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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Mar 24, 2021 20:58:35 GMT -5
is U2 going to double-up in the Top 10? we will know very soon
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Post by razorshark on Mar 24, 2021 20:58:54 GMT -5
Once again, my ranking be damned, I'd have been cool with this making it. Sigh
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Post by Football on Mar 24, 2021 21:00:40 GMT -5
I know that people have a lot of love for TFF in 1985, and not undeservingly, but I think that "Pale Shelter" is their best song. This is synthpop as it was meant to be.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2021 21:01:33 GMT -5
My ranking is based on the 2nd single version of Pale Shelter, and not the one that's on the playlist, since I think that version's better with its slightly more polished production.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 24, 2021 21:02:08 GMT -5
--#11
Top 5s: 2 Top 10s: 8 Top 25s: 14 Top 50s: 21 Bottom 25: 1
Lists spent in top 10: All but 4
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Mar 24, 2021 21:02:23 GMT -5
I know that people have a lot of love for TFF in 1985, and not undeservingly, but I think that "Pale Shelter" is their best song. This is synthpop as it was meant to be. people apparently have a lot of love for T4F in '83 as well...as fierce as the competition & yet they still get two songs in the Top 12...impressive!
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Post by razorshark on Mar 24, 2021 21:03:09 GMT -5
I think this is my last top 10 :(
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 24, 2021 21:11:35 GMT -5
But first
Here's this guy again EXTRA
Scatterlings Of Africa Johnny Clegg & Juluka
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 24, 2021 21:12:04 GMT -5
Apparently this was used in TV commercials for Wall-E EXTRA
Make A Circuit With Me The Polecats
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 24, 2021 21:12:20 GMT -5
a #75 peak on the Hot 100...in 1989 EXTRA
Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop) Q-Feel
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 24, 2021 21:12:36 GMT -5
An Australian top 25 and a Dance chart top 40 EXTRA
Pressure Sway Machinations
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 24, 2021 21:12:53 GMT -5
Another Sparks song, this time with The Go-Go's founder EXTRA
Cool Places Sparks & Jane Wiedlin
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 24, 2021 21:13:07 GMT -5
And this was apparently featured in a VeggieTales movie EXTRA
Belly Of The Whale Burning Sensations
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 24, 2021 21:13:20 GMT -5
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 24, 2021 21:14:41 GMT -5
THE TOP TENTalking Heads - Burning Down The House Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) U2 - New Year's Day Tears For Fears - Mad World New Order - Blue Monday The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday Modern English - I Melt With You INXS - Don't Change The Smiths - This Charming Man- What surprised you by either making or missing the top 10? - Care to predict the order these songs leave in?
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 24, 2021 21:15:12 GMT -5
Year-End Closeness: Rankdown Closeness: Perfect Rankings: Remaining Ranks (and average rank left) Daryl the Beryl 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 21 (10) rowellfarm490 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 18, 20, 28 (10.3) @trilogy 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11, 12, 14, 18, 40 (11.4) singingrulebritannia 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 28, 35 (11.8) Football 1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 11, 15, 19, 22, 27 (11.8) Juanca 1, 4, 6, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 24, 25 (13.3) lyhom 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 13, 15, 17, 29, 43 (14.3) willapted33 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 14, 17, 19, 35, 46 (15) wheatsquares33 2, 3, 5, 7, 12, 15, 23, 24, 27, 51 (16.9) DadJokes 2, 7, 8, 9, 15, 17, 18, 24, 31, 44 (17.5) Geometrical 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 17, 19, 58, 63 (19) alexcuse 2, 4, 7, 8, 15, 26, 28, 32, 33, 42 (19.7) American Idiot 1, 4, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 28, 42, 63 (19.8) gonecountry 1, 2, 7, 14, 15, 17, 19, 28, 41, 71 (21.5) campbellssoup 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 20, 21, 28, 36, 81 (21.5) Sambalada 1, 3, 4, 9, 15, 21, 25, 30, 36, 95 (23.9) Butterflies & Hurricanes 1, 2, 7, 12, 15, 30, 32, 39, 42, 70 (25) peacebone 1, 2, 6, 14, 16, 21, 36, 38, 63, 64 (26.1) jamesflame 1, 3, 12, 13, 19, 24, 41, 43, 52, 55 (26.3) tanooki 3, 4, 13, 19, 20, 23, 33, 42, 45, 65 (26.7) Mirago 2, 7, 14, 15, 18, 21, 24, 57, 61, 66 (28.5) aerodynamite 1, 6, 7, 12, 15, 20, 25, 73, 81, 82 (32.2) craziaskowboi 4, 5, 12, 18, 27, 48, 49, 59, 73, 90 (38.5) Doc Indie Party Rock 11, 16, 17, 28, 30, 46, 51, 60, 68, 77 (40.4) razorshark 3, 11, 14, 27, 29, 35, 40, 80, 87, 90 (41.6) chanman 13, 14, 16, 36, 37, 40, 51, 64, 68, 95 (43.4)
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Post by Football on Mar 24, 2021 21:15:34 GMT -5
Alright, Doc, it's time for Billy to go as a means of repayment. Check's in the mail.
