Comments on: Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 26 http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-26/ your daily dose of pop culture Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:32:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: steed http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-26/comment-page-1/#comment-40098 steed Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:13:08 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=4953#comment-40098 Correctamundo on both. I popped out the 45 of "Shooting Star" and it is in a slightly higher key - but other than that they sound virtually identical to me. <br><br>I never pieced two and two together with Toni Basil's "Nobody". I listened to that again now and I like that much better than JD Drews version. Correctamundo on both. I popped out the 45 of “Shooting Star” and it is in a slightly higher key – but other than that they sound virtually identical to me.

I never pieced two and two together with Toni Basil's “Nobody”. I listened to that again now and I like that much better than JD Drews version.

]]> By: steed http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-26/comment-page-1/#comment-11124 steed Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:13:08 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=4953#comment-11124 Correctamundo on both. I popped out the 45 of "Shooting Star" and it is in a slightly higher key - but other than that they sound virtually identical to me. <br><br>I never pieced two and two together with Toni Basil's "Nobody". I listened to that again now and I like that much better than JD Drews version. Correctamundo on both. I popped out the 45 of “Shooting Star” and it is in a slightly higher key – but other than that they sound virtually identical to me.

I never pieced two and two together with Toni Basil's “Nobody”. I listened to that again now and I like that much better than JD Drews version.

]]> By: ElCartero http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-26/comment-page-1/#comment-11123 ElCartero Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:39:22 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=4953#comment-11123 I'd had no idea, but Toni Basil's "Don't Want Nobody" (from her first album, the one with "Mickey") was a cover of the J.D. Drews song here. I was on a church ski trip once where somebody brought along that cassette and played the freakin' thing incessantly. Ugh. As you can imagine, I had to turn it off when the chorus started and the recognition hit me. I'd had no idea, but Toni Basil's “Don't Want Nobody” (from her first album, the one with “Mickey”) was a cover of the J.D. Drews song here. I was on a church ski trip once where somebody brought along that cassette and played the freakin' thing incessantly. Ugh. As you can imagine, I had to turn it off when the chorus started and the recognition hit me.

]]> By: ElCartero http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-26/comment-page-1/#comment-11122 ElCartero Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:21:07 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=4953#comment-11122 That version of "Shooting Star" may have been a later one. The version that (I think) hit the charts in '80 was recorded in a higher key (E-flat) and had a synth sound more typical of 1980 than the one here. Where did you get it from? That version of “Shooting Star” may have been a later one. The version that (I think) hit the charts in '80 was recorded in a higher key (E-flat) and had a synth sound more typical of 1980 than the one here. Where did you get it from?

]]> By: David Noland http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-26/comment-page-1/#comment-11121 David Noland Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:47:28 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=4953#comment-11121 I've recently discovered this web site and missed a few previous parts. If anyone downloaded Crosby, Stills, and Nash - War Games , Curtie and the Boombox , or Ana -- Shy boys ... I'd love to have a copy if anyone could send it to me. I've recently discovered this web site and missed a few previous parts. If anyone downloaded Crosby, Stills, and Nash – War Games , Curtie and the Boombox , or Ana — Shy boys … I'd love to have a copy if anyone could send it to me.

]]> By: DavidMedsker http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-26/comment-page-1/#comment-11103 DavidMedsker Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:21:42 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=4953#comment-11103 Holy crap. Playing the original for the first time. EMF, uh, changed it a little. Holy crap. Playing the original for the first time. EMF, uh, changed it a little.

]]> By: DavidMedsker http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-26/comment-page-1/#comment-11102 DavidMedsker Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:19:37 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=4953#comment-11102 As you wish...<br><br><a href="http://earbuds.popdose.com/david/EMF" rel="nofollow">http://earbuds.popdose.com/david/EMF</a> - Shaddap You Face.mp3 As you wish…

http://earbuds.popdose.com/david/EMF – Shaddap You Face.mp3

]]> By: jefito http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-26/comment-page-1/#comment-11101 jefito Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:36:37 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=4953#comment-11101 "Shaddap You Face" by EMF? This I need to hear. “Shaddap You Face” by EMF? This I need to hear.

]]> By: Joel http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-26/comment-page-1/#comment-11120 Joel Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:52:31 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=4953#comment-11120 Yup. The 12" version of "Hyperactive" is far superior to the 45 RPM/7" version. MTV gave the song HEAVY airplay during Feb-March 1984 and the video featured the 12" mix. The song really doesn't make much sense in it's edited form. In fact, it kinda sucks. The 12", however, is brilliant. I think it's Dolby's finest moment.<br><br>Amazing that "Shaddap You Face" didn't chart top 40. It was THE catch-phrase/buzz record/novelty hit of the spring and summer months of 1981. Sorta like "My Toot Toot" 4 years later (which incidentally didn't go top 40 either....weird). <br><br>A shame that D-Train's 1981 R&B/Club jam "You're The One For Me" didn't even crack the Hot 100. That song is a definite old school classic. Then again, a lot of quality dance tracks didn't end up charting during the post-disco years. Seemed like top 40 radio avoided anything that remotely sounded like disco. There were exceptions of course ("Funkytown", "Take Your Time (Do It Right)", "Stomp"), but most of the (blackest) rhythmic music mid-charted ("Super Freak", "Don't Stop The Music", "She's A Bad Mama Jama"). Yup. The 12″ version of “Hyperactive” is far superior to the 45 RPM/7″ version. MTV gave the song HEAVY airplay during Feb-March 1984 and the video featured the 12″ mix. The song really doesn't make much sense in it's edited form. In fact, it kinda sucks. The 12″, however, is brilliant. I think it's Dolby's finest moment.

Amazing that “Shaddap You Face” didn't chart top 40. It was THE catch-phrase/buzz record/novelty hit of the spring and summer months of 1981. Sorta like “My Toot Toot” 4 years later (which incidentally didn't go top 40 either….weird).

A shame that D-Train's 1981 R&B/Club jam “You're The One For Me” didn't even crack the Hot 100. That song is a definite old school classic. Then again, a lot of quality dance tracks didn't end up charting during the post-disco years. Seemed like top 40 radio avoided anything that remotely sounded like disco. There were exceptions of course (”Funkytown”, “Take Your Time (Do It Right)”, “Stomp”), but most of the (blackest) rhythmic music mid-charted (”Super Freak”, “Don't Stop The Music”, “She's A Bad Mama Jama”).

]]> By: Elaine http://popdose.com/bottom-feeders-the-ass-end-of-the-80s-part-26/comment-page-1/#comment-11112 Elaine Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:46:34 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=4953#comment-11112 That just gave me nostalgia for Nethack. That just gave me nostalgia for Nethack.

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