Top 10 favorite songs of all time
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Topic: Top 10 favorite songs of all time
Posted By: aaronk
Subject: Top 10 favorite songs of all time
Date Posted: 14 February 2013 at 7:08pm
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I realize this breaks rule #2 of the "Chat Board Rules," but many of us have been posting here for 8+ years. I hope we've earned the right to do a "subjective opinion" thread, even if it's just this once.
I am curious to know what our fellow board members' top 10 all-time favorite songs are. I haven't come up with my own list yet, but as long as Pat is okay with it, I'd love to see what everyone's favorites are. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
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Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 14 February 2013 at 7:30pm
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1. "She Loves You" - The Beatles (Swan 4152, 1964)
2. "Where Were You When I Needed You" - Grass Roots (Dunhill 4029, 1966) 3. "Yesterday's Gone" - The Overlanders (Hickory 1258, 1964) 4. "Please Don't Ever Leave Me" - The Cyrkle (Columbia 43871, 1966) 5. "Mr. Tambourine Man" - The Byrds (Columbia 43271, 1965) 6. "Homburg" - Procol Harum (A&M 885, 1967) 7. "Little Picture Playhouse" - The Stillroven (August 101, 1967) 8. "Glass Of Champagne" - Sailor (Epic 50194, 1976) 9. "More" - Kai Winding (Verve 10295, 1963) 10. "The Sounds Of Silence" - Simon & Garfunkel (Columbia 43396, 1965) "Bubbling Under" the top ten: 11. "I Wanna Meet You" - The Cryan Shames (Columbia 43836, 1966) 12. "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" - The Byrds (Columbia 43332, 1965) 13. "Countdown" - Lindsey Buckingham (Reprise 18860, 1992) 14. "Green, Green" - New Christy Minstrels (Columbia 42805, 1963) 15. "Shame, Shame" - Magic Lanterns (Atlantic 2560, 1968) 16. "Half Past Midnight" - The Staccatos (Tower 322, 1967) 17. I Wanna Be With You" - Raspberries (Capitol 3473, 1972) 18. "Sugar On Sunday" - The Clique (White Whale 323, 1969) 19. "When You Walk In The Room" - The Searchers (Kapp 618, 1964) 20. "Never Been Any Reason" - Head East (A&M 1718, 1975) 21. "Cara-Lin" - The Strangeloves (Bang 508, 1965) 22. "See Forever Eyes" - Prism (Ariola America 7724, 1978) 23. "Bye, Bye Love" - The Everly Brothers (Cadence 1315, 1957) 24. "Carry The Torch" - Fire Town (Atlantic 89242, 1987) 25. "Anna" - Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar (Atco 6195, 1961) 26. "I Got You" - Split Enz (A&M 2252, 1980) Mono 45 mixes preferred, where applicable. The Stillroven disc was a local Minneapolis-St. Paul hit. |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 February 2013 at 9:08pm
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Great list, John! Interestingly, just recently someone asked if I would play "More" as a dinner/cocktail song at their wedding, but they specifically requested the Frank Sinatra cover. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 14 February 2013 at 9:34pm
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I'm actually doing a weekly feature on the radio show called "Ron's Dream Jukebox". I always wanted a jukebox as a kid, and if I had one, I would have loaded it up with 100 45s. What I've been doing for the last year and change is populating my dream jukebox, one 45 per week. (I'll reach the full 100 later this year right before my 45th birthday. I planned the timing pretty well.) My only criterion for eligibility is that it was available somewhere on a 7" 45. (And that I love the song, of course.)
71 weeks in, here's my Dream Jukebox so far: A-1. SOMETHING ABOUT YOU - Level 42 (1986) A-2. I'M THE MAN - Joe Jackson (1979) A-3. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT - Aretha Franklin (1968) A-4. WHAT DO ALL THE PEOPLE KNOW - The Monroes (1982) A-5. I KEEP FORGETTIN' (EVERY TIME YOU'RE NEAR) - Michael McDonald (1982) A-6. LE BANANA SPLIT - Lio (1979) A-7. JUST BE GOOD TO ME - S.O.S. Band (1983) A-8. RIP IN HEAVEN - 'Til Tuesday (1989) A-9. SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder (1972) A-10. THE SALT IN MY TEARS - Martin Briley (1983) A-11. DON'T SHED A TEAR - Paul Carrack (1987) A-12. ROSANNA - Toto (1982) A-13. SUZI FOUND A WEAPON - Randy Vanwarmer (1981) A-14. THE RUBBERBAND MAN - Spinners (1976) A-15. TIP OF MY TONGUE - Tubes (1983) A-16. PICK UP THE PIECES - Average White Band (1975) A-17. MEET ME IN THE MIDDLE - Arrows (1984) A-18. PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW PIGBAG - Pigbag (1982) A-19. WHISPER TO A SCREAM (BIRDS FLY) - Icicle Works (1984) A-20. HERO TAKES A FALL - Bangles (1984) A-21. TO SIR WITH LOVE - Lulu (1967) A-22. BAKER STREET - Gerry Rafferty (1978) A-23. PUMP UP THE VOLUME - M/A/R/R/S (1987) A-24. PORTABLE RADIO - Daryl Hall and John Oates (1979) A-25. GENIUS OF LOVE - Tom Tom Club (1982) A-26. HEAD OVER HEELS - Go-Go's (1984) A-27. HEAD OVER HEELS - Tears For Fears (1985) A-28. GET ON THE GOOD FOOT - James Brown (1972) A-29. A LOVER'S HOLIDAY - Change (1980) A-30. FANTASY - Aldo Nova (1982) A-31. FANTASY - Earth Wind And Fire (1978) A-32. LOVE IS IN CONTROL - Donna Summer (1982) A-33. JIVE TALKIN' - Bee Gees (1975) A-34. I'LL FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER - Byrds (1965) A-35. ON THE BORDER - Al Stewart (1977) A-36. STAY IN TIME - Off Broadway USA (1980) A-37. LADY LOVE ME - George Benson (1983) A-38. YOU KEEP RUNNIN' AWAY - 38 Special (1982) A-39. DRIVER'S SEAT - Sniff 'N' The Tears (1979) A-40. WHO'S MAKING LOVE - Johnnie Taylor (1968) A-41. LOVE WILL FIND A WAY - Pablo Cruise (1978) A-42. MESSAGE OF LOVE - The Pretenders (1981) A-43. AS - Stevie Wonder (1977) A-44. MESSAGE TO MY GIRL - Split Enz (1984) A-45. PHOTOGRAPH - Def Leppard (1983) A-46. PEG - Steely Dan (1977) A-47. UPSIDE DOWN - Diana Ross (1980) A-48. LET'S GET SERIOUS - Jermaine Jackson (1980) A-49. UNDERNEATH THE RADAR - Underworld (1989) A-50. SEPTEMBER - Earth Wind And Fire (1978) A-51. THE LOOK OF LOVE - ABC (1982) A-52. NEVER BEEN ANY REASON - Head East (1975) A-53. YOU NEED LOVE LIKE I DO (DON'T YOU) - Gladys Knight And The Pips (1970) A-54. OVERKILL - Men At Work (1983) A-55. MORE LOVE - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (1966) A-56. RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES - Wax (1987) A-57. THE SECOND TIME AROUND - Shalamar (1980) A-58. NO MYTH - Michael Penn (1990) A-59. USE ME - Bill Withers (1972) A-60. CUDDLY TOY (FEEL FOR ME) - Roachford (1989) A-61. GIRLS TALK - Dave Edmunds (1979) A-62. PERFECT WAY - Scritti Politti (1985) A-63. MOST OF ALL - Jody Watley (1988) A-64. ANOTHER LOVER - Giant Steps (1988) A-65. PIANO IN THE DARK - Brenda Russell (1988) A-66. SLIPPERY WHEN WET - Commodores (1975) A-67. ON THE LOOSE - Saga (1983) A-68. LOVE IS ALIVE - Gary Wright (1976) A-69. STAY WITH ME TONIGHT - Jeffrey Osborne (1984) A-70. NEW GIRL NOW - Honeymoon Suite (1984) A-71. SHAKE YOUR BODY (DOWN TO THE GROUND) - Jacksons (1979) Don't know what's coming in the remaining 29 entries - I haven't mapped it all out in advance. I'd be hard pressed to whittle it down to just 10 songs... ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 14 February 2013 at 10:18pm
Thanks, Aaron! Strange coincidence there, regarding "More." That's got to be one you don't get requests for everyday/week/year/decade/century. A friend had asked me to list a baker's dozen of my favorite singles several years ago, but I had a difficult time stopping at just thirteen, so I threw in an extra thirteen as sort of a buy-one-get-one-free bonus. You can view them pictorially at the link below, but please copy it and re-paste it in your browser (rather than just clicking on it) because the image size is 706kb. And since Ron already opened the "more than ten" floodgates, I edited my list to add the "overflow." :) http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh240/YahShure/Top13scans-resized_zpsbcd76734.jpg - Yah Shure's all-time top 26 singles |
aaronk wrote:Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 14 February 2013 at 10:48pm
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Awesome list, Ron! I do hope you update us with the remaining 29 records as you come up with them.
Very cool collage, John! I like the promo CD single you threw in there, too :) It's always fantastic to be able to see the record labels, and I appreciate you taking the time to scan and post them. ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 15 February 2013 at 7:21am
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Aaron, I made that collage back in 2009, so the only "heavy lifting" this time involved re-sizing and posting it. In doing so, I didn't get the chance to thoroughly peruse "Ron's Dream Jukebox" until now (agree that it's a great lineup... The Monroes!) and was quite pleasantly surprised to see that Ron and I share two songs between the two lists submitted thus far:
"I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" - The Byrds "Never Been Any Reason" - Head East Head East?? Who knew?! In addition, Ron's number A61 on his dream jukebox ("Girls Talk") has occupied selection A8 on my Seeburg jukebox since 1979. When I compiled my original list, I soon realized I'd overlooked "Girls Talk," but didn't want to remake the collage and - more importantly - couldn't bring myself to have to drop one of the others from the list. Let's just sneak it in as a hitbound extra at #27. :) Aaron, thanks for starting this thread. It's really interesting to see where the "sweet spot" favorite years fall among the board's wide range of contributors. |
Posted By: NightAire
Date Posted: 19 February 2013 at 12:54am
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I like so many different types of music that the only list I've ever really compiled were my top 5 favorite rock songs. These are my "turn it up!" songs, the ones that always make me reach for the volume control:
1) The Beatles - Revolution 2) Def Leppard - Rock It 3) Led Zeppelin - Black Dog 4) Billy Squier - Everybody Wants You 5) Whitesnake - In The Still Of The Night ...Yes, it leans 80s. Guilty as charged; I was a teenager in the 80s, so no one should be shocked. ;-) What IS shocking is that neither of my all-time favorite artists show up on the list: Thomas Dolby, and Prince! I didn't feel either of them had a song that fits this collection. To do a "complete" list of favorite songs, I'd have to include: Percy Faith's Theme From A Summer Place, Nine Inch Nails' Closer, Snowfall by Claude Thornhill, Louis Prima's Jump Jive & Wail, Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye & Kimbra... It would just be impossible to get the list narrowed down to anything manageable. ...I love music!!! ------------- Gene Savage http://www.BlackLightRadio.com - http://www.BlackLightRadio.com http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage - http://www.facebook.com/TulsaSavage Tulsa, Oklahoma USA |
Posted By: Yah Shure
Date Posted: 19 February 2013 at 2:07pm
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Interesting list, Gene! Good thing Casey wasn't counting them down or he'd be wearing a neck brace as a result of that NIN-Percy Faith-Whitesnake segment. :)
Also interesting that you determined your list on a "crank-'em!" basis. My own criteria was based on songs I had to play at least two or three or more times in a row (which, in turn, explained why those original styrene "Green, Green" and "Tambourine Man" grooves turned white within weeks.) |
Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 20 February 2013 at 10:26am
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Finally able to whittle down my list--in alphabetical order:
America - Simon & Garfunkel (1968) And You And I - Yes (1972) Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass (1972) Daisy Jane - America (1975) Darling Be Home Soon - Lovin' Spoonful (1967) Deeper And Deeper - Freda Payne (1970) Dialogue (Part I & II) - Chicago (1972) Don't Forget To Dance - The Kinks (1983) God Only Knows - Beach Boys (1966) Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End - The Beatles (1969) Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1971) Haven't Got Time For The Pain - Carly Simon (1974) Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears (1985) Heart Of The Night - Poco (1979) Hey Hey What Can I Do - Led Zeppelin (1970) Hold Your Head Up - Argent (1972) Home And Dry - Gerry Rafferty (1979) I Know A Heartache When I See One - Jennifer Warnes (1979) I Don't Care Anymore - Phil Collins (1983) Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley (1970) Landslide - Fleetwood Mac (1975) Like It Or Not - Genesis (1981) Listen To What The Man Said - Paul McCartney & Wings (1975) Living For The City - Stevie Wonder (1974) Look Out Any Window - Bruce Hornsby & The Range (1988) Love's Lines, Angles & Rhymes - Fifth Dimension (1971) Mind Games - John Lennon (1973) Mothers Little Helper - Rolling Stones (1966) Never Going Back Again - Fleetwood Mac (1976) Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five - Paul McCartney & Wings (1974) One Of A Kind (Love Affair) - The Spinners (1973) Out In The Country - Three Dog Night (1970) Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt (1978) Pretty Ballerina - Left Banke (1967) Reflections - Diana Ross & The Supremes (1967) Rocket Man - Elton John (1972) Sail On Sailor - Beach Boys (1975) Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) - Four Tops (1966) She's A Rainbow - Rolling Stones (1968) Silver Bird - Mark Lindsay (1970) Since I Lost My Baby - The Temptations (1965) Someone Saved My Life Tonight - Elton John (1975) Strawberry Letter 23 - Brothers Johnson (1977) Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969) Temptation Eyes - Grass Roots (1971) The Way I Want To Touch You - Captain & Tennille (1975) The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys - Traffic (1971) Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again - Barry Manilow (1976) Walk Like A Man - Four Seasons (1963) Walk Away Renee - Four Tops (1967) Walk On The Ocean - Toad The Wet Sprocket (1993) You Know What I Mean - The Turtles (1967) I reserve the right to modify these without notice. Use only as directed. :) ------------- Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken. |
Posted By: jono
Date Posted: 20 February 2013 at 1:07pm
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Great lists, everyone! Interesting, Doug, you're the same age I am. And, like yourself, it is HARD to come up with a Top 10...so I'm gonna bend the rules and turn this list into my (naturally) Top 40:
1) I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart (1967) 2) I Wanna Be With You - The Raspberries (1972) 3) Baby Blue - Badfinger (1972) 4) Cherish - The Association (1966) 5) Never Be Anyone Else But You - Ricky Nelson (1958) 6) Dizzy - Tommy Roe (1969) 7) This Magic Moment - Jay & The Americans (1968) 8) Can I Get To Know You Better - The Turtles (1966) 9) For Bobbi - The Mitchell Trio (1965) 10) Yesterday Once More - The Carpenters (1973) 11) Three Times In Love - Tommy James (1980) 12) Hearts In Her Eyes - The Searchers (1979) 13) She Loves You - The Beatles (1964) 14) A World Of Our Own - The Seekers (1965) 15) Yellow Balloon - The Yellow Balloon (1967) 16) Heaven Knows - The Grass Roots (1969) 17) Rock N Roll Girl - The Beat (1979) 18) Sugar, Sugar - The Archies (1969) 19) Too Late - Shoes (1979) 20) Get Down - Gilbert O'Sullivan (1973) 21) Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell (1968) 22) Julie - Bobby Fuller Four (1966) 23) Back Of My Hand (I've Got Your Number) - The Jags (1980) 24) Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley (1956) 25) Love American Style - The Cowsills (1969) 26) All About You - Bangles (1984) 27) Oh, Boy! - Off Broadway, USA (1980) 28) Carpet Man - The 5th Dimension (1968) 29) Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song) - The Buckinghams (1967) 30) Martian Hop - The Ran-Dells (1963) 31) A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You - The Monkees (1967) 32) Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse (1970) 33) (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson (1967) 34) Somethin' Else - Eddie Cochran (1959) 35) Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters (1958) 36) Anna - The Spongetones (1987) 37) Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe (1979) 38) Bend Me, Shape Me - The American Breed (1967) 39) I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Lou Christie (1969) 40) Girls Talk - Dave Edmunds (1979) I can't believe how difficult it was to get this list down to 40 (although I guess I do have a Top 10, as I ranked them, but didn't feel it was representative of my tastes quite enough). There were so many songs I thought would be on here but weren't. It looks like I skewed either late 60's or 1979. Strange. By the way, Head East's "Never Been Any Reason" is probably in my Top 200 - must be a Midwestern thing?? Jon O. |
Posted By: MMathews
Date Posted: 20 February 2013 at 1:54pm
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Raising hand, also 47!
