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The Peak, 1/5/07: 1986
« on: January 05, 2007, 07:13:10 AM »
Sorry I missed a great TOTHC: Pet Shop Boys, "Opportunities".
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« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2007, 07:20:49 AM »
You can call me Al... just don't ask me about global warming.
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« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2007, 07:25:37 AM »
BOS Oingo Boingo, "Not My Slave".
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Re: The Peak, 1/5/07: 1986
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2007, 07:28:38 AM »
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Sorry I missed a great TOTHC: Pet Shop Boys, "Opportunities".


Woke up too late for it, but that's my BOS.  Although it has one grammatical error: "Ask yourself this question: Do you want to be rich?" should really be, "Do *I* want to be rich," no?
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2007, 07:29:41 AM »
OMG, Ms Lauper shows her "True Colors" -- BOS2
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« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2007, 07:29:42 AM »
HM to Cyndi's "True Colors," still a pretty song even after its co-opting by Phil Collins and Kodak.  Would love to hear the forgotten No. 2 hot follow-up, "Change of Heart," someday in a 1987 set (I haven't heard the song since its chart run).
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2007, 07:37:03 AM »
Love that disembodied coke-synth opening to RP's "Didn't Mean to Turn You On."
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« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2007, 07:37:59 AM »
BOS3 REM "Superman" -- I'd love to hear the original of this, by Clique, the late-'60s group that had a hit with Tommy James' "Sugar on Sunday".

and now BOS4: Robert Palmer showing impeccable taste in R&B covers, as always, with "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On".
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« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2007, 07:42:45 AM »
and we close with T.Heads' little-heard "City of Dreams".  I winced when I first tuned in at 7:10 and heard the Smithereens -- I'd been hoping for an older set -- but this has been my-t-fine.

Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities
Steve Winwood - Higher Love
Smithereens - Behind The Wall Of Sleep
Ric Ocasek - Emotion In Motion
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
Oingo Boingo - Not My Slave
Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
REM - Superman
Robert Palmer - I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
Talking Heads - City Of Dreams
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