October 10, 20195 yr for me Dangerous is jack at his worst, there's barely any song that I like... even Black or white is pretty meh to me and hasn't passed the test of time... I find all he songs very average, like a 6/10 but for comparison nearly everything on Bad is a 10/10... you really cannot compare songs like Smooth Criminal, Dirty Diana, Man in the Mirror to the singles from Dangerous: Remember the time, Jam, In the closet... it's like 2 different leagues imho... That's fair enough - and I'm sure most of the world would agree - but I honestly prefer Who Is It? to anything else he's ever recorded. The production is amazing.
October 11, 20195 yr did you discover MJ with Dangerous? cos thats the only explanation I can find for this album being your favourite?
October 11, 20195 yr Nope, Bad was the first album of his that I owned. I found Dangerous far more interesting to listen to though, Bad is decent but a lot of it is very similar. I don't love everything on Dangerous by any means but the following make a great album: 01 Jam 02 Why You Wanna Trip On Me 03 In The Closet 04 Remember The Time 05 Black Or White 06 Who Is It? 07 Give In To Me 08 Will You Be There 09 Keep The Faith 10 Gone Too Soon 11 Dangerous I'd rather listen to that than any of his others.
October 11, 20195 yr Hi chris :) I agree about tango in the night, i loved bad the album - but more as a collection of great singles than a cohesive whole. The first 2 work better as albums even if not all the tracks are epic - hi the girl is mine! :D Hiya. Agree about The Girl Is Mine. It lets Thriller down a bit. I love Human Nature and it was a US single IIRC. Doubt any album will outsell Thriller now with CD sales on the decline.
October 11, 20195 yr for me Dangerous is jack at his worst, there's barely any song that I like... even Black or white is pretty meh to me and hasn't passed the test of time... I find all he songs very average, like a 6/10 but for comparison nearly everything on Bad is a 10/10... you really cannot compare songs like Smooth Criminal, Dirty Diana, Man in the Mirror to the singles from Dangerous: Remember the time, Jam, In the closet... it's like 2 different leagues imho... Dangerous at 77min is just too long with some filler to make the time up. Studio albums just don't work at that length. It would have made a great 60min album. I can't stand the first two tracks for instance. Jam and Why You Gonna Trip On Me do nothing for me at all.
October 12, 20195 yr Author Hiya. Agree about The Girl Is Mine. It lets Thriller down a bit. I love Human Nature and it was a US single IIRC. Doubt any album will outsell Thriller now with CD sales on the decline. Yes that was a stinker of a lead track for an album, cringeworthy, i think he was just showing off his bestie new mate was a legend - at least till he outbid macca for his songwriting catalogue, oops! :lol: Yes thriller seems unapproachable - the nearest challenger is eagles greatest hits which is a steady seller, even on streaming alone, but it would take decades to catch up assuming thriller stops selling. Adele is top of the 21st century and is under half the sales!
