80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

This week they have no teaser for next weekend. Is this the end of their countdowns?

Also, what was the date of the countdown? I see John Lennon at #6. His top 10 song basically became a #1 because of the death. Wonder if this countdown was prior or post 12/08?

 

[Aaron]

December 6th countdown.
Yeah, kinda curious why they didn't mention next week...

 

[microbob]

That was odd unless they are going to take off for the Holiday's

 

[sadchild]

Good 6
Ok 8
Bad 26

Last year we heard most of these, just one week off. Whole lotta 'yawn rock'.

35. LOVELY ONE - THE JACKSONS

First time hearing this song, not bad. Kinda fun.

34. ONE STEP CLOSER - DOOBIE BROTHERS

The Michael McDonald years. Oof.

29. I BELIEVE IN YOU - DON WILLIAMS

This just in, Don Williams doesn't believe in organic food.

25. SEQUEL - HARRY CHAPIN

Interesting how rappers get edited for radio when they talk about drugs, but this unedited song is about being stoned in the back seat AND behind the wheel of a taxi.

And me, I'm flyin' in my taxi, takin' tips and gettin' stoned

You see, ten years ago it was the front seat drivin' stoned and feelin' no pain

24. THEME FROM "THE DUKES OF HAZZARD" - WAYLON JENNINGS

22. DEEP INSIDE MY HEART - RANDY MEISNER

Aside from the dubstep synth, I thought this sucked. Even ripping off "Running On Empty" couldn't save it.

21. EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME - THE KORGIS

Sounds like Pet Shop Boys without the dance beat.

12. YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELING - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES

My fav group in my pre-teen years and loved them straight up through to the early 90s, but this cover.... meh

Won't make the top40
#46 Bob Seger "The Horizontal Bop"
#48 Cheap Trick "Stop This Game"
#51 Babys "Turn And Walk Away"
#52 Pointer Sisters "Could I Be Dreaming"
#64 Rockpile "Teacher Teacher"
#66 Queen "Need Your Loving Tonight"
#87 David Bowie "Fashion"
#91 Pete Townshend "Rough Boys"
#98 Eric Clapton "Blues Power"

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

This week they have no teaser for next weekend. Is this the end of their countdowns?

Also, what was the date of the countdown? I see John Lennon at #6. His top 10 song basically became a #1 because of the death. Wonder if this countdown was prior or post 12/08?

Got to listen to the intro with tonight's replay. Chart was from 12/06 2 days prior to his death.

And they fixed their closer. Next week from 1989.

Won't make the top40
#46 Bob Seger "The Horizontal Bop"
#64 Rockpile "Teacher Teacher"
#87 David Bowie "Fashion"
#91 Pete Townshend "Rough Boys"

All these got lots of airplay up here in 1980. The Seger and Townstead tunes also have gotten plenty of play on classic rock stations as well. So surprised they didn't do better.

 

[Aaron]

