80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Will never get into the top 40
#44 Cheap Trick "Everything Works If You Let It"
#57 Queen "Play The Game"
#84 Kingbees "My Mistake"
#86 REO Speedwagon "Time For Me To Fly"
#92 Van Halen "And The Cradle Will Rock"

My surprises but from Canada so sometimes not the same.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

#92 Van Halen "And The Cradle Will Rock"

Have you seen junior's grades? ...

Could be in the misheard lyrics topic but when it came out, I always heard it as "Have you seen junior's grave?". Thought it was a morbid song.

Also you forgot bevus & butthead. May I suggest for this song:
19. SHOULD'VE NEVER LET YOU GO - NEIL SEDAKA AND DARA SEDAKA

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

6/22/1985

40. SMOOTH OPERATOR - SADE
39. WAKE UP (NEXT TO YOU) - GRAHAM PARKER AND THE SHOT
38. LITTLE BY LITTLE - ROBERT PLANT
37. JUST A GIGOLO/I AIN'T GOT NOBODY - DAVID LEE ROTH
36. NEVER SURRENDER - COREY HART
35. BANG A GONG (GET IT ON) - THE POWER STATION
34. WHO'S HOLDING DONNA NOW - DEBARGE
33. PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE - DEPECHE MODE
32. 19 - PAUL HARDCASTLE
31. POSSESSION OBSESSION - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
30. CANNONBALL - SUPERTRAMP
29. JUST AS I AM - AIR SUPPLY
28. GETCHA BACK - THE BEACH BOYS
27. DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) - SIMPLE MINDS
26. IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY SET THEM FREE - STING
25. SENTIMENTAL STREET - NIGHT RANGER
24. CRAZY IN THE NIGHT (BARKING AT AIRPLANES) - KIM CARNES
23. TOUGH ALL OVER - JOHN CAFFERTY AND THE BEAVER BROWN BAND
22. NEVER ENDING STORY - LIMAHL
21. GLORY DAYS - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
20. EVERYTIME YOU GO AWAY - PAUL YOUNG
19. THE GOONIES 'R' GOOD ENOUGH - CYNDI LAUPER
18. FRESH - KOOL & THE GANG
17. YOU GIVE GOOD LOVE - WHITNEY HOUSTON
16. VOICES CARRY - 'TIL TUESDAY
15. AXEL F - HAROLD FALTERMEYER
14. WOULD I LIE TO YOU - EURYTHMICS
13. EVERYTHING SHE WANTS - WHAM
12. SMUGGLER'S BLUES - GLENN FREY
11. SUDDENLY - BILLY OCEAN
10. THE SEARCH IS OVER - SURVIVOR
9. WALKING ON SUNSHINE - KATRINA & THE WAVES
8. THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER - HOWARD JONES
7. IN MY HOUSE - MARY JANE GIRLS
6. ANGEL - MADONNA
5. A VIEW TO A KILL - DURAN DURAN
4. RASPBERRY BERET - PRINCE
3. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - TEARS FOR FEARS
2. SUSSUDIO - PHIL COLLINS
1. HEAVEN - BRYAN ADAMS

30 good. couple channel changers. Repeat countdown.

 

[sadchild]

1986 analysis

EARLIER
Lionel "Say You Say Me" (85/86)
Dionne "That's What Friends"
Mr Mister "Kyrie"
Heart "These Dreams"
Whitney "How Will I Know"
Prince "Kiss"
Falco "Rock Me Amadeus"
Madonna "Live To Tell"
Robert Palmer "Addicted To Love"

Spoiler: FIVE POTENTIALS

Genesis "Invisible Touch"
Patti/Michael "On My Own"
Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer"
Steve Winwood "Higher Love"
Whitney Houston "Greatest Love Of All"

LATER
Madonna "Papa Don't Preach"
Huey Lewis "Stuck With You"
Berlin "Take My Breath Away"
Human League "Human"
Bananarama "Venus"
Janet Jackson "When I Think Of You"
Cyndi Lauper "True Colors"
Boston "Amanda"
Bruce Hornsby "The Way It Is"
Bon Jovi "You Give Love A Bad Name"
Bangles "Walk Like An Egyptian" (86/87)

 

[MonoStereo]

Could be in the misheard lyrics topic but when it came out, I always heard it as "Have you seen junior's grave?". Thought it was a morbid song.

