Posted March 17, 200817 yr First off, I want to apologise to Rob for posting this chart 2 weeks after you already did an '86 chart. I forgot to look at the second page before doing this. Top 100 Singles Week Ending 15 March 1986 09 - 01 - 01 - Diana Ross - CHAIN REACTION 06 - 04 - 02 - Bangles - MANIC MONDAY 03 - 03 - 03 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik - LOVE MISSILE F1-11 04 - 10 - 04 - Frank Sinatra - THEME FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK 08 - 02 - 05 - Billy Ocean - WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING 05 - 16 - 06 - Jim Diamond - HI HO SILVER 03 - 14 - 07 - Whistle - (NOTHING SERIOUS) JUST BUGGIN' 1 - NEW - 08 - David Bowie - ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS 16 - 11 - 09 - Huey Lewis And The News - THE POWER OF LOVE / DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE 08 - 06 - 10 - Survivor - BURNING HEART 08 - 05 - 11 - Su Pollard - STARTING TOGETHER 08 - 07 - 12 - Whitney Houston - HOW WILL I KNOW 02 - 27 - 13 - Prince and the Revolution - KISS 09 - 13 - 14 - Alexander O'Neal - IF YOU WERE HERE TONIGHT 07 - 09 - 15 - Paul Hardcastle: Lead vocals - Carol Kenyon - DON'T WASTE MY TIME 04 - 12 - 16 - Tavares - HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL 1 - NEW - 17 - Culture Club - MOVE AWAY 03 - 29 - 18 - Mr Mister - KYRIE 06 - 08 - 19 - Damned - ELOISE 04 - 32 - 20 - Blow Monkeys - DIGGING YOUR SCENE 06 - 25 - 21 - Mike And The Mechanics - SILENT RUNNING (ON DANGEROUS GROUND) 05 - 31 - 22 - Hipsway - THE HONEYTHIEF 1 - NEW - 23 - Howard Jones - NO ONE IS TO BLAME 03 - 18 - 24 - Kate Bush - HOUNDS OF LOVE 09 - 20 - 25 - Audrey Hall - ONE DANCE WON'T DO 09 - 36 - 26 - Freddie Jackson - ROCK ME TONIGHT (FOR OLD TIME'S SAKE) 1 - NEW - 27 - Rolling Stones - HARLEM SHUFFLE 03 - 39 - 28 - Electric Light Orchestra - CALLING AMERICA 02 - 38 - 29 - Pogues - POGUETRY IN MOTION (EP) 06 - 17 - 30 - Talking Heads - AND SHE WAS 02 - 52 - 31 - Pet Shop Boys - LOVE COMES QUICKLY 10 - 34 - 32 - Nana Mouskouri - ONLY LOVE 06 - 24 - 33 - Colonel Abrams - I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU 02 - 40 - 34 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - CANDYMAN 08 - 19 - 35 - James Brown - LIVING IN AMERICA 07 - 15 - 36 - Public Image Limited - RISE 10 - 21 - 37 - Five Star - SYSTEM ADDICT 02 - 54 - 38 - Real Thing - YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING (DECADE REMIX '76 - '86) 03 - 35 - 39 - Grace Jones - LOVE IS THE DRUG 04 - 22 - 40 - Depeche Mode - STRIPPED 13 - 23 - 41 - Madonna - BORDERLINE 04 - 50 - 42 - Bryan Adams - THIS TIME 08 - 26 - 43 - Double - THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART 06 - 28 - 44 - Shakin' Stevens - TURNING AWAY 02 - 55 - 45 - Stevie Wonder - OVERJOYED 1 - NEW - 46 - Viola Wills - BOTH SIDES NOW / DARE TO DREAM 03 - 46 - 47 - James Brown - GET UP (I FEEL LIKE BEING A SEX MACHINE) 04 - 45 - 48 - Juicy - SUGAR FREE 10 - 33 - 49 - Dire Straits - WALK OF LIFE 02 - 59 - 50 - Sinitta - SO MACHO / CRUISING 03 - 44 - 51 - Total Contrast - THE RIVER 02 - 65 - 52 - Roger Daltrey - UNDER A RAGING MOON 02 - 60 - 53 - Simply Red - JERICHO 03 - 47 - 54 - Elton John - CRY TO HEAVEN 15 - 37 - 55 - Latin Quarter - RADIO AFRICA 20 - 30 - 56 - Belouis Some - IMAGINATION 02 - 56 - 57 - Housemartins - SHEEP 02 - 81 - 58 - Atlantic Starr - SECRET LOVERS 02 - 62 - 59 - 52nd Street - I CAN'T LET YOU GO 1 - NEW - 60 - Talk Talk - LIVING IN ANOTHER WORLD 12 - 41 - 61 - A-ha - THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV 1 - NEW - 62 - John Taylor - I DO WHAT I DO (THEME FOR 9 1/2 WEEKS) 02 - 75 - 63 - Dee C Lee - COME HELL OR WATERS HIGH 07 - 49 - 64 - Simple Minds - SANCTIFY YOURSELF 04 - 72 - 65 - Aretha Franklin - ANOTHER NIGHT 1 - NEW - 66 - Amazulu - THE THINGS THE LONELY DO 06 - 61 - 67 - Betty Wright - PAIN 40 - 78 - 68 - Simple Minds - DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) 04 - 57 - 69 - Cherelle - WILL YOU SATISFY? 