Posted August 10, 200915 yr in a time of variety and inovation, lets see what goodies we were listening too 29 years ago! Top 40 Hits of Mid August 1980 1 Abba - The Winner Takes It All 2 David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes 3 Diana Ross - Upside Down 4 Sheena Easton - 9 To 5 5 Roxy Music - Oh Yeah (On The Radio) 6 The Gap Band - Oops Upside Your Head 7 George Benson - Give Me The Night 8 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say 9 The Jam - Start 10 The Piranhas - Tom Hark 11 Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica (NY) 12 Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm In Love 13 Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out 14 The Gibson Brothers - Mariana 15 Electric Light Orchestra - All Over The World 16 Kate Bush - Babooshka 17 Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty 18 Mike Berry - The Sunshine Of Your Smile 19 Dexy's Midnight Runners - There There My Dear 20 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could You Be Loved 21 Grace Jones - Private Life 22 Hot Chocolate - Are You Getting Enough Of What Makes You Happy 23 The Village People - Can't Stop The Music 24 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu 25 The Clash - Bankrobber 26 Sue Wilkinson - You Gotta Be A Hustler If You Wanna Get On 27 The Undertones - Wednesday Week 28 Darts - Let's Hang On 29 Ultravox - Sleepwalk 30 Cliff Richard - Dreamin' 31 Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me 32 Nick Straker Band - A Walk In The Park 33 Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go 34 Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Game (Theme From 'the Invaders') 35 Black Sabbath - Neon Knights 36 Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I 37 Roger Daltrey - Free Me 38 The Skids - Circus Games 39 New Musik - Sanctuary 40 Stacy Lattisaw - Jump To The Beat
August 10, 200915 yr Author 1 Abba - The Winner Takes It All .................. quality pop, although not my fav 2 David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes .................... my fav bowie track, superb vid 3 Diana Ross - Upside Down .......................... awful, cant abide her 4 Sheena Easton - 9 To 5 ............................reality show bollox, some things never change <_< 5 Roxy Music - Oh Yeah (On The Radio) ........ pretty nicey picey pop 6 The Gap Band - Oops Upside Your Head ..... dance floor classic though not my cuppa 7 George Benson - Give Me The Night ............ strangely enough i like this bit of classy soul 8 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say ............. :puke2: vile little man 9 The Jam - Start ....................................... good? well yes but weller plagiarising the beatles <_< 10 The Piranhas - Tom Hark .......................... goodtime pop, a cover from 59 11 Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica (NY) ...... i like this :) 12 Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm In Love ........... awful pop pap 13 Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out .......... didnt like these either 14 The Gibson Brothers - Mariana ....................... ok 15 Electric Light Orchestra - All Over The World .... old stodgy boring 16 Kate Bush - Babooshka ............................... class 17 Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty ........................... lol.. good time fun pop... :) 18 Mike Berry - The Sunshine Of Your Smile .......rubbish 19 Dexy's Midnight Runners - There There My Dear ... :thumbup: brilliant track 20 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could You Be Loved ....... average marley dirge 21 Grace Jones - Private Life ..................................... liked this 22 Hot Chocolate - Are You Getting Enough Of What Makes You Happy .... little known track, poor 23 The Village People - Can't Stop The Music ................ more camp pop 24 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu ..... awful, rubbish. 25 The Clash - Bankrobber ........... tbh i dont like it, im not a fan of the clash either. a cover. 26 Sue Wilkinson - You Gotta Be A Hustler If You Wanna Get On .... sleazy novelty pop pap 27 The Undertones - Wednesday Week ............. imho their best! great track! 28 Darts - Let's Hang On .................... the last vestiges of the rock n roll revivalists , past their best 29 Ultravox - Sleepwalk 30 Cliff Richard - Dreamin' ................. happy little number... wet pop. 31 Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me ....... ok i suppose, not my cuppa though 32 Nick Straker Band - A Walk In The Park ....... one hit wonder. ok. 33 Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go ........... :) i liked bww, but this wasnt that good. 34 Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Game (Theme From 'the Invaders') .... ? 35 Black Sabbath - Neon Knights .................. ok 36 Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I ................. ok, she was quite classy. 37 Roger Daltrey - Free Me ......................... ok 38 The Skids - Circus Games ................ :) liked it but not their best... 39 New Musik - Sanctuary ............... dunno this :unsure: 40 Stacy Lattisaw - Jump To The Beat ...... :) liked this! lol.. good pop imho.
