10at10 Club
Main Discussion Area => KFOG's 10@10 => Topic started by: urth on December 09, 2009, 10:05:01 AM
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And all entries were top 10 Cashbox hits (not Billboard). Much diff between the two?
It's Master Blaster (Jammin') representin' for 1980, btw. Nice TOTHK.
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And all entries were top 10 Cashbox hits (not Billboard). Much diff between the two?
not that much diff ... but since Cashbox no longer exists, AL can quote them without having to pay them (and Billboard is quite touchy about that -- dunno if KFOG was paying them a fee when Dave used their charts, but technically they shoulda been).
BOS1 Stevie. Marley's hot on da box, mon.
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this song is ripe for mondegreens
"Jammin until the break of Jah?"
although MJ beat him to it, I also think Stevie said he would "make a pack.."
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WOS for Young Turks.
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BOS2 Rod the Bod and "Young Turks", one of his fab radio-friendly '80s singles.
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BOS Rod Stewart and Young Turks! I usually give Rod a lot of leeway. Big fan.
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The "chartbusters, dig?" dude has got to go.
HM for "Maneater", even though I couldn't stand H&O and their pun songs at the time.
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this song is ripe for mondegreens
"Jammin until the break of Jah?"
although MJ beat him to it, I also think Stevie said he would "make a pack.."
I give Stevie the benefit, since "pact" is meant to rhyme with "fact". in "I'll Be There", MJ (or the songwriter) makes "pack" rhyme with "back".
LAWD! BOS3 H&O, ripping off that fab Motown bassline for "Maneater". as a girl I knew said at the time, "Ewwww... maybe *they're* the maneaters!"
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The "chartbusters, dig?" dude has got to go.
Ditto. VERY annoying.
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Whoa! Nice pick for '83. Culture Club, no? Checking for bustout status as we speak.
ETA: Bustout status negative. Been played three times previously, but the last time was Sept of 07.
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I'll give a BOS for "Church of the Poison Mind". Anybody know the woman singing backing vocals?
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DAY-um! BOS4 Culture Club feat the fab Helen Terry, "Church of the Poison Mind" -- proxy of Gaz.
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Whoa! Nice pick for '83. Culture Club, no? Checking for bustout status as we speak.
yes! Church of the Poison Mind -- this one is awesome... I loved Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?, but thought this was waay better than Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
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AL's bucking for a 10-way tie today: BOS5 Tina, "Bettah be Good to Me"!
(http://www.foothillrecords.com/store/images/products/45-CAP-B-5387.jpg)
I have this 45; the B-side, iirc, is her cover of the Animals' "When I was Young"
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Whoa! Nice pick for '83. Culture Club, no? Checking for bustout status as we speak.
yes! Church of the Poison Mind -- this one is awesome... I loved Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?, but thought this was waay better than Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon
Agree on all points.
Now HERE'S a bona fide bustout: Tina, Better Be Good To Me. I played the hell out of this album back in the day. And probably not at all since then.
Btw, Tina has but one entry in the entire DB prior to this: one play of What's Love Got To Do With It? in early 2003. Gobsmacked, I am.
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whoa! Tina gets my vote for most 80s pop sounding. The percussion production on this is so shimmery and brittle. that snare!
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Tina has but one entry in the entire DB prior to this: one play of What's Love Got To Do With It? in early 2003. Gobsmacked, I am.
indeed -- another HUGE artist that Dave inexplicably ignored.
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forget that 10-way tie: WOS Glenn Frey. Proxy of GazWOS.
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Entering what could be a very barren period on the charts, unless AL treads carefully. Safe to say we won't hear any Replacements or Husker Du.
Wondering what Radicaldigits is going to think of this set.
Easy WOS, Glenn Frey, You Belong To The City. Shades of Miami Vice. This is why the mid-80s bit.
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forget that 10-way tie: WOS Glenn Frey. Proxy of GazWOS.
