80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I thought Yello's Oh Yeah did better particularly after Ferris Bueler.


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[HecticArt]

I thought Yello's Oh Yeah did better particularly after Ferris Bueler.


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Oh no........

Chicka chi ka!

 

[Aaron]

1980

40. REAL LOVE - DOOBIE BROTHERS
39. LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME - BOZ SCAGGS
38. NO NIGHT SO LONG - DIONNE WARWICK
37. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO KEEP YOUR LOVE FOR ME - JERMAINE JACKSON
36. MAKE A LITTLE MAGIC - DIRT BAND
35. WHY NOT ME - FRED KNOBLOCK
34. JOJO - BOZ SCAGGS
33. HE'S SO SHY - THE POINTER SISTERS
32. HEY THERE LONELY GIRL - ROBERT JOHN
31. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE BACK - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
30. NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE - STEPHANIE MILLS
29. JESSE - CARLY SIMON
28. TAKE A LITTLE RHYTHM - ALI THOMSON
27. I'M ALRIGHT - KENNY LOGGINS
26. XANADU - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN & ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
25. SOMEONE THAT I USED TO LOVE - NATALIE COLE
24. DON'T ASK ME WHY - BILLY JOEL
23. ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST - QUEEN
22. HOT ROD HEARTS - ROBBIE DUPREE
21. ALL OVER THE WORLD - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
20. OLD FASHION LOVE - THE COMMODORES
19. BOULEVARD - JACKSON BROWNE
18. YOU'LL ACCOMP'NY ME - BOB SEGER
17. YOU'RE THE ONLY WOMAN - AMBROSIA
16. ONE IN A MILLION YOU - LARRY GRAHAM
15. IT'S STILL ROCK & ROLL TO ME - BILLY JOEL
14. MORE LOVE - KIM CARNES
13. DRIVIN' MY LIFE AWAY - EDDIE RABBITT
12. LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR - PETE TOWNSHEND
11. INTO THE NIGHT - BENNY MARDONES
10. LOOKIN' FOR LOVE - JOHNNY LEE
9. LATE IN THE EVENING - PAUL SIMON
8. TAKE YOUR TIME (DO IT RIGHT) - S.O.S. BAND
7. GIVE ME THE NIGHT - GEORGE BENSON
6. MAGIC - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
5. FAME - IRENE CARA
4. ALL OUT OF LOVE - AIR SUPPLY
3. EMOTIONAL RESCUE - THE ROLLING STONES
2. SAILING - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
1. UPSIDE DOWN - DIANA ROSS

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

25. SOMEONE THAT I USED TO LOVE - NATALIE COLE
16. ONE IN A MILLION YOU - LARRY GRAHAM

Hated these 2 songs with a passion. They seemed to go on and on and on and on and on and on and on.

2. SAILING - CHRISTOPHER CROSS

If they are going to do Nina's quiz to guess the song it would help if they do not start playing the song in the background while she is giving the clues and if they don't have the song on the PAD data at the same time.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Also in the VJs are wrong category, they introduced Magic as the 2nd hit on the countdown from Xanadu. It was in fact third hit: Xanadu, All Over The World & Magic.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

My son was listening in the car with me. He hated the song all out of love primarily because he has heard it on a commercial where somebody was singing it to their mop.

He didn't like either this countdown or the 70s. Kept wanting to switch it to 25.


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[sadchild]

Good 6
Okay 8
Bad 26

I was listening to this week's VJ countdown with my son in the car. He asked me "do you have any pencils?" Then he asked "do you have any tape?" A couple minutes later, I see this coming from the back seat toward my radio....

Can't say I blame him. In the bottom half of the countdown, I had one 'good' song.

My comments last year are here.

31. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE BACK - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES

My first time hearing this song. I was huge H&O fan back in the early 80s, and missed this one. I can see why though. Not that good.

29. JESSE - CARLY SIMON

The name of my band's new singer, officially as of last night. I wonder if I told him I won't cut fresh flowers for him if he'd get the reference...

25. SOMEONE THAT I USED TO LOVE - NATALIE COLE

As opposed to...

