Welcome to the archived messages from In The 00s. This archive stretches back to 1998 in some instances, and contains a nearly complete record of all the messages posted to inthe00s.com. You will also find an archive of the messages from inthe70s.com, inthe80s.com, inthe90s.com and amiright.com before they were combined to form the inthe00s.com messageboard.
If you are looking for the active messages, please click here. Otherwise, use the links below or on the right hand side of the page to navigate the archives.
Subject: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
Yes, him again! Same as usual - #1 records on this day UK style - some you'll know, others will leave you scratching your heads...enjoy...
1980 - Don McLean - Crying
1981 - Smokey Robinson - Being With You
1982 - Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes
1983 - Police - Every Breath You Take
1984 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
1985 - The Crowd - You'll Never Walk Alone
1986 - Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky
1987 - The Firm - Star Trekkin'
1988 - Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis
1989 - Soul II Soul - Back To Life
Hardly what I'd call a pile of classics, but (against my better judgement!) I'll comment on 'em shortly...I'm off for a lie-down!
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
1980 - Don McLean - Crying 3
1981 - Smokey Robinson - Being With You 4
1982 - Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes 4
1983 - Police - Every Breath You Take 5
1984 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 2
1985 - The Crowd - You'll Never Walk Alone ?
1986 - Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky The only song I know by this title is the one by Norman Greenbaum ???
1987 - The Firm - Star Trekkin' ?
1988 - Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis ?
1989 - Soul II Soul - Back To Life ?
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
Right - eighties time!
1980 - And here's Don again! Outdoing Roy Orbison, no less...this gained success due to repeat plays on Radio 2 (the MOR station that was) - good version...
1981 - Smokey's only solo #1 here, and very nice it was too! For the anoraks, did you know this was originally shoved under Kim Carnes' nose, but she rejected it?!
1982 - Adam goes solo, and this was about as good as he got..cracking drum track on here...
1983 - Comments as per last time...i.e., great
1984 - Don't believe the hype, but everyone did! More production than song, but the video was entertaining! Ho-hum due to us having it at the top for 9 weeks...
1985 - You'll know the song, but not this version...a rag-bag of D-list celebs gathered around a microphone 'Band Aid' style...the worthy cause being the families of those who perished in the Bradford City football stadium fire - hardly played or heard nowadays...
1986 - And you may know this song...yep Norman's awesome 1970 hit got pulled to pieces and sort of re-assembled by a bunch of strange people...not too fond of this version (and the least said about Gareth's, the better...)
1987 - Oh dear, we lurch from bad to off-the-scale-bad...a "tribute" of sorts to the cult TV show, which only really could've been a hit in nowhere but Britain...please bin!
1988 - More cult TV ('Dr Who') and still in the realm of terrible! The Timelords were also known as dance act KLF, whose mission was to release left-of-centre dance stuff...featured lots of Dalek noises...horrible!
1989 - Groundbreaking (at the time) UK dance act whose records all sounded the same to me! Bearable, but only just!
I think I can see a pattern forming here - why does the UK lists start out good, but then plummet alarmingly after 1983/4? Answers on a blank cheque, please....
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
Quoting:
I think I can see a pattern forming here - why does the UK lists start out good, but then plummet alarmingly after 1983/4? Answers on a blank cheque, please....
End Quote
I love the novelty thing with the eighties so I may say the opposite of you this time Paul UK (rarely do I dissagree with you).
1980 - Crying - Don Mclean
Not at all bothered by it.
1981 - Being with you - Smokey Robinson
I thought this was great first time I heard it, now it sounds a bit grated and hokey.
1982 - Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
One of my favourite Adam Ant tracks, seconded only to Antmusic.
1983 - Every breath you take - Police
Not inspiring. Apart from to Puff Daddy.
1984 - Two Tribes - Frankie goes to Hollywood
I agree - all production and little song but I do like it. For me this was the best song from Frankie ('Relax' kept making me think about the homosexual connotations).
1985 - You'll never walk alone - Crowd
Yep! It's Band-Aid fever and they are trying the same trick Bob Geldof pulled off a year before. The next collaboration involving a football catastrophy was the poignant 'Ferry across the Mersey' in 1988.
1986 - 'Spirit in the Sky' - Doctor and the Medics
I've said this before and I'm sticking to my guns. I prefer this version to Norman Greenbaums! However, I think Gareth Gates should go to purgatory for the blasphemious crime that he committed on this song.
1987 - 'Star Trekkin' - The Firm
The Firm were never a serious band (managed to get a minor hit in the early eighties with 'Arthur Daley ('Es Alright)'. The surprise hit involved a great, if crude, claymation video.
