AMERICAN IDOl-SEASON 5: THE THREAD

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did they say what the theme for next week is?

[4hartthreat 0]

Ryan probably said what the theme for next week was, but got cut off before he said it. But if history holds, everyone should get to sing twice next week. Thank god Kellie is gone....

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according to the VFTW board, it's 'songs from the year you were born' and current billboard hits

[ZGangsta 0]

Thank God. Kellie is gone. Thank God.

Although after she got voted off I realized that this was exactly the right time for her to go. She deserved to get further than Bucky and Ace, but shouldn't have gotten past any of the current top 5. Out of the field of contestants, she deserved 6th place. The animosity I had for her was the fact that she seemed untouchable and I was scared she'd make it past someone like Chris or Katherine, and I had this sinking feeling that she'd undeservedly win the thing. Like she could keep getting by on mediocre performances and it took a really bad one to finally off her. But nothing to worry about now.

I was pleasantly surprised to see Chris and Katherine as the top 2 this time. I thought that for sure Taylor was one of the top 2.

 

I think this top 5 is exactly the right 5 people this time around. No hangers on. I havn't really watched American Idol until this season, but this looks like the best group of top people they've ever had. There always seemed to be really annoying people in the top 5/4/3/2 before, but not this year.

[Hawk 34 0]

Thank God. Kellie is gone. Thank God.

Although after she got voted off I realized that this was exactly the right time for her to go. She deserved to get further than Bucky and Ace, but shouldn't have gotten past any of the current top 5. Out of the field of contestants, she deserved 6th place. The animosity I had for her was the fact that she seemed untouchable and I was scared she'd make it past someone like Chris or Katherine, and I had this sinking feeling that she'd undeservedly win the thing. Like she could keep getting by on mediocre performances and it took a really bad one to finally off her. But nothing to worry about now.

I was pleasantly surprised to see Chris and Katherine as the top 2 this time. I thought that for sure Taylor was one of the top 2.

 

I think this top 5 is exactly the right 5 people this time around. No hangers on. I havn't really watched American Idol until this season, but this looks like the best group of top people they've ever had. There always seemed to be really annoying people in the top 5/4/3/2 before, but not this year.

 

To compenstate for the lack of annoying performers, Paula upped her annoying bitch dosage.

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I thought Elliot and Taylor were the top 2 or did I hear that incorectly? I could live with that as the Final. As we get closer and closer to the end, more and more I want Elliot to win because I like seeing the underdogs come out on top.

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WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH AMERICA??? The hot blonde gets booted off. All the other bitches are fucking ugly.

I wouldn't call her "hot". Monica from The Amazing Race is hot. Kat is hot. The Gherkin is... cute. Except when she uses pornstar amounts of makeup.

 

With that being said I did enjoy the clip of her and Kat hugging.

 

God I hope she does porn.

Matter of time. We'll have to wait for her fifteen minutes to expire though.

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according to the VFTW board, it's 'songs from the year you were born' and current billboard hits

So that means (and I might be off by a year here):

Taylor (29) - 1977

Elliott (27) - 1979

Chris (26) - 1980

Katherine (21) - 1985

Paris (17) - 1989

 

And I wonder what "current Billboard hits" means, exactly. The Hot 100? Albums? Any Billboard chart?

 

Anyways, here's the top 50 of the Hot 100 (for 5/6/2006)...

 

01 - Daniel Powter - Bad Day

02 - Sean Paul - Temperature

03 - T.I. - What You Know

04 - Chamillionaire - Ridin'

05 - Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten

06 - LL Cool J - Control Myself

07 - Def Jam Franchize Boyz - Lean Wit It, Tock Wit It

08 - James Blunt - You're Beautiful

09 - Bubba Sparxxxxxxxxx - Ms. New Booty

10 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

11 - Mary J. Blige - Be Without You

12 - Ashley Parker Angel - Let U Go

13 - Rascal Flatts - What Hurts The Most

14 - Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away

15 - The All-American Rejects - Move Along

16 - Cascada - Everytime We Touch

17 - Ne-Yo - So Sick

18 - The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)

19 - The Pussycat Dolls - Beep

20 - Nickelback - Savin' Me

21 - Fort Minor - Where'd You Go

22 - Busta Rhymes - Touch It

23 - Chris Brown - Yo

24 - Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home

25 - Ne-Yo - When You're Mad

26 - Three 6 Mafia - Poppin' My Collar

27 - Shakira - Hips Don't Lie

28 - Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice

29 - Daddy Yankee - Rompe

30 - Teddy Geiger - For You I Will (Confidence)

31 - T-Pain - I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper)

32 - Pink - Stupid Girls

33 - Nick Lachey - What's Left Of Me

34 - Rhianna - SOS (Rescue Me)

35 - Beyonce - Check On It

36 - Nelly - Grillz

37 - Keyshia Cole - Love

38 - 50 Cent and Olivia - Best Friend

39 - Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance

40 - Paul Wall - Girl

41 - Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You

42 - Chris Brown - Gimmie That

43 - Eminem - Shake That

44 - Chris Brown - Run It!

