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Subject: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 10/10/13 at 5:07 pm
Now this was a great year for music. Why? Because it was the year that my all-time favourite song ever was released ...
Paul Janz - Close My Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGpxMT1Hcb8
Paul Janz is from Alberta. That chart peak may seem like this song was obscure, but ask anyone from Canada of the right age and they will tell you that this song was a radio favourite. Wonderful memories of this song, makes me think of the good times :)
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Another great song that year definately has it's place in my Top 40 favourites of 1985, perhaps even my all-time favourites ever! It was performed by a British band that never quite took off in North America. This song is absolutely beautiful ...
Marillion - Kayleigh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dphpDdfZUGw
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: 80sfan on 10/10/13 at 5:16 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST86JM1RPl0
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: 80sfan on 10/10/13 at 5:24 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8JlTIo--CQ
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: 80sfan on 10/10/13 at 5:26 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0n9Dv6XnY
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Paul on 10/10/13 at 5:31 pm
1985 - the year of Live Aid, Springsteen, Dire Straits & Madonna going ballistic in sales and Trevor Horn's ZTT doing well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnMcHTcC8O4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLhYxLE8uCA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy3fsj-aGWw
...it was all downhill from here!
Paul Janz - Close My Eyes
Now that's a very good song!
(And Baltimora's one of my guilty pleasures! So sue me!)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: 80sfan on 10/10/13 at 5:41 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3-hY-hlhBg
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/10/13 at 5:48 pm
Now this was a great year for music. Why? Because it was the year that my all-time favourite song ever was released ...
Paul Janz - Close My Eyes
Paul Janz is from Alberta. That chart peak may seem like this song was obscure, but ask anyone from Canada of the right age and they will tell you that this song was a radio favourite. Wonderful memories of this song, makes me think of the good times :)
I was there, and yes, it received a fair amount of radio play..not alot, but enough that you remembered the song and heard it several times a week on AM radio. I like the song as well. I can close my eyes while listening to this song and think "Mid 80s". Good choice.
Another great song that year definately has it's place in my Top 40 favourites of 1985, perhaps even my all-time favourites ever! It was performed by a British band that never quite took off in North America. This song is absolutely beautiful ...
Marillion - Kayleigh
I've enjoyed Marillion's material. First of all I am a huge fan of the Pater Grabriel Genesis era, and Marillion's lead singer sounds a bit like Gabriel, and they also are prog rock, which I like. I also am puzzled why they never took off in North America, at a time when lots of crap bands and artists did.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/10/13 at 5:51 pm
My favorite song from 1985 was this one. It was on the charts in early 1985
Don Henley ~ The Boys of Summer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap4jRRK75dA
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: 80sfan on 10/10/13 at 5:53 pm
My favorite song from 1985 was this one. It was on the charts in early 1985
Don Henley ~ The Boys of Summer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap4jRRK75dA
Whoever doesn't like this song is a reptilian shape-shifter, or not human!
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/10/13 at 5:56 pm
Whoever doesn't like this song is a reptilian shape-shifter, or not human!
Oh, I'm sure there are some who don't like it, not everyone has the same taste in music. People like different things.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: 80sfan on 10/10/13 at 5:58 pm
Oh, I'm sure there are some who don't like it, not everyone has the same taste in music. People like different things.
Don't be so literal. ;)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 10/10/13 at 8:40 pm
1985 - the year of Live Aid, Springsteen, Dire Straits & Madonna going ballistic in sales and Trevor Horn's ZTT doing well...
Propaganda's Duel was a fantastic song! I never get tired of it. IMO the best act on ZTT in the 80s. AON and Frankie were good, but the whole 'A Secret Wish' album by Propaganga was fantastic.
P-Machinery was also a good one, but sadly a miss of the UK Top 40.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q8G5AQpuxM
I've enjoyed Marillion's material. First of all I am a huge fan of the Pater Grabriel Genesis era, and Marillion's lead singer sounds a bit like Gabriel, and they also are prog rock, which I like. I also am puzzled why they never took off in North America, at a time when lots of crap bands and artists did.
Marillion's album sales were good in Canada, so it is indeed a mystery why the singles never made it. Their 1983 album Script For A Jester's Tear, 1984's Fugazi and 1985's Misplaced Childhood all made the Canadian Top 100 albums chart. Lead singer Fish does kind of resemble early Gabriel, both in voice and stage presence with the art style make-up.
The follow-up to Kayleigh was Lavender and it was also excellent!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7sIzWKHGwQ
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 10/10/13 at 9:04 pm
1985 was a good year for dance!
Simplicious featuring Eugene Wilde - Let Her Feel It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCWiVrz3ebQ
Dead or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)
Pete Burns before his plastic surgery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBpF0NTUTnA
Animotion - Let Him Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aAUlZ1vres
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 10/10/13 at 9:10 pm
Great artist debut of 1985:
New Regime. Formed in Toronto in 1982. Their self-titled debut was released in 1985 and it produced just 1 chart single in Canada ...
New Regime - Seduction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkrRXRNEYL8
But I also seem to recall the 2nd single getting radio play ...
New Regime - Love in Motion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiSLTUFsoLM
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: robby76 on 10/10/13 at 9:36 pm
1985 was the birth year of the debut albums of my two favourite artists of all-time! It was the year of the family groups... Five Star and The Jets! Ahhh to be 9 yrs old again!
http://images.45cat.com/five-star-love-take-over-tent-rca.jpghttp://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/images/fotolife/i/icecreamdream/20071031/20071031134721.jpg
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 10/10/13 at 9:54 pm
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Platinum Blonde with their only US hit Somebody Somewhere.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: XYkid on 10/11/13 at 1:45 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-KWLlsdhk8
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/11/13 at 7:20 am
Great artist debut of 1985:
New Regime. Formed in Toronto in 1982. Their self-titled debut was released in 1985 and it produced just 1 chart single in Canada ...
New Regime - Seduction
But I also seem to recall the 2nd single getting radio play ...
New Regime - Love in Motion
Why do I remember "Love in motion" more than the other one? ;D Oh well. Yeah I do recall this band. They made "Love and satisfaction" later in the 80s, which reminded me of the song ..."You spin me right round" by "Dead and alive" similar sound.
Platinum Blonde with their only US hit Somebody Somewhere.
At least one of their songs broke the top 100 in America. Too bad, they were a decent band. America missed out on them
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/11/13 at 7:28 am
Bryan Adams ~ Summer of 69
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f06QZCVUHg
Kiss ass rock song from Bryan Adams. "Summer of '69" was a single in 1985, from the album "Reckless", released in late 1984. Some say this was the best Canadian album ever made. Might be. It's one of the best Canadian albums ever, IMO. There wasn't a bad song on the whole album.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 10/11/13 at 11:41 am
At least one of their songs broke the top 100 in America. Too bad, they were a decent band. America missed out on them
Yeah. The record industry in Canada hated them and called them "spoiled little brats." But I remember them being anything but spoiled little brats. But they still are going strong even with the absence of Kenny MacLean and Chris Steffler, who is one of the founding three along with Mark Holmes and Sergio Galli, the poor guy is being treated for tinnitus and he can't play live anymore. :(
I hope that Chris will be ready by next year for the Aniversary rerelease of Standing In The Dark along with the tour coming up. But I do have my doubts. :)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 10/11/13 at 2:43 pm
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Platinum Blonde Crying Over You
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/11/13 at 3:26 pm
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Oh yes Baltimora, Isn't he British? ???
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/11/13 at 3:29 pm
1985 was a good year for dance!