October 18, 20195 yr Author 18th October 1987 It's back up on top for a second week for The Bee Gees fab You Win Again, as the Big 5 maintain a vice-like grip for a 3rd week, and Pet Shop Boys get 2 going up to threaten it, Rent modestly keeping their top 10 rate at 100%. Sisters Of Mercy also got top 10 with This Corrosion, and Jan Hammer's tuneful Crockett's Theme is at 8, The Christians make it a 3rd top 10. Billy Idol takes his double Mony Mony into the 20 as Amazulu enter at 75 with their own typically perfunctory cover version. Eurythmics bound into the 20 with one big leap of Beethoven, who'd been there before as a Fifth Of Beethoven with future Family Guy soundtracker Walter Murphy in 1976, and intro-ing ELO's Roll Over Beethoven in 1973. George Michael takes a big leap of Faith into the 30 (I've been saving that one for over 30 years), as Jellybean sees The Real Thing - well, so have I, twice. The Fatback Band return to the 40 after a long gap, chased by DJ Steve Walsh covering I Found Lovin': signs of the future, hit DJ's. Highest new entry is The Cure, just ahead of Stevie Wonder extending his chart run to 19 years with some Skeletons in his closet, while INXS are back with a monster track, the brilliant Need You Tonight Kick-starting the new classic album, an all-time funkrock great album and single, and showcasing what a great live act the band were - Michael Hutchence was an awesome frontman, one of the great live gigs I've seen. George Harrison returns with a corker, courtesy of Jeff Lynne productions, after a lengthy gap, 17 years on from My Sweet Lord, and joining his Beatles in the chart with his 50's cover. Chic jack-up Le Freak. Yes, they really do jack it up, but Nile Rodgers is finally forgiven in 20 years or so. Other than that, lots of chart regulars all return, and I note that all 3 of my playlist oldies that week were future chart-toppers in the 80's, 90's and 10's respectively. 1 ( 2 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 2 ( 3 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 3 ( 1 ) BAD Michael Jackson 4 ( 4 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S 5 ( 5 ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones 6 ( 10 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 7 ( 18 ) THIS CORROSION Sisters Of Mercy 8 ( 15 ) CROCKETT’S THEME Jan Hammer 9 ( 14 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys 10 ( 12 ) WHEN THE FINGERS POINT The Christians 11 ( 8 ) I NEED LOVE LL Cool J 12 ( 27 ) MONY MONY (US SINGLE VERSION/LIVE VERSION) Billy Idol 13 ( 13 ) COME SEE ABOUT ME Shakin’ Stevens 14 ( 11 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies 15 ( 6 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army 16 ( 16 ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 17 ( 7 ) THE NIGHT YOU MURDERED LOVE ABC 18 ( 9 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone 19 ( 28 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson 20 ( 56 ) BEETHOVEN (I LOVE TO LISTEN TO) Eurythmics 21 ( 29 ) IT’S OVER Level 42 22 ( 22 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher 23 ( 17 ) SOME PEOPLE Cliff Richard 24 ( 20 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau 25 ( 25 ) (I’VE HAD THE) TIME OF MY LIFE Jennifer Warnes & Bill Medley 26 ( 53 ) FAITH George Michael 27 ( 49 ) THE REAL THING Jellybean featuring Stephen Dante 28 ( 23 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne 29 ( 19 ) LET ME BE THE ONE Expose 30 ( 32 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama 31 ( 33 ) LOST IN EMOTION Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam 32 ( 24 ) SILVERMAC Westworld 33 ( 35 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany 34 ( 54 ) I FOUND LOVIN’ The Fatback Band 35 ( 38 ) WHO WILL YOU RUN TO Heart 36 ( 21 ) HEY MATTHEW Karel Fialka 37 ( NEW ) JUST LIKE HEAVEN The Cure 38 ( 31 ) PAPER IN FIRE John Cougar Mellencamp 39 ( NEW ) SKELETONS Stevie Wonder 40 ( 45 ) WALK