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Post by razorshark on Mar 24, 2021 21:18:26 GMT -5
I have this thing I worked on leading up to this updated with these 10 songs. BTW those three I wanted out, none of them are out :(
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 24, 2021 21:22:26 GMT -5
Alright, Doc, it's time for Billy to go as a means of repayment. Check's in the mail.
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Post by gonecountry on Mar 24, 2021 21:29:19 GMT -5
- What surprised you by either making or missing the top 10?
Missing the Top 10? Oh, about 25 flipping songs. This was BRUTAL. Send Me An Angel and Age of Consent particularly. Pale Shelter too, I thought we'd see two Tears for Fears songs in before two U2 songs.
- Care to predict the order these songs leave in?
10 Talking Heads - Burning Down The House (PLEASE GOD) 9 The Smiths - This Charming Man 8 U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday 7 INXS - Don't Change 6 U2 - New Year's Day 5 The Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way 4 Tears For Fears - Mad World 3 Modern English - I Melt With You 2 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 1 New Order - Blue Monday
Thrilled to see the Smiths and INXS make the Top 10.
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Post by razorshark on Mar 24, 2021 23:12:35 GMT -5
Johnny Clegg & Juluka - Scatterlings Of Africa 8/10: This sounds like a less catchy African take on Midnight Oil. The African influences are very nice too. Very cool song.
The Polecats - Make A Circuit With Me 6/10: I don't know anything about this band but they kinda seemed like a knock off Stray Cats here. I liked the first half but this wore on me fast.
Q-Feel - Dancing In Heaven 7/10: I was 6 minutes in before I thought "Hey this song is going on forever what gives". A nice 6 minutes though. Fun upbeat pop music.
Machinations - Pressure Sway 9/10: This is super funky and sounds like a blast to dance to. Really good dance song.
Sparks - Cool Places 6/10: Good but nothing special. This is totally replacable synthpop imo.