Simplicious featuring Eugene Wilde - Let Her Feel It
Dead or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)
Pete Burns before his plastic surgery
Animotion - Let Him Go
I guess Simpilicious wasn't popular in the U.S.?
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/11/13 at 3:31 pm
Into the Groove by Madonna
She had loads of dance hits.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/11/13 at 3:34 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGeuX-W0XrY
In My House-Mary Jane Girls
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 10/11/13 at 6:40 pm
1985 was the birth year of the debut albums of my two favourite artists of all-time! It was the year of the family groups... Five Star and The Jets! Ahhh to be 9 yrs old again!
Good stuff there! Love both those groups!
I guess Simpilicious wasn't popular in the U.S.?
Most good dance acts were not, atleast not outside of the U.S. Dance Chart
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 10/11/13 at 7:05 pm
Why do I remember "Love in motion" more than the other one? ;D Oh well. Yeah I do recall this band. They made "Love and satisfaction" later in the 80s, which reminded me of the song ..."You spin me right round" by "Dead and alive" similar sound.
At least one of their songs broke the top 100 in America. Too bad, they were a decent band. America missed out on them
Sometimes the uncharted ones are more memorable than the singles lol
Here's a few that only made the AC charts in Canada, but still got major radio play ...
Strange Advance - The Second That I Saw You
Canadian artist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox1Dptq2Zj8
Eric Carmen - I Wanna Hear it From Your Lips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_-xFC5yNqc
Mary Lu Zahalan - Call Me
Canadian artist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo2C-ZmzqWw
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/11/13 at 7:31 pm
I know "Call me", I'm pretty sure I know the strange advance song, it rings a bell and listening to it, sounds familiar, but I doubt I have heard it much since 1986. I don't know the Eric Carmen one, and it's not that good anyways, so I didn't miss anything.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 10/11/13 at 8:34 pm
For a while, that Eric Carmen song was one of my favourites. I even bought the album it was on, but that was the only song on it I liked lol
One of my favourite albums of 1985 was one of the BEST debut albums of the 80s. It was the self-titled release by British duo Go West. It sent 4 singles into the UK Top 40, two of which got extensive radio play here. Despite the low chart placings for Canada, I still remember both of these extremely well ...
Go West - We Close Our Eyes
This video was directed by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme of 10cc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9s9vmrJkV8
Go West - Call Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gW6WcwNirk
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/11/13 at 8:41 pm
For a while, that Eric Carmen song was one of my favourites. I even bought the album it was on, but that was the only song on it I liked lol
Oh, sorry about my comment then. But hey, not everyone likes the same stuff I guess.
One of my favourite albums of 1985 was one of the BEST debut albums of the 80s. It was the self-titled release by British duo Go West. It sent 4 singles into the UK Top 40, two of which got extensive radio play here. Despite the low chart placings for Canada, I still remember both of these extremely well ...
Go West - Call Me
I only remember the latter (Call me), but not very well. I don't know if I heard it on radio on in dance clubs in '85.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/11/13 at 8:44 pm
A couple from a film I really enjoyed in 1985, set Elmo on fire...erm..St Elmo's fire.
John Parr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj5G7vhtjGk
St Elmo's fire love theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pPgv63CyvM
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Starde on 10/11/13 at 11:49 pm
Alright 1985! One of my all-time favorite music years! A few of my faves:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0qBaBb1Y-U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY7PmX6Oz58
EDITED because you had way to many videos in one post. I left just the first three you posted. Please limit it to either 2 or 3 per post please. You can re-post the other ones you had, but please limit it to either 2 or 3 youtube videos per post
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 10/12/13 at 3:45 pm
A couple from a film I really enjoyed in 1985, set Elmo on fire...erm..St Elmo's fire.
John Parr
St Elmo's fire love theme
Excellent songs! In keeping with the St. Elmo's Fire film, that soundtrack had another single ...
Vikki Moss - If I Turn You Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxf-vWCC1w8
She is a Canadian artist, and this song got BIG radio play in Canada, but not even in the Adult Contemporary charts was it seen, and I am shocked. The way I remember this on the radio, I would have expected atleast a minor chart placing
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/12/13 at 3:50 pm
Excellent songs! In keeping with the St. Elmo's Fire film, that soundtrack had another single ...
Vikki Moss - If I Turn You Away
She is a Canadian artist, and this song got BIG radio play in Canada, but not even in the Adult Contemporary charts was it seen, and I am shocked. The way I remember this on the radio, I would have expected atleast a minor chart placing
Was she dating Gretzky at the time?
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 10/12/13 at 3:51 pm
Was she dating Gretzky at the time?
She certainly was
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/12/13 at 3:53 pm
A couple from a film I really enjoyed in 1985, set Elmo on fire...erm..St Elmo's fire.
John Parr
St Elmo's fire love theme
I love St.Elmo's Fire.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/12/13 at 3:58 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cLYRsHfPkQ
Jack Wagner-All I Need
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 10/12/13 at 4:25 pm
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Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/13/13 at 12:18 pm
How many of you watched Live Aid on July 13th, 1985?
I know I did. I got up early that morning to watch what was happening in Wembley. So many awesome performers. Elton John, Bowie, Paul McCartney, Sting, Phil Collins, Queen, Dire Straits and a bunch of others. Then we went to JFK in Philly and saw the Beach Boys, Bryan Adams, The Cars, Pretenders, Tom Petty, Clapton, Zeppelin (and Phil Collins part II)
Great day for music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Iwok7XHIYs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6s5LMWI7Uk
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 10/13/13 at 12:39 pm
How many of you watched Live Aid on July 13th, 1985?
I know I did. I got up early that morning to watch what was happening in Wembley. So many awesome performers. Elton John, Bowie, Paul McCartney, Sting, Phil Collins, Queen, Dire Straits and a bunch of others. Then we went to JFK in Philly and saw the Beach Boys, Bryan Adams, The Cars, Pretenders, Tom Petty, Clapton, Zeppelin (and Phil Collins part II)
Great day for music.
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Yeah Duran Duran were there too but their performance was such a mess to say the least. :\'( Even now it's just too painful for me to even watch. :\'(
The band as a whole was under-rehearsed, JT looked like he was stoned, AT looked like he was drunk, and RT looked exhausted.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/13/13 at 12:49 pm
Yeah Duran Duran were there too but their performance was such a mess to say the least. :\'( Even now it's just too painful for me to even watch. :\'(
Zeppelin's performance was also terrible. Robert Plant had a soar throat, Jimmy Page was obviously stoned, Phil Collins had a hard time drumming, figuring out what Page was doing.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 10/13/13 at 2:05 pm
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Northern Lights for Africa: Tears Are Not Enough
I just love that Mark Holmes from Platinum Blonde was involved in this. He, Bryan Adams, and Corey Hart were the three break out stars of that video shoot. :)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/13/13 at 3:36 pm
How many of you watched Live Aid on July 13th, 1985?
I sure did, It was great. It was also the year that USA For Africa started and Band-Aid too as well.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/13/13 at 3:41 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll6LLGePYwM
Part Time Lover-Stevie Wonder
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 10/13/13 at 4:48 pm
I remember Live Aid and Tears Are Not Enough. Everytime I watch that Tears Are Not Enough video, I like spotting the artists in there who didn't have solos, but are still big names. If you look close, you can see Frank Mills, Baron Longfellow (Andy Kim), Martha Johnson (Martha and the Muffins), Oscar Peterson, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara and Ian Thomas, to name a few
1985 was the year that Quebec born singer Gino Vannelli returned to the music scene after a hiatus since 1982. Formerly a crooner who had an armful of popular ballads since 1974, he jumped on the new wave band wagon and scored a MAJOR hit in Canada with the album Black Cars
3 singles from this album hit the Canadian chart, and 2 of them also reached the American chart.
