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Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

Ray — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:10:28 -0000

Another Geldof track that actually had a single release in '87 was "Love Like a Rocket". Got a little airplay in Chicago on Z95, apparently never charted nationally though.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

Chris X — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:08:47 -0000

Maybe I'm alone in this, but I definitely dig "Fright Night"...I even spin it at my annual Halloween DJ gig. The movie is pretty good too. It genuinely scared me back then, and I just rewatched it about a year ago and still found it enjoyable.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

steed — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:04:23 -0000

Trust me - more economic pain than anything else. If you've been there a while, I'm sure we've met at some point - back when I was music director at WTSR and skipped class to come twice a week. '98-99 maybe. But yeah, man - I'll say hello next time I come by.

Thanks for the kind words and for running such a gem of a business.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

JonthePrexguy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:25:12 -0000

Hey Dave,

I have a Google blog alert for our store and stumbled on to your amazing site after you mentioned us. Thanks for the kind words about our store (especially since I know we have caused you emotional and economic pain;) ) I am extremely impressed with the loving care and hard work you have put into this blog...big kudus to you.

Next time you're in, please introduce yourself. It would be great to meet you.

I'd also like to give a big thanks to your other readers who chimed in about their experiences here...it's a lot of fun to hear people's thoughts about us.

Regards,
Jon Lambert
General Manager
Princeton Record Exchange
jlambert@prex.com

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

ElCartero — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:28:47 -0000

My advice is don't do it, Dave. Not only is too much of it bilge, but if you look at those '80s charts, a lot of the songs down on the lower end are by barely-known artists on small labels that probably only got regional play, and who knows how tough THOSE are to find now.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

steed — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:37:40 -0000

AND, he was able to chart three songs. I honestly don't know if there's another artist in this series so far that so many people have said to me they've never heard of.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

steed — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:37:26 -0000

I'm seriously trying to get through these ones I bought now - trying to do one record every morning as I'm getting my son ready for day care and it's just not working. It's just total shit. I did get two Steve Earle records in the mix - Guitar Town and Copperhead Road - which are mighty different and probably the most tolerable of what I got. It's when I'm listening to Moe Bandy, Mel McDaniel and Ballie & The Boys that I can't stand it. I realize the utter crap point too - and yet I'm still torn. I've never bought a record for my collection because it's good, I buy to complete what I started - this is why I'm scared at country, because I don't even know if I could get anywhere near completing what I started.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

steed — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:31:05 -0000

I was reading this back myself yesterday and I do agree that this is one of better weeks overall.

Until I started my collection, I had never heard those Georgio songs either.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

steed — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:26:50 -0000

Another damn record I need to get. I too don't have the disintegrating vinyl version - but I'm sure it will be on it's way soon - if any are still alive today.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

steed — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:25:46 -0000

I'm shocked "Fright Night" is on DVD. It's been added to my netflix list now. I don't believe I've ever seen it myself.

I don't have the Geldof album to compare this MP3 to it. But this is not the version released on the 45 - that's a little dancier, doesn't include the guitar intro as you mentioned and is actually labeled as a "special remix of the LP version".

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

steed — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:16:16 -0000

I love the fact that half the population that walks in that store brings in a billion CD's to trade and walks out with another billion. The amount they must be making on that is kind of nuts. And I love the fact they give you more in trade than cash. Spend it right now and we'll give you an extra $20. That's great. If I were to ever open a record store, I would only hope for half of what Prex has. Every record store should look at that model and copy it exactly.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

steed — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:12:49 -0000

I never realized there was a video for "shipwrecked" - that album really isn't terrible, but there's nothing I couldn't live without.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

chadwicktron — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:08:42 -0000

I'm an eighties dork, but who the f*#k is Georgio? I even remember asong the "Solid Gold" male dancers did, but Georgio?

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

JonCummings — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:30:40 -0000

Dave, you do NOT want to start collecting every charting country hit from the '80s. There's too much utter crap involved. Save your money and take a vacation to Branson instead, and you can hear a lifetime's worth of yucky music in a weekend.

That said, I continue to harbor untold reserves of affection for the Judds, and you gotta give '80s country credit for making room for both early Dwight Yoakam and early Steve Earle. And if you think about it, between Dwight and Steve and Randy Travis and those people, the whole New Traditionalist thing of the late '80s was to "countrypolitan" what punk was to flabby-assed '70s AOR. (In a corporatized, cowboy-hatted way, of course.)

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

JonCummings — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:21:34 -0000

Geeks.

Actually, at the time "Mama" was on Keith's personal Top 10, I was probably at the college library tracking Billboard Hot 100 charts from the '60s on microfiche, instead of going on dates. So you've got nothing on me,

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

JonCummings — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:15:54 -0000

Actually, I just checked your publication date, and I WAS reading blogs by then. So I am an asshole. Like I didn't know it already.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

JonCummings — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:15:28 -0000

Dude, I wasn't even reading music blogs when you ran that Idiot's Guide. And just look at me now, ma! Top o' the world!

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

EightE1 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:10:13 -0000

Somewhere in my life there is a box with all my old self-penned weekly Top Tens from, like, '81 to '84 (albums and singles). Never did a Hot 100 (no offense, but you're a bigger nerd than I was), but proof of my early adolescent desire to be the next Casey Kasem is somewhere in this house.

On with the countdown ...

Rob
EightE1

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

Keith — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:32:03 -0000

Been following this hidden gem of a series on the web, and what a great installment this week. To emphasize how much of a nerd I was as a teenager in the 80's, I actually used to make my own hot 100 chart of favorites every week. "Mama" (#7), "Battleship Chains" (#7), and "Heartline" (#10) all reached my personal top 10. The Giant Steps tune creeped into my top 20, and I've always liked Giant. The live version of "Turn It On Again" is even better than the studio version. And for the record, Georgio never appeared on my chart. Don't think I have ever heard those before now, actually.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

Eric S. — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:15:04 -0000

I would have given J. Geils both the best and worst songs as I love "Just Can't Wait". I can't believe it only hit #78. It was all over my college radio station in 1980.

I didn't get the self-destructing red vinyl version of Robin George's "Heartline", so I still have the album in my collection. I listened to it enough that I bought the CD when it was reissued.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

jefito — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:05:39 -0000

Thank you, David. Everyone is an asshole except for you.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

David_E — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:01:21 -0000

He speaketh the truth. That's when I downloaded it, listened once and shuddered.

Then deleted.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

Ted — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:31:30 -0000

I agree that "Fright Night" was the worst track featured. I saw that movie when it came out, and I have no idea where this song was featured ... maybe the end credits.

I have (or maybe had) a version of "This is the World Calling" that was a bit different from the one you feature here. Maybe it's a "radio edit" and that's why the mix is a little different, but I don't recall that guitar intro in the version I used to have.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

Malchus — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:11:46 -0000

What? That can't be true. Otherwise I would have a copy! I have every single song that was part of that Idiot's Guide.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 35

jefito — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:09:28 -0000

You fuckers, "Concealed Weapons" was part of the J. Geils Band Idiot's Guide that ran all those months ago.