Also you forgot bevus & butthead. May I suggest for this song:
19. SHOULD'VE NEVER LET YOU GO - NEIL SEDAKA AND DARA SEDAKA

It's not "And The Cradle Won't Rock".

 

[HecticArt]

1986 analysis

EARLIER
Lionel "Say You Say Me" (85/86)
Dionne "That's What Friends"
Mr Mister "Kyrie"
Heart "These Dreams"
Whitney "How Will I Know"
Prince "Kiss"
Falco "Rock Me Amadeus"
Madonna "Live To Tell"
Robert Palmer "Addicted To Love"

Spoiler: FIVE POTENTIALS

Genesis "Invisible Touch"
Patti/Michael "On My Own"
Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer"
Steve Winwood "Higher Love"
Whitney Houston "Greatest Love Of All"

LATER
Madonna "Papa Don't Preach"
Huey Lewis "Stuck With You"
Berlin "Take My Breath Away"
Human League "Human"
Bananarama "Venus"
Janet Jackson "When I Think Of You"
Cyndi Lauper "True Colors"
Boston "Amanda"
Bruce Hornsby "The Way It Is"
Bon Jovi "You Give Love A Bad Name"
Bangles "Walk Like An Egyptian" (86/87)

Third guess.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

It looks like a None of the Above.

 

[sadchild]

I went with Genesis

Genesis "Invisible Touch" #2 7/19
Patti/Michael "On My Own" #13 6/14
Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" #6 7/26
Steve Winwood "Higher Love" #34 8/30
Whitney Houston "Greatest Love Of All" #50 5/17

I missed these ones

Billy Ocean "There'll Be Sad Songs" #3 7/5
Simply Red "Holding Back The Years" #1
Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls" #97 5/10

 

[Aaron]

7/12/1986

40. ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD - THE OUTFIELD
39. SWEET FREEDOM - MICHAEL MCDONALD
38. ONE STEP CLOSER TO YOU - GAVIN CHRISTOPHER
37. SUZANNE - JOURNEY
36. HYPERACTIVE - ROBERT PALMER
35. TAKE IT EASY - ANDY TAYLOR
34. HIGHER LOVE - STEVE WINWOOD
33. RUMOURS - TIMEX SOCIAL CLUB
32. I CAN'T WAIT - NU SHOOZ
31. LIVE TO TELL - MADONNA
30. YOU SHOULD BE MINE - JEFFREY OSBOURNE
29. IF SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTS - BANGLES
28. A DIFFERENT CORNER - GEORGE MICHAEL
27. I WANNA BE A COWBOY - BOYS DON'T CRY
26. SECRET SEPARATION - THE FIXX
25. MOUNTAINS - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION
24. PAPA DON'T PREACH - MADONNA
23. DREAMS - VAN HALEN
22. WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE OUR CLOTHES OFF - JERMAINE STEWART
21. DIGGING YOUR SCENE - BLOW MONKEYS
20. LIKE NO OTHER NIGHT - .38 SPECIAL
19. MODERN WOMAN - BILLY JOEL
18. MAD ABOUT YOU - BELINDA CARLISLE
17. LOVE TOUCH - ROD STEWART
16. OPPORTUNITIES - PET SHOP BOYS
15. CRUSH ON YOU - THE JETS
14. WHEN THE HEART RULES THE MIND - GTR
13. ON MY OWN - PATTI LABELLE/MICHAEL MCDONALD
12. LIKE A ROCK - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND
11. GLORY OF LOVE - PETER CETERA
10. TUFF ENUFF - THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS
9. YOUR WILDEST DREAMS - THE MOODY BLUES
8. NO ONE IS TO BLAME - HOWARD JONES
7. DANGER ZONE - KENNY LOGGINS
6. SLEDGEHAMMER - PETER GABRIEL
5. WHO'S JOHNNY - EL DEBARGE
4. NASTY - JANET JACKSON
3. THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS TO MAKE YOU CRY - BILLY OCEAN
2. INVISIBLE TOUCH - GENESIS
1. HOLDING BACK THE YEARS - SIMPLY RED

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Surprisingly 14. Several channel changers.