Gino Vannelli - Black Cars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m39piBT2vE
Gino Vannelli - Hurts to Be in Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPY_Opc_NP4
Gino Vanelli - Just A Motion Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PusOzJgOxu4
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 10/14/13 at 8:13 pm
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Corey Hart: Never Surrender
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: robby76 on 10/15/13 at 1:04 am
Yes we've heard it a million times, but what a tune!
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Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/15/13 at 6:31 am
Corey Hart: Never Surrender
a great song especially "Sunglasses At Night".
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/15/13 at 6:35 am
Yes we've heard it a million times, but what a tune!
You got that right, what a great party tune. :)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/16/13 at 7:28 am
Roger Hodgson released his first solo album in late 1984. Still had that Supertramp sound (most people feel he was Supertramp anyway)
This album made the charts in very early 1985 and I really liked the whole album. 2 Songs from it:
Roger Hodgson ~ In Jeopardy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu0bHvFI5CA
Roger Hodgson ~ Lovers in the Wind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W750WpXmlps
Wasn't sure to put this in the 1984 or 1985 thread.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 10/16/13 at 7:37 am
a great song especially "Sunglasses At Night".
That one was from 1983's First Offense. :) I'll post it in the other thread if it hasn't been posted already. :)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 10/16/13 at 11:05 am
Roger Hodgson released his first solo album in late 1984. Still had that Supertramp sound (most people feel he was Supertramp anyway)
This album made the charts in very early 1985 and I really liked the whole album. 2 Songs from it:
Roger Hodgson ~ In Jeopardy
Roger Hodgson ~ Lovers in the Wind
Wasn't sure to put this in the 1984 or 1985 thread.
It was a bit of both. In the Eye of the Storm was released in late 1984, but the lead single Had A Dream (Sleeping With the Enemy) was a hit in 1984 and was his only hit in the Top 100 chart. The other singles in the rock chart world, if my research has served me well, were hits in 1985
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/16/13 at 1:46 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3oSbdB-zRU
Change- Let's Go Together
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 10/17/13 at 3:44 pm
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Everything In My Heart: Corey Hart
Boy In The Box (1985)
Do you remember saying
I'll give you everything in my heart
give you everything my heart
Everything in my soul I said was true
I'll do it again. :)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/17/13 at 3:53 pm
If you went to the theaters in spring/summer of 1985, and saw "Back to the Future", you remember this song.
Huey Lewis ~ The Power Of Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NMph943tsw
The Power of love is such a good rock and roll song.
If you saw the James Bond movie "A View to a Kill" in the summer of '85, you remember the title song.
Duran Duran ~ A View To A Kill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp4CR2HcHLQ
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Foo Bar on 10/17/13 at 10:33 pm
Roger Hodgson released his first solo album in late 1984. Still had that Supertramp sound (most people feel he was Supertramp anyway)
This album made the charts in very early 1985 and I really liked the whole album. 2 Songs from it:
Roger Hodgson ~ In Jeopardy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu0bHvFI5CA
Roger Hodgson ~ Lovers in the Wind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W750WpXmlps
Wasn't sure to put this in the 1984 or 1985 thread.
Technically '84, but as long as we're on the subject.
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- Roger Hodgson, Had a Dream
In my callow youth, I may or may not have found straight empty back roads on sunny afternoons, pressed the pedal to the metal, and floored it to the line "Now I have to make it alone..." during times of geopolitical crisis. Under the circumstances, I may not have given a damn what the future brought, nor given a damn about anything, but most of us ended up fine; the clowns who were ready to end the world with the push of a button decided - for a generation or two - to temporarily leave us alone. The only residual trauma I have from that era is that I still miss the Cold War. :)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 10/18/13 at 7:54 pm
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Boy In The Box: Corey Hart
Boy In The Box (1985)
I love this song. It's catchy and it's got a good dancable beat to it. :)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 10/18/13 at 8:36 pm
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Situation Critical
Platinum Blonde
Alien Shores (1985)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/19/13 at 3:30 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwfAABrahos
Fresh- Kool And The Gang
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 10/19/13 at 5:00 pm
Fresh- Kool And The Gang
Now there's a song that I absolutely love! So fun and catchy!
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 10/19/13 at 8:27 pm
Now there's a song that I absolutely love! So fun and catchy!
Fun and catchy is what I like. :)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/20/13 at 3:17 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_0ub-MHvzk
Desi- I Wanna Be With You
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/20/13 at 6:45 pm
Toronto's 1050 CHUM top songs of the year
http://craig.sowny.ca/www/www3.sympatico.ca/craig.smith/chum85.htm
Top 10
1 Never Surrender Corey Hart
2 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner
3 Everything She Wants Wham!
4 Power Of Love Huey Lewis & The News
5 Run To You Bryan Adams
6 Shout Tears For Fears
7 Cherish Kool & The Gang
8 Crazy For You Madonna
9 Alive & Kicking Simple Minds
10 We Don't Need Another Hero Tina Turner
I really like #2, #4, #5 on the list.
Very odd, there is no song I dislike on the list.The WHAM song is close, but I can tolerate it.
This is the last year that 1050 CHUM did a top 100 list, it became an oldies station in 1986. I think it was June or July 1986. Something like that.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 10/20/13 at 6:48 pm
Toronto's 1050 CHUM top songs of the year
http://craig.sowny.ca/www/www3.sympatico.ca/craig.smith/chum85.htm
Top 10
1 Never Surrender Corey Hart
2 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner
3 Everything She Wants Wham!
4 Power Of Love Huey Lewis & The News
5 Run To You Bryan Adams
6 Shout Tears For Fears
7 Cherish Kool & The Gang
8 Crazy For You Madonna
9 Alive & Kicking Simple Minds
10 We Don't Need Another Hero Tina Turner
I really like #2, #4, #5 on the list.
Very odd, there is no song I dislike on the list.The WHAM song is close, but I can tolerate it.
This is the last year that 1050 CHUM did a top 100 list, it became an oldies station in 1986. I think it was June or July 1986. Something like that.
It was Mid July. Back when 1050chum.com published all of the charts, I used to wonder why it only went to July
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/20/13 at 6:54 pm
It was Mid July. Back when 1050chum.com published all of the charts, I used to wonder why it only went to July
I remember the last day before they changed the format. At the time I was upset...but then again I preferred oldies so I wasn't that upset. So I had to listen to CFTR 680 (Toronto) for top 40 songs. It's now an all news station.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 10/20/13 at 8:08 pm
I remember the last day before they changed the format. At the time I was upset...but then again I preferred oldies so I wasn't that upset. So I had to listen to CFTR 680 (Toronto) for top 40 songs. It's now an all news station.
I started listening to 104.5 Chum FM but then they changed the format of the station after the Bell Globemedia take over. :( So I started listening to CHFI FM 98.1 and after a while I started hating them. Then I started listening to EZ Rock 97.3 now Boom 97.3 because I like the variety of music that they play. 70s, 80s, and 90s which I like. :)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/21/13 at 10:18 am
I started listening to 104.5 Chum FM but then they changed the format of the station after the Bell Globemedia take over. :( So I started listening to CHFI FM 98.1 and after a while I started hating them. Then I started listening to Magic 97.3 now Boom 97.3 because I like the variety of music that they play. 70s, 80s, and 90s which I like. :)
I should give 97.3 a try. I usually listen to Q107 (Toronto's best rock) and have for 35 years. Used to listen to CHUM-FM until they changed their format to crappier songs. I also listen to KFUN 99.5, oldies station. It's from K-W.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: XYkid on 10/21/13 at 10:48 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kSDO3uiaho
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 10/21/13 at 7:10 pm
I should give 97.3 a try. I usually listen to Q107 (Toronto's best rock) and have for 35 years. Used to listen to CHUM-FM until they changed their format to crappier songs. I also listen to KFUN 99.5, oldies station. It's from K-W.