45 - The All-America Rejects - Dirty Little Secret

46 - Panic! At The Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies

47 - Saving Jane - Girl Next Door

48 - Bow Wow - Fresh Azimiz

49 - Tim McGraw - When The Stars Go Blue

50 - The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It

 

Not too much choice for AI-type songs. And I can't believe that Bubba Sparxxxxxxxxxxx is in the top ten.

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01 - Daniel Powter - Bad Day

 

I'll laugh at whoever sings this, and then gets kicked off

[C Dubya 04 0]

They could sing it again during their highlight clips part. It would save some time.

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I thought Elliot and Taylor were the top 2 or did I hear that incorectly? I could live with that as the Final. As we get closer and closer to the end, more and more I want Elliot to win because I like seeing the underdogs come out on top.

No, Seacrest said that he had the "2 with the most votes and the 2 with the least votes" when he was standing with Kat/Chris and Kellie/Paris.

 

Oh, and it might not have anything to do with the American Idol producers, but what the hell was with that overblown production during the performance last night? It's fucking Andrea Bocelli, why are you throwing that much reverb and shit on top of his voice. It sounded terrible.

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I can't believe that Bubba Sparxxx is in the top ten.

That song and video is hilariously bad. It's a train wreck. The Yin-Yang Twins are a joke at everything they do.

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hmmm alright, I don't tend to pay much attention to the results shows until the very end.

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According to dialidol, Katherine really kicked the ass out of everyone. 70,000 more calls than Paris and Kellie. She had more calls than both of them combined. 30,000 more than anyone else. And people were worried about her going home?

 

Idol Busy Signals Votes Totals

 

Katharine McPhee 65166 54913 120079

Elliott Yamin 54897 34919 89816

Chris Daughtry 56904 28349 85253

Taylor Hicks 56395 28400 84795

Kellie Pickler 24547 25766 50313

Paris Bennett 21032 28395 49427

 

How accurate is this?

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According to dialidol, Katherine really kicked the ass out of everyone. 70,000 more calls than Paris and Kellie. She had more calls than both of them combined. 30,000 more than anyone else. And people were worried about her going home?

Hot chick with big boobs? On this board? Every week, man.

 

OK, I'm gonna try to eliminate rap songs (and I'm assuming some of these are rap) from the Billboard Hot-er, 50 (since I don't have a billboard account to see the other 50). I'm also thinking that noone will be singing Sean Paul or Fall Out Boy, and that Fox will veto songs about being in love with strippers and beeps. Here's what we end up with:

 

01 - Daniel Powter - Bad Day

05 - Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten

08 - James Blunt - You're Beautiful

10 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

11 - Mary J. Blige - Be Without You

12 - Ashley Parker Angel - Let U Go

13 - Rascal Flatts - What Hurts The Most

14 - Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away

15 - The All-American Rejects - Move Along

16 - Cascada - Everytime We Touch

17 - Ne-Yo - So Sick

18 - The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)

20 - Nickelback - Savin' Me

23 - Chris Brown - Yo

24 - Bon Jovi - Who Says You Can't Go Home

25 - Ne-Yo - When You're Mad

27 - Shakira - Hips Don't Lie

28 - Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice

30 - Teddy Geiger - For You I Will (Confidence)

32 - Pink - Stupid Girls

33 - Nick Lachey - What's Left Of Me

34 - Rhianna - SOS (Rescue Me)

35 - Beyonce - Check On It

37 - Keyshia Cole - Love

40 - Paul Wall - Girl

41 - Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You

42 - Chris Brown - Gimmie That

44 - Chris Brown - Run It!

45 - The All-American Rejects - Dirty Little Secret

46 - Panic! At The Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies

47 - Saving Jane - Girl Next Door

49 - Tim McGraw - When The Stars Go Blue

 

32 songs left. Not a bad number. If it were just these songs, I'd like to see Kat sing "Walk Away" or "Girl Next Door". Not that "Girl Next Door" is a good song for Idol, but it'd let her bounce around. There's also a "Candlelight mix" (i.e. suitable for lite rock stations) of "Everytime We Touch", so that would probably suit her too.

 

Paris is probably singing Mary J. Blige.

 

The guys will be interesting. Commercial Hoser Rock suits Chris, so he might go with Nickelback, but I could see him singing Rascal Flatts or Tim McGraw as well.

 

Elliott could probably do "Bad Day", "You're Beautiful" or "So Sick". Taylor could do James Blunt as well, but will probably choose something from the bottom 50.

 

You know, I don't think I've even heard the RHCP song on Sirius (since that's all I listen to now). Then again, I haven't heard the Bubba Sparxxxxxxxxxx song either, so thank heaven for small mercies.

