80s0n8 Big 40 Countdown Schedule

CORRECT ORDER

Blondie "Call Me" #64
Lipps Inc "Funkytown" #39
Paul McCartney "Coming Up" #6
Billy Joel "It's Still Rock" #1
ONJ "Magic" #2
Christopher Cross "Sailing" #17
Diana Ross "Upside Down" #71

green: my candidates
white: on my list and the hot 100
brown: on the hot 100 but missing from my list

For the first time in several weeks, I am the sole winner. I went with "Still Rock" - the other two went with "Coming Up" and "Magic"
 
sadchild said:
Songs that will never reach the top 40
#42 Queen "Play The Game"
#72 Pat Benatar "You'd Better Run"
#81 Kingbees "My Mistake"
#87 Ted Nugent "Wango Tango"
#88 J Geils Band "Just Can't Wait"
#98 Cheap Trick "Everything Works If You Let It"
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This week's surprises. All got plenty of airplay in Regina, SK.
 
17 for 1980

(20) 39. FUNKYTOWN - LIPPS INC. **
(41) 38. TULSA TIME / COCAINE - ERIC CLAPTON AND HIS BAND
(48) 33. BOULEVARD - JACKSON BROWNE
(32) 32. WALKS LIKE A LADY - JOURNEY
(42) 31. FAME - IRENE CARA
(16) 29. I'M ALIVE - ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
(31) 26. JOJO - BOZ SCAGGS
(25) 23. LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR - PETE TOWNSHEND
(24) 22. MISUNDERSTANDING - GENESIS
(21) 19. ALL NIGHT LONG - JOE WALSH
(19) 18. GIMME SOME LOVIN' - BLUES BROTHERS
(23) 17. SAILING - CHRISTOPHER CROSS *
( 8) 10. THE ROSE - BETTE MIDLER
( 2) 6. COMING UP (LIVE AT GLASGOW) - PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS *
( 3) 3. LITTLE JEANNIE - ELTON JOHN
( 7) 2. MAGIC - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN *
( 1) 1. IT'S STILL ROCK & ROLL TO ME - BILLY JOEL *

Notes:

(39) 37. ALL OUT OF LOVE - AIR SUPPLY - All Out of Fluff
(17) 11. EMOTIONAL RESCUE - ROLLING STONES - Maybe the worst Stones song, tied with Miss You and Waiting on a Friend.
( 6) 7. STEAL AWAY - ROBBIE DUPREE - "Why don't we steal this song (from the Doobies)?"
 
Waiting on a Friend is in my Top 5 Stones songs of all time (Can't You Hear Me Knockin', Gimme Shelter, Street Fightin' Man, Waiting On a Friend, Sympathy for the Devil, in that order). It IS one of the least Stones like songs in their entire catalog (For the record, I concur on Emotional Rescue, it's crap!).
 
Jon said:
Waiting on a Friend is in my Top 5 Stones songs of all time (Can't You Hear Me Knockin', Gimme Shelter, Street Fightin' Man, Waiting On a Friend, Sympathy for the Devil, in that order). It IS one of the least Stones like songs in their entire catalog (For the record, I concur on Emotional Rescue, it's crap!).
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I like a whole lot of Stones songs, but Waiting on a Friend is an aimless, wandering, tango-ballad that doesn't offer any strong melody lines. I do like some of your other favorites, and we agree on Emotional Rescue; so there's that.

sadchild said:
Miss You is a 4 star song for me, but Friend is 5-star and on my 333 list. That solo at the end alone should disqualify it from being one of their worse, wouldntcha think?
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Haha, Waiting on a Friend is 5-star, but Barracuda is zero, right? And when did you start rating sax solos? Besides, it's just some noodling-around, or what could be called "vamping". It's not notable in the least, other than indicating that the song's about to blissfully fade-out.
 
My Rolling Stones top 13 (all **** except where noted):
1. Start Me Up *****
2. You Can’t Always Get What You Want *****
3. Miss You
4. Emotional Rescue
5. She’s So Cold
6,. Beast of Burden
7. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
8. It’s Only Rock’n’Roll But I Like It
9. Sympathy For The Devil
10. Let’s Spend The Night Together
11. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
12. Brown Sugar
13. Waiting On A Friend
 
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scotchandcigar said:
Waiting on a Friend is 5-star, but Barracuda is zero, right?
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FUCKIN-A YES!!! ALL DAY!!!
scotchandcigar said:
And when did you start rating sax solos?
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I actually did list my favorite sax solos somewhere. Guess it wasn't here? "On The Dark Side" is a great one. So is "Bad To The Bone".
scotchandcigar said:
Besides, it's just some noodling-around, or what could be called "vamping". It's not notable in the least, other than indicating that the song's about to blissfully fade-out.
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This sax solo, whether it's vamping or not, is great IMO. I love it.
 
I was going to say that at least we all agree Emotional Rescue is shite, but then IRBS has it on his list. Good thing we're not planning any road trips together.
 
HIGH FIVE

1. Waiting On A Friend
2. Start Me Up
3. Let's Spend The Night Together
4. Honky Tonk Women
5. Out Of Tears
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I imagine everyone rolls their eyes at "Out Of Tears" but hey I dig it. And at least Mick can't dance like a fuggin' goofball to it.
 
My list (I seem to have more songs than the rest of you)

Top tier
Gimme Shelter
Sympathy for the Devil
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Honky Tonk Women
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Angie
Ruby Tuesday
Street Fighting Man
Brown Sugar
Shattered
Undercover of the Night
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
Bitch
*Can't You Hear Me Knocking - missed it, then I saw Jon's list

2nd tier
Start Me Up
Midnight Rambler
Paint it, Black
She's a Rainbow
Let's Spend the Night Together
Tumbling Dice
Monkey Man
Wild Horses
Get Off of My Cloud
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)
Harlem Shuffle
Little T & A
 
The Worst, with Keith Richards singing lead, is one of the worst – no pun intended – Rolling Stones songs. It's from their 1994 Voodoo Lounge album.



In a 2024 Reddit poll, Back To Zero from the 1986 Dirty Work album was voted as the worst Rolling Stones song. The music isn't bad – but the lyrics are bad: "It′s a monkey living on my back. I can feel my spine begin to crack. I think I′ll head back to the jungle, all right. Don′t want to see no big bad rumble, too fright. I prefer to rot. I don't want to pop." Oy vey!

 
My Rolling Stones collection

Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.mp3
Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar.mp3
Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter.mp3
Rolling Stones - Happy.mp3
Rolling Stones - Out of Tears.mp3
Rolling Stones - Paint it Black.mp3
Rolling Stones - Rock And A Hard Place.mp3
Rolling Stones - Start Me Up.mp3
Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil.mp3
Rolling Stones - Undercover Of The Night.mp3
Rolling Stones - Waiting On A Friend.mp3
Rolling Stones - Wild Horses.mp3

I need to add these two

3. Let's Spend The Night Together
4. Honky Tonk Women
 
JUL/AUG 86

EARLIER
Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls"
Madonna "Live To Tell"
Robert Palmer "Addicted To Love"
Patti/Michael "On My Own"

Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer"
Genesis "Invisible Touch"

LATER
Steve Winwood "Higher Love"
Bananarama "Venus"
Berlin "Take My Breath Away"
Human League "Human"
 
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