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A special two hour edition of the 80s at 8, I pulled a chart dated Jan 26/85 from RPM (Canada's equivalent to Billboard back then) and featuring songs that were in the top 100, this coming Saturday. This show will bring back a lot of memories for me because it was early 1985 that I started listening to music in earnest, top 40 radio etc. Even the cheesiest of songs from this era bring a smile, and the truly good songs still sound good.

The rest of the show will be the usual mix of 60s, 70s and 80s...really trying to throw some lesser heard songs in...it's an uphill battle with what I have to work with but we hold on.

A great year for rock of all types...

A-Ha ~ Take On Me
AC-DC ~ Shake Your Foundations
Bryan Adams ~ Heaven, It's Only Love, Summer Of '69, Somebody, One Night Love Affair
Aerosmith ~ Let The Music Do The Talking
Pat Benatar ~ Invincible
Bon Jovi ~ In & Out Of Love, Only Lonely
David Bowie & Mick Jagger ~ Dancing In The Street
The Cars ~ Tonight She Comes
Eric Clapton ~ Forever Man, She's Waiting
Phil Collins ~ Take Me Home, Sussudio, Don't Lose Me Number, One More Night, Separate Lives (duet)
The Cult ~ She Sells Sanctuary
The Cure ~ Close To Me
Roger Daltrey ~ Move Better In The Night, After The Fire, Let Me Down Easy
Dire Straits ~ Money For Nothing, So Far Away, Walk Of Life
The Dream Academy ~ Life In A Northern Town, Love Parade
Eurythmics ~ Would I Lie To You?, There Must Be An Angel
The Firm ~ Radioactive
John Fogerty ~ Centerfield
Foreigner ~ I Want To Know What Love Is, That Was Yesterday
Glenn Frey ~ The Heat Is On, You Belong To The City (soundtracks anybody?)
Corey Hart ~ Never Surrender
Heart ~ If Looks Could Kill, What About Love, Never, These Dreams
Helix ~ Deep Cuts The Knife
The Hooters ~ And We Danced, Day By Day, All You Zombies
INXS ~ Listen Like Thieves, What You Need
Mick Jagger ~ Just Another Night
Billy Joel ~ (You're Only Human) Second Wind
Elton John ~ Sad Songs (Say So Much)
Journey ~ Only The Young
Kiss ~ Tears Are Falling, Who Wants To Be Lonely
Huey Lewis ~ The Power Of Love
Loverboy ~ Lovin' Every Minute Of It, This Could Be The Night
Marillion ~ Kayleigh
JC Mellencamp ~ Rain On The Scarecrow, Small Town, Lonely Ol' Night, Rumbleseat, R.O.C.K In The U.S.A.
Mike + The Mechanics ~ Silent Running, All I Need Is A Miracle
Mr. Mister ~ Kyrie, Broken Wings
Mötley Crüe ~ Home Sweet Home, Smokin' In The Boys Room
Stevie Nicks ~ I Can't Wait, Talk To Me
Night Ranger ~ Four In The Morning, Sentimental Street
The Outfield ~ Your Love
Robert Palmer ~ Addicted To Love, I Didn't Mean To Turn You On, Hyperactive
John Parr ~ St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ~ Don't Come Around Here No More
Robert Plant ~ Little By Little
The Power Station ~ Get It On (Bang A Gong), Some Like It Hot
Queen ~ One Vision
R.E.M. ~ Driver 8
Ratt ~ Lay It Down, You're In Love
REO Speedwagon ~ Can't Fight This Feeling
David Lee Roth ~ Just A Gigolo/Ain't Got Nobody, California Girls
Rush ~ The Big Money, Manhattan Project
Scorpions ~ No One Like You, Still Loving You (Live)
Simple Minds ~ Don't You (Forget About Me), Alive & Kicking
Simply Red ~ Holding Back The Years
Rick Springfield ~ State Of The Heart, Celebrate Youth
Bruce Springsteen ~ I'm On Fire, Glory Days, I'm Goin' Down, My Hometown
Sting ~ If You Love Somebody Set Them Free, Russians, Fortress Around Your Heart
Starship ~ We Built This City, Sara
Talking Heads ~ And She Was, Road To Nowhere
Tears For Fears ~ Shout, Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Head Over Heels
'Til Tuesday ~ Voices Carry
George Thorogood ~ I Drink Alone
Twisted Sister ~ Leader Of The Pack
U2 ~ The Three Sunrises
Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble ~ Look At Little Sister
Joe Walsh ~ The Confessor, Rosewood Bitters
Stevie Wonder ~ Part-Time Lover
Y & T ~ Summertime Girls
Weird Al Yankovic ~ Like A Surgeon
ZZ Top ~ Sleeping Bag, Rough Boy, Can't Stop Rockin', Velcro Fly


We won't even get into the metal releases... but here's an interesting tidbit...

What do the following albums have in common?

Come Out and Play ~ Twisted Sister
Down for the Count ~ Y&T
Fight to Survive ~ White Lion
Night of the Crime ~ Icon
The Last Command ~ W.A.S.P.
Ready to Strike ~ King Kobra
Under Lock and Key ~ Dokken

They were all released on November 9, 1985.


Well, that was fun. Let's do another...


Steve

Wow, cool factoid Steve...great list of songs too, only a handful will be on the show, simply because Jan. 1985 is still dealing...mostly with songs that came out in 1984. I should have a full listing tomorrow.

The sad thing is that Steve probably pulled that list off the top of his head.

Probably?