THE DINOSAUR Was (Not Was) 41 ( 52 ) THE CIRCUS Erasure 42 ( 26 ) NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP Rick Astley 43 ( 40 ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett 44 ( 60 ) MAYBE TOMORROW UB40 45 ( 64 ) STRONG AS STEEL Five Star 46 ( 39 ) U GOT THE LOOK Prince featuring Sheena Easton 47 ( 30 ) SOMETHING IN YOUR EYES Dusty Springfield & Richard Carpenter 48 ( NEW ) NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS 49 ( 65 ) LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE Bananarama 50 ( RE ) BETCHA SAY THAT Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 51 ( 37 ) VALERIE Steve Winwood 52 ( 46 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 53 ( 66 ) DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY) Aerosmith 54 ( 48 ) NEVER LET ME DOWN David Bowie 55 ( 71 ) DINNER WITH GERSHWIN Donna Summer 56 ( 73 ) THE RIGHT STUFF Bryan Ferry 57 ( 44 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC 58 ( NEW ) DON’T MAKE ME WAIT FOR LOVE Kenny G 59 ( 55 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles 60 ( NEW ) GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison 61 ( 61 ) NO MEMORY Scarlet Fantastic 62 ( 51 ) ALONE Heart 63 ( 62 ) HUMAN Human League 64 ( 57 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2 65 ( 68 ) RAIN IN THE SUMMERTIME The Alarm 66 ( NEW ) BRILLIANT DISGUISE Bruce Springsteen 67 ( NEW ) JACK LE FREAK Chic 68 ( NEW ) I FOUND LOVIN’ Steve Walsh 69 ( NEW ) DANCE LITTLE SISTER Terence Trent D’Arby 70 ( NEW ) WANTED The Style Council 71 ( NEW ) REMEMBER ME Cliff Richard 72 ( 34 ) ONE HEARTBEAT Smokey Robinson 73 ( NEW ) DON’T YOU WANT ME Jody Watley 74 ( NEW ) I DON;T THINK THAT MAN SHOULD SLEEP ALONE Ray Parker Jr 75 ( NEW ) MONY MONY Amazulu Playlist oldies of the week 1 LOVE IS ALL THAT MATTERS Human League 2 EAGLE Abba 3 LIVIN’ THING ELO
October 19, 20195 yr I incidentally listened to The Cure - Just like Heaven yesterday and thought wow what an amazing song and it has a great opening line, like all great songs have to From the newies, also like Dance Little Sister, was a big TTD fan, really thought he was gonna be bigger than MJ also liked the Jody Watley track that didn't do much in the UK charts and of course Need you Tonight is a classic, bizarre that it flopped first time around in the UK and needed a re-release
October 19, 20195 yr Sisters of Mercy were pretty good, I loved all the goth bands from that time, The Cure, The Mission, and particularly All About Eve, think I discovered them in summer 1987 with Flowers on our Hair and quickly became my favourite band ever charted them? All About Eve were a mix of folk, goth, indie... so not sure if they were your type of music... I think I was much more eclectic in music taste as a kid than now, back then I liked Madonna and Whitney but also liked All About Eve and Pixies and Stone Roses and also artists as different as Metallica and Enya :D
October 20, 20195 yr Author Sisters of Mercy!!! Hadn't got you penned as a fan of them! Ooh I love a bit of Goth and SOM were always good :D
October 20, 20195 yr Author I incidentally listened to The Cure - Just like Heaven yesterday and thought wow what an amazing song and it has a great opening line, like all great songs have to From the newies, also like Dance Little Sister, was a big TTD fan, really thought he was gonna be bigger than MJ also liked the Jody Watley track that didn't do much in the UK charts and of course Need you Tonight is a classic, bizarre that it flopped first time around in the UK and needed a re-release Hi Bjork :) I havent heard Just Like Heaven in years, time to revisit it! TTD looked like a major new star for about 12 months before he went a bit fishy-not-fleshy in one of the obvious acts of self-harm in music - you build on your rep and following at the start of your career and self-indulge once established! INXS, yes bizarre that it took them ages to catch on in the UK, I was a fan pretty much from hearing their stuff in 1985/6 pre-Kick :o :)