Burning Sensations - Belly Of The Whale 8/10: Island calm with some really intense choruses. This is more interesting than good but some cool sax solos near the end boosted this.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Mar 25, 2021 2:04:03 GMT -5
5. Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.Funny thing is I remember hearing this I just never knew who sang it before. I would say one of their best songs. my plead for the night. Can I please get amateur REM to show up tonight. I always thought that song was from the 90's anyway. Dude, these cannot possibly both be your thoughts about the same song less than a year apart. Either you have dementia, or you listened to the correct song for one of these rankdowns and the wrong song for the other (and that's not a farfetched theory, because I recall you've ranked the wrong song in at least one rankdown--1987 Mainstream Rock with "In God's Country"). The context of the lists cannot account for this much difference in opinion; they're such polar opposite viewpoints. Whatever explanation for this is true, I'm tired of this routine, that every time you send for my personal rankdowns you eventually do something like this when the songs appear elsewhere. If you hate the experience of listening to my song selections that much, don't send for those rankdowns. And while we're here, can I discuss your obsessive hatred of "amateur" songs, "regular people making music", "actual natives", etc.? Let's put aside that your perception of what sounds "amateur" and what doesn't is so strange (what exactly makes R.E.M. on Out Of Time or Automatic For The People sound so much more "professional" than on Murmur or Reckoning, outside of a mild difference in audio fidelity). How is it your place to say which persons' perspectives are more or less valid in art based on how trained they are, how high their budget is, the culture they grew up in, or how physically attractive they are? 15. Radio Free Europe - REMFirst and foremost I remember this song and I recall liking it on that other list of songs. Pulling up quotes like that doesn't really prove anything except that I ranked that particular song with a whole other list of songs. This is a completely different list of songs with Synthpop and New Wave. This one was about the songs I grew up with and are etched in my heart. This is not one of them. I knew too many of these songs. If you scroll up my list from 100 to 1 you kinda notice in what direction my 80's music preference goes in. Mostly pop music and MTV, and a few radio staions like KROQ, KLOS and KIQQ. In my defense I never heard this in the 80's, but I remember this getting more airplay in the 90's. Didn't even know it was them til I saw the name next to the song. Again It sounded good on that other Rd , but that Rd didn't feature Duran Duran, Adam Ant etc.. Like many have said the competition was ruthless ,and it's not like I've upgraded many REM songs in the past. Now for the Amateur question? for me amateur means before they hit big stardom ,or before a band refines their style. Maybe that's not the true definition of the word, but that's what I consider amateur. Now you know my definition. It does kinda sound amateur in my sense of the word to say the bigger productions of "Losing My Religion" or "Where's The Frequency Kenneith. In the end it's pretty much an opinion. I like music that to me sounds "more professional" I put it in parenthesis because your meaning is probably not my meaning? I don't really care what they look like or gender or age as long as their vocals sound attractive to me. That's the big thing for me is the vocals. You didn't even mention that. You can throw rocks at me for being vocally bias, but again to my standards. Instead You went off on budget, and training, and that's not the direction I was coming from.. I'm not writing a huge review on the band nor do I consider myself a critic by any means. It's just an opinion. You didn't like, and you spoke out. I can respect that. Obviously this REM song is one of your favorite songs .Same thing happened to me when I saw your two tanks for Adam Ant and other of my favorites, but at least i try to give a reason or two what certain songs didn't gel with me. Many times I just don't get the tanks, but whatever. Everyone has different opinion about music. This last part is one of the reasons I wanted to respond to your post. It's the part i underlined. Many times I can be rather unsympathetic I get it, but we always gotta be ourselves careful with certain description words. my dad actually passed away from Dementia , so fingers crossed I don't get that, but I wasn't too thrilled to see that description word aimed at me. There is no way you would know that, but I hate that stupid word you know?