6PM
Hush - Deep Purple
It's Only Love - Bryan Adams/Tina Turner
Groovin' - Rascals
Roller - April Wine
Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne
I Fell in Love With You - Gary and Dave
Don't Bring Me Down - ELO
Snowbird - Anne Murray
I Love Rock & Roll - Joan Jett
Surrender - Cheap Trick
Take the Money & Run - Steve Miller
Paint it, Black - Rolling Stones
Let Me Serenade You - Three Dog Night
Just My Imagination - Temptations
Band on the Run - Wings
Spooky - Classics IV

7PM
Burnin' For You - Blue Oyster Cult
I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher
Never Surrender - Corey Hart
I'll Be Around - Spinners
This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis & the Playboys
I'm Easy - Ron Nigrini
Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Warren Zevon
Up on Cripple Creek - Band
Barbara Ann - Beach Boys
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
Shout it out Loud - Kiss
Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Clap For the Wolfman - Guess Who
Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Love (Can Make You Happy) - Mercy
The Letter - Box Tops
Fingertips - Stevie Wonder

8PM
LET IT GO - LUBA
MISSING YOU - JOHN WAITE
I'M SO EXCITED - POINTER SISTERS
DRIVE - CARS
IT AIN'T ENOUGH - COREY HART
PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE) - U2
BLUE JEAN - DAVID BOWIE
ROMANTIC TRAFFIC - SPOONS
TEACHER TEACHER - 38 SPECIAL
EDGE OF A DREAM - JOE COCKER
ROCK YOU - HELIX
THE HEAT IS ON - GLENN FREY
THE OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD - JOHN FOGERTY
CALIFORNIA GIRLS - DLR
I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU - STEVIE WONDER

9PM
ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT - CYNDI LAUPER
BOYS OF SUMMER - DON HENLEY
OUT OF TOUCH - HALL & OATES
CARRIBBEAN QUEEN - BILLY OCEAN
YOU'RE THE INSPIRATION - CHICAGO
BORN IN THE USA - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
WE BELONG - PAT BENATAR
AT THE FEET OF THE MOON - PARACHUTE CLUB
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - FOREIGNER
SEA OF LOVE - HONEYDRIPPERS
EASY LOVER - BAILEY/COLLINS
RUN TO YOU - BRYAN ADAMS
CARELESS WHISPER - WHAM
WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT - TWISTED SISTER

10PM
Foxy Lady - Jimi Hendrix
True Blue - Madonna
Go All the Way - Raspberries
Angel - Aerosmith
Hit the Road Jack - Stampeders
Baby, What a Big Surprise - Chicago
Bad Side of the Moon - April Wine
Sussudio - Phil Collins
The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
Photograph - Ringo Starr
For Your Love - Yardbirds
Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) - Glass Tiger
Logical Song - Supertramp
Satisfaction - Rolling Stones

11PM
Unchained - Van Halen
Should I Stay or Should I Go - Clash
Treat Her Like a Lady - Cornelius Brothers
For What it's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
Lean on Me - Bill Withers
Free Man in Paris - Joni Mitchell
Hair of the Dog - Nazareth
Pilot - Ian Thomas
Nothin's Gonna Stop us Now - Starship
Can't Stop Dancing - Captain & Tennille
Fernando - ABBA
Dirty Laundry - Don Henley
I'm Not Sayin' - Gordon Lightfoot
In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues
Only the Lonely - Roy Orbison

Three things to note regarding the 80s at 8 (caps) section:
1) this list is far from complete
2) this list is based on Canadian charts
3) even though some of these songs peaked as far back as summer '84, they were still in the top 100
in January '85

Enjoy!

I don't know a few of those

If I had to make a guess it would be some of the Canadian acts that were big here, but nowhere else in the world.

Luba, Spoons and Parachute Club don't ring a bell for me either. Must be the Canadian contingent.

Wish I could get the stream to work here... It's nice to listen to the radio and actually hear songs I don't really know... but have a chance of liking (unlike most tunes today).

Great set, dude!


Turn Up The Radio

(Sorry, gotta go back to 1984 for that one... )

Well all three of those acts would best fit the new wave category, I'd say, although Luba was more of a singer songwriter...let me see if I can find some points of reference.

Luba...are you familiar with the group I, Napoleon? On their debut album (their only one I think) from 1991 they cover her ballad "Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry." She released three albums on Capitol Records in the 80s.

the Spoons...very new wave, kind of in the Human League ballpark...their original keyboard player Rob Preuss went on to play on one album and tour by Honeymoon Suite...

Parachute Club...hmmm....again very new wave, one of their albums was produced by John Oates (yes, that John Oates) and he sang on their song "Love is Fire."

For every Rush and Bryan Adams there are countless other acts like these that were really, really big in Canada (Platinum Blonde, Gowan, Northern Pikes, etc.) for a period of time but couldn't get arrested in the states. Even though they all had their albums released on major U.S. labels...it's a hard market to break through.

I was fortunate to grow up living right on the U.S. border (next to Maine if anyone's counting) so I had the combination of U.S. Top 40 radio (Rick Dees, Casey Kasem) and Canadian content via MuchMusic. In fact when I was just a wee pup I remember being quite surprised to discover Loverboy were actually Canadian, because American radio played them all the time.

I could go on and on about this really...

Not familiar with any of those acts, except for Platinum Blonde... and that's only because I was given an LP copy of "Contact" by a friend of mine who DJ'd at a local radio station. Ironically, I still have it right here in my office... but don't think it's ever seen a turntable.

I agree about the odd invisible border between Canada and the U.S... Living in upstate NY though, I think I was lucky in a similar way. I got word about a few bands that didn't seem to get any airplay in the rest of the States... April Wine being the best example I can think of off-hand.


Steve