weidlin singles, yes, mostly forgotten...
― scott seward, Monday, 7 May 2012 14:13 (fourteen years ago)
This thread was (partially) prompted by finding a recorded-from-the-radio mixtape I made in 7th grade (1989, natch) and spiraling out of control in trying to track down all of the stuff I listened to back then. Such as this one (from that tape):
Radiorama - "Daddy, Daddy"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i0A7BXDVCY
I get the impression this one never got much stateside play outside of Florida, but maybe I'm wrong?
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:14 (fourteen years ago)
"Rush Hour" is so awesome.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:16 (fourteen years ago)
OOH YOU SEND MEEEE
Full tracklisting of that awesome mix, btw:
Side 1Paula Abdul - "Cold Hearted"Milli Vanilli - "Girl, I'm Gonna Miss You"Prince - "Batdance"Radiorama - "Daddy, Daddy"Surface - "Shower Me With Your Love"Prince - "Scandalous"Kevin Paige - "Don't Shut Me Out"
Side 2Yaz - "Situation '88"Indigo Girls - "Closer To Fine"Rick Astley - "Ain't Too Proud To Beg"The Cure - "Love Song"Stevie B - "In My Eyes"Jody Watley - "Friends"Soul II Soul - "Keep On Movin'"
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:17 (fourteen years ago)
Kevin Paige's "Don't Shut Me Out" is one of the great Scritti Politti clones.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:18 (fourteen years ago)
Tara Kemp - "Piece Of My Heart"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lvpfk_fZAM
Sybil - "Don't Make Me Over"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYLlLq-9bbA
The Boys - "Dial My Heart"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBPpa8RROIo
(I love how many of these YouTube videos seem to have been ripped from Night Tracks.)
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:29 (fourteen years ago)
Kenny Loggins - "Nobody's Fool"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2GfY092aBQ
Big Pig - "Breakaway"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBCcnazy88U
Miami Sound Machine - "Falling In Love (Uh Oh)"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epVXWOBUJck
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:36 (fourteen years ago)
now you're posting young Alfred's American Top 40 with Shadoe Stevens listening.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:37 (fourteen years ago)
"Falling in Love" is late '85 or '86 though.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:39 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOyGOjM8xbc
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:44 (fourteen years ago)
Betty Boo - "Doin' The Do"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM_9As_2VAg
Giant Steps - "(The World Don't Need) Another Lover"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGxwWA10jHA
Inner City - "Good Life"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=998P6HEzCdI
Jets - "I Do You"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMGsgA2_d4g
Chunky A - "Owww"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1Exv8_tbTY
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 14:54 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
Absolutley. I have a "Good Life" cassingle, but I'm not giving it up.
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 7 May 2012 15:19 (fourteen years ago)
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3aRrokORjY
― _Rudipherous_, Monday, 7 May 2012 15:34 (fourteen years ago)
is "Good Life" forgotten? that would be outrageus!
― gospodin simmel, Monday, 7 May 2012 16:32 (fourteen years ago)
^this
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Monday, 7 May 2012 16:48 (fourteen years ago)
good life isn't forgotten. even big pig are remembered by some.
― scott seward, Monday, 7 May 2012 16:51 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
good if not forgotten
londonbeat "ive been thinking about you"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq6tW6792ss&ob=av2n
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Monday, 7 May 2012 16:53 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
dunno if '94 counts as early '90s but:
single gun theory - "fall"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvoEJqo5yjg
― madame boo berry (donna rouge), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:16 (fourteen years ago)
Maxi Priest, "Close to You"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSR3YgUcyU4
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:20 (fourteen years ago)
Terrence Trent D'Arby lite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4KQnM5ogtw
― caro's johnson (Eazy), Monday, 7 May 2012 17:28 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
Jaymc's posts itt are speaking to me.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 7 May 2012 18:18 (fourteen years ago)
I would post that song "no myth," maybe, but everyone remembers that.
― Trip Maker, Monday, 7 May 2012 18:24 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
"this and that" was ok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4yZf8rujrs
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Monday, 7 May 2012 18:26 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
Cathy Dennis, "Touch Me (All Night Long)":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9ddhTH7Rjc
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Monday, 7 May 2012 18:50 (fourteen years ago)
Tracie Spencer, "This House"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIaFmiIyPcg&ob=av2n
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Monday, 7 May 2012 18:53 (fourteen years ago)
seduction - (you're my one and only) true love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IBJlUWDy9c
― madame boo berry (donna rouge), Monday, 7 May 2012 18:58 (fourteen years ago)
Jon Secada, "Just Another Day"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSqPbZnVjXQ
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:08 (fourteen years ago)
love that song
lisa stansfield "been around the world"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf9q0DN0dGw
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:09 (fourteen years ago)
rozalla "everybody's free"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI42hQHfbi8
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:11 (fourteen years ago)
des'ree "you gotta be"
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:13 (fourteen years ago)
Feel like Jane Child isn't totally forgotten b/c of the nose-ear chain, but "Don't Wanna Fall in Love" rules:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWd__w5UWVc
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:14 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
video, please
jaymac on a roll!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhpZfltbnAQ
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:15 (fourteen years ago)
Pebbles, "Mercedes Boy"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPZwbWZpyho
― sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:16 (fourteen years ago)
totally forgot about this song! i loved it -- i think it's from mid 90s more than early but i haven't heard it yearshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5I2Hxb9-fA
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:17 (fourteen years ago)
Whistle, "Barbara's Bedroom"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92_Pxy4m12s
― Euler, Monday, 7 May 2012 19:17 (fourteen years ago)
allanah myles "black velvet"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS870zCCAwM
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:17 (fourteen years ago)
The Cathy Dennis I would've posted: "Too Many Walls"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEmpCvF3V4s
Sa-Fire - "Thinking Of You"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd5XgFvKfnk
Lisette Melendez - "Together Forever"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l2bDaTvow0
Jive Bunny and the Mixmasters - "Swing The Mood"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTA6I6hn-z4
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:17 (fourteen years ago)
Brenda Russell - "Piano In The Dark"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7u5GtSIC5k&ob=av2n
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:18 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NGkbjIxk68
― MarkoP, Monday, 7 May 2012 19:23 (fourteen years ago)
Natural Selection - Do Anything
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 (fourteen years ago)
cosign!!!!
