OLD 55 Posted February 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 THE TOP 10 U.S. SINGLES OF 1982 1. I LOVE ROCK 'N' ROLL / JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS 2. Ebony And Ivory / Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder 3. Eye Of The Tiger / Survivor 4. Centerfold / J.Geils Band 5. Maneater / Hall & Oates 6. Jack & Diane / John Cougar (Mellencamp) 7. Don't You Want Me / Human League 8. Up Where We Belong / Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes 9. Abracadabra / Steve Miller Band 10.Hard To Say I'm Sorry / Chicago ................................................ Plus 5 Other #1 Hits in ranked order.... 11.Truly / Lionel Richie 12.Chariots Of Fire - Titles / Vangelis 13.Mickey / Toni Basil 14.Who Can It Be Now / Men At Work 15.I Can't Go For That / Hall & Oates .................................................. U.K. TOP 3 1. Come On Eileen / Dexy's Midnight Runners 2. Eye Of The Tiger / Survivor 3. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me / Culture Club AUS. TOP 3 1. Come On Eileen / Dexy's Midnight Runners 2. Key Largo / Bertie Higgins 3. Eye Of The Tiger / Survivor = Down Under / Men At Work ................................................. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO ALL THE BEAUTIFUL LADIES HERE OF COURSE, YOU'RE ALL BEAUTIFUL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Pop "Spunk", I like that. I always liked Pat Benatar. I bet she was very "energetic"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 I can say it, if only for Rick Springfield...I'm swooning... my day is complete. thank you. What is it with you gals and Aussie blokes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 "Centerfold" and "Abracadabra"! I love these songs... I also thought that rock was dead in 81, just like RonJon... but that was the year I got involved full time in "now" music... my job was to discover new bands and musicians... write about them, make videoclips, have them signed to a record company, look at the charts, make music TV shows with new bands that were trying to merge, etc... some of my friends and boyfriends were musicians. So I decided to give it a try... I hated the new romantic look and techno music isn´t my cup of tea, but I must admit there was a creative revival in these years. Not the magic of the sixties/seventies but anyways, the show must go on... And Blondie all the way!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 i'm not amazingly impressed with my birth year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted February 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 That's a shame; others said similar things about 1981, but I love (almost) all of those 1980,81,82 Top 10 songs. I think the early 80s featured some of the Best Pop songs ever written. I'm not ready to revert back to the 60s and 70s yet! This is of course before the Techno stuff and "all look alike" British Boy Bands. TRIVIA QUESTION: Which U.K. Boy Band's name rhymes with the surnames of two of it's members Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 (edited) Are you referring to: Bros. >> Luke and Matt Goss? Not one of my favourite bands I hardly need say. Weren't they around 1988 or therabouts? I seem to remember a good-natured "animated debate" with a house-mate: whose better, Bros or Throwing Muses? (I believe this question (or a variation thereupon) may have later cropped up as an exam question in General Studies O/A Level: Music Module) Edited February 14, 2006 by Guest pointless addition of post-script that isn't even amusing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted February 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 B-F said: Are you referring to: Bros. >> Luke and Matt Goss? Yes, that's them ! For some reason they pronounced it "bross" rhymes with "cross" (and Goss). No I didn't like them either. They're one of the "interchangeable" British Boy Groups of the 80s I was referring to. My girls used to like them though. ALSO, I forgot to mention that the last of our 5 children "Young 55" was born in 1982. Thanks for keeping my computer going Mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted February 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 81, ... but that was the year I got involved full time in "now" music... my job was to discover new bands and musicians... write about them, make videoclips, have them signed to a record company, look at the charts, make music TV shows with new bands that were trying to merge, etc... some of my friends and boyfriends were musicians. So I decided to give it a try... I hated the new romantic look and techno music isn´t my cup of tea, but I must admit there was a creative revival in these years. Not the magic of the sixties/seventies but anyways, the show must go on... That's very impressive Edna. I would have loved to have done something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Well... I didn´t mean to impress... I was just explaining -to myself too, I see it clearer when I see it written- why and how I got to like 80s music... I also thought that after Patti Smith´s "Horses" there was nothing new under the sun. The music scene was a way of life for me so I´d rather enjoy it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 Eye Of The Tiger ... Yo Adrian!