9 December 2009: it's 80s Chartbusters

[RGMike]

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?

[mshray]

another BOS to the Wanging of the Chung!

I SECOND THAT!!!

[urth]

Didn't think it was possible, but AL just out-WOSed GF: Billy J., trying to duck charges of arson.

[radical347]

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!  

[Davefish]

I enjoyed "Welcome to the Jungle", way more than "We Didn't Start the Fire", fer sure.

[RGMike]

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)

[Tinka Cat]

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.

[Tinka Cat]

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!

[urth]

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.

[mshray]

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...

[Tinka Cat]

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."

[Tinka Cat]

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.

[mshray]

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?

[urth]

Pink Floyd - Us and Them

Are you sure you don't mean The Great Gig in the Sky?

[Tinka Cat]

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 ...?