1989

40. JANIE’S GOT A GUN - AEROSMITH
39. FOOL FOR YOUR LOVING - WHITESNAKE
38. ME SO HORNY – 2 LIVE CREW
37. I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU – QUINCY JONES FEATURING RAY CHARLES AND CHAKA KHAN
36. THE ARMS OF ORION – PRINCE (WITH SHEENA EASTON)
35. DON’T SHUT ME OUT – KEVIN PAIGE
34. I REMEMBER YOU – SKID ROW
33. BUST A MOVE – YOUNG M.C.
32. POISON – ALICE COOPER
31. I LIVE BY THE GROOVE – PAUL CARRACK
30. DOWNTOWN TRAIN – ROD STEWART
29. DON’T MAKE ME OVER - SYBIL
28. TWO TO MAKE IT RIGHT - SEDUCTION
27. OH FATHER – MADONNA
26. ROCK AND A HARD PLACE – THE ROLLING STONES
25. WHEN THE NIGHT COMES – JOE COCKER
24. WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE – BAD ENGLISH
23. FREE FALLIN’ – TOM PETTY
22. THE LAST WORTHLESS EVENING –DON HENLEY
21. JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME – LOU GRAMM
20. LOVE SONG - TESLA
19. SWING THE MOOD – JIVE BUNNY & THE MASTERMIXERS
18. LEAVE A LIGHT ON – BELINDA CARLISLE
17. LOVE SHACK – THE B-52’s
16. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU – MICHAEL BOLTON
15. EVERYTHING – JODY WATLEY
14. ANGELIA – RICHARD MARX
13. THIS ONE’S FOR THE CHILDREN – NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
12. (IT’S JUST) THE WAY THAT YOU LOVE ME – PAULA ABDUL
11. DON’T CLOSE YOUR EYES – KIX
10. JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES - CHER
9. LIVING IN SIN – BON JOVI
8. RHYTHM NATION – JANET JACKSON
7. PUMP UP THE JAM – TECHNOTRONIC
6. BLAME IT ON THE RAIN – MILLI VANILLI
5. WITH EVERY BEAT OF MY HEART – TAYLOR DAYNE
4. BACK TO LIFE – SOUL II SOUL FEATURING CARON WHEELER
3. DON’T KNOW MUCH – LINDA RONSTADT FEATURING AARON NEVILLE
2. ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE – PHIL COLLINS
1. WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE – BILLY JOEL

 

[sadchild]

Late 1989: I moved into my first apartment. I moved out a few weeks later (dishonest roommate). Moved into a room for rent out of someone's house, and moved out a couple weeks later (the family had a huge drunken argument, I almost called the cops). Then landed my 3rd place to live - that one thankfully worked out. #thirdtimesacharm

Good 16
Ok 9
Bad 15

40. JANIE’S GOT A GUN - AEROSMITH

"She had to take him down easy and put a bullet in his brain leave him in the pouring rain." #editedversion

37. I’LL BE GOOD TO YOU – QUINCY JONES RAY CHARLES CHAKA KHAN

Awful. And it went on for-freakin-ever.

36. THE ARMS OF ORION – PRINCE (WITH SHEENA EASTON)

Not that it's a fantastic song but it holds a special place in my heart. For my first girlfriend and I, it was 'our song'. And the b-side "I Luv U In Me" was special to us too.

32. POISON – ALICE COOPER

In the middle of this song, my 12 year old son says, "This sounds like Nina Blackwood." LMFAO

30. DOWNTOWN TRAIN – ROD STEWART

Don't watch the original Tom Waits version music video. What a weirdo.

27. OH FATHER – MADONNA

I like this song. But I remember playing it for a roomate once and about a minute in, she rolled her eyes and said, "Oh is Madonna pretending to have been abused now?"

21. JUST BETWEEN YOU AND ME – LOU GRAMM

I've always really like this one. I may be the only person on Earth who still really digs it. I never hear it anymore (except when a station is forced to play it, like on an old countdown for example).

17. LOVE SHACK – THE B-52’s

Oooooooooooooooooverplayed

16. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU – MICHAEL BOLTON

Even my wife asked me to skip this one.

15. EVERYTHING – JODY WATLEY

The album cover came up on the Sirius web player and my wife said the exact thing I was thinking at that moment... she looks like she ripped a piece of Big Bird's costume off and wrapped it around herself.

13. THIS ONE’S FOR THE CHILDREN – NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

Barf

7. PUMP UP THE JAM – TECHNOTRONIC
4. BACK TO LIFE – SOUL II SOUL FEATURING CARON WHEELER

Dat early-nineties-sound starting a few weeks early.

I can't do the "won't make the top 40" because Billboard's site is messed up. There are a ton of songs that have their current week's position as their "peak", but when you look them up, they actually peaked higher. For example, Motley Crue's "Kickstart My Heart" is at #51 and it says it peaked at #51, but it actually peaked at #27.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I turned off the countdown 3 beats into me so horny and never tuned back. Pretty crappy countdown. Maybe 3 good songs and 5 tolerable ones.


