Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on May 2, 2014 16:57:30 GMT -5
February 1, 1986 is on my iPod now. Just finished hearing "Kyrie" by Mr. Mister, which was #13 that week. On to #12 now...CONGA TIME!!!
Two April 1984 shows are on today's docket: from the 21st and 28th, both with "Against All Odds" by Phil Collins atop the chart.
Early 1984 really is just a continuation of 1983, which was a great year for music. Then, around mid-year, 1984 becomes its own beast, and is virtually un-listenable until late in the year. The summer of 1984 is definitely my least-favorite summer musically in the 1980s.
I totally agree that 1984 was pretty good. New wave, British pop, good R&B stuff. They all turned me on. But after around May 26, 1984 (Memorial Day weekend), what was considered a good period for music in 1984 to my liking was going in a different direction. By August 1984, it sounded like the music was already getting ready for 1985, and 1985 wasn't for another 4 or 5 months! All the new wave, British pop, good R&B stuff, being replaced by heavy metal hair bands, Jackson-dominance, and in general, the music was - UGH! I do, however, like some stuff, such as "Ghostbusters" which was #1 for the latter three weeks of August 1984. I also enjoyed "If This Is It" as well as "She Bop" and "I Can Dream About You". To sum it up, by the end of August 1984, the best stuff was likely in the top ten, maybe bubbling under.
Thankfully, my taste for music did turn around by the time 1985 came around. Except for "Solid", everything else on the survey during the first weeks of 1985 were pretty good - I did enjoy "Method of Modern Love", as well as "The Old Man Down the Road", "Foolish Heart", "All She Wants to Do is Dance", "Valotte", "The Belle of St. Mark", and other good stuff. Thankfully, my desire to listen to a 1985 show was restored after March 16, 1985. It's surprising how one song prevalent on a show can turn me away.
Just reached the summit of the 4/8/1989 show. Shadoe informed me that Roxette's "The Look" was the third number one song in AT40 by an act from Sweden, and that all three hit the top on the VERY SAME WEEK of the year.
In 1974, it was Blue Swede and "Hooked on a Feeling" ascending to the top of the chart on April 6. Three years later in 1977, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA attained chart nirvana on April 9.
Then, of course, I remembered that the Swedish group Ace of Base hit a home run with "The Sign" in 1994...and spent the first week of April at number one, on the chart week of 4/1.
Ah, symmetry.
A Swedish act hitting #1 in early April on four occasions. This really proves that history repeats itself.
Early 1984 really is just a continuation of 1983, which was a great year for music. Then, around mid-year, 1984 becomes its own beast, and is virtually un-listenable until late in the year. The summer of 1984 is definitely my least-favorite summer musically in the 1980s.
I totally agree that 1984 was pretty good. New wave, British pop, good R&B stuff. They all turned me on. But after around May 26, 1984 (Memorial Day weekend), what was considered a good period for music in 1984 to my liking was going in a different direction. By August 1984, it sounded like the music was already getting ready for 1985, and 1985 wasn't for another 4 or 5 months! All the new wave, British pop, good R&B stuff, being replaced by heavy metal hair bands, Jackson-dominance, and in general, the music was - UGH! I do, however, like some stuff, such as "Ghostbusters" which was #1 for the latter three weeks of August 1984. I also enjoyed "If This Is It" as well as "She Bop" and "I Can Dream About You". To sum it up, by the end of August 1984, the best stuff was likely in the top ten, maybe bubbling under.
Thankfully, my taste for music did turn around by the time 1985 came around. Except for "Solid", everything else on the survey during the first weeks of 1985 were pretty good - I did enjoy "Method of Modern Love", as well as "The Old Man Down the Road", "Foolish Heart", "All She Wants to Do is Dance", "Valotte", "The Belle of St. Mark", and other good stuff. Thankfully, my desire to listen to a 1985 show was restored after March 16, 1985. It's surprising how one song prevalent on a show can turn me away.
In 1974, it was Blue Swede and "Hooked on a Feeling" ascending to the top of the chart on April 6. Three years later in 1977, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA attained chart nirvana on April 9.
Then, of course, I remembered that the Swedish group Ace of Base hit a home run with "The Sign" in 1994...and spent the first week of April at number one, on the chart week of 4/1.
Ah, symmetry.
A Swedish act hitting #1 in early April on four occasions. This really proves that history repeats itself.
