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Re: 10 Aug 2011: it's... 1988
« Reply #15 on: August 10, 2011, 10:21:53 AM »
Randy Newman...VHM'ing this
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Re: 10 Aug 2011: it's... 1988
« Reply #16 on: August 10, 2011, 10:24:19 AM »
BOS Erasure...I think this one got requested too.  I hope she plays the Pet Shop Boys next, that got a +3.  :P
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Re: 10 Aug 2011: it's... 1988
« Reply #17 on: August 10, 2011, 10:31:14 AM »
Quote from: Tinka Cat on August 10, 2011, 10:13:45 AM
Quote from: radical347 on August 10, 2011, 10:09:34 AM
Quote from: sundaygal on August 10, 2011, 10:07:38 AM
Kicking things off with the whitest song ever recorded:  Stand.

Keen choice of words...look at who we have next. (Surprise, surprise) :P

This INXS song worth a VHM, though.  Hey, I wonder if we'll get more requests in if we keep on asking for INXS everyday!  ::)

HA! so true.  The background chorus of Stand is what puts it over the top re: soullessness.  it almost reminds me of the background singers Nat "King" Cole has on some of his recordings.  Oh man...


What's even whiter is the fact that this was a dance song.  Or was it just the video?    :P
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Re: 10 Aug 2011: it's... 1988
« Reply #18 on: August 10, 2011, 10:33:36 AM »
Icehouse goes from 0-2 (I think) within the span of a few weeks in the AL era.  BOS, I guess.
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Re: 10 Aug 2011: it's... 1988
« Reply #19 on: August 10, 2011, 10:34:10 AM »
Whatever the hell this is (the Pretenders?), it's positively awful.  WOS
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Re: 10 Aug 2011: it's... 1988
« Reply #20 on: August 10, 2011, 10:36:32 AM »
Whitest act ever: Up With People
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Re: 10 Aug 2011: it's... 1988
« Reply #21 on: August 10, 2011, 10:37:43 AM »
The Primitives bring this set to a Crash landing. (ba-dam:ching!)  VHM, but there went my Pet Shop Boys dream.  >:(
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Re: 10 Aug 2011: it's... 1988
« Reply #22 on: August 10, 2011, 10:48:57 AM »
Quote from: sundaygal on August 10, 2011, 10:31:14 AM
Quote from: Tinka Cat on August 10, 2011, 10:13:45 AM
Quote from: radical347 on August 10, 2011, 10:09:34 AM
Quote from: sundaygal on August 10, 2011, 10:07:38 AM
Kicking things off with the whitest song ever recorded:  Stand.

Keen choice of words...look at who we have next. (Surprise, surprise) :P

This INXS song worth a VHM, though.  Hey, I wonder if we'll get more requests in if we keep on asking for INXS everyday!  ::)

HA! so true.  The background chorus of Stand is what puts it over the top re: soullessness.  it almost reminds me of the background singers Nat "King" Cole has on some of his recordings.  Oh man...


What's even whiter is the fact that this was a dance song.  Or was it just the video?    :P

I never thought of the song as a dance song, but the video did have a group of four hispter doofuses doing some prescribed steps.   I think it's intentionally dorky, ironically hip and all that.

isn't this Chrissie Hynde with UB40?  UB40 gets a pass on the reggae thing.   
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Re: 10 Aug 2011: it's... 1988
« Reply #23 on: August 10, 2011, 11:35:56 AM »
Quote from: radical347 on August 10, 2011, 10:34:10 AM
Whatever the hell this is (the Pretenders?), it's positively awful.  WOS

Holy crap: you WOS'ed Chrissie & UB40 covering Dusty Springfield?? I'm crushed. That woulda been my uber-BOS had I been here.
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Re: 10 Aug 2011: it's... 1988
« Reply #24 on: August 10, 2011, 12:03:09 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on August 10, 2011, 11:35:56 AM
Quote from: radical347 on August 10, 2011, 10:34:10 AM
Whatever the hell this is (the Pretenders?), it's positively awful.  WOS