 

[Aaron]

29 good/okay for me.

 

[HecticArt]

I'm at 18. Not too bad.

 

[Channel98]

The Blow Monkeys have released 36 singles and Digging Your Scene was their only US hit. It reached #14 on the Hot 100. A six-and-a-half-minute 12-inch remix peaked at #7 on the dance chart. The song was written by Blow Monkeys lead singer/guitarist/pianist Bruce Robert Howard, who calls himself Dr. Robert. He took the name from a track on the Beatles' 1966 Revolver album. (The song was omitted from the US release of the album. It appeared on the US album Yesterday & Today.) Howard told Melody Maker magazine, “It started off as a joke on the sleeve of our first single – but it stuck!” Here is a live performance of Digging Your Scene from 2017:

 

[Aaron]

I don't know if I paid attention to that song back in 86, but I like it now.

 

[MonoStereo]

7/12/1986

The waning days of my radio on-air "career".

40. ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD - THE OUTFIELD

Was surprised a couple weeks ago to be able to get one of their later CD's at a decent price ( in this case, under $30...they put out a couple albums that are VERY hard to get for less than a house payment ).

38. ONE STEP CLOSER TO YOU - GAVIN CHRISTOPHER

This week's "Hadn't Heard It In Forever" entry.
35. TAKE IT EASY - ANDY TAYLOR

I was always surprised his solo career didn't go further. I dunno if rock radio was hinky about playing a song from a Duran Duran guy, or what. His autobiography has been on my Wish List for years. It's one of those weird books where the price pinballs all over the place. One week, you can find a copy for $25. The next week, it's going for $100. And it never seems to be based on the level of DD activity/interest.

29. IF SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTS - BANGLES

Such a great single. Jules Shear, makin' a buck.

27. I WANNA BE A COWBOY - BOYS DON'T CRY

We presented them in concert. For some reason, the opening band was Jason & The Scorchers ( who I loved then, & still do ). I was tasked with getting a Boys guy on the phone for an interview, but instead chose Warner Hodges of the Scorchers. My superiors were not happy. Eh...the station was sold 4 months later, anyway. Fuck 'em.
26. SECRET SEPARATION - THE FIXX

I know I'm waaaaaaaaaaaaay in the minority on this one, but this is my favorite Fixx song. I love that swirling guitar.

14. WHEN THE HEART RULES THE MIND - GTR

One of the all-time record reviews. In Rolling Stone magazine, the reviewer simply wrote 1 word : "SHT".

 

[sadchild]

In Rolling Stone magazine, the reviewer simply wrote 1 word : "SHT".

WOW! That's even more harsh than the legendary Quiet Riot revew "Condition Terminal". Dayum!!

Was surprised a couple weeks ago to be able to get one of their later CD's at a decent price

Don't bother with their 2nd one. It's absolutely awful IMO. It is, in fact, truly SHT. But each of their following albums have at least one good single. The debut is excellent, but you knew that already.

I was always surprised his solo career didn't go further.

I think the opposite. He had two entries on the Hot 100, two too many IMO.

 

[hwkn]

22 this week.

 

[Jon]

23. Not bad!

 

[sadchild]

Good 10
Okay 8
Bad 22

33. RUMOURS - TIMEX SOCIAL CLUB

Stumbled on a Billboard article next to something else I was reading in that issue. While this song "Rumours" was still climbing the charts, there was already fighting about money and contracts. The members of TSC weren't under contract so they signed with someone else. The label owner/song's producer formed a new group to perform the songs that were originally going to be TSC's next album (including a follow-up to "Rumours" called "Jealousy"). The original name of the new group was Jet Set, but it was changed to.... Club Nouveau (we know them for their #1 remake of "Lean On Me" in 1987). If you listen to Club Nouveau's song "Jealousy", it sounds a lot like "Rumours".

