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jamesanthony · 06-15-2004, 10:53 PM

Another year end list. Which of these are still good records? Which do you look back on and wonder "why was that so popular?"

Hot 100

1- Walk Like An Egyptian-Bangles
2- Alone- Heart
3- Shake You Down- Gregory Abbott
4- I Wanna Dance With Somebody WHo Loves Me- Whitney Houston
5- Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now- Starship
6- Cest La Vie- Robbie Nevil
7- The Way it is- Bruce Hornsby and the Range
8- Here I Go Again- Whitesnake
9- Shakedown- Bob Seger
10-Livin On A Prayer- Bon Jovi

to artist: Madonna

r&B

1- Stop to Love- Luther Vandross
2- Always- Atlantic Starr
3- As We Lay- Shirley Murdock
4- Victory- Kool and the Gang
5- Control- Janet Jackson
6- Casanova- Levert
7- Love You Down- Ready for the World
8- Looking for A New Love- Jody Watley
9- Just to See Her- Smokey Robinson
10- Love is A House- Force MDs

top artist: Freddie Jackson

Adult Contemporary

1- Can't We Try- Dan Hill/Vonda Shepherd
2- Somewhere Out there- Linda Ronstadt/James Ingram
3- Will You Still Love Me- Chicago
4- Balllerina Girl- Lionel Richie
5- This is the Time- Billy Joel
6- Love is Forever- Billy Ocean
7- Didn't We Almost Have it All- Whitney Houston
8- Mandolin Rain- Bruce Hornsby and the Rage
9- I Wanna Dance With Somebody- Whitney Houston
10- Songbird- Kenny G

top artist: Bruce Hornsby and the Range

vashti1999 · 06-15-2004, 10:59 PM

Any chance you can combine some of these threads or not post so many so as not to push other threads down the page?

jamesanthony · 06-15-2004, 11:03 PM

1- Walk Like An Egyptian-Bangles- never liked this then or now
2- Alone- Heart- same as Bangles
3- Shake You Down- Gregory Abbott- he's like a lounge singer
4- I Wanna Dance With Somebody Who Loves Me- Whitney Houston- Not too bad and her high notes at the end are more pleasant and less jarring than Mariah Carey's antics. I don't think Houston could hit those notes now though after all the coke/crack etc
5- Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now- Starship- nothing to get worked up over
6- Cest La Vie- Robbie Nevil- why was this so popular?
7- The Way it is- Bruce Hornsby and the Range- the best song in this list, intelligent lyrics, well sung and good piano
8- Here I Go Again- Whitesnake- not my taste
9- Shakedown- Bob Seger- average
10-Livin On A Prayer- Bon Jovi- not my taste

to artist: Madonna

r&B

1- Stop to Love- Luther Vandross- nice in spite of the cheezy synths
2- Always- Atlantic Starr- ok about as good now as then
3- As We Lay- Shirley Murdock- never liked this
4- Victory- Kool and the Gang- average
5- Control- Janet Jackson- never liked this
6- Casanova- Levert- liked it a lot in 87, the instrumentation is too much
7- Love You Down- Ready for the World- never liked
8- Looking for A New Love- Jody Watley- never liked
9- Just to See Her- Smokey Robinson- nice record and since he divorced that year I guess autobiographical
10- Love is A House- Force MDs- nice song, very underrated

top artist: Freddie Jackson

Adult Contemporary

1- Can't We Try- Dan Hill/Vonda Shepherd- nothing special
2- Somewhere Out there- Linda Ronstadt/James Ingram- OK for a song from a movie about mice but not the best either has done
3- Will You Still Love Me- Chicago- OK but we miss Peter Cetera
4- Balllerina Girl- Lionel Richie- nothing special
5- This is the Time- Billy Joel- nothing special
6- Love is Forever- Billy Ocean- his best ballad though his singing is generally too boombastic
7- Didn't We Almost Have it All- Whitney Houston- don't like this one, it's not her singing the song itself is inconsequential
8- Mandolin Rain- Bruce Hornsby and the Range- nice enough then and now
9- I Wanna Dance With Somebody- Whitney Houston
10- Songbird- Kenny G- OK

top artist: Bruce Hornsby and the Range [/B][/QUOTE]

jamesanthony · 06-15-2004, 11:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by vashti1999
Any chance you can combine some of these threads or not post so many so as not to push other threads down the page?

