1984's Best Song Oscar Nominees

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Jesus, I didn't even remember that this was in the mix too:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_Cop_(soundtrack)

Not nominating "The Heat Is On" was a rare display of good musical taste by the Academy.

Plus, obviously, all the Spinal Tap songs ...

Firing up a playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63QPeEumBuD7S9m4yeKM6P?si=3985da8f04eb4531

Let's Hear It For the Boy, the decade's best song.

I had it in my little box of 45s:

https://i.discogs.com/4bI3p9gGVhPZkj1bwruNSSSQJjNu2eOa-6HIQKCZFPo/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:599/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIxMDA5/MS0xNTUyNTgwNTQ2/LTgyOTYuanBlZw.jpeg

The love object in that song is alternately described as a baby, a boy, and a man. Discuss.

Easily “Ghostbusters"

Yep.

Yep.

The love object in that song is alternately described as a baby, a boy, and a man. Discuss.

Not a Romeo though

That Oscars performance of "Against All Odds" was insufferable, but the audience clearly loved it.

Teddy Pendergrass's "You're My Choice Tonight (Choose Me)" from Choose Me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV_yoR-5-rE

write-in for the entirety of the Repo Man ost:
https://i.imgur.com/gjTUpfY.jpg

^Thank you for mentioning Teddy Pendergrass’ beautiful songs from Choose Me. Like Alberta Hunter’s songs in Alan Rudolph’s also-incredible Remember My Name (1978), they are the reason why the film has had a troubled history on home video and it’s DVD has been out of print for many years. Two of my favourite films ever

Shasta otm!

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Voting for Phil Collins.

Edit: I think because I apparently voted already.

I'm pretty sure Against All Odds was my favorite song at some point in junior high, especially when it came on as the slow jam at school dances.

I eventually voted for it.

Voted for Ann Reinking

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Fuck you all!

Lol millennials

I Just Called to Say I Love You," Stevie Wonder (THE WOMAN IN RED) 2

SHOW YOURSELVES

"I Just Called to Say I Love You" is a very pretty song and John Prine agreed with me!

John Prine voted Ray Parker Jr.

So if you're walking down the street sometime
And spot some hollow ancient eyes
Please don't just pass 'em by and stare
As if you didn't care, call the Ghostbusters

"i just called..." isn't amazing but i don't think it's necessarily for stevie wonder as much of a marked departure/abdication of his artistry as it's claimed, i mean it's not a million miles from "you are the sunshine of my life".

don't think i voted but "against all odds" has that particular mid-'80s phil collins dramatic power so that's what i would've gone with.

i mean it's not a million miles from "you are the sunshine of my life".

But the arrangement is. "I Just Called" sounds like when you hit the "demo" button on a cheap Casio keyboard.

The melody, though.

I don’t really like it, the songs ok but the recording is kind of anodyne but I never quite understood why ppl think it’s toxic waste

It's not toxic waste but it's not better than the other four songs here

For most people it's more "lol I saw Hi Fidelity"

Oh it’s definitely not the best of these lol

By the time "I Just Called" showed up, Stevie had already done a million times worse in "Ebony & Ivory." As did the listening public, for making that song a bigger hit than "Do I Do."

i mean there was a lot of crap in the eighties, i'm not a fan of the song really, but there's a certain gentle professionalism to it and its sincerity is obv par for the course w/stevie songs like that. i do much prefer "you are the sunshine..."

*a lot of crap in the eighties with weak production...