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Post by mga707 on Aug 7, 2022 14:57:49 GMT -5
Finally about to watch the 2hr 20min final episode of "Stranger things 4" this afternoon. Guess I'll play 'Max's' favorite song as a lead-in!
(update) Without giving away spoilers, yes Kate is heard in the last episode, but the song I most remember from it will be Metallica's "Master Of Puppets". Which I just looked up the release date of: March 3, 1986. Which makes it 'barely legal' for this season of 'Stranger Things', which is set during the non-specific date of 'Spring Break 1986'.
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Post by LC on Aug 8, 2022 18:51:53 GMT -5
I guess it is safe to declare that Kate Bush scores her first top 10 hit in the U.S., and it was worth waiting 37 years. It makes me wonder if the new found success of this hit may motivate Kate Bush to return to the recording studio and record an album of new material? I wonder if it will get people to dig into her other albums & singles. It would be a shame if they only treat her as a "one hit wonder" and never go beyond "Running."
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Post by bobbo428 on Aug 11, 2022 20:20:23 GMT -5
I was pleased to note that Bush's song was up to No. 3 on the 'chart that counts' on her sixty-fourth birthday, July 30. Earlier today, while I was listening to the song on my phone, I was thinking about people I knew back then. One was the woman I wanted to marry, Sue. I wonder if Sue thinks of me when she hears Bush's song. When I heard the tune for the first time, in September 1985, I thought it sounded awfully springy. If only it came out in January, so it could peak in March or April 1986. It would have brightened a dreary winter in upstate NY. As it was, the tune ran out of steam at number thirty on a cloudy, typically chilly December 7, 1985. I believe it lingered on the Hot 100 for 6 weeks during its descent.
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Post by bobbo428 on Aug 11, 2022 20:26:21 GMT -5
Since 1985 was 37 years ago, I wonder what song from 1948 (37 years before 1985) would have been a good candidate for a hypothetical resurgence in 1985? Or, what underrated current song could be popular in the late 2050s, 37 years from now?! I will be almost 100 by then (in the slight chance I am still around).
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Post by mga707 on Aug 11, 2022 20:58:26 GMT -5
Since 1985 was 37 years ago, I wonder what song from 1948 (37 years before 1985) would have been a good candidate for a hypothetical resurgence in 1985? Or, what underrated current song could be popular in the late 2050s, 37 years from now?! I will be almost 100 by then (in the slight chance I am still around). Closest 'resurgence' of an old song in the '80s due to it being in a film or TV show would be either 1967's "What a Wonderful World", from 1987's "Good Morning Vietnam", or, of course, the revival of the title song from 1986's hit film "Stand By Me". Although the latter reached the top ten both in 1961 as well as 1986, so it wasn't 'underrated' in it's original release. Armstrong's song, though, would qualify, as it only 'Bubbled Under' the Hot 100 the first time, but reached #32 when re-released in 1988. Those two examples were only 20 and 25 years old when re-released, far less than the 37-year gap for Bush's song. Nostalgic '80s movies tended to be set in the '50s or '60s rather than the late '40s.
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Post by bobbo428 on Aug 11, 2022 22:30:34 GMT -5
Since 1985 was 37 years ago, I wonder what song from 1948 (37 years before 1985) would have been a good candidate for a hypothetical resurgence in 1985? Or, what underrated current song could be popular in the late 2050s, 37 years from now?! I will be almost 100 by then (in the slight chance I am still around). Closest 'resurgence' of an old song in the '80s due to it being in a film or TV show would be either 1967's "What a Wonderful World", from 1987's "Good Morning Vietnam", or, of course, the revival of the title song from 1986's hit film "Stand By Me". Although the latter reached the top ten both in 1961 as well as 1986, so it wasn't 'underrated' in it's original release. Armstrong's song, though, would qualify, as it only 'Bubbled Under' the Hot 100 the first time, but reached #32 when re-released in 1988. Those two examples were only 20 and 25 years old when re-released, far less than the 37-year gap for Bush's song. Nostalgic '80s movies tended to be set in the '50s or '60s rather than the late '40s. "Stand By Me" was a good example--I was only a few weeks old when that first charted--but age 25 when it returned to the top 10. Strangely enough, I wasn't familiar with the song until John Lennon's 1975 remake.