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 25, 2021 2:23:53 GMT -5
This last part is one of the reasons I wanted to respond to your post. It's the part i underlined. Many times I can be rather unsympathetic I get it, but we always gotta be ourselves careful with certain description words. my dad actually passed away from Dementia , so fingers crossed I don't get that, but I wasn't too thrilled to see that description word aimed at me. There is no way you would know that, but I hate that stupid word you know? My apologies; I understand being sensitive about that word if you had a family history of that condition. I'll remove it from my post.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Mar 25, 2021 2:41:37 GMT -5
25. King Of Pain - The Policehell of a song for the band. never could wrap my head around the fact that this was their last record together. I feel this band would have had U2 longevity if they had stayed together? Their songs were so innovative and interesting while never loosing that perfect pop vibe. This is one of those songs that can hit a bulls eye the radar on almost any format. 24. Let's Dance - David BowieThere is no doubt this is Bowie's biggest song on pop, but it is far from his best. It is a song that I have grown to like a lot more from my original peak of #35 back in that day. 23. The Metro - Berlin ..and there goes one of my top 10s. I'm already starting to feel this sting especially since this is my favorite Berlin song. I always felt this song sounded faster than it actually is. It's only 82 BPMs, but sounds faster than most Italo Disco songs of 100-120 BPMs. The thing I really love about this song is the chord progression. It has that haunting vibe early 80's songs had, but also becomes quite aesthetic with Terri's vocals. I didn't expect any miracles from PULSE, but top 15 would have been better. 22. Your Silent Face - New Order I didn't really know any of the New Order songs save for one that is my second best from them. I thought this one was way tooooooooo slow for its own good, and I became rather bored while listening to it. I won't get mad if we can can "Age Of Consent" next 21. 99 Luftballoons - NenaThis song is pretty cool. Never understood why people flipped so high for it. Especially pop. It really didn't have a normal song structure. It the verses and chorus were pretty much all in one. At least the foreign version blows the ridiculous English one away. 20. Blister In The Sun - Violent FemmesHere is one of those songs that received that stupid gimmick of getting a second boost during the 90's, because it sounded like something from the 90's. My rank here is based on all that 90's play it got, but I never once heard of this in the 80's. Furthermore it didn't make 91x nor KROQ's top songs of the year, but somehow came in the top 50 when they would do those top 500 marathons. I really hated that the 90's tried to rewrite the 80's, but when all is said and done it's still pretty catchy ,and his whiny vocals kinda fit the blistering in the sun vibe. 19. Synchronicity II - The PoliceThis is The Police in their most Hard rock mode. Love the intensity this one has. "like a humiliating kick in the crotch". I doubt I will ever hear those lyrics in a song again, and this song would been my favorite off the album if it had been Single #1. I'm pretty sure I'm putting this one the highest on my mainstream Rock list. 18. In A Big Country - Big CountryI've kinda burnt out on this one through the years, but not enough to extinguish it from my top 40 of 1983. It's melodic catchiness keeps the flame alive. 17. This Is The Day - The TheMaybe this has apeaared on one of those PULSE members' RDS, but it felt like a first time listen, and not one I plan to return to. It didn't make any of the lists I grew up and the vocals were not singing to me. The music and vocals were just too simple and un aesthetic. It just wasn't attractive to me on any aspect. 16. Save A Prayer - Duran Duranfor me the 80's English musicians will always prevail. The Americans had the party vibe in them that I love, but the English take it another step into epic heights. Not to say that Duran Duran couldn't party. My fav from them is yet to hit the run way, but this is one gorgeous piece of music. My #3 rank is a testament to how this band's lyrics melt me. 15. Radio Free Europe - REMSeparate post pleading my case. 14. Age Of Consent - New OrderNot a favorite New order song of mine. I hate to return to the KROQ list, but that's what I grew up with. It wasn't on that last and It seldom got airplay until the 90's. That spotify fact just means that listeners have grown into it through the years. It's an interesting fact considering this wasn't a big hit for them in the 80's. The fact that most members ranked this as their highest New Order song on this RD, and I ranked it the lowest without either of us peaking off each others' lists only proves how different our 80's vibes are. This is not surprising at all. I knew this since I was upgrading Glam Metal and the rest tanking it. All you can do is enjoy the music , and remember the good times. 13. Major Tom - Peter Schilling This one is really cool. Love the spacey new wave vibe it does with the guitars. Not much more than that except that I really like the structure of the chorus and how it grows bigger and bigger towards the end. 12. Pale Shelter - Tears For FearsAnother good song that takes a big hit when I put it side by side with "Change". Curt does sound great tho. Will PULSE get that much anticipated payback or is that you all don't wanna scream along to it like me? 11. Rebel Yell - Billy Idol....and there goes my last top 10. At least it outlasted my bottom 10. Normally a few of my top 10 make the list, but not this time. Big Deal. This is still probably my second favorite Billy Idol scream a thon ever. A big poptart hit , KROQ staple, and even huge on Mainstream. BTW this one became even more favorite to me when I began riding motorbikes.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Mar 25, 2021 3:41:03 GMT -5
