Comments on: CHART ATTACK! #10: 11/29/86 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-10/ your daily dose of pop culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sarahttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-10/comment-page-1/#comment-6643 Sara Sun, 04 May 2008 20:02:18 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=211#comment-6643 FYI Bobby Caldwell did have more hits. He was sort of a Michael Bolton meets Frank Sinatra, in fact most of his recent albums have been made up of old standards. Another usless fact "Walk Like an Egyptian" was banned for airplay after 9/11 FYI Bobby Caldwell did have more hits. He was sort of a Michael Bolton meets Frank Sinatra, in fact most of his recent albums have been made up of old standards. Another usless fact “Walk Like an Egyptian” was banned for airplay after 9/11

]]> By: Sarahttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-10/comment-page-1/#comment-70528 Sara Sun, 04 May 2008 20:02:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=211#comment-70528 FYI Bobby Caldwell did have more hits. He was sort of a Michael Bolton meets Frank Sinatra, in fact most of his recent albums have been made up of old standards. Another usless fact "Walk Like an Egyptian" was banned for airplay after 9/11 FYI Bobby Caldwell did have more hits. He was sort of a Michael Bolton meets Frank Sinatra, in fact most of his recent albums have been made up of old standards. Another usless fact “Walk Like an Egyptian” was banned for airplay after 9/11

]]> By: Petehttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-10/comment-page-1/#comment-1295 Pete Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:45:43 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=211#comment-1295 I never liked Sam Kinson much either, and "Human" by the Human League is an underrated classic. I never liked Sam Kinson much either, and "Human" by the Human League is an underrated classic.

]]> By: Petehttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-10/comment-page-1/#comment-70527 Pete Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:45:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=211#comment-70527 I never liked Sam Kinson much either,and Human by the HumanLeague is an underrated classic. I never liked Sam Kinson much either,and Human by the HumanLeague is an underrated classic.

]]> By: Elainehttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-10/comment-page-1/#comment-1294 Elaine Sat, 02 Dec 2006 18:18:30 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=211#comment-1294 Thank you Robert, for saying what I was thinking.  Kinison never really appealed to me, either.  A screaming, mean ex-preacher huge guy with ridiculous hair and a beanie, is all I ever saw.  Huey, on the other hand, I did like.  Granted I was a whippersnapper, but so what.  (Though, Huey did kick the shark he jumped over once he released an album of duets with Gwyneth Paltrow and Babyface, but maybe that's just me.)  As for Larry Blackmon, it's fun to be able to point out that Thomas Dolby's "Hot Sauce," cowritten by George Clinton, refers to Larry thusly:  <em>"The brother in the codpiece, I seen him on the TV.  I think he likes his ladies all sweet and sugary.  I'm partial to her pudding, but that's for second course.  The main meal and the hors d'oeuvres must be smothered in hot sauce."</em>  So uh, George didn't think much of Larry's red codpiece, it appears. Thank you Robert, for saying what I was thinking.  Kinison never really appealed to me, either.  A screaming, mean ex-preacher huge guy with ridiculous hair and a beanie, is all I ever saw.  Huey, on the other hand, I did like.  Granted I was a whippersnapper, but so what.  (Though, Huey did kick the shark he jumped over once he released an album of duets with Gwyneth Paltrow and Babyface, but maybe that’s just me.)  As for Larry Blackmon, it’s fun to be able to point out that Thomas Dolby’s "Hot Sauce," cowritten by George Clinton, refers to Larry thusly:  "The brother in the codpiece, I seen him on the TV.  I think he likes his ladies all sweet and sugary.  I’m partial to her pudding, but that’s for second course.  The main meal and the hors d’oeuvres must be smothered in hot sauce."  So uh, George didn’t think much of Larry’s red codpiece, it appears.

]]> By: Elainehttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-10/comment-page-1/#comment-70526 Elaine Sat, 02 Dec 2006 18:18:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=211#comment-70526 <em>The brother in the codpiece, I seen him on the TV. I think he likes his ladies all sweet and sugary. I'm partial to her pudding, but that's for second course. The main meal and the hors d'oeuvres must be smothered in hot sauce.</em> So uh, George didn't think much of Larry's red codpiece, it appears. The brother in the codpiece, I seen him on the TV. I think he likes his ladies all sweet and sugary. I’m partial to her pudding, but that’s for second course. The main meal and the hors d’oeuvres must be smothered in hot sauce. So uh, George didn’t think much of Larry’s red codpiece, it appears.