I know there's no way on earth i'd be able to whittle mine down to 10 or even 40. There's just so many... and so many genres/moods. But i love reading everyone else's lists!!! I see so many and think "uh-huh, yup, me too..." ... or "OMG i might have forgot to list that!" Now the fun part is going to be looking up some of the tunes i might not know! |
Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 20 February 2013 at 5:09pm
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Since I just can't do 10 songs out of literally
thousands, my list would change from hour to hour. But, if I were to randomly come up with a list of any ten songs, they might be: Light My Fire - The Doors - 45 version Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra Magic - Pilot Ebony Eyes - Bob Welch Got To Be There - Michael Jackson Mickey - Toni Basil Hero Hakes A fall - Bangles Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan Downtown - Petula Clark Hello Goodbye - The Beatles ------------- |
Posted By: Brian W.
Date Posted: 20 February 2013 at 7:46pm
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I don't know... Off the top of my head, these are ten
songs I not only jam out to, really get into when I listen to them, but also catch myself singing them when I'm not listening to them, even if I haven't heard them for a long time. I don't think I could rank a very favorite song, so these are in no particular order: - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Michael Jackson (the album version... never fails to at least get my foot tapping) - Alphabet St. - Prince (the album version) - Niagara - Barbra Streisand (maybe my favorite melody of any song, ever) - All Through the Night - Cyndi Lauper (again, the melody on the chorus is really appealing to me for some reason... sometimes I just hum it without singing the words) - Fountain of Sorrow - Joan Baez (from her "Diamonds and Rust" album, one of my two favorite albums) - Close to the Borderline - Billy Joel (from my other very favorite album, "Glass Houses") - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon (which I hardly EVER listen to for some reason, but it's one of those that takes me back to a really specific time and place, and a happy place at that) - Play a Simple Melody - Bing & Gary Crosby (phenomenally good, if you like Dixieland) - I Had the Craziest Dream - Harry James Orchestra with Helen Forrest (again, that melody, but Helen Forrest also had one of the most gorgeous voices I've ever heard) - Deep in a Dream - Artie Shaw with Helen Forrest (lots of versions of this song, but this uptempo version is my favorite, again with the great Helen Forrest) Subject to change without notice. :D |
Posted By: abagon
Date Posted: 23 February 2013 at 10:28am
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Good topic, Aaron.
I naturally selected 30 songs from the 70's to the 90's. Sorry, it's difficult for me to select" My Top 10." My selections were very famous songs only. I feel that I tend to like songs of superb melody and great performance. Since I'm not able to comprehend meanings of lyric perfectly. But, melodies are universal! Stay Awhile - BELLS (1971) Puppy Love - DONNY OSMOND (1972) Paper Roses - MARIE OSMOND (1973) A Little Bit More - DR. HOOK (1976) Nobody Does It Better - CARLY SIMON (1977) Margaritaville - JIMMY BUFFETT (1977) As - STEVIE WONDER (1978) Count On Me - JEFFERSON STARSHIP (1978) Emotion - SAMANTHA SANG (1978) Hopelessly Devoted To You - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (1978) Take The Long Way Home - SUPERTRAMP (1979) Just When I Needed You Most - RANDY VANWARMER (1979) Never Knew Love Like This Before - STEPHANIE MILLS (1980) On The Radio - DONNA SUMMER (1980) All Out Of Love - AIR SUPPLY (1980) One Hundred Ways - QUINCY JONES feat.JAMES INGRAM (1982) Cum On Feel The Noize - QUIET RIOT (1983) My Ever Changing Moods - STYLE COUNCIL (1984) Don't Answer Me - ALAN PARSONS PROJECT (1984) Cherish - KOOL & THE GANG (1985) Glory Of Love - PETER CETERA (1986) Always - ATLANTIC STARR (1987) One More Try - GEORGE MICHAEL (1988) Could've Been - TIFFANY (1988) I Still Believe - BRENDA K. STARR (1988) Born To Be My Baby - BON JOVI (1989) Love Will Lead You Back - TAYLOR DAYNE(1990) Because I Love You (The Postman Song) - STEVIE B (1990) I'll Be There - ESCAPE CLUB (1991) Power Of Love - CELINE DION (1994) How Do I Live - LeANN RIMES (1997) Thank you! --abagon |
Posted By: EdisonLite
Date Posted: 23 February 2013 at 2:02pm
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I'd have a hard time ranking the all-time favorites, but what I will do is go year-by-year starting with 1970 and listing my 5, 10 (or more) favorites from that year. This is easier because I kinda compiled these lists as each year actually ended (well, starting in 1973). Here are the '70s. Eventually, I'll type up the '80s
1970: 1 Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse (hence, my moniker!) This probably would be my #1 favorite of all time, if I had to narrow it down to one. 2 My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains 3 (You've Got Me) Dangling on a String - Chairmen of the Board 4 No Matter What - Badfinger 5 Tears of a Clown - Miracles 6 I Think I Love You - Partridge Family 7 Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond 8 Every Little Move She Makes - Tony Burrows 9 Give Me Just a Little More Time - Chairmen of the Board 10 Come and Get It - Badfinger 1971: 1 What Is Life - George Harrison 2 Happy XMas - John Lennon 3 Layla (Part 2 - the instrumental part) - Derek & the Dominoes 4 Could It Be Magic - Featherbed (featuring Barry Manilow) 5 Summer Days - Partridge Family 1972 (the year I started listening to radio): 1 Without You - Nilsson 2 Something's Wrong With Me - Austin Roberts 3 Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan 4 Run To Me - Bee Gees 5 Play Me - Neil Diamond 6 Beautiful Sunday - Daniel Boone 7 Do Ya - The Move 8 How Do You Do - Mouth & MacNeal 9 It Never Rains in Southern California - Albert Hammond 10 Black and White - Three Dog Night 1973: 1 Tie a Yellow Ribbon - Tony Orlando & Dawn 2 Photograph - Ringo Starr 3 Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose - Tony Orlando & Dawn 4 Last Song - Edward Bear 5 Let's Pretend - Raspberries 6 Pretty Lady - Lighthouse 7 D'Yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin 8 I Wanna Be With You - Raspberries 9 Step Into Christmas - Elton John 10 Big City Miss Ruth Ann - Gallery (Runners up:) 11 Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest 12 My Maria - BW Stevenson 13 Little Willy - Sweet 14 Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat - DeFranco Familiy 15 Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce 