― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 29 July 2004 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 29 July 2004 18:09 (nineteen years ago) link
You may be right on that score. In that case, substitute "Beat It".
― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 29 July 2004 18:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 29 July 2004 18:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 29 July 2004 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link
"Beat It" is not as good "Shaking Through" or "Hearts." "Many moons cascade one river--they light from side to side."
― frankie teardrop, Thursday, 29 July 2004 18:15 (nineteen years ago) link
But seriously*, who thought that PHIL COLLINS would make a decent movie star. WTF?? Which executive producer is to blame for this sort of travesty.
(* hahaha, OK, not really)
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 29 July 2004 18:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Thursday, 29 July 2004 18:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― peter smith (plsmith), Thursday, 29 July 2004 18:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― frankie teardrop, Thursday, 29 July 2004 18:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― rentboy (rentboy), Thursday, 29 July 2004 18:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― peepee (peepee), Thursday, 29 July 2004 18:47 (nineteen years ago) link
HA! Obviously you never watched Miami Vice. Phil starred in the dramatic episode "Phil the Shill" in 1984.
― Chris Ott (Chris Ott), Thursday, 29 July 2004 19:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 29 July 2004 19:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 29 July 2004 19:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Thursday, 29 July 2004 19:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 29 July 2004 19:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― alan r. banana (alanbanana), Thursday, 29 July 2004 19:54 (nineteen years ago) link
(IMDB to the rescue - an uncredited appearance in A Hard Day's Night and the role of Mike Lucas in Calamity The Cow [1967]with Desmond Carrington! Even old Des won't play Phil's records on the radio.)
Anyway, the answer is "Pale Shelter". To this and many other things.
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Thursday, 29 July 2004 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― chris andrews (fraew), Thursday, 29 July 2004 21:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― frankie teardrop, Thursday, 29 July 2004 21:21 (nineteen years ago) link
"Every Breath You Take" hasn't been mentioned yet -- and it's still fucking amazing twenty years on. I still get the chills from it sometimes. And somehow, it's greatness hasn't been tainted by the overplayed-to-the-point-of-becoming-violently-ill Puffy ripoff. It's still great despite this.
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 29 July 2004 22:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― frankie teardrop, Thursday, 29 July 2004 23:00 (nineteen years ago) link
its one of the best songs ever written
the techno or whatever you want to call them
kids of the last 20 years still havn't bettered it!!!!
― Tim Dixon, Friday, 30 July 2004 21:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 30 July 2004 21:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 31 July 2004 03:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Chris O'Connor (Chris O'Connor), Saturday, 31 July 2004 04:33 (nineteen years ago) link
AND 1999!!!!
― spittle (spittle), Saturday, 31 July 2004 05:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― spittle (spittle), Saturday, 31 July 2004 05:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Saturday, 31 July 2004 06:44 (nineteen years ago) link
Go-Betweens - "Cattle & Cane"Cocteau Twins - "Sugar Hiccup"The Cure - "Love Cats"
― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Saturday, 31 July 2004 07:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin, Saturday, 31 July 2004 08:53 (nineteen years ago) link
I presume Marcello was operating on a one artist/one single basis otherwise where's "Don't Talk To Me About Love"?
― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Saturday, 31 July 2004 10:04 (nineteen years ago) link
Man I fucking love old school R.E.M.
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 31 July 2004 12:13 (nineteen years ago) link
I still prefer "It Can Happen" though.
Oh yeah, I'd forgotten this bit - Jon Anderson's solo vocal at the end. Mistake!
Best song on Marcello's list - "Photograph".
― udu wudu (udu wudu), Saturday, 31 July 2004 12:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 31 July 2004 12:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Saturday, 31 July 2004 13:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 31 July 2004 13:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 31 July 2004 14:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Saturday, 31 July 2004 14:11 (nineteen years ago) link
Best Song by Australians: AC/DC, "Nervous Shakedown"
English: Duran Duran, "Hungry Like The Wolf"
Irish: Dexy's Midnight Etc. "Come On Eileen" (this was the very last single I ever bought. Never owned any released after '83)
Canadia: Men Without Hats (now Men Without Jobs), "The Safety Dance"Technofolk - The wave of nobody's future!
American (female singer): The Motels, "Suddenly Last Summer"
American (male singer): John Cougar Mellencamp, "Crumblin' Down" (His best rocker ever, says me)
Black American: Prince, "1999"
Former Black American: Michael Jackson, "Billie Jean" or "Beat It", toss a coin.
If I really REALLY had to choose, I'd probably go with "1999", which certainly captured the mood of '83 more than that of '99. (No Y2K refs, for one reason.)
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― herbalizer12 (herbalizer12), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:58 (nineteen years ago) link
I didn't listen to pop tunes in the 80s.
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Saturday, 31 July 2004 18:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Sunday, 1 August 2004 12:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 1 August 2004 14:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― the charmfox, Sunday, 1 August 2004 16:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Monday, 2 August 2004 02:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 05:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:45 (nineteen years ago) link
I wanted to create a "Best (Pop) Songs of 1983" thread but found this one to be close enough.
But i also found this (1983: the year it all went wrong?): 1983: the year it all went wrong?
