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I love lists and I'm always making lists, as many of you know I have done the Top 100 Singles of the 80's and the top 100 Singles of the 70's and I'm currently working on my top 100 singles of the 90's. Meanwhile, there's a guy named Dave Steed who has upped me in the list department.
Dave has a weekly writing assignment going through all the songs of the 80's that scored on the Billboard charts above 40 to 100. And it's a lot of songs. He is currently on post 87 and is still on the S's (he is doing them alphabetically). It's an awesome read and he's finding all the songs.
I highly recommend starting at the beginning of his BOTTOM FEEDERS post:
http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-1/
Labels: 80s music
Bubbatunes Visits the 1980s Part 5
Well here's the last of our 80's mixes that we made for Christmas. A whole heap of fun and funk have transpired so far and yet not even all of my top 100 singles of the 80s have been represented so let's see what the final two volumes contained.
bub 120 Brad's Trip Back To The 80's Volume 9 Track List:
01. Money (That's What I Want) - Flying Lizards 02. We Got The Beat - Go Go's
03.
Love Is A Stranger - Eurythmics04. Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant
05. Rush Rush - Debbie Harry
06. Here Comes Your Man - Pixies
07.
The Wanderer - Donna Summer08.
Never Tear Us Apart - INXS09. Touch Me (I Want Your Body) - Samantha Fox
10. Conga - Miami Sound Machine
11. Johnny Can't Read - Don Henley
12.
No Souvenirs - Melissa Etheridge13. Maneater - Hall & Oates
14. Muscles - Diana Ross
15. Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy
16. Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
17. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
18. Shadows Of The Night - Pat Benatar
19. Queen Of Hearts - Juice Newton
20. Hearts On Fire - Randy Meisner
21. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
This little volume contains some of the more essential or at least familiar of the 80's tunes, many which didn't make my initial top 100 list only because some are overplayed or obvious and there were so many others that meant more to me. But I couldn't make a whole 1o volume set and not include such staples as "Hungry Like The Wolf", "Money", "Queen Of Hearts" and "Maneater" or the MTV staples "Money For Nothing" (also a song title used for an episode of Carlton Heights - which uses all 80's song titles as titles), and the paranoia Alice in Wonderland vid "Don't Come Around Here No More." Plus I had to add a couple that were so close to making my list - the Pixies' excellant "Here Comes Your Man", Debbie's "Rush Rush" from Scarface and Randy Meisner's "Hearts On Fire."
bub 121 Brad's Trip Back To The 80's - Volume 10 Track List:
01. If You Leave - OMD
02. Solitaire - Laura Branigan
03. Lover Girl - Teena Marie
04. Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me - Juice Newton
05. Your Love - Outfield
06. Landslide - Olivia Newton-John
07. Love Is Like A Rock - Donnie Iris
08. All Fired Up - Pat Benatar
09. I Don't Want Your Love - Duran Duran
10. Cool Rider - Michelle Pfeiffer
11. Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle
12. Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles
13. Girls - Beastie Boys
14. Lean On Me - Club Nuveau
15. You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead Or Alive
16. The Jam Was Moving - Debbie Harry
17. Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
18. Lay Down Your Arms - Graces
19. Alone - Heart
20. Life In One Day - Howard Jones
Our final volume was kind of a catch up volume, trying to get all the top 100 singles from my list that hadn't made it yet onto a volume, plus adding those final 80's songs that I loved but hadn't got to yet - some rarities like the Graces and Michelle Pfeiffer, some forgotten gems like "Lean On Me", "Twilight Zone" and a few of what I call roller skating songs - one particular song they played at High Roller in Wausau, Wisconsin over and over - "Love Is Like A Rock" and of course the Beastie's probably should be "Fight For Your Right" but that song is way over played and "Girls" is just so frickin' fun and hot.
And there you have the ten volume set of BRAD'S TRIP BACK TO THE 80's - bubbatunes 113-121. I hope Alf's neice enjoys them as much as I do... and I will try to get some mp3s up sometime before the weekend.. Next week, we'll look at some brand spankin' new 2008 Bubbatunes, there's some trippy things coming up. So stay tuned.
