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Title: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 15, 2010, 03:51:29 PM
AL's post on FB features the video for "Happy Hour" by the Housemartins. "let's make this the theme" within the year, she sez. So I sez: if it's a happy hour you want, how 'bout Jermaine Stewart "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off".
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: sundaygal on July 15, 2010, 04:02:13 PM
AL's post on FB features the video for "Happy Hour" by the Housemartins. "let's make this the theme" within the year, she sez. So I sez: if it's a happy hour you want, how 'bout Jermaine Stewart "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off".

I love that song Happy Hour!  I remember buying it in vinyl in high school. 
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 15, 2010, 08:48:31 PM
pre-emptive WOS for "I Wanna Be a Cowboy", which we're apparently gonna be, er, saddled with. Yo, yo, yo.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: sundaygal on July 15, 2010, 09:17:22 PM
Nothing screams upbeat '86 like I Can't Wait by Nu Shooz.  Hope AL plays it! 
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 07:32:01 AM
Nothing screams upbeat '86 like I Can't Wait by Nu Shooz.  Hope AL plays it! 

I nearly requested that myself. Cheeziest synth-line EVAH (and I mean that in the nicest possible way).
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 09:59:40 AM
I have high hopes for this good-time, "happy-hour" concept -- it would seem to preclude some of the boring '86 Morey-era mainstays like David & David (tho' we apparently are getting them anyway, since 4 or 5 people requested "Boomtown"). But here's hoping.

instant BOS the Housemartins, of course!
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: Tinka Cat on July 16, 2010, 10:06:06 AM
having stream troubles.. anyone else?  I had to trot out an actual radio.... "What a good place to be..."
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: radical347 on July 16, 2010, 10:07:04 AM
I don't like this Happy song.  WOS.

LOL @ the Smiths being 2nd.  So much for the happy theme.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: Gazoo on July 16, 2010, 10:07:51 AM
Yay for Smiths, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 10:08:15 AM
BOS2 the Smiths & a buck-toothed girl from Luxembourg!
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 10:09:05 AM
LOL @ the Smiths being 2nd.  So much for the happy theme.

Ha! I was thinking the same thing -- nothing says depressive like Morrissey.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: Davefish on July 16, 2010, 10:10:44 AM
BOS for NTM They Might Be Giants.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 10:10:44 AM
BOS3 TMBG! deputy-dawg-dawg-a-ding-dang. or something.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: Gazoo on July 16, 2010, 10:10:55 AM
BOS TMBG, "Don't Let's Start."  Great video.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: radical347 on July 16, 2010, 10:11:47 AM
Back on track with TMBG! BOS1.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: Tinka Cat on July 16, 2010, 10:11:58 AM
LOL @ the Smiths being 2nd.  So much for the happy theme.

Ha! I was thinking the same thing -- nothing says depressive like Morrissey.

but this was a happy Smiths song... eh?

dudes!  I requested TMBG and here they is!  the first time a request of mine made it.   Now I know how the rest of you feel!

Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 10:12:53 AM
VHM Stones, shufflin' off to Harlem.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: Gazoo on July 16, 2010, 10:13:32 AM
VHM to another great video, "Harlem Shuffle," which I adored when it came out.  Took me several weeks to learn it was a cover.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 10:16:06 AM
VHM to another great video, "Harlem Shuffle," which I adored when it came out.  Took me several weeks to learn it was a cover.

good thing it is -- if Mick had written a song about Harlem with the phrase "monkey shine" in it in 1986... he'd've been, er, lynched.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 10:16:52 AM
VHM Run-DMAerosmith
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: sundaygal on July 16, 2010, 10:18:55 AM
Aerosmith owes a big one to Run DMC for reviving their career.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: radical347 on July 16, 2010, 10:19:42 AM
VHM FRA to the Rolling Stones!
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: sundaygal on July 16, 2010, 10:20:12 AM
Great set so far...love it!  BOS almost everything so far.. 8)
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 10:20:35 AM
Aerosmith owes a big one to Run DMC for reviving their career.

indeed, tho' this got DMC on Top 40 radio in a big way too.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: sundaygal on July 16, 2010, 10:21:33 AM
OMG Rock Me Amadeus.  HAHA
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: mshray on July 16, 2010, 10:21:36 AM

dudes!  I requested TMBG and here they is!  the first time a request of mine made it.   Now I know how the rest of you feel!

