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Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: mshray on May 09, 2005, 09:59:52 AM
Red Rockers alert!

ETA:  I mean, if Dave starts with The Call, Red Rockers can't be far behind.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Beej on May 09, 2005, 10:01:23 AM
Margerine doesn't melt all that well, really. But, if we must have an 80s set- it may as well be one of my fave 80s years.

Nice try at trying to go with Renee to the Star Wars screening, Mshray!

HM The Call.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: RGMike on May 09, 2005, 10:02:25 AM
Quote from: "Beej"
Margerine doesn't melt all that well, really. But, if we must have an 80s set- it may as well be one of my fave 80s years.

Nice try at trying to go with Renee to the Star Wars screening, Mshray!

HM The Call.


REAL margarine melts. It's that low-fat stuff that turns all gummy-gooey.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: mshray on May 09, 2005, 10:03:19 AM
Quote from: "Beej"
Margerine doesn't melt all that well, really. But, if we must have an 80s set- it may as well be one of my fave 80s years.

Nice try at trying to go with Renee to the Star Wars screening, Mshray!

HM The Call.


That wasn't me.  That was an impossible task to start with, & even if I'd won somehow I could only call you & let you go for me.

So I didn't call.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Beej on May 09, 2005, 10:03:33 AM
Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-yaaaaaaa

wop-wop
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: mshray on May 09, 2005, 10:05:08 AM
Quote from: "Beej"
Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-yaaaaaaa

wop-wop


I wonder if Dave was concsiously trying to make up for the fact that "I Still Believe" had just been overlooked on the A-Z playlist in the 9:00 hour?
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Beej on May 09, 2005, 10:05:33 AM
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That wasn't me.

Oh. Well, it sounded like you. Or the Ides of March.

Heh.

Yeah- Star Wars just ain't as much fun anymore. And it's not because I'm old. Becuase I still like plenty of crap that I liked as a kid.

Hmm. Maybe if Queen Amadala put on a pink wig and did a table-dance....
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Gazoo on May 09, 2005, 10:10:32 AM
I could have sworn I saw a video for "New Frontier" (an animated Brubeck-jazz-type motif) in 1981.  Revisionist memory, I s'pose.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: mshray on May 09, 2005, 10:11:55 AM
I just came across something interesting: http://www.steelydandictionary.com/

Sample entry:
Ambush - "She's wearing Ambush and a French twist / She's got us wild and she can tell." - New Frontier
 
A brand of women's perfume. Launched by the French perfume company Dana in 1955, Ambush is a sharp, oriental, woody fragrance with a blend of lavender, jasmine, oakmoss, sandalwood and patchouli. Still available, though the formulation has apparently changed in recent years.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Gazoo on May 09, 2005, 10:13:19 AM
Yuck, I've heard this song on 10@10 before but it never grated on me like it does today.  This isn't Thomas Dolby, is it?
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: RGMike on May 09, 2005, 10:15:30 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"
Yuck, I've heard this song on 10@10 before but it never grated on me like it does today.  This isn't Thomas Dolby, is it?


Yes it is.

And yes, you saw a video for "New Frontier" back in the day. And it did feature animation.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: RGMike on May 09, 2005, 10:19:14 AM
"Girl, U got an ass like I never seen..."

VHM Prince for getting that line on the radio in '83.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Beej on May 09, 2005, 10:20:44 AM
I remember the Steely Dan "New Frontier" video- animation & all.

Oh, Christ- fecking Motels.

There's , like a majillion more songs from 1983 that we could be listening to here today...

It's the Dark Side- I'm tellin' ya.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Gazoo on May 09, 2005, 10:21:02 AM
Fuck it all.  My computer's crashed twice in the past 15 minutes: it seems that the Mozilla Firefox web browser isn't fully compatible with the Windows 98 OS, and so a handful of the websites I frequent crash me as soon as a mouse-over drop-down menu is encountered.  Let me just say here for the record that I FUCKING RESENT THE CONCEPT OF PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE.  Don't fucking force me to buy a new computer every two years just because you programming fuckers can't be bothered with backwards compatibility.  This is a big part of why there's very little movement possible under American capitalism: those who start at the bottom are forever forced to buy new tools from those with the economic luxury of first-mover adaptation.

