ClassicCase
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Post by ClassicCase on Dec 19, 2003 15:39:32 GMT -5
Since I've been off from the boards for a while, due to my total involvement of tweaking a country station to its total glory (don't ask), I'm back to posting again.
This is one under deserved song that would've made the top 10 back in 1983. Instead, it only went as high as #25 on Billboard Pop singles chart. It's been a long time since I've heard this song, but all and all it's pretty good.
Be Near Me, however, did make the top 10. Probably one of my favorites as I was preparing for college at the time, too. Also a great song among other ABC tunes (and no, we're not talking about Another Bad Creation [some of those members were yet to be born] nor the network we watch on TV).
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Ragin
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Post by Ragin on Dec 19, 2003 15:50:33 GMT -5
I loved Be Near Me, but I don't remember Poison Arrow very well. Didn't they also do a song "When Smokey Sings"?
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mst3k
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Post by mst3k on Dec 19, 2003 16:54:17 GMT -5
Ooh, good songs. "Be Near Me" is my favorite, but I also love "The Look Of Love" and "How To Be A Millionaire".
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jimmy74747
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Post by jimmy74747 on Dec 19, 2003 17:02:50 GMT -5
Yes, they did do "When Smokey Sings", which is their best. I also like "Be Near Me"
"Poison Arrow" is okay
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Post by 620 Soul Train on Dec 19, 2003 18:08:05 GMT -5
When I was living in the UK the song "Poison Arrow" recieved mega-airplay well after it's chart life. I love that song! I loved it so much that I decided to chart it on my personal charts in the top 5 in 1995 years after I moved back from the UK, their other hit "The Look Of Love" actually debuted at number one during the same year (on my charts).
"Be Near Me", I was just thinking about that song on my way home. Here is why:
I was thinking about the AT40 memories and Casy Kasem. The very first time that I have listened to the top 40 countdown in full, this song was number one on the Dance charts as Casey Kasem mentioned. Then I thought that he was going to also give us at least a top 10 run down of the Dance charts.
Yeah this was the first "pop" song that I actually liked a million before I moved to England.
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Post by Daniel Shywaoub on Dec 20, 2003 14:28:32 GMT -5
"How To Be A Millionaire". Yay mst3k1! I love the video too. "When Smokey Sings" and "Be Near Me" are my least-favorites, so of course they're the biggest US hits! I like them better than I did at first, though. And let's not forget their "new sound" on the album after The Lexicon Of Love, which yielded the flop single "That Was Then But This Is Now". It freaked me out at first, but now I like it better than "Smokey" and "Be"; it only got to #89 here, but reached #18 in the UK. |
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Post by BillboardBoy on Jul 29, 2005 10:00:25 GMT -5
I prefer "Poison Arrow" to "Be Near Me."
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Post by tico on Jul 30, 2005 1:38:28 GMT -5
"Poison Arrow" and "Be Near Me" are great songs. I saw the video to BNM and "When Smokey Sings" a week or two ago back to back on VH1 Classic.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Feb 19, 2007 15:21:54 GMT -5
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Feb 19, 2007 15:22:31 GMT -5
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Post by joker on Feb 19, 2007 17:22:40 GMT -5
ABC is great. Cheesy 80s pop at its finest. I like both of these songs, as well as their other hits.
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Post by unicorns on Oct 5, 2008 20:23:09 GMT -5
Be Near Me - alright.
Poison Arrow - AMAZING. their best.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2008 21:10:30 GMT -5
I like both of these, but "The Look Of Love" is my favorite by ABC.
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WotUNeed
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Post by WotUNeed on Oct 5, 2008 23:07:25 GMT -5
"Poison Arrow" is my fave ABC song, but I like most of their hits a lot.
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Post by busyboy on Oct 6, 2008 3:21:41 GMT -5
"Poison Arrow" is a fantastic single from a classic pop album. Love it!
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Post by horchata on Jan 11, 2012 9:35:08 GMT -5
Poison Arrow is definitely my favorite ABC song ever, Martin Fry's vocals are just something else. Be Near Me is also great as well, but something about Poison Arrow just owns so much more.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2012 10:19:15 GMT -5
I can't decide if my favourite ABC song is "Poison Arrow" or "The Look Of Love", but I'd definitely lean towards to former. Perfect eighties pop.
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