Top 25 Songs of 1984
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- Here are Joe and Jason's 25 best (or favorite) songs from our 1984 deep dive. Are these the best? They would say yes. You might say no. But these are the 25 that they picked after listening to hundreds of albums from 1984.
What are your top 25? Probably see some REM, Smiths, Prince, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Judas Priest, The Replacements... the usuals. How deep did you dive? Leave your list of 25 best songs in the comments.
Thanks for watching!
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🏆 Song of the Year: Forever Young, Alphaville
2. How Soon is Now? The Smiths
3. Bad, U2
4. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want, The Smiths
5. The Killing Moon, Echo & The Bunnymen
6. It’s My Life, Talk Talk
7. If You Were Here, Thomson Twins
8. Ghost in You, Psychedelic Furs
9. Such a Shame, Talk Talk
10. Drive, The Cars
11. Jump, Van Halen
12. A Sort of Homecoming, U2
13. (Don’t Go Back to) Rockville, REM
14. Pride (In the Name of Love), U2
15. Magic, The Cars
16. Eat It, Weird Al Yankovic
17. Promenade, U2
18. Somebody, Depeche Mode
19. What Difference Does it Make?, The Smiths
20. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, The Smiths
21. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry), REM
22. You Might Think, The Cars
23. Ghostbuster, Ray Parker Jr
24. Can’t Fight This Feeling, REO Speedwagon
25. Eyes Without a Face, Billy Idol
Top-5 Albums:
The Unforgettable Fire
The Smiths
Heartbeat City
Into the Gap
It’s My Life
Thanks for 1984, TLM. Great picks all around (and surprises too)......here's my list
1 Van Halen - Panama
2 UB40 - The Pillow
3 The Smiths - Heaven Know I'm Miserable Now
4 Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth
5 Echo & the Bunnymen - Silver
6 Tones On Tail - Performance
7 Steel Pulse - Steppin' Out
8 Dennis Edwards, Siedah Garrett - Don't Look Any Further
9 The Cure - Birdmad Girl
10 This Mortal Coil - Kangaroo
11 The Special(s) AKA - Break Down The Door
12 Anthrax - Metal Thrashing Mad
13 Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit)
14 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Swimming Horses
15 Judas Priest - Jawbreaker
16 Depeche Mode - Lie To Me
17 The Sound - Golden Soldiers
18 The Pretenders - Show Me
19 Whodini - Five Minutes of Funk
20 Lou Reed - New Sensations
21 Sheila E. - The Belle Of St. Mark
22 Everything But The Girl - Mine
23 Aztec Camera - All I Need Is Everything
24 General Public - Hot You're Cool
25 Psychedelic furs - Highwire Days
1.When Doves Cry - Prince
2. The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
3.How Soon is Now - The Smiths
4. Purple Rain -Prince
5.Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
6. The Ghost in You- The Psychedelic Furs
7. Your Love is King- Sade
8. So. Central Rain - R.E.M.
9.Drive - The Cars
10.Pride - U2
11. Smooth Operator -Sade
12.Take me with U - Prince
13. You´re the Best Thing - The Style Council
14. Frost and Fire - Everything but the Girl
15. Heartbeat City - The Cars
16. Pandora - Cocteau Twins
17.Bachelor Kisses - The Go-betweens
18. Cue Fanfare - Prefab Sprout
19.Please... let me get what I want - The Smiths
20. Let´s Go Crazy -Prince
21. Dancing in the Dark-Bruce Springsteen
22.Tinseltown in the Rain - The Blue Nile
23.Something on my Mind -The Pale Fountains
24.Show me - The Pretenders
25.Are you ready to be heartbroken? - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
1. Echo and the Bunnymen, “The Killing Moon”
2. The Kinks, “Living on a Thin Line”
3. Television Personalities, “A Life of Her Own”
4. Billy Bragg, “It Says Here”
5. Roger Waters, “Sexual Revolution”
6. Leonard Cohen, “If It Be Your Will”
7. Robyn Hitchcock, “Flavour of Night”
8. Robyn Hitchcock, “Cathedral”
9. This Kind of Punishment, “Just Another Funeral”
10. Dalis Car, “His Box”
11. David Kaufmann and Eric Caboor, “Kiss Another Day Goodbye”
12. Elvis Costello, “Peace in Our Time”
13. David Bowie, “Tonight”
14. The Smiths, “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now”
15. Violent Femmes, “I Know It’s True but I’m Sorry to Say”
16. The Only Ones, “Flowers Die”
17. Television Personalities, “Mentioned in Dispatches”
18. Penguin City Orchestra, “Music for a Found Harmonium”
My 12 year old self says:
1) Let's Go Crazy - Prince
2) No More Lonely Nights - Paul McCartney
3) Head Over Heels - Go-Go's
4) Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung
5) Sister Christian - Night Ranger
6) Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
7) Nobody Told Me - John Lennon
8) Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
9) Valotte - Julian Lennon
10) The Reflex - Duran Duran (single released in 84)
Overly Melodramatic / Less Mature version of Me says:
1) Against All Odds - Phil Collins
2) The Boys Of Summer - Don Henley
3) Heaven - Bryan Adams (single in 85, but Reckless released in 84)
4) Don't Answer Me - Alan Parsons Project
5) Forever Young - Alphaville
6) If You Were Here - Thompson Twins (first heard in 16 Candles movie)
7) The Search Is Over - Survivor (single released in 85)
8) Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart
9) Obsession - Animotion
10) Drive - The Cars
Must Conform To My Brother's Music (but still enjoying it) Me says:
1) Panama - Van Halen
2) Hot For Teacher - Van Halen
3) Aces High - Iron Maiden
4) Jump - Van Halen
5) Fade To Black - Metallica
6) For Whom The Bell Tolls - Metallica
7) The Price - Twisted Sister
8) Round And Round - Ratt
9) Two Minutes To Midnight - Iron Maiden
10) I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
High School Me (several years later) would like to add:
1) So. Central Rain - REM
2) Don't Go Back To Rockville - REM
3) Distant Early Warning - Rush
4) Bad - U2
5) A Sort of Homecoming - U2
6) The Body Electric - Rush
7) The Unforgettable Fire - U2
8) Between The Wheels - Rush
9) Red Sector A - Rush
10) Wire - U2
College Me would like to chime in:
1) How Soon Is Now? - the Smiths
2) The Ghost In You - Psychadelic Furs
3) Never Talking To You Again - Husker Du
4) Chartered Trips - Husker Du
5) What Difference Does It Make - the Smiths
6) Letter Never Sent - REM
7) I Will Dare - The Replacements
8) I Would Die 4 U - Prince
9) Camera - REM
10) Something I Learned Today - Husker Du
Others:
Jam On It - Newcleus
I'm Goin' Down - Bruce Springsteen
Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen
Got A Hold On Me - Christine McVie
Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurhythmics
We Belong - Pat Benatar
One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head
Baby I'm A Star - Prince
When Doves Cry - Prince
Computer Blue - Prince
Stonehenge - Spinal Tap
Big Bottom - Spinal Tap
Listen To The Flower People - Spinal Tap
Material Girl - Madonna ('85 single, but album released in '84)
Much Too Late For Goodbyes - Julian Lennon
Say You're Wrong - Julian Lennon
Let's Hear It For The Boy - Deniece Williams
that should do it...
great to see perfect strangers[my #1 ] and head over heels [my #7 ] so high
further down i have rem camera on my list and u2 bad and some of your heavier picks
Was your brother Johnny Lawrence? 😂
@@scottanthonyweidner8692 Johnny rules!
Simply love how you did lists for the different versions of yourself 👍👏Brilliant 😀✌️
25. When Doves Cry-Prince
24.Chartered Trips-Husker Du
23.Run Run Away-Slade
22.Downbound Train- Bruce Springsteen
21.Lay of the Land-The Fall
20.Round and Round-Ratt
19.Let’s Go Crazy-Prince
18.Turn on the News-Husker Du
17.Waters Part-Let’s Active
16.Perfect Strangers-Deep Purple
15.Sunspots-Julian Cope
14.Panama-Van Halen
13.Jesus and Tequila-Minutemen
12.Reynard the Fox-Julian Cope
11.Slang King-The Fall
10.Five Miles of You-Tom Verlaine
09.I Will Dare-The Replacements
08. 7 Chinese Bros-REM
07.Cold Shot-Stevie Ray Vaughan
06.Middle of the Road-The Pretenders
05.Lake of Fire-Meat Puppets
04.Bobby Jean-Bruce Springsteen
03.Wire-U2
02.Will the Wolf Survive?-Los Lobos
01.New Sensations-Lou Reed
1) Drive by The Cars
2) It's My Life by Talk Talk
3) The Unforgettable Fire by U2
4) Fade to Black by Metallica
5) The Ghost in You by The Psychedelic Furs
6) Bachelor Kisses by The Go-Betweens
7) When Doves Cry by Prince and the Revolution
8) How Soon Is Now? by The Smiths
9) Dazzle by Siouxsie and the Banshees
10) Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen
11) I Would Die 4 U by Prince and the Revolution
12) Unsatisfied by The Replacements
13) Erotic City by Prince and the Revolution
14) I'm on Fire by Bruce Springsteen
15) Out of Touch by Daryl Hall & John Oates
16) Harborcoat by R.E.M.
17) The Glamourous Life by Sheila E.
18) 17 Days by Prince and the Revolution
19) For Whom the Bell Tolls by Metallica
20) Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
21) Take Me with U by Prince and the Revolution featuring Apollonia
22) When Love Breaks Down by Prefab Sprout
23) Plateau by Meat Puppets
24) Cover Me by Bruce Springsteen
25) (Don't Go Back to) Rockville by R.E.M.
26) Head Over Heels by Go-Go's
27) Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat
28) A New England by Kirsty MacColl
29) Let's Go Crazy by Prince and the Revolution
30) Tinseltown in the Rain by The Blue Nile
31) William, It Was Really Nothing by The Smiths
32) The Killing Moon by Echo & The Bunnymen
33) Heartbeat City by The Cars
34) So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) by R.E.M.
35) The Beautiful Ones by Prince and the Revolution
36) Distant Early Warning by Rush
37) I Will Dare by The Replacements
38) 2 Minutes to Midnight by Iron Maiden
39) Kangaroo by This Mortal Coil
40) Special Girl by Eddie Schwartz
41) Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now by The Smiths
42) Purple Rain by Prince and the Revolution
43) Forest Fire by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
44) Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
45) Blasphemous Rumours by Depeche Mode
46) Reel Around the Fountain by The Smiths
47) Nobody Told Me by John Lennon
48) I Want You Back by Hoodoo Gurus
49) The Boys of Summer by Don Henley
50) Somebody by Depeche Mode
51) Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want by The Smiths
52) Since Yesterday by Strawberry Switchblade
53) Don't Answer Me by The Alan Parsons Project
54) Rock Box by Run-D.M.C.
55) Dress You Up by Madonna
56) Eighties by The Killing Joke
57) Valotte by Julian Lennon
58) To France by Mike Oldfield
59) Forever Young by Alphaville
60) Nothing Compares 2 U by Prince
61) What Difference Does It Make? by The Smiths
62) Pink Turns to Blue by Husker Du
63) Shout by Tears for Fears
64) Lake of Fire by Meat Puppets
65) Blue Jean by David Bowie
66) Nightshift by Commodores
67) Pink Frost by The Chills
68) Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen
69) Missing You by John Waite
70) Smooth Operator by Sade
71) Heaven by Bryan Adams
72) Track Three by Scott Walker
73) Like a Virgin by Madonna
74) Darling Nikki by Prince and the Revolution
75) Perfect Strangers by Deep Purple
76) Lonesome Tonight by New Order
77) Aces High by Iron Maiden
78) Pride (In the Name of Love) by U2
79) Show Me by The Pretenders
80) Self-Control by Laura Branigan
Cool to see I Want You Back, Valotte Rock Box and Nightshift
Time to get alone you should start a channel I can't believe you went 80 deep!! Incredible list. I'm going to listen to all 80 for fun
@@PatricksPlaybook Why thank you!
Pink Frost should have been on my list! Great New Order b-side choice as well!