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if '77 is accurate for Taylor he could do Moondance by Van Morrison

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if '77 is accurate for Taylor he could do Moondance by Van Morrison

From Wikipedia:

#1s

"Tonight's The Night" - Rod Stewart

"You Don't Have To Be A Star (To Be In My Show)"- Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr

"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" - Leo Sayer

"I Wish" - Stevie Wonder

"Car Wash" - Rose Royce

"Torn Between Two Lovers" - Mary MacGregor

"Blinded By The Light" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band

"New Kid In Town" - The Eagles

"Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)" - Barbra Streisand

"Rich Girl" - Hall & Oates

"Dancing Queen" - ABBA

"Don't Give Up On Us" - David Soul

"Don't Leave Me This Way" - Thelma Houston

"Southern Nights" - Glen Campbell

"Hotel California" - The Eagles

"When I Need You" - Leo Sayer

"Sir Duke" - Stevie Wonder

"I'm Your Boogie Man" - KC & The Sunshine Band

"Dreams" - Fleetwood Mac

"Got To Give It Up" - Marvin Gaye

"Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky) - Bill Conti

"Undercover Angel" - Alan O'Day

"Da Do Ron Ron" - Shaun Cassidy

"Looks Like We Made It" - Barry Manilow

"I Just Want To Be Your Everything" - Andy Gibb

"Best Of My Love" - The Emotions

"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" - Meco

"You Light Up My Life" - Debby Boone

"How Deep Is Your Love" - Bee Gees

 

Other hits

"Alison" - Elvis Costello

"American Girl" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

"Another Star" - Stevie Wonder

"April Sun In Cuba " - Dragon

"As" - Stevie Wonder

"Baby What A Big Surprise" - Chicago

"Best Of My Love" - The Emotions

"Black Betty" - Ram Jam

"California" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band

"Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft" - The Carpenters

"Complete Control" - The Clash

"Coyote" - Joni Mitchell

"Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In The Spotlight)" - Thin Lizzy

"Dancing The Night Away" - The Motors

"Disco Inferno" - The Trammps

"Do Anything You Wanna Do" - Rods

"Don't Believe A Word" - Thin Lizzy

"Don't Stop" - Fleetwood Mac

"Down To Zero" - Joan Armatrading

"Dreamboat Annie" - Heart

"Dreams" - Fleetwood Mac

"Egyptian Reggae" - Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers

"Fanfare For The Common Man" - Emerson Lake and Palmer

"Father Christmas" - The Kinks

"(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" - The Stranglers

"Get That Jive" - Dragon

"Give A Little Bit" - Supertramp

"Go Your Own Way" - Fleetwood Mac

"God Save the Queen" - Sex Pistols

"Heroes" - David Bowie

"High Rollin'" - Sherbet

"Holidays in the Sun" - Sex Pistols

"Hotel California" - The Eagles

"How Deep Is Your Love?" - Bee Gees

"I Don't Wanna Talk About It/First Cut Is The Deepest" - Rod Stewart

"I Feel Love" - Donna Summer

"I Need A Man" - Grace Jones

"In The City" - The Jam

"Jamming/Punky Reggae Party" - Bob Marley and the Wailers

"Jet Airliner" - Steve Miller Band

"Juke Box Music" - The Kinks

"Keep It Comin' Love" - KC and the Sunshine Band

"Knowing Me, Knowing You" - Abba

"Lay Down Sally" - Eric Clapton

"Let There Be Rock" - AC/DC

"Lido Shuffle" - Boz Scaggs

"Life In The Fast Lane" - The Eagles

"Like A Hurricane" - Neil Young

"Lonely Boy" - Andrew Gold

"Love Is The Answer" - Utopia

"Magazine Madonna" - Sherbet

"Mannequin" - Wire

"Mary Of The Fourth Form" - Boomtown Rats

"More Than A Feeling" - Boston

"Motörhead" - Motörhead

"Mull Of Kintyre/Girls School" - Wings

"Native New Yorker" - Odyssey

"New Kid In Town" - The Eagles

"No More Heroes" - The Stranglers

"Nobody Does It Better" - Carly Simon

"Oh Bondage Up Yours" - X-Ray Spex

"Peaches/Go Buddy Go" - The Stranglers

"Peg" - Steely Dan

"Pourin' It All Out" - Graham Parker and the Rumour

"Pretty Vacant" - Sex Pistols

"Psycho Killer" - Talking Heads

"Really Free" - John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett

"Road Runner" - Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers

"Rock Bottom" - Lynsey De Paul and Mike Moran

"Rockaria" - Electric Light Orchestra

"Rockin' All Over The World" - Status Quo

"Rose Of Cimarron(EP)" - Poco

"Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll" - Ian Dury

"She's Not There" - Santana

"Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" - The Ramones

"Sir Duke" - Stevie Wonder

"Sleep Walker" - The Kinks

"Smoke On The Water" - Deep Purple

"Solsbury Hill" - Peter Gabriel

"Something Better Change/Straighten Out" - The Stranglers

"Sound And Vision" - David Bowie

"Stares And Whispers - Renee Gayer

"Sunshine" - Dragon

"This Is Tomorrow" - Bryan Ferry

"Tie Your Mother Down" - Queen

"Trans-Europe Express" - Kraftwerk

"2-4-6-8 Motorway" - Tom Robinson Band

"Tumbling Dice" - Linda Ronstadt

"Uptown Top Ranking" - Althea and Donna

"Walk This Way" - Aerosmith

"Watching The Detectives" - Elvis Costello

"We Are The Champions" - Queen

"White Punks On Dope" - The Tubes

"White Riot" - The Clash

"Whole Wide World" - Wreckless Eric

"Wonderous Stories" - Yes

"Year Of The Cat" - Al Stewart

"Yes Sir I Can Boogie" - Baccara

"You" - Marcia Hines

"You're In My Heart" - Rod Stewart

"Your Song" - Billy Paul

 

Taylor sings "Star Wars Cantina". End of discussion.

