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 John's Top 947 (!!!), chart points 1968 to 2023 |
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 28th November 2015, 07:45 PM
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780. BRANDY - Scott English (1971) 962840
Better known by the blander name and version, Mandy and Barry Manilow, this original quirky brilliant song was one I loved right off the mark, and so much it cam back again in 1975 for more chart points. As usual for the early 70's there is no existing footage, even though Scott was on Top Of The Pops (I firmly recall his performance, so it happened!) as some d*ck wiped out my teenage memories forever. I never forgave Barry Manilow for taking the glory, though I guess the songwriting royalties for Scott English made up for it somewhat! |
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28th November 2015, 07:51 PM
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779. IN A MOMENT LIKE THIS - Chanee & N'evergreen (2010) 963,000
Eurovision Song Contest 2010, Denmark, a great big ol' chorus, a boy-girl duet, and it came 4th in a very strong contest, not least behind Lena's Satellite, the winner. For me, this was better - more old fashioned, but that hooky chorus and climax won me over. |
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28th November 2015, 08:01 PM
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778. SOFTLY WHISPERING I LOVE YOU - The Congregation (1971) 963,200
This is real weird 'un, a choral choir singing a cover of David & Jonathan's original (aka songwriters Roger Cook & Roger Greenaway - see Blue Mink, New Seekers and hordes of other acts of the period), but the real appeal was the odd contrast with a fab electric guitar and gravelly-voiced male singer Brian Keith (Formerly of Plastic Penny), what a fab singer, what a fab song....! |
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28th November 2015, 09:40 PM
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777. OUR HOUSE - Madness (1982) 963,350
One of 3 for the Nutty Boys, and quite likely their finest moment (and biggest American hit) in a very long run of great moments. The strings add to the usual ska laddy appeal, and the video doesn't hurt at all. A national institution, they have become in latter years, and quite rightly - Madness couldn't have emerged from any other country, very English working class. |
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28th November 2015, 09:49 PM
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776. OPEN YOUR HEART - The Human League (1981) 963,500
One of several from the band who became my fave band in the period between Abba quietly splitting and Pet Shop Boys emerging, Open Your Heart was irresistible synth pop from one of the greatest pop albums of all-time, Dare. Phil Oakey went off it for the longest time, but it's back in the live set again now. Human League remain one of the great reliable fab nights out for live gigs, happily, and Phil is still cool. |
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28th November 2015, 10:00 PM
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775. WAY DOWN - Elvis Presley (1977) 964,907
How to turn a minor return to better form into a sensation: die suddenly and unexpectedly at a young age. I can't hear this without being taken back to the unbelievable news that The King was dead. Elvis was larger than life, and he'd always been there my whole life, throwing out the odd decent effort even in his post-Vegas days. It was of course, a hugely-successful career move, Elvis dead has made more money than Elvis alive, and his career dead is now 15 years longer than his career alive. First of quite a few... |
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28th November 2015, 10:07 PM
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774. GOLDEN BROWN - The Stranglers (1982) 966,600
No video available for the original promo, for some reason, for The Stranglers far and away most-popular track, almost late 60's in it's gentle harpsichord pop delight for the veteran punk band - of all the punk bands, I went biggest on The Stranglers, they just seemed to have more going for them, and were genuinely full of attitude (witness spells inside) and a cut above musically than most of the younger crowd. Sadly none of those punk greats made the list, but I'm sure most will be happy with this one. |
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28th November 2015, 10:13 PM
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773. AGAIN - Janet Jackson (1994) 966,600
First of 5 from Michael's sis, this is easily her most touching and classy ballad, pretty much piano and tasteful orchestral arrangement and Janet. Lovely song, but the lovely video is also not available - at least not with a decent sound - and I don't reckon this will be on for long either, a la Prince removal of videos and music from Youtube. Pity. |
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28th November 2015, 10:22 PM
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772. SUNDAY GIRL - Blondie (1979) 966,650
I loved Blondie from the first time I heard them, and never really stopped, they still make great records, but they were HOT for 3 years, including this melodic French-flavoured New Wave delight, and UK chart-topper. Debbie Harry was premiere College pin-up at the time, and this is the first of 4 from the New York versatile band - labelling them as a genre does the sheer variety of music they have released a disservice, and they are BTW still good in concert too. |
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28th November 2015, 10:29 PM
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771. JOHNNY REGGAE - The Piglets (1971) 966,750
Once upon a time there was a student wag who took the piss out of moon in june cliched love songs, and grabbed a UK hit as no-one realised it was taking the michael cos it worked purely as a fab tuneful 60's pop song anyway. That song was Everyone's Gone To The Moon, and it gave Jonathan King a mini-pop-empire with his own record label and all, not to mention a very long string of novelty records under false names. This one features a female vocalist, but it's a parody of the then-popular skinhead "birds" (as they were referred to in those days) who were heavily into reggae music in the UK. JK always amused me....first of 2. Sorry! |
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29th November 2015, 04:52 PM
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Think I'm going to love this!
