^^
Yep, solid gold.
Huge drop from '83. These are the ones i'd pick...
Great
9. When Doves Cry - Prince
10. Jump - Van Halen
11. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
30. Small-Town Boy - Bronski Beat
34. Sensoria - Cabaret Voltaire
37. Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
41. Ain't Nobody - Rufus & Chuka Khan
Good
7. What Difference Does It Make - The Smiths
8. Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
17. Bachelor Kisses - The Go Betweens
45. The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen
OK for a bit of nostalgia
4. Don't Look Any Further - Dennis Edwards
28. Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cindy Lauper
35. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
40. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2
The rest .... the less said the better.
NME Top Singles of 1984
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I bought two of the singles. Can you guess which two?
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Best thing mentioned on the entire page...at least equal to When Doves Cry. I worked in an ice cream store when it was a summer hit. It brought a smile to my face every time it came on.
It was the perfect sort of "sidecar" to that summer's/autumn's Purple Rain fever.
I remember hearing it constantly at the New Orleans World's Fair in late August/early September when we went back to school.
Granted, this last little burst of "Michael-mania related ephemera" was also simultaneously fighting to be heard in the same places:
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Just me for the Staples, then? OK, the trendy electro-drop doesn't become them, but it doesn't drown out the vocals, which are already leagues ahead of anyone else here. Far from their best, but in this context, good enough for me.
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toomanyhatz wrote:Just me for the Staples, then? OK, the trendy electro-drop doesn't become them, but it doesn't drown out the vocals, which are already leagues ahead of anyone else here. Far from their best, but in this context, good enough for me.
Of course, I won't argue that the Staples' voices are always a joy, but I find the song itself is numbingly ordinary, and at times grating. Some of the others like 'I Feel For You' or 'Ain't Nobody' by comparison really take off.
The Modernist wrote:I bought two of the singles. Can you guess which two?
Bruce and VH.
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The Modernist wrote:I bought two of the singles. Can you guess which two?
The Smiths and Bronski Beat.
Maybe Cabaret Voltaire instead of Bronski Beat.
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The Modernist wrote:I bought two of the singles. Can you guess which two?
Of the 10? Ingram & Smiths.