80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

Jon said:
Our generation's R. Kelly.
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He had a bad drug habit to boot. It's a shame because he was a fantastic musician.

One thing he wasn't good at was acting. The beginning of his video for "Glow" is so awful it's hilarious.

 
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The 10 songs below the 100 from 8/25/1984:

Bubbling Under The Hot 100

#101 Commuter "Young Hearts" (peaked at this position)
#102 Art of Noise "Close (To The Edit)" (peaked at this position)
#103 Lillo "Your Love's Got A Hold On Me" (peaked at #102, #11 R&B)
#104 Southside Johnny & The Jukes "New Romeo" (peaked at #103)
#105 Lakeside "Outrageous" (peaked at #101, #7 R&B, #42 Dance)
#106 The Brothers Johnson "You Keep Me Coming Back" (peaked at #102, #12 R&B)
#107 J.D. Souther "Go Ahead and Rain" (peaked at #104)
#108 Kashif "Baby Don't Break Your Baby's Heart" (peaked at #108, #6 R&B)
#109 The Time "Ice Cream Castles" (peaked at #106, #11 R&B)
#110 Howard Jones "Pearl In The Shell" (peaked at #108, #7 UK)

Comments:
  • None of the songs bubbling entered the 100.
  • "Young Hearts" was on The Karate Kid soundtrack.
  • The video for "Close (To The Edit)" was played quite a bit.
  • Lillo's full name (Lillo Thomas) appeared on his single.

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seasalt43 said:
I was wondering what other "17" songs are out there and these two immediately came to mind.
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Let's go below 17?

16

Ringo Starr "You're Sixteen"
You're all ribbons and curls
Ooh, what a girl
Eyes that sparkle and shine
You're sixteen, you're beautiful and you're mine

15

Depeche Mode "A Question Of Time"
I've got to get to you first, before they do
...
Well, now you're only fifteen, and you look good
..
I can see them now, hanging around
To mess you up, to strip you down
And have their fun with my little one

14

Donovan "Mellow Yellow"
I'm just mad about fourteen
Fourteen's mad about me

13

Mothers Of Invention (Zappa) "Brown Shoes Don't Make It"
You see in the back of the City Hall mind
The dream of a girl about thirteen
Off with her clothes and into a bed
Where she tickles his fancy all night long
His wife's attending an orchid show
She squealed for a week to get him to go
But back in the bed his teenage queen
Is rocking and rolling and acting obscene

12

Sublime "Wrong Way"
Annie's twelve years old, in two more, she'll be a whore
Nobody ever told her it's the wrong way
...
A cigarette pressed between her lips
But I'm staring at her tits, it's the wrong way
Strong if I can, but I am only a man
So I take her to the can, it's the wrong way
...
We talk all night, tried to make it right
Believe me, shit was tight, it was the wrong way

Let's hope no songs have gone earlier than this, it's already disgusting.

seasalt43 said:
#102 Art of Noise "Close (To The Edit)" (peaked at this position)
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Great song!
 
seasalt43 said:
These lyrics were particularly bad:

This young girl, this sweet thing, I just can't wait
No, I mustn't do this, she's almost jailbait!

Sorry Rick, 17 is jailbait....

I was wondering what other "17" songs are out there and these two immediately came to mind.



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Ideally that Stray Cats song was written from the perspective of a high schooler, which makes it a little less bad. You can add Sublime 'Wrong Way' to the list of songs that really didn't....ahem....age well!
 
Led Zeppelin
"The Ocean"
"Now I'm singing all my songs to the girl who won my heart
She is only three years old and it's a real fine way to start"

Thankfully he's referring to his daughter.
 
Aaron said:
Led Zeppelin
"The Ocean"
"Now I'm singing all my songs to the girl who won my heart
She is only three years old and it's a real fine way to start"

Thankfully he's referring to his daughter.
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A friend of mine and I had a discussion on "Sweet Child of Mine". He maintained (I think clearly incorrectly) that this was a guy singing to an underage girl. I maintained it was a song to his daughter.
 
Sweet Child is another inspiration vs meaning situation

Inspiration: Axl dating Erin Everly
Meaning: Father/daughter

Kinda like VH "Jump"

Inspiration: DLR sees a guy about to commit suicide atop a building
Meaning: I'm a random dude that you should hook up with
 
What I got I'm gonna donate to your mama
What I got I'm gonna donate to your papa
What I got I'm gonna donate to your daughter
You do a little dance and then you drink a little water
What I got I'm gonna donate put it in you
What I got I'm gonna donate put it in you
What I got I'm gonna donate put it in you
Feelin' good, my brother gonna hug me, drinkin' my juice, young love chug-a-lug me

That's quite the charity.....
 