Holy crap: you WOS'ed Chrissie & UB40 covering Dusty Springfield?? I'm crushed. That woulda been my uber-BOS had I been here.

it's a pretty good song.  it's got falsetto!

the video on YT is interesting, looks to be from a movie?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKG3ykRMGiI
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Re: 10 Aug 2011: it's... 1988
« Reply #25 on: August 10, 2011, 12:13:08 PM »
Quote from: Tinka Cat on August 10, 2011, 12:03:09 PM
Quote from: RGMike on August 10, 2011, 11:35:56 AM
Quote from: radical347 on August 10, 2011, 10:34:10 AM
Whatever the hell this is (the Pretenders?), it's positively awful.  WOS

Holy crap: you WOS'ed Chrissie & UB40 covering Dusty Springfield?? I'm crushed. That woulda been my uber-BOS had I been here.

it's a pretty good song.  it's got falsetto!

the video on YT is interesting, looks to be from a movie?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKG3ykRMGiI

no, I think it's just yer typical arty music vid. Damn, Ali Campbell is an ugly git, inn'e?  I LOL'ed at the comments calling him "sexy".
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Re: 10 Aug 2011: it's... 1988
« Reply #26 on: August 10, 2011, 12:49:28 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on August 10, 2011, 12:13:08 PM
Quote from: Tinka Cat on August 10, 2011, 12:03:09 PM
Quote from: RGMike on August 10, 2011, 11:35:56 AM
Quote from: radical347 on August 10, 2011, 10:34:10 AM
Whatever the hell this is (the Pretenders?), it's positively awful.  WOS

Holy crap: you WOS'ed Chrissie & UB40 covering Dusty Springfield?? I'm crushed. That woulda been my uber-BOS had I been here.

it's a pretty good song.  it's got falsetto!

the video on YT is interesting, looks to be from a movie?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKG3ykRMGiI

no, I think it's just yer typical arty music vid. Damn, Ali Campbell is an ugly git, inn'e?  I LOL'ed at the comments calling him "sexy".

I agree w/ RGMike - Loved Chrissie's opening line: "You've been crying..."

And yeah, one of those videos with a storyline. Ha!
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Re: 10 Aug 2011: it's... 1988
« Reply #27 on: August 10, 2011, 12:50:40 PM »
8/10/11- Wednesday!  KICKing it in...1988!
 
 1.  REM- Stand
 2.  INXS- Kick
(Movie: Big)
 3.  George Thorogood & The Destroyers- Treat Her Right (B.O.S! 3way tie!)
 4.  Treat Her Right- I Think She Likes Me (B.O.S! 3way tie!)
(News montage-Election '88)
 5.  Tracy Chapman- Talkin' Bout a Revolution
(News: Ted Kennedy-Where was George?)
 6.  Randy Newman- It's Money That Matters
(Movie: Big- caviar scene)
 7.  Erasure- A Little Respect
 8.  Icehouse- Electric Blue
(TV: Roseanne Show-coffee and toast)
 9.  UB40 w/Chrissie Hynde- Breakfast In Bed
10. The Primitives- Crash (B.O.S! 3way tie!)
(Movie: Rainman- excellent driver)

Not overwhelming, given some of the requests that were ignored, but artfully constructed, I'd say.
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Re: 10 Aug 2011: it's... 1988
« Reply #28 on: August 10, 2011, 12:50:47 PM »
Quote from: Swellegant on August 10, 2011, 10:36:32 AM
Whitest act ever: Up With People

Michael Jackson. <rimshot>
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Re: 10 Aug 2011: it's... 1988
« Reply #29 on: August 10, 2011, 01:02:58 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on August 10, 2011, 10:13:11 AM
I'm tempted to say this Thorogood is a bustout. But that don't make it good...

Looking at my "database", I think it is. My wife thought it was by my favorite Irish movie band, The Commitments, but I didn't think so. Hadn't heard the Thorogood version. Apparently Dave used to play the original by Roy Head. Something like this, I guess: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BLQgQNuN-M

Nice. I never tracked down the original.
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