prenatt1166
Platinum Member
Joined: January 2004
Posts: 1,601
|
Post by prenatt1166 on Feb 18, 2004 15:07:14 GMT -5
UU-BRU Radio Playlist
[red]For Week Ending May 15, 1982[/red] (Rank This Week, Last Week, Artist, Title) 01 02 Human League - Don't You Want Me 02 04 Asia - Heat Of The Moment 03 03 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory 04 01 Rick Springfield - Don't Talk To Strangers 05 05 Dan Fogelberg - Run For The Roses 06 10 TG Sheppard - Finally 07 08 Elton John - Empty Garden 08 06 Paul Davis - '65 Love Afffair 09 09 Charlene - I've Never Been To Me 10 11 Ray Parker, Jr - The Other Woman DYWM ruled the summer of 1982 on UU-BRU Radio Playlist, becoming the first song to spend 10 weeks at #1. DYWM easily outpaced Melissa Manchester and Rick Springfield for the top song of the year. www.keystonehighways.com/uubru1982.html:)
|
|
|
|
Post by FreakyFlyBry on Feb 18, 2004 15:51:40 GMT -5
Great song!
|
|
mst3k
New Member
Peese shut mouf.
Back from a 12 year hiatus.
Joined: September 2003
Posts: 293
|
Post by mst3k on Feb 18, 2004 20:10:36 GMT -5
I love it!
|
|
Keith3000
3x Platinum Member
Joined: September 2003
Posts: 3,368
|
Post by Keith3000 on Feb 18, 2004 20:38:12 GMT -5
It was ok..
|
|
Nicholas2.0
6x Platinum Member
Joined: September 2003
Posts: 6,666 
|
Post by Nicholas2.0 on Mar 3, 2004 3:05:24 GMT -5
In a list of Top 10 '80's new-wave songs, this would surely be in it.
|
|
ㅤ
Diamond Member
#LiteralLegender
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 68,353
|
Post by ㅤ on Aug 2, 2005 2:17:58 GMT -5
I like this one!
|
|
jimmy74747
7x Platinum Member
Joined: September 2003
Posts: 7,328
|
Post by jimmy74747 on Aug 2, 2005 7:52:11 GMT -5
|
|
EvanJ
6x Platinum Member
Joined: September 2003
Posts: 6,371
|
Post by EvanJ on Aug 2, 2005 11:51:16 GMT -5
I like it.
|
|
jdcfan
Gold Member
Joined: December 2004
Posts: 556
|
Post by jdcfan on Aug 2, 2005 12:06:56 GMT -5
In a list of Top 10 '80's new-wave songs, this would surely be in it. |
|
|
|
Post by A Thug Named Slickback on Aug 2, 2005 12:38:42 GMT -5
This was great. Typfifies great 80s pop music.
|
|
|
|
Post by tico on Aug 2, 2005 16:46:02 GMT -5
Great early 80s hit.
|
|
BillboardBoy
3x Platinum Member
"Fantastic 4": #212 At The Box Office!
Joined: October 2003
Posts: 3,146
|
Post by BillboardBoy on Aug 2, 2005 22:00:50 GMT -5
I remember either Rick or Casey mentioning that this song spent 20 weeks in the Top 40.
|
|
Moonshadow
Gold Member
Joined: December 2004
Posts: 952
|
Post by Moonshadow on Aug 3, 2005 13:32:02 GMT -5
One of the first true synth-pop songs after the MIDI format became universal in 1982.
|
|
|
|
Post by areyoureadytojump on Dec 19, 2006 13:50:43 GMT -5
|
|
cartman2002
5x Platinum Member
Joined: November 2006
Posts: 5,439
|
Post by cartman2002 on Dec 19, 2006 16:41:47 GMT -5
Don't You Want Me was #1 on the Hot 100 for 3 weeks in 1982
|
|
|
|
Post by joker on Dec 19, 2006 18:54:53 GMT -5
Awesomeness.
|
|
|
|
Post by busyboy on Apr 15, 2007 6:14:10 GMT -5
Yeah!  I love the lyrics too. |
|
PT08
Platinum Member
Joined: April 2004
Posts: 1,874
|
Post by PT08 on Apr 15, 2007 11:53:59 GMT -5
This song was #1 the week I was born. Love it
|
|
|
|
Post by unicorns on Jun 24, 2007 16:07:03 GMT -5
|
|
davidsask
Gold Member
ArtPop is better than your faves and at least tries!!!