I'll jump in here, too. WOS. Wasn't this used in Mi-hammy Vice?
Now THESE drums and the synth bass line -- pretty dated! See what happens when you don't use a real drummer, Glen? I suppose Henley was snickering at this one.
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Like Tina, GF has just one song in the DB, but his appears half a dozen times. And it wasn't this one. The Heat Is On was his only solo contribution.
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Wondering what Radicaldigits is going to think of this set.
Good timing! ;D
Lovin' it so far (Except for tune #1). VHM to Rod Stewart's only song I can tolerate & BOS to Culture Club.
And I'm going to break w/ everyone and give a huge, uber-BOS to Glenn Frey.
Didn't AL play Tina "Better Be Good To Me" in that 1984 set after "Legs" by ZZTop? Or was that a different Tina song?
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*high five* (were those invented in the 80s?)
another BOS to the Wanging of the Chung!
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Didn't AL play Tina "Better Be Good To Me" in that 1984 set after "Legs" by ZZTop? Or was that a different Tina song?
I think you're right -- the database hasn't been updated in a while, methinks.
VHM Kelsey Grammar, great intro to a middling song.
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After Glenn Frey, it make Wang Chung sound nearly so bad.
My wife, however, is threatening divorce. 80s pop = very much not her thing.
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BOS3 to Wang Chung. Hits 106 used to play this as a recurrent/gold all the time... though it annoyed the hell out of me back then.
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OK, I'll VHM Sting in '87. tantric sex always gets my vote.
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And the WOSes just keep on coming: Sting, retreading his past hits in the coda of We'll Be Together.
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'88 brings us... Gunz'n'Axel. Sorry, I'll pass.
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Oh dear! Hide your daughters, your cocaine and your hair products!
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Oh dear! Hide your daughters, your cocaine and your hair products!
is there another band from 20 years ago who were loved by both critics and fans alike whose rep plummeted as much as these guys?
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another BOS to the Wanging of the Chung!
I SECOND THAT!!!
(http://www.nndb.com/people/064/000023992/maury-povich-1.jpg)
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Didn't think it was possible, but AL just out-WOSed GF: Billy J., trying to duck charges of arson.
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GNR...here's another song that Hits 106 played all the time as a recurrent/gold that used to annoy the hell out of me. Unlike Wang Chung though, this one still annoys me.
But BOS4 to Billy Joel! ;D
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I enjoyed "Welcome to the Jungle", way more than "We Didn't Start the Fire", fer sure.
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yikes! BJ starts the fire, even as he denies doing so.
I don't hate this nearly as much as some people do -- indeed, the first time I heard it I found it rather clever and predicted (correctly) that it would be one of the 5 Grammy nominees for Record of the Year. (without looking, see if you can name the other 4)
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Didn't think it was possible, but AL just out-WOSed GF: Billy J., trying to duck charges of arson.
HA! can't disagree, although BJ fans on this board may.
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another BOS to the Wanging of the Chung!
I SECOND THAT!!!
(pic of Maury)
took me a second, but I finally got it and LOL'd!
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Didn't think it was possible, but AL just out-WOSed GF: Billy J., trying to duck charges of arson.
HA! can't disagree, although BJ fans on this board may.
I might not mind this so much were it not for that crappy, pseudo-operatic falsetto in the chorus.
"OK, that's enough," she says. Amen to that!
ETA: At least she copped to intentionally boosting the cheeze factor.
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I'll give a BOS for "Church of the Poison Mind". Anybody know the woman singing backing vocals?
I was in the car for most of the set, and was framing the following My 3 Songs in my head as soon as I heard this (in addition to calling in my BOS to Annalisa).
Culture Club - Church of the Poison Mind
Pink Floyd - Us and Them
Roxy Music - Avalon
p.s. the Davefish question should make this obvious...
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Didn't think it was possible, but AL just out-WOSed GF: Billy J., trying to duck charges of arson.
