Comments on: CHART ATTACK!: 12/3/77 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12377/ your daily dose of pop culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GWhttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-12377/comment-page-1/#comment-50206 GW Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:38:59 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=2976#comment-50206 "You Light Up My Life" -- I recall listening to Casey's countdown of the top ... hmmm, either 40 or 100 ... of the 1970's. This song was #1, natch. Casey said it was also the biggest hit of "the past 25 years." Serious hit.<br><br>Hated the song when it came out for the cerebral but good reason that I thought it did not deserve to be #1 for all those weeks, a reaction which kicked in well before week #10. Decades later, having heard it on average of at most once a year since it departed the weekly charts, I can appreciate the song to a point. Yeah, call it a "soft spot."<br><br>Utterly sincere vocal performance. I might even call it inspired. Having been worn down by years of faux emotiveness from Diane Warren and Celine Dion, try as I might to avoid them, my resistance is weak. <br><br>Will have to give the Patti Smith version a hear. “You Light Up My Life” — I recall listening to Casey's countdown of the top … hmmm, either 40 or 100 … of the 1970's. This song was #1, natch. Casey said it was also the biggest hit of “the past 25 years.” Serious hit.

Hated the song when it came out for the cerebral but good reason that I thought it did not deserve to be #1 for all those weeks, a reaction which kicked in well before week #10. Decades later, having heard it on average of at most once a year since it departed the weekly charts, I can appreciate the song to a point. Yeah, call it a “soft spot.”

Utterly sincere vocal performance. I might even call it inspired. Having been worn down by years of faux emotiveness from Diane Warren and Celine Dion, try as I might to avoid them, my resistance is weak.

Will have to give the Patti Smith version a hear.

]]> By: GWhttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-12377/comment-page-1/#comment-40079 GW Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:38:59 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=2976#comment-40079 "You Light Up My Life" -- I recall listening to Casey's countdown of the top ... hmmm, either 40 or 100 ... of the 1970's. This song was #1, natch. Casey said it was also the biggest hit of "the past 25 years." Serious hit.<br><br>Hated the song when it came out for the cerebral but good reason that I thought it did not deserve to be #1 for all those weeks, a reaction which kicked in well before week #10. Decades later, having heard it on average of at most once a year since it departed the weekly charts, I can appreciate the song to a point. Yeah, call it a "soft spot."<br><br>Utterly sincere vocal performance. I might even call it inspired. Having been worn down by years of faux emotiveness from Diane Warren and Celine Dion, try as I might to avoid them, my resistance is weak. <br><br>Will have to give the Patti Smith version a hear. “You Light Up My Life” — I recall listening to Casey's countdown of the top … hmmm, either 40 or 100 … of the 1970's. This song was #1, natch. Casey said it was also the biggest hit of “the past 25 years.” Serious hit.

Hated the song when it came out for the cerebral but good reason that I thought it did not deserve to be #1 for all those weeks, a reaction which kicked in well before week #10. Decades later, having heard it on average of at most once a year since it departed the weekly charts, I can appreciate the song to a point. Yeah, call it a “soft spot.”

Utterly sincere vocal performance. I might even call it inspired. Having been worn down by years of faux emotiveness from Diane Warren and Celine Dion, try as I might to avoid them, my resistance is weak.

Will have to give the Patti Smith version a hear.

]]> By: GWhttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-12377/comment-page-1/#comment-25027 GW Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:38:59 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=2976#comment-25027 "You Light Up My Life" -- I recall listening to Casey's countdown of the top ... hmmm, either 40 or 100 ... of the 1970's. This song was #1, natch. Casey said it was also the biggest hit of "the past 25 years." Serious hit.<br><br>Hated the song when it came out for the cerebral but good reason that I thought it did not deserve to be #1 for all those weeks, a reaction which kicked in well before week #10. Decades later, having heard it on average of at most once a year since it departed the weekly charts, I can appreciate the song to a point. Yeah, call it a "soft spot."<br><br>Utterly sincere vocal performance. I might even call it inspired. Having been worn down by years of faux emotiveness from Diane Warren and Celine Dion, try as I might to avoid them, my resistance is weak. <br><br>Will have to give the Patti Smith version a hear. “You Light Up My Life” — I recall listening to Casey's countdown of the top … hmmm, either 40 or 100 … of the 1970's. This song was #1, natch. Casey said it was also the biggest hit of “the past 25 years.” Serious hit.

Hated the song when it came out for the cerebral but good reason that I thought it did not deserve to be #1 for all those weeks, a reaction which kicked in well before week #10. Decades later, having heard it on average of at most once a year since it departed the weekly charts, I can appreciate the song to a point. Yeah, call it a “soft spot.”

Utterly sincere vocal performance. I might even call it inspired. Having been worn down by years of faux emotiveness from Diane Warren and Celine Dion, try as I might to avoid them, my resistance is weak.

Will have to give the Patti Smith version a hear.

]]> By: jefitohttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-12377/comment-page-1/#comment-19505 jefito Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:31:46 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=2976#comment-19505 Next Friday. Mark your calendar! Next Friday. Mark your calendar!

]]> By: amy777http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12377/comment-page-1/#comment-19504 amy777 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:59:30 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=2976#comment-19504 when is chart attack coming back? or did i just miss the ones posted since 12/5? when is chart attack coming back? or did i just miss the ones posted since 12/5?

]]> By: David_Ehttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-12377/comment-page-1/#comment-19496 David_E Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:49:07 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=2976#comment-19496 One and the same, apparently. Though you should take my affirmation with a pinch of lost salt. One and the same, apparently. Though you should take my affirmation with a pinch of lost salt.

]]> By: Rayhttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-12377/comment-page-1/#comment-19503 Ray Sat, 06 Dec 2008 09:55:12 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=2976#comment-19503 Ooooooh, "Heaven on the 7th Floor"!!! Longtime guilty pleasure of mine.<br><br>BTW, doesn't that "doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo Waaaah..." right before the first verse sound like something that eventually morphed into the Mentos commercial music??? Ooooooh, “Heaven on the 7th Floor”!!! Longtime guilty pleasure of mine.

BTW, doesn't that “doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo Waaaah…” right before the first verse sound like something that eventually morphed into the Mentos commercial music???

]]> By: DwDunphyhttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-12377/comment-page-1/#comment-19500 DwDunphy Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:40:22 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=2976#comment-19500 Leonine genius = what the hell are those falsetto freaks ACTUALLY singing?! Leonine genius = what the hell are those falsetto freaks ACTUALLY singing?!

]]> By: DwDunphyhttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-12377/comment-page-1/#comment-19495 DwDunphy Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:39:11 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=2976#comment-19495 Probably. Which explains the weird shout-out in the middle of "Volcano", being, "Mistah UT-lay!" Probably. Which explains the weird shout-out in the middle of “Volcano”, being, “Mistah UT-lay!”

]]> By: terjehttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-12377/comment-page-1/#comment-19502 terje Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:37:16 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=2976#comment-19502 Woo-hoo Woo-hoo

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