Jio's HoF :NOW:WEEKLY PICKS (30/5/2023)

[AlexZ]

Magical things with my Internet connection. So fast today!!!! It was first time, when I can watch Youtube without pause every 10-15 seconds.

By the way, if you like Bucks Fizz and Steps, you should check out Dollar, they are very similar to them.

I listened your link on Dollar's song. Not bad. My first association was Roxette.

[jio]

Oh cool. Hopefully it's some kind of permanent update so you can join us in Forum Song Contest, commenting songs you didn't know before, discovering new artists etc etc. Although it can get pretty addictive, I am afraid lol

[CrazyCrazy]

I'll listen to your stuff here Jio! there's so much stuff, I'm not sure it's all to my taste however!

[AlexZ]

Oh cool. Hopefully it's some kind of permanent update so you can join us in Forum Song Contest, commenting songs you didn't know before, discovering new artists etc etc. Although it can get pretty addictive, I am afraid lol

About Forum Song Contest.
1. If I join in this game, that I would be worst judge in history of FSC, because anybody pretty pop blonde lady get my very high points.
2. Choose song for me is impossible thing. Rules about UK top 40 and especially about popular artist exclude 95% of my favourite music. Next 5 % is Eurovision and cover versions, which also illegal.

Simples: Charlotte Church had flop with her last album and singles, but she had local UK success with single 'Crazy Chick' and album 'Tissues And Issues' in 2005. Both realises were #2.
Similar situation with Little Boots, Amy Macdonald.

[jio]

You could have entered with Vintage or any other Russian or ex-USSR artist

[AlexZ]

Oh cool. Hopefully it's some kind of permanent update so you can join us in Forum Song Contest, commenting songs you didn't know before, discovering new artists etc etc. Although it can get pretty addictive, I am afraid lol

I have only one addiction in my life:
It is my love to Heidi Range.
I really try to find something intresting for FSC. I don't want to steal countries of another participants. Not sure, but today best choice for me is parts of United Kingdom (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland), maybe I try to push Charlotte Church's last single or album tracks from H & Claire in game.

[jio]

YEAR IN FOCUS-1983 part 1:LEGENDARY ARTISTS' TOP 10

1.ROD STEWART
Baby Jane

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2.MICHAEL JACKSON
Billie Jean


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3.DAVID BOWIE
Let's Dance


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4.PAUL McCARTNEY & MICHAEL JACKSON
Say Say Say


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5.DONNA SUMMER
She Works Hard For The Money


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6.EURYTHMICS
Love Is A Stranger


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7.U2
New Year's Day


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8.ELTON JOHN
I'm Still Standing


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9.GENESIS
Mama

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10.WHAM!
Wham! Rap (Enjoy What You Do)


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YEAR IN FOCUS-1983 part 2:CLASSIC TUNES

1.KAJAGOOGOO
Too Shy


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2.BANANARAMA
Cruel Summer


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3.YAZOO
Nobody's Diary


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4.TOTO
Africa


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5.EDDY GRANT
Electric Avenue


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6.MEN AT WORK
Down Under


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7.HOWARD JONES
What Is Love


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8.SPANDAU BALLET
Gold


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9.CULTURE CLUB
Karma Chameleon


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10.FR DAVID
Words



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Tomorrow: the three final parts

[jio]

YEAR IN FOCUS-1983 part 3:R&B/REGGAE/HIP-HOP

1.MARY JANE GIRLS
All Night Long


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2.INDEEP
Last Night A DJ Saved My Life


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3.FREEEZ
Pop Goes My Love


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4.D TRAIN
Music



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5.OLIVER CHEATHAM
Get Down Saturday Night


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6.MTUME
Juicy Fruit


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7.MONYAKA
Go Deh Yaka


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8.SHALAMAR
Over And Over



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9.HOT STREAK
Body Work



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10.MELBA MOORE
Mind Up Tonight




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YEAR IN FOCUS-1983 part 4:NEW WAVE/ROCK/POP

1.FRIDA
I Know There's Something Going On


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2.NENA
99 Luftballons

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3.THE CREATURES
Miss The Girl


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4.TEARS FOR FEARS
Change


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5.ALTERED IMAGES
Bring Me Closer




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6.MICHAEL SEMBELLO
Maniac


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7.BUCKS FIZZ
When We Were Young



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8.YES
Owner Of A Lonely Heart


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9.JOE JACKSON
Steppin' Out


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10.FRANK STALLONE
Far From Over



YEAR IN FOCUS-1983 part 5:OBSCURE 1983 ALBUM:
TRACEY ULLMAN:You Broke My Heart In 17 Places
OK it's a covers' album but it's still pretty fab