Yeah. Boom 97.3 is really great. My mom listens to Q107 but I hate it. :P I'd rather listen to Boom 97.3 just because I like all of the DJs on there. :)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/21/13 at 7:19 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFe4BMgcSd0
Rick James-Glow
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: amjikloviet on 10/23/13 at 7:41 am
Here's one from 1985 that I just thought of. I remember this music video giving me the creeps back then!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JjhBv2dqsk
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/23/13 at 8:10 am
Here's one from 1985 that I just thought of. I remember this music video giving me the creeps back then!
I'm trying to remember the film that music video was for? ???
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 10/23/13 at 10:28 am
I'm trying to remember the film that music video was for? ???
I'm thinking it was Laybrinth but that wasn't released until 1986. :(
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/23/13 at 2:07 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkFX1imVcgw
for all you old school rap fans: Whistle-(Nothing Serious) Just Buggin
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 10/23/13 at 2:51 pm
for all you old school rap fans: Whistle-(Nothing Serious) Just Buggin
Thanks for the warning. O0
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 10/24/13 at 3:40 pm
I'm trying to remember the film that music video was for? ???
Billy Ocean's Loverboy was not a soundtrack hit. The video was said to have been inspired by the Cantina Band scene from Star Wars (1977) and the Phantom Zone (crystal diamond that imprisoned Zod, Non and Ursa) from Superman II (1980)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/24/13 at 4:01 pm
Thanks for the warning. O0
::) you're welcome, I guess. ???
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/24/13 at 4:03 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNd7pABoFGE
Madonna-Like A Virgin
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/26/13 at 3:17 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJw1LRMfhVA
Aurra- Like I Like It
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Badfinger-fan on 10/29/13 at 5:52 pm
Now this was a great year for music. Why? Because it was the year that my all-time favourite song ever was released ...
Paul Janz - Close My Eyes
1985 was a good year for music, but there were a few that weren't so good in my humble opinion, like this one by 2 living legends, although they looked like they had fun and it was for Live Aid charity :-\\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrvQ0Yyw_XQ
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/29/13 at 7:06 pm
1985 was a good year for music, but there were a few that weren't so good in my humble opinion, like this one by 2 living legends, although they looked like they had fun and it was for Live Aid charity :-\\
love the song but the video was weird.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/29/13 at 7:10 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OO9LloDSJo
Howard Jones- Things Can Only Get Better
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: karen on 10/31/13 at 7:06 am
The Bowie - Jagger song is my favourite version of Dancing in the Streets. They originally wanted to do a duet at Live Aid with one of them in London and one in Philadelphia. But the satellite broadcast delay meant this was not possible so they came up with the video.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 10/31/13 at 7:12 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foFK6q7kF9Y
Isley Jasper Isley- Caravan Of Love
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/05/13 at 7:15 am
Some obscure and fantastic soundtrack singles from 1985 ...
The Goon Squad - Eight Arms to Hold You
From the soundtrack to the film The Goonies. The scene this song was used in was cut, but can be viewed on the deleted scenes on the DVD/Blu-Ray
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egngGcFLRX4
Tommy Shaw - Remo's Theme (What If)
From the film Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM9uUp9Os9U
Glenn Shorrock - American Flyers
From the film of the same name starring Kevin Coster. This was released as a single, but it never charted
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdbPTege7Cg
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/05/13 at 9:02 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPlGshbbjG4
Arcadia-Election Day
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Paul on 11/05/13 at 9:11 am
The Bowie - Jagger song is my favourite version of Dancing in the Streets. They originally wanted to do a duet at Live Aid with one of them in London and one in Philadelphia. But the satellite broadcast delay meant this was not possible so they came up with the video.
For that reason, it was done on the quick and done on the cheap! Filmed in London's Docklands, if memory serves...
Arguably the biggest-selling version, but Martha's original still tops everything!
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Paul on 11/05/13 at 9:13 am
The Goon Squad - Eight Arms to Hold You
Nothing to do with 1985, but that title was originally planned to be the title of The Beatles' second film ('Help'), but was rejected by the group...
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 11/05/13 at 10:35 am
Howard Jones- Things Can Only Get Better
Good song, Howard.
1985 was a good year for music, but there were a few that weren't so good in my humble opinion, like this one by 2 living legends, although they looked like they had fun and it was for Live Aid charity :-\\
I liked this version, but I do like the 60s version more. I think Jagger and wacko jacko did a song together a year earlier "State of Shock", that was absolutely awful.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 11/05/13 at 2:09 pm
2 from the Cure, from their "The Head on the Door" album.
The Cure ~ In Between Days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mx7K1pQess
The Cure ~ Close To Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17yc_uKfiU8
"Close to me" was probably one of the songs I heard the most in clubs, during that time period. I like quite a bit of the Cure's 80s material. It was different.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Badfinger-fan on 11/05/13 at 2:37 pm
Good song, Howard.
I liked this version, but I do like the 60s version more. I think Jagger and wacko jacko did a song together a year earlier "State of Shock", that was absolutely awful.
agree that SOS was absolutely awful 8-P
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/05/13 at 2:50 pm
I liked this version, but I do like the 60s version more. I think Jagger and wacko jacko did a song together a year earlier "State of Shock", that was absolutely awful.
Why was it awful?
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/05/13 at 2:53 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s09LuDYX12g
Kool & The Gang- Cherish
such a beautiful song. :)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Foo Bar on 11/05/13 at 11:08 pm
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1985, Venus, Hot Sun on Video, both the original video and a TV appearance on the WWF Club, a West German TV variety show.
Does anyone else remember anything about this band?
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/06/13 at 6:55 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0CZkhQt8xw
Mantronix- Needle To The Groove
another rap classic.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 11/06/13 at 7:23 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0CZkhQt8xw
Mantronix- Needle To The Groove
another rap classic.
rap? Thanks for the warning again..now I don't have to try and listen to this one.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Paul on 11/06/13 at 4:40 pm
Chaka Khan-I Feel For You
1984, Howard - do pay attention! ;)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/06/13 at 6:25 pm
1984, Howard - do pay attention! ;)
Sorry, I went by a music chart.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/11/13 at 2:02 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2vAzE8FJKk
You Look Marvelous- Fernando Llamas (aka Billy Crystal)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: barry on 11/22/13 at 2:35 pm
Why Tubbs WHY??
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There's a 12" single with an extended dance mix! :D
It WILL be mine. Oh yes. It will.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/22/13 at 3:35 pm
Why Tubbs WHY??
X84tlNzppyw
There's a 12" single with an extended dance mix! :D
It WILL be mine. Oh yes. It will.
and Don Johnson had his 15 minutes of fame with his one hit wonder too.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/22/13 at 3:38 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNoQ3MGIzXc
Miami Sound Machine- Conga
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/22/13 at 8:13 pm
and Don Johnson had his 15 minutes of fame with his one hit wonder too.