Some great tracks so far. Looking forward to the rest. Think I may have a rough idea of what the No.1 will be...  |
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2nd December 2015, 04:53 PM
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QUOTE(AH Gold @ Nov 29 2015, 04:52 PM)  Think I'm going to love this! Some great tracks so far. Looking forward to the rest. Think I may have a rough idea of what the No.1 will be... Thanks AH! I'm sure you can guess  It's a bit self indulgent but I couldnt bear to leave out even 100 fab tracks, but the advantage is it's not too time consuming to bung a few out a time  Anyone feel free to comment speculate love or hate  Some of them are REALLY embarrassing too, hah! No editing out conveniently
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2nd December 2015, 05:01 PM
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770. SWEET CHILD O' MINE - Guns N' Roses (1988) 967,350
It's all about the vocal passion, the multitude of geetar riffs, and removing the pomp from rock during a very pomprock decade in the USA. GNR's best record, and a bit of a rock classic. Swagger! |
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2nd December 2015, 05:10 PM
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769. HOME LOVIN' MAN - Andy Williams (1970) 968,000
The only thing has in common with GNR is a title apostrophe, but Andy was a sublime crooner, loveable and funny, and a lifelong fave long before he became "cool". Pretty much a UK hit, the romantic roaming theme to this hit the spot in my pre-teen days, and the wistful gospel organ and dramatic swishing chorus didn't hurt at all. |
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2nd December 2015, 05:16 PM
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768. PERSONAL JESUS - Depeche Mode (1989) 968,200
I pretty much liked DP from day 1, and they had a good run of singles, but I'd never gone big on them till this came out and then grew on me more and more over the next 6 months, till it became obvious it was special. Stomping, exciting, ominous and just plain FAB. |
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2nd December 2015, 05:21 PM
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767. MOVE YOUR FEET - Junior Senior (2003) 968,250
A ray of sunshine in one my very darkest years, this one is just plain joyous and irresistibly catchy, sounded like nothing else much at the time and of no particular time-period which was part of it's charm. One-hit wonder or what, but hey, you only need one to be remembered... |
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2nd December 2015, 05:27 PM
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766. TIME IN A BOTTLE - Jim Croce (1973) 969,050
From joy to tragic sadness, the song is beautifully sad in it's own right, being about the fleetingness of time and love, but it become spine-tinglingly poignant when Jim died young in an aircrash just as he was breaking big. I already loved this when I charted it in early '74, but the clincher was the awesome slow-mo sequence with Quicksilver in X-Men: Days Of Future Past in 2014. Layers on layers for me... |
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3rd December 2015, 08:10 PM
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765. HOLLABACK GIRL - Gwen Stefani (2005) 970,900
Gwen was on a roll, with a great album and run of singles, and managed what No Doubt never did - make my All-time list! First of 3 for the ska-lovin' dance-cool Gwen, the cheerleader chanting was infectious, the video great fun, and I loved the Japanese entourage. OK it's simple, but it's terrif! |
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3rd December 2015, 09:30 PM
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764. THE WAR SONG - Culture Club (1984) 971,150
The song that started the tide turning against Boy George, some saw it as banal, I saw it as stating something blindingly cynically obvious to a jolly "It's A Miracle" tempo, and under-rated. It could have quite comfortably fit onto the previous Colour By Numbers album rather than the lacklustre one it ended up on. |
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3rd December 2015, 09:40 PM
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763. STAY - Shakespear's Sister (1992) 972,250
Take on ex-Banana (rama) and one American singer-songwriter and hey presto you get quirky, and then out of the blue you get "woah!" with this dramatic passionate ballad spine-tingling vocal performance and morbid video. It all went horribly wrong for Siobhan and Marcella soon after, but what a way to go! |
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