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Re: 13 Jan 2010: a backwards '80s VT
« Reply #15 on: January 13, 2010, 10:27:33 AM »
Oy says Eddie Grant.  I agree.  This set is not that exciting.
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Re: 13 Jan 2010: a backwards '80s VT
« Reply #16 on: January 13, 2010, 10:27:47 AM »
OY! we gonna schlep down to Melrose Avenue! (if only we could hear the parody instead of the Eddy Grant orig).
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Re: 13 Jan 2010: a backwards '80s VT
« Reply #17 on: January 13, 2010, 10:29:52 AM »
Quote from: Davefish on January 13, 2010, 10:23:58 AM
Quote from: RGMike on January 13, 2010, 10:17:23 AM
Quote from: urth on January 13, 2010, 10:14:22 AM
If I needed a reminder why I spent the latter half of the 80s listening primarily to the Grateful Dead, this set is providing it. Even the PG is not resounding with me. No BOS candidates so far.

Gotta say I'm entertained so far, and the Cher was one helluva bustout. I'd rather hear this sorta cheeze than the mopey KFOG-playlist stuff Dave used to feature in '87/'88/'89 sets.

and speaking of Dave: heeeeeeere's Huey! (speaking of big dippers)
And why oh why didn't she play "Back in Time" here?  It's so set-appropriate, and a way better song than "Power of Love", as I've mentioned before.  Maybe she didn't use it since it's in her intro montage.

I agree, but these are supposed to be big hits, I reckon. Which "BIT" wasn't, really. This is also not following the "Chartbusters" template of hits fom the charts in this particular week, since "Power of Love" was a Summer single, as is MAW, which I def coulda done w/out.

Ditto the Blondie, one I've long ago tired of.
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Re: 13 Jan 2010: a backwards '80s VT
« Reply #18 on: January 13, 2010, 10:36:07 AM »
Quote from: Tinka_Cat on January 13, 2010, 10:27:33 AM
Oy says Eddie Grant.  I agree.  This set is not that exciting.

Agree. Too many songs I've heard too many times in my life.
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Re: 13 Jan 2010: a backwards '80s VT
« Reply #19 on: January 13, 2010, 10:38:25 AM »
Strong start with good cheeze, and a nice finish with Devo... but a saggy middle with one too many 'trinas.
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Re: 13 Jan 2010: a backwards '80s VT
« Reply #20 on: January 13, 2010, 10:39:34 AM »
The Spuds take it!
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Re: 13 Jan 2010: a backwards '80s VT
« Reply #21 on: January 13, 2010, 10:42:05 AM »
If I could turn back time, I would have listened to The Sound.  (high-five!)
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Re: 13 Jan 2010: a backwards '80s VT
« Reply #22 on: January 13, 2010, 11:37:33 AM »
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Re: 13 Jan 2010: a backwards '80s VT
« Reply #23 on: January 13, 2010, 09:24:37 PM »

1/13/10 - Midweek!  It's an '80's BIG hits Auto Reverse!!!
   1.  1989 - Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time
   2.  1988 - Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
   3.  1987 - Bon Jovi - Livin' On a Prayer
   4.  1986 - Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (BOS!)
   5.  1985 - Huey Lewis & the News - The Power of Love
   6.  1984 - Van Halen - Jump
   7.  1983 - Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
   8.  1982 - Men at Work - Who Can it Be Now?
   9.  1981 - Blondie - The Tide is High
 10.  1980 - Devo - Whip it
BONUS TRACK:  The Smiths - How Soon is Now
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Re: 13 Jan 2010: a backwards '80s VT
« Reply #24 on: January 13, 2010, 10:27:46 PM »
The replay didn't start until 1:10am my time, following my second hearing of the Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want" this evening (the first was in a bar while I was seething on my break from work; I think the universe is telling me something).

"Sledgehammer" reminds me of a mondegreen I've probably shared here before: for years I thought the repeated closing line was "Show for me, I will show for you," rather than "Chauffeur me, I will chauffeur you."  It still makes sense.
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Re: 13 Jan 2010: a backwards '80s VT
« Reply #25 on: January 13, 2010, 10:31:39 PM »
WOS Huey et al.  Seriously some of the worst lyrics in the history of rock.

"First time you feel it, it might make you mad.  Next time you feel it, it might make you mad.  But you'll be glad ..."  Come the fuck on.

"They say that all in love is fair / Yeah, but you don't care."  What the hell does that even mean?
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Re: 13 Jan 2010: a backwards '80s VT
« Reply #26 on: January 14, 2010, 12:28:00 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on January 13, 2010, 10:31:39 PM
WOS Huey et al.  Seriously some of the worst lyrics in the history of rock.

"First time you feel it, it might make you mad.  Next time you feel it, it might make you mad.  But you'll be glad ..."  Come the fuck on.

"They say that all in love is fair / Yeah, but you don't care."  What the hell does that even mean?

Well, of course, the lyrics won't make any sense written that way! It's like reading half a of a sentence. You've got to continue singing the verse and the bridge, man. The meaning is in there. And it's a good one. You'll know what to do when it gets hold of you.
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Re: 13 Jan 2010: a backwards '80s VT
« Reply #27 on: January 14, 2010, 07:45:41 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on January 13, 2010, 10:31:39 PM
WOS Huey et al.  Seriously some of the worst lyrics in the history of rock.

"First time you feel it, it might make you mad.  Next time you feel it, it might make you mad.  But you'll be glad ..."  Come the fuck on.


actual lyric:

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First time you feel it, it might make you sad
Next time you feel it it might make you mad
But you'll be glad baby when you've found
that's the power makes the world go 'round

makes perfect sense to me.  ;)

1/13/10 - Midweek!  It's an '80's BIG hits Auto Reverse!!!


   1.  1989 - Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time
   2.  1988 - Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me
   3.  1987 - Bon Jovi - Livin' On a Prayer
   4.  1986 - Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (BOS!)
   5.  1985 - Huey Lewis & the News - The Power of Love
   6.  1984 - Van Halen - Jump
   7.  1983 - Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
   8.  1982 - Men at Work - Who Can it Be Now?
   9.  1981 - Blondie - The Tide is High
 10.  1980 - Devo - Whip it


BONUS TRACK:  The Smiths - How Soon is Now


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