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This is no easy task to complete. Flawed and all, here is my go at the best of 1984:
1. R.E.M. - So. Central Rain
2. Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
3. The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
4. The Replacements - Unsatisfied
5. Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire
6. Inxs - Original Sin
7. Prince - I Would Die For U
8. Van Halen - Jump
9. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
10. Talk Talk - It's My Life
11. Foreignor - I Want to Know What Love Is
12. The Psychedelic Furs - Here Come Cowboys
13. The Cure - The Caterpillar
14. The Human League - The Lebanon
15. Depeche Mode - People Are People
16. Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Perfect Skin
17. Metallica - Fade to Black
18. Public Image Ltd - This Is Not A Love Song
19. Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark - Tesla Girls
20. The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang
21. The Ramones - Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)
22. The Go Gos - Head Over Heels
23. The Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurrican
24. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
25. The Alarm - 68 Guns
Great job guys! Really enjoyed the album lists from you both, but these song lists were another step forward. Particular shout out to Canuck Joe for the Bruce Cockburn “Lovers in a Dangerous Time” reference (I know you don’t like them, but check out the cover of this by Barenaked Ladies; it’s great!). Need some more Smiths here, but great to mention Bowie, Jason, and God Only Knows…love it…as well as Elvis and Goodbye Cruel World, which is a strong album. 1984 was so strong…back in the day, we thought it was just another great year, but soon the well would begin to go dry, regretfully. Cheers, JPE
1. What Difference Does it Make -The Smiths
2. The Killing Moon -Echo and the Bunnymen
3. So Central Rain - R.E.M
4. Pink Frost - The Chills
5. Song to the Siren - This Mortal Coil
6. How Soon is Now - The Smiths
7. Don't go Back to Rockville - R.E.M
8. Handsome Devil - The Smiths (from Hatful of Hollow)
9. C.r.e.e.p - The Fall
10. It's My Life - Talk Talk
11. Seven Seas - Echo and the Bunnymen
12. No Bulbs - The Fall
13. Pretty Persuasion - R.E.M
14. White Lines - Grand Master Flash
15. The Unforgettable Fire - U2
16. Bachelor Kisses - The Go-Betweens
17. Eighties - Killing Joke
18. Heaven - Psychedelic Furs
19. Thieves Like Us - New Order
20. Hand in Glove - The Smiths
21. Love is a Wonderful Colour - The Icicle Works
22. Easter Parade - The Blue Nile
23. This is not a Love Song - P.I.L
24. Lorelei - Cocteau Twins
25. Hallowed Ground - The Violent Femmes
1) Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
2) Siouxsie & the Banshees - Dazzle
3) Echo & the Bunnymen - Seven Seas
4) U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)
5) Talk Talk - It's My Life
6) R.E.M. - Time after Time (annelise)
7) Echo & the Bunnymen - Silver
8) Prince - Purple Rain
9) The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
10) Judas Priest - Freewheel Burning
11) New Order - Thieves Like Us
12) Cocteau Twins - Lorelei
13) R.E.M. - so. Central Rain
14) The Replacements - Unsatisfied
15) The Smiths - How Soon is Now
16) U2 - A Sort of Homecoming
17) The Go-Go's - Head over Heels
18) The Psychedelic Furs - Heartbeat
19) The Replacements - My Favorite Thing
20) The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing
21) Cocteau Twins - Pearly Dewdrops' Drops
22) Iron Maiden - Two Minutes to Midnight
23) Rush - The Body Electric
24) The Bangles - Hero Takes a Fall
25) Alphaville - Forever Young
Just a couple of small tweaks from my list from two years ago, with the biggest being that the top two swapped. As I said then, I would stack my top five from this year against nearly any other year in the history of pop/rock.
1. It's My Life - Talk Talk
2. Leave It - Yes
3. The Unforgettable Fire - U2
4. Tenderness - General Public
5. Let's Go Crazy - Prince and the Revolution
6. (Don't Go Back To) Rockville - REM
7. Be My Number Two - Joe Jackson
8. Middle of the Road - Pretenders
9. Drive - The Cars
10. Heaven - Psychedelic Furs
11. Smooth Operator - Sade
12. Better Be Good To Me - Tina Turner
13. Spiritwalker - The Cult
14. A Spy in the House of Love - the dbs
15. Lover Girl - Teena Marie
16. Bad - U2
17. So. Central Rain - REM
18. Time the Avenger - Pretenders
19. A Girl in Trouble - Romeo Void
20. How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
21. Here Comes the Rain Again - Eurythmics
22. If I Had a Rocket Launcher - Bruce Cockburn
23. I'll Wait - Van Halen
24. A Sort of Homecoming - U2
25. Let the Music Play - Shannon
(Also: Heaven - Eurogliders, Ghost in You - Psychedelic Furs, Waterfront - Simple Minds, Head Over Heels - GoGos, Dazzle - Siouxie and the Banshees, What's Love Got to Do With It - Tina Turner, New Girl Now - Honeymoon Suite, Shooting Shark - Blue Oyster Cult, I Feel for You - Chaka Khan, Sister Christian - Night Ranger, Panama - Van Halen, Pride (In the Name of Love) - U2, Pretty Persuasion - REM, Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kershaw, Magic - The Cars)
This is really due a refresh as I have listened to a mountain of 1984 albums in the last couple of years but this was my list from 2018.
25 Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good
24 Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
23 Ray Parker, Jr. - Ghostbusters
22 Tears For Fears - Shout
21 Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
20 Prince - When Doves Cry
19 Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
18 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In the Dark
17 Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
16 Laura Branigan - Self Control
15 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Out Of Touch
14 The Cars - Drive
13 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
12 Scandal, Patty Smyth - The Warrior
11 The Police - King Of Pain
10 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
9 Talk Talk - It's My Life
8 John Waite - Missing You
7 Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven
6 Pat Benatar - Love Is a Battlefield
5 Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is
4 The Blue Nile - Tinseltown In The Rain
3 Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down
2 Thompson Twins - Sister Of Mercy
1 China Crisis - Wishful Thinking
Great lists all in all. Like on the albums lists, I'm totally in line with Jason in the top realm here. Just introduced my best friend to your top 2, and he loved them - you surely produced two new Echo and Furs fans in us. I also love Joe's call for the Phil Collins track - it's easy to dismiss it as too cheesy or too mainstream, but I think from a musical standpoint it's just a fantastic song.
Great lists! I was happy to see The Ghost In You get some love.
1. (Don’t Go Back to Rockville) - REM
2. Purple Rain - Prince
3. Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretenders
4. The Killing Moon- Echo and the Bunnymen
5. The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
6. Panama -Van Halen
7. Drive - The Cars
8. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now - The Smiths
9. So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) - REM
10. Material Girl - Madonna
11. Sunset Grill - Don Henley
12. Magic- The Cars
13. How Soon is Now - The Smiths
14. God Only Knows- David Bowie (good call Jason, this is an awesome cover)
15. Fade to Black - Metallica
16. Head Over Heels - The Go-Go’s
17. Sad Songs Say So Much - Elton John
18. When Doves Cry - Prince
19. Summer of 69 -Bryan Adams
20. Caribbean Queen - Billy Ocean
21. Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-LA) - The Ramones
22. Lovers Moon - Glenn Frey
23. I Love You Suzanne - Lou Reed
24. Living on a Thin Line - The Kinks
25. Is This the World We Created..? - Queen
Awesome list! Love all these songs.
Both great lists. Great variety. 1984 was so stacked. Hard to whittle down to only a handful of favorites. Also want to add 1983-1987 was just an insanely good 5 year period.
U2 - Sort of Homecoming
The Smiths - How Soon is Now
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes to Midnight
Duran Duran - New Moon on Monday
George Strait - Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind
Van Halen - Jump
The Police - Wrapped Around Your Finger
Madonna - Borderline
Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days
Eurythmics - Hear Comes the Rain Again
Cindy Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Pointer Sisters - Automatic
Rush - Kid Gloves
The Cars - Drive
Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You
Huey Lewis and the News - I Want a New Drug
Hall and Oates - Say It Ain't So (Chart Peak)
Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
Nice go guys, loved that Thompson twins song back in my pre teen days, still remember reading the lyrics from my Smash hits mag!
My Guilty Pleasure of 1984 was Self Control by Laura Branigan which also has an excellent video by my favorite film 🎥 Director William Friedkin. Catchy tune 👌
It is a crazy song/video
1/ Don't Answer Me- The Alan Parsons Project
2/ Angel- Madonna
3/ Take Me With U- Prince & the Revolution & Apollonia
4/ You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)- Joe Jackson
5/ Sugar Walls- Sheena Easton
6/ 2000 Miles- The Pretenders
7/ I'm On Fire- Bruce Springsteen
8/ Out of Touch- Daryl Hall and John Oates
9/ Howling at the Moon (Sha-La-La)- Ramones
10/ Sex Shooter- Apollonia 6
11/ Heartbeat City- The Cars
12/Run Runaway- Slade
13/ Only the Young- Scandal
14/ Go Insane- Lindsey Buckingham
15/ Head Over Heels- The Go-Go's
16/ Stir It Up- Patti LaBelle
17/ Ain't Gonna Cry- Bryan Adams
18/ Oh Sherrie- Steve Perry
19/ My Drawers- The Time
20/ Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want- The Smiths
21/ When October Goes- Barry Manilow
22/ Sunset Grill- Don Henley
23/ Midnight Star- "Weird Al" Yankovic
24/ Nobody Told Me- John Lennon
25/ Along Comes a Woman- Chicago
Cool to see don't answer me no1...for a personal reason this song echoed in me two years ago...I heard it like never before and I thought what a great...timeless song...with depth and majesty
Favorites:
1. Van Halen - I'll Wait
2. Prince - I Would Die For You
3. Queen - It's a Hard Life
4. Dokken - Alone Again
5. Van Halen - Hot for Teacher
6. Prince - When Doves Cry
7. Bananarama - Rough Justice/Cruel Summer
8. Bryan Adams - One Night Love Affair
9. The Smiths - Reel Around the Fountain
10. Tina Turner - Show Some Respect
11. Queen - Man on the Prowl
12. Deep Purple - Deep Strangers
13. Elvis Costello - The Only Flame in Town
14. Bruce Springsteen - Downbound Train
15. Prince - Purple Rain
Here's my attempt at a top 20 - I probably have a more mainstream taste than most, at least when it comes to the 80s when music I liked was actually popular!
1. Jean Michel Jarre - Ethnicolor
2. Shannon - Give Me Tonight
3. Talk Talk - It's My Life
4. Wham! - Everything She Wants
5. Jacksons - Torture
6. Laura Branigan - Self Control
7. Phil Collins - Against All Odds
8. Linnet/Salomonsen - Misbrugt og Forladt
9. George Michael - Careless Whisper
10. Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is
11. The Cars - Drive
12. U2 - Pride
13. Prince - When Doves Cry
14. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
15. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
16. Jim Diamond - Should Have Known Better
17. Depeche Mode - Master And Servant
18. Bryan Adams - Heaven
19. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me
20. Modern Talking - You're My Heart You're My Soul
Very good lists. Joe placing 4 Purple Rain songs in the top 10 backs up his complete love of Prince's album. Jason is similar with his inclusion of The Cars and The Psychedelic Furs. However, it seemed to me that both of you guys gushed the most for "How Soon is Now". Your comments about the song are spot on and as someone who was in his early 20's when the song came out, I can confirm that the song was a master-class composition that stood above everything else in The Smiths' catalog as well as almost anything else released that year.
As far as what was missed, I would have included R.E.M.'s "7 Chinese Bros." & "So. Central Rain". "Bad" by U2, "Downbound Train" by Springsteen and my favorite song of all-time: "The Boys of Summer" by Don Henley.
1 Creeping Death -Metallica 2 Knocking at Your Back Door -Deep Purple 3 A Sort of Homecoming -U2 4 2 Minutes to Midnight -Iron Maiden 5 The Enemy Within -Rush 6 So. Central Rain -R.E.M. 7 Black City -Voivod 8 Couldn't Stand the Weather -Stevie Ray Vaughn 9 [My Favorite] Nightmare -Metal Church 10 Lake of Fire -Meat Puppets 11 Girl Gone Bad -Van Halen 12 Love Bites -Judas Priest
Nothing like being late to the party...!