1 - NEW - 70 - Jocelyn Brown - LOVE'S GONNA GET YOU 04 - 63 - 71 - Mantronix - LADIES 09 - 43 - 72 - Talk Talk - LIFE'S WHAT YOU MAKE IT 14 - 48 - 73 - Mr Mister - BROKEN WINGS 10 - 42 - 74 - Sarah Brightman and Steve Harley - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 09 - 51 - 75 - Grace Jones - LA VIE EN ROSE / PULL UP TO THE BUMPER 02 - 88 - 76 - Mint Juleps - ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART 05 - 74 - 77 - Boom Boom Room - HERE COMES THE MAN 17 - RE - 78 - Whitney Houston - SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU 04 - 80 - 79 - Kissing The Pink - ONE STEP 1 - NEW - 80 - Tom Waits - IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 02 - 82 - 81 - Isabel Roberts - RHYTHM OF YOUR LOVE 02 - 90 - 82 - Half Man Half Biscuit - THE TRUMPTON RIOTS 04 - 66 - 83 - Matt Bianco - JUST CAN'T STAND IT 1 - NEW - 84 - Chris Rea - IT'S ALL GONE 03 - 76 - 85 - Hot Chocolate - HEARTACHE NO 9 02 - 95 - 86 - Fox The Fox - PRECIOUS LITTLE DIAMOND 02 - 85 - 87 - Brilliant - LOVE IS WAR 02 - 86 - 88 - Joe Fagin - BACK WITH THE BOYS AGAIN / GET IT RIGHT 02 - 91 - 89 - March Violets - TURN TO THE SKY 12 - RE - 90 - Full Force - ALICE I WANT YOU JUST FOR ME 03 - 83 - 91 - Durell Coleman - DO YOU LOVE ME 04 - RE - 92 - Suzanne Vega - MARLENE ON THE WALL 1 - NEW - 93 - James - CHAIN MAIL 1 - NEW - 94 - Walkers - DON'T WASTE MY TIME 02 - 94 - 95 - UFO - NIGHT RUN 1 - NEW - 96 - Husker Du - DON'T WANT TO KNOW IF YOU ARE LONELY 1 - NEW - 97 - Win - YOU'VE GOT THE POWER 02 - 98 - 98 - Ryuichi Sakamoto And Thomas Dolby - FIELD WORK 03 - 84 - 99 - Jennifer Rush - MADONNA'S EYES 05 - 77 - 100 - Breathe - DON'T TELL ME LIES Top 100 Albums Week Ending 15 March 1986 1 (1) Brothers In Arms (By Dire Straits) 43w 2 (2) Whitney Houston (By Whitney Houston) 14w 3 (7) Hits For Lovers (By Various Artists) 2w 4 (3) No Jacket Required (By Phil Collins) 55w 5 (4) Rocky IV (By Original Soundtrack) 7w 6 (9) Hounds Of Love (By Kate Bush) 25w 7 (5) Be Yourself Tonight (By Eurythmics) 45w 8 (6) Jonathan King's Entertainment U.S.A. (By Various Artists) 5w 9 (18) The Broadway Album (By Barbra Streisand) 9w 10 (14) Little Creatures (By Talking Heads) 38w 11 (8) Go West / Bangs And Crashes (By Go West) 49w 12 (NEW) Balance Of Power (By Electric Light Orchestra) 1w 13 (13) The Colour Of Spring (By Talk Talk) 3w 14 (39) Night Beat II (By Various Artists) 2w 15 (12) Once Upon A Time (By Simple Minds) 20w 16 (27) Precious Memories (By Ann Williamson) 5w 17 (10) Hunting High And Low (By A-ha) 19w 18 (15) Island Life (By Grace Jones) 14w 19 (22) Alone (By Nana Mouskouri) 4w 20 (21) Welcome To The Real World (By Mr Mister) 5w 21 (16) The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (By Sting) 38w 22 (RE) Alexander O'Neal (By Alexander O'Neal) 7w 23 (17) The Dance Hits Album (By Various Artists) 6w 24 (NEW) The Hymns Album (By Huddersfield Choral Society) 1w 25 (11) King Of America (By Costello Show Featuring The Confederates) 3w 26 (20) Like A Virgin (By Madonna) 69w 27 (19) World Machine (By Level 42) 21w 28 (46) Eaten Alive (By Diana Ross) 8w 29 (26) Songs From The Big Chair (By Tears For Fears) 54w 30 (NEW) Cuts Like A Knife (By Bryan Adams) 1w 31 (98) The Best Of Incantation - Music From The Andes (By Incantation) 12w 32 (NEW) Different Light (By Bangles) 1w 33 (29) Suddenly (By Billy Ocean) 46w 34 (24) The Ultimate Sin (By Ozzy Osbourne) 4w 35 (23) Luxury Of Life (By Five Star) 32w 36 (56) Where E'er You Walk (By Aled Jones) 4w 37 (30) Promise (By Sade) 18w 38 (33) Now That's What I Call Music! 