16 Avenging Annie - Andy Pratt 17 Touch Me in the Morning - Diana Ross 18 Drivin' Around - Raspberries 19 Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend - Lobo 1974: 1 Rock Me Gently - Andy Kim 2 Billy, Don't Be a Hero - Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods 3 Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks (hey I was a kid back then!) 4 Who Do You Think You Are - Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods 5 Steppin' Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight) - Tony Orlando & Dawn 6 Everlasting Love - Carl Carlton 7 The Air That I Breathe - Hollies 8 The Entertainer - Marvin Hamlisch 9 You Won't See Me - Anne Murray 10 Dark Lady - Cher 11 The Show Must Go On - Three Dog Night 12 The Loco-Motion - Grand Funk 13 Beach Baby - First Class 14 Waterloo - Abba 15 Mandy - Barry Manilow 16 The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace 17 Piano Man - Billy Joel 18 Band on the Run - Paul McCartney 19 Star - Stealers Wheel 20 Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Swede (TIE) 1975: 1 Killer Queen - Queen 2 Could It Be Magic - Barry Manilow 3 Sky High - Jigsaw 4 I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow 5 The Proud One - Osmonds 6 Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers 7 Rocky - Austin Roberts 8 We May Never Love Like This Again - Maureen McGovern 9 Bad Time - Grand Funk 10 SOS - ABBA 11 Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille 12 The Hungry Years - Neil Sedaka 13 Ding Dong; Ding Dong - George Harrison 14 The Immigrant - Neil Sedaka 15 He Don't Love You - Tony Orlando & Dawn 16 Rendezvous - Hudson Brothers 17 Look in My Eyes Pretty Woman - Tony Orlando & Dawn 18 Laughter in the Rain - Neil Sedaka 19 The Hustle - Van McCoy 20 You - George Harrison #9 Dream - John Lennon (TIE) 1976: 1 Love Fire - Jigsaw 2 Wham Bam Shang-a-Lang - Silver 3 Did You Boogie (With Your Baby) - Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids (without Wolfman Jack!) 4 Love Really Hurts Without You - Billy Ocean 5 Falling Apart at the Seams - Marmalade 6 Save Your Kisses for Me - Brotherhood of Man 7 Is It So Wrong - Richard Kerr 8 Lost in France - Bonnie Tyler 9 Paloma Blanca - George Baker Selection 10 If You Know What I Mean - Neil Diamond 11 Livin' Thing - ELO 12 Rock 'n Roll Love Letter - Bay City Rollers 13 Highfly - John Miles 14 This One's For You - Barry Manilow 15 Where Did Our Love Go - J. Geils Band 16 Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck 17 Weekend in New England - Barry Manilow 18 More More More - Andrea True Connection 19 Never Gonna Fall in Love Again - Eric Carmen 20 You're My Best Friend - Queen I'm Mandy Fly Me - 10cc (TIE) 1977: 1 Living Next Door to Alice - Smokie 2 I Think We're Alone Now - Rubinoos 3 Da Doo Ron Ron - Shaun Cassidy 4 That's Rock 'n Roll - Shaun Cassidy 5 Romeo - Mr. Big 6 Spring Rain - Silvetti 7 Here Comes Summer - Wildfire 8 Cherry Baby - Starz 9 Carolina's Comin' Home - Shaun Cassidy (shoulda been a single!) 10 Don't Worry Baby - BJ Thomas 11 I'm Dreaming - Jennifer Warnes 12 Boats Against the Current - Eric Carmen 13 Red Light Spells Danger - Billy Ocean 14 Daybreak - Barry Manilow 15 Tightrope - ELO 16 Rich Girl - Hall & Oates 17 Give a Little Bit - Supertramp 18 Love Is All That Matters - Eric Carmen 19 Still the Lovin' Is Fun - BJ Thomas 20 Money Money Money - ABBA Amarillo - Neil Sedaka (TIE) 1978: 1 Can't Smile Without You - Barry Manilow 2 Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel 3 Love Is In the Air - John Paul Young 4 Somewhere in the Night - Barry Manilow 5 Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill 6 Since You Been Gone - Head East 7 Ego - Elton John 8 Copacabana - Barry Manilow 9 It's a Heartache - Bonnie Tyler 10 Love Is Like Oxygen - Sweet 11 Street Corner Serenade - Wet Willie 12 Make You Feel Love Again - Wet Willie 13 Fool (If You Think It's Over) - Chris Rea 14 Can We Still Be Friends - Todd Rundgren 15 I Will Still Love You - Stonebolt 16 Part-Time Love - Elton John 17 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmerelda 18 I Do - J. Geils Band (studio version) 19 Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf 20 Scenes from an Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel Take a Chance on Me - ABBA (TIE) 1979: 1 Different Worlds - Maureen McGovern 2 Just When I Needed You Most - Randy Vanwarmer 3 Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills 4 If You Remember Me - Chris Thompson 5 Lady - Little River Band 6 Chiquitita - ABBA 7 Ships - Barry Manilow 8 Don't Cry Out Loud - Melissa Manchester 9 I'll Never Love This Way Again - Dionne Warwick 10 I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love - Rita Coolidge 11 Theme From Ice Castles - Melissa Manchester 12 Get Used to It - Roger Voudouris 13 I Don't Wanna Lose You - Hall & Oates 14 Angeleyes - ABBA 15 Cruel to Be Kind - Nick Lowe 16 Can You Read My Mind - Maureen McGovern 17 Every Time I Think of You - Babys 18 Don't You Write Her Off - McGuinn, Clark & Hillman 19 So Good, So Right - Brenda Russell 20 Shadows in the Moonlight - Anne Murray One Way or Another - Blondie (TIE) |
Posted By: Santi Paradoa
Date Posted: 04 August 2016 at 6:35pm
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Like Mark I can't really pick just ten. However, here are ten from the first half of the '80s that I always turn the volume up for (in no particular order):
1. Train In Vain (Stand By Me) - The Clash 2. Hot In The City - Billy Idol 3. Breaking Away - Balance 4. Personally - Karla Bonoff 5. Boulevard - Jackson Browne 6. Sometimes A Fantasy (commercial 45 with the cold ending) - Billy Joel 7. Everyday I Write The Book - Elvis Costello & the Attractions 8. He Can't Love You - Michael Stanley Band 9. Just Got Lucky - JoBoxers 10. Radio Ga-Ga (45 edit) - Queen ------------- Santi Paradoa Miami, Florida |
Posted By: Smokin' TomGary
Date Posted: 05 August 2016 at 4:08pm
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Since we're on a personal note I do see Three Dog Night and Gilbert O'Sullivan on the lists. I'd have to say thet for the former "Pieces of April" would have to be my #1 favorite. Backstory: I was the morning DJ on WFCS, the FM station at Central CT State College in 1974. A girl called the request line and asked me to play some Three Dog Night songs. It was her favorite group. We spoke for a while, I put down the phone and asked some other staffers if they knew this girl Peggy. They said she won on the trivia show frequently. I asked if she looked good they said she did. I asked her if she wanted to meet and we did. That was on April 19,1974. Good memory? Maybe. We got married on April 19, 1975 and had 13 years before amicably divorcing.
