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Post by retrodaddy on Jan 20, 2019 2:21:08 GMT -5
Favorites from the Jan. 23, 1982 show:
Harden My Heart Let's Groove I Can't Go For That Open Arms Don't Stop Believin' Turn Your Love Around Physical Shake It Up Someone Could Lose A Heart Tonight Love Is Alright Tonight Never Knew Love Like This Before Under Pressure Working For The Weekend Abacab
HM: Trouble, Centerfold, Take My Heart, I Wouldn't Have Missed It For The World, Young Turks
Once again, another early 80s show which was tough to get through. Lots of slow stuff. The top 10 is pretty solid, but the bottom 30 features a lot of clunkers interspersed with some good rock tunes. Not much variety with very little R & B or new wave. At least the country crossovers didn't suck.
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Post by retrodaddy on Jan 20, 2019 2:52:45 GMT -5
Favorites from the 1987 show:
For Tonight Change Of Heart To Be A Lover Tbe Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades Nobody's Fool Don't Get Me Wrong We're Ready Livin' On A Prayer Keep Your Hands To Yourself Touch Me (I Want Your Body) The Way It Is War Victory Land Of Confusion Control Shake You Down Notorious
HM: At This Moment, This Is The Time, Ballerina Girl, Everybody Have Fun Tonight, All I Wanted, Jacob's Ladder, Is This Love, Walk Like An Egyptian
In contrast to this week's '82 show, this countdown is really enjoyable throughout and features lots of good songs by some of the decade's biggest stars. Which makes it even more incredible that C'est La Vie somehow made it to number two (I loathe that song). I think top 40 music took a bit of a dive in spring / summer '87, but the year certainly started off strong.
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Post by 80sat40fan on Jan 21, 2019 19:57:14 GMT -5
My Top 28 songs from the 1/29/77 countdown (song titles only, absolute faves in bold):Top 10: I Wish, Dazz, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, Hot Line, New Kid In Town, Torn Between Two Lovers, Blinded By The Light, Love Theme From "A Star Is Born", Walk This Way#11-20: Enjoy Yourself, Lost Without Your Love, Somebody To Love, I Like Dreamin', Fly Like An Eagle, Weekend In New England, You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show), After The Lovin' #21-30: Saturday Night, Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright), Year Of The Cat, Night Moves, Dancing Queen, Livin' Thing*, Don't Leave Me This Way #31-40: Go Your Own Way, Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word, It Keeps You Runnin', The Things We Do For Love * I'm getting to post "Livin' Thing" before trekkielo does!! Nannah nannah boo-boo ! There are so many good things about this song... the strings, the harmonies, the background singers (yes, I "air female background sing" to this song ), the whole orchestral sound... MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...: My Top 23 songs from the 1/28/84 countdown:Top 10: Owner Of A Lonely Heart, Talking In Your Sleep, I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues, Joanna, Say Say Say, Running With The Night, That's All #11-20: Pink Houses, Union Of The Snake, Say It Isn't So, Let The Music Play, An Innocent Man, Jump #21-30: Middle Of The Road*, 99 Luftballoons, Wrapped Around Your Finger, Nobody Told Me, What If I'd Been The One #31-40: Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Send Me An Angel, Stay With Me Tonight, New Moon On Monday, I Want A New Drug* The Pretenders get my 80s pick hit this week. I love the guitar solo on this one... sometimes, long guitar solos can kick a song up a notch. Bonus for the harmonica solo at the end:
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Post by seminolefan on Jan 22, 2019 11:00:44 GMT -5
My faves from 01/28/1984: Owner Of a Lonely Heart - Yes Karma Chameleon - Culture Club Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues - Elton John Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson Running With The Night - Lionel Richie Twist Of Fate - Olivia Newton-John That's All - Genesis Pink Houses - John Cougar Mellencamp Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran I Still Can't Get Over Loving You - Ray Parker Jr. Say It Isn't So - Hall & Oates Holiday - Madonna Let The Music Play - Shannon Jump - Van Halen 99 Luftballons - Nena Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police Yah Mo B There - James Ingram & Michael McDonald Time Will Reveal - DeBarge Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper Send Me An Angel - Real Life Stay With Me Tonight - Jeffrey OsborneNew Moon On Monday - Duran Duran I Want a New Drug - Huey Lewis & The News 01/29/1977: Car Wash - Rose Royce I Wish - Stevie Wonder Dazz - Brick You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer Hot Line - The Sylvers Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band Walk This Way - Aerosmith Enjoy Yourself - The Jacksons Fly Like An Eagle - The Steve Miller Band You Don't Have To Be a Star (To Be In My Show) - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. Saturday Nite - Earth, Wind & Fire Dancing Queen - ABBA Whispering / Cherchez La Femme / Se Si Bon - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah BandDon't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
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Post by listenerwants2know on Jan 23, 2019 12:47:14 GMT -5
1/28/84:John Lennon - Nobody Told Me Jump´n The Saddle - The Curly Shuffle Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride Olivia Newton John - Twist Of Fate Ray Parker Junior - I Still Can´t Get Over Loving YouIn the name of the lawThe European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Tuesday that Austria´s Good Friday rules violate the EU Equal Treatment Directive. The background to the legal dispute is the regulation in Austria according to which Good Friday is a legal holiday only for members of the Protestant Churches AB and HB, the Old Catholic Church and the Protestant Methodist Church. Only members of these churches are entitled to holiday pay if they work on Good Friday. The ECJ now states in its ruling that a private employer is obliged, under certain conditions, also to grant its other employees a paid holiday on Good Friday. What impact this will have on the current legal situation hasn´t yet been decided, but this week it´s reason enough for a " Good Friday"-edition: 1/28/84:Barry Manilow - Read´em And Weep Billy Joel - An Innocent Man Christopher Cross - Think Of Laura DeBarge - Time Will Reveal Elton John - I Guess That´s Why They Call It The BluesAn Austrian extra: Duo Mess (Fritz and Lizzi)Disco fox this week. On the occasion of the 24th Eurovision Song Contest in 1982 the former Vienna Boys Choir Michael Scheikl (" Fritz") and Elisabeth Engstler (" Lizzi") founded the Duo Mess. With the song "Sonntag" they reached #9 at this Song Contest. The English version "Honey B" was written by Dana Gillespie ( at40fg.proboards.com/post/151972): Michael and Elisabeth were married for several years, but also worked as solo artists: In 1980 Fritz achieved a respectable success with "Hungaria": And an absolute rarity from 1982 is Lizzi with "Hold Me, Touch Me": from my musical category "daydreamer"My motto: "Not always the often heard hits."