31. LIVE TO TELL - MADONNA

Someone else picked this.

16. OPPORTUNITIES - PET SHOP BOYS

This song is okay, but that damn recent commercial featuring it is frickin' awful. My son said the same thing when this song came on.

13. ON MY OWN - PATTI LABELLE/MICHAEL MCDONALD

Someone else picked this.

2. INVISIBLE TOUCH - GENESIS

I picked this. I winned!

1. HOLDING BACK THE YEARS - SIMPLY RED

#61 Emerson Lake & Powell "Touch And Go"

Interesting story (from Wikipedia, so 'grain of salt')

Keith Emerson and Greg Lake had planned to re-form the original ELP in 1984, but drummer Carl Palmer was unavailable because of contractual obligations to Asia. After auditioning a series of drummers unwilling to commit to the band, they approached Cozy Powell, a longtime friend of Emerson's, to replace him. The band have always insisted that it was a coincidence that his surname also happened to start with a P, thus allowing the band to retain its original initials [ELP], although they also joked about looking for a "Gene Prupa" and having approached "Phil Pollins" and "Ringo Parr" before Powell agreed to join. Shortly into recording, Emerson's barn studio was destroyed by a runaway tractor, requiring some parts of the album to be rerecorded, leading him to joke, "Perhaps we should have called it 'Emerson, Lake & Plough!'"

#71 Beach Boys "Rock 'N Roll To The Rescue"

A co-worker and were just talking about how bad the Beach Boys were in the 80s & early 90s. This song sucks, but it's not near as bad as some of their other singles in that era. I will say that I think "Kokomo" is okay though (my co-worker would strongly disagree, and thinks ALL Beach Boys from late 70s to early 90s is absolutely horrible).

#74 Mary Jane Girls "Walk Like A Man"

The music video features Howie Mandell in drag, with Ted Danson lecturing him at the end about it.

Won't ever make the top 40
#52 John Eddie "Jungle Boy"
#56 Queen "A Kind Of Magic"
#57 New Edition "With You All The Way"
#59 Art Of Noise "Peter Gunn"
#61 Emerson Lake & Powell "Touch And Go"
#62 John Cafferty "Voice Of America's Sons"
#63 SOS Band "The Finest"
#66 Neil Diamond "Headed For The Future"
#69 Midnight Star "Headlines"
#71 Beach Boys "Rock 'N Roll To The Rescue"
#72 Magazine 60 "Don Quichotte"
#73 Jean Beauvoir "Feel The Heat"
#74 Mary Jane Girls "Walk Like A Man"
#75 TKA "One Way Love"
#77 Starship "Before I Go"
#78 Trans-X "Living on Video"
#79 Rene & Angela "You Don't Have To Cry"
#80 John Waite "If Anybody Had A Heart"
#81 Jermaine Jackson "Do You Remember Me?"
#82 Jackson Browne "In the Shape of a Heart"
#84 Limited Warranty "Victory Line"
#85 Chaka Khan "Love Of A Lifetime"
#88 David Foster/Olivia Newton-John "The Best Of Me"
#91 Icehouse "No Promises"
#92 Krokus "School's Out"
#93 Yarbrough and Peoples "I Wouldn't Lie"
#94 Honeymoon Suite "What Does It Take"
#95 Barry Manilow "I'm Your Man"
#96 Dennis DeYoung "This Is The Time"

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

#71 Beach Boys "Rock 'N Roll To The Rescue"

A co-worker and were just talking about how bad the Beach Boys were in the 80s & early 90s. This song sucks, but it's not near as bad as some of their other singles in that era. I will say that I think "Kokomo" is okay though (my co-worker would strongly disagree, and thinks ALL Beach Boys from late 70s to early 90s is absolutely horrible).

Kokomo is a great song. Only Beach Boys song I have heard from the 80s/90s aside from the medley they did in 1981 when everybody was doing medlies aka Stars on 45.

Won't ever make the top 40
#56 Queen "A Kind Of Magic"
#78 Trans-X "Living on Video"
#94 Honeymoon Suite "What Does It Take"

This weeks surprises based not on airplay then but airplay now.