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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 14, 2013 5:02:20 GMT -5
The first time I saw the title of this 10/23/82 lost classic, being from Chicago I thought it was about public transportation! If you are wondering what I mean, click on the link below: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_%27L%27A couple of years ago, I had the priviledge of seeing Martha Davis perform at a 80s Soundstage taping which for some odd reason never aired on public television. Her haunting vocals still sounded as great then as it did when this song was ending its chart run having peaked at #52. Take The L - Motelswww.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooi8Cnb1fx0 |
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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 21, 2013 5:02:14 GMT -5
From October 25, 1980 (a letter I wish I’d written in 1981): Dear Elektra Records: You think you would have learned when Queen’s We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions were released as the A & B Sides of a 45 instead of segued together like it was on the album. It did reach #4 on the Hot 100, but you could have probably have had a #1 single. Now you’re at it again with another royalty named group. You release the second part of a segued song with an unrelated “B” side. It charts for 13 weeks. Then you try and correct the error by re-releasing the single with the first part as the “B” side. It charts for an additional 10 weeks, but it never reaches higher than #43 during the 23 week total chart run. In my opinion, segueing the two songs together would’ve resulted in a Top 10 smash whose total recording time is just a little less than “Bohemian Rhapsody”. But noooooooo! This Week’s Lost 80s Classic attempts to correct this egregious error: This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ To Glide – Kingswww.youtube.com/watch?v=sxkjvKBPQjo |
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Post by pgfromwp on Oct 21, 2013 18:36:34 GMT -5
The first time I saw the title of this 10/23/82 lost classic, being from Chicago I thought it was about public transportation! If you are wondering what I mean, click on the link below: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_%27L%27A couple of years ago, I had the priviledge of seeing Martha Davis perform at a 80s Soundstage taping which for some odd reason never aired on public television. Her haunting vocals still sounded as great then as it did when this song was ending its chart run having peaked at #52. Take The L - Motelswww.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooi8Cnb1fx0You probably grew up listening to early Chicago Transit Authority songs.  |
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Post by mga707 on Oct 21, 2013 20:36:06 GMT -5
From October 25, 1980 (a letter I wish I’d written in 1981): Dear Electra Records: You think you would have learned when Queen’s We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions were released as the A & B Sides of a 45 instead of segued together like it was on the album. It did reach #4 on the Hot 100, but you could have probably have had a #1 single. Now you’re at it again with another royalty named group. You release the second part of a segued song with an unrelated “B” side. It charts for 13 weeks. Then you try and correct the error by re-releasing the single with the first part as the “B” side. It charts for an additional 10 weeks, but it never reaches higher than #43 during the 23 week total chart run. In my opinion, segueing the two songs together would’ve resulted in a Top 10 smash whose total recording time is just a little less than “Bohemian Rhapsody”. But noooooooo! This Week’s Lost 80s Classic attempts to correct this egregious error: This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ To Glide – Kingswww.youtube.com/watch?v=sxkjvKBPQjoGreat song--and SO 1980! |
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Post by pgfromwp on Oct 25, 2013 14:19:47 GMT -5
Offering a lost classic from 10/25/80, which failed to reach Billboard's top 40. It's a sultry remake of the Box Tops hit from Spring 1968: "Cry Like a Baby" - Kim Carnes www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFDByNd2tYIIf you experience difficulty playing the song directly from this page, then google it to be heard from its you-tube player. Either way, you won't be disappointed. |
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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 28, 2013 4:34:54 GMT -5
The November 7, 1981 lost classic features my favorite from the other Canadian power rock trio. It peaked at #51 during an eleven week chart run. Want to feel young, wild, and free? Crank it up! Magic Power – Trumphwww.youtube.com/watch?v=DXZLsMxFXf4 |
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Post by pgfromwp on Oct 28, 2013 18:10:03 GMT -5
Offering a lost classic from 11/07/81, which failed to reach Billboard's top 40. It's a mellow cover of a similarly mellow top 10 hit by the Delfonics from early 1968:
"La La Means I Love You" - Tierra
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Post by dukelightning on Oct 28, 2013 18:27:13 GMT -5
There's a song that covers a song but also mentions a different song that is the original acts' biggest act. A current thread is on that topic. They sing the line 'Didn't I blow your mind this time' which is the Delfonics' biggest or at least signature hit.
