KROQ top 50 1983

styx ("mr. roboto") or zz top or don henley - these are all american acts

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.

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.

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.

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 dance
3. the police - every breath you take
4. big country - in a big country
5. culture club - church of the poison mind
6. david bowie - let's dance
7. tears for fears - mad world
8. peter schilling - major tom (coming home)
9. duran duran - union of the snake
11. culture club - do you really want to hurt me
13. talking heads - burning down the house
14. u2 - new year's day
15. madness - our house
17. the police - king of pain
18. greg kihn band - jeopardy
19. the fixx - one thing leads to another
20. nena - 99 luftbaloons
23. suicidal tendencies - institutionalized
25. culture club - karma chameleon
27. eurythmics - sweet dreams (are made of this)
28. adam ant - strip
29. tears for fears - pale shelter
31. thomas dolby - she blinded me with science
34. elvis costello - everyday i write the book
36. the romantics - talking in your sleep
37. inxs - the one thing
38. the cure - love cats
41. icicle works - whisper to a scream (birds fly)
42. the b-52's - whammy kiss
45. the police - synchronicity II
46. tears for fears - change
47. billy idol - rebel yell
48. echo & the bunnymen - the cutter
50. ub40 - red red wine

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!),

that's how I feel about "Church of the Poison Mind."

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.

If you mean they sounded best in ..38 Special, Foreigner, Robert Plant, and Van Halen's company, you're right

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.

Maybe "Beast of Burden."

Oh, and "Waiting on a Friend?"

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.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ilm why u hate culture club?

KROQ top 50 1984

I think I voted "Undercover of the Night."

kind of weird to see '83 pop music with all the black people filtered out

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."

... '83 is stronger because all of the black people were filtered out?

7. tears for fears - mad world 0
29. tears for fears - pale shelter 0
8. peter schilling - major tom (coming home) 0

well this is unfortunate

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.

To my ears, new wave synth-pop also took a dip in quality across the board between '83 and '84.

7. tears for fears - mad world 0
29. tears for fears - pale shelter 0
8. peter schilling - major tom (coming home) 0

well this is unfortunate

― Frontier Psychiatrist, mardi 22 juillet 2014 17:01 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Indeed

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.

In a Big Country might have the worst guitar tone on the planet.

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