October 20, 20195 yr Author Never heard of your No.5 by The Other Ones Dandy. Hi Freddie! :lol: It got zero airplay in the UK, give or take Paul Gambaccini's US chart show, but it was the discovery of my California/Arizona holiday a few weeks earlier and reminded me of it by this time (plus I bought the vinyl single and played it a lot).. here it is... :) fidHm6bCvQI hearing it now the first time in 30 years, it's very jolly & catchy, almost swingbeat-rockpop and nothing like anything else from that time that springs to mind
October 20, 20195 yr Author Sisters of Mercy were pretty good, I loved all the goth bands from that time, The Cure, The Mission, and particularly All About Eve, think I discovered them in summer 1987 with Flowers on our Hair and quickly became my favourite band ever charted them? All About Eve were a mix of folk, goth, indie... so not sure if they were your type of music... I think I was much more eclectic in music taste as a kid than now, back then I liked Madonna and Whitney but also liked All About Eve and Pixies and Stone Roses and also artists as different as Metallica and Enya :D I loved/liked all those Goth acts, some singles topped my charts or came close, but it depended on the track really - I've always been a musical whore, I'll go with anyone if they put out something that takes my fancy :lol: Metallica have been one of my "never quite hit the spot" acts though, Enter Sandman and errr not much else except variations of Enter Sandman to my ears. The Pixies I never was aware of that much, but the rest all did well in my charts at various times. :)
October 25, 20195 yr Author 25th October 1987 It's back on top after a few weeks off for Fleetwood Mac, giving Little Lies a second week on top, keeping the top 4 shuffling about amongst themselves for the 4th week, and only Pet Shop Boys' Rent able to break into the top 5 to try and break-up the chart monopoly of the Big 4. Billy Idol gets a 5th or 6th top 10, as the Amazulu version of Mony Mony makes it 3 top 40 versions in total, including the Tommy James original on re-issue in 1975. Shaky gets a rare top 10 with his good Supremes cover, only his 4th in 7 years of trying, and there are big climbs for George Michael, Bananarama, both into the 20, UB40, Donna Summer, Aerosmith 3 years early for the UK top 40 charts, INXS 1 year early for the UK top 40 charts, George Harrison & Gloria Estefan all adding to their top 40 totals. T'Pau get the highest new entry with China In Your Hands at 43, and it's still not overtaken the brilliant Heart And Soul which should have been the one to top the charts for weeks in my opinion. Meanwhile at 46 The Communards cover the brilliant Gloria Gaynor chart-topping 1974 disco cover of the brilliant Jackson 5 1971 ballad which hit 2 - and falls far short, it being nothing more than a pedestrian shrill karaoke effort. Whitesnake revamp their 80's Here I Go Again and are rewarded with a hit, being as it's their best record by far, Living In A Box make it 4 listings, Labi Siffre makes it a second hit of the year as he marks the 16th anniversary of me first hearing It Must Be Love, Shakatak add to their chart list, just, and Barry White stages a comeback minus the lush disco sounds. Sho You Right, Bazza, 14 years on from his top 10 debut, or 15 years if you count Love Unlimited and his guest vocals on his own song and own production of the group that featured his own wife. That leaves oldies The Champs to make a chart debut, La Bamba film-related I'll wager, some 29 years late, with Tequila. I'll drink to that! It seemed very long ago at the time - but it's less old than 1987 is in 2019. Oops! Time flies! 