There were undoubtedly many breaks in the chain, but enough people participated to form an unbroken chain across the country if the path had been a straight line.
― Hoot Smalley, Sunday, 9 August 2009 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
My god, my 6th grade awards night ceremony concluded with all of us joining hands and singing "Hands Across America." The summer of '86 was the high point of Reaganmania.
― Anatomy of a Morbius (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 9 August 2009 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
watching the video, kept wondering about the intense diplomatic negotiations behind who got to sing what, with whom, and how many lines they got to sing. also the fact that this many artists on the top 40 charts could actually sing?
anyway, tina turner. i love tina turner. i got this on cassette when it came out but can't remember any of the other songs
hah, i remember the 'hands across america' thing too. i think they gave out t-shirts for it? i was probably in 3rd grade. unaffected by reaganmania due to my dad brainwashing me with the gift of a 'ronald reagan coloring book' (democratic propaganda sarcastically showing how reagan was screwing up the country, only i didn't know that, i colored in it & believed everything they said)
― daria, actually (daria-g), Sunday, 9 August 2009 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
this song came out when i was 3 and i've managed to go pretty much my entire life without paying any close attention to it. listening to it now, i dunno who to vote for. maybe steve perry, maybe mj, maybe ray.
― some dude, Sunday, 9 August 2009 22:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 9 August 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
who voted for springsteen?!?!
― amateurist, Monday, 10 August 2009 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
what the hell
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Monday, 10 August 2009 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
how did huey lewis get 3 more votes than michael jackson?
― the beta banned (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 23:30 (twelve years ago) link
Michael Jackson doesn't do much worth voting for on the track?
― love in a grain elevator (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
Most underrated duo trading off lines segment at about the 2:25 mark: Daryl Hall then Steve Perry.
^^^^ so great
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
This is my favorite thread title on ILM.
― these goons were made for waka (The Reverend), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
Said thread title has made it impossible to find.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 July 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
I've never seen "body" used as a verb...
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
kinda feel like huey lewis sort of went beyond himself in this song, like the dude had no business being there, but had that 1984 chutzpah to just fuckin do it, u know?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
And That's Why I Voted For Huey Lewis
I take it you don't listen to much rap music
― a man is only a guy (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
I've never seen "body" used as a verb...I take it you don't listen to much rap music― a man is only a guy (Shakey Mo Collier)
Spot on, old chap! While I have you, do you have any Grey Poupon?
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
this is gangsta musik if u can't hang u a herb imo
― the beta banned (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
poor kim carnes :'(
― death to ilx, long live the frogbs (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
If you watch the Carnes-Lewis-Lauper clip when they all sing STAND TOGETHER AS ONE it's pretty obvious that Cyndi and Huey fulfilled their silent vow to outsing and outbody Carnes.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
carnes would've won if this poll was for foxiest watw singers. maybe. daryl hall could win too.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
Daryl Hall's mullet was as hot as it was gonna be.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
daryl hall could have had white dude dreads and goatee and he'd still be "the hot one" though
― death to ilx, long live the frogbs (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.americanmustacheinstitute.org/images/oates_stache.jpg
Always a bridesmaid...
― DJP, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.tampabay.com/multimedia/archive/00108/world_108120c.jpg
What's Daryl scowling at?
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
the popularity of sweaters in the 80s
― a man is only a guy (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
"How did 'I Just Called To Say I Love You' outsell 'Out of Touch?'"
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
maybe if Hall and Oates had gotten themselves featured on The Cosby Show
― DJP, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
they could have tried to molest cockroach ala that very special diff'rent strokes
― death to ilx, long live the frogbs (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
oates already has the mustache after all
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5p8vyWGrkO0/Rpe1aR1VuXI/AAAAAAAAAxA/T1d6FqNP4bw/s400/cosby-show2.jpg
Cliff and Claire are not having this.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
"I'm out of touch and I need a refill"
― DJP, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
Cockroach is incapable of being molsested :(
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
its so sad he was a cockroach
― death to ilx, long live the frogbs (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
buried by Tony Montana iirc
― a man is only a guy (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
Omg me and homie just had this convo irl
― give life back to usic (The Reverend), Thursday, 30 May 2013 08:20 (eleven years ago) link
James Ingram going WE ARE THE WORLDRay Charles going YESSIR
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 January 2014 15:27 (ten years ago) link
Kim Carnes wuz robbed! You show me a more emotional "when we" in pop music history.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 18 January 2014 19:50 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IATz8ZVTALo
― tbd (Eazy), Saturday, 18 January 2014 21:50 (ten years ago) link
that 'Making Of' VHS mentioned upthread is here by the way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SGFcYLO0jg
― piscesx, Sunday, 19 January 2014 07:29 (ten years ago) link
Dylan looks hilariously uncomfortable throughout.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 19 January 2014 16:07 (ten years ago) link
No problem with the results on this, except for Springsteen getting any votes whatsoever - he's so bad! He sounds like a parody act of Bruce Springsteen, and looks like Belushi doing Joe Cocker. And they keep cutting back to him! Whereas, like, Paul Simon's part is actually kind of convincing...undermined only by Kenny Rogers's bizarre facial expressions while they're overlapping each other.
Daryl Hall is the most disappointing - anybody could have done that - and Billy Joel is the most surprisingly okay, and I say that as a fan of his. Huey Lewis also sounding way better than I'd have expected, though yeah, uh, a little OTT. Ingram probably most underrated in the results here. Sort of by the numbers, but sounds great.
These things are such great windows into how, briefly, it can seem like Kim Carnes (who does nothing for this) is a bigger, more bankable charity-driving star than Bette Midler, Harry Belafonte, or Smokey fucking Robinson.
Would be into animated gifs of each performer's "greatest" moments. Just saying.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 19 January 2014 23:31 (ten years ago) link
Carnes (and Kenny Rogers) were clients of co-pseudo-organizer/agent Ken Kragen, hence their presence.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 20 January 2014 00:03 (ten years ago) link
Ha, there you go then!
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 20 January 2014 00:17 (ten years ago) link
Kim Carnes (who does nothing for this) is a bigger, more bankable
for years I've wanted to write about Carnes' post-"Bette Davis Eyes" career. She didn't even have a ride-along second top ten -- she collapsed, completely, not even visiting the top twenty again until 1985, no doubt greased by payola.
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 January 2014 01:59 (ten years ago) link
apparently moroder had a road to damascus moment over 'bette davis eyes'
― balls, Monday, 20 January 2014 02:06 (ten years ago) link
epitomizes El Lay New Wave though
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 January 2014 02:07 (ten years ago) link
wonder if there's enough good stuff to make an el lay synth pop playlist - 'bette davis eyes', 'stand back', 'boys of summer'. there's probably some dave stewart stuff i'm forgetting though that's cheating kinda.
― balls, Monday, 20 January 2014 02:09 (ten years ago) link
Motels!
― Bryan Fairy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 January 2014 02:13 (ten years ago) link
At this point, I'm more likely to think of Kim Carnes via Tori Amos's "clone myself like that blonde chick who sings / Bette Davis Eyes," than via "Bette Davis Eyes" itself.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 20 January 2014 02:21 (ten years ago) link