Billboard Number One Album Rock Tracks 1989

It's batshit!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UchhRsc2spg

I miss my chance tell Sund4r: I Won't Back Down. Which I just voted for. Gave a sloppy listen to the Nicks before you posted that but I will try again. I don't tend to zero in on lyrics as much as you do, Alfred.

But there are a bunch of Tom Petty songs from this time period that I think are hard to argue with as good songs, even if I've never been into his sound.

haha I don't really care for lyrics! I noticed hers because they're particularly insane even for her. The tasteful Rupert Hine production (even the flamenco guitar and airy synth clouds he'd reprise for Rush's "Ghost of a Chance") helps.

I think I've made that mistake before about you and lyrics, but I do notice you mentioning them.

I feel dumb saying it, but I have a little trouble making out the words Nicks is singing much of the time and her voice just ends up sounding like her voice. And I like her voice, though the style of a song like this makes it hard for me to get excited about. I wouldn't really call the production tasteful, though I found myself enjoying the flauxmenco guitar part of the time.

This is annoying: I was going to post something about how crap "Runnin Down a Dream" is, went to listen to it to back this up, and then realized I know the whole thing by heart, which completely deflates my original point.

Again, time to get offline.

Oh, THIS Stevie Nicks song. I still hear this on the radio all the time.

OK, really going offline now.

Going off the grid?

looks like a grocery store playlist!

Petty album the first I ever sold off, think I like it more now than then but I dunno, so earnest!

The Call = The Fixx, no?

voted Stand over The End of the Innocence

Thinking more of 1989, I remember listening to Green a lot when I was packing to move out from home to live on my own, which gives it way too much importance somehow. As I think I've said elsewhere, I was really into it for maybe half a year. Something like that. I neither love nor hate Stand at this point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSxt-PFofNg

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Four votes for Nicks? TWO votes for CSNY???

there is magic all around us -- if I do say so myself

Principle of Moments is very good! I forgot how good "Big Log" was.

Tbh I probably mostly like Manic Nirvana for nostalgia.

Four votes for Nicks? TWO votes for CSNY???
I know! One of them should have been another vote for Free Fallin' and REM can suck it!

My vote for Free Falling would have stood in the way of an REM win, and after I had already voted, I changed my mind and wished that's what I had voted for.

somehow didn't notice 'rooms on fire' up there, yeah that's a pretty great solo nicks track

oh man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to2KasivROc