Our Favorite Songs of 1984 | Songs of the Year
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2024
- Welcome to our Songs of the Year series. Today we're looking at 1984!
Every Friday we will each be choosing our favorite songs of a year, starting in 1958 and going all the way through 2021. We will be making five selections from the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Any song that broke the Hot 100 at any point during the year is eligible. After that we'll be making five more 'wildcard' selections. These picks can come from anywhere. They could've charted as well, but they could also be album cuts, from soundtracks, b-sides...anything at all. And lastly, we'll also be choosing our least favorite song to crack the Top 40.
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Here's the Year End Top 50. Will any of these make our lists?
1 "When Doves Cry" - Prince
2 "What's Love Got to Do with It" - Tina Turner
3 "Say Say Say" - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
4 "Footloose" - Kenny Loggins
5 "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" - Phil Collins
6 "Jump" - Van Halen
7 "Hello" - Lionel Richie
8 "Owner of a Lonely Heart" - Yes
9 "Ghostbusters" - Ray Parker Jr.
10 "Karma Chameleon" - Culture Club
11 "Missing You" - John Waite
12 "All Night Long (All Night)" - Lionel Richie
13 "Let's Hear It for the Boy" - Deniece Williams
14 "Dancing in the Dark" - Bruce Springsteen
15 "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" - Cyndi Lauper
16 "The Reflex" - Duran Duran
17 "Time After Time" - Cyndi Lauper
18 "Jump (For My Love)" - The Pointer Sisters
19 "Talking in Your Sleep" - The Romantics
20 "Self Control" - Laura Branigan
21 "Let's Go Crazy" - Prince & the Revolution
22 "Say It Isn't So" - Daryl Hall & John Oates
23 "Hold Me Now" - Thompson Twins
24 "Joanna" - Kool & the Gang
25 "I Just Called to Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder
26 "Somebody's Watching Me" - Rockwell
27 "Break My Stride" - Matthew Wilder
28 "99 Luftballons" - Nena
29 "I Can Dream About You" - Dan Hartman
30 "The Glamorous Life" - Sheila E.
31 "Oh Sherrie" - Steve Perry
32 "Stuck on You" - Lionel Richie
33 "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" - Elton John
34 "She Bop" - Cyndi Lauper
35 "Borderline" - Madonna
36 "Sunglasses at Night" - Corey Hart
37 "Eyes Without a Face" - Billy Idol
38 "Here Comes the Rain Again" - Eurythmics
39 "Uptown Girl" - Billy Joel
40 "Sister Christian" - Night Ranger
41 "Drive" - The Cars
42 "Twist of Fate" - Olivia Newton-John
43 "Union of the Snake" - Duran Duran
44 "The Heart of Rock & Roll" - Huey Lewis and the News
45 "Hard Habit to Break" - Chicago
46 "The Warrior" - Scandal
47 "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" - Peabo Bryson
48 "Automatic" - The Pointer Sisters
49 "Let the Music Play" - Shannon
50 "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" - Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson
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forgot to say :
Merry Christmas Joe, Kramzer and Jason - thanks for doing this.
Merry Christmas to all commentors for the songs & bands mentioned week after week.
It's awesome to discover new music, as well as having forgetten "gems" and "worsties" jog the memory
Just happy to hear The Blue Nile get a mention. Love this band. Not what you call prolific on the album front but I like to think of it as quality not quantity.
Merry Xmas everyone 🎄
They get the SOTY imo for 1989. Great band.
Best Overall
1) Drive - The Cars (Billboard)
Billboard
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2) It's my life - Talk Talk
3) Still Loving You - The Scorpions
4) Come back and stay - Paul Young
5) Careless Whisper - Wham
6) Time after time - Cyndi Lauper
7) Foolish Heart - Steve Perry
8) Run to you - Bryan Adams
9) I want to know what love is - Foreigner
10) Here comes the rain - Eurythmics
11) That was yesterday - Foreigner
12) Loverboy - Billy Ocean
13) Stay the night - Chicago
14) Easy Lover - Phil collins and Phillip Bailey
15) I'll Wait - Van Halen
16) West end girls - Pet Shop Boys
17) Caribbean Queen - Billy Ocean
18) I can dream about you - Dan Hartman
19) Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham
20) Boys of summer - Don Henley
21) What's love got to do with it - Tina Turner
22) Send me an angel - Real Life
23) Rock you like a hurricane - The Scorpions
24) Sister Christian - Night Ranger
25) When doves cry - Prince
26) No way out - Jefferson Starship
27) Such a shame - Talk Talk
28) Sea of love - The Honeydrippers
29) Hello - Lionel Richie
30) Pride - U2
31) Rock me tonite - Billy Squier
32) Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry
33) Are we ourselves - The Fixx
34) Major Tom - Peter Schilling
35) Two tribes - Frankie goes to hollywood
Wildcards
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1) Heaven knows I'm miserable now - The Smiths
2) This Charming Man - The Smiths
3) The Unforgettable Fire - U2
4) Oscillating Wildly - The Smiths
5) The Last In Line - Dio
6) Hand in Glove - The Smiths
7) Red Sector A - Rush
8) Go Away - Steve Perry
9) Coming home - The Scorpions
10) Murder - David Gilmour
11) MLK - U2
12) William it was really nothing - The Smiths
13) Crossfire - The Scorpions
14) Standing in the shadow - Whitesnake
15) I'm Leaving You - The Scorpions
16) 2000 Miles - The Pretenders
17) This Night Has Opened My Eyes - The Smiths
18) Tomorrow Started - Talk Talk
19) Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
20) Egypt - Dio
Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics
Julia - Eurythmics
Pride (In the Name of Love) - U2
Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham
Drive - The Cars
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And In no particular order:
Magic - The Cars
Private Dancer - Tina Turner
Better Be Good to Me - Tina Turner
To France - Mike Oldfield
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
No More Lonely Nights - Paul McCartney
Careless Whisper - Wham
Sex Crime - Eurythmics
Boys of Summer - Don Henley
We Belong - Pat Benatar
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Least favorite:
Easy Lover - Phil Collins & Phillip Bailey
Joe really channeling Bjorn Borg/Mark Knopfler here. Merry Christmas everyone!
That’s the idea! - Joe
Merry Xmas to Jason, Joe & Kram and all Listography followers.
84 was a great year.
#1 Reel Around The Fountain - The Smiths (preferably the Hatful of Hollow version)
#2 Bad - U2
#3 Forest Fire - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
#4 Chartered Trips - Hüsker Dü
#5 Pretty Persuasion - R.E.M.
Honourable mentions:
How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
Answering Machine - The Replacements
Sharkey's Day - Laurie Anderson
Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
A Sort of Homecoming - U2
This is by far the easiest year to pick my SOTY -
The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
Then I have -
Purple Rain - Prince
Such a Shame - Talk Talk
Up on the Catwalk - Simple Minds
Pearly Dewdrops Drops - Cocteau Twins
H/M -
Birds Fly (Whisper To a Scream) - Icicle Works
Thieves Like Us - New Order
Heaven - Psychedelic Furs
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Happy Christmas Guys! (and to everyone on here too!) 😀
echo and the bunnyman made my list . [ thorn of crowns] i am just getting into this band
Agree with so many on yours!
@@MrJonnyartist love Bird's Fly
Great list but no Smiths? In 1984?
Merry Christmas! - Joe
For those old enough to remember, this was the special year that we all had been waiting for or be afraid of. Orwell's year where the fiction would become the present. We still all were thinking that Big Brother was lurking in the TV set, now we know that Orwell was right but it was another piece of equipment that he did not foresee...And music lost one of its big topics now that is was there.
My graduation year! Yep, David Bowie had a song.
I remember that year all too well and was at the impressionable age of 18 at the time. Read the novel for the first time that year and it made a huge impression. You are right. Never again would music be as angst-filled and that was a great loss, even though some great music was still made after 1984.
I read 1984 in 1989 and it blew my mind. I don't think its effect was diminished by the fact that 1984 had already passed. Same year I read The Catcher In The Rye, Lord of the Flies, Lord Jim and Cortazar's The Chaser. These books and some of the records I listened to in these formative years made me the person I currently am
@@frangarcia7774 Of course you are right, the message is still valid (Is not Radiohead 2+2=5 based on Orwell, in 2003). In my youth there was just this added perspective that there was a clear date in the near future set for it. We all looked out for the signs and it kind of shaped my generation's view on politics and power etc.
1. Pride - U2
2. Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
3. Harborcoat - R.E.M.
4. Drive - The Cars
5. When Doves Cry - Prince
6. Seven Seas - Echo & the Bunnymen
7. William, It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths
8. Lonesome Tonight - New Order
9. Blue Jean - David Bowie
10. The Ghost In You - Psychedelic Furs
11. Dress You Up - Madonna
12. Perfect Skin - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
13. Skin Deep - The Stranglers
14. Head Over Heels - The Go-Go's
15. Freedom - Wham!
16. Birds Fly (whisper to a scream) - Icicle Works
17. Into My Hands - The Church
18. Say It Isn't So - Hall & Oates
19. Somebody - Depeche Mode
20. Don't Answer Me - Alan Parsons Project
21. Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung
22. Are We Ourselves - The Fixx
23. I Will Dare - The Replacements
24. Tenderness - General Public
25. Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kershaw
26. Obsession - Michael DesBarres & Holly Knight
27. I Love You Suzanne - Lou Reed
28. Against All Odds - Phil Collins
29. The Only Flame In Town - Elvis Costello
30. Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Iron Maiden
Special yuletide mention: Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid
Thanks for mentioning "Perfect Skin" on this anti Lloyd Cole Channel.