Yeah, everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful.  

BOS for sure though.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: radical347 on July 16, 2010, 10:22:30 AM
Whoo hoo!  BOS2 to Falco-Rock Me Amadeus!
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 10:22:44 AM

dudes!  I requested TMBG and here they is!  the first time a request of mine made it.   Now I know how the rest of you feel!

Yeah, everybody dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful. 

you mean, like Mozart?  VHM Falco en deutsch.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: Gazoo on July 16, 2010, 10:23:29 AM
Rock me, Jerry Lewis!  BOS to the foreign-lang version of RMA.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: Gazoo on July 16, 2010, 10:24:03 AM
VHM to another great video, "Harlem Shuffle," which I adored when it came out.  Took me several weeks to learn it was a cover.

good thing it is -- if Mick had written a song about Harlem with the phrase "monkey shine" in it in 1986... he'd've been, er, lynched.

Is that phrase in there?  I thought it was "do the monkey time," as in the Major Lance song.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 10:25:37 AM
WOS-in-perpetuity Ted, who should be dead. One of the stupidest hits of the decade (which is saying something)
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: sundaygal on July 16, 2010, 10:26:02 AM
pre-emptive WOS for "I Wanna Be a Cowboy", which we're apparently gonna be, er, saddled with. Yo, yo, yo.

I concur.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 10:26:30 AM
VHM to another great video, "Harlem Shuffle," which I adored when it came out.  Took me several weeks to learn it was a cover.

good thing it is -- if Mick had written a song about Harlem with the phrase "monkey shine" in it in 1986... he'd've been, er, lynched.

Is that phrase in there?  I thought it was "do the monkey time," as in the Major Lance song.

I think it's "time" in the original; I've always thought Mick m'greened it.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: mshray on July 16, 2010, 10:26:32 AM
Gaz, do you remember long ago giving me a b-day gift of an 80's comp CD called Squeeze The Cheese?  This was naturally featured, and I guess it qualifies as a Guilty Pleasure.  I think it would be a stretch to call it a Turkey.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: radical347 on July 16, 2010, 10:27:43 AM
pre-emptive WOS for "I Wanna Be a Cowboy", which we're apparently gonna be, er, saddled with. Yo, yo, yo.

I concur.

Not too keen on this either. WOS2
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 10:28:38 AM
pre-emptive WOS for "I Wanna Be a Cowboy", which we're apparently gonna be, er, saddled with. Yo, yo, yo.

I concur.

Not too keen on this either. WOS2

even the person who requested it conceded that "some people hate it".
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: sundaygal on July 16, 2010, 10:30:16 AM
Max Headroom!!!!!  BOS
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: mshray on July 16, 2010, 10:30:38 AM
BOS #2 Art of Noise "Paranoimia".
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 10:30:57 AM
unguilty displeasure: Art of Noise/Max Headroom.  not as stupid as the previous, but getting there.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: Rastermon on July 16, 2010, 10:31:08 AM
HM Max Headroom and AoN
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: Tinka Cat on July 16, 2010, 10:31:17 AM
Actually, I think Falco should put a saddle on Ted and they should both get out of Dodge.  
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: radical347 on July 16, 2010, 10:31:56 AM
BoS3 AoN/MH!
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: Tinka Cat on July 16, 2010, 10:32:37 AM
unguilty displeasure: Art of Noise/Max Headroom.  not as stupid as the previous, but getting there.

I lurve me some Max Headroom, and I pretty much liked Art of Noise, too, but these aren't really two great tastes that taste great together.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: mshray on July 16, 2010, 10:34:08 AM
BOS Jon Lovitz' best sketch EVAH!
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 10:35:47 AM
Oh. My. F---ing. GAWD!  uber-BOS4 to an ATBB: Bronski Beat's post-Somerville "Hit That Perfect Beat"!! I am gobsmacked!
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: radical347 on July 16, 2010, 10:36:05 AM
OMG!  Thanks Annalisa, for playing one of my requests!!! :) (Seems like a bunch of us got one in this time!)