1.Breakaway

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2.Move Over Darling

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3.They Don't Know

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4.Life Is A Rock But Radio Rolled Me

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5.I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten

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Next Month:1984

[jio]

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1.LAURA BRANIGAN
Self Control

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2.HAZELL DEAN
Searchin' (I Gotta Find A Man)

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3.FUN FUN
Colour My Love

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4.POINTER SISTERS
Jump (For My Love)

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5.SYLVESTER
Rock The Box

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6.FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
Two Tribes

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7.MODERN TALKING
You're My Heart, You're My Soul

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8.FANCY
Chinese Eyes

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9.AMANDA LEAR
No Regrets

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10.EVELYN THOMAS
High Energy


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[VideoKid]

If I had to choose a song that would represent the sound of the 80's, I'd probably choose that Moderning Talking song.

"Maniac" is also great.

And I hope Jody's coming in 1987. since you've included Shalamar in your list, lol.

[jio]

Zdravo, videokid. Glad you like it. Well, I don't know about Jody, we'll see in January/February I guess. As for Modern Talking, it's a bit embarassing but that was the first record in any format I ever bought (it was on cassette lol)

[VideoKid]

I was going to say hello 2 U 2 in greek, but I guess UKmix doesn't recognize cyrillic alphabet.
I hope she makes it to the list, "Looking For A New Love" is epic, although I prefer "Real Love".

Modern Talking is nothing compared to my first cassette purchase, it was an album by our Eurovision representative in 1999., Doris Dragovic. I guess everyone remembers "Marija Magdalena", but I prefered this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0qkqGDQTFc, lol. Embarrassing.

[jio]

YEAR IN FOCUS-1984 part 1:LEGENDARY ARTISTS' TOP 10

1.BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Cover Me

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2.DEPECHE MODE
People Are People
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3.EURYTHMICS
Here Comes The Rain Again

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4.WHAM!
Everything She Wants

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5.TINA TURNER
Private Dancer

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6.DURAN DURAN
The Wild Boys

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7.U2
Pride (In The Name Of Love)

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8.BONEY M.
Kalimba De Luna

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9.MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
Dr. Beat

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10.LIONEL RICHIE
Running With The Night

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YEAR IN FOCUS-1984 part 2:CLASSIC TUNES

1.BRONSKI BEAT
Smalltown Boy

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2.CYNDI LAUPER
Girls Just Want To Have Fun

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3.POINTER SISTERS
I'm So Excited

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4.TEARS FOR FEARS
Shout

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5.MURRAY HEAD
One Night In Bangkok

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6.THE ART COMPANY
Susanna

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7.ALPHAVILLE
Big In Japan

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8.MATTHEW WILDER
Break My Stride

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9.NICK KERSHAW
Wouldn't It Be Good

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10.ULTRAVOX
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes



Click on the song titles to listen to the songs.
Tomorrow: the three final parts

[VideoKid]

I literally adore every song off the legendary artists' top 10. From the other half, I like Cyndi, Pointer Sisters and Tears For Fears.

[jio]

YEAR IN FOCUS-1984 part 3:R&B

1.DENNIS EDWARDS feat. SIEDAH GARRETT
Don't Look Any Further


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2.RUFUS & CHAKA KHAN
Ain't Nobody

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3.KOOL & THE GANG
Fresh

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4.S.O.S. BAND
Just Be Good To Me

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5.SHANNON
Let The Music Play

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6.JAMES INGRAM & MICHAEL McDONALD
Ya Mo B There

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7.BILLY OCEAN
Carribean Queen

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8.THE WEATHER GIRLS
It's Raining Men

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9.STEPHANIE MILLS
The Medicine Song

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10.JOCELYN BROWN
Somebody Else's Guy

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YEAR IN FOCUS-1984 part 4:NEW WAVE/ROCK/POP

1.KIM WILDE
The Second Time (Go For It)

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2.THE ROMANTICS
Talking In Your Sleep

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3.PAT BENATAR
Love Is A Battlefield


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4.COREY HART
Sunglasses At Night

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5.ALISON MOYET
Love Resurrection


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6.JULIAN LENNON
Too Late For Goodbyes

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7.SNOWY WHITE
Bird Of Paradise

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8.BANANARAMA
Rough Justice

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9.BILLY SQUIER
Rock Me Tonite

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10.THE THOMPSON TWINS
Doctor Doctor



YEAR IN FOCUS-1984 part 5:OBSCURE 1984 ALBUM:
HAZELL DEAN:Heart First
also includes "Searchin'(Looking For Love)"



1.Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)

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2.You're Too Good To Be True

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3.Back In My Arms (Once Again)

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4.No Fool (For Love)

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5.Heart First

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Next Month:1985

[VideoKid]

"Don't Look Any Further", "Ain't Nobody" and "Just Be Good To Me" are my favourites from the last few piles.