Blast, I forgot the Go-Go's.
1.U2 -The Unforgettable Fire
2.Prince - Let's Go Crazy
3.Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender
4.Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good
5.Cyndi Lauper - Money Changes Everything
6.Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Perfect Skin
7.David Bowie - Blue Jean
8.Simple Minds - Waterfront
9.Tommy Keane - Places That Are Gone
10.Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You
1) "When Doves Cry" - Prince
2) "Born in the USA" - Bruce Springsteen
3) "Wart Hog" - The Ramones
4) "Sunset Grill" - Don Henley
5) "Drive" - The Cars
6) "Hot Your Cool" - General Public
7) "Still Loving You" - Scorpions
8) "Against All Odds" - Phil Collins
9) "Careless Whisper" - George Michael
10) "Smooth Operator" - Sade
wart hog crushes
Nice lists guys, really enjoyed that.
My list:
(Honourable Mentions: Echo and the Bunnymen - Silver, Laura Brenigan - Self Control, Metallica - Fade To Black, Frank Zappa - Be In My Video)
Charting Songs:
5. Nik Kershaw - Wouldn’t It Be Good (Germany #2, UK #4, US #46)
4. The Cars - Drive (US #3, UK #4, Germany #4)
3. Talk Talk - It’s My Life (US #31, UK #46)
2. Talk Talk - Such A Shame (UK #49,US #89)
Wildcards:
5. Depeche Mode - Lie To Me
4. Alphaville - Sounds Like A Melody
3. Spliff - Sirius
2. King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
1. Depeche Mode - If You Want [Alan Wilder wrote the best DM songs in that time. Unfortunately, this was his last songwriting contribution on an album.]
SONG OF THE YEAR 1984: Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon (UK #9) [The song is mostly just the chorus. But if the chorus is as good as in this song, it’s a very good idea. Could be 10 mins repeating the chorus and I would love it.]
Ha I was gonna include a Kershaw track....the sound of my life aged about 7 but I listened today and crumbs .....super cheeeeeese. But it's cool. Kudos for Three of A Perfect Pair!👍 No Bowie🤯😅
1 Creeping Death -Metallica 2 The Enemy Within -Rush 3 2 Minutes To Midnight -Iron Maiden 4 So. Central Rain -REM 5 The Unforgettable Fire -U2 (h/m Eat It -Weird Al Yankovic)
1. 'Harborcoat' REM
2. 'Tomorrow Started' TalkTalk
3. 'Born in the USA' Bruce Springsteen
4. 'Drive' The Cars
5. 'I'm Falling' Bluebells
6. 'One night in Bangkok' Murray Head
7. 'It's my life' TalkTalk
8. 'Ghost in You' Psychedelic Furs
9. 'The Flat Earth' Thomas Dolby
10. 'Be my number two' Joe Jackson
5. Slide It In - Whitesnake
4. The Sentinel - Judas Priest
3. Afterimage - Rush
2. Creeping Death - Metallica
1. Incubus - Marillion
Incubus is my favourite Marillion song 👍
“Unsatisfied” by The Replacements is probably my winner. Very direct and simple in a way Paul Westerberg pulls off best, and those acoustic chords are so awesome. Other favorites include “Fade To Black” by Metallica (probably “For Whom the Bell Tolls” as well), “Jump” by Van Halen (overplayed as it might be - for a deeper cut I could go with “Girl Gone Bad”), Pride (In the Name of Love)” (my current favorite U2 song), “What Difference Does It Make?” from The Smiths, “Ivo” from Cocteau Twins, “Something I Learned Today” by Husker Du, “Wake Up” by XTC, “Bobby Jean” from Bruce Springsteen, “You Can’t Get What You Want” by Joe Jackson, and a bunch of contenders from R.E.M. - Reckoning (my album of the year) and of course Purple Rain. I could pick any of the first 3 songs or the title track from PR (“Let’s Go Crazy” gets my vote for the poll) but my current favorite is probably “The Beautiful Ones” with those insane screams at the end, and my favorite from Reckoning may be “Harborcoat” (“So. Central Rain” and “Second Guessing” are up there too though).
Good list. Lots of artists that either made my list or were in contention. Surprised that Joe Jackson song hasn't gotten more love. It's a delicious slice of British R&B. His bass player was an all-time MVP!
I agree!
☆The Killing Moon☆Echo & The Bunnymen
Tragedy~J. Hunter
You spin me 'round~Dead or Alive
A Fine Fine Day~T. Carey
Boys of Summer~D. Henley
Big City Nights/Still loving you~Scorpions
Hello Again~Cars
A month of Sundays ~The Church
Butterflies~The Cult
High on emotion~Chris de Burgh
Going with Jason this week!😁
Merry Christmas Everyone & a healthy and happy New Year, and I know this channel will grow by leaps and bounds going into the new year, because you guys are the BEST !!:)
Hi Sherry - Great SOTY. it was close for me among the top 4. I posted late so check it out if you get a chance.
Such a great year, it was a tough one to narrow down. There are so many things I had to cut that easily could have been on there (many that you all mentioned).
Also, I hope all the Glenn Frey stans that are apparently on the internet leave you alone this time.
Hot 100:
- Cyndi Lauper - All Through The Night
- The Cars - You Might Think
- Scorpions - Still Loving You
- Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
Wildcards:
- Cocteau Twins - Lorelei
- Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender
- The Replacements - I Will Dare
- Minutemen - History Lesson Part 2
- Hüsker Dü - Never Talking To You Again
Worst: Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson - "To All the Girls I've Loved Before", I love Willie Nelson but why does this exist?
Winner: "Purple Rain" by Prince. Many songs off the album were in the running but this song is just always such a "moment" when it is playing. I was walking this week while listening to this song and it was snowing and it just made it feel cinematic and epic. I just always have to stop what I am doing when it is on and listen.
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope everyone who celebrates has a great (and safe) holiday.
I always liked that Springsteen song for "We learned more from a three-minute record, baby Than we ever learned in school." Maybe not true but it sounds great...Your choice for worst is the best.
@@roxannewalsh I like that line too, definitely not true but sounds great for sure.
Nice, All Through the Night!
Good call on "History Lesson pt. 2". I considered it, but went with "Corona" instead.
@@edgustafson also a great choice, that album is one of my favourites so I could have picked a few different songs from it.
Great pick Joe "Between the Wheels" i remember hearing the Grace Under Pressure preview on the radio, this song was so dramatic and powerful
Merry Christmas everyone!!
My favorite songs of 1984:
1.How Soon Is Now? The Smiths
2.So. Central Rain. R. E. M.
3.Bobby Jean. Bruce Springsteen
4.The Killing Moon. Echo & The Bunnymen
5.Pride (In the Name of Love). U2
6.Escuela de Calor. Radio Futura (A classic in Spain and a few Latam countries which would be a worldwide classic if it was recorded by an English speaking band)
7.Time After Time. Cindy Lauper
8.Bachelor Kisses. The Go-Betweens
9.Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken? Lloyd Coleman and The Commotions
10.The Caterpillar. The Cure
11.St. Swithin's Day. Billy Bragg
12.Lorelei. Cocteau Twins
13.Androgynous. The Replacements
14.Back On The Chain Gang. The Pretenders
15.From Her to Eternity. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
16.Cruel. Prefab Sprout
17.Drive. The Cars.
18.Smooth Operator. Sade
19.Pink Houses. John Cougar Mellencamp
20.Stiil On Fire. Azrec Camera
21.Thieves Like Us. New Order
22.It's My Life. Talk, Talk
23.All The Things She Gave Me. The Waterboys
24.Take On Me. A-Ha
25.Streams of Whiskey. The Pogues
26.Holocaust. This Mortal Coil
I was this close to including Bachelor Kisses on my Wildcard list.
I absolutely love The Go-Betweens. One of the most underrated bands ever. And Bachelor Kisses is a pop gem which in a fairer world would be a classic
@@frangarcia7774 Indeed. Not sure how it's going to shape up yet, but they've got a chance in 1988 with a couple tracks off of 16 Lovers Lane.
Time, 16 Lovers Lane is my favorite album by them. So awesome. For sure I will include one song high in my list
I really love your list, so many that I wanted to include on mine, but especially Cruel by Prefab Sprout .. I eventually took it as a statement of intent .. 1985's Steve McQueen was a game changer!
Very good video from you guys very interested merry Christmas to you
For me, this was the year of the Vic-20 and all the peeks, pokes, syntax errors and naively charming (or just downright rubbish) games that went with it.