I went to a respected hospital in New England for a third opinion by arrangement of my doctor. I saw a world renowned oncologist who specialized in multiple myeloma. He made small talk and I related the above story. He never heard of Three Dog Night.....Hey, I missed Woodstock. That does something to you. One day I was in the waiting room at my local cancer center waiting for a blood draw. Someone in an adjacent reception area had an iPad or XM playing oldies. I heard The Animals "House of the Rising Sun". Not exactly a positive song for that environment. After the blood test it played "Alone Again (Naturally)"... |
Posted By: The Hits Man
Date Posted: 08 August 2016 at 8:37pm
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Damn! I have just too many favorites to list here. ------------- |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 09 August 2016 at 8:25pm
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Great lists! I realized that I never finished up the rest of Ron's Dream Jukebox, so here are the remaining 29 entries:
A-72. I CAN'T LET GO - Hollies (1966) A-73. BRANDY (YOU'RE A FINE GIRL) - Looking Glass (1972) A-74. BUST A MOVE - Young MC (1989) A-75. WHAT IS LIFE - Olivia Newton-John (1972) A-76. DON'T WANNA FALL IN LOVE - Jane Child (1990) A-77. TAKIN' IT EASY - Seals And Crofts (1978) A-78. DON'T TREAT ME BAD - Firehouse (1991) A-79. CRAZY HORSES - Osmonds (1972) A-80. CHAMELEON - Herbie Hancock (1974) A-81. YOU NEVER DONE IT LIKE THAT - Captain And Tennille (1978) A-82. I WISH - Stevie Wonder (1977) A-83. HOME AND DRY - Gerry Rafferty (1979) A-84. THIS BEAT GOES ON/SWITCHIN' TO GLIDE - Kings (1980) A-85. CHANGE OF HEART - Change (1984) A-86. ANOTHER NAIL IN MY HEART - Squeeze (1980) A-87. KAYLEIGH - Marillion (1985) A-88. EARN ENOUGH FOR US - XTC (1986) A-89. MAGIC - Olivia Newton-John (1980) A-90. SAUSALITO SUMMERNIGHT - Diesel (1981) A-91. MAMA USED TO SAY - Junior (1982) A-92. ONE SIMPLE THING - Stabilizers (1987) A-93. AH LEAH - Donnie Iris (1980) A-94. IT'S A MIRACLE - Barry Manilow (1975) A-95. DANCE ACROSS THE FLOOR - Jimmy Bo Horne (1978) A-96. TAKE ME TO THE RIVER - Al Green (1974) A-97. APACHE - Incredible Bongo Band (1973) A-98. FREE RIDE - Edgar Winter Group (1973) A-99. SIGNED SEALED DELIVERED (I'M YOURS) - Stevie Wonder (1970) A-100. LE FREAK - Chic (1978) ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
Posted By: sriv94
Date Posted: 09 August 2016 at 9:09pm
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That "Home And Dry" makes your list means you're a man of taste and charisma. Vastly underrated (and way too undercharted) single. ------------- Doug --------------- All of the good signatures have been taken. |
Posted By: crapfromthepast
Date Posted: 10 August 2016 at 5:28am
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Why, thank you! Gerry Rafferty's amazing City To City album is the only one to get two entries in Ron's Dream Jukebox. ------------- There's a lot of crap on the radio, but there's only one http://www.crapfromthepast.com" rel="nofollow - Crap From The Past . |
Posted By: Jody Thornton
Date Posted: 11 August 2016 at 6:14am
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I'm trying to work on a list of "just" ten songs. This is too hard ...lol
------------- Cheers, Jody Thornton (Richmond Hill, Ontario) |
Posted By: Jody Thornton
Date Posted: 11 August 2016 at 6:26am
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OK I'll try:
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue Gary Numan - Cars Kenny Loggins - Heart to Heart Steve Winwood - Valerie (both versions) Camel - Unevensong Kajagoogoo - Too Shy Foreigner - Urgent Cliff Richard - A Little In Love Little River Band - Night Owls Journey - Lights And see, I'm not sure that's really a comprehensive list at all. For example, I really like the Jermaine Jackson "... Serious" track mentioned earlier (mind you, that didn't really get a lot of airplay in Southern Ontario - thank heavens I lived in near proximity to the greater Buffalo, NY area). I never mentioned Gerry Rafferty, but "... Next Time" and Right Down the Line" are gems. How about Gary Numan's "We Are Friends Electric"? See, too many.... lol ------------- Cheers, Jody Thornton (Richmond Hill, Ontario) |
Posted By: Jody Thornton
Date Posted: 11 August 2016 at 6:31am
I know. I'm right with you. Aaron would only get a better picture of my tastes if he let me put down 500 songs (just for starters). But see, repetition gets to me (I know I'm radio-cycle minded), so I'd want a subset of another 500 songs for lesser rotation. :) ------------- Cheers, Jody Thornton (Richmond Hill, Ontario) |
Posted By: aaronk
Date Posted: 11 August 2016 at 9:03am
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I've been working on compiling my top 10 since I started the thread three years ago. I'm having trouble narrowing it down, too! ------------- Aaron Kannowski http://www.uptownsound.com" rel="nofollow - Uptown Sound http://www.919thepeak.com" rel="nofollow - 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop |
Posted By: RichM921
Date Posted: 11 August 2016 at 4:21pm
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I compiled a list of 100 favorites about 10 years ago. Many have changed within the 100 for me, but my Top 10 is pretty solid so I'll use it again.
