Porn for BYH

[Bubbler]

On the road home today, I was listening to Sirius/XM's MTV veejayed version of AT40. Apparently, Casey Kasem wanted too much money or something from the bastards at Sirius. It's no Casey, but it's passable radio fare.

(How sad must it be to be the original MTV veejays? I think they already died and we're all reliving their hell of constantly having to relive the 80s)

Anyway, I heard a NIGHT RANGER nugget I had completely forgotten about ... Goodbye. I forgot how much I liked that song at the time.

Also, this countdown from '85 had a double-whammy of lyrical suck -- Burning Heart and We Built This City -- within a song or two of each other. I came really close to driving into a bridge abutment.

No. 1? I'm not going to say other than I have to admit its one of the guiltiest of pleasures.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Wal-mart's 1985 commercial jingle?

 

[JackReacher]

2006 NCAA Tournament highlights?

 

[Huggy]

Marconi does the mambo, my man.

 

[Football_Bat]

1985 was the nadir of 1980s music — it also gave us Mr. Mister, REO Speedwagon, "Party All The Time," "St. Elmo's Fire," "Sussudio," and at the tail end of the year, "Say You, Say Me." Hurl-tastic.

It had its moments, though, like the guilty pleasure "One Night In Bangkok" and the breakouts by Dire Straits, Simple Minds and Tears for Fears. I'd been a Mark Knopfler fan since middle school. And we all dug the a-ha video on Night Tracks.

 

[CitizenTino]

1985 was the nadir of 1980s music — it also gave us Mr. Mister, REO Speedwagon, "Party All The Time," "St. Elmo's Fire," "Sussudio," and at the tail end of the year, "Say You, Say Me." Hurl-tastic.

It had its moments, though, like the guilty pleasure "One Night In Bangkok" and the breakouts by Dire Straits, Simple Minds and Tears for Fears. I'd been a Mark Knopfler fan since middle school. And we all dug the a-ha video on Night Tracks.

I know at least one guy who liked "Sussudio" ...

 

[Double J]

1985 was the nadir of 1980s music — it also gave us Mr. Mister, REO Speedwagon, "Party All The Time," "St. Elmo's Fire," "Sussudio," and at the tail end of the year, "Say You, Say Me." Hurl-tastic.

It had its moments, though, like the guilty pleasure "One Night In Bangkok" and the breakouts by Dire Straits, Simple Minds and Tears for Fears. I'd been a Mark Knopfler fan since middle school. And we all dug the a-ha video on Night Tracks.

"Broken Wings" is a great song. I will fight anyone who even attempts to argue otherwise.

But, yeah, "Take On Me" rules. Song and video.

 

[forever_town]

Who knew beej would go gay for Night Ranger?

 

[Football_Bat]

Who knew beej would go gay for Night Ranger?

Where the hell have you been?

 

[forever_town]

Who knew beej would go gay for Night Ranger?

Where the hell have you been?

Actually satisfying Mrs. BYH?

 

[Bubbler]

1985 was the nadir of 1980s music — it also gave us Mr. Mister, REO Speedwagon, "Party All The Time," "St. Elmo's Fire," "Sussudio," and at the tail end of the year, "Say You, Say Me." Hurl-tastic.

Disagree. I think it was the last gasp good year of the decade. Other than rap, the 1986-91 era, basically spanning my high school years, was unmitigated ****.

 

[The Big Ragu]

1985 was the nadir of 1980s music — it also gave us Mr. Mister, REO Speedwagon, "Party All The Time," "St. Elmo's Fire," "Sussudio," and at the tail end of the year, "Say You, Say Me." Hurl-tastic.

Disagree. I think it was the last gasp good year of the decade. Other than rap, the 1986-91 era, basically spanning my high school years, was unmitigated ****.

I disagree now. I am a bit older. But 1986 and 1987 were NOT terribly bad musical years. Just off the top of my head, I will throw out songs like Bizarre Love Triangle, New Order, Dear God, XTC (but the whole album, Skylarking), Just Like Heaven, The Cure and Stranglelove, Depeche Mode (the most overplayed song in history, but still was damned good the first 2,000 times I heard it).

 

[Trey Beamon]

I thought it was already established that BYH porn is Belinda Carlisle circa 1987.

 

[Buck]

'Brothers in Arms' was their most commercially successful record.
There was a lot of good music in 1985. It was just harder to find then than it is now.

 

[Mystery Meat II]

Wait, they don't have Casey Kasem anymore? There isn't enough facepalm.jpg in the world to measure my disgust.

 

[Buck]

Good music was harder to find then than now? Is that what you're saying there?

Yes, that is what I'm saying there.

 

[Football_Bat]

1985 was the nadir of 1980s music — it also gave us Mr. Mister, REO Speedwagon, "Party All The Time," "St. Elmo's Fire," "Sussudio," and at the tail end of the year, "Say You, Say Me." Hurl-tastic.

It had its moments, though, like the guilty pleasure "One Night In Bangkok" and the breakouts by Dire Straits, Simple Minds and Tears for Fears. I'd been a Mark Knopfler fan since middle school. And we all dug the a-ha video on Night Tracks.

Dire Straits "broke out" about seven years earlier with "Sultans of Swing," then had a decent hit two years after with "Skateaway." If anything, they stopped being relevant in 85, since Brothers in Arms was the last worthwhile thing they did.

I'm well aware of their early chart history. They had the one top-5 single with Sultans of Swing in '79 or so, but it wasn't until Money For Nothing that they broke through in a major commercial way. In between they were an album-rock staple for the most part. I liked Industrial Disease off Love over Gold and the Alchemy live album was top-notch.

You're right, they never were able to match the commercial success of Brothers In Arms. By the time On Every Street and "Calling Elvis" came out, the industry had moved on.

 

[EStreetJoe]

1985 was the nadir of 1980s music — it also gave us Mr. Mister, REO Speedwagon, "Party All The Time," "St. Elmo's Fire," "Sussudio," and at the tail end of the year, "Say You, Say Me." Hurl-tastic.

You might have your years mixed up. It was 1981 that gave us REO Speedwagon with their Hi InFidelity album and all of its hits (Keep On Loving You, Take It On the Run, Out of Season, Tough Guys, etc.). In 1985, REO only had one hit, although it went to No. 1 - Can't Fight This Feeling. I think that might have also been their last top 10 hit as well.

 

[Football_Bat]

1985 was the nadir of 1980s music — it also gave us Mr. Mister, REO Speedwagon, "Party All The Time," "St. Elmo's Fire," "Sussudio," and at the tail end of the year, "Say You, Say Me." Hurl-tastic.

You might have your years mixed up. It was 1981 that gave us REO Speedwagon with their Hi InFidelity album and all of its hits (Keep On Loving You, Take It On the Run, Out of Season, Tough Guys, etc.). In 1985, REO only had one hit, although it went to No. 1 - Can't Fight This Feeling. I think that might have also been their last top 10 hit as well.

1981 had its bad songs and bad bands too (I don't want to get started on THAT), but I was talking about the 1985 REO song and album (which actually dropped in late 1984, IIRC.)

 

[Double J]

I thought it was already established that BYH porn is Belinda Carlisle circa 1987.

Love that song. Love it.