The Killing Moon - Echo & the Bunnymen (has always been my favourite song from '84)
....and in no particular order:
Such a Shame - Talk Talk
How Soon is Now - The Smiths
Purple Rain - Prince
Drive - The Cars
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - The Smiths
Love Is A Wonderful Colour - Icicle Works
Don't Tell Me - Blancmange
Shout - Tears for Fears
Heaven - Psychedelic Furs
Perfect Skin - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
White Lines (Don't Do It) - Grandmaster Flash
Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
A Sort of Homecoming - U2
It's My Life - Talk Talk
2000 Miles - The Pretenders
When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout
When Doves Cry - Prince
Birds Fly - Icicle Works
Feels Like Heaven - Fiction Factory
Wonderland - Big Country
Up On The Catwalk - Simple Minds
The Ghost In You - Psychedelic Furs
Thieves Like Us - New Order
Cheers!
Great lists both of you... If I side a bit towards Joe's list, you're about to see why.
My top 25 Songs of 1984
25) "Obsession" - Animotion
24) "Round and Round" - Ratt
23) "Am I Evil?" - Metallica
22) "Burn in Hell" - Twisted Sister
21) "It's My Life" - Talk Talk
20) "I'll Wait" - Van Halen
19) "Missing You" - John Waite
18) "The Boys Of Summer" - Don Henley
17) "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) - Phil Collins
16) "Go Insane" - Lindsey Buckingham
15) "Had A Dream (Sleeping With The Enemy)" - Roger Hodgson
14) "Self Control" - Laura Branigan
13) "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" - U2
12) "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" - Iron Maiden
11) "For Whom The Bell Tolls" - Metallica
10) "Panama" - Van Halen
9) "The Warrior" - Scandal f/ Patty Smyth
8) "Let's Go Crazy" - Prince
7) "Still Loving You" - Scorpions
6) "Purple Rain" - Prince
5) "Careless Whisper" - Wham! f/George Michael
4) "Creeping Death" - Metallica
3) "Out of Touch" - Daryl Hall & John Oates
2) "Drive" - The Cars
1) "When Doves Cry" - Prince
Animotion, I forgot about them. Good list!
Jason: “Hold Me Now” is a solid track
Pleasantly surprised to see it included
It is a very “Eighties sounding “ track
But solidly written and arranged
With a very straightforward chorus on repeat
And some somewhat clever and philosophically pragmatic lyrics 🙂✌️
I like “Doctor, Doctor”, too
They were pretty solid on their follow up album with singles
“Lay your hands” and “King for a Day”
(As well as earlier hits (at least in the UK) “Love on Your side”, “Lies” and “We Are Detective”
But they weren’t taken seriously as an album artist (nor am I saying they should have been:)
Thus when they started not scoring big hits they were fairly soon forgotten 🤷♂️
And the next album’s lead single was “Get that Love” which either didn’t find its audience or who’s audience didn’t really any longer exist 🤔
Best song title of 1984, Killed By Death - Motorhead. Best song for me would have to be Unforgettable Fire - U2, closely followed by Between The Wheels - Rush and Waterfront - Simple Minds.
Top 25 Songs of 1984
1. Daniel Johnston - True Love Will Find You In The End
2. The Special AKA - Nelson Mandela
3. Madness - Michael Caine
4. Nena - 99 Luftballons
5. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
6. Prince - When Doves Cry
7. Hüsker Dü - Pink Turns To Blue
8. The Replacements - Unsatisfied
9. Sade - Smooth Operator
10. Bruce Cockburn - If I Had A Rocket Launcher
11. R.E.M. - So. Central Rain
12. Meat Puppets - Lake of Fire
13. Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes To Midnight
14. Depeche Mode - Somebody
15. Violent Femmes - I Hear The Rain
16. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
17. Minutemen - History Lesson Part 2
18. Leonard Cohen - Dance Me To The End of Love
19. U2 - Bad
20. Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost In You
21. Cocteau Twins - Pandora (for Cindy)
22. Run-D.M.C. - Rock Box
23. John Prine - People Puttin’ People Down
24. Ramones - Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)
25. George Michael/Wham - Careless Whisper
Good lists all around, liked 23/25 of Jason's and 22/25 of Joe's. Once I heard "I'll wait", while working on albums of '84, it went straight to number 1 on my list of songs and never got dethroned. Thrilled to see it in your top 5 Joe!
Whattaya know? My favorite song of 1984 (all the way back in '84 when I was a recent college graduate) was "The Ghost In You"! I could never understand how that tune wasn't a smash hit (#59 on the Hot 100 but, even MORE headscratching, only #68 in the UK). I am also totally with you, Jason, on the merits of "Skin Deep" (which I find to be quite mesmerizing).
My top two are among my favorite songs ever, When Doves Cry by Prince and Bad by U2. The rest, are in no particular order:.This next one is, I believe, the only song here not from an album I currently own or at least owned at one point: I'll Wait by Van Halen. Not a Van Halen fan, but for some reason I really dig this song. Also love Drop Dead Legs, but I couldn't put two Van Halen songs on my list, that would be wrong. The rest: Downbound Train by Bruce Springsteen, All You Pretty Girls by XTC, Swim by Tom Verlaine, Heartbeat City by the Cars, Time the Avenger by Pretenders, Heaven by Psychedelic Furs, Don't Go Back to Rockville by REM, I Was a Kamikaze Pilot by Hoodoo Gurus, You Can't Get What You Want by Joe Jackson, New Sensations by Lou Reed, Church Not Made With Hands by the Waterboys, For Whom the Bell Tolls by Metallica, Sleep by Midnight Oil, Do It Again by the Kinks, Oh, Me by the Meat Puppets, World Shut Your Mouth by Julian Cope, Darlington County by Springsteen, Alice's House by Psychedelic Furs, Kosciusko by Midnight Oil, Show Me by Pretenders, Down at the Arcade by Lou Reed and Take Me With You by Prince. I think that's 25, if not I'll throw in Pride In the Name of Love.
Great lists! A few songs that I enjoyed this year that were not mentioned. 1. Within These Walls by Difford and Tilbrook 2. They Don't Know by Tracey Ullman 3. Love's Crashing Waves by Difford and Tilbrook 4. That's All by Genesis 5. Cool Down by Triumph
That’s all is 83
I love that Jason has Bowie's cover of God only knows. I agree, great cover
1. Prince & The Revolution * Purple Rain / When Doves Cry *
2. This Mortal Coil * Another Day *
3. Thomas Dolby * I Scare Myself *
4. R. E. M. * Don't Go Back To Rockville *
5. Psychedelic Furs * Heaven / The Ghost In You *
6. The Smiths * What Difference Does It Make *
7. Echo & The Bunnymen * Killing Moon *
8. Pretenders * Back On The Chain Gang *
9. Thompson Twins * Hold Me Now *
10. Simple Minds * Waterfront / Street Hassle *
11. Stranglers * North Winds / No Mercy *
12. Meat Puppets * Plateau *
13. Blancmange * Blind Vision *
14. Cocteau Twins * Pandora *
15. Mike Oldfield * To France *
16. David Sylvian * Brilliant Trees / Ink In The Well *
17. Style Council * You're The Best Thing *
18. U2 * In The Name Of Love / Bad *
19. Leonard Cohen * Dance Me To The End Of Love *
20. Bruce Springsteen * Dancing In The Dark / I'm On Fire *
21. The Cars * Drive *
22. Alphaville * Forever Young / Big In Japan *
23. Art Of Noise * Moments In Love *
24. Sade * Smooth Operator *
25. Frankie Goes To Hollywood * Two Tribes / Relax *
Going to try and split the list between albums from my Best Of list and songs from albums I didn't love or, very likely, ones I forgot about until I checked other lists. 1. Jesus and Tequila-Minutemen
2. Killing Moon-Echo and the Bunnymen
3. Answering Machine-The Replacements
4.How Soon Is Now?-The Smiths
5. Song Of The Siren-This Mortal Coil
6. Sharkey's Day-Laurie Anderson
7. I Often Dream Of Trains-Robyn Hitchcock
8. Help You Ann-The Lyres
9. Camera-R.E.M.
10. Small Town Boy-Bronski Beat
11. Perfect Skin-Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
12. Going Down To Liverpool-The Bangles
13. Ghost In You-Psychedelic Furs
14. Pink Frost-The Chills
15. When Doves Cry-Prince
16. Tenderness Of Wolves-Coil
17. Daytime Dilemmas-The Ramones
18. All You Pretty Girls-XTC
19. This Is Not A Love Song-P.I.L.
20. How Will The Wolf Survive?-Los Lobos
21. Eight Miles High-Husker Du
22. Power Of Love-Frankie Goes To Hollywood
23. Flying On The Ground Is Wrong-Rainy Day
24. Back To Zero Now- Tommy Keene
25. Liked It Alot-Charlie Pickett
My (random) list inc album tracks and b-sides:
A Certain Ratio - Brazilia
New Order - Thieves like us
Mary Jane Girls - In my house
Bronski beat - Smalltown boy
The cult - spiritwakker
Talk talk - Its a shame
Billy Idol - Eyes without a face
The Time - My drawers
Sheila E - Glamorous life
Prince - Another lonely Xmas
Culture Club - The war song
Prince - 17 days
Prince feat Sheila E. - Erotic City
Prince & The Revolution - Computer blue
Duran duran - New moon on monday
Camel - West-Berlin
OMD - Takking loud and clear
OMD - Never turn away
David Bowie - Loving the alien
Pretenders - My city was gone
Ministry - All day
Human league - Betrayed
The Smiths - How soon is now
FGTH - Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Art of Noise - Moments in love