There were also some really great songs:
1. The Bangles - Going Down to Liverpool
2.Rush - The Body Electric
3. Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor
4. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
5. Marillion - Jigsaw
6. U2 - Bad
7. Van Halen - I’ll Wait
8. The Smiths - How Soon is Now
9. Matthew Wilder - Break my Stride
10. XTC - This World Over
1984 was a blockbuster year for both albums and the charts. Probably the landmark year of the decade for music. Here are my favorite songs;
7 Chinese Brothers-REM
Bad-U2
Bobby Jean-Bruce Springsteen
Cold Shot-Stevie Ray Vaughn
Dancing in the Dark-Bruce Springsteen
I Will Dare-The Replacements
I'll Wait-Van Halen
Jesus and Tequila-Minutemen
Lake of Fire-Meat Puppets
Let's Go Crazy-Prince
Middle of the Road-The Pretenders
My City was Gone-The Pretenders
New Sensations-Lou Reed
Perfect strangers-Deep Purple
Pink Turns to Blue-Husker Du
Plateau-Meat Puppets
Play Guitar-John Mellencamp
The Killing Moon-Echo and the Bunnymen
Turn on the News-Husker Du
What's Love Got to do With It-Tina Turner
Top 5-
5)Do They Know It's Christmas-Band Aid(This was the springboard for Live Aid in '85. MERRY CHRISTMAS!)
4)Pretty Persuasion-REM(I love that Mike Mills back up vocal,I think this is one of their strongest songs. Dreamy and spacey but with some muscle)
3)Wire-U2(this is U2 at their most angular and heavy,I think the closest they ever came to hard rock, an almost Zeppelin vibe)
2)When Doves Cry-Prince(this is just a pop masterpiece,flawless)
1)Will the Wolf Survive?-Los Lobos(Love this song,love this band,this was just so unlike the stuff coming out in '84,they were like The Band with a Latino influence. I bought the album the day after I heard it on the radio)
Great list. Los Lobos charted in 85, so I expect to have them on my list next year.
10) “Happy Ending,” Joe Jackson & Elaine Caswell
9) “Tenderness,” General Public
8) “It Must Be Love,” Rickie Lee Jones
7) “Peace in Our Time,” Elvis Costello
6) “Backwards and Forwards,” Aztec Camera
5) “On the Wings of a Nightingale,” Everly Brothers
4) “A Matter of Time,” Los Lobos
3) “My City Was Gone,” The Pretenders
2) “So. Central Rain,” REM
1) “Unwed Fathers,” John Prine
1984 : Deep Cuts ( non chart)
1. Perfect Skin : Lloyd Cole and The Commotions
2. The Killing Moon : Echo and The Bunnymen
3. Pretty Persuasion : REM
4. William It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths
5. What Presence - Orange Juice
1984 : Hot 100 Billboard U.S (charted)
1. Tenderness : General Public
2. So Central Rain ( I'm Sorry ) : REM
3. You're The Best Thing : The Style Council
4. Relax : Frankie Goes to Hollywood
5. Head Over Heels : The Go Gos
Worst chart Song : I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
Honorable Mentions:
Pink Frost : The Chills
Free Nelson Mandela : Special AKA
Tinseltown in the Rain - The Blue Nile
I Want You Back - Hoodoo Gurus
For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica
Love Gets Dangerous - Billy Bragg
Bachelor Kisses - The Go Betweens
Nostalgia - David Sylvian
Lots of stuff I should've included!
1. Love Field - Elvis Costello
2. Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her - XTC
3. Free Nelson Mandela - The Special AKA
4. Be My Number Two - Joe Jackson
5. Love on the Beat - Serge Gainsbourg
Underrated Elvis Costello. - Joe
Tenderness by General Public is so great and underrated I’m glad you guys brought it up
Stunning year!
The Greatness & Perfection of Love - Julian Cope
Free Nelson Mandela - The Special AKA
Ain’t Nobody - Rufus & Chaka Khan
The Ghost In You - Psychedelic Furs
The Killing Moon - Echo & the Bunnymen
When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout
So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry) - REM
Shout to the Top - The Style Council
Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2
William, It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead or Alive
Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole & the Commotions
Smooth Operator - Sade
Don’t Look Any Further - Dennis Edwards
Each and Everyone - EBTG
Cover Me - Bruce Springsteen
Your Love Is King - Sade
Tenderness - General Public
The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Borderline - Madonna
Thieves Like Us - New Order
One listing per artist:
Song of the year - Incubus - Marillion (neo-prog at its best)
2. Fade to black - Metallica (their best song)
3. I never stopped loving you - Survivor
4. Still loving you - The Scorpions
5. I want to know what love is - Foreigner
6. The boys of summer - Don Henley
7. How soon is now? - The Smiths
8. Against all odds - Phil Collins
9. Girl gone bad - Van Halen
10. Bad - U2
1. The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
2. Love Like Blood - Killing Joke
3. The Unforgettable Fire - U2
4. Purple Rain - Prince
5. Birds Fly - The Icicle Works
6. Forest Fire - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
7. Keep On Keepin' On - The redskins
8. Come Back - The Mighty Wah
9. The Ghost In You - Psychedelic Furs
10. Up On The Catwalk - Simple Minds
🚨 this episode has inspired me to start a prog metal band called "Lime Green Steigerwald." 👊⚔️🎸🎹
And I have to give kudos to Kramzer for having the runaway best Wild Cards list. The other two lists aren't even close. Two 'Mats songs probably seals the deal, but The Unforgettable Fire had several songs that could have made my list, Middle of the Road is a mid-career firestorm of a song, and Prince is simply the best. Impeccable list! I'd vote for you to win today's video.
I agree 100% with "Middle of the Road" - I missed that one.
Top 5 :-
1. Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
2. Thriller - Michael Jackson
3. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
4. Reflex - Duran Duran
5. Like A Virgin - Madonna
Wild Cards :-
1. Going Down to Liverpool - The Bangles(one of my favourites from The Bangles. A cover. One of the rare times that Debbi(the drummer) got to do lead vocals on a released single).
2. Blue Jean - David Bowie(Richard Fairbrass of Right Said Fred is in the video, playing guitar)
3. Material Girl - Madonna
4. The Power of Love - Frankie Goes to Hollywood(a beautiful love song from them)
5. Unforgettable Fire - U2.
Kudos also to Jason for including The Killing Moon. Probably should have been on my list.
BILLBOARD
1. WINNER: *When Doves Cry by Prince and the Revolution #1* (The sparseness makes for such a unique smash hit for the period. Ahead of its time but also never duplicated.)
2. *Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper #1* (Pretty much a masterpiece for the slow dance. The parts where the synth mirrors the lead vocal are always magical.)
3. *Eyes Without a Face by Billy Idol #4* (Fascinating combination of dreamy pop and hard rock. That bridge where the latter transitions back to the former is pretty transcendent.)
4. *All Through the Night by Cyndi Lauper #5* (Another piece of ear candy off of She's So Unusual. Bonus points for the weird synth solo.)
5. *Drive by The Cars #3* (Beautiful synthpop ballad that gives us a different flavor from their usual hits.)
WILDCARD
1. *It's My Life by Talk Talk #31* (Love the bass and synth work. The pre-chorus is so invigorating.)
2. *Fade to Black by Metallica* (A magnificant and accessible metal ballad.)
3. *The Unforgettable Fire by U2* (It saw some chart action, but still maybe one of their most underrated. The ethereal backing vocals and production in general are standout.)
4. *The Boys of Summer by Don Henley #5* (He's a serviceable singer and the production mostly fits in nicely for the period, but the success of this one is a testament to just great pop songwriting. What a rush whenever that chorus comes in.)
5. *Take on Me by a-ha [#1, 1985]* (Probably the best music video ever. The sugary synth line and wailing vocals on the chorus make the song memorable in its own right.)
Pretty much picks up right where 1983 left off with a stellar crop of pop singles to choose from.
Worst TOP 40: To All the Girls I've Loved Before by Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson #5 (I usually can stomach a lot of the sappy ballads of the period. This one is pushing the limit, but consider my application open for a worse song.)
Best Songs Matches:
*65 - Kram +3*
*55 - Joe +1*
*49 - Jason +1*
Worst Songs Matches:
5 - Jason
2 - Joe
1 - Kram
Top Song Votes:
12 - Jason
*11 - Kram*
10 - Joe
Take on Me has an 84 version which is different, a bit darker more 84 like.
Merry Christmas Eve Everyone! Time to get your wassail (or egg nog) on! Spread a little love & cheer today to your fellow humans …💙
1984…
1. Lie To Me - Depeche Mode
2. Like To Get To Know You Well - Howard Jones
3. Let The Music Play - Shannon
4. The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
5. What Difference Does It Make? - The Smiths
6. Dressing Up - The Cure
7. Angel - Madonna
8. Rock You Like A Hurricane - Scorpions
9. Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol
10. Last Christmas - Wham! - How could I not?!
HM - Ramones - Howling at the Moon, Huey Lewis & the News - The Heart of Rock & Roll, John Fogerty - The Old Man Down the Road, Killing Joke - Eighties (No, they did not steal this from Nirvana's Come as You Are), Black Uhuru - What is Life?
5. Joe Jackson - Go For It (On first glance the cheerleader vocals and motivation chorus sound cheap but then the vitriolic lyrics test you.)
4. David Johansen - I Ain't Working Anymore (My experience with retirement is that I work more than ever...)
3. Don Henley - Boys of Summer (It is Mike Campbell who does the job, not that guy on the cover)
2. Tom Robinson - Atmospherics/Listen to the Radio (It was released in 1982 on LP already but re-recorded with a richer arrangement and released as single and video in 84. The influence of co-writer Peter Gabriel is obvious. Robinson became famous with the TRB and tracks like Glad to Gay and Power in the Darkness in the late 70s. His later career is patchy, Hope and Glory in 1984 was his last good album and it had a great version of Rikki Don't Lose That Number.)
