Stars on 45: 10 7-Inch Singles I Bought in the Early 1980s

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I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but these are the 45s I remember buying in my early years of personal music acquisition. Before I really started buying albums. Most had picture sleeves. I gave them to a record-dealer friend several years ago to dispose of. Not sure how to characterize the predilections here -- power pop and bubblegum metal, I guess.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
"Come On Eileen" -- Dexys Midnight Runners	13
"I Love Rock n Roll" -- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts	6
"Ah! Leah!" -- Donnie Iris	3
"Photograph" -- Def Leppard	3
"The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" -- The Greg Kihn Band	2
"The Salt in My Tears" -- Martin Briley	0
"Do You Wanna Touch Me" -- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts	0
"Working for the Weekend" -- Loverboy	0
"Johnny Can't Read" -- Don Henley	0
"Don't Fight It" -- Kenny Loggins & Steve Perry	0

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 15:17 (nine years ago) link

I loved that Greg Kihn song so much I later bought like 3 Greg Kihn albums, which were mostly not good. Somewhat inexplicable to me that I bought those two Joan Jett singles but not "Crimson and Clover" -- maybe my sister bought that one. And who was Martin Briley, anyway?

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link

I used to get Martin Briley and Jim Capaldi ("Living on the Edge") confused, because they were both low-ish charting early-80s one-hit wonders (though I didn't know at the time that Capaldi had been the drummer in Traffic).

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 15:28 (nine years ago) link

Just learned via Google that Neil Giraldo is the reason I like "Don't Fight It." I always wondered.

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 8 November 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-bi5Oci3m3M

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 8 November 2014 00:17 (nine years ago) link

Cannot figure out what kind of hat Martin Briley is wearing.

― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 8 November 2014 00:21 (nine years ago) link

thought it was a backwards kangol at first, but its more of a squashed beret?

― los blue jeans, Saturday, 8 November 2014 04:46 (nine years ago) link

Voted Def Leppard since "Photograph" is all-time but there's a lot of good stuff here. "Breakup Song" #2.

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 8 November 2014 04:50 (nine years ago) link

"Come On Eileen" is KROQ and for that reason alone (being a native of Los Angeles) gets the vote just over "I Love Rock n Roll."

― 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants (Bee OK), Saturday, 8 November 2014 06:26 (nine years ago) link

KROQ of the 80's (that is).

― 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants (Bee OK), Saturday, 8 November 2014 06:27 (nine years ago) link

Pittsburgh repping for Donnie Iris (even tho I like Photograph better)

― The Velvet Fog called me a motherfucker (Sandy), Saturday, 8 November 2014 18:36 (nine years ago) link

photograph

― maura, Saturday, 8 November 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link

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

― System, Sunday, 9 November 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

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