Don Johnson wasn't a one hit wonder
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/23/13 at 3:46 pm
Don Johnson wasn't a one hit wonder
What was his other hit besides "Heartbeat"? ???
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/23/13 at 3:48 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ueaD22hg8
Glenn Frey- You Belong To The City
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/23/13 at 6:19 pm
What was his other hit besides "Heartbeat"? ???
He had many. Not all of them were hits in the US, but they did well overseas. The best known ones were: Heartache Away (1986), Tell it Like It Is (1989) and a duet with Barbra Streisand called Til I Loved You which was a US Top 40 hit (see 1989: The Year in Music). I have all three, plus Heartbeat on 45
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/24/13 at 3:33 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSqtBwfZOz8
Neutron Dance-Pointer Sisters
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 11/25/13 at 12:51 am
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Mona With The Children: Doug Cameron
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/25/13 at 6:52 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i_z6JOKkVk
The Cool Notes- In Your Car
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/25/13 at 5:08 pm
The Cool Notes- In Your Car
Howard just posted a song that I recognize? WTF! :D
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/25/13 at 7:09 pm
Mona With The Children: Doug Cameron
I have this one on 45 and the album on cassette. It was his only chart single
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/25/13 at 7:36 pm
Howard just posted a song that I recognize? WTF! :D
;D So, you know The Cool Notes?
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/25/13 at 7:38 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd2P1YCsskA
Here's another one, "Spend The Night".
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/25/13 at 9:17 pm
Here's another one, "Spend The Night".
I know that one as well
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 11/26/13 at 12:38 am
I have this one on 45 and the album on cassette. It was his only chart single
A chart single with a message. :)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/26/13 at 7:10 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdkAvCvq5Mg
Mr.Telephone Man- New Edition
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/26/13 at 7:11 am
I know that one as well
Did you know they were from The U.K?
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/26/13 at 10:06 am
Did you know they were from The U.K?
Yes. That's where they had all their success. They had no hits in North America
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/26/13 at 4:53 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u5GT2_8vnY
Phyllis Nelson- I Like You
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/26/13 at 4:55 pm
Yes. That's where they had all their success. They had no hits in North America
But what about them being popular over here in The United States? ???
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/26/13 at 10:01 pm
But what about them being popular over here in The United States? ???
Chartwise they were not. You may know them, but that's because you know alot of funk/R&B bands that not the rest of America seems to
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Paul on 11/27/13 at 3:52 am
But what about them being popular over here in The United States? ???
They may, just may, have had a showing in the RnB listings, but not mainstream...
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/27/13 at 6:30 am
Chartwise they were not. You may know them, but that's because you know alot of funk/R&B bands that not the rest of America seems to
I agree, and some other people may not know who in the world are The Cool Notes? They've never heard of them, we have but some others may not.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/27/13 at 6:32 am
They may, just may, have had a showing in the RnB listings, but not mainstream...
I guess The United States didn't care for these bands except for The U.K. and overseas.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/27/13 at 6:35 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0qBaBb1Y-U
Phil Collins- Sussudio
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: nally on 11/27/13 at 11:45 pm
Paul Hardcastle, whose song "Nineteen" was a hit in 1985, also recorded several instrumental songs. Here's an instrumental song of his that was popular that year, "Rainforest":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKTAJkVFvCI
I believe it was from the same album as "Nineteen."
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/28/13 at 8:01 am
Paul Hardcastle, whose song "Nineteen" was a hit in 1985, also recorded several instrumental songs. Here's an instrumental song of his that was popular that year, "Rainforest":
I believe it was from the same album as "Nineteen."
I like Paul Hardcastle's instrumental music.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/28/13 at 8:05 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emlsS6WLqBs
Freddie Jackson- Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: nally on 11/28/13 at 3:25 pm
I like Paul Hardcastle's instrumental music.
Yeah, it's nice to hear. :) One radio station in my area, KTWV-FM ("94.7 The Wave"), has played lots of instrumental music, including that of Paul Hardcastle. They also play some soft pop music.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/28/13 at 7:32 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPTwcwA6vuk
Pointer Sisters- Dare Me!
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: robby76 on 11/28/13 at 9:07 pm
Pointer Sisters- Dare Me!
Love this! Their "Contact" album as a whole was rather good.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/28/13 at 9:14 pm
I love Dare Me by Pointer Sisters. I didn't really remember it until the Italian DJ Junior Jack remixed it in his 2004 hit Stupidisco
Here is a song by Cyndi Lauper that was released as a single only in the USA, Canada and Japan. It is a cover of a 1980 song by Prince ...
Cyndi Lauper - When You Were Mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hftjdBClDyM
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/29/13 at 3:39 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhxjNYvJbgM
Billy Joel- You're Only Human(Second Wind)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/29/13 at 6:42 pm
Billy Joel- You're Only Human(Second Wind)
Geez Howard. Quit posting songs no one has heard of before :P
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 11/30/13 at 2:38 am
Geez Howard. Quit posting songs no one has heard of before :P
I've heard that particular song before. ???
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 11/30/13 at 3:24 am
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Gowan: Strange Animal
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/30/13 at 3:24 pm
Geez Howard. Quit posting songs no one has heard of before :P
oh will you keep quiet you've definitely heard of this song, don't give me that baloney BS! :P
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/30/13 at 3:29 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOTp3-jEMjQ
Full Force & UTFO- Roxanne Roxanne
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 12/01/13 at 10:53 pm
oh will you keep quiet you've definitely heard of this song, don't give me that baloney BS! :P
How do you know what I've heard of. Not all Billy Joel songs were popular everywhere
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 12/02/13 at 1:25 am
oh will you keep quiet you've definitely heard of this song, don't give me that baloney BS! :P
How do you know what I've heard of. Not all Billy Joel songs were popular everywhere
GUYS PLEASE! Let's have less arguing about who's heard what song and more posting of music videos RIGHT NOW!!!!
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 12/02/13 at 6:43 am
GUYS PLEASE! Let's have less arguing about who's heard what song and more posting of music videos RIGHT NOW!!!!
Sorry Celeste, let's try to keep it more civilized. :)
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 12/02/13 at 6:45 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbL2lMn34Oo
Ready For The World-Oh Sheila
Weren't these guys British? ???
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: robby76 on 12/02/13 at 8:06 am
Ready For The World-Oh Sheila
Weren't these guys British? ???
Nope they were American. Nice track - kinda like Prince meets The Jets.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 12/02/13 at 11:34 am
Sorry Celeste, let's try to keep it more civilized. :)
Thanks!
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 12/02/13 at 7:37 pm
Nope they were American. Nice track - kinda like Prince meets The Jets.
I kind of sworn the lead singer was British?
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 12/02/13 at 7:39 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_jE0P-hHec
Peter Jacques Band- All Right Let's Go!
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 12/29/13 at 6:54 pm
Not sure if I posted this one before, but it's just so good, it's worth another post. This is one of my all-time favourites of the 80s!
Divinyls - Pleasure and Pain
Peaking at #11 in their native Australia, it was their 3rd highest charting single in their career, and 1 of 10 total Top 40 hits they had there!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aYzQb6cc5E
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 12/30/13 at 6:49 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APO9ZKtiy1c
Madonna - Angel
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: robby76 on 12/30/13 at 7:06 am
Madonna - Angel
Love this! Didn't realise til just now that it was a stand-alone single. Always thought it was just a very good album track.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 12/30/13 at 7:45 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSGl3d4KOMk
Sting - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 01/03/14 at 1:01 am
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Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 01/03/14 at 7:22 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc0f6ZLDW2I
New Edition - Mr. Telephone Man
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 01/14/14 at 6:38 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYA516opkuE&feature=kp
Force M.D.s - Here I Go Again
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Foo Bar on 01/14/14 at 11:23 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvNxUGg-0A4
- Data, Stop, from 1985's Elegant Machinery
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 01/15/14 at 6:54 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM8BMibet60
freddie jackson - calling
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 01/29/14 at 6:25 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D39GL3G6dTQ
Mai Tai- History
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 01/29/14 at 12:48 pm
Here's a group from the UK called Mercy, Mercy. Their lead singer was Colin Young, who is best known around the world as the lead singer for the 60s band The Foundations. Mercy, Mercy was very short-lived, but this one was a club favourite and a mainstream hit in Canada ...