Fuck, do I hate this game sometimes.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: RGMike on May 09, 2005, 10:26:30 AM
Quote from: "Gazoo"
Fuck it all.  My computer's crashed twice in the past 15 minutes: it seems that the Mozilla Firefox web browser isn't fully compatible with the Windows 98 OS, and so a handful of the websites I frequent crash me as soon as a mouse-over drop-down menu is encountered.  Let me just say here for the record that I FUCKING RESENT THE CONCEPT OF PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE.  Don't fucking force me to buy a new computer every two years just because you programming fuckers can't be bothered with backwards compatibility.  This is a big part of why there's very little movement possible under American capitalism: those who start at the bottom are forever forced to buy new tools from those with the economic luxury of first-mover adaptation.

Fuck, do I hate this game sometimes.


silver lining: you're missing Men At Work. :D
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Beej on May 09, 2005, 10:27:42 AM
Dang, this set's rather pissing me off.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: RGMike on May 09, 2005, 10:28:57 AM
"Where beer does flow and men chunder"

Chunder?? WTF?
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Davefish on May 09, 2005, 10:30:26 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
"Where beer does flow and men chunder"

Chunder?? WTF?

Blow chunks, doncha know.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: mshray on May 09, 2005, 10:30:55 AM
Quote from: "RGMike"
"Where beer does flow and men chunder"

Chunder?? WTF?


Chunder = Aussie slang for puking your guts out.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: mshray on May 09, 2005, 10:31:35 AM
Quote from: "Davefish"
Quote from: "RGMike"
"Where beer does flow and men chunder"

Chunder?? WTF?

Blow chunks, doncha know.


Jinx!
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Beej on May 09, 2005, 10:31:51 AM
HM to "Million Miles" for sentimental reasons. But, like I said, this et's not doing much for me 'cept making me wish I had MY '83 compilation discs here at work...
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: mshray on May 09, 2005, 10:32:39 AM
Quote from: "Beej"
HM to "Million Miles" for sentimental reasons. But, like I said, this et's not doing much for me 'cept making me wish I had MY '83 compilation discs here at work...


Ich auch, mein freund!
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Beej on May 09, 2005, 10:32:49 AM
And "head full of Zombie" means "stoned", man.

And Vegemite sounds hideous.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Beej on May 09, 2005, 10:36:17 AM
"and my speech is slurred"?! Dude, maybe you're having a stroke!
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: urth on May 09, 2005, 10:37:19 AM
BOS Tubes, cuz the rest of this set has been a katrina-fest (not like this isn't but I'm just sayin'...)

VHM Marshall Crenshaw
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Davefish on May 09, 2005, 10:38:03 AM
Quote from: "urth"
BOS Tubes, cuz the rest of this set has been a katrina-fest (not like this isn't but I'm just sayin'...)

VHM Marshall Crenshaw

I'll second that.  Never been too cunning, I'm no linguist.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: RGMike on May 09, 2005, 10:38:42 AM
Quote from: "Davefish"
Quote from: "RGMike"
"Where beer does flow and men chunder"

Chunder?? WTF?

Blow chunks, doncha know.


as does this set for the most part.  Katrina City.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: yessongs on May 09, 2005, 10:41:25 AM
Well, I have to disagree that this was a good set.
My favorite was New Frontier.  Ah well, to each his/her own.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Davefish on May 09, 2005, 10:43:08 AM
Quote from: "yessongs"
Well, I have to disagree that this was a good set.
My favorite was New Frontier.  Ah well, to each his/her own.

Ya mean ya like it?  Or it wasn't good?  (Never mind - I know if Donald Fagen is in it, it's OK by you - and me  :lol: )
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Beej on May 09, 2005, 10:43:27 AM
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Well, I have to disagree that this was a good set.