]]> By: Roberthttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-10/comment-page-1/#comment-1293 Robert Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:17:22 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=211#comment-1293 I recently saw a rerun of "SNL" from 1986 that was hosted by Sam Kinison.  I can't imagine his yell-every-punchline shtick being funny back then (I didn't laugh at his jokes in '86, but I was only 11 at the time), and it's certainly not funny 20 years later.  At least Huey Lewis and the News had some good songs in their prime that still hold up.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but Kinison is mostly remembered today as a screaming misogynist.  In his defense, however, he did have a pretty impressive comb-over (he certainly had more hair at 31 than I do).  But he didn't exactly scale the same comic heights as fellow Texas comedian Bill Hicks, did he?<br /><br />Hey, was that a tangent that just walked by?  I think it was.  Sorry about that.  Seriously, though, if there are any Kinison fans out there, I'm not trying to start an argument.  I just never found the guy that funny.  But if you can provide me with some good jokes of his, I'll listen.  I have to admit that one thing that bugged me about Kinison, through no fault of his own, was that he physically reminded me of my third-grade teacher Ms. Thrower, one of the meanest public-school teachers I ever had.<br /><br />Let's see, in the fall of '86 I was in fifth grade.  Of the ten songs listed here, "Love Will Conquer All" is probably my favorite.  I think 1986 was a great year for music ... but not the last four months.  Is that because I didn't like the first half of fifth grade but enjoyed the summer before fourth grade and then all of fourth grade and the summer after fourth grade (roughly June '85-August '86)?  Without a doubt.  I often have trouble separating songs from the times in my life when I first heard them.<br /><br />Didn't MTV have a contest in the fall of '86 for which viewers were asked to make their own video for "True Blue" and send it in?  I know the winning video was shown on MTV, but I wonder how often it was shown.<br /><br />This is off-topic as well -- "Glengarry Glen Ross" is a great movie, but it's one of those for which the director isn't given much credit, a la "Saturday Night Fever," which was directed by John Badham ("WarGames," "Short Circuit," "Bird on a Wire," "Nick of Time"), a fact that nobody seems to remember.  Maybe it's because directors like Foley and Badham don't have a distinct personal style, but aren't good directors supposed to give the story their primary focus above all else, not their fancy camerawork or editing trickery?  Then again, Foley and Badham have never really maintained consistent quality from movie to movie, so perhaps people think "Glengarry" was just a fluke for Foley.<br /><br />Okay, back on-topic -- one of my dad's college friends has lived in Atlanta for a long time.  (Wait, it gets better.)  Back in the late '80s the friend's children told my brother and me that they would occasionally see Larry Blackmon drive past their house, because by that time Cameo was based in Atlanta, and Blackmon lived somewhere in their neighborhood.  Did they recognize him by his tall haircut or by his red codpiece?  I'm not sure. I recently saw a rerun of "SNL" from 1986 that was hosted by Sam Kinison.  I can’t imagine his yell-every-punchline shtick being funny back then (I didn’t laugh at his jokes in ’86, but I was only 11 at the time), and it’s certainly not funny 20 years later.  At least Huey Lewis and the News had some good songs in their prime that still hold up.  Correct me if I’m wrong, but Kinison is mostly remembered today as a screaming misogynist.  In his defense, however, he did have a pretty impressive comb-over (he certainly had more hair at 31 than I do).  But he didn’t exactly scale the same comic heights as fellow Texas comedian Bill Hicks, did he?

Hey, was that a tangent that just walked by?  I think it was.  Sorry about that.  Seriously, though, if there are any Kinison fans out there, I’m not trying to start an argument.  I just never found the guy that funny.  But if you can provide me with some good jokes of his, I’ll listen.  I have to admit that one thing that bugged me about Kinison, through no fault of his own, was that he physically reminded me of my third-grade teacher Ms. Thrower, one of the meanest public-school teachers I ever had.

Let’s see, in the fall of ’86 I was in fifth grade.  Of the ten songs listed here, "Love Will Conquer All" is probably my favorite.  I think 1986 was a great year for music … but not the last four months.  Is that because I didn’t like the first half of fifth grade but enjoyed the summer before fourth grade and then all of fourth grade and the summer after fourth grade (roughly June ’85-August ’86)?  Without a doubt.  I often have trouble separating songs from the times in my life when I first heard them.

Didn’t MTV have a contest in the fall of ’86 for which viewers were asked to make their own video for "True Blue" and send it in?  I know the winning video was shown on MTV, but I wonder how often it was shown.

This is off-topic as well — "Glengarry Glen Ross" is a great movie, but it’s one of those for which the director isn’t given much credit, a la "Saturday Night Fever," which was directed by John Badham ("WarGames," "Short Circuit," "Bird on a Wire," "Nick of Time"), a fact that nobody seems to remember.  Maybe it’s because directors like Foley and Badham don’t have a distinct personal style, but aren’t good directors supposed to give the story their primary focus above all else, not their fancy camerawork or editing trickery?  Then again, Foley and Badham have never really maintained consistent quality from movie to movie, so perhaps people think "Glengarry" was just a fluke for Foley.