Mercy, Mercy - It Must Be Heaven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Bgr2v9slA
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Here's a hit by a founding member and original lead singer of Duran Duran: Stephen Duffy. After co-founding the band in 1978 with John Taylor and Nick Rhodes, he left shortly before they landed a record deal. In 1982, he formed his own band called Tin Tin and released the song Kiss Me, and the following year, a re-mix of it gave him a Top 20 hit in the US dance chart. By 1984, he decided to go under his own name, and in 1985, as Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy, new version of Kiss Me was released and gave him his greatest hit. I remember this one well ...
Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy - Kiss Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSv3kSK41Oo
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West End Girls is the first song by Pet Shop Boys. It became a world-wide hit in 1986, but that was upon it's third release. The single dates back to 1984 when it was first recorded, and it was a minor hit in Canada in June of 1985. I cannot find any other information that tells me where else this original version charted. I guess we were among the lucky ones. I really like this version ...
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (original version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXRqGfF64zQ
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 01/29/14 at 7:15 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5l4N5Wl0mI
Mercy Mercy- What Are We Going To Do About It?
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Written By: whistledog on 01/29/14 at 7:50 pm
^ Do you even know that song Howard?
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Written By: Howard on 01/29/14 at 8:08 pm
^ Do you even know that song Howard?
Yes, I hear it on internet radio a lot of times.
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Written By: whistledog on 01/29/14 at 8:15 pm
Cool! 8)
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Written By: robby76 on 01/29/14 at 8:25 pm
Here's a group from the UK called Mercy, Mercy.
The track of theirs "What Are We Gonna Do About It" that Howard posted was great!
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Written By: Howard on 01/30/14 at 8:40 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyuzsqmeB6w
Mary Jane Girls - Break It Up
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Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 02/05/14 at 12:59 pm
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Written By: Howard on 02/05/14 at 2:01 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl7nbDY1Qc4&feature=kp
Chicago - Along Comes A Woman
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Written By: whistledog on 02/05/14 at 3:45 pm
Tears for Fears - Shout
Here's a bit of TFF trivia for you. In Canada, Shout was the first single from Songs From the Big Chair. In the US, it was Everybody Wants to Rule the Wold. In the UK, it was Mother's Talk
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Written By: warped on 02/05/14 at 3:51 pm
Here's a bit of TFF trivia for you. In Canada, Shout was the first single from Songs From the Big Chair. In the US, it was Everybody Wants to Rule the Wold. In the UK, it was Mother's Talk
Was "Mother's talk" ever a single in Canada? If it was I don't remember hearing on AM radio, mostly FM radio.
"Songs from the Big Chair" was such a great album, one of my faves from the mid 1980s.
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Written By: whistledog on 02/05/14 at 4:00 pm
Was "Mother's talk" ever a single in Canada? If it was I don't remember hearing on AM radio, mostly FM radio.
"Songs from the Big Chair" was such a great album, one of my faves from the mid 1980s.
It was yes, in 1986. It was the final single released off the album in both Canada and the US. I have a copy of it on cassette single
It only reached #87 in Canada, but made it to #27 in the US
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Written By: Paul on 02/05/14 at 5:03 pm
West End Girls is the first song by Pet Shop Boys. It became a world-wide hit in 1986, but that was upon it's third release. The single dates back to 1984 when it was first recorded, and it was a minor hit in Canada in June of 1985. I cannot find any other information that tells me where else this original version charted. I guess we were among the lucky ones. I really like this version ...
It was duly released here in April 1984 and I certainly do recall one or two specialised 'dance music' journals raving about it - but nothing happened until the re-record. Even the original wasn't re-promoted! As far as I know, it was recorded in New York, so it may have had a brief showing on some local urban/dance chart there...
Was "Mother's talk" ever a single in Canada? If it was I don't remember hearing on AM radio, mostly FM radio.
"Songs from the Big Chair" was such a great album, one of my faves from the mid 1980s.
Before 'Mother's Talk', they released a stand-alone single called 'The Way You Are', which proved to be such a crushing disappointment that a hastily reworked change of musical plan was ordered, resulting in the more hard-edged rock sound of 'Big Chair' - even now, the only way of finding 'The Way You Are' is on some deluxe greatest hits compilation - perhaps the boys still regard it as a crushing disappointment!
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Written By: Howard on 02/06/14 at 6:56 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYwyjwFg-Zg
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
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Written By: warped on 02/06/14 at 7:39 am
It was yes, in 1986. It was the final single released off the album in both Canada and the US. I have a copy of it on cassette single
It only reached #87 in Canada, but made it to #27 in the US
Thanks for your research. It should not surprise me it only reached #87 here. It wasn't played much on AM radio, but got lots of play on my turntable. I bought the album not long after it was released. I think I bought it the same day I saw one of the "Police Academy" film in theaters.
Before 'Mother's Talk', they released a stand-alone single called 'The Way You Are', which proved to be such a crushing disappointment that a hastily reworked change of musical plan was ordered, resulting in the more hard-edged rock sound of 'Big Chair' - even now, the only way of finding 'The Way You Are' is on some deluxe greatest hits compilation - perhaps the boys still regard it as a crushing disappointment!
I know 'The Way You Are'. It's not one of their better songs.
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Written By: Howard on 02/06/14 at 1:49 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DS0EzMfWOA&feature=kp
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Written By: whistledog on 02/06/14 at 2:46 pm
Here's Laura Branigan performing her singles Spanish Eddie and Hold Me on American Bandstand. The former is my favourite song from hers, and the album these songs appear on titled Hold Me is in my Top 20 favourite albums of the 80s. She was a fantastic artist!
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Written By: Doc Brown on 02/07/14 at 9:13 am
I won't deny my belief, 1985 was the greatest year EVER for Rock & Roll.
However, there are a few I cannot believe haven't been listed yet! Here's a sampling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l4GJGFs5O4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWtCittJyr0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41P8UxneDJE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teljgwFfl94
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAD6Obi7Cag
Your Pal,
Doc
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Written By: Howard on 02/07/14 at 3:29 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnwDkT0lUWI&feature=kp
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who?
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Written By: whistledog on 02/08/14 at 4:36 pm
In 1984, the rock band April Wine called it quits after 11 albums. However, they still contractually owed Aquarius records one more album, so lead singer Myles Goodwyn and guitarist Brian Greenway hired studio musicians and pieced together the album Walk Through Fire. It failed to chart in Canada, but did reach #174 on the US Album chart, and despite no charting singles in the US, the only song to chart in Canada from it was the ballad Love Has Remembered Me which was the group's lowest charting single in their career, yet the one I still hear on the radio the most
My favourite April Wine song ever ...