[Guest Princess Leena]

Kathi turned 22 earlier in April.

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1979 (Elliott)

#1s:

"Le Freak" - CHIC

"Too Much Heaven" - Bee Gees

"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" - Rod Stewart

"I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor

"Tragedy" - Bee Gees

"What A Fool Believes" - Doobie Brothers

"Knock On Wood" - Amii Stewart

"Heart Of Glass" - Blondie

"Reunited" - Peaches & Herb

"Hot Stuff" - Donna Summer

"Love You Inside Out" - Bee Gees

"Ring My Bell" - Anita Ward

"Bad Girls" - Donna Summer

"Good Times" - CHIC

"My Sharona" - The Knack

"Sad Eyes" - Robert John

"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" - Michael Jackson

"Rise" - Herb Alpert

"Pop Muzik" - M

"Heartache Tonight" - The Eagles

"Still" - Commodores

"(No More Tears) Enough Is Enough" - Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer

"Babe" - Styx

"Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" - Rupert Holmes

 

Others:

"A Message To You Rudi/Nite Klub" - The Specials

"Accidents Will Happen" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions

"After the Love Has Gone" - Earth, Wind & Fire

"Ambition" - Vic Goddard and the Subway Sect

"Angel Eyes" - Roxy Music

"Bad Case Of Loving You(Doctor Doctor)" - Robert Palmer

"Bang Bang" - B.A. Robertson

"Bat Out of Hell" - Meat Loaf

"Boogie Wonderland" - Earth Wind and Fire with the Emotions

"Born To Be Alive" - Patrick Hernandez

"Boys Don't Cry" - The Cure

"Boys Keep Swinging" - David Bowie

"Breakfast At Sweethearts" - Cold Chisel

"Breakfast In America" - Supertramp

"Bright Side Of The Road" - Van Morrison

"California Über Alles" - The Dead Kennedys

"Can You Feel The Force" - The Real Thing

"Can't Stand Losing You" - The Police

"Chelsea Girl" - Simple Minds

"Chiquitita" - ABBA

"Comme disait Mistinguett" - Dalida

"Computer Games" - Mi-Sex

"Cool For Cats" - Squeeze

"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Queen

"Cruel To Be Kind" - Nick Lowe

"Dance Away" - Roxy Music

"Death Disco" - Public Image Limited

"Do Anything You Wanna Do" - Thin Lizzy

"Does Your Mother Know?" - ABBA

"Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra

"Don't Do Me Like That" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

"Don't Stop 'till You Get Enough Micheal Jackson

"Don't Throw Stones" The Sports

"Driver's Seat" - Sniff and the Tears

"Duchess" - The Stranglers

"Electricity" - OMD

"Eton Rifles" - The Jam

"Every Day Hurts" - Sad Cafe

"Everybody's Happy Nowadays" - The Buzzcocks

"Freedom's Prisoner" - Steve Harley

"Gangsters" - The Specials AKA

"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" - ABBA

"Girls Talk" - Dave Edmunds

"Go West" - Village People

"Good Times Roll" - The Cars

"Gonna Get Along Without You Now" - Viola Wills

Goodbye Girl - Squeeze

"Goodbye Stranger" - Supertramp

"H.A.P.P.Y. Radio" - Edwin Starr

"He must have been eighteen" - Dalida

"Helwa Ya Baladi" - Dalida

"Here Comes The Summer" - The Undertones

"Highway to Hell" - AC/DC

"Hold The Line" - Toto

"I Want You To Want Me (live)" - Cheap Trick

"Il faut danser reggae" - Dalida

"In The Navy" - Village People

"Into The Valley" - The Skids

"Is It Love You're After?" - Rose Royce

"Is She Really Going Out With Him?" - Joe Jackson

"Japanese Girls" - Riff Regan

"Jimmy Jimmy" - The Undertones

"Just The Way You Are" - Barry White

"Just What I Needed" - The Cars

"Kid" - The Pretenders

"Lady Writer" - Dire Straits

"Lay Your Love On Me" - Racey

"Lead Me On" - Maxine Nightingale

"Let me dance tonight" - Dalida

"Let's Go" - The Cars

"London Calling" - The Clash

"Love Drive" - The Scorpions

"Lucky Number" - Lene Lovich

"Making Plans For Nigel" - XTC

"Memory Lane" [Minnie Riperton] w.[Riperton Rudolph St.Lewis Dozier]

"Milk And Alcohol" - Dr. Feelgood

"Monday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danser" - Dalida

"Morning Dance" - Spyro Gyra

"Oliver's Army" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions

"On My Radio" - The Selecter

"One Step Beyond" - Madness

"One Way Ticket - Eruption

"On The Inside - Lynne Hamilton

"Parisenne Walkways" - Gary Moore

"Queen Of Hearts" - Dave Edmunds

"Rappers Delight" - Sugarhill Gang

"Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3)" - Ian Dury and the Blockheads