August 10, 200915 yr There is some really good stuff here: 1 Abba - The Winner Takes It All 2 David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes 3 Diana Ross - Upside Down - I too hate Ms Ross but my love of Chic (who wrote the album this came from) over-rides that. 5 Roxy Music - Oh Yeah (On The Radio) 9 The Jam - Start 10 The Piranhas - Tom Hark 16 Kate Bush - Babooshka 17 Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty 20 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could You Be Loved 21 Grace Jones - Private Life 25 The Clash - Bankrobber 27 The Undertones - Wednesday Week 29 Ultravox - Sleepwalk 33 Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go 37 Roger Daltrey - Free Me 38 The Skids - Circus Games Just what is it you have against Bob Marley? You can hardly call his songs dirges! And why is it that people like Dio who sang on Neon Knights. Bloody poison dwarf. Heaven and Hell is a $h!t album and I will never understand why anyone likes it.
August 10, 200915 yr Author Just what is it you have against Bob Marley? You can hardly call his songs dirges! cant stand his music... 'could you be loved' IS a dirge imho...it just plods on , his brand of music doesnt reprisent my life at all in any way. and rastafarianism is the most ridiculous religion ever invented!
August 11, 200915 yr Author So you don't like any reggae at all then or is it just Bob Marley? i like plenty of reggae.... just not bob marleys style or anything like it.
August 11, 200915 yr Abba - The Winner Takes It All - love it - but the 'and I understand, you've come to shake my hand' line makes me cringe! David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes - just love it! Diana Ross - Upside Down - like it Sheena Easton - 9 To 5 - hate it ... much rather Dolly's 9 to 5! Roxy Music - Oh Yeah (On The Radio) - yuk The Gap Band - Oops Upside Your Head - great at parties when you have the urge to scrape your arse on the floor - otherwise sh/te George Benson - Give Me The Night - OK I suppose Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say - yuk The Jam - Start - more than love it, it does remind me of The Beatles Taxman though! The Piranhas - Tom Hark - don't recall Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica (NY) - don't recall Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm In Love - yuk Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out - don't recall The Gibson Brothers - Mariana - don't recall Electric Light Orchestra - All Over The World - not one of their best but ELO were my first love Kate Bush - Babooshka - fabulous - I remember my dad buying me the single! Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty - Yuk Mike Berry - The Sunshine Of Your Smile - yuk Dexy's Midnight Runners - There There My Dear - don't recall Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could You Be Loved - OK I suppose Grace Jones - Private Life - another one I adore Hot Chocolate - Are You Getting Enough Of What Makes You Happy - don't recall The Village People - Can't Stop The Music - yuk Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu - I really wish I didn't recall this! The Clash - Bankrobber - don't recall Sue Wilkinson - You Gotta Be A Hustler If You Wanna Get On - don't recall The Undertones - Wednesday Week - don't recall Darts - Let's Hang On - don't recall (Is this the old Four Seasons song? If it is - I didn't like it when they did it) Ultravox - Sleepwalk - don't recall Cliff Richard - Dreamin' - yuk Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me - I'm ashamed to say that I liked this! Nick Straker Band - A Walk In The Park - don't recall Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go - don't recall Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Game (Theme From 'the Invaders') - don't recall - but I liked the TV series Black Sabbath - Neon Knights - don't recall Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I - quite like this - but not my favourite from Joan Roger Daltrey - Free Me - just 'no' The Skids - Circus Games - don't recall New Musik - Sanctuary - don't recall Stacy Lattisaw - Jump To The Beat - I wish I didn't recall All in all ... not a bad chart! Norma
August 11, 200915 yr ^^ Norma: Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Games (Theme From Invaders) wasn't the theme from a TV programme but literally the theme from the computer game "(Space) Invaders"! Quite a different song and needless to say it only received any radio play on the Top 40 show on a Sunday... This is the 12" version - the 7" edited version starts at 1:50 in. aHhYbVVDuoA Edited August 12, 200915 yr by Robbie
August 11, 200915 yr again, can someone tell me how to embed a youtube video straight to here. I can never remember.