1988 - 'Doctor in the Tardis' - Timelords
Armed with a sample of Gary Glitter's 'Rock n Roll', KLF storm the charts with this pitiful offering (complete with Darlek's voices). Video was awful as well.
1989 - 'Back to Life' - Soul II Soul
I never really thought much of this and could never understand why this was No 1 at all.
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
1980 - Don McLean - Crying Can't stand this song
1981 - Smokey Robinson - Being With You Can't recall this one at all. Give me some more lyrics
1982 - Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes Is o.k. but I preferred Ant Music
1983 - Police - Every Breath You Take Not one of their better ones IMHO
1984 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes Loved this, infact I think I still have the 12 inch
1985 - The Crowd - You'll Never Walk Alone lest said about this the better
1986 - Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky I prefer this version to the original
1987 - The Firm - Star Trekkin' Well I can't help but love novelty songs like this. Plus it contains the classic line "It's worse than that it's Physics Jim" which has got to be a bonus. And I know a silly dance to it!
1988 - Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis OK maybe not all novelty songs!
1989 - Soul II Soul - Back To Life Can't stand this one
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
Looking down your list, Karen you have shared a very similar view to I have. So I must congratulate you on your taste in 80s No 1s. :D
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
Quoting:
Yes, him again! Same as usual - #1 records on this day UK style - some you'll know, others will leave you scratching your heads...enjoy...
1980 - Don McLean - Crying
1981 - Smokey Robinson - Being With You
1982 - Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes
1983 - Police - Every Breath You Take
1984 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes
1985 - The Crowd - You'll Never Walk Alone
1986 - Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky
1987 - The Firm - Star Trekkin'
1988 - Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis
1989 - Soul II Soul - Back To Life
I don't know what everyone's complaining about. This is a great song. ??? ;D
Howard
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
1980 - Don McLean - Crying Only like American Pie by him.
1981 - Smokey Robinson - Being With You Actually don't know this song!
1982 - Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes Only like 'Antmusic', never got into them
1983 - Police - Every Breath You Take Classic!
1984 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes Another classic.
1985 - The Crowd - You'll Never Walk Alone Not a fan
1986 - Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky Hate this song with a passion, whoever the artists is!!
1987 - The Firm - Star Trekkin' Mad song, ok.
1988 - Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis Dislike
1989 - Soul II Soul - Back To Life Good dance song, loved it at the time.
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
1980 - Don McLean - Crying Is this the same as the Roy Orbison "Crying?"
1981 - Smokey Robinson - Being With You I think this was the first Smokey song I ever heard. He sounds like a woman to me. Bleh.
1982 - Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes Too commercial and too overplayed. Adam And The Ants were better and had better songs.
1983 - Police - Every Breath You Take Great song, but again, too commercial and too overplayed. They have better songs as well.
1984 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes I don't hear this song nearly as much as "Relax" (but probably because it didn't go as far in this country), but I wish I did.
1985 - The Crowd - You'll Never Walk Alone I just heard a clip of this for the first time last night on that website that was mentioned on the "UK Saturday Morning Kids Shows" thread. A BBC site. My memory of this song is comedian Jerry Lewis singing it at the end of his sham of a telethon (the Muscular Dystrophy Labour Day Telethon) with tears streaming down his face. For an explanation of why I call the thing a sham, message me privately.
1986 - Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky I love this song, and its video! The singer looks similar to Paul King (of King), don't you think?
1987 - The Firm - Star Trekkin' This is such a cool song. One of my guilty pleasures. :D
1988 - Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis I like what they did with Gary Glitter's terrible "Rock And Roll" song. Another guilty pleasure. :D
1989 - Soul II Soul - Back To Life Ehhhh...it's OK, I guess.
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
1980 - Don McLean - Crying Don't know
1981 - Smokey Robinson - Being With You Don't know
1982 - Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes 2
1983 - Police - Every Breath You Take 5
1984 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes Don't know
1985 - The Crowd - You'll Never Walk Alone Don't know
1986 - Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky Only know Norman Greenbaum's
1987 - The Firm - Star Trekkin' Don't know
1988 - Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis Don't know
1989 - Soul II Soul - Back To Life Don't know
Well, that was interesting... :D
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
Heh! Never mind, lebeiw - not everything's popular!
Back to karen's post above (nice to see you back on the square, btw!) - here, for your delectation, is the opening lines to Smokey's number...
"I don't care what they think about me, and
I don't care what they say
I don't care what they think if you're leaving
I'm gonna beg you to stay
I don't care if they start to avoid me
I don't care what they do
I don't care about anything else but being with you..."
You should be able to pick it out from that - probably the reason you didn't know it by title is because the title's only used sparingly throughout!
Just in passing - I recall this song and Champaign's "How 'Bout Us" as being two of the popular last-dance snoggers at our local youth club all them years ago...!