6 (By Various Artists - Now Series) 15w 39 (25) Madonna / The First Album (By Madonna) 56w 40 (38) Jennifer Rush (By Jennifer Rush) 18w 41 (NEW) Master Of Puppets (By Metallica) 1w 42 (40) Sports (By Huey Lewis And The News) 13w 43 (31) Finyl Vinyl (By Rainbow) 2w 44 (52) Reckless (By Bryan Adams) 55w 45 (32) Alchemy (By Dire Straits) 103w 46 (45) Private Dancer (By Tina Turner) 90w 47 (47) Live - Under A Blood Red Sky (By U2) 120w 48 (63) The Jazz Singer (By Neil Diamond) 94w 49 (43) Ice On Fire (By Elton John) 18w 50 (35) Album / Cassette (By Public Image Ltd) 5w 51 (42) Face Value (By Phil Collins) 204w 52 (28) Piece By Piece (By John Martyn) 2w 53 (79) All Through The Night (By Aled Jones) 38w 54 (60) Rock Me Tonight (By Freddie Jackson) 14w 55 (53) Greatest Hits - Queen (By Queen) 223w 56 (34) Feargal Sharkey (By Feargal Sharkey) 17w 57 (57) Born In The USA (By Bruce Springsteen) 92w 58 (49) Hits 3 (By Various Artists) 15w 59 (36) Lives In The Balance (By Jackson Browne) 2w 60 (75) The Singles Collection (By Spandau Ballet) 18w 61 (70) Love Songs (By George Benson) 22w 62 (51) Rumours (By Fleetwood Mac) 325w 63 (37) Fine Young Cannibals (By Fine Young Cannibals) 13w 64 (62) The Classic Touch (By Richard Clayderman) 17w 65 (59) Picture Book (By Simply Red) 15w 66 (44) Sparkle In The Rain (By Simple Minds) 33w 67 (41) Seventh Star (By Black Sabbath) 3w 68 (48) The Unforgettable Fire (By U2) 75w 69 (RE) Gold (By Barbara Dickson) 16w 70 (54) Diamond Life (By Sade) 86w 71 (61) Love Over Gold (By Dire Straits) 153w 72 (50) Big c**k (By King Kurt) 2w 73 (65) Macalla (By Clannad) 19w 74 (64) Greatest Hits Volumes 1 And 2 (By Billy Joel) 35w 75 (69) Blue (By Double) 2w 76 (72) Rock A Little (By Stevie Nicks) 14w 77 (84) Can't Slow Down (By Lionel Richie) 125w 78 (58) A Date With Elvis (By Cramps) 3w 79 (83) Hello, I Must Be Going! (By Phil Collins) 123w 80 (71) Easy Pieces (By Lloyd Cole And The Commotions) 16w 81 (RE) Suzanne Vega (By Suzanne Vega) 12w 82 (RE) Love Hurts (By Elaine Paige) 17w 83 (86) High Priority (By Cherrelle) 8w 84 (82) Who's Zoomin' Who? (By Aretha Franklin) 9w 85 (77) Making Movies (By Dire Straits) 221w 86 (81) New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (By Simple Minds) 43w 87 (67) Total Contrast (By Total Contrast) 2w 88 (85) The Love Album (1985 Version) (By Various Artists) 18w 89 (74) Back In The DHSS (By Half Man Half Biscuit) 6w 90 (66) Soul Kiss (By Olivia Newton-John) 2w 91 (NEW) Mike And The Mechanics (By Mike And The Mechanics) 1w 92 (93) War (By U2) 124w 93 (NEW) The Cinema Hits Album (By Various Artists) 1w 94 (RE) Voices From The Holy Land (By BBC Welsh Chorus) 39w 95 (73) Dire Straits (By Dire Straits) 116w 96 (55) John Lennon Live In New York City (By John Lennon) 2w 97 (92) The Secret Of Association (By Paul Young) 49w 98 (76) Stop Making Sense (By Talking Heads) 60w 99 (90) Misplaced Childhood (By Marillion) 38w 100 (68) Afterburner (By ZZ Top) 19w Edited March 17, 200817 yr by R.E.M.Pragmatist
March 17, 200817 yr This is a surprisingly decent chart. Some cracking tunes here: 06 - 04 - 02 - Bangles - MANIC MONDAY 03 - 03 - 03 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik - LOVE MISSILE F1-11 08 - 02 - 05 - Billy Ocean - WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING 1 - NEW - 08 - David Bowie - ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS 16 - 11 - 09 - Huey Lewis And The News - THE POWER OF LOVE / DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE 08 - 06 - 10 - Survivor - BURNING HEART 02 - 27 - 13 - Prince and the Revolution - KISS 03 - 29 - 18 - Mr Mister - KYRIE 06 - 08 - 19 - Damned - ELOISE 04 - 32 - 20 - Blow Monkeys - DIGGING YOUR SCENE 05 - 31 - 22 - Hipsway - THE HONEYTHIEF 1 - NEW - 23 - Howard Jones - NO ONE IS TO BLAME 03 - 18 - 24 - Kate Bush - HOUNDS OF LOVE 1 - NEW - 27 - Rolling Stones - HARLEM SHUFFLE 02 - 38 - 29 - Pogues - POGUETRY IN MOTION (EP) 06 - 17 - 30 - Talking Heads - AND SHE WAS 02 - 52 - 31 - Pet Shop Boys - LOVE COMES QUICKLY 02 - 40 - 34 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - CANDYMAN 08 - 19 - 35 - James Brown - LIVING IN AMERICA 07 - 15 - 36 - Public Image Limited - RISE 10 - 21 - 37 - Five Star - SYSTEM ADDICT 02 - 54 - 38 - Real Thing - YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING (DECADE REMIX '76 - '86) 03 - 35 - 39 - Grace Jones - LOVE IS THE DRUG 04 - 22 - 40 - Depeche Mode - STRIPPED 13 - 23 - 41 - Madonna - BORDERLINE 03 - 46 - 47 - James Brown - GET UP (I FEEL LIKE BEING A SEX MACHINE) 15 - 37 - 55 - Latin Quarter - RADIO AFRICA 20 - 30 - 56 - Belouis Some - IMAGINATION 02 - 56 - 57 - Housemartins - SHEEP 1 - NEW - 60 - Talk Talk - LIVING IN ANOTHER WORLD 12 - 41 - 61 - A-ha - THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV 1 - NEW - 62 - John Taylor - I DO WHAT I DO (THEME FOR 9 1/2 WEEKS) 07 - 49 - 64 - Simple Minds - SANCTIFY YOURSELF 40 - 78 - 68 - Simple Minds - DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) 09 - 43 - 72 - Talk Talk - LIFE'S WHAT YOU MAKE IT 14 - 48 - 73 - Mr Mister - BROKEN WINGS 09 - 51 - 75 - Grace Jones - LA VIE EN ROSE / PULL UP TO THE BUMPER 05 - 74 - 77 - Boom Boom Room - HERE COMES THE MAN 02 - 90 - 82 - Half Man Half Biscuit - THE TRUMPTON RIOTS 04 - RE - 92 - Suzanne Vega - MARLENE ON THE WALL 1 - NEW - 96 - Husker Du - DON'T WANT TO KNOW IF YOU ARE LONELY
March 17, 200817 yr Early 1986 was at the end of the glorious post punk/new wave/new romantic second golden age of British Pop Music, as any chart from the summer of 1986 through to late 1994 was poor in comparison. I like: 09 - 01 - 01 - Diana Ross - CHAIN REACTION 06 - 04 - 02 - Bangles - MANIC MONDAY 1 - NEW - 08 - David Bowie - ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS 08 - 07 - 12 - Whitney Houston - HOW WILL I KNOW 02 - 27 - 13 - Prince and the Revolution - KISS 1 - NEW - 17 - Culture Club - MOVE AWAY 06 - 08 - 19 - Damned - ELOISE 04 - 32 - 20 - Blow Monkeys - DIGGING YOUR SCENE e8x7ip9-emE 06 - 25 - 21 - Mike And The Mechanics - SILENT RUNNING (ON DANGEROUS GROUND) 05 - 31 - 22 - Hipsway - THE HONEYTHIEF :wub: CPQwCrJ7LmE 1 - NEW - 23 - Howard Jones - NO ONE IS TO BLAME 03 - 18 - 24 - Kate Bush - HOUNDS OF LOVE 03 - 39 - 28 - Electric Light Orchestra - CALLING AMERICA 02 - 38 - 29 - Pogues - POGUETRY IN MOTION (EP) 06 - 17 - 30 - Talking Heads - AND SHE WAS 02 - 52 - 31 - Pet Shop Boys - LOVE COMES QUICKLY 02 - 40 - 34 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - CANDYMAN 08 - 19 - 35 - James Brown - LIVING IN AMERICA 07 - 15 - 36 - Public Image Limited - RISE 10 - 21 - 37 - Five Star - SYSTEM ADDICT 04 - 22 - 40 - Depeche Mode - STRIPPED 13 - 23 - 41 - Madonna - BORDERLINE 08 - 26 - 43 - Double - THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART 02 - 55 - 45 - Stevie Wonder - OVERJOYED 02 - 65 - 52 - Roger Daltrey - UNDER A RAGING MOON 15 - 37 - 55 - Latin Quarter - RADIO AFRICA 20 - 30 - 56 - Belouis Some - IMAGINATION 02 - 56 - 57 - Housemartins - SHEEP 1 - NEW - 60 - Talk Talk - LIVING IN ANOTHER WORLD 12 - 41 - 61 - A-ha - THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV 1 - NEW - 62 - John Taylor - I DO WHAT I DO (THEME FOR 9 1/2 WEEKS) kjU3N5nvcD8 07 - 49 - 64 - Simple Minds - SANCTIFY YOURSELF 40 - 78 - 68 - Simple Minds - DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) 09 - 43 - 72 - Talk Talk - LIFE'S WHAT YOU MAKE IT 14 - 48 - 73 - Mr Mister - BROKEN WINGS 10 - 42 - 74 - Sarah Brightman and Steve Harley - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 09 - 51 - 75 - Grace Jones - LA VIE EN ROSE / PULL UP TO THE BUMPER 02 - 88 - 76 - Mint Juleps - ONLY LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART 17 - RE - 78 - Whitney Houston - SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU 04 - 80 - 79 - Kissing The Pink - ONE STEP 1 - NEW - 80 - Tom Waits - IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD 02 - 90 - 82 - Half Man Half Biscuit - THE TRUMPTON RIOTS 04 - RE - 92 - Suzanne Vega - MARLENE ON THE WALL 1 - NEW - 96 - Husker Du - DON'T WANT TO KNOW IF YOU ARE LONELY
March 17, 200817 yr 1986 was a rubbish year in my opinion. The early 80s were OK, the lat 80s were - of course - phenomanal... but the middle 80s were ugly!