"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" - Steely Dan

"Roll Over Beethoven(EP)" - Chuck Berry

"Roxanne" - The Police

"Sarah" - Thin Lizzy

"Shape I'm In" - Jo Jo Zep + The Falcons

"Shooting Star" - Dollar

"Slap And Tickle" - Squeeze

"Smash It Up" - The Damned

"Some Girls" - Racey

"Something Else/Friggin' In The Riggin'" - The Sex Pistols

"Spiral Scratch(EP)" - The Buzzcocks

"Stop Your Sobbing" - Pretenders

"Strange Town" - The Jam

"Sultans Of Swing" - Dire Straits

"Take Me To The River" - Talking Heads

"Take On The World" - Judas Priest

"Tears Of A Clown/Ranking Full Stop" - The Beat

"The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan" - Marianne Faithfull

"The Cost Of Living(EP)" - The Clash

"The Diary Of Horace Wimp" - Electric Light Orchestra

"The Gambler" - Kenny Rogers

"The Logical Song" - Supertramp

"The Long Run" - The Eagles

"The Sound Of The Suburbs" - The Members

"The Worker" - Fischer Z

"Time For Action" - Secret Affair

"Transmission" - Joy Division

"Union City Blue" - Blondie

"Up There Cazaly" - Three Man Band

"Up The Junction" - Squeeze

"Vedrai Vedrai" - Dalida

"Voulez-Vous" - ABBA

"We Are Family" - Sister Sledge

"Waiting For An Alibi" - Thin Lizzy

"Whatever You Want" - Status Quo

"Who Where You With In The Moonlight" - Dollar

"Wonderful Christmastime" - Paul McCartney

"You Decorated My Life" - Kenny Rogers

"You Needed Me" - Anne Murray

 

 

1980 (Chris)

#1s:

"Please Don't Go" - KC & The Sunshine Band

"Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" - Rupert Holmes

"Rock With You" - Michael Jackson

"Do That To Me One More Time" - The Captain & Tennille

"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Queen

"Another Brick In The Wall, Part II" - Pink Floyd

"Call Me" - Blondie (6), best selling single of the year

"Funkytown" - Lipps Inc

"Coming Up (Live At Glasgow)" - Paul McCartney

"It's Still Rock And Roll To Me" - Billy Joel

"Magic" - Olivia Newton-John

"Sailing" - Christopher Cross

"Upside Down" - Diana Ross

"Another One Bites The Dust" - Queen

"Woman In Love" - Barbra Streisand

"Lady" - Kenny Rogers

"(Just Like) Starting Over" - John Lennon

 

Others:

"Ace of Spades" - Motörhead

"All Night Long" - Rainbow

"All The Way From America" - Joan Armatrading

"Another Nail In My Heart" - Squeeze

"Another One Bites The Dust" - Queen

"Ant Music" - Adam and the Ants

"Ashes To Ashes" - David Bowie

"Atomic" - Blondie

"Babooshka" - Kate Bush

"Baggy Trousers" - Madness

"Bankrobber" - The Clash

"Boxed Set Singles 1963-1969" - Rolling Stones

"Call Me" - Blondie

"Can't Help Myself" - Flowers

"Celebration" - Kool and the Gang

"Cheap Wine" - Cold Chisel

"Chinatown" - Thin Lizzy

"Coming Up" - Paul McCartney

"Could You Be Loved" - Bob Marley and the Wailers

"Coward Of The County" - Kenny Rogers

"Crazy Train" - Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Oz

"Cupid/I've Loved You for a Long Time" - The Spinners (soul music)

