Mushymanrob

sorry... i think this track is the worst shes ever done, it sounds too much like 'mikey' by toni basil (covered more recently by some forgettable bint). its the poppiest track shes released and is a backward step from her earlier, more mature, material.

'flame' is being re-issued tomorrow, a semi autobiographical account of life on the road in 74/5 staring slade.

 

get past the well dodgy haircuts and bloody awful clothes and there was a great british pop group, fronted by noddy holder whos distinctive 'melodic shout' singing voice made their songs ..

 

my fav was 'cos i luv u', (text talk 30 years before text talk was invented?...lol) i loved the fiddle break, must be the only one in the charts ever!

 

'cum on feel the noize' was a super uptempo track perhaps would have been their 'theme' if it wasnt forthat bloody crimbo track <_< which tbh id be happy never to hear again! good?...yes... overplayed? DEFINATELY!

why?... its a bit bloody late isnt it?.. true that we (the uk) made plenty of money off the backs of slaves and that was abhorrent, but all this fuss now over saying sorry.... call me cynical stan but aint it all just a big pr stunt?.

i liked

 

1 (1) Easy Lover – Phil Collins & Phil Bailey

5 (New) Welcome To The Pleasure Dome – Frankie Goes To Hollywood

7 (3) Material Girl - Madonna

12 (6) You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) – Dead Or Alive

22 (18) The Belle Of St. Mark – Sheila E

33 (New) Grimly Fiendish – The Damned

34 (New) Love Is A Battlefield – Pat Benatar

37 (23) The Boys Of Summer – Don Henley

 

 

anybody else thinks that springsteens 'dancing in the dark' rips off new musics 'living by numbers' riff?

 

thought the problem had been dealt with by limiting the number of tickets any one person could buy?.. maybe im out of touch!

personally i though '88 was one of the worst years ever for pop music, the dawning of s.a.w dominating the charts with their repetitive manufactured nonsence. i guess in some ways it was a reaction by a new generation (younger) against punk pop that had been the flavour of music for the last 11 years. the acceptance of this c**p by a younger generation was pretty mind boggling to us older people who grew up on a diet on more 'cool' 'proper' pop, you know... the ability to create a new song, play instruments and perform live. s.a.w was a huge dumbing down of pop music, but to watertwats credit he fights his corner well justifying supplying 'pop' pop as a party time feel good carefree musical style that is still with us today... in fact its pretty much the norm now <_<.

 

several rock tracks in that chart, never rated iron maiden though... always considered them a second rate sabbath/purple tribute act that was almost a parody of the earlier rock groups.

 

some decent enough pop tracks there though.. i liked 'heart of gold', ' jo le taxi', 'hazy shade of winter', 'im not scared' patsy kensit covering the pet shop boys pretty well imho.

 

i reckon johnny hates jazz were one of the late 80's best acts, i liked their material, possibly overlooked now.

best......... razorlight... (by a mile)

 

worst...... scooch

... we invariably regard the time we get into music (usually mid-teens) as 'the best era ever' as those times hold the best memories..... unfortunately though it doesnt always equates to periods of 'good' music. i had glam when i was a teen, i hated it! lol.

I think what I was trying to get at was, although 1987 may not have been the heyday of 80s commercial music, as the decade was drawing to a close it is still a good snapshot of what had come before and gives a sense of moving on to somewhere else.

 

Thisispop's post of songs from the year that were covers, re-issues, or from film and TV surely helps to demonstrate that this was the end of an era, taking stock and looking back, solidifying in preparation to move on.

 

I probably did not express this very well earlier, but that is probably because coming into Retro and Culture Box is quite scary - so I end up just saying a couple of things that maybe don't get the point across, and then I leg it.

 

 

thats cool, i think we understand eachother :)

Oh yes, I see now, you're right and I'm wrong, how silly of me to have my own individual perspective when your opinion is actually fact.

What would be the put in wasting my time putting any more substance into what I say in places like here when it would still get shot down in flames.

 

It's this kind of stuff that makes Culture Box and Retro elitist - no wonder it's much more fun to play in the lounge.

 

And I'd rather be a big kid with an emotional response to music, thanks, than a soul-less catalogue of facts and figures.

 

*note to self - own thoughts and feelings aren't important*

 

thats better! ...lol..

 

you cant ignore facts and figures though, otherwise you are re-writing history to suit. and it isnt a case of 'right or wrong' it is a case of individual perspective which may or may not go with the flow. notice i did not criticise your choices of favs here, but merely pointed out why i dont regard '87 as a good year for commercial music. dont take it personally, initialy it wasnt (until you started with sarky emoticons) (which ill delete) a dig at you at all.

 

by all means have an emotional response to music, thats what music is all about, picking the ones that hit you there (points to heart) in some way to feel the emotion of the track. you want feelings? bang on some trance! never has any genre grabbed me by the spine. tingled it, wrenched it into a euphoric state...

 

the purpose here is to express opinions and discuss/debate the differences, thats what im wanting, (as co-mod) until the admin tell me otherwise (or leslie) then thats what ill push for here (my only limitation is time).

Oh, hang on . . . "every point on the journey is a destination" . . . that's a bit more constructive than :zzz:

Last time I looked, the 80s was a WHOLE DECADE. Funny that.

Btw, does anybody actually have Sonic Boom Boy? I've looked on the net and nothing, without having to PM some random person.

 

 

are you incapable of discussion? supporting your dreary one lines with something of substance?.. or are you just a big kid?.. go play in the lounge.