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[HecticArt]

In the middle of this song, my 12 year old son says, "This sounds like Nina Blackwood." LMFAO

Smart kid!

 

[Aaron]

1983

40. IN THE MOOD - ROBERT PLANT
39. BABY I LIED - DEBORAH ALLEN
38. THINK OF LAURA - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
37. WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT - NAKED EYES
36. HEART AND SOUL - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
35. THE SIGN OF FIRE - THE FIXX
34. GOLD - SPANDAU BALLET
33. STAY WITH ME TONIGHT - JEFFREY OSBORNE
32. THE CURLY SHUFFLE - JUMP 'N THE SADDLE
31. HOLIDAY - MADONNA
30. AIN'T NOBODY - RUFUS WITH CHAKA KHAN
29. PINK HOUSES - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
28. I STILL CAN'T GET OVER LOVING YOU - RAY PARKER, JR.
27. THAT'S ALL - GENESIS
26. TIME WILL REVEAL - DEBARGE
25. IF I'D BEEN THE ONE - .38 SPECIAL
24. CRUMBLIN' DOWN - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
23. READ 'EM AND WEEP - BARRY MANILOW
22. JOANNA - KOOL & THE GANG
21. RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT - LIONEL RICHIE
20. IN A BIG COUNTRY - BIG COUNTRY
19. WHY ME - IRENE CARA
18. ISLANDS IN THE STREAM - KENNY ROGERS WITH DOLLY PARTON
17. KARMA CHAMELEON - CULTURE CLUB
16. SYNCHRONICITY II - THE POLICE
15. CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - QUIET RIOT
14. MAJOR TOM (COMING HOME) - PETER SCHILLING
13. CHURCH OF THE POISON MIND - CULTURE CLUB
12. TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP - THE ROMANTICS
11. I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES - ELTON JOHN
10. BREAK MY STRIDE - MATTHEW WILDER
9. UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT - ROLLING STONES
8. TWIST OF FATE - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
7. LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD - PAT BENATAR
6. UPTOWN GIRL - BILLY JOEL
5. ALL NIGHT LONG - LIONEL RICHIE
4. OWNER OF A LONELY HEART - YES
3. UNION OF THE SNAKE - DURAN DURAN
2. SAY IT ISN'T SO - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
1. SAY SAY SAY - PAUL MCCARTNEY & MICHAEL JACKSON

 

[sadchild]

We didn't have an '83 countdown around this time last year, nice to not hear a bunch of repeats.

Good 16
Ok 9
Bad 15

40. IN THE MOOD - ROBERT PLANT
24. CRUMBLIN' DOWN - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
20. IN A BIG COUNTRY - BIG COUNTRY
16. SYNCHRONICITY II - THE POLICE
15. CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - QUIET RIOT
12. TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP - THE ROMANTICS
4. OWNER OF A BROKEN HEART - YES

I have an ongoing list of my (approximately) 500 fav songs of all time. It's rare that 1 or 2 show up on one of these VJ Big 40s. all 7 of these were hits in late 83.

35. THE SIGN OF FIRE - THE FIXX
33. STAY WITH ME TONIGHT - JEFFREY OSBORNE
30. AIN'T NOBODY - RUFUS WITH CHAKA KHAN

Totally forgot these existed.

24. CRUMBLIN' DOWN - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP

For more than a decade, I thought the line was "And I don't mind being down with a boy. I've had that pleasure for years and years." So, I thought Johnny Cougar was bi until the late 90s.

15. CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - QUIET RIOT

This is my favorite guitar solo of all time (not the edited version they played on this countdown, the full solo).

14. MAJOR TOM (COMING HOME) - PETER SCHILLING

Classic space rock from 1983. So is Planet P "Why Me" (also '83)

13. CHURCH OF THE POISON MIND - CULTURE CLUB
3. UNION OF THE SNAKE - DURAN DURAN

I've always hated these two songs.

