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Re: 7 July 2011: it's... 1985
« Reply #60 on: July 07, 2011, 10:47:41 AM »
BOS Diamond Dave
Is this the tune AL alluded to at opening of set??

it's certainly not a One Hit Wonder.

ah -- HERE it is!  BOS3 Baltimora!
In the era of Reagan-rock, I don't think I've even heard this.  Club favorite?  Billboard charted?  I don't remember it on KFOG.
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Re: 7 July 2011: it's... 1985
« Reply #61 on: July 07, 2011, 10:47:47 AM »
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Re: 7 July 2011: it's... 1985
« Reply #62 on: July 07, 2011, 10:48:43 AM »
BOS Diamond Dave
Is this the tune AL alluded to at opening of set??

it's certainly not a One Hit Wonder.

ah -- HERE it is!  BOS3 Baltimora!
In the era of Reagan-rock, I don't think I've even heard this.  Club favorite?  Billboard charted?  I don't remember it on KFOG.
More of a KMEL thing,back in the day...

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Re: 7 July 2011: it's... 1985
« Reply #63 on: July 07, 2011, 10:49:26 AM »
BOS Diamond Dave
Is this the tune AL alluded to at opening of set??

it's certainly not a One Hit Wonder.

ah -- HERE it is!  BOS3 Baltimora!
In the era of Reagan-rock, I don't think I've even heard this.  Club favorite?  Billboard charted?  I don't remember it on KFOG.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimora#Success_with_.22Tarzan_Boy.22
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Re: 7 July 2011: it's... 1985
« Reply #64 on: July 07, 2011, 10:50:23 AM »
BOS, Talking Heads.  Mild BOS.  This set wasn't awful.
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Re: 7 July 2011: it's... 1985
« Reply #65 on: July 07, 2011, 10:50:55 AM »
BOS Diamond Dave
Is this the tune AL alluded to at opening of set??

it's certainly not a One Hit Wonder.

ah -- HERE it is!  BOS3 Baltimora!
In the era of Reagan-rock, I don't think I've even heard this.  Club favorite?  Billboard charted?  I don't remember it on KFOG.

a top 20 single and huge MTV fave. And turned into a Listerine commercial in the '90s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKx5uT8px8U
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Re: 7 July 2011: it's... 1985
« Reply #66 on: July 07, 2011, 10:52:06 AM »
wow, did ya hear that Dred Scott promo? he's looking for recordings of old KFOG deejays to play on the air! That's kinda cool.
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Re: 7 July 2011: it's... 1985
« Reply #67 on: July 07, 2011, 10:56:50 AM »
BOS Diamond Dave
Is this the tune AL alluded to at opening of set??

it's certainly not a One Hit Wonder.

ah -- HERE it is!  BOS3 Baltimora!
In the era of Reagan-rock, I don't think I've even heard this.  Club favorite?  Billboard charted?  I don't remember it on KFOG.

a top 20 single and huge MTV fave. And turned into a Listerine commercial in the '90s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKx5uT8px8U
It's not surprising that in my old fogey deadhead insularness I missed this, but according to the link, it didn't chart big in the US until '86, does that jive with your memory?
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Re: 7 July 2011: it's... 1985
« Reply #68 on: July 07, 2011, 11:00:16 AM »
It's not surprising that in my old fogey deadhead insularness I missed this, but according to the link, it didn't chart big in the US until '86, does that jive with your memory?

yeah, it charted here in October of '85 and peaked in early '86, tho' it was a UK hit in the summer of '85 and I recall our local "New Wave" station played it as an import.
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Re: 7 July 2011: it's... 1985
« Reply #69 on: July 07, 2011, 11:58:41 AM »
wow, did ya hear that Dred Scott promo? he's looking for recordings of old KFOG deejays to play on the air! That's kinda cool.
Well, we've got DM in our archives!  I taped some KFOG in the '90s, so have a bit of M Dung, Rosalie, Dusty Rhodes, Bill Evans ("Hi Hello Howareya"), John Grappone, Beth Holland.

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Re: 7 July 2011: it's... 1985
« Reply #70 on: July 07, 2011, 12:03:45 PM »
7/7/11 - Thursday!!!  On The Road To 1985!
  1. Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
(Movie: Pee Wee's Big Adventure)
  2. Mike and the Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle
  3. The Hooters - And We Danced
(News: Live Aid/Farm Aid)
  4. John Mellencamp - Rain on the Scarecrow
  5. Simple Minds - Sanctify Yourself
(News: Rock Hudson's Death)
  6. Dire Straits - So Far Away
(Movie: The Breakfast Club)
  7. The Cure - In Between Days
(Movie: The Breakfast Club)
  8. Level 42 - Something About You
(Movie: Pee Wee's Big Adventure)
  9. David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo
10. Baltimora - Tarzan Boy

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Re: 7 July 2011: it's... 1985
« Reply #71 on: July 07, 2011, 03:41:25 PM »
7/7/11 - Thursday!!!  On The Road To 1985!
  1. Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
(Movie: Pee Wee's Big Adventure)
  2. Mike and the Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle
  3. The Hooters - And We Danced
(News: Live Aid/Farm Aid)
  4. John Mellencamp - Rain on the Scarecrow
  5. Simple Minds - Sanctify Yourself
(News: Rock Hudson's Death)
  6. Dire Straits - So Far Away
(Movie: The Breakfast Club)
  7. The Cure - In Between Days
(Movie: The Breakfast Club)
  8. Level 42 - Something About You
(Movie: Pee Wee's Big Adventure)
  9. David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo
10. Baltimora - Tarzan Boy

Just a Gigolo won BOS, too.  No-bod-ee cares for me!

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Re: 7 July 2011: it's... 1985
« Reply #72 on: July 07, 2011, 10:47:14 PM »
A pretty typical AL new-wave centric mid 80s set that just barely stayed within the limits of playing it safe.  Still pretty rockin', though.

BOS's: Simple Minds, Dire Straits, John Mellonhead, Level 42, The Cure, and, of course, Baltimora.
"Silent Running" would have been better than "All I Need is a Miracle."

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Re: 7 July 2011: it's... 1985
« Reply #73 on: July 07, 2011, 11:56:03 PM »
BOS, Talking Heads.  Mild BOS.  This set wasn't awful.

Not awful, but not terribly good either. My opinion might have been better, but I tuned in during Mike and the Mechanicals and bailed during Level 42, thereby missing most of what might have improved things. Given what I did hear, this set just continued the wave of mediocrity that we've been hearing all week. Really hoping things turn around tomorrow. Has any clue been dropped yet?
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Re: 7 July 2011: it's... 1985
« Reply #74 on: July 08, 2011, 06:11:28 AM »
BOS, Talking Heads.  Mild BOS.  This set wasn't awful.

Not awful, but not terribly good either. My opinion might have been better, but I tuned in during Mike and the Mechanicals and bailed during Level 42, thereby missing most of what might have improved things. Given what I did hear, this set just continued the wave of mediocrity that we've been hearing all week. Really hoping things turn around tomorrow. Has any clue been dropped yet?
Sometime in the 70s...