BOS4 Bronski Beat!
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: mshray on July 16, 2010, 10:36:08 AM
Who is this ripping of Heaven Seventeen's "We Don't Need That Fascist Groove Thing"?

ETA: ahhh, question answered before I finished typing.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: Gazoo on July 16, 2010, 10:36:52 AM
Oh. My. F---ing. GAWD!  uber-BOS4 to an ATBB: Bronski Beat's post-Somerville "Hit That Perfect Beat"!! I am gobsmacked!

Thanks for the ID.  I think it evokes Q-Feel's "Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)."
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: Tinka Cat on July 16, 2010, 10:38:05 AM
This Bronski Beat was someone's inspired FB request. Well done.  Perfect Beat, indeed.

ETA: aha, I see it's radical's request.   noice!   
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: sundaygal on July 16, 2010, 10:38:48 AM
IGGY!  YES.  BOSBOSBOS
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 10:39:57 AM
OMG!  Thanks Annalisa, for playing one of my requests!!! :) (Seems like a bunch of us got one in this time!)

BOS4 Bronski Beat!

thank you for that, R-347!  I still have this 45, was very sad that it wasn't a US hit. (tho' it went to  #3 in the UK) Even if I don't get Jermaine Stewart, this makes the set for me.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: radical347 on July 16, 2010, 10:42:18 AM
BOS5 to the happy Iggy song!
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: sundaygal on July 16, 2010, 11:05:31 AM
Goodbye 1986. Thanks for the flashbacks. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4azfzwuBv8
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: radical347 on July 16, 2010, 11:18:39 AM
And BOS goes to...

I Wanna Be a Cowboy.

...just kidding.   It went to Bronski Beat!  YESSS!!!    Happy weekend everyone!
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 11:45:52 AM
7/16/10- Friday Fun!! It's Happy Hour in...1986!!
 
 1.  Housemartins- Happy Hour
 2.  Smiths- Ask
 3.  They Might Be Giants- Don't Let's Start
 4.  Rolling Stones- Harlem Shuffle
(News: Tyson youngest HW Champ)
 5.  Run DMC/Aerosmith- Walk This Way
 6.  Falco- Rock Me Amadeus
(News: Reagan midterms)
 7.  Boys Don't Cry- I Wanna Be A Cowboy
 8.  Art Of Noise w/Max Headroom- Paranoimia
(TV: SNL: People's Court- The Beautician vs The Beast)
 9.  Bronski Beat- Hit That Perfect Beat (BOS!!)
(TV: MacGyver)
10.  Iggy Pop- Real Wild Child

Mike's Bonus Track: Jermaine Stewart. On my short list of the Best Pop Singles of the '80s... maybe we'll get it next time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID_N7rv-iN8&feature=related
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: Big Fingers McGee on July 16, 2010, 12:03:52 PM
This is probably the best 1986 set I've heard. Yeah, I hear the hate for Boys Don't Cry, but the song is so ridiculous I can't get too worked up about it.
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: RGMike on July 16, 2010, 12:27:46 PM
This is probably the best 1986 set I've heard. Yeah, I hear the hate for Boys Don't Cry, but the song is so ridiculous I can't get too worked up about it.

quite amazing: per the shraytabase, the Housemartins, TMBG, Art of Noise and Bronski Beat are all bustouts, and the Falco a serious rarity with only ONE play in the Morey era.  "...Cowboy", aside from being awful, is the major Katrina here (8 Dave plays).
Title: Re: 16 July 2010: it's... 1986
Post by: sundaygal on July 16, 2010, 01:07:55 PM
This is probably the best 1986 set I've heard.

This set reminds me of high school so much!  Great variety on the radio back then.  Big Rick used to play most of these songs - esp Housemartins, Smiths, Iggy, etc -on KITS (pre-Live105) back in the day.  He's such a great DJ and am happy he's still on the air.