10. BREAK MY STRIDE - MATTHEW WILDER

Wrote a lyric in one of my songs "Every time you break my stride..." I was hesitant to do it because of this "breaka my stride" song, but left it in anyway. Sure enough, every time our singer (at the time) sang it live, he said "Every time you - ain't nobody gonna breaka my stride..."

Won't make the top 40
#51 Bonnie Tyler "Take Me Back"
#55 Eddie Money "Big Crash"
#61 Night Ranger "You Can Still Rock In America"
#65 Talking Heads "This Must Be The Place"
#66 Kiss "Lick It Up"
#75 Rainbow "Street Of Dreams"
#82 Prince "Let's Pretend We're Married"
#86 Rodney Dangerfield "Rappin' Rodney"
#96 Paul Simon "Allergies"

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Won't make the top 40
#51 Bonnie Tyler "Take Me Back"
#55 Eddie Money "Big Crash"
#61 Night Ranger "You Can Still Rock In America"
#65 Talking Heads "This Must Be The Place"
#66 Kiss "Lick It Up"
#75 Rainbow "Street Of Dreams"
#82 Prince "Let's Pretend We're Married"
#86 Rodney Dangerfield "Rappin' Rodney"
#96 Paul Simon "Allergies"

No surprises this week. I can only imagine what Rappin' Rodney would sound like *cringe*.

 

[HecticArt]

I thought Night Ranger and Kiss would have both been a bit higher on the list.

Major Tom and Why Me are two songs I still love.

 

[semipenguin]

24. CRUMBLIN' DOWN - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP

For more than a decade, I thought the line was "And I don't mind being down with a boy. I've had that pleasure for years and years." So, I thought Johnny Cougar was bi until the late 90s.

Not as much as Pete Townshend’s Rough Boy

Tough boys
Running the streets
Come a little closer
Rough toys
Under the sheets
Nobody knows her
Rough boys
Don't walk away
I very nearly missed you
Tough boys
Come over here
I wanna bite and kiss you

 

[sadchild]

Rappin' Rodney is super-dated, but I still listen to it once in a while for fun (like "Born In East LA" and "You Look Marvelous"). Best line: "I called suicide prevention and they put me on hold! (No respect! No respect!)"

Kiss peaked this week at that #66 position. Felt a little low, but probably because it didn't crossover to pop. Night Ranger's ultimate peak was #51, that seems about right to me. Like "Lick It Up" it probably didn't crossover to pop either.

Re: Pete Townshend, that's interesting. Made me want to look deeper. This is from Songfacts.com:

This started rumors that Townshend was gay or bisexual. In the November 14, 1990 issue of Newsweek, Townshend explained: "I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman, and I won't be classified as just a man." Regarding "Rough Boys," he said, "In a way it was a coming-out. That it was a real acknowledgment of the fact that I'd been surrounded by people that I really adored - and was actually sexually attracted to - who were men. And that the side of me that responded to those people was a passive side, a subordinate side."

Roger Daltry then rushed to do damage control, according to the book Behind Blue Eyes: The Life of Pete Townshend

More reading: Behind Blue Eyes

 

[Aaron]

