Forgotten late-'80s/early-'90s pop singles

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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!

des'ree "you gotta be"

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 years
https://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)

Donna Summer - "This Time I Know It's For Real"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCtDAAPO-j4

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 (fourteen years ago)

The Cathy Dennis I would've posted: "Too Many Walls"

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 (fourteen years ago)

Natural Selection - Do Anything
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNl3fegO4Os

MarkoP, Monday, 7 May 2012 19:25 (fourteen years ago)

(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 (fourteen years ago)

Vanessa Williams - "The Right Stuff"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Urr8J3RYQ

You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:27 (fourteen years ago)

(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 (fourteen years ago)

Living Colour - "Glamour Boys"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7FX6sAL0Zw&ob=av2e

Johnny Kemp - "Birthday Suit"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG3t9V3TvfU

New Edition - "Can You Stand The Rain"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7flrKMGfwjw&ob=av2n

The Fat Boys - "Are You Ready For Freddy?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDUl5Ke5jbM

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - "Nightmare On My Street"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMnbw-AM4VA

You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:34 (fourteen years ago)

"This House" is awesome.

Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:36 (fourteen years ago)

Peace Choir - "Give Peace A Chance"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyzSk8HVZTc

East Coast Family - "All 4 One, One 4 All"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlZv2cpLReM

You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:36 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZh9JvMHj_g

MarkoP, Monday, 7 May 2012 19:40 (fourteen years ago)

some overlap with this thread from a year ago:

80s "omg I loved that one" one hit wonders mix tape thread

andrew m., Monday, 7 May 2012 19:45 (fourteen years ago)

reaches further back, but the late 80s is well-represented. probably speaks to the ages of many of the contributors.

andrew m., Monday, 7 May 2012 19:48 (fourteen years ago)

lots of Freddy-related hip-hop tracks back then, but no one seemed to be rapping abt Jason or Michael Myers.

fishermen are coveted by whores & stoners (Pillbox), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:51 (fourteen years ago)

C+C Music Factory - "Things That Make You Go Hmmmm..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF2ayWcJfxo

Terrance Trent D'Arby - "She Kissed Me"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2xgvE2UL-Q

L'Trimm - "Cars With The Boom"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIRVDJzqD64

JJ Fad - "Supersonic"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3nPLoODtGU

You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:51 (fourteen years ago)

xpost

Freddy was at the peak of his popularity around this time, while the others were a little old hat.

You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:53 (fourteen years ago)

have people really forgotten that sybil song?

It's one of my all time favorites! I am enjoying this thread though.

Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:55 (fourteen years ago)

I love these! Sub-title for this category should be "Supermarket songs"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uErmlcpfHoI

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:57 (fourteen years ago)

oops: Belinda Carlisle, Summer Rain

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:57 (fourteen years ago)

Seems like every other song had a slide guitar in it, lol

Texas: I don't Want a Lover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LO2fgSamqI

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 May 2012 19:58 (fourteen years ago)

Robbie Nevil "Just Like You"

Doctor Casino, if you want to know what 1991 random chart-pop sounded like, start here loool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9HcaajZwx0

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 May 2012 20:04 (fourteen years ago)

Go West, "King of Wishful Thinking"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z38cpa5KFYs

sockless in moccasins (jaymc), Monday, 7 May 2012 20:06 (fourteen years ago)

oh lol that's even better!!!

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 May 2012 20:07 (fourteen years ago)

Glen Medeiros, Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLxTEV5vpyg

I enjoy the poufy hair very much. Also he sorta looks a bit like Rick Moranis in profile, hee hee

Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 7 May 2012 20:09 (fourteen years ago)

MCJ & Cool G - So Listen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZd8EUdRulM

MarkoP, Monday, 7 May 2012 20:11 (fourteen 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 La
https://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)


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