1. Motorhead - Killed by Death (This was only released as single or on the No Remorse compilation and is the song I would play if anyone asked me who Lemmy had been.)
Check out Life Goes On by The Damned which starts the controversy.
It was the other way around - Nirvana stole the riff from Killing Joke.
@@179rich The timeline was Damned (1982) Killing Joke (1984) Nirvana (1991). I cannot recall the original, something by the Kinks but I may be wrong.
@@179rich Now The Cure & New Order had a good natured understanding that they could use each others riffs.
Good on ya' Joe for including the Chaka Kahn tune. It's a good one.
(I ignore the Billboard. Any song released this year is eligible. One song per artist/band unless they released multiple albums)
10) Beat Box (Diversion 1) - Art of Noise
09) What Difference Does It Make? (The Smiths debut album version) - The Smiths
08) Seven Seas - Echo & the Bunnymen
07) Speed Your Love to Me - Simple Minds
06) Lady Sniff - Butthole Surfers
05) Hot for Teacher - Van Halen
04) Dazzle - Siouxsie & the Banshees
03) Piggy in the Mirror - The Cure
02) Promenade - U2
01) Donimo - Cocteau Twins
20) I Love You Suzanne - Lou Reed
19) Blue Jean - David Bowie
18) The Body Electric - Rush
17) Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town) - Stevie Ray Vaughan
16) Magic - The Cars
15) Lie to Me - Depeche Mode
14) Johnson's Aeroplane - INXS
13) As a Matter of Fact - General Public
12) Take On Me - A-ha
11) You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Dead or Alive
Great playlist
nice, wasn't speed your love to me released in 1983? and I heard the definite version of A-Ha was released later, i'll check this one though
@@UlyssesJonah I believe it was released in early '84 but the promotional video may have been shown in '83.
Dead or Alive I associate more with 85, but I much much prefer Hazel Dean's Whatever I Do Wherever I Go anyway.
1984 🎸📻🚨🏆
1. Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretenders
2. Bad - U2
3. Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) - Billy Ocean
4. Drive - The Cars
5. How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
6. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
7. Jump - Van Halen
8. My City Was Gone - The Pretenders
9. This Charming Man - The Smiths
10. When Doves Cry - Prince
notes:
1. so yeah yeah many Smiths singles were released in 1983, but for me it's 1984 for The Smiths with the debut and HoH albums released domestically and the year I fell in love with them. I think I might apply the underrated word to them.. listening to Hatful specifically and the band generally, I am *always* just blown away by their talent, genius and hooks.. hooks for miles..
2. I love me some Prince and "Purple Rain" is unquestionably an Album / Event for the Ages. It would be my album of the year, except the greatest album of 1984 is Pretenders "Learning to Crawl," for every track on it and its creation. LTC is vastly underrated. It's an all-timer end to end.
3. As usual, Lime Green Steigerwald bringing the fundamentals: OF COURSE General Public "Tenderness" is totally fantastic, and of course it's better than Thompson Twins "Hold Me Now."
4. "Hold Me Now" is a good pop song, but best of the year? Preposterous.
5. A show about the best music of 1984 that doesn't mention Pretenders "My City Was Gone" or Billy Ocean is incomplete, but, still, Listo 4ever. 👊🌸🎉🎶💯🎹🏆
For Whom The Bell Tolls Metallica
Aces High Iron Maiden
Some Heads Are Gonna Roll Judas Priest
Pride (In the Name of Love) U2
Tooth And Nail Dokken
Round and Round Ratt
The Flame WASP
Panama Van Halen
Monster year for pop. My hot 100 list was 20 deep. Distilled it down to this:
1984 Charts
1. Invisible - Alison Moyet
2. Blue Jean- David Bowie
3. Let's Go Crazy - Prince
4. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
5. Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
6. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
7. Hyperactive! - Thomas Dolby
8. Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
9. Jungle Love - The Time
10. When Doves Cry - Prince
Wildcards
1. Hang On To Your Love - Sade
2. The Unforgettable Fire - U2
3. Loving the Alien - David Bowie
4. Bad - U2
5. How Soon is Now - The Smiths
Song of the Year - Invisible
This song was not in my top 25 in 1984, but after multiple play throughs this week, it rose to #1.
I associate Invisible more with the start of 85. Always liked it and the earlier singles All Cried Out and Love Resurrection. The whole album is good.
1. When Doves Cry - Prince
2. Smooth Operator - Sade
3. Sunset Grille - Don Henley
4. Distant Early Warning - Rush
5. Against All Odds - Phil Collins
6. Hot for Teacher - Van Halen
7. Heaven - Bryan Adams
8. Darlington County - Bruce Springsteen
9. It's Like That - Run-DMC
10. Purple Rain - Prince
5.heartbeat city-the cars
4.piggy in the mirror-the cure
3.so.central rain-R.E.M
2.if you want-depeche mode
1.the top-the cure
That acoustic guitar solo on Piggy is exquisite.
hold me now was going to take it for me this year honestly, my older sibling and i would always sing it together in the car (even those goofy ass background vocals in the last chorus lol) so it holds a lot of memories for me.
HOWEVER, jason's mentioning of the killing moon made me go back and give it another listen and I think it just about topped hold me now, despite that nostalgia.
I'm pretty sure its my dad's favorite song of all time, it doesnt quite reach that for me but it took 1984 for me. Its absolutely breathtaking, creating such a rich atmosphere that makes me wanna walk in a forest at midnight.
A strong year for songs .
I'm with Jason on Heartbeat City , for me , one of the best albums of the 80s
My list in order of preference :
The Cars : It's Not the Night
The Psychedelic Furs : The Ghost in You
Billy Idol : Eyes Without a Face
Talk Talk : It's My Life
Tina Turner : Show Some Respect
Rush : Distant Early Warning
Pretenders : Middle of the Road
Prince : Let's Go Crazy
Van Halen : I'll Wait
Cyndi Lauper : Time After Time
Honourable Mentions :
Sade : Smooth Operator
General Public : Tenderness
Dan Hartman : I Can Dream About You
Billy Idol : Blue Highway
Have a great holiday gentlemen !!!
Cheers !!
1984:
🏆 Song of the Year: Forever Young, Alphaville
Billboard:
The Killing Moon, Echo & the Bunnymen
If You Were Here, Thompson Twins
It’s My Life, Talk Talk
Jump, Van Halen
Eyes Without a Face, Billy Idol
Wildcard:
(Don’t Go Back to) Rockville, REM
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want, The Smiths
Promenade, U2
Drive, The Cars
Worst: Let’s Hear it for the Boy
My Top 10 Songs of 1984 - 1 How Soon Is Now - The Smiths , 2 - The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen , 3 - Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat , 4 - Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken ? - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions , 5 - Answering Machine - The Replacements , 6 - Love Like Blood - Killing Joke , 7 - CREEP - The Fall , 8 - Five Miles Of You - Tom Verlaine , 9 - Panama - Van Halen & 10 - Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Let It Be By The Replacements was my album of the year.
Smalltown Boy is fantastic!
I believe Love Like Blood came out the following year.
@@179rich It came out first Monday of January but I was hearing it over Christmas Holiday of 1984 & saw the video.
ONCE IN A VERY BLUE MOON is the title track from Nanci Griffith’s 3rd studio album released on July 2nd, 1984.
It is my favorite song of the year. It is also the first song on her 1988 fantastic live album “One Fair Summer Evening”.
This song really “is” Nanci Griffith and demonstrates her incredible talent and was a force who seamlessly blended multiple genres. RIP Nanci 🙏🏻❤️
OTHER FAVORITE SONGS:
Bad - U2
Middle of the Road - The Pretenders
Let’s go Crazy - Prince
So Central Rain - R.E.M
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
I found about Nanci Griffith in the late 90s I think. I agree that's a great song, and of course her later 86 album is really remarkable.
When Doves Cry is easily the best Prince of the year for me. William It Was Really Nothing would be my favourite Smiths.
The Killing Moon is a great pick. I would've included that one, as well as Bobby Jean by Bruce and A Sort of Homecoming by U2 in my wildcard list.
1984
1. The Replacements "Unsatisfied"
1.2 "I Will Dare"
1.3 "Favorite Thing"
1.4 "Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out" might be a throwaway by lesser bands.
1.5 "Androgynous" As Kramz said.
1.6 "Seen Your Video"
1.7 "Sixteen Blue" is a song that only gets great when the great Bob Stinson goes to work with his axe at the end
1.8 "Answering Machine" great song
I did forget, in my obsession with the Replacements I guess?, the The Style Council "My Ever Changing Moods". A song that could fit nicely into many decades.
2 The Ghost In You and Heaven - Psychedelic Furs
3 Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
3. 1 The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm miserable now and This Charming Man and lesser, but only slightly, only slightly lesser a song than the others, my love is William what difference would it make?
4 People are People _ Depeche Mode (a catchy nursery rhyme about racism)
5 Valotte - Julian Lennon
5.4 A'int Enough - Cory Hart I don't like Cory's stuff but this song is moving. I know it seems wrong to put it so high, but once in a while we make a point that way.
