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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Mar 22, 2018 16:28:05 GMT -5
other favorites from 1985:
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 22, 2018 18:53:50 GMT -5
Also, I'm wondering if some of you would like to include other things related to 1985 to discuss or rank? Maybe we could talk about our favorite movies or other stuff from that year? Just a thought... Let's rank Reagan scandals lol |
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Mar 22, 2018 23:00:17 GMT -5
Acording to wkipedia; these were the highest grossing movies of 1985
1. Back to the Future Universal $210,609,762
2. Rambo: First Blood Part II TriStar $150,415,432
3. Rocky IV United Artists $127,873,716
4. The Color Purple Warner Bros. $94,175,854
5. Out Of Africa Universal $87,071,205
6. Cocoon 20th Century Fox $76,113,124
7. The Jewel of the Nile $75,973,200
8. Witness Paramount $68,706,993
9. The Goonies Warner Bros. $61,389,680
10. Spies Like Us $60,088,980
I only agree with the action flicks.
These are more of my favs:
1. Breakfest Club
The scene where Judd Nelson keeps getting detentions is the priceless
2. Fletch
Chevy Chase will always be my favorite comedian
3. Commando
Arnold duh.
4. Weird Science
Because I was a coming of age horndog
5. Day of the Dead
One of the best zombie movies. There was more horror among the soldiers and scientists, than the zombies outside.
6. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
Because who doesn't love Freddy Kruger
7. Retrurn Of The Living Dead
Zombies and Punkers
8. National Lampoon's European Vacation
9. Barbarian Queen, Ladyhawk, Red Sonja, and all other "babes with blades" movies.
these movies reminded me of Music videos from Motely Crue and Kiss. Plus I was a coming of age horndog.
10. Reserves for slasher and horror films like The Mutilator, The Hills have Eyes part II, Demons, ect...
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Post by Unhinged on Mar 23, 2018 7:19:28 GMT -5
The Breakfast Club is one of my favorite movies ever and the No. 1 hit song from it is one of my favorites songs as well. For anyone interested in that and other John Hughes films I highly recommend reading You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried by Susannah Gora. It's a fun read about the goings-on behind the scenes of his films.
Weird Science is also a must watch for me at least once a year. I used to enjoy The Goonies more than I do now, but obviously I was a kid so...and of course there's Back To The Future which is just such a classic. That movie also contains one of my favorite No. 1 hits ever...
I know most probably hate them but I love the Police Academy movies and one of my favorites, No. 2, came out this year.
Then there's Desperately Seeking Susan which I never saw until the late 90's but remains amazing. Just One Of The Guys is pure 80's camp and I love it. One of the weirdest movies ever came out this year too, Return to Oz and I certainly remember watching this one as a kid.
St. Elmo's Fire, National Lampoon's European Vacation, Summer Rental, Teen Wolf, Clue...lots of great movies from '85 (on top of the excellent music). |
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Post by ๐ฏ๐ฒ dollybaby ๐ฏ๐ฒ on Mar 27, 2018 12:35:39 GMT -5
Still working on it. I'm up to 24 songs now.
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Post by Unhinged on Mar 28, 2018 14:05:46 GMT -5
Reminder that submissions are due April 7th...not a lot of interest in this one it seems. Rankdown burnout? =P
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Post by newpower on Mar 28, 2018 15:36:34 GMT -5
I will participate. Iโll try to finish this weekend
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Mar 30, 2018 14:26:14 GMT -5
83 is my favorite year, but 1982-1986 in general was the pinnacle for pop music
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Mar 30, 2018 21:54:13 GMT -5
83 is my favorite year, but 1982-1986 in general was the pinnacle for pop music Exactly. Pop music used to be a huge variety of styles. You had Heavy Metal sitting right next to R&B. You had 4 New Wave bands in the top 10, but all had different vibes to their music. You had a melting pot of races. English, Americans, Aussies and Canadians. and we had much much ,more music back then. After the 80's, the pop scene became really one -sided. |
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Post by maine on Mar 31, 2018 16:50:33 GMT -5
83 is my favorite year, but 1982-1986 in general was the pinnacle for pop music Exactly. Pop music used to be a huge variety of styles. You had Heavy Metal sitting right next to R&B. You had 4 New Wave bands in the top 10, but all had different vibes to their music. You had a melting pot of races. English, Americans, Aussies and Canadians. and we had much much ,more music back then. After the 80's, the pop scene became really one -sided. ...but none of these are races. |
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Mar 31, 2018 17:58:36 GMT -5
Reminder that submissions are due April 7th...not a lot of interest in this one it seems. Rankdown burnout? =P
More like rankdown overload! I nearly forgot about this one, but I've already listened to all of the songs at least once and am familiar with a good bunch of them already. I'll try my best to send a list in, but if I don't make it in time, tag me in results please. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2018 18:45:35 GMT -5
I'm definitely doing this  Lots of fun opinions I can express |
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Post by Unhinged on Apr 4, 2018 8:37:52 GMT -5
Reminder that submissions are due this coming Saturday April 7th...