"Dance Stance" - Dexy's Midnight Runners

"Dancing With Myself" - Gen X

"Do You Dream In Colour?" - Bill Nelson

"Do You Remember Rock And Roll Radio?" - Ramones

"Don't Do Me Like That" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

"Don't Stand So Close To Me" - The Police

"Dream About Fun" - Mark White

"Echo Beach" - Martha and the Muffins

"Eighth Day" - Hazel O'Connor

"Embarrassment" - Madness

"Enola Gay" - OMD

"Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" - The Korgis

"Fade To Grey" - Visage

"Fantastic Voyage" - Lakeside

"Fashion" - David Bowie

"Fool For Your Loving" - Whitesnake

"Games Without Frontiers" - Peter Gabriel

"Geno" - Dexy's Midnight Runners

"Going Underground/The Dreams Of Children" - The Jam

"Heartbreaker" - Pat Benatar

"Hey Nineteen" - Steely Dan

"Hit Me With Your Best Shot" - Pat Benatar

"Hungry Heart" - Bruce Springsteen

"I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down" - Elvis Costello

"I Got You" - Spilt Enz

"I Wanna Be Sedated" - The Ramones

"I Want To Be Straight" - Ian Dury and the Blockheads

"Ita" - Cold Chisel

"It's Different For Girls" - Joe Jackson

"It's Still Rock And Roll To Me" - Billy Joel

"(Just Like)Starting Over" - John Lennon

"Kill The Poor" - Dead Kennedys

"Killer On The Loose" - Thin Lizzy

"Let My Love Open The Door" - Pete Townshend

"Let's Go Round Again" - Average White Band

"Lip Up Fatty" - Bad Manners

"Living After Midnight" - Judas Priest

"Love At First Night" - Kim Hart

"Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division

"Masterblaster (Jammin')" - Stevie Wonder

"Meltdown With The Ramones(EP)" - The Ramones

"Mirror In The Bathroom" - The Beat

"Misunderstanding" - Genesis

"My Baby" - Cold Chisel

"My Girl" - Madness

"My Perfect Cousin" - The Undertones

"New Amsterdam" - Elvis Costello

"No One Driving" - John Foxx

"No Self Control" - Peter Gabriel

"Oh Yeah (On The Radio)" - Roxy Music

"Poison Ivy" - The Lambrettas

"Police And Thieves" - Junior Murvin

"Private Life" - Grace Jones

"Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)" - Squeeze

"Redemption Song" - Bob Marley and the Wailers

"Refugee" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

"Rescue" - Echo and the Bunnymen

"Ride Like The Wind" - Christopher Cross

"Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" - AC/DC

"Running With The Devil" - Van Halen

"Save Me" - Queen

"Simon Templar/Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps" - Splodgenessabounds

"Singing In The 80's" - The Monitors

"Six Pack (EP)" - The Police

"So Lonely" - The Police

"The Special AKA Live EP" - The Specials featuring Rico

"Special Brew" - Bad Manners

"Spirit Of Radio" - Rush

"Staring At The Rude Boys" - The Ruts

"Start" - The Jam

"State Of The Heart" - Mondo Rock

"Stomp" - Brothers Johnson

"Stop The Cavalry" - Jona Lewie

"Strangers On A Train" - The Sports

"Super Trouper" - Abba

"Talk of the Town" - The Pretenders

"Three Little Birds" - Bob Marley and the Wailers

"The Tide Is High" - Blondie

"To Cut A Long Story Short" - Spandau Ballet

"Touch Too Much (Live)" - AC/DC

"Turn It On Again" - Genesis

"Turning Japanese" - The Vapors

"We Are Glass" - Gary Numan

"Whole Lotta Rosie (Live)" - AC/DC

"Xanadu" - Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra

"You Shook Me All Night Long" - AC/DC

"You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties" - Jona Lewie

 

Kathi turned 22 earlier in April.

Bah, and I had already done '85...

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1984 (Katherine)

#1s:

"Say Say Say" - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson

"Owner of a Lonely Heart" - Yes

"Karma Chameleon" - Culture Club

"Jump" - Van Halen

"Footloose" - Kenny Loggins

"Against All Odds (Take A Look at Me Now)" - Phil Collins

"Hello" - Lionel Richie

"Let's Hear It For the Boy" - Deniece Williams

"Time After Time" - Cyndi Lauper

"The Reflex" - Duran Duran

"When Doves Cry" - Prince

"Ghostbusters" - Ray Parker, Jr.

"What's Love Got to Do With It?" - Tina Turner

"Missing You" - John Waite

"Let's Go Crazy" - Prince and the Revolution

"I Just Called to Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder

"Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" - Billy Ocean

"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" - Wham!

"Out of Touch" - Daryl Hall and John Oates

"Like a Virgin" - Madonna

 

 

Others:

"Against All Odds" - Phil Collins

"All Cried Out" - Alison Moyet

"An Innocent Man" - Billy Joel

"Automatic" - Pointer Sisters

"Be My Number Two" - Joe Jackson

"Better Be Good To Me" - Tina Turner

"Big City Nights" - The Scorpions

"Blue Jean" - David Bowie

"Careless Whisper" - Wham! Featuring George Michael

"Caribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run)" - Billy Ocean

"Centipede" - Rebbie Jackson

"Cherry Oh Baby" - UB40

"Cover Me" - Bruce Springsteen

"Crazy" - Kenny Rogers

"Cruel Summer" - Bananarama

"Cry and Be Free" - Marilyn

"Dance Hall Days" - Wang Chung

"Dancing In The Dark" - Bruce Springsteen

"Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" - Ultravox

"Distant Early Warning" - Rush

"Don't Tell Me" - Blancmange

"Drive" - Cars

"Easy Lover" - Phillip Bailey duet with Phil Collins

"Eyes Without A Face" - Billy Idol

"Flame Trees" - Cold Chisel

"Flesh For Fantasy" - Billy Idol

"Footloose" - Kenny Loggins

"Forest Fire" - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

"Freedom" - Wham!

"Girls Just Want To Have Fun" - Cyndi Lauper

"Ghostbusters" - Ray Parker Jr.