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Post by briguy52748 on Oct 28, 2013 22:04:00 GMT -5
This weekend's lost classic for Nov. 7, 1981 is by one of country music's premier guitarists. However, this didn't really showcase his guitar skills, as it showcased more of an MOR-style for a man who was once the protege of Chet Atkins and played in Dottie West's band.
It was his first No. 1 country hit, in a series that would eventually become 11, spanning from December 1981 through February 1998; for nearly four years, this was his only chart-topper on the Hot Country Singles chart, and then he'd have nine more from 1985-1989 and his final one with Anita Cochran in 1998, setting up his classic tearjerker "Holes in the Floor of Heaven."
This particular week, his MOR side – which used an analogy of a road construction worker building a highway but always dreaming of his significant other – shone through. He was already well on his way up the Hot Country Singles chart with what would become his third top 10 hit; a week before Christmas, it was No. 1.
This song also had a brief run on the Hot 100 ... bubbling under, that is, and peaking at No. 107; it'd debut the week of Nov. 14, but knowing we won't get 1981 anymore until the new year. So it did get a little top 40 airplay, and perhaps moreso some spins at adult contemporary and MOR stations in the fall of 1981. That song ... :
• "All Roads Lead to You" – Steve Wariner.
The other lost classic is by the most popular group of the 1970s, successful in both straight-ahead pop, rock and ... of course ... DISCO! They were the face of disco in the 1970s, and then all of sudden faded from view as the 1980s grew on. They were often ridiculed, but they proved to naysayers – then and in the years to come – that Barry, Robin and Maurice were more than just the disco. (And concurrently, their little bro, Andy, was hosting "Solid Gold" at this time.)
Of course, I'm talking about the Bee Gees and their lost classic, which debuted this week and would eventually peak at No. 45:
• "Living Eyes" – The Bee Gees.
Brian
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Post by 1finemrg on Oct 29, 2013 20:23:55 GMT -5
There's a song that covers a song but also mentions a different song that is the original acts' biggest act. A current thread is on that topic. They sing the line 'Didn't I blow your mind this time' which is the Delfonics' biggest or at least signature hit. They also did that on their top 40 hit "Together", an Intruders cover that mentions their highest charting single "Cowboys To Girls". "I remember when we used to play shoot em' up, bang bang baby." |
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Post by 1finemrg on Nov 5, 2013 6:09:07 GMT -5
This lost classic from November 9, 1985 had just peaked at #48 the previous week. A good solo effort by an artist who is considered one of the great rock vocalists. Song was written by his longtime bandmate Pete Townsend. After The Fire - Roger Daltreywww.youtube.com/watch?v=8tg4jQAZ_cw |
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Post by seminolefan on Nov 10, 2013 23:47:51 GMT -5
My pick for this week's lost classic from 11/15/86 is a song that came very close to reaching the Top 40. Hitting its peak position of #42 that week, I give you... Midnight Star - Midas Touch |
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Post by bestmusicexpert on Nov 11, 2013 5:08:36 GMT -5
The other lost classic is by the most popular group of the 1970s, successful in both straight-ahead pop, rock and ... of course ... DISCO! They were the face of disco in the 1970s, and then all of sudden faded from view as the 1980s grew on. They were often ridiculed, but they proved to naysayers – then and in the years to come – that Barry, Robin and Maurice were more than just the disco. (And concurrently, their little bro, Andy, was hosting "Solid Gold" at this time.) Of course, I'm talking about the Bee Gees and their lost classic, which debuted this week and would eventually peak at No. 45: • "Living Eyes" – The Bee Gees. Brian Arguably not disco depending on who you ask. The Bee Gees call their songs R&B. I agree with all of them except Stayin Alive, Night Fever & Tragedy... They're disco for sure. The others can qualify as a more R&B/Funk style. I couldn't care less what you call it, their music is some of the best! |
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Post by 1finemrg on Nov 11, 2013 6:25:37 GMT -5
This lost classic from 11/15/86 is a good rocker, and the other single from his "Press To Play" album. The song would reach #81 during a 6 week chart run. Stranglehold - Paul McCartneywww.youtube.com/watch?v=wE41epNvdY4 |
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Post by pgfromwp on Nov 11, 2013 11:22:18 GMT -5
Offering a lost classic from 11/15/86, which failed to crack Billboard's top 40. From the "Like a Rock" album, it peaked at #70 in the hot 100:
"Miami" - Bob Seger
It also appeared in an episode of Miami Vice.
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