The U.K. 80s Singles & Albums Chart General Discussion Thread.

A glorious single. Still treasure the glossy gatefold doublepack I bought in Our Price on the week of its release.

Also deluxed Don't Stand Me Down a while back; putting all 3 available versions on the same set, along with some non-album tracks from the period.

EG.

 

Exactly. Rubbish like Dancing Star is just embarrassing at this point.

EG.

 

I am glad to hear that you survived this Taylor Swift 122 minutes extravaganza. I don't think that I would survive 12 minutes ...

 

I wonder if anyone else noticed a certain similarity, a particular musical transition happening in these two singles



appears for the first time between (01:23 - 01:28)

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnUx52GhpPQ

(03:17 - 03:21)

Is second one a copycat or was that something that was used in many other examples ?

 

I have to say that there's quite a few Mellencamp songs that absolutely are place specific. When I hear Pink Houses for instance or even Jack and Diane, they are very recognizable as being mid-western and specifically very Indiana. Seymour is small (my husband is from Indiana, and used to see Mellencamp playing in bars) although not far out of Bloomington which of course is home to Indiana University.

He's an artist that I appreciated a lot more once I moved to the US.

 

I love the look of this. Right up my street. The spirit of John Peel lives on. Might have to track it down.
All this and Toyah too. It's not on Amazon though.

 

The various comments on here have convinced me-- I'm going down to HMV today, if they have, I'll buy it... Soul Rebels I'm also a huge fan of, it's such a tight album, although I prefer the original single iteration of "Dance Stance"/"Burn It Down" to the re-recorded version... I don't own Too-Rye-Ay, the overdose on dungarees always put me off that period of Dexys

 

I wouldn’t get your hopes up for HMV having it. The online site hasn’t got it, and that usually offers a better selection than the shops…

I’m guessing Don’t Stand Me Down is OOP (sorry!) now. eBay to the rescue, if so.

 

Well to confuse matters even more, the chorus of "Landslide..." reminds me of the Go Go's "Head Over Heels" slowed down...

 

Argh... I'm beginning to think you enjoy doing that to me...

 

U.K. charts 40 years ago this week. The Bank Holiday apparently buggered up the full listings.

 

I get why you'd say that. The trick is to play the album omitting 'Come On Eileen'. It's a far better listen. The reimagined 'Plan B' is very fine, as are 'Precious', 'Last Wild Waltz' and 'TSOP'. I'm glad they had the international success but 'Eileen' and it's associated baggage really does drown everything out. All the strings and banjos were a worthwhile experiment but, like I said, it's not the Dexy's I return to often. This is more me.....

 

I have 9 of that 20 (and 5 of the albums) but the only ons I bought on 45 at the time were Phil and the Specials.

 

11 and 12 for me.

 

Yeah, I got that too. Includes a cover of 'Marguerita Time'.

 

Yes, me too...

Has anyone seen Dexys live?

 

13 singles, 11 albums

I was obsessed by the Pointer Sisters' "Automatic" at the time...

 

Yep, and their splinter group, The Bureau. Sheffield Poly and The Octagon respectively.

Also, while we've been speaking of Don't Stand Me Down, which has a lot of conversational sections in its songs, I've been catching up on Marc Riley's shows this week. One guest, Kathryn Williams, did a session track called 'Shelf'. In it she and a band associate are discussing whereabouts to drill a hole in a wall.
The timing made me smile.

 

Nope, but I bumped into Kevin Rowland a few times in late '80 early '81. He would pop into a pub that would become home for 18 months!!!!!
Pub was called The Chalett, Bearwood, Brum.
My sister-inlaw would see him in the job center as well and this was early 1980!!!!!!!

 

I don't think I'm up for hearing them even a first time.

"And which one was that?" - Benny Hill

In all seriousness, though, Mr. Tennant still has the eyes and ears of a music critic.

 

See my own comments elsewhere.

 

Which reminds me. My own U.S. '80's chart thread has the corresponding UK singles chart for this week in '87 to compare and contrast. And guess who's on the list? Why, Toyah!

That's not all. On that same thread, a page back, was a section of a Billboard page of what songs were placed on U.S. MTV's rotation for that week. Toyah was there too. Yet I don't think any of her records from her peak saw any U.S. release. The closest Ms. Willcox got was Canada.

 

42 years ago this week.

 

Always reminds me of Status Quo.
Its funny how some titles remind of of bands you dont even listen or care for.

I guess its just seeing it in the charts on TOTP.

 

I am still obsessed with the intro - the long version.
It makes such a big difference.

The same goes for Come Live With Me.

There are actually three versions with different intro.
The extra edited 7" version. The LP version and the wonderful slowly unfolding intro of the 12" version.
Its a subtle difference but a significant one.