March 18, 200817 yr 1986 was a rubbish year in my opinion. The early 80s were OK, the lat 80s were - of course - phenomanal... but the middle 80s were ugly! :lol:.... the late 80's were DEAD. pop had lost its direction and all you were fed was the awful SAW production line pop... god how i detest watertwat, totally destroyed any artistic merit, and individuality, i cannot understand the minds of people who can buy the SAME TRACK over and over again.. all you need are about 3 reprisentitive tracks... 'i should be so lucky' for eg... i reckon the only good thing in the late 80's was acid rave. if you like that scene.
March 18, 200817 yr And thrash metal and alternative rock and early grunge and best of all... Grebo rock! The Cult, Crazyhead, Zodiac Mindwarp, PWEI ... Hurrah!
March 18, 200817 yr :lol:.... the late 80's were DEAD. Unless you liked AOR rock, the late 80s are usually regarded as the most exciting era of music - granted SAW had a stanglehold on the charts, but heck they forged the odd well crafted pop record! You can't deny Mel and Kim had a neat run of great dance/pop gems and some of their stuff is - for the right or wrong reasons - iconic. The late 80s are repeteadley compared to the late 70s (punk... summer of love...). Chicago house, detroit techno, hip hop... basically it was the breakthrough for black and urban music that transfored the face of music for the next twenty years plus for good. I can honestly say the late 80s was probably the most influential period of popular music, at least certainly in my lifetime anyway. And least we forget about the Reynold Sisters!
March 18, 200817 yr Unless you liked AOR rock, the late 80s are usually regarded as the most exciting era of music - granted SAW had a stanglehold on the charts, but heck they forged the odd well crafted pop record! You can't deny Mel and Kim had a neat run of great dance/pop gems and some of their stuff is - for the right or wrong reasons - iconic. The late 80s are repeteadley compared to the late 70s (punk... summer of love...). Chicago house, detroit techno, hip hop... basically it was the breakthrough for black and urban music that transfored the face of music for the next twenty years plus for good. I can honestly say the late 80s was probably the most influential period of popular music, at least certainly in my lifetime anyway. And least we forget about the Reynold Sisters! Well that is certainly not the viewpoint held by the superb BBC Pop Documentary series Pop Brittannia where the music critics / talking heads argued that "Pop Music" last great pop act of the 1980s was the Pet Shop Boys and did not revive until the emergence of Brit-Pop in the early mid 1990s with the likes of Suede, Blur, Oasis, Supergrass & Pulp (as a rebellion to the Americanisation of the growing US Urban scene & grunge movement) and at the poppiest end Take That, East 17 then the Spice Girls & All Saints. They regarded the whole Madchester as a false dawn because none of the acts became substantially popular for a lengthy period of time; whilst they compared the Chicago House, Techno/Rave, Hip Hop scene with the Philly Soul, Northern Soul, Disco scene of the mid to late 1970s in so far as it produce a few good singles and but nothing iconic in the Popular culture sense as in both eras these acts were faceless anonymous acts not larger than life iconic figures that you expect from popular culture.
March 18, 200817 yr Unless you liked AOR rock, the late 80s are usually regarded as the most exciting era of music - m8.... thats utter nonsense. the 60's were THE most exciting time in music, everything was fresh and artists were creating different styles, it was all new and vibrant. the 'punk' era 77-82 (though some would extend this to 86) was the second most exciting and creative time in music. like the 60's new areas were being explored and variety ruled. dunno where you get the notion that the late 80's were 'the most exciting' era in music from.... unless thats a personal statement, to which i wouldnt (couldnt) argue against as its your prefered time (probably because thats when you discovered music?). ok maybe alot of hip hop and urban has its roots there, but that aint the staple diet of british kids throughout the decades. its rather marginalised, i find it hard to say something nice about it, generally i hate it! :lol: it aint my music, it doesnt speak to me. music has ALWAYS been at its most popular and creative when guitar groups ruled... be it mid 60's, punk, britpop or even todays incarnation 'indie'.
March 18, 200817 yr m8.... thats utter nonsense. the 60's were THE most exciting time in music, everything was fresh and artists were creating different styles, it was all new and vibrant. the 'punk' era 77-82 (though some would extend this to 86) was the second most exciting and creative time in music. like the 60's new areas were being explored and variety ruled. dunno where you get the notion that the late 80's were 'the most exciting' era in music from.... unless thats a personal statement, to which i wouldnt (couldnt) argue against as its your prefered time (probably because thats when you discovered music?). ok maybe alot of hip hop and urban has its roots there, but that aint the staple diet of british kids throughout the decades. its rather marginalised, i find it hard to say something nice about it, generally i hate it! :lol: it aint my music, it doesnt speak to me. music has ALWAYS been at its most popular and creative when guitar groups ruled... be it mid 60's, punk, britpop or even todays incarnation 'indie'. Totally agree with you here, I can't think of any classic songs from the late 80's......................hold on ....................nope not one :lol:
March 19, 200817 yr Well that is certainly not the viewpoint held by the superb BBC Pop Documentary series Pop Brittannia where the music critics / talking heads argued that "Pop Music" last great pop act of the 1980s was the Pet Shop Boys and did not revive until the emergence of Brit-Pop in the early mid 1990s with the likes of Suede, Blur, Oasis, Supergrass & Pulp (as a rebellion to the Americanisation of the growing US Urban scene & grunge movement) and at the poppiest end Take That, East 17 then the Spice Girls & All Saints. They regarded the whole Madchester as a false dawn because none of the acts became substantially popular for a lengthy period of time; whilst they compared the Chicago House, Techno/Rave, Hip Hop scene with the Philly Soul, Northern Soul, Disco scene of the mid to late 1970s in so far as it produce a few good singles and but nothing iconic in the Popular culture sense as in both eras these acts were faceless anonymous acts not larger than life iconic figures that you expect from popular culture. Sounds rather like the view point of an uncredible 50-something white man (I'm not making the assumption you fall into this ilk by the way). Dance music isn;t about producing artists that sustain under the same moniker for a lenghty period of time like the aforementioned Pet Shop Boys - tracks like 'Voodoo Ray', 'French Kiss', 'Groove Is In The Heart', 'Back To Life' are one-off clasisc and and iconic thus helped shape the way dance music and music of a black origin breakthrough into the mainstream and changed the face of pop music. Of course, the whole MADchester scene was an era (but what a great one it was let's just remember) but when that ended, in came another branch of the dance spectrum which lead into the mad number of micro geners we got during the course of the 90s. I stand corrected to be honest - and to say music only ever reaches it's peak when its dominated by guitars is just loony! Exactly how many cloned indie/rock/Nu-wave bands have we got now? Each and everyone just recycling old ideas. Where as the late 80s summer of love was a revolution. Tony Wilson said there is a pop music revotion every 13 years (I know this has been mentioned before) - the beatles in the early mid 60s, punk in the mid late 70s and the house scene in the late 80s... the naughties have been merely nothing more than a load of recycled bollocks!