I'm gonna post this KIQQ list before it gets too late. I've posted this before I think on Pop. There might be some slight change in #s based on how old the paper is, but it's legit, because this is basically what I did in my grade school years. Sit by the radio and jot down charts. KIQQ was a pop station much like KISS F.M. It was based on the Los Angeles area , and seemed to promote a lot of the new breakout New Wave and synthpop acts that eventually went top 10 on Hot 100. My 1983 Modern Rock list is based a lot on the acts I heard on this station. I'll highlight those. Green means songs I wish we had ranked. Q-Feel - Dancing In Heaven (Orbital Bee-bop) which was my actual #1 song of 1983 should have made this list since it peaked at #9, but somehow it didn't. "Shiny Shiny" peaked in the lower 20's and made the list. "AEIOU Sometimes Y" and "Strip" didn't. the rest were pop format hits, but I left them in so the list makes sense. 1. Flashdance (What A Feeling) Irene Cara 2. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson 3. All Night - Lionel Richie 4. Every Breath You Take - The Police5. Let's Dance - David Bowie6. Sweet Dreams are Made of This - Eurythmics7. Total Eclipse of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler 8. Beat It - Michael Jackson 9. Our House - Madness10. Bad Boys - Wham
11. (She's) Sexy + 17 - The Stray Cats12. Is There Something I Should Know - Duran Duran13. Pass The Dutchie - Musical Youth14. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club 15. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran16. Down Under - Men At Work17. Safety Dance - Men Without Hats18. Lies - Thompson Twins19. Church of The Poison Mind - Culture Club20. Say Say Say - Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney 21. You Are - Lionel Richie 22. You and I - Eddie Rabbit and Crystal Gayle 23. Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco24. Rio - Duran Duran25. True - Spandau Ballet26. She Works hard For The Money - Donna Summer 27. Freakazoid - Midnight Star 28. Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton 29. Union of The Snake - Duran Duran30. One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx31. Time (Clock of The Heart) - Culture Club32. Fascination (Keep Feeling) - The Human League33. King of Pain - The Police34. Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders35. The Metro - Berlin36. Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners37. Little Red Corvette - Prince 38. Maniac - Michael Simbello 39. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me - Culture Club40. Major Tom - Peter Schilling41. Rock It - Hebie Hancock42. 99 Balloons - Nena43. She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby44. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo45. Promises Promises - Naked Eyes46. Affair Of The Heart - Rick Springfield 47. Telephone - Sheena Easton 48. Delirious - Prince 49. Never Gonna Let You Go - Sergio Mendez 50. Separate Ways - Journey 51. Mr. Roboto - Styx 52. Wanna Be Starting Something - Michael Jackson 53. Poison Arrow - ABC54. Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot 55. One On One - Hall & Oates 56. Break My Stride - Mathew Wilder 57. Jeopardy - The Greg Khin Band 58. Electric Avenue - Eddie Grant 59. Dead Give Away - Shalamar 60. In A Big Country - Big Country61. Uptown Girl - Billy Joel 62. Cool Places - Sparks with jane Wiedlin63. Change - Tears For Fears64. Burning Down The House - Talking Heads65. Stray Cat Strut - The Stray Cats66. I Like It - Tavares 67. Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar 68. Overkill - Men At Work69. I'll Fall In Love With You - Earth , Wind and Fire 70. Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - Air Supply 71. I'll Tumble 4 Ya - Culture Club72. Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics73. Solitaire - Laura Branigan 74. Wishing.... _Flock Of Seagulls75. Africa - Toto 76. It's A Mistake - Men At Work77. Allentown - Billy Joel 78. Save By Zero - The Fixx79. Der Kommissar - After The Fire80. Human Nature - Michael Jackson 81. Modern Love - David Bowie82. How Do You Keep The Music Playing - Patty Austin and James Ingram 83. Twist of Fate - Olivia Newton-John 84. Two Less Lonely People - Air Supply 85. Baby Come To Me - Patty Austin and James Ingram 86. Shiny Shiny - Haysi Fantayzee87. Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes88. Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels89. The Fanatic - Felony90. Come Dancing - The Kinks 91. P.Y.T. (pretty Young Thing - Michael Jackson 92. Baby It's You - Stephen Bishop 93. 1999 - Prince 94. Tell Her About It - Billy Joel 95. Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel96. Heart & Soul - Huey Lewis and The News 97. Why Me - Irene Cara 98. Say It Isn't So - Hall & Oates 99. Shame On The Moon - Bob Seger 100. Faithfully - Journey
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Post by Football on Mar 25, 2021 16:39:43 GMT -5
I don't know how many people were expecting this from me today, but how does a top ten P-P-P-P-PREVIEW sound?