April Wine - Love Has Remembered Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N18VBHq1rAo
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Written By: Howard on 02/09/14 at 3:19 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS9_whG2xA8&feature=kp
Paul Hardcastle - King Tut
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Written By: whistledog on 02/15/14 at 3:35 pm
Here is a group called 3 Speed with the title song to a motion picture titled 'Once Bitten' starring Lauren Hutton and Jim Carrey. I really loved the film as well as the song. It was released as a single, but it never charted. I don't know what the record buying public did not like. This song is fantastic ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0C3SV2ePGg
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Written By: Howard on 02/15/14 at 3:42 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxz7UkOQ5v4&feature=kp
Foreigner - That Was Yesterday
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: nally on 02/25/14 at 7:12 pm
Julian Lennon, "Too Late For Goodbyes":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMT2NcDOXR0
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Written By: Howard on 02/26/14 at 6:31 am
Homeboy & the COL - U Turn Me Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL3fBooSTs0
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Written By: Foo Bar on 02/26/14 at 9:42 pm
In 1984, the rock band April Wine called it quits after 11 albums. However, they still contractually owed Aquarius records one more album, so lead singer Myles Goodwyn and guitarist Brian Greenway hired studio musicians and pieced together the album Walk Through Fire.
But that's OK, because it brought us this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65wxXQqJfCE
- April Wine, Rock Myself To Sleep, 1985, from the same album.
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Written By: Howard on 02/27/14 at 8:03 am
EVELYN "CHAMPAGNE" KING - YOUR PERSONAL TOUCH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nznNrmBTznk
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Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 03/14/14 at 2:03 am
Here's a bit of TFF trivia for you. In Canada, Shout was the first single from Songs From the Big Chair. In the US, it was Everybody Wants to Rule the Wold. In the UK, it was Mother's Talk
Shout was their first single everywhere else but in the U.S. Everybody Wants To Rule The World was their first single in the U.S. I don't know if you know this wd but there were three different videos for Mothers talk and the U.S. remix video charted in 1986. Shout and Everybody Wants To Rule The World charted in 1985.
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Written By: Howard on 03/14/14 at 3:04 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O8jsxj9Dqo&feature=kp
Kool & The Gang - Misled
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Written By: nally on 03/15/14 at 11:30 pm
James Taylor, "Everyday":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7jb_zRY8uA
This one was originally performed by Buddy Holly in the late 1950s, but I have always loved James' arrangement. :)
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Written By: Howard on 03/16/14 at 2:55 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypApg0HZ2Hk&feature=kp
DeBarge - Who's Holding Donna Now
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: yelimsexa on 04/22/14 at 7:20 pm
This song never was a hit or released as a single, but it's prominently used as a music cue for many years on the Washington, DC local quiz show "It's Academic".
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Written By: whistledog on 04/25/14 at 9:13 pm
But that's OK, because it brought us this:
April Wine, Rock Myself To Sleep, 1985, from the same album.
That song is great. It first appeared on the soundtrack to 'Fright Night', so its appearance on 'Walk Through Fire' was almost as a bonus track even though both albums were out in 1985.
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Written By: Foo Bar on 04/26/14 at 1:26 am
That song is great. It first appeared on the soundtrack to 'Fright Night', so its appearance on 'Walk Through Fire' was almost as a bonus track even though both albums were out in 1985.
Speaking of Canadian Metal Queens, I don't think there was ever an official video of this track, but this recording of a live performance is pretty good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzScExWSM8A
- Lee Aaron, Hot to be Rocked, 1985
And now I have to do something in the 1984: The Year In Music thread. FOLLOW THE BANGING HEAD, we're going for a ride!
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Written By: whistledog on 04/26/14 at 12:06 pm
Here's a dance favourite from 1985 ... Dead or Alive was a new wave group from England. Their 2nd album Youthquake sent 4 singles into the UK Top 40. This was the 3rd one and one of my favourites!
Dead or Alive - In Too Deep
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Here is Change Your Mind by Sharpe and Numan. There is a known term called supergroup, but is there such a thing as a superduo? Bill Sharpe is the keyboardist for the jazz/funk group Shakatak and Gary Numan needs no introduction. This song went on to become Numan's 14th Top 40 hit in the UK (15 if you include Tubeway Army) and is one of my favourites!
Sharpe and Numan - Change Your Mind
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Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 04/26/14 at 3:00 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRgd0w0_xHc
Change-Let's Go Together
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Written By: MaxwellSmart on 05/10/14 at 1:51 am
I'm convinced Morrissey must cover this song -- It would fit in well between Last of the Famous International Playboys and First of the Gang to Die!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnm5lnPSHrU
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Written By: Howard on 05/10/14 at 3:25 pm
Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody
David Lee Roth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN-4lX0QyZc
can't believe this video is almost 30 years old. :o
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Written By: nally on 11/06/14 at 12:42 am
DeBarge - Who's Holding Donna Now
I vaguely remember hearing this one at the time it was popular. (I was 5, and was aware of some pop music.) Still, I enjoy it today. :)
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Written By: robby76 on 11/06/14 at 1:56 am
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/15 at 10:34 am
"Love Is", written and composed by James Kaleth and Vikki Watson, was the United Kingdom's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, performed by the latter composer, Vikki Watson, credited at Eurovision and on the single as Vikki. At the end of judging that evening, "Love Is" took the fourth-place slot with 100 points. At the time, it was one of the few entries that managed to receive 100 points without receiving any 12 point allotments from any jury. Despite the high showing at Gothenburg, the song placed at No. 49 on the UK Singles Chart.
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Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 06/26/15 at 5:17 pm
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Late 1985 saw Swiss duo Double's piano based song Captain Of Her Heart released.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/15 at 4:05 am
"Rock Me Amadeus" is a 1985 song by Austrian musician Falco from his album Falco 3. It topped the singles charts on both sides of the Atlantic. It was Falco's only number one hit in both the United States and the United Kingdom, despite the artist's popularity in Germany, his native Austria, and much of Europe. The song was written by Falco and Dutch music producers Bolland & Bolland.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/16 at 4:28 am
"We Built This City" is a song written by Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, and Peter Wolf, and originally recorded by US rock group Starship and released as their debut single 1 August 1985. The single version reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 16 November 1985, and also number one on the US Top Rock Tracks chart and number twelve in the UK.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/14/18 at 12:32 pm
"A Long and Lasting Love" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser, and recorded by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in 1985 as the second single from the album Nobody Wants to Be Alone. The song reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Glenn Medeiros covered this song with some changes in lyrics.
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Written By: whistledog on 06/09/18 at 3:27 am
Here is Madam Butterfly by Malcolm McLaren. He was best known as the manager of the Sex Pistols, but as an artist in his own right, this was his attempt to fuse new wave and opera and it was wonderful! It was initially released in 1984 where it was a major hit all over Europe, but in some countries, it was not a hit until the next year.
This failed to chart in the United States, but it peaked at #20 in Canada during March of 1985
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/18 at 3:47 am
Here is Madam Butterfly by Malcolm McLaren. He was best known as the manager of the Sex Pistols, but as an artist in his own right, this was his attempt to fuse new wave and opera and it was wonderful! It was initially released in 1984 where it was a major hit all over Europe, but in some countries, it was not a hit until the next year.
This failed to chart in the United States, but it peaked at #20 in Canada during March of 1985
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Wonderful memories back then of 'what is this song?'!
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Written By: whistledog on 06/09/18 at 3:50 am
Wonderful memories back then of 'what is this song?'!
It was kind of unusual to hear an opera song among the likes of the Culture Clubs, Duran Durans and like artists that were popular
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/18 at 4:37 am
Surprisingly not already included?
