27 Sept 2013:t's... 1986

[RGMike]

Renee: BOS R.E.M. (by a landslide); VHM The Smiths and Steve Winwood

well, I guess ya can't expect Fogheads to vote for Madonna.

Given the mediocre past couple days, I came thisclose to passing on a 1986 set -- but it's nice to know Renee can still surprise in an unpromising year.

[CapnJack]

Renee: BOS R.E.M. (by a landslide); VHM The Smiths and Steve Winwood

well, I guess ya can't expect Fogheads to vote for Madonna.

Given the mediocre past couple days, I came thisclose to passing on a 1986 set -- but it's nice to know Renee can still surprsie in an unpromising year.

Renee did mention that Madonna got a few votes today!

[radical347]

Didn't Madonna - Material Girl win BOS a few weeks ago?

[Tinka Cat]

Renee: BOS R.E.M. (by a landslide); VHM The Smiths and Steve Winwood

well, I guess ya can't expect Fogheads to vote for Madonna.

Given the mediocre past couple days, I came thisclose to passing on a 1986 set -- but it's nice to know Renee can still surprsie in an unpromising year.

Renee did mention that Madonna got a few votes today!

Madge was my BOS, though I didn't vote on KFOG's page or anything. 

I didn't know (or more likely forgot ) that Chaka Khan was singing on Higher Love. She really brangs it! 

[RGMike]

Didn't Madonna - Material Girl win BOS a few weeks ago?

I believe so. But I would also say that "Material Girl" and "Like A Virgin" are the 2 Madonna songs that even rockheads or people who never listen to Top 40 radio actually know. "Open Your Heart" (tho' it was a #1 single) is not on their radar, necessarily.

[Lightnin' Rod]

Didn't Madonna - Material Girl win BOS a few weeks ago?

I believe so. But I would also say that "Material Girl" and "Like A Virgin" are the 2 Madonna songs that even rockheads or people who never listen to Top 40 radio actually know. "Open Your Heart" (tho' it was a #1 single) is not on their radar, necessarily.

I resemble that remark!

[RGMike]

Didn't Madonna - Material Girl win BOS a few weeks ago?

I believe so. But I would also say that "Material Girl" and "Like A Virgin" are the 2 Madonna songs that even rockheads or people who never listen to Top 40 radio actually know. "Open Your Heart" (tho' it was a #1 single) is not on their radar, necessarily.

I resemble that remark!

and we love ya for it, bub.

[dischead]

Didn't Madonna - Material Girl win BOS a few weeks ago?

I believe so. But I would also say that "Material Girl" and "Like A Virgin" are the 2 Madonna songs that even rockheads or people who never listen to Top 40 radio actually know. "Open Your Heart" (tho' it was a #1 single) is not on their radar, necessarily.

Yes on the recent BOS for Material Girl.  Vogue and to a lesser extent, Express Yourself
were also big hits that were hard to avoid.  The videos for Like A Prayer and Erotica gained
some notoriety and publicity for their content, and so exposed those songs to an audience
beyond her fans.  Most importantly, anyone who watched MTV in the '80s saw lots of Madonna
videos.  I didn't even own a TV then, and I saw the video for Open Your Heart more than once.

[dischead]

Paul Simon "The Boy In The Bubble"

Another surprising -- in the sense that it hasn't already appeared on 10@10 -- bust-out.

[dischead]

9/27/13 - Friday!  It's 1986

1. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
2. Paul Simon - Boy in the Bubble
3. Chris Isaak - Heart Full of Soul
4. Art of Noise - Peter Gunn
5. Madonna - Open Your Heart
6. Peter Gabriel - That Voice Again
7. REM - Cuyahoga (BOS)
8. Pretenders - My Baby
9. Crowded House - World Where You Live
10.Steve Winwood - Higher Love