March 19, 200817 yr 1986 was the year i first got into the charts, so it holds many happy memories. A great year as far as i'm concerned (My Personal Opinion). Anyway i like... 09 - 01 - 01 - Diana Ross - CHAIN REACTION 06 - 04 - 02 - Bangles - MANIC MONDAY 03 - 03 - 03 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik - LOVE MISSILE F1-11 04 - 10 - 04 - Frank Sinatra - THEME FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK 08 - 02 - 05 - Billy Ocean - WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH THE TOUGH GET GOING 05 - 16 - 06 - Jim Diamond - HI HO SILVER loved the tv series Boon - NEW - 08 - David Bowie - ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS 16 - 11 - 09 - Huey Lewis And The News - THE POWER OF LOVE / DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE 08 - 06 - 10 - Survivor - BURNING HEART 08 - 05 - 11 - Su Pollard - STARTING TOGETHER 08 - 07 - 12 - Whitney Houston - HOW WILL I KNOW 02 - 27 - 13 - Prince and the Revolution - KISS 09 - 13 - 14 - Alexander O'Neal - IF YOU WERE HERE TONIGHT - NEW - 17 - Culture Club - MOVE AWAY 03 - 29 - 18 - Mr Mister - KYRIE 06 - 08 - 19 - Damned - ELOISE 04 - 32 - 20 - Blow Monkeys - DIGGING YOUR SCENE 06 - 25 - 21 - Mike And The Mechanics - SILENT RUNNING (ON DANGEROUS GROUND) - NEW - 23 - Howard Jones - NO ONE IS TO BLAME 03 - 18 - 24 - Kate Bush - HOUNDS OF LOVE 09 - 36 - 26 - Freddie Jackson - ROCK ME TONIGHT (FOR OLD TIME'S SAKE) 03 - 39 - 28 - Electric Light Orchestra - CALLING AMERICA 06 - 17 - 30 - Talking Heads - AND SHE WAS 02 - 52 - 31 - Pet Shop Boys - LOVE COMES QUICKLY 06 - 24 - 33 - Colonel Abrams - I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU 02 - 40 - 34 - Siouxsie And The Banshees - CANDYMAN 10 - 21 - 37 - Five Star - SYSTEM ADDICT 02 - 54 - 38 - Real Thing - YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING (DECADE REMIX '76 - '86) 13 - 23 - 41 - Madonna - BORDERLINE 08 - 26 - 43 - Double - THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART 06 - 28 - 44 - Shakin' Stevens - TURNING AWAY 02 - 55 - 45 - Stevie Wonder - OVERJOYED 04 - 45 - 48 - Juicy - SUGAR FREE 10 - 33 - 49 - Dire Straits - WALK OF LIFE 02 - 59 - 50 - Sinitta - SO MACHO / CRUISING 20 - 30 - 56 - Belouis Some - IMAGINATION 02 - 81 - 58 - Atlantic Starr - SECRET LOVERS 12 - 41 - 61 - A-ha - THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV 07 - 49 - 64 - Simple Minds - SANCTIFY YOURSELF 40 - 78 - 68 - Simple Minds - DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) 04 - 57 - 69 - Cherelle - WILL YOU SATISFY? 09 - 43 - 72 - Talk Talk - LIFE'S WHAT YOU MAKE IT 14 - 48 - 73 - Mr Mister - BROKEN WINGS 17 - RE - 78 - Whitney Houston - SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU 12 - RE - 90 - Full Force - ALICE I WANT YOU JUST FOR ME 04 - RE - 92 - Suzanne Vega - MARLENE ON THE WALL 05 - 77 - 100 - Breathe - DON'T TELL ME LIES Breathe didn't hit the top 40 till summer 88 with hands to heaven. This song was re-released afterwards. Hands To Heaven remains their only Top 40 hit.