#70 Split Enz "I Got You"
#62 Peter Gabriel "Games Without Frontiers"

Both are better songs than 39 of those top 40

Will never make the top 40
#42 Pat Benatar "You Better Run"
#52 Linda Clifford "Red Light" (a #41 peak!)
#62 Peter Gabriel "Games Without Frontiers"
#65 Poco "Under The Gun"
#67 Journey "Good Morning Girl/Stay Awhile"
#68 Chicago "Thunder And Lightning"
#69 Chic "Rebels Are We"
#70 Split Enz "I Got You"
#84 Genesis "Turn It On Again"
#96 Lipps Inc "Rock It"
#97 Roger Daltry "Free Me"
#98 Kurtis Blow "The Breaks (Part 1)"
#99 Gerry Rafferty "The Royal Mile (Sweet Darlin')"

 

[scotchandcigar]

Will never make the top 40
#42 Pat Benatar "You Better Run"
#62 Peter Gabriel "Games Without Frontiers"
#70 Split Enz "I Got You"
#84 Genesis "Turn It On Again"

These are all great songs.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Will never make the top 40
#42 Pat Benatar "You Better Run"
#62 Peter Gabriel "Games Without Frontiers"
#70 Split Enz "I Got You"

Surprised at all of these. In SK where I was living @ the time, I Got You was the #1 song on the local top 40 station's chart. Others also got heavy play.

 

[HecticArt]

I have a hard time finding ONE pencil in my car - but multiple pencils AND tape??????

Impressive.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I haven't done this in a while but here is my breakdown of as Alan Hunter says the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

The Good (bold = in my library) [28]
40. REAL LOVE - DOOBIE BROTHERS
36. MAKE A LITTLE MAGIC - DIRT BAND
34. JOJO - BOZ SCAGGS
33. HE'S SO SHY - THE POINTER SISTERS
29. JESSE - CARLY SIMON
28. TAKE A LITTLE RHYTHM - ALI THOMSON
27. I'M ALRIGHT - KENNY LOGGINS
26. XANADU - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN & ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
24. DON'T ASK ME WHY - BILLY JOEL
23. ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST - QUEEN
22. HOT ROD HEARTS - ROBBIE DUPREE
21. ALL OVER THE WORLD - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
19. BOULEVARD - JACKSON BROWNE
18. YOU'LL ACCOMP'NY ME - BOB SEGER
15. IT'S STILL ROCK & ROLL TO ME - BILLY JOEL
14. MORE LOVE - KIM CARNES
13. DRIVIN' MY LIFE AWAY - EDDIE RABBITT
12. LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR - PETE TOWNSHEND
11. INTO THE NIGHT - BENNY MARDONES
10. LOOKIN' FOR LOVE - JOHNNY LEE
9. LATE IN THE EVENING - PAUL SIMON
7. GIVE ME THE NIGHT - GEORGE BENSON
6. MAGIC - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
5. FAME - IRENE CARA
4. ALL OUT OF LOVE - AIR SUPPLY
3. EMOTIONAL RESCUE - THE ROLLING STONES
2. SAILING - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
1. UPSIDE DOWN - DIANA ROSS

The Indifferent [2]
20. OLD FASHION LOVE - THE COMMODORES
17. YOU'RE THE ONLY WOMAN - AMBROSIA

The Bad [7]
39. LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME - BOZ SCAGGS
38. NO NIGHT SO LONG - DIONNE WARWICK
37. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO KEEP YOUR LOVE FOR ME - JERMAINE JACKSON
35. WHY NOT ME - FRED KNOBLOCK
(Why not you? Because you sound like a loser)
32. HEY THERE LONELY GIRL - ROBERT JOHN
31. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE BACK - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
30. NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE - STEPHANIE MILLS

The Ugly [3]
25. SOMEONE THAT I USED TO LOVE - NATALIE COLE
16. ONE IN A MILLION YOU - LARRY GRAHAM
8. TAKE YOUR TIME (DO IT RIGHT) - S.O.S. BAND
(my son actually liked this song)

 

[Aaron]

8. TAKE YOUR TIME (DO IT RIGHT) - S.O.S. BAND
(my son actually liked this song)

I like this song also!

 

[sadchild]

@IdRatherBeSkiing I like the hook of "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" but the rest of the song is quite dull to me. Maybe some rap group will sample the hook someday and make a song that I can enjoy from start to finish.

 

[sadchild]

I have a hard time finding ONE pencil in my car - but multiple pencils AND tape??????

Impressive.

When my son was younger, he'd have to do any unfinished homework in the car. His 'move' was to snap the pencil lead and then say "Oops now I can't do my homework". So I got used to having a half dozen pencils in the car, and I'd just keep handing him new ones.

As for the tape, back in the day I used to put posters up for upcoming gigs. So I always had tape (for metal poles and store windows) and a staple gun (for wooden poles) in the car.

 

[HecticArt]

As kids, we were never as smart as we thought we were.

PS
Staplers work on windows too. You just have to try a little harder.