Labels: 80s music, Brad's Trip Back To The 80s, bub 121, bub120, Bubbatunes
Bubbatunes Visits the 1980s Part 3
Are you ready for part 3 of our series in Brad's Trip Back To The 80s? Of course you are and this time I even have a couple mp3s for you - I know I'm such a givah!
bub116 BRAD'S TRIP BACK TO THE 80s Volume 5
Track List:
01. Girls Like Me - Bonnie Hayes & The Wild Combo
02. Heat Of The Moment - Asia
03. Cars - Gary Numan
04. Upside Down - Diana Ross
05.
(I Can't) Break Away - Big Pig
06. Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
07. Girls With Guns - Tommy Shaw
08. One Way Love (Better Off Dead) - EG Daily
09. Chains Of Love - Erasure
10.
Need You Tonight - INXS
11.
The Hardest Part - Blondie12. I Know What Boys Like - Waitresses
13. Heart & Soul - T'Pau
14.
Hidin' From Love - Lisa Hartman
15.
Another One Bites The Dust - Queen
16.
The Warrior - Scandal featuring Patty Smyth
17.
Johnny Are You Queer? - Josie Cotton 18.
The Kid Is Hot Tonite - Loverboy
19. You Might Think - The Cars
20.
Chequered Love - Kim Wilde
21. We Belong - Pat Benatar
22. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - Wham!
This is an example of the perfect mix between selections from my personal top 100 singles of the 80's and excellant tracks that exemplify the 80s but didn't make it to my list for one reason or another - and it definitely wasn't because I didn't like the song as there isn't a song I put on any of these 10 discs that I don't love in one way or another.
Volume 5 contains the effervescent
"Girls Like Me" by
Bonnie Hayes that so would've made a big splash on my original list if it had only been released as a single. Featured in one of my all time fav flicks
Valley Girl, the song actually opens the movie and plays again during a slumber party scene where
EG Daily bops her head ever so 80's like, and speaking of Ms. Daily, she appears on this collection as well with one of my favorite songs by the gal, the title track from the film
Better Off Dead -
"One Way Love (Better Off Dead)" - it's a rocking little ditty that I love, love, but alas is another that wasn't released as an official single - though promo copies of a 12" do exist.
Some classics that all were considered for my list include Diana Ross' excellant
"Upside Down", the Cars'
"You Might Think" whose accompanying video was all the rage in 1984, and Wham's
"Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" which is in all senses the 80s.
Oh and a little gal I like to call
Lisa frickin' Hartman who should've had a huge hit with her 1982 album Letterock or at least a hit with it when it was re-released in 1984 as Lisa Hartman. Either way the one and only single released from it not only made my top 100 list, but it's on Volume 5 and it's here for you to download - cuz I rock like that...
Lisa Hartman - Hidin' From Love
EG Daily - One Way Love (Better Off Dead)
bub 117 BRAD'S TRIP BACK TO THE 80s Volume 6Track List:01. Dancin' In Heaven (Orbital Be Bop) - Q Feel
02. TRUE - Concrete Blonde
03. Pop Goes The World - Men Without Hats
04. No Myth - Michael Penn
05. You Don't Want Me Anymore - Steel Breeze
06. Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes
07. It's Still Rock & Roll To Me - Billy Joel
08. Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
09. Rapture - Blondie
10. What Have You Done For Me Lately - Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
11. I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
12. Blue Monday - New Order
13. Always Something There To Remind Me - Naked Eyes
14. Puttin' On The Ritz - Taco
15. Better Be Good To Me - Tina Turner
16. They Don't Know - Tracey Ullman
17. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
18. 867-5309/Jenny - Tommy Tutone
19. Mickey - Toni Basil
20. Cause I'm A Blonde - Julie Brown
21. Little Too Late - Pat Benatar
22. The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) - Greg Kihn Band
This one is a whole heap of hoppin' fun - combining all those great early 80's New Romantic and synth pop - this is stomping and fun all the way through. Of course there's some rock and roll to throw it into a compilation blitz - it also contains a ton of very popular songs from the era that didn't make it onto my list, but makes it onto everyone else's list and compilations. The strange yet alluring Taco, Toni Basil, Julie Brown, Tracey Ullman and ultimate fan favs Soft Cell, Naked Eyes and Q Feel - plus bonafide excellance from my girl Benatar, Blondie, New Order and the Violent Femmes who would've made the list had the song ever been a single. Oh and so much more.
