I remember the album was called Boy in the Box, but I don't remember the song at all. Nor the other one.
it's a mystery to me how anyone could hate jane child's "don't wanna fall in love"
I probably didn't at first, but overexposure at the time didn't help matters. Also, at the same time, I was turning my back on popular music and become a mopey gothy teenager with my mopey gothy teenager friends. Silly now, but important distinction then.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
but Jane Child was totally goth -- lookit the nose ring!
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
that's actually a good point but i get what yer sayin
― j lol (surm), Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
Omg Al, I do remember "I Am By Your Side"...Corey hart knowledge appears to be wedged deep into the sofa cushions of my subconscious
He had a pretty good singing voice...also v crush worthy
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
okay the video is lololol
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
Canadian Emilio Estevez?
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
Nope, don't remember that at all.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
but it's your new favorite now, right?
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
ALWAYS NEVER SURRENDER
(that reads strangely)
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
Sunglasses is good lolsy fun, though.
never surrender is great, sunglasses is fun for the shouty-pouty part
I found this one too...rings no bells at all. .Eurasian Eyes?
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
Listening to all this Corey Hart stuff is making me think he was kind of an autonomous type in the 80s landscape. The closest parallels would be maybe Springfield (but he was never SERIOUS) and John Waite (but his solo career between Babys and Bad English was really too brief to make a mark). Corey Hart is kind of on his own.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
He was a total pinup boy, which is why, like Springfield, he had time getting cred. But, boy, his attempts at seriousness suuuuucked (Springfield was a better songwriter and musician).
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
*he had a hard time
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm very fond of his last hit, "A Little Love." It actually rocks!
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
I actually DO remember that one for some reason.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:50 (2 years ago) Permalink
(watching the video and thinking "JESUS! Is there ANYONE Kenny Aronoff HASN'T drummed for?")
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
Well, that explains why the thing even swings a little...
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
If the Oakey/Moroder collabo and Daryl Hall solo things count, then so do ELP meant Powell instead of Palmer for one album
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 May 2011 02:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
ELP when it meant...
Pat Wilson - Bop Girl
― staph white pulvules like (Schlafsack), Thursday, 5 May 2011 03:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm shocked "Just An Illusion" didn't hit the Top 40 in the US. It is such a huge and well-known hit here in Canada (and Europe according to Wiki).
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 03:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
I only heard it (Just an Illusion) for the first time last year when someone posted it on facebook. Great great song.
I'm assuming you're talking about the song by Imagination, right?
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 5 May 2011 03:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
Champaign-"How 'Bout Us"
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 03:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
Al B. Sure!-"Nite and Day"
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 03:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
MC Miker G & DJ Sven-"Holiday Rap"
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 04:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
corey hart tries out some falsetto
― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 May 2011 12:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
^^^ I'd the same thought when I saw the movie.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 12:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'd forgotten about "Holiday Rap"! lol
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 13:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
Another classic that incredibly didn't make the US Top 40, but was a huge hit everywhere elses: Bronski Beat - "Small Town Boy".
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 13:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
<3 Jimmy Sommerville
― VegemiteGrrl, Thursday, 5 May 2011 13:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
speaking of Jimmy Somerville:
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, 5 May 2011 13:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
Can't say that I loved it, but it's pretty funny now:
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm surprised these two haven't been mentioned yet:
Lipps Inc. - "Funky Town"
The Vapors - "Turning Japanese"
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
Cameo only had one big hit, but what a song:
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:22 (2 years ago) Permalink
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The MessageChris Isaak - Wicked GameQ Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses
― Moka, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
xp:
"Candy" hit 21 (but yeah, not as massive as "Word Up")
I never include them on these lists because I was introduced to them circa Alligator Woman and always think they had more mainstream hits than they actually did.
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
Another great one: Ashford & Simpson - "Solid"
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Sugarcubes - Birthday
― Moka, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
Womack & Womack - "Teardrops"
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
I love and adore The Sugarcubes but "Birthday" didn't chart anywhere except for the UK indie chart
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
^ Colonel Abrams was a one hit wonder in the UK iirc, awesome song this
― immer wieder, ralf & günther (NickB), Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
Kon Kan - "I Beg Your Pardon"
― LeRooLeRoo, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP)
Just checked and you're right... have no idea why I thought it was big in the day. I remember the video got played on Mtv frequently but that was certainly in the post-80s era.
― Moka, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
Also Chris Isaak is surely a 1 hit wonder and "wicked game" was technically released in 1989 but it became a hit until 1990/1991 so I guess we can count that one out too...
― Moka, Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
aw, boo
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, 5 May 2011 14:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh yes -- the best New Order rip ever.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
will powers : kissing with confidence
or did they have another hit ?
― mark e, Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
Sa-Fire-"Thinking of You"Not a fave, but def induces some memory waves
― andrew m., Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
Londonbeat - "I've Been Thinking About You"
― Dreaded Burrito Gang (DJP), Thursday, 5 May 2011 15:43 (2 years ago) Permalink