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By: CHART ATTACK!: 8/19/89 | Popdose

CHART ATTACK!: 8/19/89 | Popdose — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:42:39 +0000

[...] but I was actually singing “Anything for You.” And here’s the messed-up part: I did this back in March. Same song, too — “Anything for You,” which is odd, because “Words Get in [...]

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:22:29 +0000

I'm sorry, but to this day I get a strong desire to do leg lifts whenever I hear “I Found Someone”, mainly because Cher used that song in her ads for Chicago Health Clubs (the precursor to Bally's Total Fitness) back in 1988. I'll admit I actually like “I Get Weak” although I didn't care for the edit they did with the single. Good call on the Pet Shop Boys/Dusty Springfield, and as much as I love that single, the Shep Pettibone remix (I still have a 12″ vinyl in my collection) is killer as well! As for Rick Astley, I prefer to remember him as a pantywaist with teeny two inches of terror (courtesy of Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper's “Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child”).

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:22:29 +0000

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:37:37 +0000

Carlisle has a vocal delivery I call “Fallin' Offa Cliff” where, at the end of her line, the vocal just drops keys, down and down. It's hard to describe in words but you know it when you hear it, that OHHHhhhhh…

Natalie Merchant was notorious for the same thing.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:58:03 +0000

Yanno…I was gonna say “I like every single song in this Top 10″ (hey, I was 12…), but then I noticed “She's Like The Wind”. Ugh…I wish Swayze well, but that song…it made Don Johnson's “Heartbeat” sound like classic material by comparison.

And I played the Astley video in full at my office (I work for an “indie music disributor”) and the facial expressions of the people around me was priceless…

Not sure what exactly was the point of MJ lip-synching exactly half of the Grammy performance…he couldn't sing the first part??

By: Miss Lisa

Miss Lisa — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:52:27 +0000

Only the Pet Shop Boys stand out here and Dusty sounds great on this song. So glad they didn't have Belinda Carlisle on there instead–one of the most annoying voices in pop (that warble; always singing under the high notes). Back in the 80s I created a comic book character based on Rick Astley named “Blain Plaid.” He looked, sounded and acted just like Rick Astley except his name was Blain Plaid. He had a very short career as a comic book character as well.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:38:08 +0000

Interesting that Patrick Swayze brings misc. bad 80's music to mind for you all. What do I immediately think of when I hear his name? “Let it turn to something else. Let it turn. Let it TUURRNN!”

Also, Thomas Dolby played keyboards on some of this Belinda Carlisle album (Heaven on Earth). I don't know if he played on “I Get Weak,” but I'm pretty sure “Circle in the Sand” was him. Just a lil' trivia. So, there was one thing that didn't suck about it. (I agree she's cute, but ugh. That meandering alto vibrato always drove me nuts.)

By: deltablues2

deltablues2 — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:23:44 +0000

GASP ! Boo for Heaven Is A Place On Earth ? Blasphemy ! It is the crowning achievement in Belinda's extended run of half a dozen hits. Although, I really like Mad About You. The song and the sitcom, now that I think about it.

By: DwDunphy

DwDunphy — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:09:02 +0000

Heck, I can't stop laughing at Rick Astley period.

By: Malchus

Malchus — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:04:28 +0000

I can't stop laughing at frickin' Rick Astley. You got me.