I think the problem I'm having with the set is that these are songs that seem to be in EVERY '83 set is all. It's not so much I think the songs suck (although I can live the rest of my life w/o hearing "Land Down Under" having heard it So. Much.)
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: yessongs on May 09, 2005, 10:45:32 AM
Quote from: "Davefish"
Quote from: "yessongs"
Well, I have to disagree that this was a good set.
My favorite was New Frontier.  Ah well, to each his/her own.

Ya mean ya like it?  Or it wasn't good?  (Never mind - I know if Donald Fagen is in it, it's OK by you - and me  :lol: )


Sorry you're right I wasn't too clear...   :)
I meant that I disagreed with Dave M (most of the time the world's best DJ) that this was a good set.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Beej on May 09, 2005, 10:47:15 AM
Oooooh. I misunderstood ya, too- yessongs.

Oh! And I forgot to vote Kajagoogoo for Best Hair of Set.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: yessongs on May 09, 2005, 10:52:26 AM
By the way, I'm really enjoying KFOG A-Z.  It's *so* nice to tune in and have a really good chance of hearing good songs!!

One thing I don't get though, is how can most of these songs be in the "KFOG library" but I *never* hear them ... except on A-Z ??!!**?!?!
KFOG has good music... they just don't play it enough!!
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Beej on May 09, 2005, 10:54:56 AM
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KFOG has good music... they just don't play it enough!!

And the stuff they do play gets played so much one gets sick of it quickly.

Like, I don't WANT to catch your disease, stupid Ben Lee. Why'd you ruin a nice melody & some catchy lyrics by making the chorus: "Catch my disease"?! EWWW!

Soryy... I'm "old" that way....
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: yessongs on May 09, 2005, 10:59:57 AM
Quote from: "Beej"
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KFOG has good music... they just don't play it enough!!

And the stuff they do play gets played so much one gets sick of it quickly.

Like, I don't WANT to catch your disease, stupid Ben Lee. Why'd you ruin a nice melody & some catchy lyrics by making the chorus: "Catch my disease"?! EWWW!

Soryy... I'm "old" that way....


I agree, a catchy tune but I don't like the chorus either....  I'm old that way too.    8)
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Beej on May 09, 2005, 11:03:21 AM
Yeah! Stupid kids and their disease songs! Back in mY day- people wrote songs about positive things like 'turning japanese' or 'she-boppin' or 'little red corvettes' or 'today's Tom Sawyer's'- not songs about illnesses!

You kids get offa my lawn.

sssssssaaAAAAALLLLEESSS-MEN!

OK. I'll stop.
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: RGMike on May 09, 2005, 11:24:56 AM
Quote from: "Beej"
Yeah! Stupid kids and their disease songs! Back in mY day- people wrote songs about positive things like 'turning japanese' or 'she-boppin' or 'little red corvettes' or 'today's Tom Sawyer's'- not songs about illnesses!

You kids get offa my lawn.

sssssssaaAAAAALLLLEESSS-MEN!

OK. I'll stop.


"and they play Rush on the radio...
and that's the way Beej likes it
that's the way Beej likes it..."
Title: 1983 on Monday
Post by: Beej on May 09, 2005, 11:27:49 AM
So, pleeeeeeeaaaaase
Just call me "Beeeeeej"...


Like I said- great, catchy lil tune. Stupid, stupid title & chorus. Oh, wait. Mebbe that's the point or something. But, still- what's the deal, Ben Lee?
Title: the list
Post by: ggould on May 09, 2005, 12:24:35 PM
I didn't miss much!

5/9/05 - Monday in 1983!

The Call - The Walls Came Down
Donald Fagen - The New Frontier
Thomas Dolby - Windpower
Prince - Little Red Corvette
The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer
Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
Men at Work - Down Under
The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away (Best of Set!)
The Tubes - Tip of My Tongue
Marshall Crenshaw - Whenever You're on My Mind