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 That's a shame; others said similar things about 1981, but I love (almost) all of those 1980,81,82 Top 10 songs. I think the early 80s featured some of the Best Pop songs ever written. I'm not ready to revert back to the 60s and 70s yet! I generally love 80s pop, it is probably my favorite pop ever, but the songs in that top 10 weren't that exciting to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Edna wrote: my job was to discover new bands and musicians... write about them, make videoclips, have them signed to a record company, look at the charts, make music TV shows with new bands that were trying to merge, etc... Who were some of the bands that you discovered and had signed, Edna? Don't keep us in the dark. This is exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Rachel, that's fine. I probably mightn't like some of the 80s music you do either ! Here's someone for you girls to get excited about. I gave Peaches some nominees and the opportunity to choose "Spunk Of The Year" for 1982, but she still hasn't gotten over Rick Springfield from 1981. I have the envelope in my hand ......... And the Winner is.............a man with more hair under his armpits than I have on my head ...............lead singer of Dexy's Midnight Runners, KEVIN ROWLAND ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Come On Eileen!....I Love That Song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Edna wrote: Who were some of the bands that you discovered and had signed, Edna? Don't keep us in the dark. This is exciting. The bands that signed contracts are Spanish bands, the main ones and the best ones, of course, cause besides, they were my friends... I would give you their names but you wouldn´t know them. As for the international bands, we made concerts and TV shows with Lords of the New Church, Tuxedo Moon, Culture Club, Echo and the Bunnymen, U2, Violent Femmes, Psychedelich Furs, Japan, Cabaret Voltaire, Gruppo Sportivo, Spandau Ballet, Ultravox, China Crisis, The Sound, The Dream Syndicate, REM, etc. That was in the early 80s and they were more than happy with all the promo and also with the shows they brought back home in video... I also worked with not so new people (David Byrne, New York Dolls, Elliot Murphy, John Cale and others) but I guess what counts is the fact that I learned to like a new sound that I didn´t like at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Rachel, that's fine. I probably mightn't like some of the 80s music you do either ! Here's someone for you girls to get excited about. I gave Peaches some nominees and the opportunity to choose "Spunk Of The Year" for 1982, but she still hasn't gotten over Rick Springfield from 1981. I have the envelope in my hand ......... And the Winner is.............a man with more hair under his armpits than I have on my head ...............lead singer of Dexy's Midnight Runners, KEVIN ROWLAND ! noooooo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Come On Eileen!....I Love That Song! Me too Laurie, but I reckon they all look a bit 'dodgy' in the the Video Clip. Poor Rachel has just received a shock from seeing their lead singer. They all wore blue overalls that looked like large toddlers' playsuits in the clip - and I'm not kidding about his armpits. We guys didn't have too many ladies to choose from either in 1982 (no disrespect). Joan Jett, Jennifer Warnes and Toni Basil, although she looked pretty good for 38 ! She didn't look it in the "Mickey" clip, did she ? Phil, how about giving us a pic of Pat Benatar for 1983. Even though she won't make the Top 10, that was the year of her biggest Hit "Love Is A Battlefield". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 i'm sorry, the song can be very annoying, but the whole gypsy look does not work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Come On Eileen!....I Love That Song! Laur, guess what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 What Joe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Laur, guess what? Wasn't the title to that song the punchline for a dirty joke...I can't remember the joke, but I do remember it being funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 What Joe? I like that song, too. PS: Ron, you may be right. Can't recall it either but that does ring a bell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 I like that song, too. PS: Ron, you may be right. Can't recall it either but that does ring a bell. That's another punchline..."I don't know who he is but his face rings a bell?" Nevermind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Quasimodo - his face rings a bell ! And the second part of the joke is that when Quasimodo's killed falling from the bell tower, his twin brother takes over as bell ringer. He also slips and falls to his death, and the crowd again gathers round. They can't quite work out who he is, and one of them says " I don't know him, but he's a dead ringer for the other guy." We used to have twins living near us, and I always found them hard to tell apart - until her brother grew a moustache. Boom Boom !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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