March 19, 200817 yr I stand corrected to be honest - and to say music only ever reaches it's peak when its dominated by guitars is just loony! Exactly how many cloned indie/rock/Nu-wave bands have we got now? Each and everyone just recycling old ideas. Where as the late 80s summer of love was a revolution. Tony Wilson said there is a pop music revotion every 13 years (I know this has been mentioned before) - the beatles in the early mid 60s, punk in the mid late 70s and the house scene in the late 80s... the naughties have been merely nothing more than a load of recycled bollocks! its a FACT that pop reaches a peak when its dominated by guitar groups m8... sales/fashions/nostalgia, everyone knows of the 60's and of punk... the only ones who rate the late 80's were a small group of people who were into the scene at the time. it didnt transcend generational boundaries and is not now remembered for anything that extra-ordinary. true, there is supposed to be a revolution every 13 years.... but thats just bollox! the late 80's house scene failed to impact on anyone out of that generation the way the subsequent incarnations of 'mod' music has. we all know britpop for eg, and the current 'indie' will be remembered with fondness. ill let T.I.P. correct you about who he is/what he knows..... you are WAY off the mark! :)
March 19, 200817 yr Sounds rather like the view point of an uncredible 50-something white man (I'm not making the assumption you fall into this ilk by the way). Dance music isn;t about producing artists that sustain under the same moniker for a lenghty period of time like the aforementioned Pet Shop Boys - tracks like 'Voodoo Ray', 'French Kiss', 'Groove Is In The Heart', 'Back To Life' are one-off clasisc and and iconic thus helped shape the way dance music and music of a black origin breakthrough into the mainstream and changed the face of pop music. Of course, the whole MADchester scene was an era (but what a great one it was let's just remember) but when that ended, in came another branch of the dance spectrum which lead into the mad number of micro geners we got during the course of the 90s. I stand corrected to be honest - and to say music only ever reaches it's peak when its dominated by guitars is just loony! Exactly how many cloned indie/rock/Nu-wave bands have we got now? Each and everyone just recycling old ideas. Where as the late 80s summer of love was a revolution. Tony Wilson said there is a pop music revotion every 13 years (I know this has been mentioned before) - the beatles in the early mid 60s, punk in the mid late 70s and the house scene in the late 80s... the naughties have been merely nothing more than a load of recycled bollocks! Let's have a look at the popular new musical icons of 1989 and let's see where they are now: Stone Roses = seminal debut album, then took forever (for the time) to record a follow up album, which met with an underwhelming welcome before limping on before disbanding. Ian Brown's solo career has not come close to matching his band's former success. Fellow band songwriter John Squire has retired from the industry to concentrate on Art (Paintings & sculpture). Mani is now part of Primal Scream. Happy Mondays = after the release of their seminal album, Pills, Thrills & Bellyaches, they took forever to record the disastrous follow up Yes Please taking an enormous amount of drugs that make Pete Doherty & Amy Winehouse look like lightweights. After many years limping onwards, Bez turned up as an unlikely winner of Celebrity Big Brother; Shaun Ryder cameod of the Gorillaz chart-topping Dare single & backing vocalist Rowetta Satchell turned up on X-Factor as a contestant where she was unlucky to only finish 4th. Public Enemy = After the Fear of Black Planet album their career went into sharp decline although they are still going. Chuck D turns up on other artists records like Janet Jackson, The Go Team & the mighty Vanilla Ice. Flav Flav had his own reality MTV show which was nearly as atrocious as the one Kerry Katona has at the moment, and has regularly turned up on other Reality TV shows. N.W.A. = When they imploded in 1991, they all disappeared with the exception of the politically motivated Ice Cube who has become a decent actor; Eazy E died of Aids in 1995 & Dr Dre........ well lets just say his importance go against my argument :lol: New Kids On The Block = dumper, although the lead singer keeps cropping up on Reality TV programmes & one of them has had a decent stab at acting Bros = dumper, although the lead singer keeps cropping up on Reality TV programmes & the other twin has had a decent stab at acting. Debbie Gibson = dumper, then back to her first love of Broadway. Paula Abdul = by the mid 1990s her career was over as a singer. She went back to her day job as a choreographer, before turning up in the 21st Century as a judge on American Idol despite having as many qualifications to judge other people singing as Geri Halliwell on Popstars The Rivals. Cathy Dennis = eventually dumper, then worked behind the scenes as a songwriter where she has become one of the most successful pop songwriters of the last decade. Jason Donovan = Career was as good as over by 1991, turned to the West-End and Joseph to some success before disappearing again before turning up on I'm A Celeb..... and the spoof soap "Echo Beach". Kylie Minogue = OK, OK, somebody from this era had to turn into a major musical icon and fulfill their potential didn't they. :D Soul II Soul = Kept going to an ever more selective audience. Jazzie B is now a very credible DJ and elder statesmen of UK music of Black origin. Lisa Stansfield = Kept going to ever decreasing record sales into the 21st century, happily lives in Ireland with her then producer now husband. Transvision Vamp = Lead singer Wendy James was hyped as the next big thing. Despite many critics saying she had a dodgy voice with suspect lyrics. Because of her outspokenness especially of other artists (she even had a go at Morrissey the fool) she was briefly given a six part TV show on BBC 2 as part of their trendy Janet Street Porter "Youth TV" coverage. It was panned by critics. (So far Lily Allen fans does this sound familiar :lol:) She then took forever to record a follow up album. Which flopped badly & the dumper beckoned. Neneh Cherry = Dominated the BRIT awards of March 1990, but has since only released two studio albums, as she seems happy to let her husband and then producer Cameron McVey keep in the limelight. He is most famous for putting together the Sugababes & he owns the name of the band. (So at some point you could get 3 ex-members of the group get back together but they could not record under that name :lol:) But let's finish with the World's biggest selling act of 1989 and biggest Pop Phenomenon of the year who won the Grammy for Best New Act .............................................. Milli Vanilli = I really don't need to say anymore & 1990 and MC Hammer & Vanilla Ice were just around the corner. PS. In 1989 I turned 18, and it was the year I saw the Pixies; REM; Rolling Stones; Paul McCartney; Lenny Kravitz; Jesus Jones; The Wonderstuff; Del Amitri; Living Colour; Gun in concert. As ever with music, there is always great music around, just that in 1989 you had to dig much deeper than the largely awful top 40 to find it. One of my all time Top10 albums came from this year The Pixies - DooLittle. Looking at my Personal Chart's #1s from that year the fact that Public Enemy - Fight The Power; Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven; 808 State - Pacific State & the Sundays - Can't Be Sure tells you something. Lastly if you think the 1989 was a golden year for music compared to 5 years earlier then just compare the Band Aid II record with the artists who appeared on Band Aid. In short there may have been a musical revolution in 1989 but compared to the seismatic musical revolutions of 1976 & 1963 it sure as hell did not amount to much nor had a lasting impact or influence on popular music. If one song could symbolise what a damp squib of a year 1989 was then surely this song does it perfectly: vHSrMtVc9-4 Danny Wilson - The Second Summer Of Love
March 19, 200817 yr This makes a relatively interesting read but goes some way off topic to what I was trying to explain. From a rock and pop perspective, perhaps the late 80s left a lot to be desired, but my focus point is upon the dance music revolution.