I totally forgot about this. Such a great jam.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 00:10 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
woah Alex Desert from Hepcat was on The Heights
― some dude, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 00:16 (fourteen years ago)
Breathe - "How Can I Fall" (1988)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1YALTps1_A
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:40 (fourteen years ago)
Danny Wilson - "Mary's Prayer" (1988)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hqgC3W9GUI&ob=av2e
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:42 (fourteen years ago)
Howard Jones - "Everlasting Love" (1989) (His last Top 10 hit I think?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ypTzwQrQgE
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:43 (fourteen years ago)
Army Of Lovers - "Crucified" (1991). Nobody I know remembers this, but it's amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdooYar_A6g&feature=related
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 03:46 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYErxSsGO-8
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:28 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVXR-5jWvFU&feature=related
― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:43 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pxSUdfRASs&feature=related
― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 19:45 (fourteen years ago)
nobody else but me.
one of my fave albums.
this was one of the singles :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG5oYh4leLA
― mark e, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 21:13 (fourteen years ago)
another single :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYRRo9rBygY
lots of cooler than thou remixers involved - 808 state, j cauty, paul oakenfold etc
― mark e, Tuesday, 8 May 2012 21:18 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzKuEefxjaA
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 13:15 (fourteen years ago)
Tevin Campbell's new-jack swing remake of "Strawberry Letter 23":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwgprId0mQk
― Carrie Antwoord (jaymc), Thursday, 10 May 2012 15:39 (fourteen years ago)
Brent Bourgeois - "Dare To Fall In Love"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icagGXXN2R0
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 (thirteen years ago)
hears "This House" (Tracie Spencer) and Sybil's "Don't Make Me Over" on the adult R&B station this weekend.
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 October 2013 02:31 (twelve years ago)
was (not was) Shake Your Head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nCJgsc_Bdk
Jesus Loves You / Generations Of Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBBuU1duj5g
― piscesx, Monday, 21 October 2013 03:45 (twelve years ago)
Rythm Syndicate - "P.A.S.S.I.O.N."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW1pPhaqgZ0
― naus, Monday, 21 October 2013 05:31 (twelve years ago)
The Wee Papa Girl Rappers - "Heat It Up". I used to own the 45 for this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB5IJ_WnAO4
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 21 October 2013 05:52 (twelve years ago)
The Pursuit Of Happiness - "I'm An Adult Now". I had the 7" for this too. It went to #6 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSDF8VvU13M
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 21 October 2013 06:04 (twelve years ago)
There was a real video for this, but I've never seen it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqOSQvvj1ug
― PaulTMA, Monday, 21 October 2013 10:41 (twelve years ago)
Guys. Seriously. Whistle - 'Right Next To Me':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ88JCM9eT4
― Those Jorts Are Upsetting (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 August 2015 14:56 (ten years ago)
Spotify playlist of all these songs, plz.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 10 August 2015 15:59 (ten years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4yOa3tBrB8
― Those Jorts Are Upsetting (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 August 2015 16:06 (ten years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU_Azsue_mQ
― Those Jorts Are Upsetting (Old Lunch), Monday, 10 August 2015 19:29 (ten years ago)
Last year I picked up an entire episode of Rick Dee's Weekly Top 40 from May of 1990 at a Record Fair. Had quite a bit of songs that I had never heard before, like this one:
Perfect Gentlemen - Ooh La Lahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAddModv-Kg
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 08:03 (ten years ago)
This is '86/87 so stretching it a little perhaps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EydUM5g2Ms8
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 09:23 (ten years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDzmJuXAgD8
Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satelitte
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 12 August 2015 05:02 (ten years ago)
this thread!
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 12 August 2015 06:32 (ten years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB6FAQbVJbw
― Do you have or use horses? (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 16:03 (ten years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox85dGD79K0
― Do you have or use horses? (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 17:44 (ten years ago)
I will just keep on proselytizing about the A'me Lorain album until people hear the good word:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU_XAgDlnE
― Do you have or use horses? (Old Lunch), Thursday, 20 August 2015 18:41 (ten years ago)