"Half A Boy Half A Man" - Nick Lowe

"Hammer To Fall" - Queen

"Heaven's On Fire" - Kiss

"Here Comes The Rain Again" - The Eurythmics

"High on Emotion" - Chris De Burgh

"Heaven (Must Be There) Eurogliders #1 (a)

"Hold On To Love" - Gary Moore

"Hot Water" - Level 42

"I Scare Myself" - Thomas Dolby

"I Want A New Drug" Huey Lewis and the News

"I Want To Break Free" - Queen

"I Want To Know What Love Is" - Foreigner

"I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" - Nik Kershaw

"Invinsible" - Alison Moyet

"If This Is It" - Huey Lewis and the News

"It's A Hard Life" - Queen

"It's a Miracle" - Culture Club

"Jokerman" - Bob Dylan

"Jump" - Van Halen

"Kalimba De Luna" - Dalida

"L'Innamorata" - Dalida

"Let's Go Crazy" - Prince and the Revolution

"Lights Out" - Peter Wolf

"Locomotion" - OMD

"Madam Butterfly" - Malcolm McLaren

"Message To The Girl" - Split Enz

"Michael Caine" - Madness

"Missing You" - John Waite

"Mistake No. 3" - Culture Club

"My Ever Changing Moods" - Style Council

"No Mercy" - The Stranglers

"No More Lonely Nights" - Paul McCartney

"One Love/People Get Ready" - Bob Marley and the Wailers

"One Night In Bangkok" - Murray Head

"Original Sin" - INXS

"Panama" - Van Halen

"Pearl In The Shell" - Howard Jones

"Pearly Dewdrops' Drops" - Cocteau Twins

"People Are People" - Depeche Mode

"Perfect Skin" - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

"Pour te dire je t'aime" - Dalida

"Pride(In The Name Of Love)" - U2

"Purple Rain" - Prince and the Revolution

"Radio Ga Ga" - Queen

"Rattlesnakes" - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

"Robert De Niro's Waiting" - Bananarama

"Rock You Like A Hurricane" - The Scorpions

"Runaway" - Bon Jovi

"Run to You" - Bryan Adams

"Saturday Night" - Cold Chisel

"Self Control" - Laura Branigan

"Seven Seas" - Echo and the Bunnymen

"She Bop" - Cyndi Lauper

"She Was Hot" - Rolling Stones

"Shout" - Tears For Fears

"Shout To The Top" - Style Council

"Silver" - Echo and the Bunnymen

"Skin Deep" - Stranglers

"Soul Kind Of Feeling - Dynamic Hepnotics

"Smooth Operator" - Sade

"So Tired" - Ozzy Osbourne

"Soleil" - Dalida

"Somebody's Watching Me" - Rockwell

"Standing In The Shadows" - Whitesnake

"That's All" - Genesis

"The Killing Moon" - Echo and the Bunnymen

"The Heart of Rock and Roll" - Huey Lewis and the News

"The Longest Time" - Billy Joel

"The Lucky One" - Laura Branigan

"The More You Live The More You Love" - A Flock of Seagulls

"The Never Ending Story" - Limahl

"The Power Of Love" - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

"The Reflex" - Duran Duran

"The War Song" - Culture Club

"The Wild Boys" - Duran Duran

"Thin Line Between Love And Hate" - Pretenders

"Ti Amo" - Laura Branigan

"Time After Time" - Cyndi Lauper

"Tinseltown In The Rain" - Blue Nile

"To France" - Mike Oldfield

"Together In Electric Dreams" - Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder

"Torture" - Jacksons

"TV Dinners" - ZZ Top

"Two Tribes" - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

"Up On The Catwalk" - Simple Minds

"Very Personal" - Ian Dury

"Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" - Wham!

"We Rock" - Dio

"What About Me?" - Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes and James Ingram

"What Difference Does It Make" - The Smiths

"What's Love Got to Do with It" - Tina Turner

"When Am I Gonna Make A Living" - Sade

"When Doves Cry" - Prince

"When Love Breaks Down" - Prefab Sprout

"Where The Rose Is Sown" - Big Country

"William It Was Really Nothing" - The Smiths

"Wood Beez" - Scritti Politti

"Wouldn't It Be Good" - Nik Kershaw

"You Don't Love Me" - Marilyn

"You Think You're a Man" - Divine

"You're The Best Thing" - Style Council

"Young At Heart" - The Bluebells

"Your Love Is King" - Sade

 

1989 (Paris)

#1s:

"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" - Poison

"My Prerogative" - Bobby Brown

"Two Hearts" - Phil Collins

"When I'm With You" - Sheriff

"Straight Up" - Paula Abdul

"Lost In Your Eyes" - Debbie Gibson

"The Living Years" - Mike & the Mechanics

"Eternal Flame" - The Bangles

"The Look" - Roxette

"She Drives Me Crazy" - Fine Young Cannibals

"Like a Prayer" - Madonna

"I'll Be There for You" - Bon Jovi

"Forever Your Girl" - Paula Abdul

"Rock On" - Michael Damian

"Wind Beneath My Wings" - Bette Midler

"I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" - New Kids on the Block

"Satisfied" - Richard Marx

"Baby Don't Forget My Number" - Milli Vanilli

"Good Thing" - Fine Young Cannibals

"If You Don't Know Me By Now" - Simply Red

"Toy Soldiers" - Martika

"Batdance" - Prince

"Right Here Waiting" - Richard Marx

"Cold Hearted" - Paula Abdul

"Hangin' Tough" - New Kids on the Block

"Don't Wanna Lose You" - Gloria Estefan

"Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" - Milli Vanilli

"Miss You Much" - Janet Jackson

"Listen to Your Heart" - Roxette

"When I See You Smile" - Bad English

"Blame It On the Rain" - Milli Vanilli

"We Didn't Start The Fire" - Billy Joel

"Another Day In Paradise" - Phil Collins

 