March 20, 200817 yr its a FACT that pop reaches a peak when its dominated by guitar groups m8... sales/fashions/nostalgia, everyone knows of the 60's and of punk... the only ones who rate the late 80's were a small group of people who were into the scene at the time. it didnt transcend generational boundaries and is not now remembered for anything that extra-ordinary. true, there is supposed to be a revolution every 13 years.... but thats just bollox! the late 80's house scene failed to impact on anyone out of that generation the way the subsequent incarnations of 'mod' music has. we all know britpop for eg, and the current 'indie' will be remembered with fondness. ill let T.I.P. correct you about who he is/what he knows..... you are WAY off the mark! :) that's a load of old tripe, Rob. How on earth can you say music like the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays etc isn't now remembered for anything? :blink: I'd check the polls if I were you, mate - even now, people cite Stone Roses debut as one of the finest albums ever made in just about every poll - worldwide. And whilst we're on Manchester guitar bands... people here are harping on about generic crud like Oasis... but.. err.... nobody here has mentioned The Smiths :wacko: :blink: :rolleyes: . Let's face it, they virtually reinvented the indie all-male guitar band and created a whole new generation of indie lovers. Without The Smiths there'd be very few wordy, intelligent indie bands around in 2008. There wouldn't be an Oasis, either - but hey, I can forgive The Smiths anything.....
March 20, 200817 yr that's a load of old tripe, Rob. How on earth can you say music like the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays etc isn't now remembered for anything? :blink: I'd check the polls if I were you, mate - even now, people cite Stone Roses debut as one of the finest albums ever made in just about every poll - worldwide. And whilst we're on Manchester guitar bands... people here are harping on about generic crud like Oasis... but.. err.... nobody here has mentioned The Smiths :wacko: :blink: :rolleyes: . Let's face it, they virtually reinvented the indie all-male guitar band and created a whole new generation of indie lovers. Without The Smiths there'd be very few wordy, intelligent indie bands around in 2008. There wouldn't be an Oasis, either - but hey, I can forgive The Smiths anything..... they are remembered, but you could find the odd group or two from ANY movement and cite them as 'heroes'. one album doesnt a movement make. cant see what the smiths have to do with it as they were finished by the late 80's which is what we are on about. ok they were revolutionary... im not knocking them, but you cant really use them to support the notion that 88-9 were a 'golden age'. if anything the smiths SUPPORT what im saying that music reaches its zenith when guitar bands are popular.
March 20, 200817 yr Stone Roses' debut album, Happy Mondays 'Pills Thrills and Bellyaches' and 'Bummed', plus a whole heap of singles by a variety of bands that are still, to this day, considered among the finest ever made - like it or not, 'Madchester' changed the way music is today. For the better, too.
March 20, 200817 yr Wow - I forgot Su Pollard had a short-lived pop career...but top 10? Here's my faves from the list... 03 - 03 - 03 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik - LOVE MISSILE F1-11 03 - 14 - 07 - Whistle - (NOTHING SERIOUS) JUST BUGGIN' 1 - NEW - 08 - David Bowie - ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS 04 - 32 - 20 - Blow Monkeys - DIGGING YOUR SCENE 07 - 15 - 36 - Public Image Limited - RISE 03 - 35 - 39 - Grace Jones - LOVE IS THE DRUG 03 - 46 - 47 - James Brown - GET UP (I FEEL LIKE BEING A SEX MACHINE) 20 - 30 - 56 - Belouis Some - IMAGINATION 04 - 63 - 71 - Mantronix - LADIES 09 - 51 - 75 - Grace Jones - LA VIE EN ROSE / PULL UP TO THE BUMPER 02 - 90 - 82 - Half Man Half Biscuit - THE TRUMPTON RIOTS 1 - NEW - 96 - Husker Du - DON'T WANT TO KNOW IF YOU ARE LONELY
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