Comments on: CHART ATTACK! #42: 7/30/83 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/ The Music That Taste Forgot Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:38:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: matt http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-45653 matt Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:31:56 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-45653 could you send me the song alone by i-ten? i'd appreciate it a lot.. thanks astronaught4@yahoo.com could you send me the song alone by i-ten?
i’d appreciate it a lot.. thanks

astronaught4@yahoo.com

]]> By: Matt http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-19177 Matt Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:12:32 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-19177 The link to download the i-Ten version of Alone is broken. Can you fix it please? I'd really like to hear the song. Thank you! The link to download the i-Ten version of Alone is broken. Can you fix it please? I’d really like to hear the song. Thank you!

]]> By: Elaine http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-15942 Elaine Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:07:06 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-15942 Wow! Imaging my surprise to be mentioned here...and all over "Stand Back!" It's funny: I tried singing LRC over SB just the other day, with only moderate success. I'm beginning to think Stevie cooked up that story and Prince went along with it, because she placed a Welsh witchy spell over him. Nah, seriously, you really can, but I think a key change must be implemented first. But back to Stevie. If I remember her Behind the Music bio stuff correctly, she had married the husband of her best friend who died from leukemia. The marriage didn't even last a year. So, while that's a total downer, and I suppose we should excuse the judgement of people in mourning, I guess it explains the crappy wedding night. But Jesus H. Christ, Stevie! In July of 1983, I was in the summer between 10th and 11th grade. Annie Lennox was singing, "Sweet dreams are made of these," and I kept wondering what she must be pointing to. (The video didn't help at all.) Eddy Grant's moronic song always made me feel deflated. Donna Summer's 80's stuff was still disco to me, and I couldn't understand why everyone else thought disco was "dead." At least, between Duran Duran and Madness, I had my own private eye candy to drool over. Old school Simon le Bon was the hottest thing ever. Until Suggs stole my heart. Wow! Imaging my surprise to be mentioned here…and all over “Stand Back!” It’s funny: I tried singing LRC over SB just the other day, with only moderate success. I’m beginning to think Stevie cooked up that story and Prince went along with it, because she placed a Welsh witchy spell over him. Nah, seriously, you really can, but I think a key change must be implemented first. But back to Stevie. If I remember her Behind the Music bio stuff correctly, she had married the husband of her best friend who died from leukemia. The marriage didn’t even last a year. So, while that’s a total downer, and I suppose we should excuse the judgement of people in mourning, I guess it explains the crappy wedding night. But Jesus H. Christ, Stevie!

In July of 1983, I was in the summer between 10th and 11th grade. Annie Lennox was singing, “Sweet dreams are made of these,” and I kept wondering what she must be pointing to. (The video didn’t help at all.) Eddy Grant’s moronic song always made me feel deflated. Donna Summer’s 80’s stuff was still disco to me, and I couldn’t understand why everyone else thought disco was “dead.” At least, between Duran Duran and Madness, I had my own private eye candy to drool over. Old school Simon le Bon was the hottest thing ever. Until Suggs stole my heart.

]]> By: Beau http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-15852 Beau Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:29:35 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-15852 Madness were on <em>The Young Ones ... twice! </em>And they even got a speaking part threatening Rik. Why can't we have a show like that? Imagine how much better <em>Joey </em>would've been if he could've just pointed at the camera, said "Music!" and had Motorhead pop up in the living room. Madness were on The Young Ones … twice! And they even got a speaking part threatening Rik. Why can’t we have a show like that? Imagine how much better Joey would’ve been if he could’ve just pointed at the camera, said "Music!" and had Motorhead pop up in the living room.

]]> By: Robert http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-15841 Robert Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:47:02 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-15841 That Maxwell House ad isn't good, but it's not quite as bad as an ad that some bank or other financial institution ran back in 1999 or 2000 that featured random people singing "We Are the Champions" off-key. But they were singing their hearts out, man! Because they were the financial champions! So it wasn't supposed to matter that they were horribly off-key. But it did matter when that ad ran during every other commercial break on CNN for a few months while I worked there. People would turn down their TVs on their desks in the newsroom when that ad came on. That Maxwell House ad isn’t good, but it’s not quite as bad as an ad that some bank or other financial institution ran back in 1999 or 2000 that featured random people singing “We Are the Champions” off-key. But they were singing their hearts out, man! Because they were the financial champions! So it wasn’t supposed to matter that they were horribly off-key. But it did matter when that ad ran during every other commercial break on CNN for a few months while I worked there. People would turn down their TVs on their desks in the newsroom when that ad came on.