5.5 Smooth Operator - Sade . The only really great song she does.
6 Glory Days or dancing in the dark Springsteen.
7 1984 - Jump - Van Halen . Just a wonderful video.
8 It's My Life Talk Talk . great video. best song.
9 South Central Rain REM great.
10 Boys of Summer - Don Henley great.
11Easy Lover Philip Bailey & Phil Collins
11.5 Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good
12Perfect Skin - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
13 Carribean Queen -Billy ocean
14 Round and Round - Ratt
14.1 Blue jean - Bowie . Good video.
15 Pink Turns to Blue - Hüsker Dü
17 Dont go back to Rockville REM
18 I wanna Know what love is - Foreigner
19 Take me on - a ha
20 Time after Time Cindy Lauper
21 I feel for you Chaka khan '
22 Eyes without a face - Billy Idol. Underrated and should be higher on my hasty list.
23 Out of Touch - Hall and Oates
24 When Doves Fly - Prince
25 Tenderness - General Public . Tender song.
26 Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretender descended like flies
27. I will Die for You - Prince
28 The Only Flame in Town - Costello
28 Lovergirl - Teena Marie
29 I forgot Tom Petty's favorite Sleeper for me in 1982- Change of Heart.
30. Eat It - Wierd Al Yank..
"Hold Me Now" is just pretty good at best. One of the worst songs is "Hello Again" by the Cars. Only Kramz hesitates on that? Unbelievable. Glen Fry is not so bad .. "The One who Loves you" has a sensitive charm about it and the Heat is On is Likeable. Henley's most annoying song imo is Dirty Laundry, Glenn couldn't mess that up so bad.
Nice to see Don Henley. Also, Weird Al, wanted to put it on my list but kept it off. It's all I think of when I hear the MJ original.
@@ttmilbr I like your list and I left off :Born in the USA for no good reason. And "Against All Odds is good too. And "Wart Hogs I hadn't heard but it's good.
One of my top five top fives of all-time, if you take my meaning. Definitely the strongest top five since the early '70s. Such a yummy time for the very best tracks.
10) The Smiths - “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” - With a backing track that reflectively gorgeous and melancholy, yes, please, give it to him. He deserves it for having friends like that.
9) Prince - “Purple Rain” - Wherein Prince assays his first attempt at an arena-rock power ballad and masters the genre in one go. Love his desperate vocal and the wonderfully churchy background vocals.
8) Echo & the Bunnymen - “Silver” - Such a shame that Ocean Rain is such an uneven album - three jaw-dropping masterpieces, two outright duds, and four more songs that range from very good to just okay. This is the first entry of three in the top ten, carried by soaringly romantic orchestration, Ian’s operatic enthusiasm, and of course magnificent 12-string sounds. It’s like you’re embarking on a thrilling journey in the wild blue yonder.
7) New Order - “Thieves Like Us” - The backing track is the very definition of cool, while the lyrics and vocal are desperate and mournful. One of their very few creations that measure up to the legacy of… that far superior band.
6) R.E.M. - “Time after Time (annelise)” - My single favorite R.E.M. song, and it can’t even crack the top five in this year. They’re at their best when they’re mystical and oblique. Love the 12-string hook in the chorus.
5) Talk Talk - “It’s My Life” - A masterclass of how to make a synth-pop classic, with a fantastic bass line and wonderful vocal writing and performance to boot. The various synth touches are so much ear candy. Would be number one in so many other years…
4) U2 - “Pride (In the Name of Love” - The studio version of this track is just a masterpiece of relentlessly euphonious guitar work, and Bono’s soaring emoting in the chorus hits the right note. Best thing this band ever did, for sure.
3) Echo & the Bunnymen - “Seven Seas” - Oh, how I love this. Those synth-bells going into the chorus, the 12-string (did I mention that the way to my heart is to play a 12-string electric?), and especially that incredible hook on “Swimming them so well…” My second-favorite EatB song (“The Back of Love” is third).
2) Echo & the Bunnymen - “The Killing Moon” - The masterpiece that solidified their immortality. A gem of Jimmy Webb-esque spaghetti western drama, with a truly deathless chorus, Ian’s bravura vocal performance, and a brilliant blend of orchestration, 12-string majesty, and those wonderful brushed drums. You all have no idea how much it pains me to put this as number two…
1) Siouxsie & the Banshees - “Dazzle” - …But I have to, because of this majestic cascade of orchestral grandeur, Budgie’s ridiculously dramatic drums, Severin’s fuzz bass, Siouxsie’s luxuriantly hooky and urgent vocals… that scrumptious 12-string work by Robert Smith (who needs McGeoch? At least for one album) is just the cherry on top of the hot fudge sundae. It’s like a great roller coaster ride. The absolute pinnacle of SatB’s mastery.
The final cuts:
11) The Cocteau Twins - “Lorelei” - The Cocteaux’s Spangle Maker ep and the otherworldly Treasure are the opening salvos of their peak period for me, with the formerly gothy Elizabeth Fraser gradually finding her inner Linda Perhacs. This single from the Treasure album is the pinnacle from those 13 songs, with that alluring coo, the hammering drum machines and unstoppable bass, and that metallically-gossamer guitar work.
12) R.E.M. - “So. Central Rain” - I love 12-string electrics. I just do. Love the “I’m sorry” vocal hook as well, and Stipe’s powerful emoting in the coda. One of their most emotionally resonant songs.
13) The Replacements - “Unsatisfied” - Paul Westerberg’s wrenching anthem for the disaffected.
14) The Smiths - “How Soon Is Now” - What was written about Eric Clapton in the underground should be applied to Johnny Marr. That tremolo, that slide…
15) U2 - “A Sort of Homecoming” - Such lovely texture and Celtic urgency. Did I say Ocean Rain was uneven? The Unforgettable Fire (one of the five best album covers of all time - Anton Corbijn can even control clouds to give him the best photos, I presume) says “Hold my beer.” But the first three tracks are fantastic.
16) The Go-Go’s - “Head Over Heels” - They went out from their original incarnation on a high note, with this piano-driven pop-rocker and its caboodle of infectious hooks.
17) The Psychedelic Furs - “Heartbeat” - Wow, no other post punk band sold out so decisively as The Furs did, essentially targeting the 14-year-old-girls-who-want-to-feel-like-outsiders crowd on this album and the next, but they still did it with a fair amount of flair and class. I love this blend of smoothly white-boy funk and romanticism. That sax. And Butler’s keening cries at the end take it the rest of the way over the top.
18) The Bangles - “Hero Takes a Fall” - I feel like I should like this band so much more than I do. But this song encapsulates everything that is almost-great about them, especially with that vicious guitar riff into the chorus. And, as always, those fine harmonies.
19) The Replacements - “My Favorite Thing” - Falling all over themselves to express their love. I love it.
20) The Smiths - “William, It Was Really Nothing” - Chiming hooky riff to chiming hooky riff.
21) The Cocteau Twins - “Pearly Dewdrops’ Drops” - Their best early attempt to distill their baroque grandeur into pop. So glorious. And the best was yet to come.
Honorable mentions: The Church - “Shadow Cabinet,” Prince - “When Doves Cry,” The Cocteau Twins - “Pandora,” Iron Maiden - “Two Minutes to Midnight,” “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” and “Aces High,” The Alan Parsons Project - “Don’t Answer Me,” The Go-Go’s - “Turn to You,” Judas Priest - “Freewheel Burning,” The Smiths - “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now,” Robyn Hitchcock - “Autumn is Your Last Chance,” The Psychedelic Furs - “The Ghost in You,” Metallica - “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” Joe Jackson - “You Can’t Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want),” Billy Idol - “Rebel Yell,” Rush - “The Body Electric,” Prince - “The Beautiful Ones,” “Let’s Go Crazy,” and “Baby I’m a Star,” The Replacements - “Answering Machine” and “Sixteen Blue,” U2 - “Wire,” The Smiths - “Pretty Girls Make Graves,” The Cocteau Twins - “Aloysius” and “The Spangle Maker,” R.E.M. - “Pretty Persuasion,” Van Halen - “Panama,” Iron Maiden - “Powerslave,” Rush - “Distant Early Warning,” Siouxsie & the Banshees - “Belladonna” and “Swimming Horses,” Ultravox - “One Small Day,” XTC - “I Remember the Sun” and “The Everyday Story of Smalltown,” Simple Minds - “Speed Your Love to Me,” R.E.M. - “Letter Never Sent,” Echo & the Bunnymen - “Ocean Rain,” The Smiths - “Suffer Little Children,” Echo & the Bunnymen - “Nocturnal Me,” Judas Priest - “The Sentinel,” Elvis Costello & the Attractions - “I Wanna Be Loved” and “The Only Flame in Town,” The Fixx - “Sunshine in the Shade” and “Are We Ourselves?” The Cocteau Twins - “Amelia,” The Bangles - “He’s Got a Secret,” Elvis Costello & the Attractions - “Joe Porterhouse,” Simple Minds - “Up on the Catwalk,” Echo & the Bunnymen - “Crystal Days,” Ultravox - “Dancing with Tears in My Eyes,” The Cocteau Twins - “Donimo”
10 I like the Dream Academy's version from 85 more.
Hero Takes a Fall made my list. Their album/EP Meet the Bangles, recorded when they were the Bangs, is my favorite of theirs. It's the psychedelic rock that I want from them.
Epic!