I disagree. Still a fun transition period with merit :zzz:

 

transition into what? (oh yeah from ok music to watermans utter c**p).... what merit? wheres the inovation? facts are that when we are in a period of strong fashion in music the record sales go up, the times are remembered fondly, the tracks of the time are inspirational to the future and are used. for eg... dress in a '87 way!... you cant! it would be just a mis-match of general 80's clothing. dress in a '77 way or a 65 way, or a '72 way or an '81 way and you would hit the nail on the head!

 

87 was a typical bland mid-late 80's year with nothing going on in the commercial charts (underground however things were much 'hotter').

but like i said, there were some decent enough pop tracks pity they were nothing new!

 

there may well be many sub-genres but at the end of the day its still 'rock', and totally different from r&b, trance, uk garage, britpop, folk or even classical!

Not a poor chart at all. Takes me back!

I loved Moonlighting, and bought the Bruce Willis album off the back of it! Blow Monkeys! Westworld! Mel & Kim! and more. For me this has some stuff that would hold up as good examples of late 80's stuff and a lot of them have elements typical of the era, even though they might not be the first ones you'd think of. I'm gonna try and find Sonic Boom Boy somewhere - I loved it!

 

Taya-taya-taya-taya-te-te-te-taya-taya-taya-take or leave it but please believe it we ain't never gonna be respectable! :dance:

 

 

poor because it lacked originality, there was no strong trend/fashion. whilst those you listed were decent enough pop tracks they (and others) were generic, us older buggers had heard it all before.

 

our charts were at there best when there was a strong new sound/fashion as it stimulated artists to be more adventurous. beat/mod/hippy/rock/glam/punk/new wave/new romantics etc always the best eras.

well its obviously bollox as john likes iron maiden!

 

there does seem to be some correlation between intelligence (or probably domestic situation , housing, environment, income) and tastes in music..

 

however i dont think its very intelligent to like only one genre as many rock fans do. (ok thats not limited to rock fans). surely someone who can take pleasure in many forms from a variety of musical styles would be the most celebraly blessed!

You should come and play with me in the lounge more often tigerrrrrrrrrr, instead of staying at home in the Culture Box and Retro where you are blatantly under-valued and unappreciated.

 

i value his contributions... well most of them! :lol: sometimes though he seems to go off at a tangent. if he wanted to talk about the electric prunes then i could understand it, i have no knowlege of who the virgin prunes are but i suspect they are the real thing as in the fruit therefore has no relevance here :)

imho a poor chart, full of 60's soul re-releases (good enough), some weird rock, some early goth, some pop. there was no real direction or fashion evident here.

 

pepsi and shirley, curiosity, christians were possibly the best of a bad bunch.

Top 40 Hits of Mid March 1987

 

1 Boy George......... Everything I Own

2 Ben E King ...........Stand By Me

3 Jackie Wilson .........I Get The Sweetest Feeling

4 Mel & Kim.............. Respectable

5 Freddie Mercury .....The Great Pretender

6 Mental As Anything ..Live It Up

7 Man 2 Man Meets Man Parrish........ Male Stripper

8 Percy Sledge .........................When A Man Loves A Woman

9 The Jets ...........................Crush On You

10 Al Jarreau............................. 'Moonlighting' Theme

11 Alison Moyet....................... Weak In The Presence Of Beauty

12 Level 42 .............................Running In The Family

13 Simply Red......................... The Right Thing

14 Erasure ..............................It Doesn't Have To Be

15 Carly Simon......................... Coming Around Again

16 The Beastie Boys................... (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)

17 A-ha ...................................Manhattan Skyline

18 Bruce Willis....................... Respect Yourself

19 Prince ...............................Sign 'O' The Times

20 Curiosity Killed The Cat ..........Down To Earth

21 Nick Kamen .............................Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

22 Westworld ...........................Sonic Boom Boy

23 Genesis ..............................Tonight Tonight Tonight

24 The Christians .......................Forgotten Town

25 The Cult .............................Love Removal Machine

26 Europe .............................Rock The Night

27 Pepsi & Shirlie ........................Heartache

28 The Mission ...........................Severina

29 Duran Duran ..........................Skin Trade

30 The Communards .....................You Are My World

31 Frankie Goes To Hollywood...................... Watching The Wildlife

32 Billy Idol............................................ Don't Need A Gun

33 George Michael & Aretha Franklin .........................I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)

34 Five Star.................................. Stay Out Of My Life

35 Gary Moore....................................... Wild Frontier

36 Anthrax I Am ...................................The Law

37 Ruby Turner ..............................I'd Rather Go Blind

38 Tina Turner............................. What You Get Is What You See

39 Sam Moore & Lou Reed .............Soul Man

40 Full Circle ................................Workin' Up A Sweat

what is the point of this thread?...

my favs are

 

juicy lucy.......... 'who do you love'

animals............ 'its my life'

 

i love 'river deep mountain highs' intro... (and the outro), again public image by public image ltd has a bassline to die for!.

 

adventures 'broken land'

wham ....... 'edge of heaven'

belle stars.... 'sign of the times'

 

 

are others i like.. u?

silly question really that can only be answered by anyone who has actually HEARD every cw track! :)

saw her at the brits last year, she looks like she has lost weight and looks ill maybe, but photos often dont portray the real person. a slight glum expression and poor lighting could explain it..

madness, duran duran, either way good pop.

never liked him, he was a plastic punk not the real thing. he was too much a poser (which in punk days wasnt cool!) he was a showman, if he was starting out today hed be emo.

 

but i did like 'sweet 16', a splendid haunting, wistful track :)