Here's another creepy song reference to a 14 year old girl:

Well, I can tell a story about my morning
Watching Boy Meets World and jerking off to Topanga Lawrence
Like the 14 year old Topanga

-Lil Dicky (featuring Snoop) "Professional Rapper"
 
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Feel like I'm missing one near the top and one near the bottom

EARLIER
ONJ "Physical"
Hall & Oates "I Can't Go For That"
J Geils Band "Centerfold"
Joan Jett "I Love Rock & Roll"
Vangelis "Chariots Of Fire"
Stevie/Paul "Ebony & Ivory"
Human League "Don't You Want Me"
Survivor "Eye Of The Tiger"

John Cougar "Jack And Diane"
Steve Miller "Abracadabra"
Chicago "Hard To Say I'm Sorry"

LATER
Joe/Jennifer "Up Where We Belong"
Men At Work "Who Can It Be Now"
Toni Basil "Mickey"
Lionel Richie "Truly"
 
HecticArt said:
I'm guessing the 1st one.
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This song was number one in October of 1982. My wife has always hated JCM but never knew exactly why. This song was #1 the week she lost her first baby and I think she subconciously transfered her hatred to the artist she heard most on the radio at the time. This is one song which I know when it was number 1 without ever having to look up again.
 
1982/09/04

* = current or future #1 song
** = former #1 song
red = debut

The bottom 60: debut songs and/or future or former #1 songs
(--) 90: I NEED YOU - PAUL CARRACK
(--) 89: CLOSE ENOUGH TO PERFECT - ALABAMA
(--) 85: TAKE THE L. - THE MOTELS
(--) 83: MICKEY - TONY BAZIL *
(--) 79: MACHINERY - SHEENA EASTON
(--) 77: ATHENA - THE WHO
(83) 70: UP WHERE WE BELONG - JOE COCKER AND JENNIFER WARNES *
(--) 69: GYPSY - FLEETWOOD MAC
(--) 67: HEART ATTACK - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

This week's drops:
(32) 87: DON'T YOU WANT ME - THE HUMAN LEAGUE **
(31) 86: TAINTED LOVE - SOFT CELL
(27) 68: LET IT WHIP - DAZZ BAND

The top 40:
(40) 40: LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY - PAUL DAVIS
(44) 39: GLORIA - LAURA BRANIGAN
(38) 38: LET ME GO - RAY PARKER JR.
(43) 37: I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) - A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS
(36) 36: SOMEDAY, SOMEWAY - MARSHALL CRENSHAW
(39) 35: NEVER BEEN IN LOVE - RANDY MEISNER
(41) 34: VALLEY GIRL - FRANK ZAPPA
(21) 33: OUT OF WORK - GARY U.S. BONDS
(37) 32: DO YOU WANNA TOUCH ME (OH YEAH) - JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
(35) 31: WHAT'S FOREVER FOR - MICHAEL MURPHY
(34) 30: HOLD ON - SANTANA
(20) 29: ROSANNA - TOTO
(33) 28: I KEEP FORGETTIN' - MICHAEL McDONALD
(30) 27: LET ME TICKLE YOUR FANCY - JERMAINE JACKSON
(28) 26: HOT IN THE CITY - BILLY IDOL
(26) 25: KIDS IN AMERICA - KIM WILDE
(29) 24: SOMEBODY'S BABY - JACKSON BROWNE
(26) 23: BLUE EYES - ELTON JOHN
(22) 22: AND I AM TELLING YOU I'M NOT GOING - JENNIFER HOLIDAY
(24) 21: ONLY TIME WILL TELL - ASIA
(23) 20: YOU CAN DO MAGIC - AMERICA
(19) 19: ONLY THE LONELY - THE MOTELS
( 7) 18: KEEP THE FIRE BURNIN' - REO SPEEDWAGON
(17) 17: THINK I'M IN LOVE - EDDIE MONEY
(16) 16: AMERICAN MUSIC - POINTER SISTERS
(18) 15: WHO CAN IT BE NOW? - MEN AT WORK *
(15) 14: EYE IN THE SKY - ALAN PARSONS PROJECT
(13) 13: LOVE WILL TURN YOU AROUND - KENNY ROGERS
(12) 12: LOVE IS IN CONTROL - DONNA SUMMER
(14) 11: JACK & DIANE - JOHN COUGAR *
(10) 10: TAKE IT AWAY - PAUL McCARTNEY
( 9) 9: WASTED ON THE WAY - CROSBY, STILLS, & NASH
( 8) 8: VACATION - THE GO-GO'S
( 2) 7: HURTS SO GOOD - JOHN COUGAR
(11) 6: YOU SHOULD HEAR HOW SHE TALKS ABOUT YOU - MELISSA MANCHESTER
( 6) 5: EVEN THE NIGHTS ARE BETTER - AIR SUPPLY
( 4) 4: HOLD ME - FLEETWOOD MAC
( 5) 3: HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY - CHICAGO *
( 1) 2: EYE OF THE TIGER - SURVIVOR **
( 3) 1: ABRACADABRA - STEVE MILLER BAND *
 
27 good.

They have done the next week's chart before (09/11).

We enjoy a #40 peak this week. This song entered the chart at #40 last week and could do nothing more than hold that #40 this week. Gone next week.
 
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