????? 37. REMEMBER THE NIGHTS, The Motels 35. NIGHT BIRD, Stevie Nicks
I love both those songs, I know the former from their Best of CD and the latter as a deep cut from a wonderful album.
Oddly, even after listening to them I have ZERO recollection of either. How does that happen! Both have other songs that I really like so it can't be the artists the reason I don't recall them.
Lots of times with these lists, the songs won't look familiar. I never do recall spending time noticing the names of songs as they play on the radio but to not recall them even after listening to them when I recognize almost every other song on the list? Bizarro.
I experience the same phenomenon, BB, but I attribute it to lack of interest. I simply didn't care for either song, so they weren't really on my musical radar back then and were crowded out of my mind in the intervening decades.
Out of curiosity, I just listened to parts of both songs. "Remember the Nights" is actually pretty good--great vocal performance--but it's ultimately ear candy: not something that would stick with me.
In "Night Bird" Nicks sounds hoarser than usual and seems to mumble the lyrics. It's not one of her best vocal performances, and the song itself is a mid-tempo number that does not hold my attention.
Both Nicks and the Motels had better songs, but, when you're on top, you have to keep crankin' out the hits
Jan 22, 1984, eh? Lots of great stuff happened that day! Let's see which entries elicit a comment!
38. SEND ME AN ANGEL, Real Life --Wouldn't mind hearing it ...RIGHT NOW (electronica smack sounds) RIGHT NOW. (smile)
37. REMEMBER THE NIGHTS, The Motels --Martha Davis was one of my very first internet searches when I got the webTV and I love this song!! She has a sense of lyrical wordplay/whimsy that I was drawn to and, even though she was and remains a RAVISHING BEAUTY-- she was mostly shy to expose that fact in videos and was never "IN YOUR FACE"-ey about it.
33. 99 LUFTBALLONS, Nena --Impossible to dislike this German masterpiece!
29. GOLD, Spandau Ballet --a Lash top-tier alltime favorite. This entire album is so great, I've bought it twice (wore the first copy out)
26. BABY I LIED, Deborah Allen --HOLY SPACE. I went on AT LENGTH about the STUNNING Deborah Allen on another music thread and shan't repeat myself here, but boy was I tickled to see this 80s country rarity-- a female who CO-WROTE her ENTIRE DEBUT ALBUM-- here! Hubba. (See also: LASH'S FAVORITE ALBUM COVERS, were that a thread)
23. ALL NIGHT LONG, Lionel Richie --5 words: LOSE YOURSELF IN WILD ROMANCE! (I like that "romance" implies not just hooking up randomly. Get freaky with that lil shorty you CARE about, yo)
18. TIME WILL REVEAL, DeBarge --IIIIIIIIIIII know just how loving this song and having the 45 feeeeeeels.
17. HOLIDAY, Madonna --Her debut album is still her best.
15. THE CURLY SHUFFLE, Jump 'N the Saddle Band --(hateful glare)
14. THINK OF LAURA, Christopher Cross --I have this 45. It makes me cry. It reminds me of 70s easy listening which I love.
12. THAT'S ALL, Genesis --I could leave.... But I shan't go!
7. TWIST OF FATE, Olivia Newton-John --One of my favorite Olivia songs. I love the urgency of the beat, which fits the lyrics. If I got the second chance, I'd DO IT UP RIGHT, LASH-STYLE.
6. I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES, Elton John --Ugh, cheesier than THINK OF LAURA, but SUPER DUPER J'ADORE.
5. BREAK MY STRIDE, Matthew Wilder --90s Lash enthusiast/first real love David had a favorite mix tape of mine he played in his car for awhile, It was mostly groovy early 90s stuff but it crazily also included this song. He asked me why I had included it, and in response I did unspeakable things to him for being so cute and curious! In reality, I probably didn't yet recognize it as an early love for the pop-reggae genre. My love for said genre is now a well-documented fact.
3. KARMA CHAMELEON, Culture Club --Nobody shouldn't love this. COLOUR BY NUMBERS is a top 10 all time favorite album!!
Excellent week for music, I think! These lists are terrific reads and total post bait for your olde musical nostalgia-crazed buddy Lash, HWW!
British artists always had a rather high turn-out in the Top 40. Casey and his staff would monitor the number of UK artists (or foreign artists in general) and report when the number was about to set a record.
I'll go over my lists and see if I can find anything interesting to report on that front.
"That's All" was their first Top 10 hit. It peaked at # 6. It's interesting to note their chart progress because they did the exact opposite of what most bands do, which is start off with the biggest hit or hits, and then hit a period of decline. Genesis kept getting more and more popular as the '80s went on--thanks, no doubt, to Phil Collins' popularity as a solo artist.
Their first Top 40 hit was "Follow You, Follow Me" (# 23, 1978, which is still one of those songs that tugs at my heart strings whenever I hear it). Then came "Misunderstanding (# 14, 1980), followed by four hits which reached no higher than # 26 ("No Reply at All," "Abacab," "Man on the Corner," and "Paperlate").
But after "That's All," they emerged as major hit makers in the latter half of the '80s, including a #1 ("Invisible Touch") and a # 4 ("Land of Confusion").
Not bad for a band that never fit the mold of what a rock group was was supposed to look or sound like.
Previous Thread
