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Postby Footy Chick » Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:21 pm

I know this probably belongs in Music but I'll move it there later...


HH3 claiming ignorance on the Kris Kross thing because he was only little when it came out. - time to do some homework young man!

Go and google the top 50 songs from .............. (insert year you were born)

Pull out your 5 favourites.

Post them here.

Me first (from 1973)

1. Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce

2. Killing me softly (with his song) - Roberta Flack

3. Crocodile Rock - Elton John

4. Steelers Wheel - Stuck in the middle with you

5. Lets get it on - Marvin Gaye or Angie - Rolling Stones.
Don't play games with a girl who can play 'em better...

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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby Phantom Gossiper » Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:30 pm

Just quietly that's a terrible top 5 :lol:
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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby Phantom Gossiper » Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:32 pm

1985 - everything was good 8)

*Edit*

I was going to select a Top 5, but most are soppy love songs and I don't want to look like a sissy :lol:
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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby Failed Creation » Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:16 pm

Great topic, FC!

Here's my top 5 for 1983 (in no particular order):

Billy Joel - Uptown Girl
Joan Armatrading - Drop The Pilot
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
Dragon - Rain
Politicians kissing babies for good luck,
TV preachers sell salvation for a buck.
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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby Footy Chick » Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:22 pm

Phantom Gossiper wrote:1985 - everything was good 8)

*Edit*

I was going to select a Top 5, but most are soppy love songs and I don't want to look like a sissy :lol:


post your songs or GTFO! lol
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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Fri Jun 27, 2014 7:21 pm

billy joel - 52nd st - yes the whole album
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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby valleys07 » Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:47 pm

From 1986. Id hardly call them a favourite song of mine, but when its on I sing along:

You give love a bad name- Bon Jovi
R.O.C.K in the USA- John Mellencamp
Party all the time- Eddie Murphy
Take my breath away- Berlin (I first heard this song on the footy DVD "Electrifying 80's, background music to speccies...oh- and Top Gun- bit of an association choice that one :lol:)
Walk of life- Dire Straits
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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby Pseudo » Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:03 am

From http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/20 ... -1971.html ...

The Mixtures - The Pushbike Song

George Harrison - My Sweet Lord

T.Rex - Hot Love

The Doors - Love Her Madly

Deep Purple - Black Night

(all fairly MOR stuff ... but to be expected from a "top X of Y" sort of list)
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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby woodublieve12 » Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:42 am

No words needed!!!

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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby Psyber » Sat Jun 28, 2014 4:01 pm

None - I didn't take much notice of songs and music until I was about 12.
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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby Magpiespower » Sat Jun 28, 2014 4:42 pm

Favourite song from 1974...



valleys07 wrote:From 1986.


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Ooh! Ooh! Still my favourite Top-40 year...

Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer
A Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey
A Matter of Trust - Billy Joel
Concrete and Clay - Martin Plaza
Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel Ritchie
Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung
Higher Love - Steve Windwood
I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz
I Can't Wait - Stevie Nicks
If you Leave - OMD
I Wanna Be A Cowboy - Boys Don't Cry
Kiss - Prince
Let's Go All the Way - Sly Fox
Life in a Northern Town - Dream Academy
Living Doll - Cliff Richard & The Young Ones
Manic Monday - The Bangles
Say I'm Your Number One - Princess
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
Stimulation - Wa Wa Nee
The Whole of the Moon - The Waterboys
Touch Me - Samantha Fox
Walk This Way - Run DMC & Aerosmith
We Built This City - Starship
We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Jackson
What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson
What's My Scene? - Hoodoo Gurus
When the Going Gets Tough - Billy Ocean
Why Can't This Be Love? - Van Halen
Word Up! - Cameo
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
You Little Thief - Feargal Sharkey
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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby Q. » Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:28 pm

Easy.

Moon Over Marin - Dead Kennedy's
F*** Armageddon...This Is Hell - Bad Religion
Subvert City - Subhumans
Catalina - Descendents
Question Authority - Circle Jerks
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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby carey » Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:49 pm

Footy Chick wrote:I know this probably belongs in Music but I'll move it there later...


HH3 claiming ignorance on the Kris Kross thing because he was only little when it came out. - time to do some homework young man!

Go and google the top 50 songs from .............. (insert year you were born)

Pull out your 5 favourites.

Post them here.

Me first (from 1973)

1. Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce

2. Killing me softly (with his song) - Roberta Flack

3. Crocodile Rock - Elton John

4. Steelers Wheel - Stuck in the middle with you

5. Lets get it on - Marvin Gaye or Angie - Rolling Stones.



Are you sure?????

Lol
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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby Pseudo » Sat Jun 28, 2014 11:06 pm

Q. wrote:Easy.

Moon Over Marin - Dead Kennedy's
F*** Armageddon...This Is Hell - Bad Religion
Subvert City - Subhumans
Catalina - Descendents
Question Authority - Circle Jerks

While they might all be fine tunes, I suspect they weren't among the top 50 of your birth year. ..
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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby grant j » Sat Jun 28, 2014 11:23 pm

1963

1. Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
2. Summer Holiday - Cliff Richard and The Shadows
3. Surf City - Jan & Dean
4. (You're The) Devil in Disguise - Elvis Presley
5. Puff (The Magic Dragon) - Peter, Paul and Mary
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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby Q. » Sat Jun 28, 2014 11:50 pm

Pseudo wrote:
Q. wrote:Easy.

Moon Over Marin - Dead Kennedy's
F*** Armageddon...This Is Hell - Bad Religion
Subvert City - Subhumans
Catalina - Descendents
Question Authority - Circle Jerks

While they might all be fine tunes, I suspect they weren't among the top 50 of your birth year. ..


Lol, I gave the OP a man's look.
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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby Footy Chick » Sun Jun 29, 2014 12:25 am

grant j wrote:1963

5. Puff (The Magic Dragon) - Peter, Paul and Mary


I was more a fan of the Pasty Biscoe version myself ;-)
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Re: Your favourite songs from the year you were born

Postby RustyCage » Sun Jun 29, 2014 11:12 pm

Toto - Africa
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
Goanna - Solid Rock
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
The Clash - Rock the Casbah
I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run
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