'Cars' is a great song, the highlight is of course those synths, although I do like the lyrics and Gary Numan's vocal in it too.

 

'The Voice' is epic! One of Ultravox's best, and uses those epic Gary Numan type synths too!

Edited March 27, 20187 yr by The Hissmobile

664. All Of My Heart - ABC (1982)

 

 

No I won't be told there's a crock of gold

At the end of the rainbow

Or that pleasure and pain,sunshine and rain

Might make this love grow

 

From the classic 'The Lexicon Of Love' album comes this smooth ballad adorned with Anne Dudley's lush string arrangements.

 

 

 

663. Breathing - Kate Bush (1980)

 

 

After the blast

Chips of plutonium

Are twinkling in every lung

 

A top 20 hit from Kate's third album 'Never For Ever'. The lyrics are from the point of view of a foetus in the womb as a nuclear bomb explodes.

 

Don't know that ABC song much but I sounds good! Poison Arrow and The Look of Love of course are fantastic tunes. Be Near Me is lovely too, I especially like the piano in the chorus of that one!

 

Brett Butler recently played this in plug from ABC!

 

 

It sounds very different to their other stuff, and sounds ahead of its time, pity it wasn't released as a single.

 

662. Will You - Hazel O'Connor (1981)

 

 

Or will you just politely say goodnight?

 

The vocal part of this is very good but the song will always be remembered for the outstanding two minute saxophone solo at the end. The track is from the soundtrack to the film 'Breaking Glass' with Hazel in the main role.

 

Don't know that ABC song much but I sounds good! Poison Arrow and The Look of Love of course are fantastic tunes. Be Near Me is lovely too, I especially like the piano in the chorus of that one!

 

Brett Butler recently played this in plug from ABC!

 

 

 

It sounds very different to their other stuff, and sounds ahead of its time, pity it wasn't released as a single.

 

Yes,I like that Zillionaire album a lot. You may see one or two songs from it later on.

Edited March 28, 20187 yr by King Rollo

661. Oxygene Part IV - Jean Michel Jarre (1977)

 

 

Jean Michel Jarre's breakthrough hit single,reaching number 4. It's still the track he's best known for.

 

 

Yes,I like that Zillionaire album a lot. You may see one or two songs from it later on.

 

A to Z reminds me a little bit of 'Theme From S'express' by S'express a bit actually, especially when they chant their band name A-B-C a bit like S'express chant S-ex-press! :D

 

Anyway Oxygene is great, lovely relaxing tune and sounds great for 1977!

 

660. The Diary Of Horace Wimp - Electric Light Orchestra (1979)

 

 

Friday : Horace,this is it,he asks the girl if maybe they could marry

When she says "gladly",Horace cries.

 

A charming Beatlesque song from the 'Discovery' album. When asked why Saturday is omitted from Horace's diary,Jeff Lynne explained that he goes to the football on that day. I would like Jeff to write a sequel to this song. Is Horace still married to the girl? Do they have children? Or has it all gone horribly wrong for him?

 

659. Airport - The Motors (1978)

 

 

And I know that she is leaving

On the jet plane down the runway

 

A top 5 single for the London band. They only had one other top 40 hit and split up in 1982. I particularly like the piano solo on this one.

 

658. Essence - Marillion (2008)

 

 

Sit in silence and watch the sky

Feel the magic deep inside you

 

Another track from Volume 1 of Marillion's double album 'Happiness Is The Road'.

 

657. Lazy Ways - 10cc (1976)

 

 

You'll never get up if you don't get up

You'll always stay down if you sit around

 

From 'How Dare You',the last album 10cc released before the departure of Godley & Crème. This track was written by Eric Stewart and Lol Crème.

 

Phew, classics galore cropping up now: Queen, Gary Numan, ABC, Motors, Jean-Michel jarre all sheer brilliance but only 2 of them in my listings so fab to see them here. That also applies to Horace Wimp, which peaked at 4 in my chart crowded out by some major classics summer of 79 - would top my chart given a chance. Lovely to see the ELO album tracks, makes me want to dig them out/buy them and get back into early ELO - it's been too long!

 

Some more PSB tracks I have never charted, Rush is brilliant, forbidden Colours lovely, Will You spine-tingling, Kylie dramatic, 2 OMD goodies, and none of them in my list, boo!

 

Lightning seeds were always fab but never made my top 800 listings, though Sense topped my chart, and I don't know that David version of the Eye To Eye single, but I did chart the original..

 

Katy Perry is the best track released in 2017, nothing less. Brilliance. Phil Collins such an under-rated single, and back with ELO (sort of) The Move is a quirky choice. They have one track which just missed my list (Blackberry Way) though as minor Move tracks go, I'm partial to Chinatown....

 

FAB!

Thanks,John. It was only recently I discovered 'Am I Normal' was a cover version thanks to the internet. I recorded the David version from Radio 1 onto a blank cassette. It's only now looking at the info on the youtube clip that I can see it's a cover.

Ah Horace Wimp, my parents have "The best of ELO" and it is on it. The track has a good story to it!

 

Airport I have heard before too, good track, has those vocal harmonies that seem to be everywhere in 70s music!

 

Lazy Days is a very good song too!

Edited March 29, 20187 yr by Queef's Throne

656. All Over The World - Pet Shop Boys (2009)

 

 

It's sincere at its objective

Superficial and true

Easy and predictable

Exciting and new

 

From their album 'Yes' which was produced by Xenomania. The song is based around part of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite.

 

655. It Can Happen - Yes (1983)

 

 

There's a crazy world outside

We're not about to lose our pride

 

From the '90125' album,which marked the relaunch of Yes with the return of Jon Anderson and keyboard player Tony Kaye and the addition of Trevor Rabin on lead guitar. This line-up is sometimes referred to as Yes West as they were based in America. Like this one,the songs were short and had more of a pop/rock rather than prog rock sound to them.

 

It Can Happen is a very good track from Yes, should have been released and charted as a single.

 

Jon Anderson does have an excellent voice and it is well demonstrated in that song.

It was a single but only got to no.92. It should have been a bigger hit,I agree.

654. Susan's House - Eels (1996)

 

 

There's a crazy old woman smashing bottles on the sidewalk

where her house burnt down two years ago

People say that back then she really wasn't that crazy

 

Eels highest charting single,reaching number 9. I like the unusual sound to this and the lyrics. The piano part is sampled from 'Love Finds Its Own Way' by Gladys Knight & the Pips.