Sade - Hang on tou your love
Jacksons - State of shock
Madonna - Angel
Murray Head - One night in Bangkok
Chaka Khan - I feel for you
Depeche mode - People are people
Wang chung - Dance hall days
Hall & Oats - Out of touch
Banarama - Rough justice
Sisters Of Mercy - Walk away
Wham - Eveything she wants
Alison Moyet - Love resurrection
Apollonia 6. - Sex shooter
Prince - When doves cry
Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
My top 250 songs of 1984
250. Armored Saint - stricken by fate
249. Ratt - you're in trouble
248. U2 - Indian Summer sky
247. Quiet Riot - winners take all
246. SRV - Tin Pan Alley
245. Bruce Springsteen - cover me
244. Deep Purple - wasted sunsets
243. REM - letter never sent
242. Mr Mister - partners in crime
241. George Strait - any old time
240. Whitesnake - all or nothing
239. Lita Ford - dressed to kiss
238. Madonna - material girl
237. Pretenders - show me
236. Ratt - wanted man
235. Ted Nugent - knocking at your back door
234. Echo & Bunnymen - silver
233. Znöwhite - bringing the hammer down
232. Barry Manilow - the night song
231. Scorpions - still loving you
230. Del Fuegos - out for a ride
229. America - lady with a bluebird
228. Bryan Adams - 1 night love affair
227. Anthrax - Deathrider
226. Elvis Costello - peace in our time
225. Don Henley - boys of Summer
224. REM - pretty persuasion
223. Prince - when doves cry
222. Alphaville - big in Japan
221. Molly Hatchet - man on the run
220. Chicago - stay the night
219. U2 - unforgettable fire
218. REO Speedagon - one lonely night
217. Scorpions - bad boys running wild
216. Steve Vai - viv woman
215. Neil Sedaka +Mary Wilson - come see about me
214. the Judds - why not me
213. Toto - Carmen
212. Dio - 1 night in the city
211. Molly Hatchet - she does she does
210. Prince - purple rain
209. Billy Squier - all night long
208. Quiet Riot - red alert
207. Dio - we rock
206. Katrina & Waves - do you want crying?
205. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
204. Smiths - pretty girls make graves
203. Buster Brown - under control
202. Madonna - dress you up
201. Twisted Sister - stay hungry
200. Steve Vai - boy girl song
199. Lita Ford - dancing on the edge
198. Deep Purple - mean streak
197. Pandoras - it's about time
196. Bon Jovi - shot through the heart
195. Elvis Costello - Deportees Club
194. Triumph - follow your heart
193. Rod Stewart - heart is on the line
192. Znöwhite - something for nothing
191. Armored Saint - seducer
190. Box of Frogs - harder
189. Ray Charles +Willie Nelson - seven Spanish angels
188. Ramones - howling at the moon (sha-la-la)
187. Anthrax - howling furies
186. Ratt - back for more
185. George Strait - you're dancing this dance all wrong
184. Del Fuegos - nervous and shakey
183. Christine McVie - love will show us how
182. Bruce Cockburn - lovers in a dangerous time
181. Kerry Livgren - New Age blues
180. Joe Jackson - the verdict
179. Wham - freedom
178. Mariya Takeuchi - plastic love
177. Anthrax - soldiers of metal
176. Prince - I would die 4 U
175. Triumph - stranger in a strange land
174. Psychedelic Furs - Heaven
173. David Bowie - God only knows
172. Chaka Khan - I feel for you
171. U2 - a sort of homecoming
170. Kool & the Gang - cherish
169. Utopia -crybaby
168. Armored Saint - glory hunter
167. Billy Squier - Rock me tonite
166. Stranglers - Ice Queen
165. Prefab Sprout - Green Isaac
164. Stranglers - skin deep
163. Dio - mystery
162. Joe Jackson - happy ending
161. Cult - spirit walker
160. Ray Charles +Johnny Cash - crazy old soldier
159. Smiths - you've got everything now
158. Triumph - spellbound
157. Molly Hatchet - satisfied man
156. Prince - let's go crazy
155. Twisted Sister - Horror-Teria (the Beginning)
154. Bryan Adams - somebody
153. Deep Purple - knocking at your back door
152. Armored Saint - envy
151. U2 - wire
150. Elvis Costello - worthless thing
149. Psychedelic Furs - the Ghost in you
148. Steve Perry - strung out
147. Don Henley - not enough love in the world
146. Armored Saint - can U deliver
145. Glenn Frey - Smuggler's blues
144. Van Halen - girl gone bad
143. Mr Mister - I wear the face
142. Queen - man on the prowl
141. Weird Al - Brady Bunch
140. Ramones - endless vacation
139. Bryan Adams - long gone
138. Scorpions - coming home
137. Echo & Bunnymen - ocean rain
136. Sammy Hagar - swept away
135. Kiss - Heaven's on fire
134. Lita Ford - still waiting
133. Dan Hartman - I can dream about you
132. Die Ärzte - Ärzte-theme *I just put all the instrumentals together
131. Iron Maiden - Losfer words (Big 'Orra)
130. Anthrax - across the river
129. SRV - Scuttle buttin'
128. Madonna - like a virgin
127. Scorpions - as soon as the good times roll
126. Bryan Adams - run to you
125. Toto - isolation
124. Weird Al - eat it
123. Rod Stewart - some guys have all the luck
122. Dio - evil eyes
121. Joe Jackson - be my number 2
120. Iron Maiden - the duellists
119. Deep Purple - gypsy's kiss
118. Ratt - lack of communication
117. Elvis Costello - inch by inch
116. Armored Saint - march of the Saint
115. Whitesnake - standing in the shadow
114. Twisted Sister - the price
113. Lita Ford - playing with fire
112. Molly Hatchet - backstabber
111. Bryan Adams - Heaven
110. Talk Talk - it's my life
109. Metallica - call of Ktulu
108. Weird Al - I lost on Jeopardy
107. Smiths - miserable lie
106. Go-Go's - head over heels
105. Alphaville - Summer in Berlin
104. Echo & Bunnymen - killing moon
103. Pretenders - back on chain gang
102. Znöwhite - Rock City Destination
101. Bon Jovi - come back
100. Foreigner - I want to know what love is
99. Elton John - sad songs (say so much)
98. Paul McCartney - no more lonely nights
97. Pat Benatar - we belong
96. Amy Grant - thy word
95. Big Country - just a shadow
94. Dennis DeYoung - don't wait for heroes
93. Metallica - creeping death
92. Whitesnake - guilty of love
91. Pretenders - middle of the road
90. Eddie Rabbitt - b-b-b-burning up with love
89. Toto - Holyanna
88. Iron Maiden - back in the village
87. Weird Al - theme from Rocky XIII
86. George Strait - the cowboy rides away
85. Molly Hatchet - stone in your heart
84. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Cadillac Ranch
83. SRV - couldn't stand the weather
82. Christine McVie - one in a million
81. Wham - wake me up before you go-go
80. Dio - Egypt (the chains are on)
79. Joe Jackson - you can't get what you want (TYKWYW)
78. U2 - Pride (in the name of love)
77. REM - So. Central rain
76. Dennis DeYoung - please
75. Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
74. Alabama - if you're gonna play in Texas
73. Metallica - trapped under ice
72. Van Halen - drop dead legs
71. Foreigner - that was yesterday
70. Dio - the last in line
69. Don Henley - all she wants to do is dance
68. Kinks - living on a thin line
67. Billy Ocean - Loverboy
66. Christine McVie - got a hold on me
65. Bon Jovi - love lies
64. Metallica - fight fire with fire
63. Scorpions - crossfire
62. Armored Saint - false alarm
61. Van Halen - top Jimmy
60. Iron Maiden - flash of the blade
59. Ratt - the morning after
58. Billy Ocean - suddenly
57. SRV - Voodoo Child (slight return)
56. Bruce Springsteen - born in the USA
55. Quiet Riot - scream and shout
54. Mr Mister - talk the talk
53. Night Ranger - Sister Christian
52. SRV - honey bee
51. Bon Jovi - Roulette
50. Thompson Twins - hold me now
49. John Illsley - Northern land
48. Wham - careless whisper
47. Metallica - fade to black
46. Billy Ocean - European/Caribbean Queen
45. REO - can't fight this feeling
44. Steve Perry - foolish heart
43. Kiss - I've had enough (into the fire)
42. Ratt - in your direction
41. Alphaville - forever young
40. Scorpions - big city nights
39. Cars - hello again
38. Metallica - escape
37. SRV - cold shot
36. Iron Maiden - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
35. Armored Saint - mutiny on the world
34. Steve Perry - I believe
33. Anthrax - Anthrax
32. Bon Jovi - runaway
31. Metallica - for whom the bell tolls
30. Armored Saint - take a turn
29. Bruce Springsteen - glory days
28. Bon Jovi - get ready
27. Chicago - you're the inspiration
26. Twisted Sister - I wanna rock
25. Smiths - how soon is now?
24. Cars - magic
23. Iron Maiden - 2 minutes to midnight
22. Sammy Hagar - I can't drive 55
21. Ratt - I'm insane
20. Anthrax - Subjugator
19. Van Halen - house of pain
18. Joe Jackson - Loisaida
17. Steve Perry - you should be happy
16. Smiths this charming man
15. Twisted Sister - we're not gonna take it
14. Smiths - what difference does it make?
13. Van Halen - jump
12. Scorpions - rock you like a hurricane
11. Steve Perry - oh Sherry
10. Phil Collins - against all odds
9. Ratt - round & round
8. Van Halen - Panama
7. Armored Saint - Mad house
6. Bruce Springsteen - dancing in the dark
5. Chicago - along comes a woman
4. Cars - you might think
3. Iron Maiden - Aces high
2. Metallica - ride the lightning
1. Van Halen - I'll wait
@benradical6179 it's cool that you have an Amy Grant song. Most people don't know her pre-Heart In Motion catalog. Round And Round just missed my list.
Freedom(Wham), Loverboy(Billy Ocean), Back For More, and The Last In Line are top tier songs too. Great effort in putting together your top 200 list.
Cool lists by both and a cool new song lists format, too. I share 3 songs with Joe and 2 with Jason. Here's my Top 25:
25 Bangles-Hero Takes A Fall
24 Replacements-Unsatisfied
23 Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor
22 Alison Moyet-Love Resurrection
21 The Cars-Drive
20 Go'Gos-Head Over Heels
19 Talk Talk-It's My Life
18 Prince-Beautiful Ones
17 The Smiths-How Soon Is Now?
16 Metallica-For Whom The Bells Toll
15 REM-Southern Central Rain
14 New Edition-Cool It Now
13 Wham-Careless Whisper
12 Sheena Easton-Strut
11 Hall & Oates-Method Of Modern Love
10 Julian Lennon-Too Late For Goodbyes
9 Kool & The Gang-Fresh
8 Steve Perry-Foolish Heart
7 Chaka Khan-I Feel For You
6 Ashford & Simpson-Solid
5 Laura Branigan-Self Control
4 Phillip Bailey-Easy Lover
3 Hall & Oates-Out Of Touch
2 Wham-Everything She Wants
1 Chicago-Hard Habit To Break
Work in a grocery store and hear "Solid" most days of the week. the line "You didn't bat an eye when i made you cry" always bugs me since your eyes literally bat when you cry lol. Still a good song though and love the list!
@@benradical6179 😂 I'm gonna laugh every time I hear that lyric from now on because of you 🤣. Great comment! 👍
glad I made an impact@@MMoses87
There’s so much greatness in your lists .
The homer in me applauds Joe’s selection of Lover’s in a Dangerous Time , by Mr . Cockburn , who is a vastly underrated songsmith ( and a killer guitar player ) .
Joe , check out his album The Trouble With Normal , which came out the year before .
Jason’s selection of The Ghost in You happens to be my favourite Furs song .
Both of you had good selections from The Cars , but my favourite from that album is , It’s Not the Night .
Speaking of Greg Hawkes , he , along with Dave Greenfield ofThe Stranglers , are 2 of my favourite keyboard players .
Their work raises the level of all of the songs of their respective bands .
Well done , gentlemen !
1. Cocteau Twins - Donimo
2. The Sound - Counting the Days
3. Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?
4. Bruce Springsteen - Downbound Train
5. Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
6. The Replacements - Unsatisfied
7. The Cars - It’s Not the Night
8. Prefab Sprout - Cue Fanfare
9. Prince & the Revolution - When Doves Cry
10. R.E.M. - Harborcoat
11. The Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost in You
12. The dB’s - Love is For Lovers
13. Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love
14. Felt - Sunlight Bathes the Golden Glow
15. Cocteau Twins - Aloysius
16. Billy Idol - Eyes Without a Face
17. The Bangles - Hero Takes a Fall
18. The Blue Nile - Tinseltown in the Rain
19. Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown
20. Joe Jackson - You Can’t Get What You Want (Until You Know What You Want)
21. Hoodoo Gurus - In the Echo Chmaber
22. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
23. The Stranglers - The Ice Queen
24. R.E.M. - (Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
25. Prince & the Revolution - I Would Die 4 U
Nice to see Felt in here. ANOTHER artist I couldn't get in my top 25. Could have picked A Preacher in New England, The World is as Soft as Lace or Mexican Bandits from The Splendor of Fear. Primitive Painters would definitely get in for 1985.
Nice! Some real classics & curveballs! 😆
Any chance we could see a Top 100 albums/singles list? Super curious what obscurer artists might be lurking on the fringes! ("Bubbling Under", as it were! :)
Definitely on Patreon. Maybe on the website…
Maybe not a crazy year for albums, but we are more than spoiled for songs. See 30 of 'em below:
1) Pride (In the Name of Love)- U2 (SOTY)
2) The Killing Moon- Echo & the Bunnymen
3) Don’t Go Back to Rockville- R.E.M.
4) Androgynous- The Replacements
5) What Difference Does It Make?- The Smiths
6) Drive- The Cars
7) I’m on Fire- Bruce Springsteen
8) How Soon Is Now?- The Smiths
9) When Doves Cry- Prince
10) Still Loving You- Scorpions
11) The Body Electric- Rush
12) Purple Rain- Prince
13) Red Sector A- Rush
14) The Ghost In You- Psychedelic Furs
15) Nocturnal Me- Echo & the Bunnymen
16) I’ll Wait- Van Halen
17) Slow an’ Easy- Whitesnake
18) Bad- U2
19) William, It Was Really Nothing- The Smiths
20) Whatever- Husker Du
21) Dancing in the Dark- Bruce Springsteen
22) Perfect Strangers- Deep Purple
23) So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)- R.E.M.
24) Smooth Operator- Sade
25) For Whom the Bell Tolls- Metallica
26) Ivo- Cocteau Twins
27) The Sentinel- Judas Priest
28) Hold Me Now- Thompson Twins
29) Breakout- Bon Jovi
30) Nobody Told Me- John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Maybe the most difficult year for me to narrow down to 25 songs, fantastic year for singles.