It is harder to choose the best (pop) songs from 1983 than I thought.
This isn't the *best* song of 1983, and I'm probably in the minority for liking it, but it is a song I find myself going back to for some strange reason.
Real Life - Send Me an Angel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6zBjYIyz-0
― kafkaesque (c21m50nh3x460n), Sunday, 17 February 2013 06:27 (eleven years ago) link
we did do this kind of recently: Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 1983 poll
you are right, "Send Me an Angel" is right up there as one of the best.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 17 February 2013 07:42 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyW9864AXVk
― how's life, Sunday, 17 February 2013 12:31 (eleven years ago) link
I ranked those top tens, see.
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 13:17 (five years ago) link
The rare instance where I disagree with enough of your rankings that the chosen order seems almost random to mine eyes. And it only starts with consigning 'Der Kommissar' to the Hague, for shame.
― Gary Ornmigh, Heywood's son (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 6 March 2019 13:53 (five years ago) link
I think I'm probably too biased to weigh in because nostalgia for 1983 makes me love almost every one of those songs. But still, I think i can safely say that the following are empirically awesome, and unfairly maligned:
Meh
Irene Cara – Flashdance… What a Feeling (the slow build is an irresistible force)Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - (i'm pretty sure this would have still been a hit if released during any arbitrary year between 1983 and now)The Motels – Suddenly Last Summer (haven't actually heard this since 1983, but it sounds great in my head)Toto – Africa (I guess the backlash was inevitable, but it's not Toto's fault)Men at Work – Down Under (that flute riff! as great as 'overkill' is, this song towers above it)
The Hague
David Bowie – China Girl (unless this got banned for the lyrics, which i get)After the Fire – Der Kommissar (alles klar, herr sotosyn?)
― enochroot, Thursday, 7 March 2019 13:29 (five years ago) link
Well, you know. These..
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 December 2019 04:22 (four years ago) link
Some great stuff that year, but I'm gonna have to go with "Photograph." I have a hard time believing mortals created that track (and there's been little proof that Mutt Lange is one).
― calstars, Sunday, 1 December 2019 04:51 (four years ago) link
Too Late For Love >>>>>>> Photograph
― brimstead, Sunday, 1 December 2019 04:59 (four years ago) link
Aztec Camera - Walk out to WinterPrefab Sprout - Lions in My Own Garden (Exit someone) - already in someone's list, I know
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 16:10 (four years ago) link
My 1983 top ten . . .
1. Chaka Khan – Ain't Nobody2. Herbie Hancock – Rockit3. The Lotus Eaters – The First Picture Of You4. Class Action – Weekend5. The Style Council – Long Hot Summer6. Orange Juice – Rip It Up7. Mtume – Juicy Fruit8. Ryan Paris – Dolce Vita9. Freeez – IOU10. Talk Talk – My Foolish Friend
I left out Relax because, though it did come out in 1983, it's a totally 1984 song in terms of its airplay and cultural impact.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:34 (four years ago) link
I've been playing this a lot latelyHall and Oates - One On One
― brain dead operatus (FlopsyDuck), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
My "nominees," so to speak:
Bananarama, "Cruel Summer"Eurythmics, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"Michael Jackson, "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"Elton John, "I'm Still Standing"New Order, "Blue Monday"
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
Christ, how did I forget Blue Monday.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 10:37 (four years ago) link
Not sure I have a top 10, but if Plustwo 'Melody' isn't top, I'm not interested
― YOU CALL THIS JOURNALSIM? (dog latin), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 11:01 (four years ago) link
no mentions yet forMy Mine - Hypnotic Tango
?! :(
(and probably a bunch of other stuff crossed over from the Italo thread, '83 was pretty much the golden year there)
― a passing spacecadet, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 11:07 (four years ago) link
2 by Kissing The Pink
The Last Filmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFX5Ca36kOk
Desert Song (insanely not a single)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3KsrwWuexQ
― nashwan, Wednesday, 4 December 2019 11:20 (four years ago) link
'tis the season:
Pretenders "2000 Miles"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEyGZlBdkaA
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 20:33 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRxgidNP2pA
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 27 November 2022 00:13 (one year ago) link
10 favourite 1983 discoveries of the last ten years for me
Ahmed Fakroun - Ya Farhe BeekBlue Gas - Shadows From NowhereKing Sunny Ade - Synchro SystemLaid Back - Fly Away / Walking In The SunshineLustt - Pillow TalkMariah - SokokaraPlustwo - MelodySylvester - Rock The BoxThe The - GiantXTC - Deliver Us From The Elements
― nashwan, Sunday, 27 November 2022 13:12 (one year ago) link
Sylvester - Rock The Box
hell yeah!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHOQwulIQCA
(it's from 1984 tho)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 27 November 2022 13:39 (one year ago) link
Ah damn thanks, had it in both my 83 and 84 playlists for some reason.
I can never get over the incredible line "everyone around Great Britain...from LiverPOOOL to WALES"
― nashwan, Sunday, 27 November 2022 14:01 (one year ago) link
A fabulous Sylvester performance, that.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 27 November 2022 14:14 (one year ago) link
"Hearts" isn't even the best song on 90125
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 27 November 2022 21:37 (one year ago) link