love the image, nice add.
"love cats" 1b "Pale Shelter"
― Bee OK, Thursday, 17 July 2014 01:36 (nine years ago) link
Pepsi = "Institutionalized"
lol
― Bee OK, Thursday, 17 July 2014 01:38 (nine years ago) link
1. duran duran - is there something i should know?4. big country - in a big country5. culture club - church of the poison mind7. tears for fears - mad world9. duran duran - union of the snake10. the english beat - i confess12. david bowie - modern love13. talking heads - burning down the house14. u2 - new year's day17. the police - king of pain24. the rolling stones - undercover of the night
^^^ good songs
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 July 2014 01:41 (nine years ago) link
these are getting better and better... "acceleration" is such a jam.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 17 July 2014 01:43 (nine years ago) link
i voted "save it for later" but the '82 list was better.
― Neil Patrick Haggerty (get bent), Thursday, 17 July 2014 01:45 (nine years ago) link
which one incorporates the exotic eastern riff better:"the cutter" vs. "living on the ceiling"?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 17 July 2014 01:46 (nine years ago) link
barbie and the kens were a bobby o act. spoiler alert: this kroq-bobby o connection has ramifications in the immediate future.
there are only 8 (maybe 9 depending on where barbie and the kens themselves were from) tracks by american acts up there. culture club has 5.
― balls, Thursday, 17 July 2014 01:47 (nine years ago) link
"cool places" and "one thing" use the same keyboard setting.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 17 July 2014 01:50 (nine years ago) link
i was in the Frolic Room (dive w/ Belushi's photo behind the bar) on Hollywood Blvd last week when "Undercover of the Night: came on and it was such an '80s moment I shuddered
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 July 2014 01:59 (nine years ago) link
agree that 82 list is better. by 83 new wave and new pop have kinda calcified and though i like every example up there i'm not the hugest fan of 'the big music'. domination by a handful of acts is nothing new but here it takes the form of acts kroq already played having massive top 40 years - culture club, police, duran duran, bowie. it's not the same as adam ant dominating in 1981 or devo in 1980 (not for me at least).
― balls, Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:00 (nine years ago) link
god what shite
― calstars, Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:03 (nine years ago) link
voted SuicTends
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:04 (nine years ago) link
OHHHDACOVAH OF DAH NIEEEEET
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:05 (nine years ago) link
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DISPAIR-OS
― balls, Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:09 (nine years ago) link
well it was instructive to learn that Mick can't ask someone to teach him one word in Spanish
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:11 (nine years ago) link
'Well I'm telling you they never got it right / Until they put out Undercover of the Night'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVJkfXeTs9Q
― balls, Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:13 (nine years ago) link
not even Bianca!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:14 (nine years ago) link
omg Nena AND Peter Schilling?!
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:37 (nine years ago) link
I mean c'mon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0pL3IoB_3A
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:38 (nine years ago) link
or
love catsthe one thingsave it for latermodern love
fuck
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:40 (nine years ago) link
sad i missed 82
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:41 (nine years ago) link
In a Big Country. Now that is a fucking hit. Whoah man.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:45 (nine years ago) link
I know it's Big (Country) and signaled the resurgence of a kind of heartland authenticity on both sides of the Atlantic but yeah I may vote for "In a Big Country." It's unstoppable.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 17 July 2014 02:48 (nine years ago) link
Save it for later over The Cutter
― da croupier, Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:07 (nine years ago) link
man save it for later is so amazing that at first glance i can't imagine another vote. otoh, i have not thought of "swear" for 30 years but i'm astonished that i actually DO remember it (it is unremarkable imo).
i confesspale shelterone thingcool places (doesn't this have a go-go on it?)whisper to a scream
all featuring pretty highly.
i remember dear prudence from hyaena. i think whammy kiss was about the last b52s song i really liked.
probably the last year i was really listening closely to radio.
― the times recommends: gluten-free dining in italy! (Hunt3r), Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:18 (nine years ago) link
yeah jane wiedlin is on 'cool places'
― balls, Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:22 (nine years ago) link
yeah yeah sting's a douche but "every breath you take" is a juggernaut
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, 17 July 2014 03:24 (nine years ago) link
Dear Prudence, just a smidge above Mad World. But so many of these are classics.
To be back in a time when any of these could come on KROQ at any given moment...
