Post by Pete70s on Feb 28, 2007 19:53:48 GMT -5
The 80's edition! Enjoy:
"We Close Our Eyes" - Go West (Chrysalis, 1985 #41)
I had originally considered this for a "Bottom 20" pick, then I realized it missed the Top 40 altogether. The British duo of Peter Cox and Richard Drummie wouldn't hit paydirt until 5 years later with "King Of Wishful Thinking". The pseudo-New Wave-ish "We Close Our Eyes" was a big hit in Boston, and the follow-up "Call Me" did pretty good as well. Always a huge 80's fave of mine, it REALLY missed the mark...
www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B0000070IN001001/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_001/104-4452271-2723162
"Ways To Be Wicked" - Lone Justice (Geffen, 1985 #71)
In a sea of synth-pop and dance music, Lone Justice barrelled out of L.A. with a gritty rock sound that would predate Georgia Satellites by two years. "Ways To Be Wicked", co-written by Tom Petty, would get a lot of airplay on rock stations, but not enough to break it nationally on the hit singles chart. Lead singer Maria McKee would go on to a solo career.
www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B0000DD56O001002/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_002/104-4452271-2723162
"Black Cars" - Gino Vanelli (HME, 1985 #42)
Gino Vanelli was never a consistant hitmaker, but he would pop up from time to time. he had Top 40 hits in 1974, '78, and '81. So he was due for another hit in '85, but "Black Cars", despite a VERY 80's sound far different from his earlier hits, didn't catch on.
www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B00004D3D8001017/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_017/104-4452271-2723162
"Go For Soda" - Kim Mitchell (Bronze, 1985 #86)
Ken may have covered this one in a "Do You Remember?" post. if so, I appologize. Canadian Kim Mitchell had been in the group Max Webster before striking out as a solo artist. The anti-drinking and driving anthem "Go For Soda" was used in an episode of "Miami Vice" and got decent airplay in some U.S. markets, but Kim never broke internationally..
Unfortunately, a link to a sample of a live version was all I could find.
www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000001YKU001008/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_008/104-4452271-2723162
OK, so they're all from 1985. But to me, that was the last good year to be listening to the radio, before popular music became a nightmare of The Jets, Richard Marx, Whitney Houston, Tiffany, Michael Bolton, and so forth..... ::insert the sound of Sideshow Bob shuddering::
"We Close Our Eyes" - Go West (Chrysalis, 1985 #41)
I had originally considered this for a "Bottom 20" pick, then I realized it missed the Top 40 altogether. The British duo of Peter Cox and Richard Drummie wouldn't hit paydirt until 5 years later with "King Of Wishful Thinking". The pseudo-New Wave-ish "We Close Our Eyes" was a big hit in Boston, and the follow-up "Call Me" did pretty good as well. Always a huge 80's fave of mine, it REALLY missed the mark...
www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B0000070IN001001/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_001/104-4452271-2723162
"Ways To Be Wicked" - Lone Justice (Geffen, 1985 #71)
In a sea of synth-pop and dance music, Lone Justice barrelled out of L.A. with a gritty rock sound that would predate Georgia Satellites by two years. "Ways To Be Wicked", co-written by Tom Petty, would get a lot of airplay on rock stations, but not enough to break it nationally on the hit singles chart. Lead singer Maria McKee would go on to a solo career.
www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B0000DD56O001002/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_002/104-4452271-2723162
"Black Cars" - Gino Vanelli (HME, 1985 #42)
Gino Vanelli was never a consistant hitmaker, but he would pop up from time to time. he had Top 40 hits in 1974, '78, and '81. So he was due for another hit in '85, but "Black Cars", despite a VERY 80's sound far different from his earlier hits, didn't catch on.
www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B00004D3D8001017/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_017/104-4452271-2723162
"Go For Soda" - Kim Mitchell (Bronze, 1985 #86)
Ken may have covered this one in a "Do You Remember?" post. if so, I appologize. Canadian Kim Mitchell had been in the group Max Webster before striking out as a solo artist. The anti-drinking and driving anthem "Go For Soda" was used in an episode of "Miami Vice" and got decent airplay in some U.S. markets, but Kim never broke internationally..
Unfortunately, a link to a sample of a live version was all I could find.
www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000001YKU001008/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_008/104-4452271-2723162
OK, so they're all from 1985. But to me, that was the last good year to be listening to the radio, before popular music became a nightmare of The Jets, Richard Marx, Whitney Houston, Tiffany, Michael Bolton, and so forth..... ::insert the sound of Sideshow Bob shuddering::
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