Okay, back on-topic — one of my dad’s college friends has lived in Atlanta for a long time.  (Wait, it gets better.)  Back in the late ’80s the friend’s children told my brother and me that they would occasionally see Larry Blackmon drive past their house, because by that time Cameo was based in Atlanta, and Blackmon lived somewhere in their neighborhood.  Did they recognize him by his tall haircut or by his red codpiece?  I’m not sure.

]]> By: Roberthttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-10/comment-page-1/#comment-70525 Robert Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:17:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=211#comment-70525 Hey, was that a tangent that just walked by? I think it was. Sorry about that. Seriously, though, if there are any Kinison fans out there, I'm not trying to start an argument. I just never found the guy that funny. But if you can provide me with some good jokes of his, I'll listen. I have to admit that one thing that bugged me about Kinison, through no fault of his own, was that he physically reminded me of my third-grade teacher Ms. Thrower, one of the meanest public-school teachers I ever had.Let's see, in the fall of '86 I was in fifth grade. Of the ten songs listed here, Love Will Conquer All is probably my favorite. I think 1986 was a great year for music ... but not the last four months. Is that because I didn't like the first half of fifth grade but enjoyed the summer before fourth grade and then all of fourth grade and the summer after fourth grade (roughly June '85-August '86)? Without a doubt. I often have trouble separating songs from the times in my life when I first heard them.Didn't MTV have a contest in the fall of '86 for which viewers were asked to make their own video for True Blue and send it in? I know the winning video was shown on MTV, but I wonder how often it was shown.This is off-topic as well -- Glengarry Glen Ross is a great movie, but it's one of those for which the director isn't given much credit, a la Saturday Night Fever, which was directed by John Badham (WarGames, Short Circuit, Bird on a Wire, Nick of Time), a fact that nobody seems to remember. Maybe it's because directors like Foley and Badham don't have a distinct personal style, but aren't good directors supposed to give the story their primary focus above all else, not their fancy camerawork or editing trickery? Then again, Foley and Badham have never really maintained consistent quality from movie to movie, so perhaps people think Glengarry was just a fluke for Foley.Okay, back on-topic -- one of my dad's college friends has lived in Atlanta for a long time. (Wait, it gets better.) Back in the late '80s the friend's children told my brother and me that they would occasionally see Larry Blackmon drive past their house, because by that time Cameo was based in Atlanta, and Blackmon lived somewhere in their neighborhood. Did they recognize him by his tall haircut or by his red codpiece? I'm not sure. Hey, was that a tangent that just walked by? I think it was. Sorry about that. Seriously, though, if there are any Kinison fans out there, I’m not trying to start an argument. I just never found the guy that funny. But if you can provide me with some good jokes of his, I’ll listen. I have to admit that one thing that bugged me about Kinison, through no fault of his own, was that he physically reminded me of my third-grade teacher Ms. Thrower, one of the meanest public-school teachers I ever had.Let’s see, in the fall of ’86 I was in fifth grade. Of the ten songs listed here, Love Will Conquer All is probably my favorite. I think 1986 was a great year for music … but not the last four months. Is that because I didn’t like the first half of fifth grade but enjoyed the summer before fourth grade and then all of fourth grade and the summer after fourth grade (roughly June ’85-August ’86)? Without a doubt. I often have trouble separating songs from the times in my life when I first heard them.Didn’t MTV have a contest in the fall of ’86 for which viewers were asked to make their own video for True Blue and send it in? I know the winning video was shown on MTV, but I wonder how often it was shown.This is off-topic as well — Glengarry Glen Ross is a great movie, but it’s one of those for which the director isn’t given much credit, a la Saturday Night Fever, which was directed by John Badham (WarGames, Short Circuit, Bird on a Wire, Nick of Time), a fact that nobody seems to remember. Maybe it’s because directors like Foley and Badham don’t have a distinct personal style, but aren’t good directors supposed to give the story their primary focus above all else, not their fancy camerawork or editing trickery? Then again, Foley and Badham have never really maintained consistent quality from movie to movie, so perhaps people think Glengarry was just a fluke for Foley.Okay, back on-topic — one of my dad’s college friends has lived in Atlanta for a long time. (Wait, it gets better.) Back in the late ’80s the friend’s children told my brother and me that they would occasionally see Larry Blackmon drive past their house, because by that time Cameo was based in Atlanta, and Blackmon lived somewhere in their neighborhood. Did they recognize him by his tall haircut or by his red codpiece? I’m not sure.

]]> By: Carloshttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-10/comment-page-1/#comment-1292 Carlos Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:53:08 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=211#comment-1292 Desmond Child produced the latest BAT OUT OF HELL album for Meatloaf. It blows! Desmond Child produced the latest BAT OUT OF HELL album for Meatloaf. It blows!

]]> By: Carloshttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-10/comment-page-1/#comment-70524 Carlos Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:53:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=211#comment-70524 Desmond Child produced the latest BAT OUT OF HELL album for Meatloaf. It blows! Desmond Child produced the latest BAT OUT OF HELL album for Meatloaf. It blows!

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