I like how you ended up with a list of a gazillion songs. I had similar problems boiling it down to a concise list.
Merry Xmas guys! I'm so glad i've discovered this channel, I finally have an outlet for my music nerdiness lmao
My top 10 of 1984 in no order:
The Replacements- Androgynous (love me a good gender queer anthem lol)
The Smiths- Still Ill
R.E.M.- Pretty Persuasion
The Pretenders- My City Was Gone
Prince- When Doves Cry
Minutemen- History Lesson Part 2
U2- Pride (In the Name of Love)
Bob Dylan- Jokerman
Leonard Cohen- Hallelujah
Bruce Springsteen- I'm on Fire
merry christmas steph ! i am watching a mike bloomfield documentary on you tube today! Cheers!
10. Prince-Beautiful Ones
9.Pointer Sisters-Jump
8.New Edition-Cool It Now
7.Laura Branigan-Self Control
6.Wham-Careless Whisper
5.Chaka Khan-I Feel For You
4.Ashford & Simpson-Solid
3 Steve Perry-Foolish Heart
2.Hall & Oates-Out Of Touch.
1.Chicago-Hard Habit To Break
Really like Out of Touch, especially the verses.
@@cheapcinemachannel4548 I totally agree. The verse melody is awesome.
My Top 10 :
1. IRON MAIDEN ´´Rime of the Ancient Mariner´´
2. MIDNIGHT OIL ´´Jimmy Sharman´s Boxes´´
3. MIKE OLDFIELD ´´To France´´
4. PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION ´´Purple Rain´´
5. MARILLION ´´Assassing´´
6. U2 ´´Pride (In The Name Of God)
7. RADIO FUTURA ´´Escuela de Calor´´
8. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN ´´The Killing Moon´´
9. QUEEN ´´Hammer To Fall´´
10. BON JOVI ´´Runaway´´
Greetings from Canary Islands.
A key year for me at the time - first time I remember buying some regular albums and not just hits compilations, singles etc. Prince, Madonna, Springsteen, Van Halen being some of the biggies.
Also after the fact, turned out to be a huge year for some of my future passions - alternative & post-punk, primarily the big 3 SST Records - Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime, Husker Du's Zen Arcade and Meat Puppets II. Alongside REM and the Replacements' Let it Be.
And METAL! Ride the Lightning, Powerslave, Don't Break the Oath, Defenders of the Faith, Morbid Tales.
Yes these are all albums, but I would guess 95% of my songs would come from the above ones mentioned.
No.1 is definitely Unsatisfied by The Replacements. That's in my all time top 10.
When Doves Cry, Fade To Black, and a couple from Zen Arcade - the unbelievably intense I'll Never Forget You from Bob Mould, and the jangly poppy Grant Hart classic Never Talking to You Again.
Billboard:
1.Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It
2.Prince - Let's Go Crazy
3.Van Halen - Panama
4.Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You
5.Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen
Wlidcards:
1.Whodini - Friends
2.Berlin - No More Words
3.Prince - The Beautiful Ones
4.Scandal ft.Patty Smyth - The Warrior
5.Bananarama - Cruel Summer
Billboards Worst:
Dennis DeYoung - Desert Moon
Other Songs I Dig From 1984:
Van Halen - Jump
Rebbie Jackson - Centipede
D Train - Something's On Your mind
Glenn Jones - Meet Me Halfway There
The Deele - Just My Luck
Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
The Pointer Sisters - Automatic
The Cars - Magic
Rick Springfield - Love Somebody
Cameo - She's Strange
Laura Branigan - Self Control
Howard Jones - What Is Love
Dennis Edwards & Siedah Garrett - Don't Look Any Further
Cherelle - I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
Steve Arrington - 15 Rounds
New Edition - My Secret ( Didja Gitit Yet?)
The Time - Jungle Love
Rick James - 17
Starpoint - It's All Yours
Jermaine & Michael Jackson - Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin'
World Famous Supreme Team - Hey DJ
Firefox - Street People
Midnight Star - Operator
Bryan Loren - Lollipop Luv
Teena Marie - Out On A Limb
Steve Vai - The Attitude Song
Patii Austin - Rhythm Of The Street
Change - Change Of Heart
Apollonia 6 - Sex Shooter
U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love)
Bananarama seem to be largely known for that song in the US but I feel they did better.
1984 Billboard Chart
1. Ain't Nobody - Rufus and Chaka Khan
2. Treat Her Like A Lady - The Temptations
3. Don't Look Any Further - Denis Edwards
4. Somebody Else's Guy - Jocelyn Brown
5. When Doves Cry - Prince
1984 Wildcards
1. Turn On The News-Husker Du
2. Slip It In - Black Flag
3. For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica
4. Plateau - Meat Puppets
5. Hey DJ - World Famous Supreme Team
Worst chart song - Sunglasses at Night : Corey Hart
Sunglasses at Night is an awesome guilty pleasure for me. The worst song is absolutely Twist of Fate by Olivia Newton-John.
Chart Hits: Pride - U2, Drive & Magic - The Cars, Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins, Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen Wild Cards: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - The Smiths, For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica, New Moon on Monday - Duran Duran, No Explanation - The Church Worst Song: All Night Long - Lionel Richie S.O.T.Y. for 1984: The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
Leave It! Yes! YES! YES! I never liked Yes, then I heard Leave It. What a song. It brings back some serious 1984 memories.
Kramzer and Jason nail it for me. Eyes Without a Face, Time After Time, Hold Me Now, Unforgettable Fire, Killing Moon. Glorious. Joe gets extra points for dressing like a disposable teenage murder victim from an 80s slasher, however. And for When Doves Cry.
First full year of college in '84 so I agree with Kram and Joe fully, although Jason nailed some good ones -- Tinseltown In the Rain, Spiritwalker, Ghost In You, Killing Moon, man '84 had great stuff.
Hot 100:
5. Heaven (Must Be There) - Eurogliders
4. Let's Go Crazy - Prince & Revolution
3. Tenderness - General Public
2. Leave It - Yes
1. It's My Life - Talk Talk
Wild Cards:
5. A Spy In The House Of Love - the dbs
4. Be My Number Two - Joe Jackson
3. Spiritwalker - The Cult
2. The Unforgettable Fire - U2
1. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville - REM
Worst: Desert Moon - Dennis DeYoung
Best: It's My Life
HMs: If I Had a Rocket Launcher (Bruce Cockburn), I'll Wait (Van Halen), What's Love Got To Do With It (Tina Turner), Lover Girl (Teena Marie), Heaven (Psychedelic Furs), Drive (Cars), The Killing Moon (Echo & Bunnymen), Time The Avenger (Pretenders), South Central Rain (REM), A Girl In Trouble (Romeo Void), Ghost In You (Psychedelic Furs), Dance Hall Days (Wang Chung), New Girl Now (Honeymoon Suite), I Would Die 4 U (Prince), When Doves Cry (Prince), Better Be Good To Me (Tina Turner), Shooting Shark (Blue Oyster Cult), Waterfront (Simple Minds), Dazzle (Siouxsie and the Banshees), A Sort Of Homecoming (U2), Pride (U2), Going Down To Liverpool (Bangles)
Merry Christmas to the Listo/TastesLikeMusic crew, thanks for all the entertainment!
I’ve never been a huge Cars fan, but even I know “Drive” is The Cars song of the year. “Hello Again”is just too 80’s, which is one reason why I can’t believe Jason loves it.
But what do I know? My song of the year would probably be “Jump” or “Hot For Teacher” by Van Halen, or “Bad” by U2.
Jump is a super fun all-time classic pop rock song and anyone who doesn't understand that deserves a lump of coal. Hot for Teacher is such an astonishing slab of pop rock metal and Eddie is so f-ing great on it it's a shame the lyrics are so annoyingly juvenile/sexist IMO.. And Drive is easily the best Cars song of the year.. I was 16 yrs old in 84 and that song was all over the radio and wonderful..
1. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica
2. I Wanna be Somebody - W.A.S. P.
3. Fade to Black - Metallica
4. Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Hanoi Rocks
5. The Dungeons are Calling - Savatage
6. L.O.V.E. Machine - W.A.S.P.
7. Blood of My Enemies - Manowar
8. Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
9. Come to the Sabbath - Mercyful Fate
10. Crusader - Saxon
My favourites for 1984:
01) No Sense - Cold Chisel
02) Tinseltown In The Rain - The Blue Nile
03) Purple Rain - Prince
04) Love Resurrection - Alison Moyet
05) Hyperactive - Thomas Dolby
06) When Doves Cry - Prince
07) For You Only - Alison Moyet
08) When Loves Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout
09) Jump - Van Halen
10) Shout To The Top - Style Council
Love Resurrection I loved at the time, along with All Cried Out (I heard that the most, huge favourite). I'm not sure if I heard For You Only in 84 or not, but I got the full album only a few years later on cassette anyway. All of it is good.
Merry Christmas everyone!
The long form video for Dancing for Blue Jean is a hoot.
1. Free Nelson Mandela - Special AKA
2. Pretty Persuasion - R.E.M.
3. A Sort of Homecoming - U2
4. People Are People - Depeche Mode
5. My Ever Changing Moods - The Style Council
Joe’s the winner this week with let’s go crazy… although if Kram picked middle of the road as his winner…. I think he would have won.
