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The Drive, 3/23/06: 1985
« on: March 23, 2006, 07:48:43 AM »
figures the stream would actually be working on a Thursday when Bob does one of his (usually) less-than-stellar '80s sets.  Betting on Sting and Huey Lewis.
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« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2006, 08:03:15 AM »
Comical TOTHC: "And the streets of Brazil."
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« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2006, 08:07:06 AM »
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Comical TOTHC: "And the streets of Brazil."


wasn't this on the "When bad songs happen to good artists" HFH set last year?  I love it when Mick says "oo-kay" for "UK".

"Don't You Forget About Katrina" -- and knowing Bob, the REAL Katrina may not be far away.
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« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2006, 08:14:40 AM »
WOS to the Summer of '69.

But HM to "Broken Wings," which strongly evokes a humid September school bus ride home for me.  They had a follow-up a year or two later called "Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)" that apparently I was the nation's only fan of, and the band disappeared soon afterward.  Singer was kind of a looker, as I recall.
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« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2006, 08:18:06 AM »
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WOS to the Summer of '69.

But HM to "Broken Wings," which strongly evokes a humid September school bus ride home for me.  They had a follow-up a year or two later called "Something Real (Inside Me/Inside You)" that apparently I was the nation's only fan of, and the band disappeared soon afterward.  Singer was kind of a looker, as I recall.


They also did "Kyrie", which was an even bigger hit than "Broken Wings" iirc.  

I'm no Bryan Adams fan, but  SO69 is actually one of his few bearable singles IMHO. That's not saying much, of course...
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« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2006, 08:19:12 AM »
Argh, that dreaded gated-snare that always heralds a Phil Collins '80s production . . .
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« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2006, 08:19:28 AM »
AAAAAAAAACK! No jacket required; no Collins needed.  "Inside Out" -- musta been a reversible jacket.
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« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2006, 08:20:16 AM »
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Argh, that dreaded gated-snare that always heralds a Phil Collins '80s production . . .


that gated-sanre bought him several gated houses...
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« Reply #8 on: March 23, 2006, 08:21:34 AM »
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I'm no Bryan Adams fan, but  SO69 is actually one of his few bearable singles IMHO. That's not saying much, of course...


Bryan Adams songs I like, in order of preference:

1. Straight From the Heart
2. Do I Have to Say the Words
3. Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven
4. It's Only Love
5. Heat of the Night
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« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2006, 08:26:34 AM »
BOS to Sade, "Smooth Operator."  Another sense-evocative one for me: My mother was working as a caretaker for an elderly woman named Stella, and I'd stop by there on my way home from school to see what errands she needed me to run.  I had a tiny radio -- a free gift from Sports Illustrated, I think -- and would play the Top 40 station, WBZZ B-94, all along the way.  I don't know if it was spring or fall when this hit, but I remember loving it instantly (and hating in equal measure its followup, "Your Love Is King").
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« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2006, 08:32:29 AM »
BOS2 to the magnificently produced "Shout."  I heard "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" last night at a bar; it really should be in my Top 100 of All Time.
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« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2006, 08:39:13 AM »
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BOS to Sade, "Smooth Operator."  Another sense-evocative one for me: My mother was working as a caretaker for an elderly woman named Stella, and I'd stop by there on my way home from school to see what errands she needed me to run.  I had a tiny radio -- a free gift from Sports Illustrated, I think -- and would play the Top 40 station, WBZZ B-94, all along the way.  I don't know if it was spring or fall when this hit, but I remember loving it instantly (and hating in equal measure its followup, "Your Love Is King").


I hope you've re-evaluated "YLIK" since then. Great song.   I first heard of Sade 2 years earlier, on my first trip to London -- that great Brit magazine The Face was gushing about her then. It took nearly 2 years for America to catch up.
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« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2006, 08:41:48 AM »
Baby baby, please let me hold you...

BOS Heads.
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« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2006, 08:42:54 AM »
VHM T.Heads and the KFOG staple "Stay Up Late."

"little pee-pee and little toes"
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« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2006, 08:43:47 AM »
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I hope you've re-evaluated "YLIK" since then. Great song.  


I don't hate it anymore, but it's near the bottom of her singles for me.  In hindsight, what I hated wasn't as much the song itself as the video, in which someone kept turning over a king in a deck of cards (oooh, symbolism).  Almost as bad as the Pretenders' drummer pointing to the menu in the "Brass in Pocket" video.  "Special!"
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