- Only one band are making their first top ten appearance, and Modern English are doing so in only their second appearance in a rock chart RD, albeit with, of course, their most popular song. A song that has won a RD before, how will "I Melt with You" fare here?
- Talking Heads are in their second top ten, making their first Modern Rock top ten after getting to the Mainstream Rock top ten with "And She Was" in 1985. "Burning Down the House" is a more popular song, but will that translate to more success here?
- The Smiths are also making their second top ten appearance, but they did a little bit better than Talking Heads in their previous appearance. In fact, The Smiths are the defending modern rock RD champs, having won 1984 with "How Soon is Now?" "This Charming Man" will look to repeat history tonight.
- Making their third top ten appearance are Eurythmics, albeit with their second song, and "Sweet Dreams" has to be one of the favorites to win here, even amongst a stacked group. Given that "Here Comes the Rain Again" finished at #7 both times that it showed up in 1984, it stands to reason that "Sweet Dreams" will do better...but will it?
- Okay, so I was surprised to learn that The Psychedelic Furs are making the top ten for the fourth time tonight. That could be because I didn't realize that "Heartbreak Beat" made the top ten when it showed up in Mainstream Rock in 1987. "Love My Way", at the very least, is looking to match or surpass "The Ghost in You" finishing at #4 just a year ago. How will another all-time classic fare?
- Perhaps the heaviest hitter tonight, at least based on previous results, New Order are making their sixth top ten, but their track record is simply unreal: Four top fives, three previous #1 finishes. In their most recent appearance, however, "The Perfect Kiss" "only" finished #5. "Blue Monday" is here to avenge that result, but how far will it go?
- INXS haven't made a top ten since "What You Need" got there in 1986, but they're back now with "Don't Change", their eighth top ten entrant. They've come close to winning multiple times, coming agonizingly close to winning Mainstream Rock 1990 with "Suicide Blonde". Can "Don't Change" do one better?
- After so many appearances in rock chart rankdowns, U2 are finally starting to make headway in the top ten, making their eighth and ninth top ten appearances. Despite their many top ten appearances, they have yet to crack the top 3. Could "New Year's Day" or "Sunday Bloody Sunday" break that curse?
- The last band in the top ten, Tears for Fears, are also making their ninth top ten appearance, and they've been heavy hitters, especially recently, so it's funny that their lone win was back in the 1989 Mainstream Rock RD with "Sowing the Seeds of Love". Not even "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" was able to get to the top. Can "Mad World" do what their most popular song couldn't?
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Mar 25, 2021 18:09:33 GMT -5
I'm gonna post this KIQQ list ...Air Supply... those two were the only words i needed to see to completely reject this list...granted, i do approve of most of the songs, but this band is simply the rotten apple that spoils the whole barrel
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 25, 2021 19:01:53 GMT -5
--#10 Top 5s: 3 Top 10s: 8 Top 25s: 15 Top 50s: 21 Bottom 25: 2 20th Highest SD Lists spent in top 10: 5
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Post by gonecountry on Mar 25, 2021 19:04:58 GMT -5
I'm gonna post this KIQQ list ...Air Supply... those two were the only words i needed to see to completely reject this list...granted, i do approve of most of the songs, but this band is simply the rotten apple that spoils the whole barrel Poison Arrow and Lies would have done very well on my list. Just outside of the top 20. Bad Boys is fun, but I can't even consider it alternative in the slightest.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 25, 2021 19:05:47 GMT -5
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