SOTY for me: Middle of the Road: the BEST pretenders song!
Charted Songs :
Yes - Leave It (my favorite song)
Roger Hodgson - Had A Dream
Band Aid - Do They Know It’s Christmas
Billy Joel - The Longest Time
The Everly Brothers - On The Wings Of A Nightingale
Wildcards :
Paul McCartney - No More Lonely Nights / So Bad
Christine McVie - Got A Hold On Me / Love Will Show Us How
Alan Parsons Project - Don’t Answer Me / Prime Time
The Beach Boys - Chasin’ The Sky
Clannad - Now Is Here
Listography song :
The Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
album by a ‘new’ act :
Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane
Least favorite song :
Mick Jagger & The Jacksons - State Of Shock
Chasin' the Sky, now there's a deep cut!
10. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
9. Van Halen - Jump
8. The Kinks - Living on a Thin Line
7. Minutemen - History Lesson, Part 2
6. Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
5. Pretenders - Middle of the Road
4. The Replacements - Answering Machine
3. The Smiths - Reel Around the Fountain
2. The Cars - You Might Think
1. Bruce Springsteen - I'm Goin' Down
*7* of the 15 spots were written by South Minneapolitans. In fact, they all came from Central High School, I believe. Not sure even Liverpool ever did that.
My five faves of this year's picks were:
1. The Ghost in You- Psychedelic Furs
2. Androgynous- The Replacements
3. When Doves Cry- Prince
4. Hold Me Now- Thompson Twins
5. Leave It- Yes
My name is Joe! And I am funky. Let's go Craaaaazy! I chose Doves as no.1 Joe but thank crumbs one of you 3 got it right❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥👍👍👍👍👍 Merry Chrimbo Joe!!!
Nice to see Jason chose Tinseltown in the Rain, love the whole album, favourite lyric in that song: Do I love you ? Yes I love you
But it's easy come, and it's easy go ... the way he sings it
It's a fantastic shout .. I figured it was 1985 (when I bought the album) but according to Discogs it was 1983! One of the best songs of the decade without any doubt!
@@terrybnad2959 Wish I was around when it came! That would've been an experience. Album released in 1984 according to wiki and 1001 albums to hear before you die (discovered a lot with this book including this one)
My Ever Changing Moods - The Style Council
I Will Dare -- The Replacements
Seven Seas -- Echo & The Bunnymen
The Ghost in You -- The Psychedelic Furs
How Soon is Now -- The Smiths
Metranil Vavin -- Julian Cope
So. Central Rain -- R.E.M.
No Bulbs -- The Fall
Do It Again -- The Kinks
Holy Love -- Julian Cope
The Style Council and the 'Mats. 👍
1. Prince & The Revolution * Purple Rain / When Doves Cry *
2. This Mortal Coil * Another Day / Dreams Made Flesh *
3. Thomas Dolby * I Scare Myself / White City *
4. R. E. M. * Don't Go Back To Rockville / So. Central Rain - I'm Sorry *
5. David Sylvian * Brilliant Trees / Ink In The Well *
6. Cocteau Twins * Ivo / Pandora *
7. Meat Puppets * Plateau / Lake Of Fire *
8. Stranglers * North Winds / No Mercy *
9. Psychedelic Furs * Heaven / The Ghost In You *
10. The Smiths * How Soon Is Now / What Difference Does It Make *
11. Simple Minds * Waterfront / Street Hassle *
12. Blancmange * Blind Vision / The Day Before You Came *
13. Thompson Twins * Hold Me Now / You Take Me Up *
14. Pretenders * Back On The Chain Gang / Thin Line Between Love And Hate *
15. Style Council * You're The Best Thing / My Ever Changing Moods *
16. Alphaville * Forever Young / Big In Japan / Sounds Like A Melody *
17. Bruce Springsteen * I'm On Fire / Dancing In The Dark *
18. Echo & The Bunnymen * Killing Moon / Silver *
19. Frankie Goes To Hollywood * Two Tribes / Relax *
20. Jean Michel Jarre * Ethnicolor / Zoolook *
21. Sade * Smooth Operator / Hang On To Your Love *
22. U 2 * In The Name Of Love / Bad *
23. Mike Oldfield * To France / Etude *
24. Leonard Cohen * Dance Me To The End Of Love / Hallelujah *
25. Art Of Noise * Moments In Love *
26. Tina Turner * Private Dancer *
27. The Cars * Drive *
28. Metallica * Fade To Black *
29. Lloyd Coyle & The Commotions * Perfect Skin *
30. Andreas Vollenweider * The Glass Hall / Flight Feet And Root Hands *
This Mortal Coil - Another Day - one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.
@@todd6851 Absolutely Gorgeous, Timeless Song. I'm Glad You Like It....🎶🎶🎶🎶😃😃.
Great list! Have some of your choices or at least bands in my Top-10:
1. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon - best Bunnymen song, great somber atmosphere, love it since I first heard it, absolute classic!
2. Judas Priest - The Sentinel - "The Sentinel" is Priests masterpiece of the 80s in my opinion. The story of the avenger that strikes a group of enemies down with throwing knives during a battle set in an apocalyptic landscape is like a little action movie. Rob Halford is the genius storyteller and the guitars give a rocking mean background. That song is one of the heaviest by Priest and could've easily been on "Painkiller" six years later. :)
3. The Fixx - Less Cities, More Moving People - my favourite by them, love the etheral ancient Egyptian style synth at the beginning, the tribal percussion, the mood and the bass.
4. The Cars - Stanger Eyes - should have been on the Top Gun soundtrack! Awesome 80s pop and my highglight of a great 80s pop album without filler!
5. The Icicle Works - Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) - their only real hit but a fine jangly pop song, love the propulsive drumming by Chris Sharrock!
6. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire - My U2 goosebumps song, the atmosphere, the singing, the string arrangement....awesome!
7. Ultravox - A Friend I Called Desire - that bass line from Chris Cross, those emotional lyrics by Midge Ure! Should have been a single! Way better than "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"!
8. Saxon - Crusader - simply epic fist pumping NWOBHM! When they play this one live the crowd goes nuts! :D
9. King Crimson - Sleepless - is simply one of the best singles of the 80s and should've been amassive hit. It sounds like a Talking Heads song thanks to Adrian's vocals but is better,
really rocks out, has phantastic bass by Tony Levin and those guitars...
The story seems to be about a nightmare and the music supports that in every way.
The live version from Montreal 1984 is even better but this one's still good enough for the Top-10, of course. Great! :)
10. The Cult - Resurrection Joe - one of the best non-album single of the 80s! Love Duffys guitar lines! Great one!
@Jason: For another deep album from 1984 check out Pacific Street by The Pale Fountains! I think you would enjoy that one. :)
Nik Kershaw's "Wouldn't It Be Good". Talented singer/songwriter. I remember watching him perform in the UK leg of Live Aid.
1. Prince- Let's Go Crazy , 2. R.E.M.- South Central Rain (I'm sorry), 3. Newest Industry- Husker Du, 4. The Replacements- I Will Dare, 5. Echo and the Bunnymen- The Killing Moon
I think both This World Over & I Remember The Sun off The Big Express by XTC might have been mentioned by you Jason..... Both stunning tracks off a very underrated album.
Wake Up is really good as well - Awesome Production.
@@davidellis5141 Hard to believe but it's actually my least favorite track on the album.... Colin has written better.
As much as I love Prince, I think “The Killing Moon” would be my overall winner of 1984. But I’m not thinking that hard about it. Joe’s face when Kram announced his winner. Priceless. Nice takedown of Glenn Frey, Jason. This was a fun one. Cheers ✌🏻
Also, kind of surprised “Dancing in the Dark” did not make an appearance. It’s a song that I couldn’t stand for years, but when you unpack it - it’s brilliant. Screw the video and Bruuuuuce’s corny dance. 😎
Up to two per artist, otherwise list would be taken by The Smiths and Prince:
- Purple Rain and I Would Die 4 U: Prince
- Please Please Please, Let Me Get What I Want and Reel around the Fountain: The Smiths
- Song To The Siren: This Mortal Coil
- The killing Moon: Echo and The Bunnymen
- Let Me Down Easy: The Stranglers
- Pearly Dewdrops Drops and Lorelei: Cocteau Twins
- It's My Life and Tomorrow Started: Talk Talk
- So Central Rain ( I'm Sorry ) : REM
- Blue Jean: David Bowie
- Tinseltown in the Rain: The Blue Nile
Honourable Mentions:
- Never Tell: Violent Femmes (To commenters who were around at the time, or more knowledgeable people, is this band underrated? Am I overacting by digging them so much?)
- Unsatisfied: The Replacements
- Chartered Trips and Pink Turn to Blue: Husker Du
- I Want to Break Free: Queen
- A Pagan Place: The Waterboys
- Lake of Fire and Split Myself in Two - Meat Puppets
- The Ghost in You: The Psychedelic Furs
- The Caterpillar - The Cure
Worst Song: careless fucking whisper (doesn't even deserve capital letters)
Biggest nostalgic songs from younger years:
- Fade to Black: Metallica
- 2 Minutes to Midnight: Iron Maiden
- Still Loving You: The Scorpions
Violent Femmes have made my list the past two years. They are terribly underappreciated. Why Brian Ritchie is not in the conversation about great bassists is beyond me. Gordon Gano is a great performer. I think his vocal performances are tremendous. And Victor DeLorenzo makes all that racket with brushes and a minimalist drum setup? C'mon. These guys are one of the best bands of the 80s, hands down. Never Tell was on my list until I relistened to Country Death Song. I try to stick to one song per artist.