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Post by mga707 on Aug 12, 2022 11:09:27 GMT -5
"Stand By Me" was a good example--I was only a few weeks old when that first charted--but age 25 when it returned to the top 10. Strangely enough, I wasn't familiar with the song until John Lennon's 1975 remake. Similarly, my first exposure to the song was in early 1967 (I was 8, almost 9), when Spyder Turner's remake reached #12. In his interesting version, he imitates Jackie Wilson, David Ruffin, Smokey Robinson, and other singers.
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Post by woolebull on Aug 12, 2022 14:38:21 GMT -5
Since 1985 was 37 years ago, I wonder what song from 1948 (37 years before 1985) would have been a good candidate for a hypothetical resurgence in 1985? Or, what underrated current song could be popular in the late 2050s, 37 years from now?! I will be almost 100 by then (in the slight chance I am still around). Closest 'resurgence' of an old song in the '80s due to it being in a film or TV show would be either 1967's "What a Wonderful World", from 1987's "Good Morning Vietnam", or, of course, the revival of the title song from 1986's hit film "Stand By Me". I would put "Do You Love Me" and "Twist and Shout" on the list as well. Of all of those "Twist" is the only one from two movies from that time, both set in the present time unlike the others.
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Post by mga707 on Aug 12, 2022 15:00:03 GMT -5
Closest 'resurgence' of an old song in the '80s due to it being in a film or TV show would be either 1967's "What a Wonderful World", from 1987's "Good Morning Vietnam", or, of course, the revival of the title song from 1986's hit film "Stand By Me". I would put "Do You Love Me" and "Twist and Shout" on the list as well. Of all of those "Twist" is the only one from two movies from that time, both set in the present time unlike the others. Remembered "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", but had to look up the other one. That all-time classic, "Back To School"!
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Post by slf on Aug 12, 2022 16:42:05 GMT -5
"Stand By Me" was a good example--I was only a few weeks old when that first charted--but age 25 when it returned to the top 10. Strangely enough, I wasn't familiar with the song until John Lennon's 1975 remake. Similarly, my first exposure to the song was in early 1967 (I was 8, almost 9), when Spyder Turner's remake reached #12. In his interesting version, he imitates Jackie Wilson, David Ruffin, Smokey Robinson, and other singers. For me, it wasn't Ben E. King, John Lennon, or Spyder Turner. It was Mickey Gilley, in 1980, who introduced me to that song. In retrospect, I cannot believe I was not aware of the existence of that iconic song for the first sixteen years of my life.
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Post by Mike on Aug 12, 2022 17:51:11 GMT -5
Closest 'resurgence' of an old song in the '80s due to it being in a film or TV show would be either 1967's "What a Wonderful World", from 1987's "Good Morning Vietnam", or, of course, the revival of the title song from 1986's hit film "Stand By Me". I would put "Do You Love Me" and "Twist and Shout" on the list as well. Of all of those "Twist" is the only one from two movies from that time, both set in the present time unlike the others. The original question cited old songs being revived that were originally underrated - which "Do You Love Me" (#3) and "Twist and Shout" (#2) were decidedly not.
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Post by mga707 on Aug 12, 2022 20:05:18 GMT -5
I would put "Do You Love Me" and "Twist and Shout" on the list as well. Of all of those "Twist" is the only one from two movies from that time, both set in the present time unlike the others. The original question cited old songs being revived that were originally underrated - which "Do You Love Me" (#3) and "Twist and Shout" (#2) were decidedly not. Nor was "Stand By Me", as I noted. Reached #4 in '61. "Wonderful World", though, definitely meets the 'originally underrated' criterion.
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Post by seminolefan on Aug 13, 2022 11:37:10 GMT -5
"Running Up That Hill" is up to #8 on AT40 this week.
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Post by johnnywest on Aug 13, 2022 13:03:28 GMT -5
This week on AT40, Ryan took a short break while Casey introduced Running Up That Hill.
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Post by OnWithTheCountdown on Aug 14, 2022 7:58:46 GMT -5
Casey's intro was taken from the 11/30/1985 show, in which "Running Up That Hill" peaked at #30. It was gone from the 40 the following week.
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