10 - Sergio Mendes - Alibis (1984 #29) 9 - Tower of Power - So Very Hard To Go (1973 #17) 8 - Lee Ritenour - Is It You? (1981 #15) 7 - Rubicon - I’m Gonna Take Care of Everything (1978 #28) 6 - Franke & the Knockouts - Sweetheart (1981 #10) 5 - LeRoux - Nobody Said It Was Easy (Lookin’ For The Lights) (1982 #18) 4 - Santana - Hold On (1982 #15) 3 - Ambrosia - Biggest Part of Me (1980 #3) 2 - Jim Photoglo - Fool in Love With You (1981 #25) 1 - The System - Don’t Disturb This Groove (1987 #4) |
Posted By: 80smusicfreak
Date Posted: 13 August 2016 at 7:15am
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Nice to see this thread revived. :-) I agree w/ most others here - honestly, when you own as much music as I do (collected for over 33 years now), it's impossible to pick just 10 songs, or even 100. And even if you went w/ 100, how do you realistically differentiate between how much you like the song you list at #1 and the one you put at #100 - and will you feel the same way tomorrow??? For that reason, I usually think in terms of categories, for the sake of narrowing the field - i.e., favorite songs that all share a common thread (or two), whether they're tied together by origin, subject matter, time period, genre, chart performance, etc., etc...
So for this post, I've chosen 50 songs - all from the '80s, and all by Canadian acts - that for inexplicable reasons, somehow MISSED the top 40 here in the U.S. (and therefore, aren't included in Pat's on-line db)! I've simply listed them chronologically, as most of these have been favorites of mine for 15 or more years now, and I enjoy them all just as much as any of my top faves that did make the top 40 during the '80s. Most (but not all) were top 40 hits in Canada, and at least half of them deserved to be top 10 hits here in the U.S. as well! About 25% of the songs did actually scrape into the "bottom 60" of the pop charts here ("Limelight", "Baby Step Back", "Your Daddy Don't Know", "New Girl Now", etc.), while several others performed quite well on Billboard's "Top Rock Tracks" chart ("Lunatic Fringe", "Anyway Anytime", "Eyes of a Stranger", "Devil's Deck", etc.), or even the dance chart ("Echo Beach", "Gonna Get Over You", etc.). For those who may wish to track them down, I've also listed the record label & catalog no. of the U.S. 45 that these songs were issued on, where applicable - remarkably, 37 of the 50 (74%) were released as 45s here in the States as well, while another 7 saw their original parent album issued here, but no 45 (while the remaining 6 never came out here at all). And because this was the dawn/apex of the video era, and most were singles, that means practically all of them also had a music video that was made for them, which aired on MTV and/or MuchMusic back in the day - so I've painstakingly provided a link to ALL 50 songs on YouTube, so you can hear them, and decide for yourself (just click on the artist/title). :-) If you only have time to listen to a fraction of them, I recommend going w/ the 20 that I've numbered in bold - I don't think you'll be disappointed, if you're not already familiar w/ them. Hopefully most people here will find something new that they'll want to add to their collection on 45 or CD, so let's celebrate the "Great White North"! 01. (1980) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sry7ML4PzbE - MAX WEBSTER - "Paradise Skies" (Capitol; parent album issued in U.S., but no U.S. 45) 02. (1980) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEQkIEkxm7k - MARTHA & THE MUFFINS - "Echo Beach" (Dindisc/Virgin 68000) 03. (1980) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW9r3YPm-QM - HARLEQUIN - "Innocence" (Columbia 02574) 04. (1980) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxkjvKBPQjo - THE KINGS - "This Beat Goes On"/"Switchin' to Glide" (Elektra 47052; also Elektra 47006, w/ different B-side) ("Hey, little Donna, still wanna...") 05. (1981) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9tgeaDwiCQ - PAT TRAVERS BAND - "Snortin' Whiskey" (Polydor 2107) ("Got this feelin' I'm gonna drive that girl insane...") 06. (1981) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiRuj2_czzw - RUSH - "Limelight" (Mercury 76095) (prefer this one to "Tom Sawyer") 07. (1981) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzDnHrzxp5s - ROUGH TRADE - "High School Confidential" (Boardwalk 176) ("It make me cream my jeans when she come my way...") 08. (1981) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23_FX_r3-O4 - UNION - "Mainstreet U.S.A." (Portrait 02149) 09. (1981) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_RbZIDvogs - FRANCE JOLI - "Gonna Get Over You" (Prelude 8030) 10. (1981) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTFVMMCwsss - RED RIDER - "Lunatic Fringe" (Capitol 5062) 11. (1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpDR7tgQiks - STRAIGHT LINES - "Letting Go" (Epic 02689) 12. (1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_RQ2uGqcWM - WRABIT - "Anyway Anytime" (MCA 52010) 13. (1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbrIhvDike0 - GORDON LIGHTFOOT - "Baby Step Back" (Warner Bros. 50012) 14. (1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C_fVnE3xHY - PAYOLA$ - "Eyes of a Stranger" (I.R.S./A&M 2438) ("Can I touch you to see if you're real?") 15. (1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ny-p7AnBL8 - TORONTO - "Your Daddy Don't Know" (Network 69986) ("Shake it up/Turn it on...") 16. (1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jg5jlHyK30 - LOVERBOY - "Gangs in the Street" (Columbia 03054; B-side of "Lucky Ones", but they also made