And because I know kitsch and its ultimate power here's an mp3 for my ultimate theme song:
Next time we'll look at volumes 7 and 8 and all the fun we'll have!
Labels: 80s music, Brad's Trip Back To The 80s, bub116, bub117, Bubbatunes
Bubbatunes Visits the 1980s Part 2
And so we're back looking at my recent 10 CD collection of Brad's Trip Back To The 80's - a little jaunt of my favorite songs that everyone should love.
So let's look at volumes 3 and 4 shall we?
bub114 BRAD'S TRIP BACK TO THE 80s Volume 3
Track List:
01.
Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
02.
Just Like Heaven - The Cure03. Take On Me - A-ha
04.
Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
05.
Only The Lonely - The Motels06.
Into The Groove - Madonna
07. Beat It - Michael Jackson
08.
Rumors - Timex Social Club
09. The Belle Of St. Mark - Sheila E.
10. Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarrus
11.
The Stroke - Billy Squier
12.
In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins13. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
14. Backfired - Debbie Harry
15.
Centerfold - J. Geils Band
16. Down Under - Men At Work
17.
Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling 18. You Should Hear How She Talks About You - Melissa Manchester
19.
Invincible - Pat Benatar
20.
I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow21.
Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
Another collection featuring quite a few from my top 100 list, but adding a few of my all time favorites that didn't actually make the list - I forget how good
"Take On Me" really is until you haven't heard it in a while - Sheila E's
"The Belle Of St. Mark" I completely missed at the time of its orginal release but has now been added to my Iphone and I can't stop listening to it. As for
"Goodbye Horses" by the mysterious Q Lazzarrus - it's one of many highlights from the
Married To The Mob soundtrack but was never released as a single so it didn't qualify for my intial list or it would've been on there. It's one of my all time favorites ever, and may just end up being covered by yours truly for the (possibly) upcoming Swivek cover album.
I will get to posting mp3s soon... but until then..
bub115 - BRAD'S TRIP BACK TO THE 80s VOLUME 4Track List:01. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan
02. Strut - Sheena Easton
03. Somebody's Baby - Jackson Browne
04. Luka - Suzanne Vega
05. Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths
06. Night Moves - Marilyn Martin
07. Sweet Child O Mine - Guns n Roses
08. And We Danced - Hooters
09. Don't You Want Me - Human League
10. Peek-A-Boo - Siouxsie & The Banshees
11. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
12. I Know There's Something Going On - Frida
13. We Live For Love - Pat Benatar
14. She's Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze
15. Whip It - Devo
16. Voices Carry - Til Tuesday
17. Do You Believe In Love? - Huey Lewis & The News
18. Destination Unknown - Missing Persons
19. Liar Liar - Debbie Harry
20. Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Police
One of our first where there's actually more songs that weren't on my top 100 list, but the ones that are featured here were all big time considerations as they are brilliant singles - from the funky pop of our opening cuts, "Chaka Kahn, do you feel for me?" and Sheena's brush with R&B - the brilliant
"Strut" - through the mainstream yet totally enjoyable Jackson Browne which conjures up all kinds of memories from one of my all time films
Fast Times At Ridgemont High, plus my all time favorite Police single ever! This one is just fun.. plus I loved my artwork! I know sometimes I really pull my shoulder patting myself on the back.
I'll be back tomorrow with volumes 5 and 6 and hopefully tonight I'll be able to post up some mp3s for your ultimate 80s revival enjoyment.
Labels: 80s music, Brad's Trip Back To The 80s, Bubbatunes
Bubbatunes Visits The 1980s
Well I've been working on new Bubbatunes compilations including some 'reissues' of classic albums but before we get to anything new, I thought I'd look back at the final ones I made in 2007.
Before Christmas came around, Alf's neice kept asking me to make her the definitive 80's CD, as for some reason she thought I could put together a really cool mix. Well of course she was right and since I had been meaning to make a Bubbatunes collection of my top 100 singles of the 80's, I thought this was A) the perfect opportunity to make the Cds and 2) the perfect Christmas gift for Miss E.
