This 1980s Top 10 is Flawless…So What Happened to Music? | Professor Of Rock
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It’s time for another edition of our show the Hit Song Redux where we travel back to a week in the golden era of the rock and roll and re-rank the top 10 songs of THAT SPECIFIC week based on how much the world has listened to them since THEIR PEAK POSITION ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100. As always, we’re including artist interviews, in-depth commentary, as well as your stories and dedications. To clarify, this is not my personal top 10. It’s the actual top 10 from this exact week 37 years ago. First, we count them down as they were, then and then we run them through a recalibration process to find out the real top 10 based on all time streams and views.
So, let’s into the proper pop culture context of the day. If you wanted to catch a movie back in the late summer of 85, you had a lot of great options ... Back to the Future, The Goonies, Teen Wolf, Weird Science, A View to a Kill, National Lampoon’s European Vacation, Better Off Dead... and there were also re-releases of Ghostbusters, E.T., and Gremlins. Are you kidding me?
On the small screen you could catch the first season of Moonlighting, Who’s the Boss?, or Miami Vice.And of course there were the Saturday morning cartoons... At this time Thundercats, Voltron, and Transformers all ruled the day.nAlright, let’s get into it...
So, coming in at #10 it’s those guys who played their guitar on the MTV... it’s Money for Nothing by Dire Straits. Dire Straits fifth studio album Brothers in Arms really took off after the release of its second single... Money for Nothing, which sports one of the most memorable riffs of the 80s. A track that was riveting for its realism, it was also the culprit of controversy. The lead character in Money for Nothing is based on a real person who worked at a New York retail store.
While Knopfler was shopping, he overheard a conversation between a delivery guy and a worker who were watching MTV as it played on a multi-television display inside the store.
Knopfler borrowed a bit of paper and sat down within earshot and he began writing down the conversation that became Money for Nothing. Said Mark, “I wanted to use a lot of the language the guy actually used when I heard him, because it was more real.”
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Poll: What is your pick for the greatest song and album of 1985?
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I know what happened to music. Record companies began to be run by bean counters, and music started being created by producers rather than artists. It's absolutely astounding to me that we have recording Stars who can't carry a tune, who don't write their own songs, and who are practitioners of the most banal orthodoxies. Music has become audio product, it is simply no longer art
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I'll never understand why Billy Joel seems to have been continually singled out for catching heat. He's a brilliant songwriter with a powerful, versatile voice, and he was one of those rare artists who captured my imagination deeply. He's one of the greats and the critics can go deal with it.
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85 was an awesome year. I was 10 years old and lived in a little town of about 900 people. Back then even a town that small had a drive-in theater, and we went to Back to the Future. We brought our own popcorn in a big paper bag and a pitcher of Coolaid with enough plastic cups for the family. We didn't have much money back then, and my mom would always make a couple of us kids hide under a blanket in the back of the car so it wouldn't "cost as much." We would lay there as motionless as possible, scared to death we'd get caught. It wasn't until we were adults that she told us they charged by the car load, not by the person; she'd been messing with us the whole time! Every summer we'd make it to the drive-in a time or two, and it reamains one of my most charished memories.
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Sting singing "I want my MTV" to the melody of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" on "Money for Nothing" actually ended up getting him a songwriting credit on it, and therefore a cut of the profits. Yeah, that guy ain't dumb.
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1985 was MY year of MTV. My son was born that summer and I had the 4am bottle feeding. I remember so many of these hits from their videos falling asleep on the couch with my son in my arms…
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Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms" is easily one of the greatest albums ever produced.
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1985 will always be known as the year of Live Aid. Everyone who performed there got a bump in record sales. You should do a show dedicated to Live Aid and the number of rock and roll hall of famers.
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I remember the first time I heard "Shout", I was pulling out of my driveway and my girl friend was belting the song out into my ear as she was behind me on my motorcycle. Every time I hear the song I remember her exuberance and the day we had riding was an awesome beautiful day.
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1985 was bitter sweet for me. Sweet for music but bitter losing a good friend at a young age. Thank goodness the music pulls you through the bitter passages in life.
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Songs from the Big Chair is one if my all-time top 10 albums. Every note, beginning to end, and never get tired of it. It's THAT kind of album.
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Good God man! This Nostalgia is just off the charts! This is such bittersweet memories. This channel is such a time machine for those of us who were kids the 80's. Thank you.
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Bryan Adams was the opening act for Prince at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago in 1985 and what a miraculously awesome concert. I was pleasantly surprised at how good Bryan Adams was even going so far as climbing up the power cords for the overhead lights at one point during the concert. Between Bryan’s energy and enthusiasms and Prince, it was one of the best concerts of my young life.
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I must say 1983-1986 was the true height of 80's culture. 1984 & 1985 being the heart of the decade. After 1987, (1988 & 1989), it felt like a transitional era. Still 80's but, yeah.
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1985 was a great year for music. I often go back to those songs. Must include "Kyrie," "Never Surrender," "King For a Day," "Lay Your Hands On Me" (Thompson Twins, Bon Jovi did their own song in 1989), "Take On Me," and "The Sun Always Shines on TV," "The Search is Over" just to name a few of my favorites from that time.
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I turned 18 this week in 1985! It seems like it was just yesterday. Life goes by so fast!
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85 was also a great Rock period, Journey released 'Only the Young', Survivors 'Vital Signs' and Toto's 'Isolation' both released in late 84 were still rockin' thru the radio, Shooting Star 'Silent Scream' was a largely overlooked album while Mr.Mister earned the success they deserved with 'Welcome to the real world', Dokken released their 'Under lock and key' masterpiece and there was Dio's 'Rock n Roll children'...timeless music, a great year to blow 16 candles, wouldnt hesitate too much travelin' back doin' it all over at any time!
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"Shout" was my first favorite song as a 5 year old. Music has always been my world. 1985 was the year that it all really started for me on my musical journey. Couldn't have timed that better if I tried.
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Tears for Fears is great. Their new stuff takes me back to the 80's. So glad they got back together
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In 1985, I was 21-22 yrs old. What an awesome time to dance, skate, party, or just kick back and listen- to great music! Nice seeing Kool & The Gang getting some props...