a video for it!) ("What would you do, if they were lookin' at you?") 17. (1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjC50QRAXfI - HEADPINS - "Don't it Make Ya Feel" (Atco 99969) 18. (1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jFAS2jK9xU - CONEY HATCH - "Devil's Deck" (Mercury; parent album issued in U.S., but no U.S. 45) ("Like a one-eyed jack/She'll stick a knife in your back...") 19. (1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA5CEUZH1AA - SPOONS - "Nova Heart" (A&M 2446) 20. (1983) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elv8Itra8dA - STRANGE ADVANCE - "She Controls Me" (Capitol 5214) 21. (1983) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N31w6yq1D5E - FRANK MARINO - "Strange Dreams" (Columbia; parent album issued in U.S., but no U.S. 45) 22. (1983) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBX5htDMeKU - LUBA - "Everytime I See Your Picture" (Capitol 5378) 23. (1983) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ZEn7Mg2x4 - THE TENANTS - "Sheriff" (Epic 03798) 24. (1983) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv8O8DJ2Yd8 - PROTOTYPE - "Video Kids" (Mercury; not issued in U.S. - album or 45) 25. (1983) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHYYPvqT1qs - HELIX - "Heavy Metal Love" (Capitol 5294) ("I like the caress of steel/It's the hard edge that I feel...") 26. (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6VAHS42XAU - LEE AARON - "Metal Queen" (Attic; not issued in U.S. - album or 45) (best metal song ever, w/ female vocals???) 27. (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFJblnetZ5w - THE ARROWS - "Meet Me in the Middle" (A&M; parent album issued in U.S., but no U.S. 45) 28. (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXnTbmPxv5g - KIM MITCHELL - "Go for Soda" (Bronze/Island 99652) 29. (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK0AmgDGpPo - HONEYMOON SUITE - "New Girl Now" (Warner Bros. 29208) ("I don't want you on the phone/Don't you play 'good girl' with me...") 30. (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9HFjErMMlA - BRUCE COCKBURN - "If I Had a Rocket Launcher" (Gold Mountain/A&M 82013) ("How many kids they've murdered, only God can say...") 31. (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkB8eRK93D0 - THE PARACHUTE CLUB - "At the Feet of the Moon" (RCA 14144) (prefer this one to "Rise Up") 32. (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjCjuU5joEs - TRIUMPH - "Follow Your Heart" (MCA 52540) 33. (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai6PlftGOIM - GARY O' - "Shades of '45" (RCA 13985) 34. (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS138NuLRzU - NORTHERN LIGHTS - "Tears are Not Enough" (Columbia; parent album issued in U.S., but no U.S. 45) (Canada's answer to "Do They Know it's Christmas?" and "We are the World") 35. (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rK6RlHOK14 - IDLE EYES - "Tokyo Rose" (Mirage/Atco 99626) ("I got the picture from the stains on your clothes...") 36. (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m39piBT2vE - GINO VANNELLI - "Black Cars" (HME 04889) 37. (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFYPI03cdto - GOWAN - "(You're a) Strange Animal" (Columbia; parent album issued in U.S., but no U.S. 45) (lead singer of Styx since 1999) 38. (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y_3K6uQkZI - PAUL JANZ - "Go to Pieces" (A&M; not issued in U.S. - album or 45) 39. (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCfEAzeLP-w - PLATINUM BLONDE - "Crying Over You" (Epic 05593) 40. (1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJGripBLSbY - CATS CAN FLY - "Flippin' to the 'A' Side" (Epic 06244) 41. (1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9xBAtCsCTQ - TRANS-X - "Living on Video" (Mirage/Atco 99534) (released in other countries as far back as '82, before finally gaining traction in the U.S. in '86) 42. (1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2cDsqu91q8 - CHALK CIRCLE - "April Fool" (Duke Street; not issued in U.S. - album or 45) 43. (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7uyzxCwjpE - EIGHT SECONDS - "Kiss You (When it's Dangerous)" (Polydor 885352) 44. (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSDF8VvU13M - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS - "I'm an Adult Now" (Chrysalis 43316) ("I don't write songs about girls anymore/I have to write songs about women...") 45. (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ZHypB_DTM - FROZEN GHOST - "Should I See" (Atlantic 89279) 46. (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzqX6VwaKMk - THE NORTHERN PIKES - "Teenland" (Virgin; parent album issued in U.S., but no U.S. 45) 47. (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhAK0WYsELI - HAYWIRE - "Dance Desire" (Attic; not issued in U.S. - album or 45) 48. (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDdA0LA9i10 - TU - "Stay With Me" (RCA; not issued in U.S. - album or 45) 49. (1988) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWUCZV9Cy2I - BLVD. - "Never Give Up" (MCA 53297) 50. (1989) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdiCJUysIT0 - NEIL YOUNG - "Rockin' in the Free World" (Reprise 22776) ("Now she puts the kid away, and she's gonna get a hit/She hates her life and what she's done to it...") Bonus track - wanted to somehow shoehorn this one in as well, even though it's actually from '79: (1979) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_Z0gGOAJKQ - (DOMENIC) TROIANO - "We All Need Love" (Capitol 4709) (former guitarist for the James Gang and Guess Who) |