Indeed! while working on albums of '84 got 414 songs I liked lol
A lot of hits on my list:
1. New Order - Thieves Like Us
2. The Smiths - How Soon is Now?
3. Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
4. The Cars - Drive
5. Talk Talk - Such a Shame
6. Ultravox - Dancing With Tears in My Eyes
7. The Stranglers - Skin Deep
8. Felt - Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow
9. Talk Talk - It’s My Life
10. Alphaville - Sounds Like A Melody
11. Cabaret Voltaire - Spies in the Wires
12. Dead Can Dance - A Passage in Time
13. A-ha - Take On Me
14. Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel - Satan Place
15. Billie Idol - Eyes Without A Face
16. Laura Branigan - Self Control
17. Nik Kershaw - The Riddle
18. Fad Gadget - Collapsing New People
19. Depeche Mode - Somebody
20. Glass Museum - Kill the Sequence
21. Propaganda - Dr. Mabuse
22. The Bangles - Restless
23. Section 25 - Inspiration
24. Frank Zappa - Baby Take Your Teeth Out
25. Bruce Springsteen - I’m on Fire
nice love bangles "restless"
Hi Andre, “Thieves Like Us” could easily be my #1 song on a different day... I’m so happy to see it in your top spot!
Made a top 50 and still feel like I missed stuff, actually a few that you both mentioned could apply. Songs was a lot harder than albums for this year. Not a ton of exact matches with either of you but exact match for #2 with Jason and exact #1 with Joe.
50) David Kauffman & Eric Caboor - Kiss Another Day Goodbye
49) Nanci Griffith - Once in a Very Blue Moon
48) The Bangles - Hero Takes a Fall
47) Leonard Cohen - Coming Back to You
46) Husker Du - The Biggest Lie
45) Echo & The Bunnymen - Nocturnal Me
44) Hall & Oates - Out of Touch
43) Dolly Parton - God Won’t Get You
42) Judas Priest - The Sentinel
41) Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
40) The Psychedelic Furs - Heaven
39) Cocteau Twins - Lorelei
38) The Cars - Drive
37) John Lennon - Nobody Told Me
36) The Go-Go’s - Turn to You
35) The Judds - Love is Alive
34) Bruce Springsteen - I’m on Fire
33) The Smiths - Still Ill (John Peel Session)
32) Hoodoo Gurus - I Want You Back
31) This Mortal Coil - Song to the Siren
30) The dB’s - Love is for Lovers
29) Leonard Cohen - Dance Me to the End of Love
28) Meat Puppets - Lake of Fire
27) The Cars - You Might Think
26) The Blue Nile - Tinseltown in the Rain
25) Prefab Sprout - Technique
24) Alphaville - Big in Japan (single version)
23) Lee Aaron - Metal Queen
22) The Smiths - Reel Around the Fountain
21) David Bowie - Loving the Alien
20) Aztec Camera - Backwards and Forwards
19) The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops
18) Spoons - Romantic Traffic
17) Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
16) The Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost in You
15) Prince - Erotic City
14) Dwight Twilley - Why You Wanna Break My Heart
13) Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender
12) Metallica - Fight Fire with Fire
11) Husker Du - Chartered Trips
10) Echo & the Bunnymen - Seven Seas
9) The Pretenders - Show Me
8) The Cars - Looking For Love
7) The Replacements - Unsatisfied
6) Minutemen - History Lesson Pt. 2
5) Scorpions - Still Loving You
4) Husker Du - Never Talking to You Again
3) The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing
2) Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
1) Prince - Let’s Go Crazy
The This Mortal Coil version of Song To The Siren is one of my favorites of all time. Technically 1983 though.
@@ihavenoquarrelwithyou3249True, was just thinking about the album when making the list. Forgot about the single being released in 83.
@@Vanessa.P It is good enough to be in 2 years!
Wanted to fit Nobody Told Me on my list but couldn't get it in (great song) and William It Was Really Nothing but, then I had 6 Smiths already. To be honest I could have had the whole top 25 from The Smiths, they were so good in 1984.
@@drdavid1963So true!
1. tomorrow started - talk talk
2. crystal days - echo & the bunnymen
3. easter parade - blue nile
4. when doves cry - prince
5. down through the dark streets - the waterboys
6. talking loud and clear - omd
7. son of alerik - deep purple
8. tinseltown in the rain - blue nile
9. the killing moon - echo & the bunnymen
10. R.E.S. - cardiacs
11. still loving you - scorpions
12. skin deep - stranglers
13. she chameleon - marillion
14. so central rain - rem
15. track three - scott walker
16. such a shame - talk talk
17. the kick inside of me - simple minds
18. creeping death - metallica
19. lie to me - depeche mode
20. the lost cat - split enz
21. back on the chain gang - pretenders
22. be my number 2 - joe jackson
23 constant in opal - the church
24. sleepless - king crimson
25. heaven (live) - talking heads
Great list. Tomorrow Started is the standout on It's My Life in my opinion. I love Paul Webb's bass on that track.
My favorite 130 or so singles of 1984:)
(Tell me yours, please! :)
❤Denotes in My top 15 favorites (this year more than any other has more singles in play for my top anything, including my top ten :)
❤❤❤Denotes my #1 favorite single of that year :)
1. The Warrior by Scandal❤❤❤
2. When Doves Cry by Prince❤
3. Self-Control by Laura Branigan ❤
4. One Night in Bangkok by Murray Head❤
5.Eyes Without a Face by Billy Idol ❤
6. Love Somebody by Rick Springfield
7. Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen
8. Lights Out by Peter Wolf
9. Here Comes the Rain Again by Eurythmics❤
10. Relax by FGTH
11. Jump by Van Halen
12. Tell me I’m not Dreamin by Jermaine and Michael Jackson
13. Panama by Van Halen
14. Jump for my Love by the Pointer Sisters
15. They Don’t Know by Tracey Ullman
16. Prime Time by the Alan Parsons Project❤
17. Lucky Star by Madonna
18. Heart light by Neil Diamond
19. I Can Dream About you by Dan Hartman ❤
20. Say it isn’t So by Hall & Oates❤
21. Cover Me by Bruce Springsteen
22. Hold on Me by Christine McVie
23.Owner of a Lonely Heart by Yes
24. Bluejean by David Bowie
25. No More Lonely Nights by Paul McCartney
26. Say Say Say by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
27. Stay the Night by Chicago
28. Torture by the Jacksons
29. 99 Red Balloons by Nena
30. Back Where you Belong by .38 Special❤
31. Doctor! Doctor! By Thompson Twins
32. Easy Lover by Phillip Bailey and Phil Collins
33. Misled by Kool & the Gang
34. Can’t Hold Back by Survivor ❤
35. Oh, Sherrie! By Steve Perry
36. Nobody Told Me by John Lennon
37. Send me an Angel by Real Life
38: Wild Boys by Duran Duran
39. New Moon on Monday by Duran Duran
40. Desert Moon by Dennis DeYoung
41. Cruel Summer by Bananarama
42. Caribbean Queenby Billy Ocean
43. I Want a New Drug by Huey Lewis & the News
44. Half a Boy and Half a Man by Nick Lowe
45. Boys Do Fall in Love by Robin Gibb ❤
46. Run to you by Bryan Adams❤
47. Love is a Battlefield by Pat Benatar
48. Sunglasses at Night by Corey Hart
49. Runaway by Bon Jovi
50. On the Darkside by John Cafferty
51. Rock you like a Hurricane by Scorpions
52. Round and Round by Ratt
53. Pride (in the Name of Love) by U2
54. Adult Education by Hall & Oates
55. Thriller by Michael Jackson
56. Somebody’s Watching Me by Rockwell
57. Dance Hall Days by Wang Chung
58. Lover girl by Teena Marie
59. Romancing the Stone by Eddy Grant❤
60.Magic by the Cars
61. You Might Think by the Cars
62. Centipede by Rebbie Jackson
63. It’s My Life by Talk Talk
64. The Boys of Summer by Don Henley
65. Sexy Girl by Glenn Frey
66. Beat of a Heart by Scandal
67. Almost Paradise by Ann Wilson and Mike Reno
68. Footloose by Kenny Loggins
69. Go Insane by Lindsey Buckingham
70. Taking in your Sleep by the Romantics
71. Legs by ZZ Top
72. Give it Up by KC
73. Tonight by Kool & the Gang❤
74. Rock Me Tonite by Billy Squier
75. Holiday by Madonna
76. You Can’t get What you Want by Joe Jackson
77. That’s All by Genesis
78. Let the Music Play by Shannon
79. Flesh for Fantasy by Billy Idol
80. Smooth Operator by Sade
81. Leave It by Yes
82. The Longest Time by Billy Joel
83. I Want to Break Free by Queen
84. I Wanna Rock by Twisted Sister
85. People are People by Depeche Mode
86. Hello by Lionel Richie
87. Don’t Answe Me by the Alan Parsons Project
88. Careless Whisper by Wham!
89. Hold me Now by Thompson Twins
90. Automatic by the Pointer Sisters
91. Break my Stride by Matthew Wilder
92. Infatuation by Rod Stewart
93. Twist of Fate by Olivia Newton-John
94. All I Need by Jack Wagner
95. Loverboy by Billy Ocean
96. So Tired by Ozzy Osbourne
97. Radio Ga-Ga by Queen
98. Love Light in Flight by Stevie Wonder
99. Girls by Dwight Twilley
100. Language of Love by Dan Fogelberg
101. I Don’t Wanna Know by REO Speedwagon
102. Run, Runaway by Slade
103. Mama Weer All Crazee Now by Quiet Riot
104. Looks that Kill by Motley Crue
105. New Attitude by Patti LaBelle
106. Encore by Cheryl Lynn
107. Do What you Do by Jermaine Jackson
108. Wrapped Around Your Finger by the Police
109. A New Day by Killing Joke
110. Your Love is King by Sade
111. Superstar/ Until You Come Back to Me by Luther Vandross
112. Don’t go Back to Rockville by REM
113.Two Minutes to Midnight by Iron Maiden
114. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now by the Smiths
115. Love Me in a Special Way by DeBarge
116. She’s Strange by Cameo
117. Swept Away by Diana Ross
118. White Horse by Laid Back
119. Jam on it by Newcleus
120. Get You Back by The Beach Boys
121. Girlfriend is Better (live) by Talking Heads
122. Dynamite by Jermaine Jackson
123. Better Be Good to me by Tina Turner
124. Hard Habit to Break by Chicago
125. We’re Not Gonna Take it by Twisted Sister
126. Running with the Night by Lionel Richie
127. Nightshift by the Commodores
128. Taking it all too Hard by Genesis
129. Sea of Love by the Honeydrippers
130. It Aint Enough for by Corey Hart
131. Forever Young by Alphaville
132. We’re not Gonna take it by Twisted Sister
133. Foolish Heart by Steve Perry
134. Eat It by Weird Al Yankovic
135. Modern Day Delilah by Van Stephenson
Some others I liked but got overplayed to my taste who otherwise could be on this list:
Karma Chameleon by Culture Club
Let’s GoCrazy by Prince
Drive by the Cars
Stuck on you by Lionel Richie
Against All Odds by Phil
What’s Love Got To Do With It by Tina
Glory Days by Bruce (I can’t believe I’m saying a Bruce song was overplayed :)
My favorite lyric: “I get my kicks above the waistline, Sunshine “ from “One Night in Bangkok”-
Although the Smiths’ one from Miserable Now is an excellent choice :)
Special award for brevity :Best single with literally only three different words in the chorus -
And With a majority of the times the words are used being the third word :) I’m Goin Down by Bruce Springsteen
(I tried to go with singles that peaked in the USA in 1984 -
I frankly did not in general (obviously:) consider album tracks as I kind of consider that a separate and substantially different list for myself :)✌️
(“Obsession” by Animotion seems to have been a mostly 1984 single worldwide.
It would relative to the year easily make my top ten.
But I’m counting it as a favorite of 1985 because it peaked on Billboard in the USA 🇺🇸 in 1985 :)
-And
Likewise for Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zadora’s “When the Rain Begins to Fall “:)
So many great ones!