1 ( 2 ) LITTLE LIES Fleetwood Mac 2 ( 1 ) YOU WIN AGAIN The Bee Gees 3 ( 3 ) BAD Michael Jackson 4 ( 4 ) PUMP UP THE VOLUME M/A/R/R/S 5 ( 9 ) RENT Pet Shop Boys 6 ( 5 ) HOLIDAY The Other Ones 7 ( 10 ) WHEN THE FINGERS POINT The Christians 8 ( 8 ) CROCKETT’S THEME Jan Hammer 9 ( 12 ) MONY MONY (US SINGLE VERSION/LIVE VERSION) Billy Idol 10 ( 13 ) COME SEE ABOUT ME Shakin’ Stevens 11 ( 6 ) WHAT HAVE I DONE (TO DESERVE THIS) Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 12 ( 26 ) FAITH George Michael 13 ( 18 ) FAMILY AFFAIR/RUNNIN’ AWAY Sly & The Family Stone 14 ( 16 ) MY BAG Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 15 ( 49 ) LOVE IN THE FIRST DEGREE Bananarama 16 ( 7 ) THIS CORROSION Sisters Of Mercy 17 ( 14 ) SUGAR SUGAR (CANDYFLOSS MIX)/(ORIGINAL VERSION) The Archies 18 ( 11 ) I NEED LOVE LL Cool J 19 ( 15 ) CARS (E REG MODEL)/ ARE ‘FRIENDS’ ELECTRIC Gary Numan & Tubeway Army 20 ( 20 ) BEETHOVEN (I LOVE TO LISTEN TO) Eurythmics 21 ( 17 ) THE NIGHT YOU MURDERED LOVE ABC 22 ( 44 ) MAYBE TOMORROW UB40 23 ( 55 ) DINNER WITH GERSHWIN Donna Summer 24 ( 27 ) THE REAL THING Jellybean featuring Stephen Dante 25 ( 37 ) JUST LIKE HEAVEN The Cure 26 ( 53 ) DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY) Aerosmith 27 ( 56 ) THE RIGHT STUFF Bryan Ferry 28 ( 33 ) I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW Tiffany 29 ( 22 ) LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Climie Fisher 30 ( 48 ) NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS 31 ( 31 ) LOST IN EMOTION Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam 32 ( 75 ) MONY MONY Amazulu 33 ( 32 ) SILVERMAC Westworld 34 ( 41 ) THE CIRCUS Erasure 35 ( 24 ) HEART AND SOUL T’Pau 36 ( 40 ) WALK THE DINOSAUR Was (Not Was) 37 ( 19 ) ONLY IN MY DREAMS Debbie Gibson 38 ( 28 ) LOVE POWER Dionne Warwick & Jeffrey Osbourne 39 ( 60 ) GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU George Harrison 40 ( 50 ) BETCHA SAY THAT Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 41 ( 30 ) I HEARD A RUMOUR Bananarama 42 ( 45 ) STRONG AS STEEL Five Star 43 ( NEW ) CHINA IN YOUR HAND T’Pau 44 ( 23 ) SOME PEOPLE Cliff Richard 45 ( 39 ) SKELETONS Stevie Wonder 46 ( NEW ) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE The Communards 47 ( 43 ) I JUST CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett 48 ( 71 ) REMEMBER ME Cliff Richard 49 ( 34 ) I FOUND LOVIN’ The Fatback Band 50 ( 61 ) NO MEMORY Scarlet Fantastic 51 ( 47 ) SOMETHING IN YOUR EYES Dusty Springfield & Richard Carpenter 52 ( 69 ) DANCE LITTLE SISTER Terence Trent D’Arby 53 ( NEW ) HERE I GO AGAIN Whitesnake 54 ( 38 ) PAPER IN FIRE John Cougar Mellencamp 55 ( 36 ) HEY MATTHEW Karel Fialka 56 ( 29 ) LET ME BE THE ONE Expose 57 ( 35 ) WHO WILL YOU RUN TO Heart 58 ( 58 ) DON’T MAKE ME WAIT FOR LOVE Kenny G 59 ( 52 ) IT’S A SIN Pet Shop Boys 60 ( 21 ) IT’S OVER Level 42 61 ( 25 ) (I’VE HAD THE) TIME OF MY LIFE Jennifer Warnes & Bill Medley 62 ( 54 ) NEVER LET ME DOWN David Bowie 63 ( 70 ) WANTED The Style Council 64 ( 59 ) ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE The Beatles 65 ( 46 ) U GOT THE LOOK Prince featuring Sheena Easton 66 ( 63 ) HUMAN Human League 67 ( 74 ) I DON’T THINK THAT MAN SHOULD SLEEP ALONE Ray Parker Jr 68 ( 57 ) WHEN SMOKEY SINGS ABC 69 ( 64 ) I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR U2 70 ( NEW ) SO THE STORY GOES Living In A Box 71 ( NEW ) TEQUILA The Champs 72 ( NEW ) NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE Labi Siffre 73 ( 62 ) ALONE Heart 74 ( NEW ) MISTER MANIC AND SISTER COOL Shakaktak 75 ( NEW ) SHO YOU RIGHT Barry White playlist oldies 1 I FEEL LOVE Donna Summer 2 WALK AWAY FROM LOVE David Ruffin 3 SO YOU WIN AGAIN Hot Chocolate
October 25, 20195 yr loved t'pau the sequence heart and soul-china in your hand, few bands had had better 1st-2nd singles
October 26, 20195 yr Author loved t'pau the sequence heart and soul-china in your hand, few bands had had better 1st-2nd singles I even loved the name being a Trek fan since a kid :lol: I saw Carol Decker 3 or 4 years ago and she can still belt 'em out! :)
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