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Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 7

Jason Schneiderman — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:52:42 -0000

Found this post on a search for information on the Randy Bell single. If you haven't already, here's a link to a promotional pic of him, along with the 45 jacket for "Don't Do Me." Quite a looker, huh?

http://lansuresmusicparaphe...

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 7

Andredidymedome — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:16:20 -0000

I can't hear or download any of the songs... why?

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Markos — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:55:03 -0000

Hi from Greece!
Can you please send me the Randy Bell mp3 via e-mail?
The links don't work.
Thanks!
M.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 7

steed — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:45:13 -0000

You talking Shamus here? Yes, that's the deal - Shamus took it to LA and it was played for a bit - but the DJ that was really championing it went on vacation and it never got played again. Shamus was so pissed about it - that he never printed more than just his original 10. That's the story I know.

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LiamK — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:05:51 -0000

I was curious as to how a song reached #80 without having any physical copies available (I'm more familiar with the UK charts which are entirely sales based).

turns out the song got playlisted by a number of LA stations, but was virtually never played, however this was enough to get it on the chart. weird

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Thu, 15 May 2008 07:42:24 -0000

"Inside Love" is a Kashif production, a pretty cool dude too.

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Retro_Remixes — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:50:45 -0000

I love Pat Benatar and think both of those songs should have been much bigger hits. Pat continued to make great music even after she stopped being a mainstream hit-making machine. She's still recording, actually.

The only thing by the Belle Stars that I ever paid attention to was Iko Iko so I wasn't sure if they ever had another hit. They were just a bit too much of a watered down version of The Go-Go's, Bangles & Bananarama for me.

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MatthewBolin — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:32:38 -0000

I concur with the previous posts. "You Win Again" is a tremendous, tremendous song. Actually, I was so smitten with it that it was one of first songs I downloaded from p2p in my life.

Bit of trivia: Not only was it a smash hit in Europe, but the Brothers Gibb knew that it was so good that they tried giving it a deserved second chance on the U.S. charts by re-releasing it after "One" peaked in the Top 10 here. No dice.

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Rob — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:53:48 -0000

I have to admit that I've been looking for "Oh Daddy" all over the net for a while. Now, I can't remember why. It's definitely a lesser effort from Belew, though you can hear how Mr. Byrne influenced him greatly during the "Remain in Light" tour. Maybe it's one of those songs I liked because of the video, which was pretty cool if I recall. I can't believe that's the way I assessed music back then … but maybe I wasn't alone.

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steed — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:31:11 -0000

Excellent. I have to admit, I laughed when I wrote it.

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steed — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:29:53 -0000

Very nice. That's one paragraph more than I knew before. Thanks!

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steed — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:29:22 -0000

Cool. Cool!

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Mike — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:58:08 -0000

"if I was going to spend that much money on something I’d have ponied up an extra hundred and bought Oran “Juice” Jones’s $3,700 lynx coat."

That's a Hall of Fame line. I laughed for like a minute straight!

I wondered about the comparison between the chorus of the Benson song and the chorus of the Spice Girls song. Didn't realize anyone else even noticed!!

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Hooks and Harmony — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:52:12 -0000

First time I've heard "Sweet Rachel" - It's really kind of catchy, in a John Parr-like way.

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rwcass — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:42:18 -0000

I like "Never Give Up" too, and "Love x Love" is a great Quincy Jones production from the "Give Me the Night" album.

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JohnHughes — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:06:13 -0000

Beau Coup were huge in Cleveland for a half-second there in the '80s - not only was "Sweet Rachel" on constant radio rotation, but an earlier single, the third-rate Journey rip "Born & Raised on Rock & Roll" is forever burned on my brain.

Sadly.

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jefito — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:51:49 -0000

Agreed, Jon -- I love that song, and that album, and always have. I still have fond memories of leafing through a year-end issue of Mojo or Q in the late '80s and seeing that they'd given "You Win Again" the "Best Drums" award. Oh, those cheeky Brits.

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CC — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:40:02 -0000

I haven't heard most of these songs before but I'm liking them.

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steed — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:22:09 -0000

I had to get that Living Eyes LP from Japan - seems to be the only place that really liked it. I think there was a CD release of it over there.

Jon - you might be on to something here.

Re: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 7

steed — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:19:34 -0000

I just got it to work fine via stream and download for me - so you might want to try it again now.

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pop music fan — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:16:32 -0000

Information on Randy Bell:

Randy Bell was from Colorado. He was marketed to the 'teenybopper' audience , and was featured in magazines like 'Teen Beat'. However, his music didn't fit with the image they were marketing so stardom never came. His only hit was "Don't Do Me".

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drcastrato — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:12:50 -0000

randy bell song cuts off after 24 seconds. sounds promising though!

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JonCummings — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:30:28 -0000

Well, you can rag on the Bee Gees all you want, but "You Win Again" is stone-cold awesome. This is the second week in a row it's appeared on Popdose; I say we find a way to put it on the site every week for a year. Maybe it'll become a hit this time (if we can get Timbaland to remix it and Jay-Z to put a rap in the break).

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scrumble — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:19:34 -0000

"so the Bee Gees definitely stayed on the radar for the whole decade" True, but also not: Those early '80s albums were in the "shipped gold returned platinum" hall of fame ... no one wanted their falsettos, except the Gibb sound was still around via "Islands in the Stream" and Dionne Warwick's "Heartbreaker". E.S.P. was a big Eurohit but sank like a stone in the U.S. "One" redeemed their standing before the '80s were out.

Adrian Belew was one of numerous examples (especially around the 1990 zone) of critically acclaimed artists that had plenty of fans who grew up to work at record companies. This was clearly someone's idea of how to make him some money--his answer to Frank Zappa's "Valley Girl".

With the likes of Regina Belle and George Benson it seemed that a top 5 urban hit (think it was actually called the "black" chart then) would usually provide enough steam to get a #50 or 60 Hot 100 one.

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Wed, 14 May 2008 10:19:21 -0000

That's a nice run of tunes. I always like Benson's "Never Give up on a Good Thing." It's worth mentioning that apparently there was some copyright controversy over the Spice Girls' "Never Give up on the Good Times," a nice tune as well. Loving the new SuperBlog format.