Here it goes. My top 50:
1. Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
2. Purple Rain - Prince
3. 2 Minutes to Midnight - Iron Maiden
4. Bad - U2
5. Egypt (The Chains Are On) - Dio
6. The Killing Moon + Echo and the Bunnymen
7. Murder - David Gilmour
8. Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Iron Maiden
9. Back Where I Started - Box of Frogs
10. Bears - Zebra
11. A Gypsy's Kiss - Deep Purple
12. Night Comes Down - Judas Priest
13. The Stand (Prophecy) - The Alarm
14. Last In Line - Dio
15. Fade to Black - Metallica
16. Money Changes Everything - Cyndi Lauper
17. Red Sector A - Rush
18. The Unforgettable Fire - U2
19. Knocking At Your Back Door - Deep Purple
20. Darlington County - Bruce Springsteen
21. 83rd Dream - The Cult
22. 5:01 AM (Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking)
23. East West - Pallas
24. A Pagan Place - The Waterboys
25. Still Loving You - Scorpions
26. Missing You - Hagar, Schon, Aaronson & Shrieve (HSAS)
27. Strung Out - Steve Perry
28. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
29. Better Be Good to Me - Tina Turner
30. Love Ain’t No Stranger - Whitesnake
31. Let's Go Crazy - Prince
32. Dancing With Tears In My Eyes - Ultra Vox
33. Back On the Chain Gang - The Pretenders
34. Damnation - Fate’s Warning
35. I Want to Break Free - Queen
36. Vopo’s - Camel
37. Icarus Dream Suite Opus - Ynvie Malsteen
38. Alone Again - Dokken
39. Middle of the Road - The Pretenders
40. Shout - Tears for Fears
41. Sleep - Midnight Oil
42. Bad Boys Running Wild - Scorpions
43. Roads to Madness - Queensrÿche
44. She Chameleon - Marillion
45. Glory Hunter - Armored Saint
46. Church Not Made of Hands - The Waterboys
47. Don’t Worry Baby - Los Lobos
48. Good Day - The Kinks
49. Got a Hold On Me - Christine McVie
50. Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
great list , a bunch of matches 1-19 then none later💜💜
@@bengalgangster Thank you, bengal. Woohoo 🎉 bunches of matches. I certainly had interesting picks on my list. 🎶💜💜
Bears by Zebra brings back memories. Seen them play that live all over the bars of Long Island. Great song!
@@painless465 bears is my#2 , they played in the southern tier of NY also,
@@bengalgangster Hey bengal! Cool that Bears was your #2. Great that Zebra played in your area. 🎶💜💜
I was just listening to Back on the Chain Gang. Learning that bass line is tricky - it is very intricate and I think I counted five different changes and, at the end, a change of key going up a step or half step. Just tracking it while listening. Surely the mark of a fantastic song. Jason has it right.
1. I Will Dare - The Replacements
2. How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
3. Pink Turns to Blue - Hüsker Dü
4. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2
5. You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) - Joe Jackson
6. Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian
7. Let's Go Crazy - Prince & The Revolution
8. Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham
9. The Ghost In You - The Psychedelic Furs
10. Unsatisfied - The Replacements
11. From Her To Eternity - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
12. Ice Queen - The Stranglers
13. Crybaby - Utopia
14. Golden Soldiers - The Sound
15. Afterimage - Rush
16. 2 Minutes to Midnight - Iron Maiden
17. Pretty Persuasion - R.E.M.
18. Metal Church - Metal Church
20. Headstart For Happiness - The Style Council
21. Out Of Touch - Daryl Hall & John Oates
22. Girls - Dwight Twilley
23. The Last In Line - Dio
23. Easy Lover feat. Phil Collins - Philip Bailey
24. Greatness and Perfection - Julian Cope
25. Everything She Wants - Wham!
Jason, I was playing the hell out of the Box Of Frogs right after it came out, much respect to you for spreading the word,,,
My top 25 for 1984
25. Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken? LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS from Rattlesnakes
24. Time After Time CYNDI LAUPER single
23. Against All Odds PHIL COLLINS single - *Joe 9*
22. Heaven PSYCHEDELIC FURS single from Mirror Moves - *Jason 13*
21. Going Down To Liverpool THE BANGLES single
20. Another Bridge EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL from Eden
19. What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend SPECIAL AKA single (almost for the title alone)
18. Cruel PREFAB SPROUT from Swoon
17. Bad U2 from The Unforgettable Fire
16. Dolly MICRODISNEY from Everybody is Fantastic
15. The Killing Moon ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN from Ocean Rain - *Jason 2*
14. Reel Around The Fountain THE SMITHS from Hatful of Hollow
13. Couldn't Bear To Be Special PREFAB SPROUT from Swoon
12. Still Ill THE SMITHS from Hatful of Hollow
11. Second Guessing R.E.M. from Reckoning
10. Sunspots JULIAN COPE from Fried
9. You've Got Everything Now THE SMITHS from Hatful of Hollow
8. Donimo COCTEAU TWINS from Treasure
7. Otterley COCTEAU TWINS from Treasure
6. Shake Off The Ghosts SIMPLE MINDS from Sparkle in The Rain
5. Tinseltown in The Rain BLUE NILE from A Walk Across The Rooftops - *Jason 10*
4.Last Christmas WHAM! single
3. The Hand That Rocks The Cradle THE SMITHS from The Smiths
2. How Soon is Now THE SMITHS B-side to William It Was Really Nothing - *Joe 5* *Jason 7*
NUMBER ONE: BACK TO THE OLD HOUSE - THE SMITHS B-side to What Difference Does It Make?
6 from The Smiths (my favourite band of all time), 2 from Paddy and 2 from Cocteau Twins, 18 artists in total
Only a few common picks with you guys probably is testament to what a stellar year 1984 is
The Smiths are a top 10 band for me. Hard to believe no Rock Hall of Fame for them yet, probably just because Morrissey speaks his mind.
@@oppothumbs1 - Absolutely. Although you're probably chatting to the biggest Smiths fans of all time. They had the biggest impact on my life but when they were around (and I saw them many times), the adoration they inspired was Beatles-level. There was plenty of other good artists in the 80s but The Smiths in terms of cultural impact were unforgettable.
@@drdavid1963 The biggest fan? So how much do you weigh? I am in and out of music, so I didn't hear of them until they called it a day. But I picked up the Best of I and then II and loved them. Then I picked up a video of them at Tower Records and enjoyed the wry wit and melodies and Morrissey's stage antics, which were silly but poignant in a warm but bizarre way. They were such a great band, like the Replacements or Neil Young for me; Morrissey seem to write about personal, quirky things that might have more mass appeal than one would think. Few can play jangly guitar or come up with melodies as Johnny Marrs. Can't get enough of that sound which probably goes back to the early 60s and then was never used enough as far as I am concerned. I might have missed out on the cultural impact but still see that they an unforgettable band.
01 The Ghost In You - The Psychedelic Furs
02 Heartbeat City - The Cars
03 The Killing Moon - Echo and The Bunnymen
04 This Whole World Over - XTC
05 I’m On Fire - Bruce Springsteen and The Street Band
06 So, Central Rain - R.E.M.
07 Into The Groove - Madonna
08 The Boys Of Summer - Don Henley
09 Tomorrow Started - Talk Talk
10 Swimming Horses - Siouxsie and The Bamshees
11 Skin Deep - The Stranglers
12 Garden In The Sky - Martha and The Muffins
13 Michal Caine - Madness
14 Since Yesterday- Strawberry Switchblade
15 Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
16 I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
17 What Difference Does It Make? - The Smiths
18 Jump - Van Halen
19 Red Sector A - Rush
20 When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout
21 Love Is For Lovers - The dB's
22 Smooth Operator - Sade
23 Head Over Heels - The Go-Go’s
24 Moments In Love - The Art Of Noise
25 The Caterpillar - The Cure
The Caterpillar, Jump, Swimming Horses, I Feel For You, The Boys of Summer, This World Over all great picks that couldn't make my list. What a great year!
great seeing head over heels there, it is my #7
@@drdavid1963 indeed! So many great songs that didn’t get on my list and some i forgot..
Honorary Mention
Purple Rain - Prince
Don’t You Ever Leave Me - Hanoi Rocks
Procreation (Of the Wicked) - Celtic Frost
Aces High - Iron Maiden
Jason! The Twins, the Furs, and the Bunnymen! WTG with your alternative self! 🤣
I’m very hip
My Top 25...
01. Let's Go Crazy by Prince
02. Your Love Is King by Sade
03. Panama by Van Halen
04. Got A Hold On Me by Christine McVie
05. Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
06. You Can’t Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) by Joe Jackson
07. Hero Takes A Fall by Bangles
08. Lovergirl by Teena Marie
09. Glamorous Life by Sheila E.
10. Round and Round by Ratt
11. Lovers In a Dangerous Time by Bruce Cockburn
12. Heartbeat City by The Cars
13. Eyes Without A Face by Billy Idol
14. Valotte by Julian Lennon
15. Stay The Night by Chicago
16. Afterimage by Rush
17. Solid by Ashford & Simpson
18. I'll Fly For You by Spandau Ballet
19. I Feel For You by Chaka Khan
20. Borderline by Madonna
21. When Doves Cry by Prince
22. Careless Whisper by Wham!
23. Loverboy by Billy Ocean
24. Jungle Love by The Time
25. Killed By Death by Motorhead
Solid and Killed By Death,,, I like your style,,
@@charlesandbettesson7229 Thank you!
I was in grades 10 and 11 in 1984 and this year defines my high school years in Cornwall. Different high schools there had different tendencies - classic rock (central), heavy metal (rural) and our school (the French school), was mixed with an appreciation of alternative and electronic etc. These different dispositions were expressed in ways similar to what you see in the film The Breakfast Club. This episode of TLM has it all - bravo - because 1984 exhibited a surprising mix of styles - heavy metal, hard rock, pop, new preppy styles, hip hop coming in, alternative and new wave at its peak, and the last of post-punk. How Soon Is Now was for me and my mostly alternative friends the defining song of that year, the way Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Years Day had been a year earlier and In Between Days or Meat Is Murder would be the next year. I'm partial to Relax because we did Frankie for the school air band contest and won with it, going to the city-wide contest along with our school-mates performing The Cars. In those years we would travel 1hr to Montreal, shop for clothes and records (12inches, imports, hard to find or new discoveries), maybe see a concert, get drunk and end the day at underground-ish nightclubs, where people danced to The Smiths, New Order, Bauhaus, Skinny Puppy, Jad Wio, Depeche Mode, etc. As a member of short-lived breakdance group (The Dynamic Force), Break Machine's 'Street Dance' has some resonance. Tenderness I concur with 100 percent and people loved Ranking Roger's dance moves, as well as Richard Butler spinning around in the Heaven video. I remember dancing to Prince at a dance in a church basement. I think the priests liked it. Rush's Grace Under Pressure was a sit at home listening experience for the most part. It's amazing that Killing Moon was in rotation on Much Music (Canada's MTV) because I was the only person I knew at the time that seemed to know about or like Echo & The Bunnymen. Camera by REM; Wire by U2; Such a Shame by Talk Talk; The Lebanon by Human League; Bad Life by PIL; Kill Yr Idols by Sonic Youth; Ultravox Dancing with Tears in My Eyes; Marcia Baila by Rita Mitsouko; Close (to the Edit) by Art of Noise; Our Darkness by Anne Clark; Each and Every One by Everything But the Girl; People Are People by Depeche Mode; Smalltown Boy and Why? by Bronski Beat; Waterfront and Up On the Catwalk by Simple Minds; East of Eden by Big Country; Save a Prayer by Duran Duran; From Her to Eternity by Nick Cave; A Pagan Place by The Waterboys; Two Tribes by Frankie; Michael Caine by Madness; Free Nelson Mandela by The Specials; New Song by Howard Jones; Shout by Tears for Fears; Shout to the Top or My Ever Changing Moods etc by Style Council; It Says Here etc by Billy Bragg; Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper; Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) by Icicle Works; Incubus Succubus II by Xmal Deutschland; Pearly Dewdrops Drops by Cocteau Twins; Lovecats and Caterpillar by The Cure; My Kingdom by Echo & The Bunnymen; It's Like That by Run DMC. Kevin Ayers is cool. Boys of Summer by Don Henley is a nice, sentimental song. We didn't know The Raincoats back then but they were produce by Red Krayola member Mayo Thompson.
