Comments on: CHART ATTACK!: 1/15/83 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-11583/ your daily dose of pop culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:15:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: My hmphs http://popdose.com/chart-attack-11583/comment-page-1/#comment-42409 My hmphs Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:39:20 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10383#comment-42409 I used to think it was "empress"... I used to think it was “empress”…

]]> By: peterlee43 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-11583/comment-page-1/#comment-14491 peterlee43 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:39:20 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10383#comment-14491 I used to think it was "empress"... I used to think it was “empress”…

]]> By: Beau http://popdose.com/chart-attack-11583/comment-page-1/#comment-14490 Beau Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:20 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10383#comment-14490 This is a quality top 10. "Dirty Laundry" suffers from being in the hand of the same crew of LA session vets who made so many Zevon songs plod along, but speaking as a journalist, I think it's a well-aimed zinger at my profession. (I always tell myself it's about those TV people, not us noble newspaper folk.) This is a quality top 10. “Dirty Laundry” suffers from being in the hand of the same crew of LA session vets who made so many Zevon songs plod along, but speaking as a journalist, I think it's a well-aimed zinger at my profession. (I always tell myself it's about those TV people, not us noble newspaper folk.)

]]> By: mojo http://popdose.com/chart-attack-11583/comment-page-1/#comment-14485 mojo Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:00:58 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10383#comment-14485 Iconic is Toni Basil's LSD trip in the New Orleans cemetery with Fonda & Hopper in Easy Rider! Without Toni Basil to blaze a trail for choreographer-singers, Paula Abdul would be serving up Vegiburgers somewhere along the PAcific Coast Highway. Iconic is Toni Basil's LSD trip in the New Orleans cemetery with Fonda & Hopper in Easy Rider! Without Toni Basil to blaze a trail for choreographer-singers, Paula Abdul would be serving up Vegiburgers somewhere along the PAcific Coast Highway.

]]> By: Reg http://popdose.com/chart-attack-11583/comment-page-1/#comment-14489 Reg Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:42:02 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10383#comment-14489 Fags? Really?<br><br>Great post otherwise. Fags? Really?

Great post otherwise.

]]> By: Elaine http://popdose.com/chart-attack-11583/comment-page-1/#comment-14488 Elaine Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:18:27 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10383#comment-14488 I'm going to have to search down this instrumental version of Sexual Healing. For me, the best part of the song is the cool groove w/backup singers. I'm going to have to search down this instrumental version of Sexual Healing. For me, the best part of the song is the cool groove w/backup singers.

]]> By: E http://popdose.com/chart-attack-11583/comment-page-1/#comment-14487 E Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:20:32 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10383#comment-14487 I want to say that Mike Nesmith's proto-MTV Nickelodeon show "Popclips" played the hell out of "Mickey" throughout 1980-81, but now I'm honestly not sure whether it was that or the Shabbadoo 'Swan Lake' clip. Maybe both? I want to say that Mike Nesmith's proto-MTV Nickelodeon show “Popclips” played the hell out of “Mickey” throughout 1980-81, but now I'm honestly not sure whether it was that or the Shabbadoo 'Swan Lake' clip. Maybe both?

]]> By: Matt Rappaport http://popdose.com/chart-attack-11583/comment-page-1/#comment-14486 Matt Rappaport Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:31:14 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10383#comment-14486 Africa IS the best song on this list! ..I also have NO idea what it all means,<br> Howie Day did a cover hehe Africa IS the best song on this list! ..I also have NO idea what it all means,
Howie Day did a cover hehe

]]> By: MichaelWSP http://popdose.com/chart-attack-11583/comment-page-1/#comment-14484 MichaelWSP Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:17:28 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10383#comment-14484 "Kitty" is just *jarring* to listen to. What a great example of production values making the difference between something iconic and something...awful. <br><br>I LOVE Baby Come To Me, and you just know when McDonald is singing on a track, even if he's buried in the mix, the raw "McDonaldness" he creates suffuses the chorus in its velvet splendor. “Kitty” is just *jarring* to listen to. What a great example of production values making the difference between something iconic and something…awful.

I LOVE Baby Come To Me, and you just know when McDonald is singing on a track, even if he's buried in the mix, the raw “McDonaldness” he creates suffuses the chorus in its velvet splendor.

]]> By: Mike http://popdose.com/chart-attack-11583/comment-page-1/#comment-14481 Mike Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:44:49 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10383#comment-14481 Which actually wound up getting released after Gaye's death as "Sanctified Lady". Not a bad song, actually. Which actually wound up getting released after Gaye's death as “Sanctified Lady”. Not a bad song, actually.

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