[jio]

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1.SANDRA
(I'll Never Be)Maria Magdalena

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2.HAZELL DEAN
They Say It's Gonna Rain

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3.DEBBIE HARRY
Feel The Spin

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4.SAMANTHA GILLES
Let Me Feel It

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5.FANCY
Slice Me Nice

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6.DEN HARROW
Future Brain

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7.SYLVESTER
Take Me To Heaven

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8.LAURA BRANIGAN
Spanish Eddie

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9.DEAD OR ALIVE
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)

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10.CLAUDJA BARRY & BOBBY O.
From A Whisper To A Scream

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[jio]

YEAR IN FOCUS-1985 part 1:LEGENDARY ARTISTS' TOP 10

1.EURYTHMICS & ARETHA FRANKLIN
Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves

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2.KATE BUSH
Running Up That Hill
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3.BRYAN ADAMS
Run To You

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4.GARY MOORE & PHIL LYNOTT
Out In The Fields

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5.DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
Out Of Touch

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6.DAVID BOWIE & PAT METHENY GROUP
This Is Not America

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7.PET SHOP BOYS
West End Girls

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8.MICK JAGGER
Just Another Night

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9.PHIL COLLINS
Don't Lose My Number

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10.STEVIE WONDER
Part-Time Lover

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YEAR IN FOCUS-1985 part 2:CLASSIC TUNES

1.THE SMITHS
How Soon Is Now

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2.BILLY IDOL
Rebel Yell

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3.JOHN PARR
St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)

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4.BILLY OCEAN
Loverboy

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5.GRACE JONES
Slave To The Rhythm

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6.A-HA
Take On Me

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7.SIMPLE MINDS
Don't You (Forget About Me)

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8.BONNIE TYLER
Holding Out For A Hero

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9.SIMPLY RED
Money's Too Tight (To Mention)

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10.BALTIMORA
Tarzan Boy



Click on the song titles to listen to the songs.
Tomorrow: the three final parts

[jio]

YEAR IN FOCUS-1985 part 3:R&B

1.COLONEL ABRAMS
Trapped

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2.POINTER SISTERS
Dare Me

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3.DEE C. LEE
See The Day

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4.CHAKA KHAN
This Is My Night

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5.THE LIMIT
Say Yeah

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6.CASHMERE
Can I

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7.FIVE STAR
Let Me Be The One

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8.COOL NOTES
Spend The Night

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9.READY FOR THE WORLD
Oh Sheila

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10.MAI TAI
History

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YEAR IN FOCUS-1985 part 4:NEW WAVE/ROCK/POP

1.FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS
Johnny Come Home

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2.FEARGAL SHARKEY
A Good Heart

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3.THE CULT
Rain

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4.ZZ TOP
Sleeping Bag

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5.THE DAMNED
Is It A Dream?


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6.BRYAN FERRY
Don't Stop The Dance

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7.THE WATERBOYS
The Whole Of The Moon

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8.DURAN DURAN
A View To A Kill

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9.CYNDI LAUPER
The Goonies 'R' Good Enough

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10.THE ALARM
Strength



YEAR IN FOCUS-1985 part 5:OBSCURE 1985 ALBUM:
KING:Steps In Time



1.Love And Pride

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2.Alone Without You

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3.The Taste Of Your Tears

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4.Won't You Hold My Hand Now

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5.Fish

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Click on the song titles to listen to the songs.
Next Month:1986

[Marius]

1985

R&B - I'd have put Dare Me #1, Abrams is a tad overplayed, but still good. The other eight I either don't know (most) or am not very fond (DC Lee, Five Starr, Oh Sheila).

New Wave / Pop / Rock - weird choice for #1!!! Good song, though, but I prefer the songs off The Raw And The Cooked more. All the others are good, Waterboys being my favourite by a country mile.

Obscure album - I NH the whole album, but remember the main singles off it and I liked them both. Also, do you recall the early 90s MTV Europe' Greatest Hits show? Paul was the VJ.

Legendary artists - nothing to argue here. Big wooo for including that underrated Phil song, one of my favs from him.

Classic tunes - all classic indeed! Huge wooo for the top 2.

Hi-NRG - wow, we have a lot in common as far as 80s taste goes! Really happy to see the excellent and massively underrated They Say It' Gonna Rain!! Fancy is superb, too, his best by miles IMO.

Will look at the earlier years soon!

[jio]

Hey potojr. Wassup?