August 11, 200915 yr not a bad chart. I owned the following: 2 David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes 6 The Gap Band - Oops Upside Your Head (12") 9 The Jam - Start 13 Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out (12") 21 Grace Jones - Private Life 27 The Undertones - Wednesday Week 39 New Musik - Sanctuary In addition, a number of the songs in this chart, most of them varying in degrees of awfulness were on the then latest K-Tel compilation which I owned. The album had the awful title of "Mounting Excitement", which is probably one of the worst album titles K-Tel ever dreamt up. http://www.discogs.com/Various-Mounting-Ex...release/1219358
August 12, 200915 yr like this but use square brackets instead of round ones (youtube)aHhYbVVDuoA(/youtube) The bit in the middle is the code for the video that is after the equals sign in the url. Edited August 12, 200915 yr by grebo69
August 12, 200915 yr My picks 2 David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes 3 Diana Ross - Upside Down 13 Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out 17 Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty 19 Dexy's Midnight Runners - There There My Dear 21 Grace Jones - Private Life 25 The Clash - Bankrobber 33 Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go 34 Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Game (Theme From 'the Invaders')
August 12, 200915 yr ^^ Norma: Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Games (Theme From Invaders) wasn't the theme from a TV programme but literally the theme from the computer game "(Space) Invaders"! Quite a different song and needless to say it only received any radio play on the Top 40 show on a Sunday... This is the 12" version - the 7" edited version starts at 1:50 in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHhYbVVDuoA And what a pile of sh/te it was! Glad I didn't recall it! And thank you radio stations at the time for keeping it from my eardrums! Once a week would have been once to many to hear this tripe! So happy they didn't make a tart's boudoir out of the brilliant TV series then! :lol: Norma
August 12, 200915 yr And what a pile of sh/te it was! Glad I didn't recall it! And thank you radio stations at the time for keeping it from my eardrums! Once a week would have been once to many to hear this tripe! Norma Just as well one of YMO went on to bigger and better things coz Ryuichi Sakamoto frequently makes great music. Edited August 12, 200915 yr by grebo69
August 12, 200915 yr like this but use square brackets instead of round ones (youtube)aHhYbVVDuoA(/youtube) The bit in the middle is the code for the video that is after the equals sign in the url.thanks!
August 13, 200915 yr 1 Abba - The Winner Takes It All.....typical Abba song, so so for me 2 David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes....absolute classic in my book :yahoo: 3 Diana Ross - Upside Down....nope 4 Sheena Easton - 9 To 5 :puke2: 5 Roxy Music - Oh Yeah (On The Radio)...a bit slow, but nice tune 6 The Gap Band - Oops Upside Your Head....I think me and Norma went to same kind of parties when this was out :lol: 7 George Benson - Give Me The Night...never a fan of his music 8 Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say -_- 9 The Jam - Start....good song, all be it A Beatles song in all but name 10 The Piranhas - Tom Hark :mellow: 11 Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica (NY) 12 Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm In Love :puke2: I hated this 13 Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out.....no I didn't like this at all 14 The Gibson Brothers - Mariana...nope 15 Electric Light Orchestra - All Over The World...not one of their best 16 Kate Bush - Babooshka...brilliant :cheer: 17 Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty :w00t: 18 Mike Berry - The Sunshine Of Your Smile :puke2: 19 Dexy's Midnight Runners - There There My Dear....another good song 20 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could You Be Loved....not his best track 21 Grace Jones - Private Life...liked this but not her 22 Hot Chocolate - Are You Getting Enough Of What Makes You Happy...poor 23 The Village People - Can't Stop The Music :puke2: 24 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu :puke2: 25 The Clash - Bankrobber....liked this one 26 Sue Wilkinson - You Gotta Be A Hustler If You Wanna Get On 27 The Undertones - Wednesday Week... :) 28 Darts - Let's Hang On 29 Ultravox - Sleepwalk....this was good :dance: 30 Cliff Richard - Dreamin' :puke2: 31 Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me :) 32 Nick Straker Band - A Walk In The Park :) 33 Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go :) 34 Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Game (Theme From 'the Invaders') :unsure: 35 Black Sabbath - Neon Knights 36 Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I...was ok 37 Roger Daltrey - Free Me :) 38 The Skids - Circus Games :) 39 New Musik - Sanctuary... liked this one 40 Stacy Lattisaw - Jump To The Beat
