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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Jan 13, 2008 1:30:31 GMT -5
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Post by #Classic Hi-Definition X on Jan 13, 2008 1:31:34 GMT -5
Third thread and we're STILL only on the first round.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Jan 13, 2008 1:32:05 GMT -5
First Ultimate.
Than Awesome.
Now Rad.
Next one is Bodacious or I riot.
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Post by #Classic Hi-Definition X on Jan 13, 2008 1:33:16 GMT -5
And after that, I nominate Gnarly.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Jan 13, 2008 1:33:57 GMT -5
First Ultimate. Than Awesome. Now Rad. Next one is Bodacious or I riot. Can one be Truly, Truly, Truly Outrageous? ;D
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Jan 13, 2008 1:34:01 GMT -5
The last thread might have ended, but in 80's land that just means to be continued. ------------------------------------------------------------------- A great song from one of my favorite movies of the decade. Apparently it's one of those songs that the band themselves hate though. Simple Minds - Don't you Forget About Me"Don't You (Forget About Me)" is a song written for the soundtrack of the 1985 John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club. The songwriters were disco producer Keith Forsey, (who won an Oscar for "Flashdance... What a Feeling") and Steve Schiff (edgy post punk guitarist songwriter from the Nina Hagen band.) Forsey asked both Bryan Ferry and Billy Idol to record the song, but both declined; Idol would later perform a cover of it on his 2001 greatest hits compilation. Schiff then suggested Forsey ask the Scottish New Wave band Simple Minds, who initially refused as well, but then agreed under the encouragement of their label, A&M. According to one account, the band "rearranged and recorded 'Don’t You (Forget About Me)' in three hours in a north London studio and promptly forgot about it." [1] Ironically, the track would become their most famous song and is considered a defining song of the 1980's. Continuing the rock direction recently taken on Sparkle in the Rain but also glancing back at their melodic synth-pop past, it caught the band at their commercial peak and, propelled by the success of The Breakfast Club, became a number-one hit in the U.S. and around the world. Despite its success, the band continued to dismiss the song; the most obvious slight being its absence from their subsequent Once Upon a Time album. It finally appeared on the 1992 best-of Glittering Prize 81/92. Vs. Billy Vera & The Beaters - At This MomentAt This Moment" is a song that was first recorded by Billy Vera & The Beaters in 1981. But it was not until an episode of the NBC Television Network sitcom "Family Ties" during the 1985-86 season that started to become a hit, and eventually, it would become a huge hit on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts, peaking at #1 for two weeks in late-January, 1987. There has yet to appear another waltz as a number one hit. In one episode Brian the Bachelor of Family Guy, Brian sings the opening line of this song.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Jan 13, 2008 1:34:35 GMT -5
Simple Minds - Don't you Forget About Me
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Post by Chilly McFreeze on Jan 13, 2008 1:35:05 GMT -5
Simple Minds
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Post by #Classic Hi-Definition X on Jan 13, 2008 1:35:21 GMT -5
Don't You Forget About Me
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Jan 13, 2008 1:35:32 GMT -5
Don't you... forget about me.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Jan 13, 2008 1:36:21 GMT -5
At This Moment. My favorite weepy 80s ballad.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Jan 13, 2008 1:38:38 GMT -5
Simple Minds!
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Jan 13, 2008 1:39:16 GMT -5
Simple Minds are sometimes the most logical. ---------------------------------------------------------- Heh, here we go. I wanted to see what happened when this particular artist showed up... Squeeze - Tempted"Tempted" was the second single released from Squeeze's fourth album, East Side Story. Though it failed to crack the Top 40 in the UK or the U.S., over the years "Tempted" has become one of Squeeze's most well known songs, especially in North America. The song's distinctive lead vocal is mainly by keyboardist Paul Carrack, though guitarist/co-composer Glenn Tilbrook and producer Elvis Costello also each get to sing lead on a few lines in the second verse. Tempted has been covered numerous times, including versions by Sting, Joe Cocker, and Rockapella. Jools Holland also covered this song on his album Lift The Lid, which was a nod to Jool's history with the band. In 1993, Squeeze remixed and overdubbed the original recording to create a 'new' version of the song for the soundtrack to the film Reality Bites. This version received some radio airplay and was dubbed "Tempted '94." Vs. Milli Vanilli- Girl You Know It's TrueGirl You Know It's True is a 1989 album that was the U.S. debut of pop group Milli Vanilli. In 1989, the majority of songs from Milli Vanilli's Europe-only release All or Nothing were repackaged and retitled Girl You Know It's True for release in the United States on the Arista label.
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Post by Chilly McFreeze on Jan 13, 2008 1:39:37 GMT -5
Squeeze
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Post by #Classic Hi-Definition X on Jan 13, 2008 1:40:31 GMT -5
Girl you know it's true, ooh ooh ooh, I love you...
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Post by mo on Jan 13, 2008 1:40:55 GMT -5
Milli Vanilli
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Post by humanoid on Jan 13, 2008 1:41:28 GMT -5
Milli Vanilli
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Jan 13, 2008 1:41:31 GMT -5
I vote for the fakers.
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Post by Widow's Peak on Jan 13, 2008 1:43:18 GMT -5
Tempted is a fantastic song.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Jan 13, 2008 1:46:49 GMT -5
I'm stunned. Really. I thought the whole faking part would hurt them. Especially up against a song like Tempted. --------------------------------------------------------- We've been lucky for quite a few matches now, in terms of quality of the match. This continues that streak... Okay, HDX, if this counts towards some sort of religous thing here and I need to break the link let me know. You'll know the one.Human League - Don't You Want Me"Don’t You Want Me" is a song by the British Synthpop group The Human League. It has become their most commercially successful recording to date and has sold over 1,400,000 copies making it the 25th most successful single of all time in the UK. Vs. Madonna - Like A PrayerLike a Prayer was considered to be Madonna's most accomplished artistic statement at the time, incorporating rock, dance, pop, soul, and funk elements into the album. Rolling Stone magazine hailing it "...as close to art as pop music gets." It was recorded in 1988 with long time collaborators Patrick Leonard and Stephen Bray and also includes a duet with R&B pop singer Prince. It featured the first of several songs throughout her career in which she talked openly about her mother's death, "Promise to Try"; Madonna even dedicated the album to "my mother who taught me to pray". She also addresses the end of her marriage to actor Sean Penn in the song "Till Death Do Us Part".
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