Others:

"All She Wants Is" - Duran Duran

"My Brave Face" - Paul McCartney

"Another Day in Paradise" - Phil Collins

"Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)" - Soul II Soul

"Batdance" - Prince

"Bat Attack '89" - Crime Fighters Inc

"Beds are Burning" - Midnight Oil

"Blame It on the Rain" - Milli Vanilli

"Buffalo Stance" - Neneh Cherry

"Cartoon" - Soul Asylum

"Compulsory Hero" - 1927

"Chained To The Wheel" - Black Sorrows

"Cherish" - Madonna

"Cry In Shame" Johnny Disel + The Injectors

"Do You Believe In Shame?" - Duran Duran

"Don't Wanna lose You" - Gloria Estefan

"Dr. Feelgood" - Mötley Crüe

"Drama!" - Erasure

"Eternal Flame" - The Bangles

"Express Yourself" - Madonna

"Eyes Of A Stranger" - Queensrÿche

"Hangin' Tough" - New Kids On The Block

"Heavy Metal" - Judas Priest

"I Drove All Night" - Cyndi Lauper

"I Feel The Earth Move" - Martika

"If I Could" - 1927

"If I Could Turn Back Time" - Cher

"If Tomorrow Never Comes" - Garth Brooks

"Kickstart My Heart" - Mötley Crüe

"Killin' Time" - Clint Black

"Leave A Light On" - Belinda Carlisle

"Like a Prayer" - Madonna

"Listen to Your Heart" - Roxette

"Lost in Your Eyes" - Debbie Gibson

"Love Shack"- The B-52's

"Make Me Smile" - Nick Barker + The Reptiles

"Miss You Much" - Janet Jackson

"Monsters Of Rock" - Judas Priest

"Open Letter (To A Landlord)" - Living Colour

"Orange Crush" R.E.M

"Personal Jesus" - Depeche Mode

"Rendez-vous chaque soir" - Dalida (inédit)

"Right Here Waiting" - Richard Marx

"Ring My Bell" - Collette

"Rock 'N' Roll Music" - Mentals

"Say Goodbye" - Indecent Obssesion

"She Drives Me Crazy" - Fine Young Cannibals

"She Has To Be Loved" - Jenny Morris

"Sometime To Return" - Soul Asylum

"Soul Revival" - Johnny Disel + The Injectors

"Stand" - R.E.M.

"Stop" - Sam Brown

"Straight Up" - Paula Abdul

"Stuck On You" - Paul Norton

"Talk It Over" - Grayson Hugh

"The Crack-Up" - The Black Sorrows

"The Dance" - Garth Brooks

"The Look" - Roxette

"The World Seems Difficult" - Mentals

"Toy Soldiers" - Martika

"Tucker's Daughter" - Ian Moss

"Un soir qu'on oublie pas" - Dalida (inédit)

"Veronica" - Elvis Costello

"When I See You Smile" - Bad English

"Where Are You Now?" by Jimmy Harnen w/ Synch

"We Didn't Start the Fire" - Billy Joel

"Wild Thing" - Sam Kinson

"Wild Thing" - Tone Loc

"You Got It" - Roy Orbison

"You Got It (The Right Stuff)" - New Kids On The Block

"Young Years" - Dragon

"You'll Never Know" - 1927

[Ravenbomb 0]

Chris should do Crazy Little Thing Called Love and be the third person to sing it this season

[Hawk 34 0]

Katharine, should do Like a Virgin because I'm sure the performence would be great.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

Solsbury Hill came out in 1977? Dude. Taylor, Dude. Dude gotta do that.

[RavishingRickRudo 0]

Katharine.

 

You know what you have to do.

 

1 word. 1 Revolution.

 

Everybody Cut.

 

Everybody Cut.

 

FOOTLOOSE.

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It would also be a sin if we didn't get "Blame it on the Rain" from Paris.

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It would also be a sin if we didn't get "Blame it on the Rain" from Paris.

Not if she sang "Girl You Know It's True". Complete with the movements. Although... Batdance. Or a Paula Abdul song. Yeah.

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"Smoke on the Water" came out in 77? I would swear that it was earlier. Not that I was alive then.

 

Chris does "Ace of Spades" and then I worship him for all eternety.

[Hawk 34 0]

"Smoke on the Water" came out in 77? I would swear that it was earlier. Not that I was alive then.

 

Chris does "Ace of Spades" and then I worship him for all eternety.

 

Sadly, you need to get approval from the record company/band to use songs. I can't see Lemmy, unless totally smashed going "yeah, use my song on AI".

[Hawkius Maximus 0]

That top 50 exposes how utterly...utterly out of the loop I am to current music. I've heard maybe....two of those songs.

 

...not that that's a bad thing.

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not counting the ones I heard on AI, I've just heard the Shakira song