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Post by alexcuse on Apr 4, 2018 10:31:15 GMT -5
Unhinged tag me in the reveals please Careless whisper and Take on Me would've been my Top 2.
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Post by Unhinged on Apr 6, 2018 12:18:24 GMT -5
I'm going to extend the deadline for this another two weeks. I've only received 8 total submissions and I'd like to get at least 10.
New deadline is April 21st...
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Post by Mirago on Apr 6, 2018 13:19:04 GMT -5
You have 9 now. :)
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Apr 6, 2018 14:18:00 GMT -5
Mine's coming, I promise. Thanks for the extension though. Gives me more time to make sure my rankings are where I'd like them to be.
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Post by ๐ฏ๐ฒ dollybaby ๐ฏ๐ฒ on Apr 6, 2018 16:48:18 GMT -5
I'm going to extend the deadline for this another two weeks. I've only received 8 total submissions and I'd like to get at least 10.
New deadline is April 21st...
Thanks for the extension! |
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Post by Juanca on Apr 7, 2018 10:45:13 GMT -5
 Got to #70 last night. Appreciate the extension. |
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Post by Unhinged on Apr 14, 2018 8:34:21 GMT -5
Second last reminder that submission are due next Saturday, April 21st...
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Apr 16, 2018 20:06:58 GMT -5
Still working on this (about 80% done). Hoping to have it done soon!
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Post by Red on Apr 17, 2018 10:56:13 GMT -5
As expected, this was quite tough to rank. The top 40 in this RD is so, so good. Not a lot of weak points to be found throughout the top 100, either. I only genuinely disliked two songs here. One should be obvious, if you remember 1984. The other may not be.
I'm also aware that my #1 will not do as well as my #1 in 1984. I'm just hoping for it to do better than I expect it will.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Apr 17, 2018 15:55:38 GMT -5
I'm also aware that my #1 will not do as well as my #1 in 1984. I'm just hoping for it to do better than I expect it will. It's "Penny Lover" isn't it? Your #1 is Penny Lover |
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Post by Unhinged on Apr 18, 2018 8:14:19 GMT -5
Final reminder that submissions are due this Saturday, April 21st. There will be no more extensions.
Let me know if you'd like to be tagged in the results. I will actually tag you this time, promise!
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Post by Unhinged on Apr 18, 2018 8:19:48 GMT -5
As expected, this was quite tough to rank. The top 40 in this RD is so, so good. Not a lot of weak points to be found throughout the top 100, either. I only genuinely disliked two songs here. One should be obvious, if you remember 1984. The other may not be. I'm also aware that my #1 will not do as well as my #1 in 1984. I'm just hoping for it to do better than I expect it will. 1985 was almost as hard for me to rank as 1984. Up next is 1988 and that is almost more difficult than 1985 for me. |
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Post by ๐ฏ๐ฒ dollybaby ๐ฏ๐ฒ on Apr 18, 2018 12:01:02 GMT -5
As expected, this was quite tough to rank. The top 40 in this RD is so, so good. Not a lot of weak points to be found throughout the top 100, either. I only genuinely disliked two songs here. One should be obvious, if you remember 1984. The other may not be. I'm also aware that my #1 will not do as well as my #1 in 1984. I'm just hoping for it to do better than I expect it will. 1985 was almost as hard for me to rank as 1984. Up next is 1988 and that is almost more difficult than 1985 for me. For me, I thought 1985 was a bit more challenging to rank than 1984. Unlike 1984, I have so many favorites in the 1985 list. |
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Post by aerodynamite on Apr 18, 2018 18:10:13 GMT -5
I had so much fun compiling my list. A lot of these songs I know quite well, others I had heard a few times and enjoyed rediscovering.
Can't wait for this to start!
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Apr 19, 2018 0:54:45 GMT -5
LOL! I submitted My list so long ago, it probably has cobwebs on it already? Can't wait to get started.
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Post by Unhinged on Apr 19, 2018 7:24:26 GMT -5
LOL! I submitted My list so long ago, it probably has cobwebs on it already? Can't wait to get started. lol...yeah, yours was the first list I got way back in early March. Plan is to start this coming Monday. Iโm expecting at least one more list yet and so far Iโve got 14 total so not too bad! |
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Post by Glove Slap on Apr 21, 2018 10:12:14 GMT -5
I'll send this in today.
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