― LimbsKing, Thursday, 17 July 2014 04:12 (nine years ago) link
i don't know a lot of these songs but i can't imagine liking any of them more than "in a big country"
― dyl, Thursday, 17 July 2014 05:26 (nine years ago) link
Oh my god this is even harder, like I couldn't even choose between Never Stop and The Cutter on the Porcupine poll.
Institutionalized was this early? Because that didn't enter my life until about 85 or so. It feels anachronistic on this list.
Haha that Peter Schilling's Bowie song is better than any of the actual Bowie songs on the list. (Wait, who am I kidding, I love that album with all of my 12 year old soul)
― Branwell with an N, Thursday, 17 July 2014 08:23 (nine years ago) link
Dreams walking in broad daylight
― Walter Galt, Thursday, 17 July 2014 08:31 (nine years ago) link
that '82 list was absolutely the peak of something wasn't it?
as for '83, i coud easily put all five culture club songs in my top 10. english beat, echo & the bunnymen and eurythmics (all the "e" bands, that is) would also be in there.
voting "church of the poison mind."
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 17 July 2014 08:38 (nine years ago) link
Peter Schilling's Bowie song is better than any of the actual Bowie songs on the list.
otm times ten
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 17 July 2014 08:40 (nine years ago) link
So much awesome to choose from:
men without hats - the safety dancethe police - every breath you takebig country - in a big countrypeter schilling - major tom (coming home)talking heads - burning down the houseu2 - new year's daythe fixx - one thing leads to anothernena - 99 luftbaloonssuicidal tendencies - institutionalizedeurythmics - sweet dreams (are made of this)adam ant - stripthomas dolby - she blinded me with sciencethe romantics - talking in your sleepicicle works - whisper to a scream (birds fly)billy idol - rebel yell
Amazing amount of bands that were either officially one-hit wonders but those that weren't technically were still one-track wonders for me personally.
I want to vote for Suicidal Tendencies just because it was such an important song for me when I was a kid and it stands out on this list like a sore thumb (injured while skating, natch) but "Sweet Dreams" is just so iconic and still sounds relevant when I hear it all these years later. Gotta go with that.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 17 July 2014 09:23 (nine years ago) link
And yeah, Peter Schilling's "Major Tom" shits all over Bowie's.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 17 July 2014 09:25 (nine years ago) link
this was the year i got into pop music
kind of weird to see '83 pop music with all the black people filtered out
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 17 July 2014 10:55 (nine years ago) link
men without hats - the safety dancebig country - in a big countrydavid bowie - modern lovethe police - king of painthe polecats - make a circuit with meeurythmics - sweet dreams (are made of this)the english beat - save it for laterelvis costello - everyday i write the bookicicle works - whisper to a scream (birds fly)
English Beat narrowly over Big Country.
― campreverb, Thursday, 17 July 2014 12:04 (nine years ago) link
"The Cutter" over "Save It For Later"
― catfishers of men (WilliamC), Thursday, 17 July 2014 12:30 (nine years ago) link
Burning Down The House over Let's Dance/Safety Dance/She Blinded Me With Science
― guwop (crüt), Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:52 (nine years ago) link
Still love "Save It for Later." Otherwise, pretty much rock bottom for me.
― clemenza, Thursday, 17 July 2014 14:56 (nine years ago) link
I think aside from Costello, the only one of these acts I saw live in '83-84 was... Big Country! In St Petersburg, FL!
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:07 (nine years ago) link
Blancmange for the win.
― thomasinskeep, Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:39 (nine years ago) link
precipitous drop from '82 imo, loads of crap on this list. for me the contest is between both English Beat songs and the winner is "I Confess"
I spent a lot of time in '83 wondering whether "Save It For Later" was better, not as good as, or just as good as "I Confess" tbh
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 July 2014 15:50 (nine years ago) link
otm.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 17 July 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
"Love Cats" easily.