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Post by trekkielo on Jan 23, 2019 20:56:21 GMT -5
1/29/77
Livin' Thing - Electric Light Orchestra
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac It Keeps You Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers New Kid in Town - Eagles Somebody to Love - Queen Walk This Way - Aerosmith Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band Night Moves - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Save It for a Rainy Day - Stephen Bishop You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer Jeans On - David Dundas Year of the Cat - Al Stewart Weekend in New England - Barry Manilow Dancing Queen - ABBA Car Wash - Rose Royce Evergreen (Love Theme from "A Star Is Born") - Barbra Streisand Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor
1/28/84
That's All - Genesis
The Curly Shuffle - Jump 'N the Saddle Band
An Innocent Man - Billy Joel I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues - Elton John Nobody Told Me - John Lennon Say Say Say - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson So Bad - Paul McCartney Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder Pink Houses - John Cougar Mellencamp Say It Isn't So - Daryl Hall & John Oates Yah Mo B There - James Ingram with Michael McDonald I Want a New Drug - Huey Lewis and the News Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes Jump - Van Halen Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police Karma Chameleon - Culture Club Middle of the Road - The Pretenders Twist of Fate - Olivia Newton-John Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper 99 Luftballons - Lena
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Post by Jessica on Jan 26, 2019 2:22:09 GMT -5
01-28-1984
"I Want A New Drug" by Huey Lewis and the News, "Send Me An Angel" by Real Angel, "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper, "Nobody Told Me" by John Lennon, "Wrapped Around Your Finger" by The Police, "99 LuftBalloons" by Nena, "Jump" by Van Halen, "An Innocent Man" by Billy Joel, "Let The Music Play" by Shannon, "Holiday" by Madonna, "Say It Isn't So" by Daryl Hall and John Oates, "Union Of The Snake" by Duran Duran, "Pink Houses" by John Cougar Melllencamp, "That's All" by Genesis, "Twist Of Fate" by Olivia Newton John, "Say, Say, Say" by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney, "Joanna" by Kool and the Gang, "Break My Stride" by Matthew Wilder, "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues" by Elton John, "Talking In Your Sleep" by The Romantics, "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club, "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" by Yes
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Post by retrodaddy on Jan 26, 2019 9:34:38 GMT -5
Favorites from the January 28, 1984 show:
Middle Of The Road Say Say Say 99 Luftballoons Running With The Night Jump Bang Your Head I Want A New Drug Owner Of A Lonely Heart Talking In Your Sleep Union Of The Snake New Moon On Monday Let The Music Play Holiday Send Me An Angel Yah Mo B There Nobody Told Me
HM: Break My Stride, That's All, I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues, If I'd Been The One, Wrapped Around Your Finger, Nightbird, Stay With Me Tonight, The Sign Of Fire, Karma Chameleon
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Post by 80sat40fan on Jan 26, 2019 18:33:26 GMT -5
This thread is four years old today... woo hoo! So after 4 years of posting our favorites... what have we learned? * trekkielo really loves ELO... he really, really loves ELO but also loves Phil Collins, Billy Joel and Alan Parsons. * seminolefan certainly has his funky side but can rock out or play it mellow as needed. * listenerwants2know can craft any kind of list imaginable... and knows his music. * jessica loves her mid to late 80s music and has a deep knowledge of those hits and that timeframe. * retrodaddy really likes a wide range of music as well from the famous to the barely played anymore. I always enjoy it when others like keithr63 post an occasional favorite list as well. This is not an exclusive club so if you want to post your favorites from 1/29/77 or 1/28/84, or if you want to wait for next week's shows, it would be great to see what your faves are. You have to admit that this thread has to have the highest average of likes per post of any thread here . Thanks to everyone for keeping this thread going!
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Post by chrislc on Jan 26, 2019 22:22:48 GMT -5
IT KEEPS YOU RUNNIN' - THE DOOBIE BROTHERS LIVING NEXT DOOR TO ALICE - SMOKIE I NEVER CRY - ALICE COOPER SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD - ELTON JOHN * YEAR OF THE CAT - AL STEWART * AFTER THE LOVIN' - ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK LOST WITHOUT YOUR LOVE - BREAD * LOVE THEME FROM "A STAR IS BORN" (EVERGREEN) - BARBRA STREISAND BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND NEW KID IN TOWN - THE EAGLES * YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING - LEO SAYER
Lots of really good hits in Winter '77 AND '84 - I put asterisks next to those that are probably in my personal Top 100 of All Time.