August 29, 200915 yr in a time of variety and inovation, lets see what goodies we were listening too 29 years ago! Top 40 Hits of Mid August 1980 1 Abba - The Winner Takes It All - one of their greatest - a truly brilliant pop single, and Agnetha looks hot in the video, even with blue eyeshadow :wub: :wub: :wub: 2 David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes - my fave Bowie track by miles, and from his best album, too, IMO :wub: :wub: :wub: 3 Diana Ross - Upside Down - Great... production on this is incredible. 5 Roxy Music - Oh Yeah (On The Radio) not their finest, but still a great song 9 The Jam - Start as above.... but is there ever a bad Jam single? 10 The Piranhas - Tom Hark - fun and daft, but holds some memories 12 Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm In Love - ugly Scottish cow, but a fun disco track, even if her voice could shatter eardrums... 13 Odyssey - Use It Up And Wear It Out - don't know why, but I liked this 15 Electric Light Orchestra - All Over The World - as above 16 Kate Bush - Babooshka - one of her worst singles, but as with the Jam, is there ever a bad Kate Bush single? Clever video, though 17 Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty - gotta love ole Buster and his Boys 20 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could You Be Loved - classic, really love this one, great bassline, too 21 Grace Jones - Private Life - the ice queen descends on nation al consciousness - and has there ever been a cooler TOTP performance? Astonishingly brilliant. :wub: 24 Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu - trashy junk.... but great trashy junk. The Xanadu movie is awful, too.... but a must-see awful movie! 25 The Clash - Bankrobber - one of their weakest singles, but still a great one... kinda shows how great they were, doesn't it? 26 Sue Wilkinson - You Gotta Be A Hustler If You Wanna Get On - an overlooked classic - I LOVED this track and annoyed my parents with it no end as a kid singing it! :wub: 27 The Undertones - Wednesday Week - a long way from their best, but it was nice to see them in a mellower mood 28 Darts - Let's Hang On - loved Darts - whatever happened to vocal powerhouse Rita Ray? Awesome voice... 29 Ultravox - Sleepwalk - when Ultravox were great - love this. 31 Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me - hate him, but gotta give him a thumbs-up on this track 33 Bow Wow Wow - C30 C60 C90 Go - superb.... loved Bowwowwow 34 Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Game (Theme From 'the Invaders') - YMO.... surely they and Kraftwerk invented leftfield electronica as we know it 36 Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I - so did she or didn't she have a bit of Valerie Singleton, then? Like this a lot. 38 The Skids - Circus Games - even though he danced like he was having a fit, Mr Jobson released some great tunes with The Skids... shame about Big Country afterwards, tho... minus Mr J. 39 New Musik - Sanctuary - liked this one 40 Stacy Lattisaw - Jump To The Beat - a classic.... would hate to hear it now, tho! some classics there, gotta be said.... you know you have strange childhood memories? One of mine if the week after this, Bowie knocked ABBA off the number one slot.... and I remember listening to the cgart rundown at the Radio One roadshow in Porthcawl. This has to be one of the greatest top 3s in living memory - 2 of my all-time favourite records in the top 2 positions....
August 29, 200915 yr 2rJjKG-LMQQ SUE WILKINSON - YOU'VE GOT TO BE A HUSTLER IF YOU WANNA GET ON In this age of shabby prostitutes posing as footballer's wives and girlfriends, reality TV show ho's and tacky tarts like Jordan, Paris Hilton et al... has there EVER been a better time to hear this? YOU'VE GOTTA BE A HUSTLER IF YOU WANNA GET ON Sue Wilkinson - 1980 I remember Sally from number four She always had boys queueing up at her door She wasn't so good looking, but she seemed to have such fun While I had none, I asked my Mum, "How come?" Mother said Sally was loose and cheap And girls like that ended up on the street Not like me, I was good, you see Now I saw Sally in the deli today She's a lady now in every way So darn rich, people tell me she's a witch With lovers by the score, do I have to tell you more Oh, you've got to be a hustler if you want to get on Principles can only hold you back The only women makin' it are women who are shakin' it They're faking all their morals on the mat It's an act, it's a fact You've got to be a hustler if you want to make a name Bein' good can only get you hurt Chastity and virtue never brought a woman fame And men will always crave a cunning flirt When you read the newspapers every day There's always some hussy that's having her way By dating someone famous, she makes herself a name And no one blames her, I guess we'd all do the same But then they get married and before you know She wants divorce and half of his dough Gets herself a lawyer who's a really shrewd guy And get's the judge's sympathy by crying and crying Yes, you've got to be a hustler if you want to get on Principles can only hold you back The only women makin' it are women who are shakin' it They're faking all their morals on the mat It's an act, it's a fact You've got to be a hustler if you want to make a name Bein' good can only get you hurt Chastity and virtue never brought a woman fame And men will always crave a cunning flirt Well, the next time it happens as she starts to write Of her schemes through the days and her men through the nights And even though it's tasteless, the book sells coast to coast On all the chat shows, you can see her boast And now they're makin' a film of the book And no one gives a damn that the girl was a "Huh" They've got posters obscene, now she's mixin with the cream No one even cares what she's done or where she's been Ooh, you've got to be a hustler if you want to get on Principles can only hold you back The only women makin' it are women who are shakin' it They're faking all their morals on the mat It's an act, it's a fact You've got to be a hustler if you want to make a name Bein' good can only get you hurt Chastity and virtue never brought a woman fame And men will always crave a cunning flirt Yes, you've got to be a hustler if you want to get on
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