casey thanks to it being a 4th of July weekend: "There'll Be Sad Songs". It was announced by Casey...there was a regular show as well. |
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Post by bottlerocket on Dec 9, 2012 2:53:33 GMT -5
Definitely no consensus on 1986, as our two women "Amanda" and "Sara" each earned 22% of the vote. This is strictly between two songs for me. I would say the most eagerly awaited single of the decade may also be the most forgotten song of 1987 - "I Just Can't Stop Loving You". But even minor Michael Jackson could accidentally be heard by the youth of today. Good luck the same happening with "Jacob's Ladder". |
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Post by seminolefan on Dec 9, 2012 9:51:32 GMT -5
"Lost In Emotion" by Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam is another strong candidate. Not even Urban AC touches this anymore.
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Post by mkarns on Dec 9, 2012 10:44:01 GMT -5
I'd say "At This Moment", but "Family Ties" keeps that one somewhat alive. Maybe also "Shakedown"; Bob Seger has lots of songs that are played a lot, but ironically his only AT40 #1 is (to my knowledge) rarely heard today outside of special shows.
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Post by mga707 on Dec 9, 2012 13:48:46 GMT -5
Maybe also "Shakedown"; Bob Seger has lots of songs that are played a lot, but ironically his only AT40 #1 is (to my knowledge) rarely heard today outside of special shows. It always cracks me up that Seger's two highest-charting singles were not even on his first "Greatest Hits" CD: "Shakedown" and the #2 "Shame On the Moon". Both finally showed up on "Greatest Hits 2" a decade later. "...lots of songs that are played a lot" is certainly true, including one that has been absolutely played to death. I'm not going to ID it, since everyone should know what song I'm referring to. Ironically it only reached #28 in it's 1979 chart run. Another thing to blame that annoying little twerp Tom Cruise for! ;D |
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Post by JMW on Dec 9, 2012 13:59:30 GMT -5
I can't even remember the last time I heard Jacob's Ladder the radio outside of the AT40 shows that had it in the countdown, so that's where my vote is going.
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Post by woolebull on Dec 9, 2012 15:27:17 GMT -5
I'm sticking with "Shake You Down", but "Jacob's Ladder" is a close second. It's amazing that it hit number one. In fact if you gave a list of 15 hits by Huey, and told someone to name the three number one's, I bet most people wouldn't get "Stuck With You", and even less would get "Jacob's Ladder".
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Post by Shadoe Fan on Dec 9, 2012 22:09:16 GMT -5
I have to agree with "Jacob's Ladder". I haven't heard that on the radio outside of AT40.
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Post by bottlerocket on Dec 10, 2012 4:26:10 GMT -5
Reaching the top rung with 70% of the vote, "Jacob's Ladder" by Huey Lewis and the News. Sad tidings for the song that dethroned the classic "Livin' On The Prayer".
I was noticing how the forgotten song is often a ballad. Unfortunately, I feel I have to add to the ballad-bashing with a song I never hear outside my Ipod. Sorry Debbie Gibson, but it's "Foolish Beat".
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