2 Feb 2012: it's... a "Mystery Year" (1988)

[RGMike]

02/02/12 - Thursday! Mystery Year...When Are We?

 1. Eric Clapton - After Midnight '88
 2. John Hiatt - Drive South
(News: Robin Williams' wakeup call to the astronauts on the Discovery space shuttle)
 3. Steve Winwood - Roll With It
(Movie: Rain Man - Ray (Dustin Hoffman): "I'm an excellent driver!")
 4. The Primitives - Crash
 5. R.E.M. - Pop Song '89
(Move: Big Top Pee-Wee (Paul Reubens) goes ga-ga over Gina (Valeria Golino))
 6. Graham Parker - Cupid
(Movie: Big Top Pee-Wee (Things go wrong when Pee-Wee plays with Winnie's (Penelope Ann Miller) hair-OUCH! )
 7. The Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care
(News: A new threat - computer viruses)
 8. They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng
 9. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
(Movie: Rain Man - Ray: "O.K., but I get to be on top!")
10. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo (B.O.S!)

My assessment stands: one of AL's worst (and least necessary) sets in a while.  Belated WOS to "Cupid" -- We can't get "Heat Treatment" in '76/'77 or anything from Squeezing Out Sparks in 1980 but we get this lame cover? Was that a request?  or does DC have some sort of research that says it was a good idea to play that one?

[Lightnin' Rod]

(Movie: Rain Man - Ray: "O.K., but I get to be on top!")

Bad intern!

[Tinka Cat]

(Movie: Rain Man - Ray: "O.K., but I get to be on top!")

Bad intern!

plus, wrong movie entirely  (or is that what you meant?)

[Lightnin' Rod]

(Movie: Rain Man - Ray: "O.K., but I get to be on top!")

Bad intern!

plus, wrong movie entirely  (or is that what you meant?)

Yes, that is what I meant.  Not Rain Man, but I don't remember what Tom Hanks' character name is in Big.

[radical347]

OTOH, there are a few overplayed songs that sound so good on 10@10 that I don't think I'd ever give them an "LN", such as "Don't You Forget About Me."  Likewise, even though that Edwin McCain song was its first appearance, I LN'd it because it's still played everywhere a lot and added nothing to the set...and was positively awful, to boot.

My "Don't You Forget About Me" would be "Baker Street" or "Hush".

"Hush"...by Peach Union? 

[Big Fingers McGee]

OTOH, there are a few overplayed songs that sound so good on 10@10 that I don't think I'd ever give them an "LN", such as "Don't You Forget About Me."  Likewise, even though that Edwin McCain song was its first appearance, I LN'd it because it's still played everywhere a lot and added nothing to the set...and was positively awful, to boot.

My "Don't You Forget About Me" would be "Baker Street" or "Hush".

"Hush"...by Peach Union? 

Heh, we do need to request "On Our Own" the next time 97 rolls around.

[Big Fingers McGee]

And today's Quality/Necessary rankings:

1 D/D
2 C/C
3 A/F
4 B/B
5 B/C-
6 D/D
7 F/F-
8 A-/C
9 D/F-
10 A/C

Not quite as bad as the 1997 set, but there are still three LNs.

[Big Fingers McGee]

And today's Quality/Necessary rankings:

1 D/D
2 C/C
3 A/F
4 B/B
5 B/C-
6 D/D
7 F/F-
8 A-/C
9 D/F-
10 A/C

Not quite as bad as the 1997 set, but there are still three LNs and no haaaays.