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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 3, 2021 0:39:00 GMT -5
Considering this rankdown has quite a few poppier songs than what they put out, I'm surprised neither this format nor Mainstream Rock could find the time of day for a band like Naked Eyes. Also lol at "Beat It" qualifying. Artist | Song | estimated chart points | Video | Men At Work | Dr Heckyll & Mr Jive | n/a | Link | Men At Work | It's A Mistake | n/a | Link | Michael Jackson | Beat It | n/a | Link | Missing Persons | Windows | n/a | Link | Naked Eyes | Always Something There To Remind Me | n/a | Link |
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 3, 2021 0:45:07 GMT -5
So, radio loved garbage like "Tesla Girls" and "Locomotion"...but passed up on the two best songs from OMD's second-best album. Uh-huh, got it! Artist | Song | estimated chart points | Video | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | Genetic Engineering | n/a | Link | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | Telegraph | n/a | Link | Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson | Say, Say, Say | n/a | Link | Phil Collins | I Don't Care Anymore | n/a | Link | Stevie Nicks | Stand Back | n/a | Link |
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 3, 2021 0:48:17 GMT -5
"Mr. Roboto" on Modern Rock. I've truly seen everything. How is this life real Artist | Song | estimated chart points | Video | Styx | Mr Roboto | n/a | Link | The Human League | Mirror Man | n/a | Link | The Kinks | Come Dancing | n/a | Link | The Motels | Remember The Nights | n/a | Link | The Romantics | Rock You Up | n/a | Link |
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 3, 2021 0:52:30 GMT -5
"She's A Beauty", another song I absolutely cannot stand. How The Tubes went from the excellent "White Punks On Dope" to this is beyond me. We'll be seeing more Thomas Dolby later. Artist | Song | estimated chart points | Video | The Tubes | She's A Beauty | n/a | Link | Thomas Dolby | One Of Our Submarines | n/a | Link | Thompson Twins | Love On Your Side | n/a | Link | Todd Rundgren | Bang The Drum All Day | n/a | Link | U2 | Surrender | n/a | Link |
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 3, 2021 0:57:32 GMT -5
And now, the final stop on this busy first night of extras-posting. These songs did not chart on Mainstream Rock, but still made the Hot 100 Year-Ends for either 1983 or 1984 Artist | Song | estimated chart points | Video | Culture Club | Miss Me Blind | 168 | Link | Culture Club | Time (Clock Of The Heart) | 118 | Link | Madonna | Borderline | 111 | Link | Michael Jackson | Billie Jean | 107 | Link | Joe Jackson | Breaking Us In Two | n/a | Link | Naked Eyes | Promises, Promises | n/a | Link | Taco | Puttin On The Ritz | n/a | Link |
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Mar 3, 2021 1:34:14 GMT -5
Most of these extras I have covered during the Pop Rankdowns. Most reside in y '45 singles collection too. What bothered me the most is that this group of songs didn't make the cut.
Xtras set 2: Red Rockers China This would have been fun to rank since it was a big MTV staple of the time. Only time I charted this band too.
U2-Two Hearts Beat as One I would have preferred to rank this over that other U2 song that isn't about a holiday.
xreas set 3: Dexy's Midnight Runners Come On Eileen iconic song.
Men At Work- Overkill maybe Huey Lewis on Modern rock was stretching it a bit. I could also see what "True" was too pretty for the list. Beautiful song tho. "Overkill" however seems perfect for the list. Had that Cars too perfect for pop radio feel to it.
Xtras set 4: I don't need any of these on the list. I would have put "Litle Red Corvette" in my top 10 just because it's my favorite prince song ever, singing about my favorite car ever. The Corvette is ultimate Muscle Sex machine
xtras set 5: Heart and Asia on Modern rock. I think not. I would have ranked "Slipping Away" pretty high. Like top 30 and of course if you think for one second that "Something To Grab For " wouldn't be my #1 song than we have learned nothing with my 4 year residence on PULSE. ;)
xtras set 6: thank goodness "Photograph" is not on this list. It would have been embarrassing showing, and I wouldn't have known what to do with it?
Xtras set 7: I charted three of these songs that have no business on this list.
to be continued.....