― austinato (Austin), Thursday, 17 July 2014 18:35 (nine years ago) link
the Billboard top 50 of '83 still seem pretty...like...'83 is the year of "Atomic Dog" and "Juicy Fruit" and "Cold Blooded" and "Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better)" and "I Like It" and "Candy Girl," but:
1. "Every Breath You Take" The Police2 "Billie Jean" Michael Jackson3 "Flashdance... What a Feeling" Irene Cara4 "Down Under" Men at Work5 "Beat It" Michael Jackson6 "Total Eclipse of the Heart" Bonnie Tyler7 "Maneater" Daryl Hall & John Oates8 "Baby, Come to Me" Patti Austin and James Ingram9 "Maniac" Michael Sembello10 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" Eurythmics11 "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" Culture Club12 "You and I" Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle13 "Come On Eileen" Dexys Midnight Runners14 "Shame on the Moon" Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band15 "She Works Hard for the Money" Donna Summer16 "Never Gonna Let You Go" Sérgio Mendes17 "Hungry Like the Wolf" Duran Duran18 "Let's Dance" David Bowie19 "Twilight Zone" Golden Earring20 "I Know There's Something Going On" Frida21 "Jeopardy" The Greg Kihn Band22 "Electric Avenue" Eddy Grant23 "She Blinded Me with Science" Thomas Dolby24 "Africa" Toto25 "Little Red Corvette" Prince26 "Back on the Chain Gang" The Pretenders27 "Up Where We Belong" Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes28 "Mr. Roboto" Styx29 "You Are" Lionel Richie30 "Der Kommissar" After the Fire31 "Puttin' on the Ritz" Taco32 "Sexual Healing" Marvin Gaye33 "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" The Human League34 "Time (Clock of the Heart)" Culture Club35 "The Safety Dance" Men Without Hats36 "Mickey" Toni Basil37 "You Can't Hurry Love" Phil Collins38 "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" Journey39 "One on One" Daryl Hall & John Oates40 "We've Got Tonight" Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton41 "1999" Prince42 "Stray Cat Strut" Stray Cats43 "Allentown" Billy Joel44 "Stand Back" Stevie Nicks45 "Tell Her About It" Billy Joel46 "Always Something There to Remind Me" Naked Eyes47 "Truly" Lionel Richie48 "Dirty Laundry" Don Henley49 "The Girl Is Mine" Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney50 "Too Shy" Kajagoogoo
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 17 July 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
i love 'in a big country'
― ciderpress, Thursday, 17 July 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
^ Me too, that's near the top for me but it came down to the 2 Bowie songs for me, don't get the Let's Dance hate/indifference ITT
― Yoga Knives (Whitey on the Moon), Friday, 18 July 2014 08:59 (nine years ago) link
I'm not sure if I get that's it's such a huge drop from 82. see the 85 list if you want to see a cliff: http://www.radiohitlist.com/KROQ/KROQ-1985.htm It does seem that while in 1982 the Eurythmics single would be an obscurity, by 1983 it's a top 10 hit.
― campreverb, Friday, 18 July 2014 12:44 (nine years ago) link
actually prefer the '85 list! "Nemesis," "Opportunities," "In Between Days," "The Perfect Kiss," "Slave to Love" - plenty of real dogs on the list to be sure but I prefer the peaks in '85 to anything except the Michael Jackson singles in '83
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 July 2014 12:52 (nine years ago) link
Love a lot of these and could vote for any of those:
the safety dancechurch of the poison mindmad worldmajor tom (coming home)pale shelterlove catsthe cutter
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 18 July 2014 14:54 (nine years ago) link
looking at this list, with the rolling stones' "undercover...," and the '85 list, with two mick jagger songs, and wondering how/why they kept getting airplay on this format. it doesn't make any sense in hindsight. did it make sense then?
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 18 July 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
hindsight renders mick jagger's solo career incomprehensible in any airplay context, but the stones jumped on the new wave thing early and hard, no? if anything undercover is like, too KROQ of a song
― da croupier, Friday, 18 July 2014 17:50 (nine years ago) link
"Just Another Night" got to #12 on the pop chart and #1 AOR and massive MTV airplay on name recognition alone so I'm not surprised.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 July 2014 17:51 (nine years ago) link
i sort of get that, but under the same reasoning they could've been playing styx ("mr. roboto") or zz top or don henley or any number of classic rock survivors, so i'm still curious how the stones specifically won over that crowd while none of their peers did. (except bowie, but i think he's a very different case, much more obviously part of the new wave.)
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 18 July 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
he's handsomer?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:10 (nine years ago) link
than henley? how dare you!
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 18 July 2014 18:11 (nine years ago) link
totally just guessing, but maybe cuz the stones were new wave friendly since '78? zz top, henley etc took a little longer to hop on board with the sonics
― da croupier, Friday, 18 July 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
DON: To hear "Boys of Summer," and to some extent Glenn's "The Heat is On" on top forty radio was gratifying to us. It felt great that our message could work in a new decade.
GLENN: Hey, Henley, remember, I got the "Miami Vice" spot.