I don't know how to combine what's already up here. Can't older threads be bumped up?

06-15-2004, 10:53 PM	#1
jamesanthony Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 30, 2004 Posts: 2,180	Billboard's top ten 1987 Another year end list. Which of these are still good records? Which do you look back on and wonder "why was that so popular?" Hot 100 1- Walk Like An Egyptian-Bangles 2- Alone- Heart 3- Shake You Down- Gregory Abbott 4- I Wanna Dance With Somebody WHo Loves Me- Whitney Houston 5- Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now- Starship 6- Cest La Vie- Robbie Nevil 7- The Way it is- Bruce Hornsby and the Range 8- Here I Go Again- Whitesnake 9- Shakedown- Bob Seger 10-Livin On A Prayer- Bon Jovi to artist: Madonna r&B 1- Stop to Love- Luther Vandross 2- Always- Atlantic Starr 3- As We Lay- Shirley Murdock 4- Victory- Kool and the Gang 5- Control- Janet Jackson 6- Casanova- Levert 7- Love You Down- Ready for the World 8- Looking for A New Love- Jody Watley 9- Just to See Her- Smokey Robinson 10- Love is A House- Force MDs top artist: Freddie Jackson Adult Contemporary 1- Can't We Try- Dan Hill/Vonda Shepherd 2- Somewhere Out there- Linda Ronstadt/James Ingram 3- Will You Still Love Me- Chicago 4- Balllerina Girl- Lionel Richie 5- This is the Time- Billy Joel 6- Love is Forever- Billy Ocean 7- Didn't We Almost Have it All- Whitney Houston 8- Mandolin Rain- Bruce Hornsby and the Rage 9- I Wanna Dance With Somebody- Whitney Houston 10- Songbird- Kenny G top artist: Bruce Hornsby and the Range

06-15-2004, 10:59 PM	#2
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06-15-2004, 11:03 PM	#3
jamesanthony Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 30, 2004 Posts: 2,180	Re: Billboard's top ten 1987 1- Walk Like An Egyptian-Bangles- never liked this then or now 2- Alone- Heart- same as Bangles 3- Shake You Down- Gregory Abbott- he's like a lounge singer 4- I Wanna Dance With Somebody Who Loves Me- Whitney Houston- Not too bad and her high notes at the end are more pleasant and less jarring than Mariah Carey's antics. I don't think Houston could hit those notes now though after all the coke/crack etc 5- Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now- Starship- nothing to get worked up over 6- Cest La Vie- Robbie Nevil- why was this so popular? 7- The Way it is- Bruce Hornsby and the Range- the best song in this list, intelligent lyrics, well sung and good piano 8- Here I Go Again- Whitesnake- not my taste 9- Shakedown- Bob Seger- average 10-Livin On A Prayer- Bon Jovi- not my taste to artist: Madonna r&B 1- Stop to Love- Luther Vandross- nice in spite of the cheezy synths 2- Always- Atlantic Starr- ok about as good now as then 3- As We Lay- Shirley Murdock- never liked this 4- Victory- Kool and the Gang- average 5- Control- Janet Jackson- never liked this 6- Casanova- Levert- liked it a lot in 87, the instrumentation is too much 7- Love You Down- Ready for the World- never liked 8- Looking for A New Love- Jody Watley- never liked 9- Just to See Her- Smokey Robinson- nice record and since he divorced that year I guess autobiographical 10- Love is A House- Force MDs- nice song, very underrated top artist: Freddie Jackson Adult Contemporary 1- Can't We Try- Dan Hill/Vonda Shepherd- nothing special 2- Somewhere Out there- Linda Ronstadt/James Ingram- OK for a song from a movie about mice but not the best either has done 3- Will You Still Love Me- Chicago- OK but we miss Peter Cetera 4- Balllerina Girl- Lionel Richie- nothing special 5- This is the Time- Billy Joel- nothing special 6- Love is Forever- Billy Ocean- his best ballad though his singing is generally too boombastic 7- Didn't We Almost Have it All- Whitney Houston- don't like this one, it's not her singing the song itself is inconsequential 8- Mandolin Rain- Bruce Hornsby and the Range- nice enough then and now 9- I Wanna Dance With Somebody- Whitney Houston 10- Songbird- Kenny G- OK top artist: Bruce Hornsby and the Range [/B][/QUOTE]