NEW MOON ON MONDAY - DURAN DURAN SEND ME AN ANGEL - REAL LIFE * TIME WILL REVEAL - DEBARGE SO BAD - PAUL McCARTNEY WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER - THE POLICE * LET THE MUSIC PLAY - SHANNON SAY IT ISN'T SO - HALL & OATES UNION OF THE SNAKE - DURAN DURAN THINK OF LAURA - CHRISTOPHER CROSS * TWIST OF FATE - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
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Post by listenerwants2know on Jan 27, 2019 4:50:01 GMT -5
This thread is four years old today... woo hoo! [...] Four years, so, here are four birthday songs:
From 1961 Sir Cliff Richard with Happy Birthday To You:
From 1981 Altered Images with Happy Birthday:
Also from 1981 Stevie Wonder with Happy Birthday:
And finally from 1992 and from Austria Powerpack with an extended version of their Birthday Song:
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Post by trekkielo on Jan 27, 2019 22:39:26 GMT -5
2/1/75
Comin' up on AT40, a Top 40 Hit by one of the most weirdly instrumented established rock groups in the business, among the regular members are two cello players and a violinist, Casey's Coast-to-Coast, you take a guitar, a bass, a keyboard instrument, and a set of drums, and you've got yourself a basic rock band, but if you add to that, two cellos and a violin, then you've got something called, The Electric Light Orchestra, a British group formed in 1972, their objective in going with odd instrumentation was pretty ambitious, as guitarist Jeff Lynne puts it, they wanted to create a fusion of pop and classical music that would make rock obsolete, so they released this single you're listening to right now, the following year, The Electric Light Orchestra remake of Chuck Berry's Roll Over Beethoven, well, I don't think it'll make rock obsolete, but, it certainly was different, I like their latest hit, it moves up this week to #29, it's titled, Can't Get It Out of My Head, The Electric Light Orchestra...
Can't Get It Out of My Head - Electric Light Orchestra
Roll on Down the Highway - Bachman-Turner Overdrive Black Water - The Doobie Brothers Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band Don't Call Us, We'll Call You - Sugarloaf Bungle in the Jungle - Jethro Tull Lonely People - America Lady - Styx Some Kind of Wonderful - Grand Funk Railroad Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd Best of My Love - Eagles Fire - Ohio Players Boogie on Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder Ding Dong, Ding Dong - George Harrison My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli Laughter in the Rain - Neil Sedaka Only You - Ringo Starr Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - Elton John Sweet Surrender - John Denver Mandy - Barry Manilow Please Mr. Postman - The Carpenters You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt Big Yellow Taxi (live) - Joni Mitchell I'm a Woman - Maria Muldaur Lady Marmalade - LaBelle
2/2/80
Last Train to London - Electric Light Orchestra
Don't Do Me Like That - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Sara - Fleetwood Mac Working My Way Back to You/Forive Me, Girl - Spinners The Long Run - Eagles Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen Fool in the Rain - Led Zeppelin An American Dream - The Dirt Band We Don't Talk Anymore - Cliff Richard September Morn - Neil Diamond Yes, I'm Ready - Teri Desario with K.C. Déjà Vu - Dionne Warwick
2/1/86
Silent Running - Mike + the Mechanics Walk of Life - Dire Straits Life in a Northern Town - The Dream Academy Sara - Starship These Dreams - Heart Spies Like Us - Paul McCartney Living in America - James Brown My Hometown - Bruce Springsteen Talk to Me - Stevie Nicks Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
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Post by 80sat40fan on Jan 28, 2019 3:39:20 GMT -5
