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Jesus I'd forgotten why I fell out of love with chart music at such a young age,now I remember,Glen Frey,Reo Speedwagon,Pat Benatar and Collins and Bailey,the charts got very AOR very quickly
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Yes. Most of her hit singles had something about them. But they're very much of their time and place so tend not to have worn well LiaB is one that has, as is We Belong, and Sex as a Weapon. It's too bad she stuck firmly to the mainstream (she had thirteen top 40 singles here in the 80s), it would have been interesting to hear what else she could have done with that voice.
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She's a bit odd in that she was everywhere and then suddenly nowhere. I never rated her as a heavyweight of any kind - just an average pop singer. Sort of the solo equivalent of The Pretenders; okay, but nobody I took too seriously. We Live for Love is probably my favourite song of hers. We Belong is lovely. Hit Me With...can fuck off where Brown Eyed Girl and We Built This City fuck off to, if they ever do.
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Never saw the appeal of Ms Benatar - she was 'part of the problem' to my post-punk ears. That she never really gained much traction in the UK didn't especially surprise me, either. Packaged stridency. (Heartbreaker - that was passable, perhaps.)
One quick glance at that latest TOTP line-up was sufficient for me to flip. There was an edition recently that featured Killing Joke, The Smiths and Loose Ends. That brought back a few memories.
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Originally posted by Jah Womble View Post
One quick glance at that latest TOTP line-up was sufficient for me to flip.
Anyway, Glenn Frey couldn't have looked any less bothered if he'd tried, and now it's the diabolical Move Closer.
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Originally posted by longeared View PostWas that also because it was broadcast the night after Tottenham Spursed it in the "title decider" at home to Everton?
As for Hoddle, Falco et al - that game was annoying, indeed, but Spurs had plenty of opportunities to put things right afterward. For whatever reason, however, we started losing all our home matches - Villa, Arse, Ipswich, a bizarre 1-5 reversal to Watford - and were toast by the middle of April. (This also affected the ol' GD to the extent that Liverpool snuck in ahead of us as runners-up...)
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I certainly lost interest in the charts pre-live aid until about '89, when dance music and Madchester started happening.
As for Pat Benatar, I always put her in the same catergory as Laura Branigan, Rick Springfield, (Born In The USA-era) Springsteen and Bryan Adams. I blame Jonathan King for this.
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Originally posted by Serge Gainsbourg View PostAs for Pat Benatar, I always put her in the same catergory as Laura Branigan, Rick Springfield, (Born In The USA-era) Springsteen and Bryan Adams. I blame Jonathan King for this.
Self Control by Laura Branigan is great if you're in the right mood, which is the mood for full on Italian disco with lots of Woah-oh-ing.
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Sure, JCM had twenty-two top twenty hits over here. Not sure about the UK but many fewer I'm guessing. Musically the eighties, in the UK and US were almost mirror opposites. What was popular in one place was not in the other. It's why, a few years back, Blondie was the opening act for Pat Benatar. Blondie, in comparison, was only moderately well known.Last edited by Amor de Cosmos; 11-02-2018, 17:13.
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J C Mellencamp only charted with Jack and Diane here in the UK - and only #25 at that. Similarly, Rick Springfield only made the British Top 40 with Human Touch (#23). I think that their acts were considered a bit 'retro' by the shiny UK pop brigade.
Folk over here just weren't having it.
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