"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" is a song co-written and originally recorded by English singer Billy Ocean in 1985. Written by Wayne Brathwaite, Barry Eastmond, Mutt Lange and Billy Ocean, the song was used as the theme song for the Michael Douglas film, The Jewel of the Nile. The saxophone solo is by Vernon Jeffrey Smith. Aided by a video featuring Michael Douglas and co-stars Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito as lip-synching backup singers, the song became a major international hit reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in February 1986, and number two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, stalling behind "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston.
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Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/14/18 at 10:56 pm
I always liked this one - released in late 1984, peaked in early 1985. This duo was formerly part of the group known in the USA as the "English Beat", an 80's band much beloved by me :)
General Public - Tenderness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ll0DIEvrIo
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Written By: nally on 06/15/18 at 11:36 am
I always liked this one - released in late 1984, peaked in early 1985. This duo was formerly part of the group known in the USA as the "English Beat", an 80's band much beloved by me :)
General Public - Tenderness
I know that one! That's a good dancy new-wave hit. O0
In the mid-1990s the duo would cover the Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There"
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/15/19 at 8:20 am
"Brothers in Arms" is a 1985 song by Dire Straits, appearing as the closing track on the album of the same name. It was written in 1982, the year of the Falklands War. It was re-released in 2007 as a special edition to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the conflict and raise funds for veterans of it with posttraumatic stress disorder.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/19 at 3:46 am
"A Good Heart" is a song by Northern Irish singer Feargal Sharkey, released as the first single from his self-titled debut album. It was released in 1985 on Virgin Records. Written by Maria McKee about her relationship with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboard player Benmont Tench and produced by the Eurythmics' David A. Stewart, this was former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey's third solo single. The song was Sharkey's only number one single and stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November 1985. However, it fared less well in the US, peaking at No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Written By: robby76 on 08/13/19 at 6:22 am
"A Good Heart" is a song by Northern Irish singer Feargal Sharkey, released as the first single from his self-titled debut album. It was released in 1985 on Virgin Records. Written by Maria McKee about her relationship with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboard player Benmont Tench and produced by the Eurythmics' David A. Stewart, this was former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey's third solo single.
I loved this song back in the day. My sister got me the 7" single. Had no idea it was written by Maria McKee. Thought she was just a one-hit wonder with "Show Me Heaven" from 1990.
Weirdly enough, I don't really like the song anymore. Despite my obsession for it in 1986, I don't have it in my itunes library - and I have a lot of 80s stuff.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/19 at 6:30 am
"A Good Heart" is a song by Northern Irish singer Feargal Sharkey, released as the first single from his self-titled debut album. It was released in 1985 on Virgin Records. Written by Maria McKee about her relationship with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboard player Benmont Tench and produced by the Eurythmics' David A. Stewart, this was former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey's third solo single. The song was Sharkey's only number one single and stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November 1985. However, it fared less well in the US, peaking at No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100.
I loved this song back in the day. My sister got me the 7" single. Had no idea it was written by Maria McKee. Thought she was just a one-hit wonder with "Show Me Heaven" from 1990.
Weirdly enough, I don't really like the song anymore. Despite my obsession for it in 1986, I don't have it in my itunes library - and I have a lot of 80s stuff.
btw, it is the same for me, I did not realised Maria McKee had written that song too.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/19 at 7:30 am
I do not believe it, not included after all these years?
"Broken Wings" is a 1985 song recorded by American pop rock band Mr. Mister. It was released in June 1985 as the lead single from their second album Welcome to the Real World. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1985, where it remained for two weeks.
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Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: robby76 on 08/27/19 at 12:33 am
one of the major releases of 1985
My older brother and cousin loved Iron Maiden and all 80s heavy metal. Not my genre at all, but I can appreciate the popularity. They have a huge loyal fan base.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/20 at 7:26 am
"Spies Like Us" is the title song to the 1985 Warner Bros. motion picture of the same name, starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, and Donna Dixon. It was written and performed by Paul McCartney, and reached #7 on the Billboard singles chart in early 1986, making it McCartney's last US top ten hit until 2015. It also reached #13 in the UK.
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Written By: whistledog on 04/17/20 at 11:30 pm
"A Good Heart" is a song by Northern Irish singer Feargal Sharkey, released as the first single from his self-titled debut album. It was released in 1985 on Virgin Records. Written by Maria McKee about her relationship with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboard player Benmont Tench and produced by the Eurythmics' David A. Stewart, this was former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey's third solo single. The song was Sharkey's only number one single and stayed at the top of the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November 1985. However, it fared less well in the US, peaking at No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100.
A Good Heart is a guilty pleasure of mine. It still surprises me how poorly it did in the US, and the fact it was his lone chart appearance there.
It peaked at #4 in Canada, and was his 2nd chart appearance here following 'Never Never' by The Assembly, which peaked at #49 during March of 1984
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Written By: whistledog on 04/17/20 at 11:54 pm
Here is my favourite song of 1985, called Shame by The Motels. It peaked at #21 in the US and #25 in Canada. I feel this song often gets overlooked because the other hits they had overshadowed it.
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Written By: Henk on 04/21/20 at 12:50 pm
Here's another #1 hit from the Dutch Top 40. The song was used as the title theme for "Mistral's Daughter", a 1984 American television miniseries, adapted from Judith Krantz's 1982 novel of the same name
Nana Mouskouri - Only Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCVQdeHJZUM
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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/04/20 at 3:17 pm
"Apples and Bananas" or "Oopples and Boo-noo-noos" is a traditional North American children's song that plays with the vowels of words. Canadian musician Raffi released a version of the song on his album One Light, One Sun (1985). Raffi's version only changed the stressed vowels; that is, the vowels in "eat", "apples", and the last two syllables of "bananas".
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Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/05/20 at 1:49 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI58lEFaODE
Five Star - All Fall Down
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: robby76 on 11/05/20 at 7:51 pm
Five Star - All Fall Down
You know I approve of this one lol. This vid was very much in the style of those breakdance videos.
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: nally on 12/26/20 at 9:54 pm
"Apples and Bananas" or "Oopples and Boo-noo-noos" is a traditional North American children's song that plays with the vowels of words. Canadian musician Raffi released a version of the song on his album One Light, One Sun (1985). Raffi's version only changed the stressed vowels; that is, the vowels in "eat", "apples", and the last two syllables of "bananas".
That is quite interesting; I never knew he recorded a rendition of it. I just know that I learned it in grade school (from a recording - probably not his)... and the first time around, the words are sung normally, but then the vowel sounds are all replaced with long-vowel sounds, one by one from long-A to long-U. (For example, the first alternate verse is "I like to ate, ate, ate, Apals and banaynays", then "Eeples and baneenees" etc..) :D
Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 01/25/22 at 1:59 am
1985 is one of the best years for music ever! I made a playlist that currently has 1,008 songs (and counting!)
https://i.ibb.co/Y7XdXRT/1985-PLAYLIST.jpg
Here is a Dutch girl group called Mai Tai. Their song Body and Soul is from 1984, but it peaked in the UK chart in 1985, so I put it in this playlist. Love this one so much!
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Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/24 at 12:26 pm
"Frankie" is a song by American vocal group Sister Sledge, released as a single in 1985. It is taken from their eighth studio album, When the Boys Meet the Girls (1985).
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Subject: Re: 1985: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/09/25 at 7:11 am
"Downtown Train" is a song by Tom Waits released on his album Rain Dogs in 1985. Rod Stewart recorded a cover version that became a #3 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart after being released as a single in late 1989.
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Written By: 80sfan on 02/16/25 at 5:27 pm
Tears For Fears were hot during this year, 1985.