]]> By: Robert http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-15815 Robert Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:03:05 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-15815 I bought "Ghost in the Machine" a month or so ago, Dw, and I think that's a really solid album. Maybe their best aside from "Outlandos d'Amour"? Andy wrote "Omegaman," I think, but it's really good compared to, say, "Mother," or Stewart Copeland's "On Any Other Day," which are essentially Sting-tosses-the-other-guys-a-bone filler tracks from other albums. I also think "Zenyatta Mondatta" is overrated since the second half is pretty dull; even the Police say they wish they hadn't been rushed to finish that one. I bought “Ghost in the Machine” a month or so ago, Dw, and I think that’s a really solid album. Maybe their best aside from “Outlandos d’Amour”? Andy wrote “Omegaman,” I think, but it’s really good compared to, say, “Mother,” or Stewart Copeland’s “On Any Other Day,” which are essentially Sting-tosses-the-other-guys-a-bone filler tracks from other albums. I also think “Zenyatta Mondatta” is overrated since the second half is pretty dull; even the Police say they wish they hadn’t been rushed to finish that one.

]]> By: Dw Dunphy http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-15813 Dw Dunphy Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:09:59 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-15813 The worst part about "Every Breath You Take" is it's ubiquity. Without it, their biggest hit would be "Roxanne", I'm sure, but there is a roughness to that song that I still love. "Every Breath..." is just so slick. It's pretty, even though it is about stalker obsession, but slick. For what it is worth, my favorite Police album is also much too slick for it's own good, but since I love "Secret Journey" so much, "Ghosts In The Machine" still wins in my book... Which means little to you, I'm sure, but I'm just sayin'... Where was I? The worst part about "Every Breath You Take" is it’s ubiquity. Without it, their biggest hit would be "Roxanne", I’m sure, but there is a roughness to that song that I still love. "Every Breath…" is just so slick. It’s pretty, even though it is about stalker obsession, but slick. For what it is worth, my favorite Police album is also much too slick for it’s own good, but since I love "Secret Journey" so much, "Ghosts In The Machine" still wins in my book… Which means little to you, I’m sure, but I’m just sayin’… Where was I?

]]> By: Robert http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-15803 Robert Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:57:28 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-15803 I actually saw that rerun of "SNL" with Flip Wilson and Stevie Nicks a few years ago, when NBC was showing old episodes at 3 AM on Sunday mornings. Now they show poker instead. Good call! But the nice thing about those "SNL" reruns was that NBC chose to show a lot of episodes from the Eddie Murphy era, which you didn't see often on Comedy Central or E! (supposedly because Lorne Michaels, who controls the reruns, still hates Dick Ebersol, who ran the show during the Murphy era), and now E! only seems to show the reruns that feature celebrities who are popular now. But to be honest, Murphy was the only good thing in most of those reruns I saw; the writing was pretty terrible in those days. I've always loved "Our House" (although I prefer the single mix without the "whoa whoa's"), and it's not all bouncy fun -- the saxophone hits some sad notes, and the singer mentions that the mother's "the one they're going to miss in lots of ways." That's not a line that hits you in grade school the way it does now. Wasn't "It Must Be Love" in a Volkswagen commercial recently? Thanks for the mention via Manu Dibango! I discovered that song through the twin "Crooklyn" soundtracks in the fall of '95. I still love that movie and those soundtracks. Annie Lennox scared me a bit too, and "Sweet Dreams" and "Here Comes the Rain Again" have always felt "dark" to me. It wasn't until "Would I Lie to You?" that I felt she was my friend, not my conqueror. Scraps, good to see your name again! I was wondering where you'd gone. Maybe to New Jersey, which apparently has a kid-touching problem, although I didn't see any on the final episodes of "The Sopranos." (I'm just kidding -- I still haven't seen those episodes.) I saw Eddy Grant's appearance on one of those late-night "SNL" reruns too. NBC's programmer was really digging the fall of '83, I guess. But Grant's performance was memorable; I even recorded some of it onto a cassette connected to my VCR. He started out with a slow reggae number, then launched into a double-time version of "Electric Avenue." It's a song that's stood the test of time. Fun and catchy but also menacing, even without the death stare in the video. I also nominate Grant's "Romancing the Stone" (which wasn't featured in the movie it was written for -- strike one, Robert Zemeckis!) as one of the best songs of the '80s. There's a part in the middle of that song where the guitar goes nuts, and I always like when songs threaten to go off the rails. I hated "Every Breath You Take" when I was growing up. Well, not "hated," but I thought the Police had better songs. I still do, but seven years ago I realized "Every Breath You Take" really is a great song. Not exactly fun like "Electric Avenue," but definitely menacing, as we all know. WOO-HOO! I'm finally caught up reading and commenting on all the July posts! I'm so proud of myself! I actually saw that rerun of “SNL” with Flip Wilson and Stevie Nicks a few years ago, when NBC was showing old episodes at 3 AM on Sunday mornings. Now they show poker instead. Good call! But the nice thing about those “SNL” reruns was that NBC chose to show a lot of episodes from the Eddie Murphy era, which you didn’t see often on Comedy Central or E! (supposedly because Lorne Michaels, who controls the reruns, still hates Dick Ebersol, who ran the show during the Murphy era), and now E! only seems to show the reruns that feature celebrities who are popular now. But to be honest, Murphy was the only good thing in most of those reruns I saw; the writing was pretty terrible in those days.