@@burmajones803 Thank you! I'm not a proper musician but noticed how tight the rhythm section is! And the vocalist man am I exaggerating that I hear an influence on The Pixies? Especially the biblical references too. I enjoyed both the debut and Hallowed Ground, maybe the second more because it's more varied and complex (That jazz interlude on Black Girls!), haven't listened enough to pick fav tbh but Never Tell caught my attention the most and definitely returning to them
Violent Femmes were highly popular down under. They were often compared to Jonathan Richman, which was something the band did not like too well. But we also loved The Cramps...
@@UlyssesJonah I really like the 3 album as well.
@@UlyssesJonah Why Do Birds Sing? is also a good album. A nice cover of Do You Really Want to Hurt Me on it.
Purple's "Perfect Strangers", a regal track with a brilliant hammond intro from the late Jon Lord.
Listened to that Prince album for the first time. Really good album, I was surprised. Joe's pick getting my vote for this week although it was close with Jason's pick.
1984 was a formative year for me as a music fan -- an absolutely GLORIOUS year for pop radio -- and to hear Jason just dismiss the 1984 Hot 100 right out of the gate was to hear his most bitter hot take yet. (He's completely right about Glenn Frey, though.)
I'm going to make this quick, but lots of Great Songs this year.
Judas Priest - Some Heads are gonna roll
Iron Maiden - The Duelist
Metallica - Fade to Black
Slayer - Chemical Warfare
Anthrax - Anthrax
Bon Jovi - Roulette
Mercyful Fate - Come to the Sabbath
Whitesnake - Guilty of Love
Pantera - Heavy Metal Rules!
Savatage - The Dungeons are Calling
Queensryche - Warning
Saxon - Crusader
Y&T - Rock 'N' Roll's going to save the World
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
Exciter - Violence and Force
Metal Church - Beyond the Black
Molly Hatchet - Satisfied Man
Deep Purple - A Gypsy's Kiss
Dio - We Rock
Red Hot Chili Peppers - True Men don't Kill Coyotes
Krokus - Midnite Maniac
Manowar - Bridge of Death
Van Halen - I'll Wait
REO Speedwagon - Can't fight this feeling
R.E.M. - Don't go back to Rockville
Venom - At War with Satan
And, Scorpions - Bad Boys running Wild
Some 84 faves: Major Tom by Peter Schilling, New Moon on Monday by Duran Duran, Hold Me Now by Thompson Twins, Against all Odds by Phil Colins, Say it isnt So by Hall and Oates, Love Somebody by Rick Springfield
Some nice picks guys. Here's my Top Ten for 1984
1)Sha La La (Howling At The Moon) - Ramones
2)If You Were There - Wham
3)A New England - Kirsty MacColl
4)I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
5)How Soon is Now? - The Smiths
6)Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
7)William, It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths
8)The Old Man Down The Road - John Fogerty
9)Cold Shot - Stevie Ray Vaughan
10)Don't Worry Baby - Los Lobos
here goes
11 drop deg legs/ van halen
10 the beautiful ones / prince
9 powerslave/ iron maiden
8 hold me now / thompson twins
7 thorn of crowns/ echo and the bunnymen
6 purple rain/ prince [ 2 times , never would have happened back in the day]
5 the last in line/ dio
4 that was yesterday/ foreigner
3 head over heels / go gos
2 bears/ zebra [ would have been #1 in some previous years , but
1 perfect strangers / deep purple [ ian gillan back to back #1 in 2 different bands]
HM
bad , pride in the name of love u2
slow and easy , gambler whitesnake
jigsaw marillion[ really wanted to get this on the main list]
no telling lies / zebra
wanted man , back for more /ratt
knocking at your back door , not responsible/ deep purple
stranger in my own house/ foreigner
cool down / triumph
whiter shade of pale/ HSAS
hot for teacher / van halen
burning down the city/ sammy hagar
looks that kill / motley crue
blue jean / david bowie
talkin about my baby/ joan jett
just a monster year , only 67 compares so far for me
Ps i was wrong about joe yesterday , thought purple rain would be his #1
cult way to go jason!
Thorn of Crowns is a wild pick.
@@Sir_Eyeball i didnt give this band a shot back in the day , but i am diving into their discography now !
@@bengalgangster they're amazing, but I find it really interesting that you picked this ...weird... Song haha. Not that it's a bad song. Every song on 'Ocean Rain' is great.
More Zebra! 🤘
@@burmajones803 and not done yet!
12. Beat Box (Diversion One), by Art Of Noise
11. Freaks Come Out at Night, by Whodini
10. Wire, by U2
9. Better Be Good To Me, by Tina Turner
8. Flashback, by Jan Hammer
7. Bachelor Party, by Oingo Boingo
6. Wind Out, by R.E.M.
5. Axel F, by Harold Faltermeyer
4. Let's Go Crazy, by Prince
3. Jam On It, by Nucleus
2. People Are People, by Depeche Mode
1. Life During Wartime (SMS), by Talking Heads
That's 1984, not necessarily in that order.
Another strong year for the charts. Wild cards are still a little hard to come by, but getting better. 1985 might be the year the worm turns and I have a surplus of wild card songs on my list. For now though
HM charts: Wang Chung Dance Hall Days, Bananarama Cruel Summer, Madonna's Borderline, Cyndi Lauper Time After Time, R.E.M. South Central Rain, John Mellencamp The Authority Song, The Time Jungle Love, Cool It Now New Edition, Adult Education Hall and Oates.
HM wild cards: John Coltrane Stereo Blues by the Dream Syndicate, I Got Loaded by Los Lobos, Second Guessing by R.E.M.
Merry Christmas Everyone!! (Celebrated 24th in Sweden)
My Top 5 of 1984!
5. To France - Mike Oldfield. If you are new to Mike Oldfield and learn more towards Pop than progressive rock. This is one to check out!
4. Wasted Time - Europe: Putting "Europe" before Metallica, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Survivor, Toto? I think some rockers who dismissed Europe because of their 80's hair would be quite surprised over this track!
3. Private Dancer - Tina Turner: Tina Turner with the help of several rock royalty. Great pop/rock song.
2. Hot for Teacher - Van Halen: The brothers Van Halen showing their skills in a way that is quite intense but still very suitable for the radio and MTV. Lots of shredding guitar-music isn't very pleasing for a bigger audience which make the songs that does more special. David Lee Roths personality works very well on top of it.
1. Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple : I do like the, then, comeback album of Deep Purple but I don't love it. I do however love this song. I think it was the perfect track for it purpose. Most Deep Purple songs from the 1980's hasn't aged too well.. This has.
All amazing songs! My mom was 17 then
Queen's "Hammer To Fall", which they also played at their epic Live Aid set in 1985. Roger Taylor's drums are really big on this track. Reached No. 13 in the UK charts.
Both Simple Minds & The Cars went all in with the heavy Production in 1984. The Cars Heartbeat City took over a year to Produce & mix & it paid off. The Bass on Magic sounds like its being played in your living room. Simple Minds and Steve Lillywhite got Sparkle In The Rain done in 6 months & Tears For Fears would " borrow " the riff of Waterfront for their 1985 smash Everybody Wants To Rule The World. The drums 🥁 on Sparkle , sparkle. Love those Trident boards !
I'm a big Simple Minds fan, but I don't recall the Listography guys even mentioning them once.
@@179rich Sons & Fascination is my favorite album of theirs.
Weaker year than I remember - still great! HM : Jump, Drop Dead Legs, Gimme Some Money, Just Got Lucky, Blaze of Glory, Cold Shot, Missing You, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Round and Round, the Boys of Summer, Middle of the Road, Still Loving You, Slide it In
10. Eat It - Weird Al Yankovic
9. Purple Rain - Prince
8. Bad - U2
7. Darlington County - Bruce Springsteen
6. Panama - Van Halen
5. Drive - the Cars
4. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) - Stevie Ray Vaughan
3. On the Dark Side - John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band
2. Had A Dream - Roger Hodgson
Worst: Like A Virgin - Madonna
1. Hammer to Fall - Queen
C’mon Santa! - Joe
I didn't like Like a Virgin at the time, probably because of all the hype around her (and also Michael Jackson). Prince too had a lot of marketing I guess. In retrospect I think it's decent. But I would have definitely preferred Borderline (and Lucky Star) had I known them then. I definitely knew Holiday but those other two I don't remember hearing in 83-4.
Credit to Haircut 100 for introducing (reintroducing) the marimba/vibraphone to new wave/pop music. Their album Pelican West came out seven months before the Furs' Forever Now and their hit song Love Plus One featured the marimba. Loved the sound of this instrument and the way it was used then. Good callout Jason.
The marimba was always there >>> time for Zappa - check Ruth Underwood (take it away, Ruth...)
@@roxannewalsh that's why I added reintroducing to the sentence. The sound wasn't to be found on the charts much though until it's brief moment here in the 80s.
Pelican West is great and should be better known, along with some other stuff from the UK charts.
Van Halen's superb "Jump". The keyboard break in it was epic.