According to my data, it was still charting in '87. A stretch, but still fair game!
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
Betty Boo - "Doin' The Do"
Giant Steps - "(The World Don't Need) Another Lover"
Inner City - "Good Life"
Jets - "I Do You"
Chunky A - "Owww"
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
when people bring boxes of tapes to my store, these are the cassingles in the box. the height of cassingle-mania.
― scott seward, Monday, 7 May 2012 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
the Sybil cover was the first top 40 hit unavailable on 7-inch.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 May 2012 15:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
Absolutley. I have a "Good Life" cassingle, but I'm not giving it up.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 7 May 2012 15:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
I guess rap isn't really what this thread is asking for, but I want to put this here for some reason. I remember this primarily as its chorus hook, anyway. It's certainly very 1990.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 7 May 2012 15:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
is "Good Life" forgotten? that would be outrageus!
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 7 May 2012 16:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
^this
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Monday, 7 May 2012 16:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
good life isn't forgotten. even big pig are remembered by some.
― scott seward, Monday, 7 May 2012 16:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
and have people really forgotten that sybil song? man, i remember when that was on the radio all the time in philly. great single.
― scott seward, Monday, 7 May 2012 16:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
good if not forgotten
londonbeat "ive been thinking about you"
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Monday, 7 May 2012 16:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
The idea here is less about singles forgotten by you guys (as if the ILM hivemind would ever let a song fall through the cracks of history) and more about singles that had a brief moment of popularity but never really became latter-day radio staples or overused in commercials/movies or whatever. I'm way familiar with a lot of this stuff, but only because I've made the effort to remain familiar with it.
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
dunno if '94 counts as early '90s but:
single gun theory - "fall"
― madame boo berry (donna rouge), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Maxi Priest, "Close to You"
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
Terrence Trent D'Arby lite:
― caro's johnson (Eazy), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Forgotten is right - - - I was born in 1981, started listening to the radio around '94, '95, and don't recognize anything that's been posted to the thread yet. Are all of these indeed lost treasure? Should I listen?
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 7 May 2012 18:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jaymc's posts itt are speaking to me.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 7 May 2012 18:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
I would post that song "no myth," maybe, but everyone remembers that.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 7 May 2012 18:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
he had a couple of other pretty good singles from that album iirc?
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Monday, 7 May 2012 18:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
"this and that" was ok
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Monday, 7 May 2012 18:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
When Leonard Pitts was still a music critic his mission was to proselytize on behalf of the misunderstood genius of Grayson Hugh.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 May 2012 18:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Cathy Dennis, "Touch Me (All Night Long)":
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Monday, 7 May 2012 18:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
Tracie Spencer, "This House"
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Monday, 7 May 2012 18:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
seduction - (you're my one and only) true love
― madame boo berry (donna rouge), Monday, 7 May 2012 18:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jon Secada, "Just Another Day"
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
love that song
lisa stansfield "been around the world"
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
rozalla "everybody's free"
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
des'ree "you gotta be"
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
Feel like Jane Child isn't totally forgotten b/c of the nose-ear chain, but "Don't Wanna Fall in Love" rules:
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha i sang that des'ree song at karaoke once and it was v inspiring for everyone present
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
video, please
jaymac on a roll!
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Pebbles, "Mercedes Boy"
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
totally forgot about this song! i loved it -- i think it's from mid 90s more than early but i haven't heard it years
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Whistle, "Barbara's Bedroom"
― Euler, Monday, 7 May 2012 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
allanah myles "black velvet"
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Cathy Dennis I would've posted: "Too Many Walls"
Sa-Fire - "Thinking Of You"
Lisette Melendez - "Together Forever"
Jive Bunny and the Mixmasters - "Swing The Mood"
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
Brenda Russell - "Piano In The Dark"
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Are all of these indeed lost treasure? Should I listen?
There are some real gems in this thread, Doctor Casino. Although the extent to which you're likely to agree is roughly equivalent to your tolerance for synth stabs.
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
― MarkoP, Monday, 7 May 2012 19:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Donna Summer - "This Time I Know It's For Real"
I've come to realize lately that Donna Summer has one of my all-time favorite voices. And this song is just great, especially for a single this late in someone's career.
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
I actually heard this in a store last week, for the first time in YEARS.
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Natural Selection - Do Anything
― MarkoP, Monday, 7 May 2012 19:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
(Unsurprisingly, I think this thread's about to kill my browser. Worth it.)
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Vanessa Williams - "The Right Stuff"
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
(Donna Summer reminds me of Chaka Khan's "Love You All My Lifetime," which I may have posted on a recent thread dedicated to unsung early '90s R&B.)
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Living Colour - "Glamour Boys"
Johnny Kemp - "Birthday Suit"
New Edition - "Can You Stand The Rain"
The Fat Boys - "Are You Ready For Freddy?"
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - "Nightmare On My Street"
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
"This House" is awesome.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Peace Choir - "Give Peace A Chance"
East Coast Family - "All 4 One, One 4 All"
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
― MarkoP, Monday, 7 May 2012 19:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
I thought it was!
I didn't post it yet and I'm kinda youtubed out, but I hope no-one's forgotten When I See You Smile by Bad English. I think it's still one of those ballads that always ends up on a compilation every few years...I am not ashamed to say that I love love love it.If only because Jon Waite had that not-so-hot-dude with hot-sounding-singing-voice thing going on.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 May 2012 21:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
I adore a couple of John Waite solo hits but Bad English is an excrescence. A relative bought me the tape of that first album in late '89. The only I can stand is the (forgotten!) second hit "Price of Love."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 May 2012 21:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
;_;
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 May 2012 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Here's a mix I'm working on...
Sandii & The Sunsetz
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Polaris
Man or Astro-Man?
― heavymeddle, Monday, 7 May 2012 21:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Good stuff on this thread so far. Firefox users: Flashblock addon is very useful for Youtube-heavy threads like this.
― fit and working again, Monday, 7 May 2012 22:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
Is this considered forgotten or just not very well known in North America?Vanessa Paradis - Be my baby
― MarkoP, Monday, 7 May 2012 23:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
cf 90's Crushes - god I had totally forgotten about that song!!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 May 2012 23:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
A top ten nineties song for me: a #2 hit I don't even hear on urban radio anymore.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 May 2012 23:59 (1 year ago) Permalink
cosign!!!!
I totally forgot about this. Such a great jam.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 00:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I had such a crush on the singer, he looked like a taller Alex Desert from the Heights, lol
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 00:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
woah Alex Desert from Hepcat was on The Heights
― some dude, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 00:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Breathe - "How Can I Fall" (1988)
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
Danny Wilson - "Mary's Prayer" (1988)
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Howard Jones - "Everlasting Love" (1989) (His last Top 10 hit I think?)
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
Army Of Lovers - "Crucified" (1991). Nobody I know remembers this, but it's amazing.
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
nobody else but me.
one of my fave albums.
this was one of the singles :
― mark e, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 21:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
another single :
lots of cooler than thou remixers involved - 808 state, j cauty, paul oakenfold etc
― mark e, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 21:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 13:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Tevin Campbell's new-jack swing remake of "Strawberry Letter 23":
― Carrie Antwoord (jaymc), Thursday, 10 May 2012 15:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Brent Bourgeois - "Dare To Fall In Love"
I don't know how I managed to completely forget this song's existence and yet still recall every note and word upon hearing it.
― Old Lunch, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 14:42 (7 months ago) Permalink