My Top 24 songs from the 2/2/80 countdown (song titles only, absolute faves in bold):Top 10: Rock With You, Cruisin', Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Escape, Sara, The Long Run, Don't Do Me Like That#11-20: I Wanna Be Your Lover, This Is It, We Don't Talk Anymore, Send One Your Love, Deja Vu, On The Radio, Longer, Don't Let Go #21-30: Fool In The Rain*, Why Me, Working My Way Back To You, Do You Love What You Feel #31-40: Cool Change, You Know That I Love You, Ladies Night, Last Train To London, Second Time Around * Led Zeppelin gets my pick hit this week. This should have peaked way higher #21. I love the samba feel in the middle of the song: My Top 20 songs from the 2/1/75 countdown:Top 10: Laughter In The Rain, Fire, Boogie On Reggae Woman*, You're No Good, Pick Up The Pieces, Mandy, Best Of My Love, Some Kind Of Wonderful #11-20: Never Can Say Goodbye, Black Water, #9 Dream, Free Bird, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds#21-30: Lonely People, Lady, My Eyes Adored You, Can't Get It Out Of My Head #31-40: Big Yellow Taxi (Live), You're The First My Last My Everything, Bungle In The Jungle, Lady Marmelade * Stevie gets my pick hit this week (#3 peak yet zero airplay anymore, even in Detroit). I was in 2nd grade when this song charted. Whenever the first 8 second of the song would play, I would think to myself, "Stevie's farting" . I love the Moog synthesizer bass in this as well as the extended harmonica solo at the end:
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Post by listenerwants2know on Jan 28, 2019 15:56:01 GMT -5
2/2/80 (A):Cliff Richard - We Don´t Talk Anymore Dionne Warwick - Deja VuDr. Hook - Better Love Next Time Electric Light Orchestra - Last Train To London Kool & The Gang - Ladies Night 2/1/86 (B):Pete Townshend - Face The Face Sting - RussiansSurvivor - Burning Heart The Cars - Tonight She Comes The Hooters - Day By Day An Austrian extra: One FamilyWith a strongly changing line-up, the Viennese band One Family was able to celebrate several hits in different languages in the 70s. And maybe because of the constant comparison of "Australia - Kangaroos" and " Austria - No Kangaroos", One Family achieved their biggest hit in 1977 with the Happy song "Yellow Kangaroo", written by Michael Scheikl ( at40fg.proboards.com/post/152168):
from my musical category "daydreamer"My motto: "Not always the often heard hits."
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Post by Jessica on Jan 28, 2019 22:39:40 GMT -5
2-2-1980
“Ladies Night” by Kool and the Gang, “Working My Way Back To You” by The Spinners, “Fool In The Rain” by Led Zeppelin, “Desire” by Andy Gibb, “Daydream Believer” by Anne Murray, “Longer” by Dan Fogelberg, “I Wanna Be Your Lover” by Prince, “Don’t Do Me Like That” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “The Long Run” by The Eagles, “Sara” by Fleetwood Mac, “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” by Rupert Holmes, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” by Queen, “Do That To Me One More Time” by Captain and Tenille, “Rock With You” by Michael Jackson
2-01-1986
“Day By Day” by The Hooters, “These Dreams” by Heart, “King For A Day” by The Thompson Twins, “You’re A Friend Of Mine” by Clarence Clemons and Jackson Browne, “Everything In My Heart” by Corey Hart, “Tarzan Boy” by Baltimore, “It’s Only Love” by Bryan Adams and Tina Turner, “Small Town” by John Cougar Mellencamp, “A Love Bizarre” by Sheila Easton and Prince, “Alive And Kicking” by Simple Minds, “The Sweetest Taboo” by Sade, “Living In America” by James Brown, “Kyrie” by Mr Mister, “How Will I Know” by Whitney Houston, “Spies Like Us” by Paul McCartney, “My Hometown” by Bruce Springsteen, “Say You, Say Me” by Lionel Ritchie, “Talk To Me” by Stevie Nicks, “I’m Your Man” by Wham, “Burning Heart” by Survivor
02-01-1975
“Roll On Down The Highway” by Bachman Turner Overdrive, “Lady Marmalade” by Labelle, “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything” by Barry White, “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell, “Lady” by Styx, “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” by Elton John, “Free Bird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd, “Never Can Say Goodbye” by Gloria Gaynor, “Some Kind Of Wonderful” by Grand Funk, “Best Of My Love” by The Eagles, “Mandy” by Barry Manilow, “Please Mr. Postman” by The Carpenters, “Pick Up The Pieces” by Average White Band, “You’re No Good” by Linda Ronstandt, “Boogie On Raggae Woman” by Stevie Wonder, “Fire” by Ohio Players
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