I’ve always loved “Our House” (although I prefer the single mix without the “whoa whoa’s”), and it’s not all bouncy fun — the saxophone hits some sad notes, and the singer mentions that the mother’s “the one they’re going to miss in lots of ways.” That’s not a line that hits you in grade school the way it does now. Wasn’t “It Must Be Love” in a Volkswagen commercial recently?

Thanks for the mention via Manu Dibango! I discovered that song through the twin “Crooklyn” soundtracks in the fall of ‘95. I still love that movie and those soundtracks.

Annie Lennox scared me a bit too, and “Sweet Dreams” and “Here Comes the Rain Again” have always felt “dark” to me. It wasn’t until “Would I Lie to You?” that I felt she was my friend, not my conqueror.

Scraps, good to see your name again! I was wondering where you’d gone. Maybe to New Jersey, which apparently has a kid-touching problem, although I didn’t see any on the final episodes of “The Sopranos.” (I’m just kidding — I still haven’t seen those episodes.)

I saw Eddy Grant’s appearance on one of those late-night “SNL” reruns too. NBC’s programmer was really digging the fall of ‘83, I guess. But Grant’s performance was memorable; I even recorded some of it onto a cassette connected to my VCR. He started out with a slow reggae number, then launched into a double-time version of “Electric Avenue.” It’s a song that’s stood the test of time. Fun and catchy but also menacing, even without the death stare in the video. I also nominate Grant’s “Romancing the Stone” (which wasn’t featured in the movie it was written for — strike one, Robert Zemeckis!) as one of the best songs of the ’80s. There’s a part in the middle of that song where the guitar goes nuts, and I always like when songs threaten to go off the rails.

I hated “Every Breath You Take” when I was growing up. Well, not “hated,” but I thought the Police had better songs. I still do, but seven years ago I realized “Every Breath You Take” really is a great song. Not exactly fun like “Electric Avenue,” but definitely menacing, as we all know.

WOO-HOO! I’m finally caught up reading and commenting on all the July posts! I’m so proud of myself!

]]> By: Jason http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-15794 Jason Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:18:29 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-15794 Comments like these are why I continue to write these posts.  I've effectively ruined your Saturday.  Awesome! Comments like these are why I continue to write these posts.  I’ve effectively ruined your Saturday.  Awesome!

]]> By: Py Korry http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-15790 Py Korry Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:13:22 +0000 http://jasonhare.com/2007/07/27/chart-attack-42/#comment-15790 Actually, I have to amend the bass player comment because I just re-watched it the video -- which I can't stop watching for some reason. It looks like he's maybe a rhythm guitarist who DOES play the tambourine. It's just after "The Douche-Bag Dance" he was probably so embarrassed by what just happened on stage, that he had no idea what to do and was stunned into inactivity for a brief period. Plus, Stevie forgot parts of the song, which messed up the background singers toward the end. Jesus, I've got to pull myself away from this. DAMN YOU JASON! Actually, I have to amend the bass player comment because I just re-watched it the video — which I can’t stop watching for some reason.

It looks like he’s maybe a rhythm guitarist who DOES play the tambourine. It’s just after “The Douche-Bag Dance” he was probably so embarrassed by what just happened on stage, that he had no idea what to do and was stunned into inactivity for a brief period.

Plus, Stevie forgot parts of the song, which messed up the background singers toward the end.

Jesus, I’ve got to pull myself away from this. DAMN YOU JASON!

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