DON: Well, yeah.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link
again just guessing but it does seem like kroq's punk leanings would demand an anti-El Lay playlist, even if "boys of summer" and "stand back" aren't that far from "take on me" now
― da croupier, Friday, 18 July 2014 18:24 (nine years ago) link
styx ("mr. roboto") or zz top or don henley - these are all american acts
― balls, Friday, 18 July 2014 18:25 (nine years ago) link
in the context of AOR and MOR radio 1979-1981 Stones sounded like the Pistols; plus, like croup said, they'd already gone shorter and tougher during their mall rat years.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:26 (nine years ago) link
A lot of sentimental favorites on this list but it doesn't really matter that much what's on it because "Burning Down The House" is on it.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:27 (nine years ago) link
Whenever I hear "Burning Down The House" I feel real pride and gratefulness that I live in society where this song could be a massive hit.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:28 (nine years ago) link
jesus christ
I'm a big fan of all of these:
1. duran duran - is there something i should know?2. men without hats - the safety dance3. the police - every breath you take4. big country - in a big country5. culture club - church of the poison mind6. david bowie - let's dance7. tears for fears - mad world8. peter schilling - major tom (coming home)9. duran duran - union of the snake11. culture club - do you really want to hurt me13. talking heads - burning down the house14. u2 - new year's day15. madness - our house17. the police - king of pain18. greg kihn band - jeopardy19. the fixx - one thing leads to another20. nena - 99 luftbaloons23. suicidal tendencies - institutionalized25. culture club - karma chameleon27. eurythmics - sweet dreams (are made of this)28. adam ant - strip29. tears for fears - pale shelter31. thomas dolby - she blinded me with science34. elvis costello - everyday i write the book36. the romantics - talking in your sleep37. inxs - the one thing38. the cure - love cats41. icicle works - whisper to a scream (birds fly)42. the b-52's - whammy kiss45. the police - synchronicity II46. tears for fears - change47. billy idol - rebel yell48. echo & the bunnymen - the cutter50. ub40 - red red wine
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link
― Guayaquil (eephus!),
that's how I feel about "Church of the Poison Mind."
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 July 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link
in the context of AOR and MOR radio 1979-1981 Stones sounded like the Pistols
I don't think I agree with this at all.
― timellison, Friday, 18 July 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
If you mean they sounded best in ..38 Special, Foreigner, Robert Plant, and Van Halen's company, you're right
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 July 2014 19:02 (nine years ago) link
I meant that I don't see that their toughness or modern quality particularly stood out on AOR radio. Not sure that their music from that period was even played on MOR radio.
― timellison, Friday, 18 July 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
Maybe "Beast of Burden."
Oh, and "Waiting on a Friend?"
― timellison, Friday, 18 July 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
I will say that reading the nominations thread for the classic rock poll did suggest to me that the stations I grew up with may have been more hard rock-oriented than others around the country.
― timellison, Friday, 18 July 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 21 July 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
ilm why u hate culture club?
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 01:16 (nine years ago) link
KROQ top 50 1984
― balls, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 01:49 (nine years ago) link
I think I voted "Undercover of the Night."
― the one where, as balls alludes (Eazy), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 01:50 (nine years ago) link
This is the only reason I can think of for why '83 is so much stronger than '84--that and including the apparent punk crossover "Institutionalized."
― Peter Scholtes, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:37 (nine years ago) link
... '83 is stronger because all of the black people were filtered out?
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
7. tears for fears - mad world 029. tears for fears - pale shelter 08. peter schilling - major tom (coming home) 0
well this is unfortunate
― Frontier Psychiatrist, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
xp: Hope you're joking. No, the '83 list is stronger than the '84 list because the apparent bias in both seems to hurt '84 more.
― Peter Scholtes, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 20:58 (nine years ago) link
To my ears, new wave synth-pop also took a dip in quality across the board between '83 and '84.
― Peter Scholtes, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
― Frontier Psychiatrist, mardi 22 juillet 2014 17:01 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Indeed
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
I thought I voted for Schilling. I probably didn't vote at all. I usually comment but forget about the whole actual picking a song thing.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
In a Big Country might have the worst guitar tone on the planet.
― how's life, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 18:20 (nine years ago) link
Hope you're joking. No, the '83 list is stronger than the '84 list because the apparent bias in both seems to hurt '84 more.
haha that is a very different (and understandable/defensible) thing from what you actually wrote
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link