1988

40. KISS – THE ART OF NOISE FEATURING TOM JONES
39. WILD, WILD WEST – THE ESCAPE CLUB
38. KOKOMO – THE BEACH BOYS
37. WILD THING – TONE LOC
36. DESIRE - U2
35. STRAIGHT UP – PAULA ABDUL
34. THE LOVER IN ME – SHEENA EASTON
33. GHOST TOWN – CHEAP TRICK
32. THANKS FOR MY CHILD – CHERYL “PEPSII” RILEY
31. I WANNA HAVE SOME FUN – SAMANTHA FOX
30. WILD WORLD – MAXI PRIEST
29. HOLDING ON – STEVE WINWOOD
28. LITTLE LIAR – JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
27. WHEN I’M WITH YOU - SHERIFF
26. BORN TO BE MY BABY – BON JOVI
25. WHEN THE CHILDREN CRY – WHITE LION
24. ALL THIS TIME - TIFFANY
23. EARLY IN THE MORNING – ROBERT PALMER
22. THE WAY YOU LOVE ME – KARYN WHITE
21. SPY IN THE HOUSE OF LOVE – WAS (NOT WAS)
20. FINISH WHAT YA STARTED – VAN HALEN
19. PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART – ANNIE LENNOX & AL GREEN
18. THE PROMISE – WHEN IN ROME
17. HOW CAN I FALL - BREATHE
16. SILHOUETTE – KENNY G
15. I DON’T WANT YOUR LOVE – DURAN DURAN
14. I REMEMBER HOLDING YOU – BOYS CLUB
13. SMOOTH CRIMINAL – MICHAEL JACKSON
12. ARMAGEDDON IT – DEF LEPPARD
11. BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAY/FREEBIRD – WILL TO POWER
10. DON’T RUSH ME – TAYLOR DAYNE
9. WALK ON WATER – EDDIE MONEY
8. IN YOUR ROOM – THE BANGLES
7. WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE – GUNS N’ ROSES
6. TWO HEARTS – PHIL COLLINS
5. WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL – BOY MEETS GIRL
4. GIVING YOU THE BEST THAT I GOT – ANITA BAKER
3. LOOK AWAY - CHICAGO
2. MY PREROGATIVE – BOBBY BROWN
1. EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN – POISON

 

[semipenguin]

It’s amazingly horrific how bad some of the songs were in my 18th year of life.

To the dismay of IRBCS, I wholeheartedly enjoyed Bobby Brown and the New Jack Swing of the late 80s. Even tho I didn’t even know what New Jack Swing was until a few years ago.



I love this song. It has a Starship kind of vib. I would see Grace Slick singing this.

It is so much better than this song…



Now this song is horrible. It’s a channel changer. Yet it continues to be played daily on many 80s music channels.

How many people used this as their first dance song at their wedding reception, and look back now and can’t believe they did that?

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Actually, I have never heard Bobby Brown before today (at least that I remember). He happened to be on as I scanned the countdown. The 20 seconds I listened to were enough for me to last the rest of my lifetime. Glad you enjoyed him. Somebody must have since he made it to #2.

That 20 seconds is also the full length of time I have listened to this countdown this week. 1988 & 1989 are mostly wastelands with 4-5 good songs scattered among 35 bad ones so I tend to just not listen.

 

[sadchild]

Heard a bunch of these last December (12/10/88 countdown) and last January (1/7/1989), so I've already commented on a bunch of them previously.

Good 14
Ok 10
Bad 16

35. STRAIGHT UP – PAULA ABDUL

I'm with Paula's mum on this one. Shoulda left it in the trash can.

15. I DON’T WANT YOUR LOVE – DURAN DURAN

In '88, this song felt ahead of its time. After Notorious ('86) the band seemed to want to redefine itself and made some brave moves. Some worked. Some didn't. I think this one did. However, nothing after the Wedding Album ('93) is worth a damn to me aside from the first two singles from All You Need Is Now ('10).

6. TWO HEARTS – PHIL COLLINS

He has written many great songs, but sometimes he writes the cheeeesiest stuff. This and his cover of "You Can't Hurry Love" just befuddle me.

2. MY PREROGATIVE – BOBBY BROWN

Whodathunk a song with a word like 'prerogative' would be such a huge hit. What's the follow up single... My Antidisestablishmentarianism??

Won't make the top 40
#48 Tracy Chapman "Baby Can I Hold You"
#56 Fleetwood Mac "As Long As You Follow"
#59 Traveling Wilburys "Handle With Care"
#63 Siouxsie & The Banshees "Peek-A-Boo"
#64 Georgia Satellites "Hippy Hippy Shake"
#65 Alphaville "Forever Young"
#69 DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince "Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble"
#81 Starship "Wild Again"
#83 Timelords "Doctorin' The Tardis" (later known as KLF)
#95 Sir Mix-A-Lot "Posse On Broadway"

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Surprised about the wulburies and the hippy hippy shake. Both got lots of airplay at least here.


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