Only doing 25 songs here, not 50 or 100 like I normally do. As usual, I’m just choosing 1 song per band.
1. Husker Du - Something I Learned Today
2. The Replacements - I Will Dare
3. Cocteau Twins - Lorelei
4. Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
5. Meat Puppets - Aurora Borealis
6. Minutemen - The Glory of Man
7. Prince - When Doves Cry (my favorite Prince song, I guess)
8. R.E.M. - So. Central Rain
9. Felt - Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow
10. The Fall - Lay of the Land
11. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
12. Foetus - Clothes Hoist
13. The Smiths - This Charming Man
14. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Swimming Horses
15. Black Flag - My War
16. This Mortal Coil - Waves Become Wings
17. Violent Femmes - Country Death Song
18. Christian Death - Electra Descending
19. Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
20. Scott Walker - Stump of a Drowner
21. Let’s Active - Waters Part
22. The Pogues - Boys from the Country Hell
23. Bruce Springsteen - I’m Going Down (I like this one more than any of the big singles for some reason)
24. The Waterboys - Church Not Made with Hands
25. Run-DMC - Rock Box
My favorite Husker Du song!
Best Joe's picks: Dress You Up (I forgot that), Unsatisfied, Tenderness, Oh Sherri, I feel for You, Purple Rain, Against All Odds, Jump, How Soon is Now , When Doves Cry, I would die for you, Let's go Crazy.
Jason's best imo: Heaven, How Soon is Now, Hold Me Now (good not great), The Ghost is You. Jason, I was expecting more matches but you nailed the Furs' pick.
Jason: PS . Forgot "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" was an excellent pick. I know Joe's musical tastes very well . I knew he would make a face or not like The Ghost in You. And then when he praises "Unsatisfied" by the Replacements, he has to stick a fork in them - about them copying this or that.
A fantastic year
Great call on "Crybaby", Jason....one of the all-time great unheard-of pop tracks.
Great call on Bruce Cockburn song - great album too
here goes a top 50
50 turn to you/the go gos
49 killed by death/motorhead
48 talking bout my baby/joan jett
47 harder /box of frogs
46 laughing/the stranglers
45 stranger in my own house/foreigner
44gambler/whitesnake
43 its only love/ brian adams and tina turner
42 back for more/ratt
41 the body electric/rush
40 careless whisper/wham
39 whiter shade of pale /HSAS
38 bad/u2
37 hold me now/thompson twins
36 dreamtime, shake it up/ john waite
35 restless/the bangles
34 some heads are gonna roll/judas priest
33 middle of the road/the pretenders
32 sister christian/night ranger
31 wanted man/ratt
30 turn up the radio/autograph
29 new girl now/honeymoon suite
28knocking at your back door/deep purple
27 no telling lies/zebra
26 jigsaw/marrilion
25 burning down the city/sammy hagar
24 looks that kill/motley crue
23 thumbeling/pretenders
22shake dog shake/the cure
21 back where i started/box of frogs
20 like a virgin/madonna
19 slow and easy/whitesnake
18 cool down /triumph
17 union of the snake/ duran duran
16 hot for teacher/ van halen
15 living on a thin line/the kinks
14 camera/REM
13 fade to black/metallica
12 pride in the name of love/U2
11powerslave/iron maiden
10 killing moon/echo and the bunneyman
9 the last in line/dio
8 drop dead legs/van halen
7 head over heels /the go gos
6 that was yesterday/foreigner
5 the beautiful ones/prince
4 thorn of crowns /echo and the bunneyman
3 purple rain/prince
2 bears /zebra
1 perfect strangers/ deep purple
bengal bites🐯
perfect stranger has been my #1 from the moment i heard it
bears is a very strong #2 and would win alot of years
prince had strong song performance with #3 and #5
i did have quite a bit of metal on here
i totally agree with jasons opinion of box of frogs, its a must listen
some pop hits here , not alot tho
great year for songs
cheers
🐯🐯
Fantastic list, bengal. I totally agree with your number #1. The song has been an absolute favorite of mine since the get-go. I am glad to see "Bears" by Zebra on your list. 🎶💜💜
@@weirddebbiem1619 thanx deb, yah perfect strangers rules and yah , you know i love bears💜💜
@@bengalgangsterYou're welcome, bengal. Bears is such a great song and yes, Perfect Strangers rules. 🤘 🎶💜💜
#1. Empty Rooms - Gary Moore
The longer version. I like when keyboardist Don Airey said that Van Halen was seeing a show of Gary Moores and even David Lee Roth did shut up during the solo on this track. It was that magical!
Pretty good lists guys. For me Drive #1, How soon is now at #2
Only criticism on Joe’s list is too much Phil Collins
Cool call for Bobby Jean. I especially love the sax playing on the outro...so powerful and yearning. One more aspect that links it to Born to Run, great observation.
25 Take hold of the Flame - Queensryche
24 You Can’t Get What You Want (Til You Know What You Want) - Joe Jackson
23 Whirlpool of Shame - Felt
22 The Enemy Within - Rush
21 Heat Wave - The Blue Nile
20 Freewheel Burning - Judas Priest
19 Obsession - Animotion
18 Like A Virgin - Madonna
17 Blasphemous Rumors - Depeche Mode
16 Nobody Told Me - John Lennon
15 Aces High - Iron Maiden
14 The Ghost In You - Psychedelic Furs
13 Magic - The Cars
12 Knife - Aztec Camera
11 Out of Touch - Hall and Oates
10 For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica
9 Technique - Prefab Sprout
8 Sexual Revolution - Roger Waters
7 Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen
6 - Distant Early Warning - Rush
5 Jump - Van Halen
4 Purple Rain - Prince
3 - Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Iron Maiden
2 - Bad - U2
1 - The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen
wow good to see bad , there , it is on my list , i should probably have it higher
I'm on Joe's side when it comes to the albums but I'm on Jason's side when it comes to the songs.
I can’t believe that. - Joe
This was a really entertaining video. Still not sure about Jason’s infatuation with Box of Frogs, but…Utopia’s “Crybaby” makes up for that. Joe bringing the Mëtäl was appreciated. But, Joe…How could you leave out what might have been the best, and most-hilarious song of the year…”Slide It In” by Whitesnake?
Huge oversight. - Joe
My Top 10 Of 1984 # 10 Tomorrow Started - Talk Talk # 9 Answering Machine - The Replacements # 8 Everyday Is Halloween 🎃 - Ministry # 7 Panama 🇵🇦 - Van Halen # 6 Sensoria - Cabaret Voltaire # 5 Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken ? - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions # 4 SmallTown Boy - Bronski Beat # 3 When Doves 🕊 Cry - Prince # 2 The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen & ..# 1 How Soon Is Now - The Smiths Bubbling 🍾 Under ..Magic - The Cars ( The Bass 🔊 sounds likes its in your living room ! ) Madame Butterfly 🦋 - Malcom McLaren , Cruel Summer - Bananarama & 80's by Killing Joke. ✌️
3 in common.. #2, 4 and 8! So happy to see Ministry here! 😊
1 match killing moon, i never heard of lloyd cole and the commotion before this deep dive , good stuff and need to explore further, happy [real ]opening day soon⚾⚾ im just hoping the whitesox dont lose 100 games again ,
@@bengalgangster Yankees are picked to finish last in their division ! 🙅♂️
@@davidellis5141 where , what? i have lindys baseball preview and they have them going to the world series, of course that was before coles injury, i cant imagine anyone finishing last but redsox, thet are not good
@michelewiese48 Arista regretted dropping Ministry when I played them that 12" but even then Al was an odd guy ..He spoke in an affected English accent & his girlfriend was his manager & organizationally he & her were a mess & refused a professional management company & booking agency & so were let go & then this great independent label single on Wax Trax who were full of esoteric artists like Al ..many didn't even speak English ! ✌️
Never been a Journey fan,,,, but I was shocked to realize how much I liked Oh Sherrie when it came out,, good call Joe
My Top 25 Songs of 1984
1. Shannon - Let The Music Play
2. Depeche Mode - Lie To Me
3. The Smiths - Girl Afraid
4. New Order - Thieves Like Us
5. Ministry - (Every Day Is) Halloween
6. The Cure - Dressing Up
7. Prince - Take Me With U
8. Hall & Oates - Out Of Touch
9. Howard Jones - Like To Get To Know You Well
10. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
11. Laura Branigan - Self Control
12. Talk Talk - It’s My Life
13. Dead Can Dance - Threshold
14. The Sound - Golden Soldiers
15. Ultravox - Lament
16. Tina Turner - What’s Love Got To Do With It
17. Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
18. Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)
19. Whodini - Friends
20. Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls
21. Madonna - Dress You Up
22. Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Heaven
23. Wham! - Careless Whisper
24. Alphaville - Big In Japan
25. Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok
Fantastic List !!! 🥳👌😎
@@oliverkruse8144 Thank you! 😊
I saw The Sound that summer ☀️ ! Adrian was a really talented person. Laura Branigan was my Guilty Pleasure of the year ..I remember you liked the year where C'mon & Ride It ( The Train 🚆 ) was my favorite song because Michele was one of the 3 happy 😊 passengers ! Choo Choo 🔊
@@davidellis5141 Hi David, You very lucky to experience them live! ✨Choo, Choo is right - with Tamika and Tanya! You have a good memory… 💃😂
I had Let The Music Play in '83,,, but such a great song, cool choice !
Totally agree with Jason about God Only Knows as being a great cover song by Bowie.
I've come to appreciate great Short guitar solos (Elliot Easton wrote the book) the solo in Heaven by the Furs is a fine example
I will add Cheap Trick "Up the Creek"😅
Joe - Given your fondness for The Ice Queen, have you ever listened to Ariel Pink? Specifically the album Mature Themes? I’d be a bit surprised if you didn’t enjoy it.
Heard some but not that one.
Joe: I agree that “You Can’t Get What You Want “ by Joe Jackson is his most underrated single.
I don’t believe it hit the top ten in the USA despite having hit all over it
No video!
Forgotten on 80s radio formats it sadly seems
Plus the wonderfully long title when including the within-parentheses “Until You Know What You Want”
Pragmatic philosophy presented in splendid piano and brass
Despite three sides (!) of pretty good music on next album “Big World” there was no single as good as this track,
Not as good as either “ Steppin out” or “Breaking Us in Two” from the excellent Night and Day
(Certainly radio didn’t think so - And of course no videos, again ).
heavily influenced by outside forces in the name of diversity:
Motley Crue - Looks that Kill
Whitesnake - Slow an' Easy
Krokus - Midnite Maniac
Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane
Russ Ballard - Voices
Tony Carey - A Fine, Fine Day
Van Halen - Panama
Ratt - Round and Round
Slade - Run Runaway
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon
Kiss - Heaven's on Fire
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
John Mellencamp - Authority Song
Blue Oyster Cult - Take Me Away
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
David Gilmour - Murder
David Bowie - Blue Jean
Billy Squier - All Night Long
The Rolling Stones - Undercover of the Night
John Lennon - Nobody Told Me
38 Special - If I'd Been the One
Scandal - The Warrior
The Fixx - Deeper and Deeper
Night Ranger - (You Can Still) Rock in America
Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
The Replacements "Unsatisfied" Who can wear his heart on this sleeve (not Mary Tyler Moore) with the right touch of emotion and intelligence, but Paul?
Jump - Van Halen Just a wonderful video highlighting the faux camaraderie of the band that was never actually there.
"Answering Machine" The Replacements, always original, with the first song on answering machine angst.
I Will Dare - the Replacements
Androgynous - The Replacements
South Central Rain (I'm Sorry) - REM
It's My Life - Talk Talk . One of the great videos and songs with breath-taking shots of animals. Synthesizers and a great bass line with blue whales, spitting cobras, Manatee (a Doppleganger for singer Mark Hollis), golden eagles, and much more.
"Sixteen Blue" Maybe not the song, but Bob Stinson's guitar at the end is so haunting.