Glad you liked it and glad you posted. If only any of the other 50+ persons who check this thread every week would post something lol

"Dare Me" and "Trapped" are kinda equal to me and far above anything else on the R&B list. It could have easily been "Dare Me" on another day depending on my mood. Love them both

"Oh Sheila" is fun but too Prince rip-off for it's own good. Still a good tune though. I love Five Star, don't you? (although I do see an "inspired by Jackson 5"-thing going on)

I didn't know Paul was a VJ (I didn't have MTV in the early 90s). He doesn't look very photogenic though. "Love And Pride" is sooooo 80s and soooo good

I AM A MAAAJOR BILLY IDOL FAN (although The Smiths song is definitely the better one from the two) and...

As for godess Hazell what can I say?
Moo-soo-too-younger-HEY-HEY
Moo-sala-kooloo-HOH
(I had to look this up lol)

[jio]

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1.MODERN TALKING
Brother Louie

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2.NEW ORDER
Shell Shock

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3.SYLVESTER
Someone Like You

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4.ROSE LAURENS
American Love

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5.STACEY Q
Two Of Hearts

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6.KIM WILDE
You Keep Me Hanging On

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7.FANCY
After Midnight

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8.MAX COVERI
One More Time

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9.BANANARAMA
Venus

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10.SABRINA
Sexy Girl


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[jio]

YEAR IN FOCUS-1986 part 1:LEGENDARY ARTISTS' TOP 10

1.STATUS QUO
In The Army Now

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2.JANET JACKSON
What Have You Done For Me Lately
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3.EURYTHMICS
It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)

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4.JAMES BROWN
Living In America

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5.DURAN DURAN
Notorious

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6.DEPECHE MODE
Stripped

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7.PETER GABRIEL & KATE BUSH
Don't Give Up

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8.WHITNEY HOUSTON
The Greatest Love Of All

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9.MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
Conga

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10.BON JOVI
Livin' On A Prayer

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YEAR IN FOCUS-1986 part 2:CLASSIC TUNES

1.CUTTING CREW
(I Just) Died In Your Arms

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2.SAMANTHA FOX
Touch Me (I Want Your Body)

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3.MR. MISTER
Broken Wings

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4.MEL & KIM
Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)

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5.SURVIVOR
Burning Heart

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6.FALCO
Rock Me Amadeus

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7.A-HA
The Sun Always Shines On T.V.

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8.ANITA BAKER
Sweet Love

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9.LEVEL 42
Lessons In Love

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10.GRACE JONES
Pull Up To The Bumper



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Tomorrow: the three final parts

[jio]

YEAR IN FOCUS-1986 part 3:R&B/Hip-Hop/Reggae

1.GWEN GUTHRIE
Ain't Nuthin' Goin' On But The Rent

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2.JOYCE SIMS
(You're My) All And All

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3.LATIN QUARTER
Radio Africa

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4.CAMEO
Word Up!

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5.GEORGE BENSON
Shiver

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6.TIMEX SOCIAL CLUB
Rumors

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7.COLONEL ABRAMS
I'm Not Gonna Let You

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8.KURTIS BLOW
If I Ruled The World

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9.FULL FORCE
Alice I Want You Just For Me

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10.THE GAP BAND
Big Fun

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YEAR IN FOCUS-1986 part 4:NEW WAVE/ROCK/POP

1.SUZANNE VEGA
Left Of Centre

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2.THE SMITHS
Bigmouth Strikes Again

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3.EDDIE MURPHY feat. RICK JAMES
Party All The Time

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4.THE BANGLES
Walk Like An Egyptian

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5.BILLY BRAGG
Levi Stabbs' Tears

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6.JERMAINE STEWART
We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off

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7.FIVE STAR
System Addict


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8.STEVE WINWOOD
Higher Love

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9.REGINA
Baby Love

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10.THE COMMUNARDS
So Cold The Night



YEAR IN FOCUS-1986 part 5:OBSCURE 1986 ALBUM:
WE'VE GOT A FUZZBOX AND WE'RE GONNA USE IT:Bostin' Steve Austin



1.Love Is The Slug

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2.What's The Point?

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3.Rules And Regulations

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4.XX Sex

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5.Console Me

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Next Month:1987

[summer]

Magical things with my Internet connection. So fast today!!!! It was first time, when I can watch Youtube without pause every 10-15 seconds.

Oh, I know what it's like :-?

About YouTube: Sometimes I can watch it, but with pauses every 10-15 seconds and only songs with static pictures (not videoclips).

Dear Alex, I miss ya soo much The same here :evil:
We'd have found smth to talk about

Great job, Jio. I'll see this tomorrow