Joined: August 2004
Posts: 643
|
Post by davidsask on Jun 25, 2007 3:46:04 GMT -5
It's okay and you still hear it in some format play, but it's so gay to me!
|
|
|
|
Post by blue in moonlight on Oct 18, 2008 15:26:37 GMT -5
|
|
♛ The Manticore ☯
7x Platinum Member
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow
|
Post by ♛ The Manticore ☯ on Oct 19, 2011 9:53:46 GMT -5
I will always love and never get bored of this Human League classic.
|
|
horchata
6x Platinum Member
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 6,241
|
Post by horchata on Oct 19, 2011 11:56:37 GMT -5
Definitely a classic from the Human League, such a great song.
|
|
Deleted
Joined: January 1970
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2011 17:17:44 GMT -5
Looooove this.
|
|
HolidayGuy
Diamond Member
Joined: December 2003
Posts: 33,554
|
Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 24, 2011 8:48:41 GMT -5
One of the most fun, peppy tracks you'll ever hear- and perfect for the bars- not even talking about the gay ones.  |
|
esoteric76
5x Platinum Member
https://mixcloud.com/djmusikdawg
Joined: July 2006
Posts: 5,953
|
Post by esoteric76 on Nov 2, 2011 15:23:15 GMT -5
This one shows up in so many 80's nostalgia films. It's definitely a classic.
|
|
Juanca
Diamond Member
Enjoying work, family/personal life with partner and doggies, and music. I couldn't ask for more :)
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 11,023
|
Post by Juanca on Nov 3, 2011 0:51:47 GMT -5
No doubt about it --a CLASSIC!!! Great music, good voices, and one of the best definitions of the synthpop/new-wave sound that became popular in the early 1980s. I had the chance to see Philipp Oakey and the Human League 4 years ago and it was great!! I loved when they sang this of course, but I had a musical orgasm with TIED  This song was also covered by The Farm and reached #18 in the UK Singles Chart in late 1992. I liked their cover too, but mostly their remixed version |
|
Deleted
Joined: January 1970
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2011 19:41:34 GMT -5
This is one of my favourite songs ever. I think almost everything about it is perfect. There's so much going on in the instrumental alone. Obviously the main synth line and the little stuttering one that go through the whole song are fantastic, but I also love the one during the chorus that you can hear most clearly descending at about 1:20. This is one of those songs that doesn't just have a couple of great elements, but a number that would be enough to drive a great song of its own, yet here they all work together to produce something incredible.
I love the lyrics and the vocal performances too. It's a duet in the truest sense of the word. It actually tells a very compelling story and uses the pop song structure to do it in a clever way.
This song is a classic case of a band not actually liking a single very much, but it going on to define their careers. Lead singer Paul Oakley hated "Don't You Want Me" and begged his record label not to release it, but it went on the hit the top on both sides of the Atlantic, becoming the Christmas #1 and biggest selling single of 1981 in the UK in the process.
I love the video too. Here's a working link:
|
|
johnnywest
5x Platinum Member
Joined: September 2003
Posts: 5,797
|
Post by johnnywest on Jan 28, 2015 22:48:41 GMT -5
It started out OK but it became one of those 80s singles that was played to death like Tainted Love and Every Breath You Take.
|
|
Dammn Baby
8x Platinum Member
Watchin' 'em all go...
Joined: December 2007
Posts: 8,028
|
Post by Dammn Baby on Jan 28, 2015 22:51:43 GMT -5
It's fucking brilliant and always will be. There's nothing contemporary that sounds quite like it.
|
|