But once I started grabbing songs I realized I wanted more than just the top 100 I came up with, I wanted to go crazy and include all classic 80's tunes I thought deserved to be heard by someone maybe a little less familiar with the decade than myself, so I came up with 10 (YES 10!) CDs in the BRAD'S TRIP BACK TO THE 80's Collection. Over the span of the 10 Cds all 100 of my top singles are included but they aren't in order and on the inside of each disc is the copyright date, chart position (if any) and chart debut date (if any) and most importantly the chart position the song ranked in THE TOP 100 SINGLES OF THE 80s - ACCORDING TO BRADLEY.
So let's take a gander at the track lists - we'll take two discs at a time for the next few days and I'll post up some mp3s when I can (or by request should it arise).. and don't forget to comment. I'm sure you'll have something to say about some of my choices.
bub113 BRAD'S TRIP BACK TO THE 80's - VOLUME 1Track List:
01. Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
02.
The Tide Is High - Blondie
03.
99 Red Balloons - Nena04.
Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar
05.
Turning Japanese - The Vapors
06
. Gloria - Laura Branigan07.
I Got You - Split Enz08.
Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler09.
Kids In America - Kim Wilde
10.
I Melt With You - Modern English
11. Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles
12.
He Could Be The One - Josie Cotton
13.
I Love Rock & Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
14.
Vacation - Go Go's15. Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
16. Footloose - Kenny Loggins
17.
She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
18.
Funkytown- Lipps Inc.
19.
Crash - Primitives20. Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
21. Goodbye To You - Scandal
Of the 10 I made this one is probably my ultimate favorite as I put on most of my favorite 80's and not to mention it probably has the most songs from my top 100 list than any of the other 80's CD collection in the series. The highlighted songs are the ones that made my top 100 singles list - and how I almost included "Come On Eileen" but alas I ended up not including it - though everytime I hear it, it's not the 80s that come to mind but rather the 90's and how Lisa and I used to go to this dance club in Abbotsford that had several different rooms and the alternative dance room had a boxing ring as the dance floor. For some reason in between dancing to Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode they'd play "come on eileen" and we would just dance, dance, dance...
As we go through these comps you will soon realize that I have to include a Pat Benatar and Debbie Harry song in some form on every single compilation CD I make. Not just on these 80s CDs but also any mix I have ever made for anyone else. I tried to make one once without a song with my girls and it just seemed incomplete. Also, I had to take a few liberties in regards to the year 1979 for these CDs only because Elaine deserved to hear them and have them. So "Video Killed The Radio Star" is included though it was a hit in the summer of '79 but considering it was the first video ever played on MTV it has its place in the 80's CDs. (though it made my list of the top 100 singles of the 70's)... okay next....
bub 114 BRAD'S TRIP BACK TO THE 80's Volume 201.
Flashdance...What A Feeling - Irene Cara02.
No More Words - Berlin03.
Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart04. Little Red Corvette - Prince
05.
Twist Of Fate - Olivia Newton-John06. Jack & Dianne - John Cougar
07.
Edge Of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks08. She Works Hard For The Money - Donna Summer
09.
Passing Strangers - Ultravox10.
Call Me - Blondie11.
Don't Change - INXS12.
Send Me An Angel '89 - Real Life13.
Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield14.
Only You - Yaz (zoo)15.
Under Pressure - David Bowie & Queen16.
Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford17.
Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves18.
People Are People - Depeche Mode19. Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry
20.
Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat BenatarOkay, this one is really good too - again it has quite a few from my top 100 list plus it has one that almost made the 100 - Neneh Cherry's "Buffalo Stance" a song I've always just loved! Ggggigalo.. great stuff. In fact all the songs on this CD that didn't make the top 100 singles list - Donna's "She Works Hard...", "Jack & Dianne" and Prince were all very strong contenders.
Stay tuned for tomorrow's little blip where we look at volumes 3 and 4! I know you're going to love it!
Labels: 80s music, Brad's Trip Back To The 80s, bub113, bub114, Bubbatunes