The Style Council "My Ever Changing Moods" Catchy, sophisticated, soulful, joyful melody. Song is about bad times the singer hopes children will never have to face such as fear of a nuclear war and other such problems. The song owes a debt to the great Classic IV's "Stormy" and the great Michele Branch/Santana tune "Game of Love" written by the New Radicals' dude.
Rattlesnake - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions " She looks like Eve Marie Saint in On the Waterfront. She reads Simone de Beauvoir in her American circumstance" If you have a problem with me quoting lryics, just tell me and suffer the consequences.
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?"
The Ghost In You - Psychedelic Furs Not often does the phrase " adorable melancholy" come to mind. This music demonstrates why the greatest poetry rarely reaches the heights of the Furs and many rock/pop songs. It shows why everyone, including the Emperor with No Clothes, knows "Ulysses" by James Joyce needs a ton of editing and a ton of reading prep of obscure, not so relevant, literature.
Heaven - Psychedelic Furs
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm miserable now
The Smiths - This Charming Man
Shout - Tears for Fear
People are People - Depeche Mode This is a catchy nursery rhyme about racism. With a blurry captivating, blurry montage.
Corey Hart - Aint Enough for You. Harrison Ford Doppelganger had no other songs I liked, but this digs deeps. Works well even with the same old sax from from Kenny G.
When Doves Cry - Prince . Powerful song.
I'm stuck on you - Lionel Richie. "I've got this feeling down deep in my soul that I just can't lose. Guess I'm on my way .. Mighty glad you stayed" No Dylan or Smokey Robinson, but heartfelt singing and good production.
Valotte - Julian Lennon His best song.
Smooth Operator - Sade A great song, video, story and the only song I like by her.
Glory Days - Springsteen
Dancing in the dark Springsteen.
Boys of Summer - Don Henley Not an Eagles (band) fan though Eagles Birds fan, but this is the best song Don Henley has made. I think it was written by Mike Campbell (of the Heartbreakers) and Don.
Easy Lover - Philip Bailey & Phil Collins
Tenderness - General Public A tender bouncy song.
Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good Fine one hit wonder.
Caribbean Queen - Billy Ocean And all heads turned 'cause she was the cream. In the blink of an eye I knew her number and her name, yeah. She said I was the tiger she wanted to tame.
Los Lobos - Don't Worry Baby
Los Lobos - Will the Wolf Survive?
Round and Round - Ratt Not into most metal bands, but I like this one.
Blue jean - Bowie . Good creative video which bests the song itself. Bowie is blinding in his many actor faces.
Pink Turns to Blue - Hüsker Dü
Dont go back to Rockville - REM
Take me on - A ha
I feel for you Chaka khan Written by Prince. Soulful, flirtatious, kinky in ways I don't understand.
"Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out" might be a throwaway or terrible song by a lesser band. With Paul's great vocals and terrific raw production of the band, it's so much more. Tommy was getting his tonsils out, and Paul, the sarcastic bastard that he was, serenaded Tommy with this song at the dentist. Personally, I think Paul could be a bastard, but the song doesn't really lay that out, or I was too naive when I first heard it and just thought it was clever, melodic, and a bit funny. People who are not fans will think it's a dumb song trying to be funny and miss out.
Eyes without a face - Billy Idol.
Out of Touch - Hall and Oates
Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretender Descended like flies.
The Only Flame in Town - Costello Can't remember it well, but probably the only decent song on this bad album.
Lovergirl - Teena Marie Who says I can't like some funk?
Eat It - Wierd Al Yank.
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i had never heard of lloyd cole and the commotions before this deep dive, and i really liked the album , and should have had them on my list, i will have to look into them more , i really dont know anything about their album output
@@michelewiese48 Hi Michele! I looked at your list, and I didn't even know the top nine songs, though you nailed it with The Killing Moon, and your list started to pick up for "us." I wanted to say hi, but you were flirting with others. Try to come up with more communal songs we both know. After all, I am on this site because I just wanna be your loverboy like Billy Ocean. I just want to rock your world like Teena Marie. And I know you just wanna be my lovergirl, but you will lose your esteem standing on this site. A little birdie told me that you feel the same, game. Have a good one! (◕‿◕) Sorry, this was very embarrassing to me too.
@@bengalgangster I didn't know Lloyd until I got into his first solo records, which I like more, and don't know all the Commotion songs.
@@oppothumbs1 😅🤣 Loverboy is one of the best music videos ever made! Saturated with its 80sness. Billy Ocean is a talented fella. Would rather listen to him over Michael Jackson in a NY, London, Paris, or Tokyo minute! Gotta keep up with me on the songs.. Hope you find a new discovery that grabs ya! PS. Don’t worry, you still have a spot on my dance card for making me laugh.
No The Boys of Summer makes me sad. I think it’s a legit perfect song
It’s like number 33 on my list. Just overplay at this point. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic Summer of '69 is better in my opinion.
Bachelor Kisses - wonderful pop song by the Go-Betweens
Jason, did "For Whom The Bell Tolls" have any chance to be in your Top 25?
Aztec Camera - Jump (Van Halen cover)
The Bangles - Going Down To Liverpool
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Elvis Costello - Withered & Died (Richard Thompson cover)
Elvis Costello - Walking On Thin Ice (Yoko Ono cover)
Chaka Kahn - I Feel For You (Prince cover)
The Fall - Oh! Brother
General Public - Tenderness
The Go-Betweens - Bachelor Kisses
Don Henley - Boys Of Summer
The Hoodoo Gurus - I Want you Back
Husker Du - Pink turns To Blue
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Perfect Skin
Madness - Michael Caine
Minutemen - Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing
Orange Juice - What Presence?
Prince - When Doves Cry
The Psychedelic Furs - Heaven
Lou Reed - New Sensations
REM - Don't Go Back To Rockville
Run DMC - Sucker Mcs
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make
Specials AKA - Free Nelson Mandela
The Style Council - You're The Best Thing
Violent Femmes - Country Death Song
Country Death Song (I remember seeing Violent Femmes live and all of us in the crowd rocking out to it)., Bachelor Kisses, Aztec Camera's Jump all great picks that couldn't make my list
@@drdavid1963 The Femmes were a fun and energetic live act in the 80s. Glad you liked the picks!
@@ihavenoquarrelwithyou3249 - With a drummer that played a single snare drum and a crash cymbal with brushes.
I like Joe's Purple Rain love in. Great great LP. I thought you all loved Pet Sounds tho
I love Pet Sounds. Just not as much. - Joe
It's really tough to not just load a songs list with Bunnymen, Prince, & Smiths, but they would probably make up at least half of a top 20 if I'm being honest with myself. Y'all gonna be tackling the greatest year of music ever next aka 1994?
Yes. That’s next.
@@TastesLikeMusic sweet. I better start doing my homework now because that year is STACKED
What happened to Krem (sp.?)? The last few videos I've seen have just had Joe & Jason.
Kremzer went back home to Mars. - Joe
Tomorrow is National Joe Day!
Panama 🇵🇦
Any 1984 list, to be more reflective of the early 80s zeitgeist, ought to feature in the main the genres which emerged at that time. Hard Rock, Heavy metal or Soft rock ought not to feature much in people's 1984 lists...it wasnt the 70s any longer..
There’s like a tiny percentage of people who like alternative and college rock. You’re the ones sadly out of sync. - Joe
I wouldn't agree with Dr David. The first two REM albums are their best IMO albums - Murmur and Reckoning are beautiful and brilliant - and Life's Rich Pageant, although equally terrific, takes them in a more commercial direction. Joe's comment to markgoestofrankfurt ignores the politics of music - and we can debate that certainly. There was in alternative and new wave, not unlike punk and post-punk, a rejection of hard rock "middle American" conformism. Although hard and classic rock has working-class and folk connections (Beatles, Stones, Doors, Dylan, etc), and you could associate new wave and alternative with the "new romanticism" that accompanied the neoconservative politics of the era (preppies and later yuppies), new wave was the "youth" rebellion of that time against the old guard. It wasn't rockers vs mods, but it was similar. People who appreciated the progressive politics of artists like Billy Bragg or Style Council also liked alternative music, which was in heavy rotation in music videos. The preppy fashions that were popular alongside parachute fashions came and went in 1984, soon replaced by black alternative looks - the kind that morphed into the thrift store clothes you see in a 1990 films like Slacker. "British" alternative shifted to "American" gunge in the 1990s, and the link between cultural innovation, class issues and cultural politics ( gender, race and sexuality ) was skewed towards a more self-pitying and politically depressive mindset - less optimistic and less universally combative, more masculinist - with only bands like Radiohead, at that time, seeming to keep it together. From "I am an anarchist" to "here we are now." Those of us in the 80s who liked The Smiths, Talk Talk, P-Furs, Simple Minds or Echo & the Bunnymen - and yes, we were a smaller demographic, but what does that have to do with music - would likely have appreciated the excellence of Aztec Camera or The Blue Nile ( I still do ), but you had to do more digging to find the latter, as was the case too for bands like Pere Ubu or Guadacanal Diary, which were not unheard of. In comparison, Van Halen, Motorhead, Scorpions, Bon Jovi, Twisted Sister or Judas Priest were as popular on radio and music videos as Thompson Twins, The Cars, Go-Gos, George Michael, Sade, Madonna, Bananarama, Springstein, Do They Know It's Christmas, Prince, U2 or Bruce Cockburn (in Canada anyway). Between c.1980 and 1985, there was no "alternative" section in record stores, the same way there was no "cultural studies" section in the bookstores. Post-punk new wave bands were the more noticeable innovators. By the late 80, you were going towards jungle and club music, hip hop and a celtic wave. The freshness of the new wave had waned. After the more frivolous and commercial aspects of new wave made everyone sick, as had happened with glam rock, "alternative" became a watered-down section of the music store, more boring and sober, and with many of the great early bands were selling out to whatever extent. Some of the best groups, like The Cure, Elvis Costello, Cocteau Twins, U2, Joe Strummer, The Fall, Billy Bragg and Talk Talk, held on, doing the unexpected for however long. Some artists from the 70s and early 80s persevered, like Lou Reed, John Cale, Tom Verlaine, Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, Neil Young, Jonathan Richman, Tom Waits, Roger Waters, PIL, Laibach, Adrian Belew, King Crimson, Faust, David Byrne, etc - and thankfully. Dylan has arguably, and to date, outlasted all of them, reinventing himself every five years or so. The struggle continues.
What happened to Kramzer?
Wolves got him.
@@TastesLikeMusic Damn poor guy, I hope he didn't pass on to the other side too painfully 😉🐺Wherever he is he'll be happy so long as he has his Radiohead albums with him
Is 'What happened to Kramzer?' now the new 'Oh my God, they killed Kenny'?
@@bgbe7119 Or like the story of Lord Lucan and his mysterious disappearance back in the 70's.
@@faddy24 If Kramzer did a bunk in circumstances similar to Lord Lucan, Joe and Jason could be staring at accessories to the crime charges. No wonder Joe shaved off his beard.
No Radio Ga Ga??? What gives??? 🤣🤣🤣
To your credit, Joe, Reckoning is not one of R.E.M.'s best. I think even R.E.M. fans would concede that.
lol most purists would say it’s their best or second best album. I’d rank it fourth.
@@scottanthonyweidner8692 - It's good but I think a lot of people rate Automatic For The People, Green, Out of Time and Murmur higher and maybe, Fables of The Reconstruction, Document, Monster, Up and more
@@drdavid1963 All of those except Murmur and Fables are, relatively speaking, crap.
@@drdavid1963 Probably but Eponymous is my favorite of REM, followed by Murmur. Not up on all their stuff.
@@scottanthonyweidner8692 - Well, I don't know who these purists are but I am a fan of R.E.M. and bought all their albums from Murmur to New Adventures in Hi-Fi when they came out and Reckoning is not one I go back to often.
Joe as a huge Prince fan i appreciate you not only putting half the album Purple Rain in your songs list but the joy on your face when you talk about them is really inspiring!! I grew up with Prince and seeing someone from your generation recognize his unique greatness( he was a strange guy in the best sense) is truly wonderful! Thank you sir!! Purple Rain IS the best album of all time. Those who know KNOW!! 🟣 🟣