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Post by razorshark on Mar 3, 2021 2:06:58 GMT -5
Say Say Say on alt is certainly a choice
Alt just playing whatever was always a thing it seems
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Mar 3, 2021 8:45:22 GMT -5
keep in mind there wasn’t any official chart data available before Nov 83 so most of the data here comes from specific radio station year end lists...many of which were considered “MTV format” back then which was an Alt/Pop hybrid, that’s why so many odd extras are showing up
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 5, 2021 1:26:38 GMT -5
2 weeks to submit (it's only 20 minutes into Friday, I still count this as being Thursday)
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Post by DadJokes on Mar 7, 2021 12:09:59 GMT -5
I had forgotten how many new wave songs can sound the same when listened to back-to-back-back. But the best of the New Wave songs still sound fresh today. Couple I hated to rate as low as I did, but it was usually artists I really like who put out better stuff later in the decade. Still, some great songs in this list and a fun one to tackle. I even found a couple gems I had somehow not heard before.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Mar 7, 2021 23:17:51 GMT -5
I had forgotten how many new wave songs can sound the same when listened to back-to-back-back. But the best of the New Wave songs still sound fresh today. Couple I hated to rate as low as I did, but it was usually artists I really like who put out better stuff later in the decade. Still, some great songs in this list and a fun one to tackle. I even found a couple gems I had somehow not heard before. If any two New Wave songs sound the same to you back to back than you do not totally love New Wave like totally.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Mar 8, 2021 2:33:53 GMT -5
I had forgotten how many new wave songs can sound the same when listened to back-to-back-back. But the best of the New Wave songs still sound fresh today. Couple I hated to rate as low as I did, but it was usually artists I really like who put out better stuff later in the decade. Still, some great songs in this list and a fun one to tackle. I even found a couple gems I had somehow not heard before. If any two New Wave songs sound the same to you back to back than you do not totally love New Wave like totally. I don’t know about that...have you ever noticed how eerily similar “Shake For The Shiek” resembles “Flesh For Fantasy”? ...and I LOVE New Wave!
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Post by DadJokes on Mar 8, 2021 9:58:16 GMT -5
If any two New Wave songs sound the same to you back to back than you do not totally love New Wave like totally. Ha. You're probably right about that. I was just a little kid during the New Wave era and didn't learn to appreciate until much later.
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Post by aerodynamite on Mar 8, 2021 18:41:24 GMT -5
Sent.
My top 10 here is by far the strongest of any RD aside from RYM 2000s and gates' EDM2 (both of which, coincidentally, gates also hosted). Only those two have had more 5/5 songs.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2021 1:04:20 GMT -5
1O days to submit. Doc Indie Party Rock I'm keeping you tagged for now because you sent an incorrectly formatted list and need to fix it. Further instructions are in your PM.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 10, 2021 12:59:22 GMT -5
Time to show off more extras. Every song I will post today comes to us from a band/artist already in the rankdown. Of these first 5 songs, I'm most familiar with "Walk Out to Winter", and I would've loved seeing it in the rankdown. Artist | Song | estimated chart points | Video | A Flock Of Seagulls | Committed | 96 | Link | A Flock Of Seagulls | Nightmares | n/a | Link | Aztec Camera | Walk Out To Winter | 100 | Link | Berlin | Masquerade | n/a | Link | Big Country | Harvest Home | 90 | Link |
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 10, 2021 13:19:25 GMT -5
despite technically only being an album track, "The Chauffeur" received the video treatment, and it endures as one of Duran Duran's most-loved songs, being covered by bands like Deftones, Warpaint, and Sneaker Pimps. Artist | Song | estimated chart points | Video | Big Country | Inwards | 90 | Link | Billy Idol | (Do Not) Stand In The Shadows | 50 | Link | Depeche Mode | Love In Itself | 102 | Link | Duran Duran | The Chauffer | 207 | Link | Duran Duran | Hold Back The Rain | n/a | Link |
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 10, 2021 13:28:35 GMT -5
"Shipbuilding" was composed by Clive Langer and written by Elvis Costello for the purposes of handing off to Robert Wyatt to record. Wyatt's version was released in late 1982 and hit the top 40 in the UK in early 1983. Costello's own recording of the song surfaced in August on his album Punch the Clock (which also contains his two songs in the rankdown). Artist | Song | estimated chart points | Video | Duran Duran | My Own Way | n/a | Link | Elvis Costello | Shipbuilding | 191 | Link | Gang Of Four | A Man With A Good Car | 113 | Link | Gang Of Four | Silver Lining | 90 | Link | Heaven 17 | Temptation | 135 | Link |
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 10, 2021 13:37:40 GMT -5
"Boxerbeat" is the JoBoxers' highest peaking single in Germany, Ireland, and the UK. Artist | Song | estimated chart points | Video | Heaven 17 | We Live So Fast | n/a | Link | Howard Devoto | Cold Imagination | 50 | Link | INXS | Black And White | 122 | Link | INXS | To Look At You | n/a | Link | JoBoxers | Boxerbeat | 151 | Link |
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 10, 2021 13:41:20 GMT -5
"It Must Be Love" is a Labi Siffre cover Artist | Song | estimated chart points | Video | JoBoxers | Johnny Friendly | 50 | Link | Madness | It Must Be Love | 167 | Link | Madness | Wings Of A Dove | 118 | Link | Midnight Oil | Read About It | 90 | Link | Oingo Boingo | Wake Up (It's 1984) | 192 | Link |
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 10, 2021 13:44:11 GMT -5
I'm sad that only one song from Murmur could appear in the rock chart rankdowns. These two are among my favorites on the album, too. Artist | Song | estimated chart points | Video | Oingo Boingo | Sweat | n/a | Link | Oingo Boingo | Who Do You Want To Be? | n/a | Link | Public Image Ltd | The Order Of Death | n/a | Link | REM | Talk About The Passion | 156 | Link | REM | Perfect Circle | 142 | Link |
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Post by razorshark on Mar 10, 2021 13:45:41 GMT -5
It Must Be Love is my favorite Madness song so it would have ranked high.
