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Post by Pet Shop Boy on Oct 6, 2003 13:18:54 GMT -5
A US #1 in 1987 for the British Pop/New Wave princess.
I like it, but much prefer her later hits such as 'You came' 'never trust a stranger' and 'Love is holy'
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Post by ExActLy99 on Oct 6, 2003 17:57:53 GMT -5
It's one of the first songs that comes to mind when I think of an 80's song, great song!
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Post by tico on Oct 6, 2003 19:30:15 GMT -5
I hear this song about every other day on the radio here. It's a good song. I'm surprise it was a #1 hit. I just didn't think it would go that high.
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Oct 6, 2003 20:46:40 GMT -5
It was an alright song.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2003 20:56:56 GMT -5
I've always though that a punk cover would suit this song.
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Post by stevie nice on Oct 9, 2003 18:02:00 GMT -5
I've always though that a punk cover would suit this song. It's not punk, but if you got nothing to DL and you wanna know what psychedelic rock is, the New York act Vanilla Fudge had a top 10 hit with this in 1968 in a totally slowed down, loud! bastardized version that sounds so amatuerish and unprofessional that it works!! their debut album had the beatles "ticket to ride" and Curtis mayfield's "people get ready" done up in the same style. |
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Post by stevie nice on Oct 9, 2003 18:03:41 GMT -5
I never liked this or Kylies Locomotion remake, but I dug Kim Wilde's underrated song "Kids In America" which is a lot more popular now because of 80s dance parties and 80s mix shows than it was when it first came out.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2003 18:10:17 GMT -5
It's not punk, but if you got nothing to DL and you wanna know what psychedelic rock is, the New York act Vanilla Fudge had a top 10 hit with this in 1968 in a totally slowed down, loud! bastardized version that sounds so amatuerish and unprofessional that it works!! their debut album had the beatles "ticket to ride" and Curtis mayfield's "people get ready" done up in the same style. I listened to it. It's not bad. I still want someone to do an upbeat rock cover. ;) |
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Post by Gorminako on Oct 12, 2003 22:18:14 GMT -5
Horrible version after hearing the wonderful and totally contrasting versions by the Supremes and Vanilla Fudge. Both are outstanding classics, and Vanilla Fudge shows (one way) how songs should be remade. Thought "Kids in America" was a good song. Couldn't stand Kylie's "Locomotion" (or Grand Funk's for that matter), but I wasn't a huge fan of the original by Little Eva, either. The covers were just worse. The Tommy James and the Shondells songs, "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Mony Mony", that I think both reached #1 around that time, were also terrible compared to the originals. Tommy James was way ahead of his time. Listen to "Crimson & Clover", "Sweet Cherry Wine", and "Crystal Blue Persuasion", for example.
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Post by BFMR on Oct 16, 2003 15:29:17 GMT -5
i liked this!
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Post by stevie nice on Oct 16, 2003 17:27:31 GMT -5
Horrible version after hearing the wonderful and totally contrasting versions by the Supremes and Vanilla Fudge. Both are outstanding classics, and Vanilla Fudge shows (one way) how songs should be remade. Thought "Kids in America" was a good song. Couldn't stand Kylie's "Locomotion" (or Grand Funk's for that matter), but I wasn't a huge fan of the original by Little Eva, either. The covers were just worse. The Tommy James and the Shondells songs, "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Mony Mony", that I think both reached #1 around that time, were also terrible compared to the originals. Tommy James was way ahead of his time. Listen to "Crimson & Clover", "Sweet Cherry Wine", and "Crystal Blue Persuasion", for example. WOW!!! Suddenly I feel young again!! Someone else remembers Vanilla Fudge and Tommy James LOL!! I used to love TJ when I was a young'n, "Crimson and Clover" was psychedelic pop music, not hard enough to be tossed in with Iron Butterfly or VF but not schmaltz like the Association. In fact, I loved the original C&C so much that when Joan Jett did it I refused to accept her version, but I gotta admit, listening to it many times a few years ago, hers was exactly what I should have liked about their version, sloppy and amatuerish, like a punk band playing in a smoky club with 20 people. kinda like ataris "boys of summer." and i really likes jetts version now. |
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Post by reception on Mar 6, 2004 13:30:15 GMT -5
I like it.
