Your favorite songs from this weekend's 70s/80s shows

[seminolefan]

My faves from 11/27/1982:

Truly - Lionel Richie
Gloria - Laura Branigan
Heart Attack - Olivia Newton-John
Mickey - Toni Basil
Maneater - Hall & Oates
Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson
Muscles - Diana Ross
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
Rock This Town - The Stray Cats
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
Nobody - Sylvia
Shadows Of The Night - Pat Benatar
Pressure - Billy Joel
Who Can It Be Now - Men At Work
Jack And Diane - John Cougar
The Look Of Love - ABC
You And I - Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle
Rock The Casbah - The Clash
I'm So Excited - The Pointer Sisters
Down Under - Men At Work
Africa - Toto
You Can Do Magic - America
On The Wings Of Love - Jeffrey Osborne
A Penny For Your Thoughts - Tavares
You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins


11/22/1975:

That's The Way (I Like It) - KC & The Sunshine Band
Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) - Natalie Cole
Low Rider - War
Let's Do It Again - The Staple Singers
Nights On Broadway - The Bee Gees
They Just Can't Stop It (Games People Play) - The Spinners
Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
Eighteen With a Bullet - Pete Wingfield
S.O.S. - ABBA
I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You - Leon Haywood
Do It Any Way You Wanna - People's Choice
I Love Music - The O'Jays
Brazil - The Ritchie Family
Love Rollercoaster - The Ohio Players
For The Love Of You - The Isley Brothers
Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) - Diana Ross

[trekkielo]

11/22/1975

They Just Can't Stop It - Spinners
Lyin' Eyes - Eagles
Island Girl - Elton John
Calypso - John Denver
Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain - Willie Nelson
Bad Blood - Neil Sedaka
I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow
Eighteen With a Bullet - Pete Wingfield
My Little Town - Simon & Garfunkel
Nights on Broadway - Bee Gees
That's the Way I Like It - K.C. & The Sunshine Band
I Love Music - O'Jays
Sky High - Jigsaw
Saturday Night - Bat City Rollers
Who Loves You - Four Seasons
Love Roller Coaster - Ohio Players
Low Rider - War
Fox on the Run - Sweet
Miracles - Jefferson Starship
Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention
The Way I Want to Touch You - Captain & Tennille
SOS - Abba
Let's Do It Again - Staple Singers
This Will Be - Natalie Cole
Theme from "Mahogany" - Diana Ross
Heatwave - Linda Ronstadt

11/27/1982

You Can't Hurry Love - Phil Collins


Pressure - Billy Joel


You Can Do Magic - America
Africa - Toto
Down Under - Men at Work
Who Can It Be Now? - Men at Work
Rock the Casbah - The Clash
Rock This Town - Stray Cats
I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) - Donald F@gen
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
Heartlight - Neil Diamond
Hand to Hold on To - John Cougar
Jack and Diane - John Cougar
Everybody Wants You - Billy Squier
Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson
Truly - Lionel Richie
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
The Girl Is Mine - Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
Maneater - Daryl Hall and John Oates
Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills and Nash
You and I - Eddie Rabbitt with Crystal Gayle
Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
Shadows of the Night - Pat Benatar
Gloria - Laura Branigan
Mickey - Tony Basil
Heartbreaker - Dionne Warwick
I'm So Exited - Pointer Sisters

[80sat40fan]

While I really like or love 32 songs from the 11/27/82 countdown, these 11 are my absolute faves:
Maneater, Steppin' Out*, Shadows Of The Night, Southern Cross, Heartbreaker, Pressure, Love Me Tomorrow, IGY (What A Beautiful World), You Can Do Magic, Everybody Wants You, You Can't Hurry Love

While I really like or love 27 songs from the 11/22/75 countdown, these 10 are my absolute faves:
That's The Way (I Like It), Fly Robin Fly, Island Girl, The Way I Want To Touch You, Nights On Broadway, (They Just Can't Stop It) Games People Play*, SOS, I Love Music, Love Rollercoaster, For The Love Of You, Do You Know Where You're Going To

Joe Jackson and The Spinners are This Week's Pick Hits. It's not often a song does the reverse effect of a fade at the beginning of a song but "Steppin' Out" does just that, and it helps draw attention to a fantastic song (cool synths and piano work in that tune). "Games People Play" features the wonderful voice of Bobby Smith and instrumentalists from MFSB. Here you go with the full album versions of both tunes. There's a 57-minute version of "Steppin' Out" on YouTube... I thought I would spare you here :