Regards...
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
I find it very interesting and amusing that the oddest songs seem to squeak their way up to the top of the charts in the UK, especially around Christmas time. For example, on that site I'd mentioned earlier I heard a clip of a song called "Grandma" by the St. Winifred's School Choir (adorable bunch of children indeed)...and even the theme to Mr. Blobby made it tops! (I don't think that was in the 80's though.) Why can't we here in Canada, etc. have such diversity? Why didn't that version of "Space Oddity" sung by some school choir in British Columbia hit the charts? That would have ben cool! Hey...even David Bowie loved it! :D
Absolutely Vile
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
Quoting:
I find it very interesting and amusing that the oddest songs seem to squeak their way up to the top of the charts in the UK, especially around Christmas time. For example, on that site I'd mentioned earlier I heard a clip of a song called "Grandma" by the St. Winifred's School Choir (adorable bunch of children indeed)...and even the theme to Mr. Blobby made it tops! (I don't think that was in the 80's though.) Why can't we here in Canada, etc. have such diversity? Why didn't that version of "Space Oddity" sung by some school choir in British Columbia hit the charts? That would have ben cool! Hey...even David Bowie loved it! :D
Absolutely Vile
End Quote
Tell me about it! It's all the kids, they start buying records younger and younger. We've had the Teletubbies, Bob The builder, Tweenies, Mr Blobby - all of these have entered in high positions, if not number 1. Christmas Number 1 is such a big deal over here, so many people try to get in there beacuse they know the song will be remebered (especially when all these nostalgia docu's come out!).
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
We can have these novelty acts line the next three thousand Christmas's but there will only be three that will be remembered.
'I wish it could be Christmas everyday' - Wizzard
'(So here it is) Merry Christmas' - Slade
'Do they know it's Christmas?' - Band Aid
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
I would add two more to your list Bobby.
In Dulci Jublio - Mike Oldfield
Last Christmas - George Michael (or was still Wham?)
These two also always appear on the Christmas compilation stuff
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
Quoting:
Tell me about it! It's all the kids, they start buying records younger and younger. We've had the Teletubbies, Bob The builder, Tweenies, Mr Blobby - all of these have entered in high positions, if not number 1. Christmas Number 1 is such a big deal over here, so many people try to get in there beacuse they know the song will be remebered (especially when all these nostalgia docu's come out!).
End Quote
One of the eason the Crimbo #1 is such a big deal here is because it is traditionally the time of year when most records (you can tell I'm old, I still say "records"!) get shifted, and the various A&R companies go into overdrive...so it's not just the prestige, it's cash!
Hard to imagine, but I was a kid once - and guilty of one of the Christmas "crimes" - yes, I was one of the "majority" who put Little Jimmy Osmond at #1 over Christmas 1972 with "Long-Haired Lover From Liverpool"...
Slade's and Wizzard's were belters...some say overplayed (probably true) - but they really caught the essence of it all...
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
Quoting:
Hard to imagine, but I was a kid once - and guilty of one of the Christmas "crimes" - yes, I was one of the "majority" who put Little Jimmy Osmond at #1 over Christmas 1972 with "Long-Haired Lover From Liverpool"...
Slade's and Wizzard's were belters...some say overplayed (probably true) - but they really caught the essence of it all...
End Quote
I was guilty of getting Westlife to Christmas number 1 :S I'm so sorry to say!!! I was also guilty of getting 'Barbie Girl' to that position also :S. Don't worry, don't fret British public - I now now what good music is!! And I'm allowed my guilty pleasures right *coughs - Justin - coughs* ;D
Yeah those 2 Xmas songs are classics,especially Wizzards. Gotta love Wham's 'Last Christmas' also :)
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
Everybody on the board seems to hate 'Barbie Girl' by Aqua but I don't mind it. The band weren't afraid to be cheesy.
As far as Christmas No 1s go I also have two guilty pleasures. 'Merry Christmas everyone.' by Shakin' Stevens and 'Another rock n roll Christmas' by Gary Glitter.
Karen, I will certainly add 'Last Christmas' by Wham and 'In Dulci Jubilio' by Mike Oldfield - both full of festive charm. ;)
Subject: Re: #1 On This Day (UK Version)
Quoting:
I would add two more to your list Bobby.
In Dulci Jublio - Mike Oldfield
Last Christmas - George Michael (or was still Wham?)
End Quote
2 good calls karen!
I can still pick out an excrutiating version of the former on my eldest daughter's recorder.
And my 2 older girls (8 and 6) did not stop singing "Last Christmas" all over the last Christmas holidays after they heard it on my wife's "Greatest Hits" CD by Wham! (yes, it was Wham!, double A side with "Everything She Wants" which spun it out well into January 1985).