More Midnight Oil would have made for a painful top 5 cut for me.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 10, 2021 13:49:10 GMT -5
While not seeing more from debut R.E.M. is understandable, I'm flat-out confused at Talking Heads only having 2 songs in the rankdown. Especially when "Making Flippy Floppy", of all songs, is one of them. I would've thought "Girlfriend Is Better" and "This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)" were far more popular than that song. Artist | Song | estimated chart points | Video | Spandau Ballet | Gold | 138 | Link | Spandau Ballet | Communication | 105 | Link | Talking Heads | Girlfriend Is Better | 194 | Link | Talking Heads | This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody) | 182 | Link | Talking Heads | Slippery People | 144 | Link |
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Post by Football on Mar 10, 2021 14:00:53 GMT -5
I unashamedly love "Temptation". I'm more ashamed to admit that there's a not-zero chance that I would have ranked it higher than "Let Me Go".
"The Chauffeur" probably would have been my highest Duran Duran song.
Even in this loaded RD, "This Must Be the Place", "Girlfriend is Better", and "Read About It" all would have done very well with me.
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Post by razorshark on Mar 10, 2021 14:19:51 GMT -5
Aww man. Girlfriend Is Better would have been really high for me. I've never loved Burning Down The House and Making Flippy Floppy was not better. What a bummer there
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Post by gonecountry on Mar 10, 2021 14:20:22 GMT -5
A lot of these extras would have done very well in my rankdown - AFOS Nightmares, Berlin's Masquerade, Billy Idol's (Do Not) Stand In The Shadows, all the Duran Duran songs, both the INXS songs, REM's Talk About the Passion, and definitely Girlfriend is Better.
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Post by DadJokes on Mar 10, 2021 14:55:21 GMT -5
While not seeing more from debut R.E.M. is understandable, I'm flat-out confused at Talking Heads only having 2 songs in the rankdown. Especially when "Making Flippy Floppy", of all songs, is one of them. I would've thought "Girlfriend Is Better" and "This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody)" were far more popular than that song. Artist | Song | estimated chart points | Video | Spandau Ballet | Gold | 138 | Link | Spandau Ballet | Communication | 105 | Link | Talking Heads | Girlfriend Is Better | 194 | Link | Talking Heads | This Must Be the Place (Naïve Melody) | 182 | Link | Talking Heads | Slippery People | 144 | Link |
I'm especially shocked that "This Must Be the Place" was not bigger in 1983. Guess it's one of those songs who've grown in stature as the years have gone on.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 10, 2021 15:22:17 GMT -5
Had to attend a doctor's appointment. Back for a few more posts! I mentioned in their last rock chart rankdown that I would resume giving The B-52's high rankings if "Song For a Future Generation" was in 1983...so I guess I can't actually do that, lol. "The Way You Are" was a non-album single, eventually appearing on deluxe reissues of Songs From The Big Chair. Artist | Song | estimated chart points | Video | Tears For Fears | The Way You Are | n/a | Link | The Alarm | Marching On | 141 | Link | The B-52's | Song For A Future Generation | 136 | Link | The Bongos | Barbarella | 209 | Link | The English Beat | Can't Get Used To Losing You | n/a | Link |
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 10, 2021 15:25:30 GMT -5
Another huge set of disappointments. "Hand In Glove" is probably my second-favorite The Smiths song, and "Radio Silence" is either my favorite or second-favorite song on The Golden Age of Wireless. Artist | Song | estimated chart points | Video | The Police | Synchronicity I | n/a | Link | The Smiths | Hand In Glove | 178 | Link | The Style Council | Speak Like A Child | 50 | Link | The Suburbs | Rattle My Bones | n/a | Link | Thomas Dolby | Radio Silence | n/a | Link |
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