HA! can't disagree, although BJ fans on this board may.
I might not mind this so much were it not for that crappy, pseudo-operatic falsetto in the chorus.
I thought it was kind of pandering to the aging boomer demo. turned me off. didn't feel that original. I think the refrain could be something like
"We didn't write these lyrics. They were just some headlines that we read in some book."
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I'll give a BOS for "Church of the Poison Mind". Anybody know the woman singing backing vocals?
I was in the car for most of the set, and was framing the following My 3 Songs in my head as soon as I heard this (in addition to calling in my BOS to Annalisa).
Culture Club - Church of the Poison Mind
Pink Floyd - Us and Them
Roxy Music - Avalon
p.s. the Davefish question should make this obvious...
Forget her name (Mike mentions it up top), but I saw Brian Ferry at Radio City in 89 (I think) and she blew us away when she soloed on Avalon.
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Forget her name (Mike mentions it up top), but I saw Brian Ferry at Radio City in 89 (I think) and she blew us away when she soloed on Avalon.
Do you mean Helen Terry (from COTPM) was singing at the show you saw?
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Pink Floyd - Us and Them
Are you sure you don't mean The Great Gig in the Sky?
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Forget her name (Mike mentions it up top), but I saw Brian Ferry at Radio City in 89 (I think) and she blew us away when she soloed on Avalon.
Do you mean Helen Terry (from COTPM) was singing at the show you saw?
oh, no.. they are not the same... I think the woman who actually sang on the recorded track Avalon was at that show. But she had some pipes!
so for your My 3 Songs, is the answer "A woman sings a major portion of the song?" or the women are all English and Black? or ...?
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Pink Floyd - Us and Them
Are you sure you don't mean The Great Gig in the Sky?
Yeah, I always forget that it's actually a twin-spin when I hear it on the radio.
anyway that answer is tunes that are highly memorable for the female backing vox (in other words, I think they shoulda been credited).
Helen Terry on COTPM, Yannick Etienne on Avalon & Clare Torry on the Floyd tune.
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I'll give a BOS for "Church of the Poison Mind". Anybody know the woman singing backing vocals?
I was in the car for most of the set, and was framing the following My 3 Songs in my head as soon as I heard this (in addition to calling in my BOS to Annalisa).
Culture Club - Church of the Poison Mind
Pink Floyd - Us and Them
Roxy Music - Avalon
p.s. the Davefish question should make this obvious...
I don't see what Helen Terry had to do with those other two songs, unless you're just talking about notable female guest appearances on popular songs. Oh, wait, I'm thinking of Great Gig in the Sky. So, I guess I don't get it.
ETA: Oh, I see that I do get it. And I did get it. Shoulda refreshed before posting.
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Forget her name (Mike mentions it up top), but I saw Brian Ferry at Radio City in 89 (I think) and she blew us away when she soloed on Avalon.
Do you mean Helen Terry (from COTPM) was singing at the show you saw?
oh, no.. they are not the same... I think the woman who actually sang on the recorded track Avalon was at that show. But she had some pipes!
so for your My 3 Songs, is the answer "A woman sings a major portion of the song?" or the women are all English and Black? or ...?
Would the Stones' Gimme Shelter work in this category as well? (Merry Clayton was the featured vocalist on that one.)
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Would the Stones' Gimme Shelter work in this category as well? (Merry Clayton was the featured vocalist on that one.)
I'm actually trying to get up to 10, so we'd have a theme set for this. A couple others would be TFF - "Woman In Chains" & Petty's "Don't Come Around Here No More."
Somewhere, once long ago, I heard a cover of Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side" that had a female vox doing the sax outtro bit, a la Floyd, and it was awesome.
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12/09/09 - Wednesday! It's 1980's Chartbusters!!!