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Post by prenatt1166 on Mar 6, 2004 14:02:03 GMT -5
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[red]For Week Ending June 6, 1987[/red] (Rank This Week, Last Week, Artist, Title) 01 01 Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody 02 02 Lisa-Lisa & Cult Jam - Head To Toe 03 03 Bob Seger - Shakedown 04 04 Heart - Alone 05 05 Eddie Money - Endless Nights 06 06 Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead Or Alive 07 11 Patty Smyth - Downtown Train 08 10 Herb Alpert/Janet Jackson - Diamonds 09 19 George Michael - I Want Your Sex 10 08 Madonna - La Isla Bonita [blue]11 12 Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hanging On[/blue] YKMHO spent 3 weeks at #11, finishing 1987 at #63. www.keystonehighways.com/uubru1987.htmlIf I remember correctly, YKMHO was the first song to hit the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 by three different acts. :)
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Post by blfdguy1 on Mar 7, 2004 11:22:43 GMT -5
Looks like I was real early with this song....probably alot of MTV play. One of my favorites of that time, but it didn't age well for me. Just tolerable now. It was my #1 for 1987 by a wide margin spending only 4 weeks at the top but 20 weeks in the top 10.
March 15, 1987
01 02 You Keep Me Hanging On - Kim Wilde
02 01 Brand New Lover - Dead Or Alive
03 03 Come Go With Me - Expose
04 05 Boom Boom - Paul Lekakis
05 06 You Got It All - The Jets
06 07 Let's Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson
07 04 As We Lay - Shirley Murdock
08 09 Falling - Melba Moore
09 15 fascinated - Company B
10 08 I'm Losing You - Uptown
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Post by HER MINAJesty on Mar 7, 2004 13:57:05 GMT -5
The title sounds really familiar but I can't remember what it sounds like
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Post by mst3k on Mar 7, 2004 14:41:54 GMT -5
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Post by mst3k on Mar 7, 2004 14:43:42 GMT -5
March 15, 1987 01 02 You Keep Me Hanging On - Kim Wilde 02 01 Brand New Lover - Dead Or Alive 03 03 Come Go With Me - Expose 04 05 Boom Boom - Paul Lekakis 05 06 You Got It All - The Jets 06 07 Let's Wait Awhile - Janet Jackson 07 04 As We Lay - Shirley Murdock 08 09 Falling - Melba Moore 09 15 fascinated - Company B 10 08 I'm Losing You - Uptown Wow, excellent looking top 10... Melba Moore's "Falling" is the only one there that I don't remember. :) |
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Post by HER MINAJesty on Mar 7, 2004 20:51:56 GMT -5
mst, thank you!
Yes, this is the song that came to mind when I read the title.
There has been a remake of this recently, correct?
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Post by blfdguy1 on Mar 8, 2004 11:53:50 GMT -5
[quote author=mst3k
Wow, excellent looking top 10... Melba Moore's "Falling" is the only one there that I don't remember. :)[/quote]
It was a really nice ballad by her. She only charted with a couple of songs for me including "Read My Lips" which went to #1 for me.
Looks like I don't have that quote thing down yet..lol
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Post by reception on Nov 23, 2004 14:56:39 GMT -5
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Post by joker on Nov 10, 2006 17:53:00 GMT -5
Classic 80s song, love it. I also like the original and the Vanilla Fudge version.
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Post by johnnywest on Nov 12, 2006 13:41:57 GMT -5
One of my favorites of '87.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 17, 2007 9:58:27 GMT -5
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Post by ♛ The Manticore ☯ on Apr 11, 2013 12:21:54 GMT -5
I never get tired of this. I also like "Kids of America".
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Post by halo19 on Apr 11, 2013 12:34:29 GMT -5
Pretty good version. I do prefer "Kids in America," but this was well-done.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2013 12:23:04 GMT -5
Love it!
In fact, her only song I love and know
Maybe some 2,3 more...but can not recall now
Love it!
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Post by Chelsea Press 2 on Dec 27, 2013 4:49:50 GMT -5
Loved this! I prefer the Extended W.C.H. Mix version which stays true to the album version but makes it harder. It has more energy than Ian Levine's Extended Mix which I felt was too repetitive with those certain effects being looped throughout it. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2014 15:50:37 GMT -5
Always loved this one.
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Post by groovetheory on Nov 3, 2015 7:03:02 GMT -5
One of my all time faves, not just the 80s. I like this more than the original or any other version as it gave the song the edge and the energy it needed, plus i totally love the angry chick vibe.
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Post by Colton on Jan 8, 2016 20:51:07 GMT -5
Scream queens brought me here
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