 

[Aaron]

1985

40. SPANISH EDDIE - LAURA BRANNIGAN
39. IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY SET THEM FREE - STING
38. MYSTERY LADY - BILLY OCEAN
37. DO YOU WANT CRYING - KATRINA & THE WAVES
36. I'M GOIN' DOWN - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
35. THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES WITH EDDIE KENDRICKS AND DAVID RUFFIN
34. NO LOOKIN' BACK - MICHAEL MCDONALD
33. LOVIN' EVERY MINUTE OF IT - LOVERBOY
32. I GOT YOU BABE - UB40
31. PART-TIME LOVER - STEVIE WONDER
30. WHAT ABOUT LOVE - HEART
29. EVERY STEP OF THE WAY - JOHN WAITE
28. C-I-T-Y - JOHN CAFFERTY & THE BEAVER BROWN BAND
27. FORTRESS AROUND YOUR HEART - STING
26. LIFE IN ONE DAY - HOWARD JONES
25. DANCING IN THE STREET - MICK JAGGER & DAVID BOWIE
24. THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) - EURYTHMICS
23. NEVER SURRENDER - COREY HART
22. SHOUT - TEARS FOR FEARS
21. SHAME - THE MOTELS
20. CRY - GODLEY & CREME
19. LONELY 'OL NIGHT - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
18. SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON
17. TAKE ON ME - A-HA
16. SMOKIN' IN THE BOYS ROOM - MOTLEY CRUE
15. OH SHEILA - READY FOR THE WORLD
14. DRESS YOU UP - MADONNA
13. DARE ME - THE POINTER SISTERS
12. YOU'RE ONLY HUMAN (SECOND WIND) - BILLY JOEL
11. SUMMER OF '69 - BRYAN ADAMS
10. INVINCIBLE - PAT BENATAR
9. POP LIFE - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION
8. FREEDOM - WHAM!
7. FREEWAY OF LOVE - ARETHA FRANKLIN
6. DON'T LOSE MY NUMBER - PHIL COLLINS
5. THE POWER OF LOVE - HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS
4. CHERISH - KOOL & THE GANG
3. MONEY FOR NOTHING - DIRE STRAITS
2. WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO - TINA TURNER
1. ST. ELMO'S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) - JOHN PARR

 

[sadchild]

Good 6
Okay 16
Bad 18

36. I'M GOIN' DOWN - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

Songfacts.com: We counted 80 repetitions of the word "down" in this song, making it Springsteen's most repetitious track.

29. EVERY STEP OF THE WAY - JOHN WAITE

Sounds like an Eddie Money song

23. NEVER SURRENDER - COREY HART

Nevva Soorenduh

#73 Oingo Boingo "Weird Science"

Just watched this movie a little while ago for the first time since the 80s. Still a classic, despite how dated it may look. #bitsnpieces

#77 Billy Crystal "You Look Marvelous"

My father used to say to me
'Nando, don't be a schnook
It's not how you feel
It's how you look

#87 Depeche Mode "Master & Servant"

Didn't know the song in '85, but in '87 someone I knew got me hooked on this whole album. "Blasphemous Rumours" is in my top 10 fav songs of all time.

#95 Roger Daltrey "After The Fire"

He's the original 'Dramatic Chipmunk'. Watch the video and you'll see what I mean.

#97 Y & T "Summertime Girls"

Hair-band-lovin' teenaged me liked this song back in the day. Still crank it on a hot one.

Will never make the top 40
#54 Foreigner "Down On Love"
#58 Cheap Trick "Tonight It's You"
#59 Survivor "First Night"
#62 What Is This "I'll Be Around" (cover of Spinners song)
#66 Amy Grant "Wise Up"
#73 Oingo Boingo "Weird Science"
#74 Romantics "Test Of Time"
#77 Billy Crystal "You Look Marvelous"
#80 Til Tuesday "Looking Over My Shoulder"
#85 Natalie Cole "A Little Bit Of Heaven"
#87 Depeche Mode "Master & Servant"
#91 Tom Petty "Rebels"
#95 Roger Daltrey "After The Fire"
#97 Y & T "Summertime Girls"
#98 Air Supply "Power Of Love"
#100 Patti LaBelle "Stir It Up" (#41 peak!)

 

[HecticArt]

Sounds right to me.

#73 Oingo Boingo "Weird Science"

Just watched this movie a little while ago for the first time since the 80s. Still a classic, despite how dated it may look. #bitsnpieces

Love me some Boingo!

#and

 

[sadchild]

Speaking of Boingo, did you like the two singles the band released in 1994 after dropping Oingo from the name? They were different, but I definitely dug them both.

 

[HecticArt]

I did. Different is good. Bands that sound the same for too long get boring to me. I assume that they must bore themselves too after a while.