1. 1980 - Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')
2. 1981 - Rod Stewart - Young Turks
3. 1982 - Hall & Oates - Man Eater
4. 1983 - Culture Club - Church of the Poison Mind
5. 1984 - Tina Turner - You Better Be Good To Me
6. 1985 - Glen Frey - You Belong to the City
7. 1986 - Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight (BOS)
8. 1987 - Sting - We'll Be Together
9. 1988 - Guns N Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
10. 1989 - Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire
BONUS TRACK: UB40 - The Way You Do the Things You Do
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BOS Guns-n-Roses
WOS Wang Chung
Has Wang Chung been in 10@10 with any other song? "Dance Hall Days" perhaps?
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BOS Guns-n-Roses
WOS Wang Chung
Has Wang Chung been in 10@10 with any other song? "Dance Hall Days" perhaps?
Yep, that, as well as "To Live and Die In LA," and a single appearance for "Don't Let Go" about 3 years ago.
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"To Live and Die In LA,"
underrated movie! (... and a fine song)
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"To Live and Die In LA,"
underrated movie! (... and a fine song)
Totally agree on both counts. That whole soundtrack album is great. Very evocative of the film. The chase scene in that movie set the bar for years to come, and no one has been able to successfully pull off that plot twist since (imho).
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Would the Stones' Gimme Shelter work in this category as well? (Merry Clayton was the featured vocalist on that one.)
I'm actually trying to get up to 10, so we'd have a theme set for this. A couple others would be TFF - "Woman In Chains" & Petty's "Don't Come Around Here No More."
On the former count, Oleta Adams got a featured credit on "Woman in Chains" IIRC.
I'd add "Magnet & Steel" and "Gold."
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Would the Stones' Gimme Shelter work in this category as well? (Merry Clayton was the featured vocalist on that one.)
I'm actually trying to get up to 10, so we'd have a theme set for this. A couple others would be TFF - "Woman In Chains" & Petty's "Don't Come Around Here No More."
On the former count, Oleta Adams got a featured credit on "Woman in Chains" IIRC.
I'd add "Magnet & Steel" and "Gold."
I was thinking Mark's idea was more "unsung/unknown" backing singers, and "M&S" and "Gold" would be the opposite of that, kinda. ;)
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Would the Stones' Gimme Shelter work in this category as well? (Merry Clayton was the featured vocalist on that one.)
I'm actually trying to get up to 10, so we'd have a theme set for this. A couple others would be TFF - "Woman In Chains" & Petty's "Don't Come Around Here No More."
On the former count, Oleta Adams got a featured credit on "Woman in Chains" IIRC.
I'd add "Magnet & Steel" and "Gold."
I was thinking Mark's idea was more "unsung/unknown" backing singers, and "M&S" and "Gold" would be the opposite of that, kinda. ;)
Oh, I thought he was just going for "prominent and uncredited."
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Oh, I thought he was just going for "prominent and uncredited."
What I was really going for was the impact on the listening experience, the "bolt from the blue" factor when the female backing vox kick in (especially, but not only, if they are doing a non-lyrical solo, a la the Floyd & Roxy tunes).
So I would rule out "Gold" just because Stevie doesn't sound that impactful to me. I'll have to listen to "M&S" again, since it's been a while. And I think I ovelrooked Oleta getting a titular credit on "WIC", so I'd draw the line with her on the other side of it.
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Oh, I thought he was just going for "prominent and uncredited."
What I was really going for was the impact on the listening experience, the "bolt from the blue" factor when the female backing vox kick in (especially, but not only, if they are doing a non-lyrical solo, a la the Floyd & Roxy tunes).
So I would rule out "Gold" just because Stevie doesn't sound that impactful to me. I'll have to listen to "M&S" again, since it's been a while. And I think I ovelrooked Oleta getting a titular credit on "WIC", so I'd draw the line with her on the other side of it.
Maybe Jennifer Holliday on "I Want to Know What Love Is"? Or is that sort of vamping broadening the category?
There's an out-of-control example of this in Pink Lady's "Kiss in the Dark," if you listen as far as the coda.