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Subject: #1 On This Day - The Australian Version

Written By: Paul_UK on 09/25/03 at 06:01 a.m.

Another list of big-sellers from over there...some you may know, others not...enjoy...!

1980 - Moscow - Genghis Khan

1981 - You Drive Me Crazy - Shakin' Stevens

1982 - Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor

1983 - Australiana - Austen Tayshus

1984 - Careless Whisper - George Michael

1985 - The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News

1986 - Venus - Bananarama

1987 - The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue

1988 - Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer

1989 - Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx

Subject: Re: #1 On This Day - The Australian Version

Written By: lebeiw15 on 09/25/03 at 06:13 a.m.

1980 - Moscow - Genghis Khan ?

1981 - You Drive Me Crazy - Shakin' Stevens ?

1982 - Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor I love it! 5

1983 - Australiana - Austen Tayshus ?

1984 - Careless Whisper - George Michael It's alright.  3

1985 - The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News Pretty good song.  3.5

1986 - Venus - Bananarama Hate it!  The original was much better! 0

1987 - The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue I have a strange liking for this song.  4.5

1988 - Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer Not bad.  3.5

1989 - Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx Not my favorite, but a good song! 4

Subject: Re: #1 On This Day - The Australian Version

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 09/25/03 at 10:47 a.m.

1982 - Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor  4

1984 - Careless Whisper - George Michael  In the U.S. this was released by Wham!, although I don't recall hearing Andrew Ridgely's vocals on it.  :-/  3.5

1985 - The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News  Good, but not his best.  3.5

1986 - Venus - Bananarama  No!  >:(  1

1987 - The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue  Noooo!  >:(  1

1988 - Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer  This song most certainly wasn't!  Ugh!  2

1989 - Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx  Once again good, but not his best.  3.5


I knew more from this list than from the 70's list.  :)  


Subject: Re: #1 On This Day - The Australian Version

Written By: migi on 09/26/03 at 03:50 a.m.

1980 - Moscow - Genghis Khan

Wrong! The band was originally Dschinghis Kahn - Moskau. It was a german band and they performed Moskau in Eurovision song contest 1979. Became no. 4!

How do I know all of this? Well, I'm the 80s-genious.

Subject: Re: #1 On This Day - The Australian Version

Written By: Paul_UK on 09/26/03 at 06:00 a.m.


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1980 - Moscow - Genghis Khan

Wrong! The band was originally Dschinghis Kahn - Moskau. It was a german band and they performed Moskau in Eurovision song contest 1979. Became no. 4!

How do I know all of this? Well, I'm the 80s-genious.
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I won't dispute that migi...!

However, I've not heard of it myself...so whether it's an Anglicised translation/version, I really couldn't say...anyways...

1980 - Moscow - Genghis Khan ? (see above!)

1981 - Shakin' Stevens - You Drive Me Crazy 3 - or, as he sang it...'Cwazy'! Forgotten retro-rocker with a pleasant enough swingalong tune...

1982 - Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor 4 - which has been rated to within an inch of its life in the last few months...!

1983 - Australiana - Austen Tayshus ? - ...and with a name like that, this has to be some kind of a novelty! Any Aussies care to shed some light on it?

1984 - Careless Whisper - George Michael 4 - a tad on the overplayed side, but a defining song from the era...

1985 - The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News 3 - okay number, but not representative of their best...

1986 - Venus - Bananarama 1 - Heh! Thought that'd upset some! In a rare show of good taste, this version barely crawled into our Top Ten - there's a relief!

1987 - The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue ? - ...because I'm not sure whether this is a different version to the one that charted in the US & UK...

1988 - Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer 3 - not a bad song, but sounds a bit 'cluttered'...

1989 - Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx 4 - very pretty ballad...

Subject: Re: #1 On This Day - The Australian Version

Written By: mrgazpacho on 09/26/03 at 06:49 p.m.


Quoting:

1983 - Australiana - Austen Tayshus ? - ...and with a name like that, this has to be some kind of a novelty! Any Aussies care to shed some light on it?
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Very perceptive!  ;D

It's a novelty track by Sandy Gutman (a.k.a. Austen Tayshus) in which he attempts to cram as many ocker phrases as possible into a single spoke storyline.

"I said to my girlfirend, do ya wanna go, Anna? She said, 'Ill go if Ding goes..."  ::)


Quoting:
1987 - The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue ? - ...because I'm not sure whether this is a different version to the one that charted in the US & UK...
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If you were still in the UK back then surely you'd remember the ex-Neighbours star's first singing attempt?

Subject: Re: #1 On This Day - The Australian Version

Written By: FussBudgetVanPelt on 09/26/03 at 07:02 p.m.

1980 - Moscow - Genghis Khan   3.5 - Alright, but was really only successful because of the olympics the same year...

1981 - You Drive Me Crazy - Shakin' Stevens   3.5 - Good in a strange sort of way

1982 - Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor   4

1983 - Australiana - Austen Tayshus   4 - refer GazPacho's explanation - very clever but yes, gets tiring very quickly  :(

1984 - Careless Whisper - George Michael   4.5

1985 - The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News   2 - ugh !  Huey Lewis !  Trendy Music  ;D

1986 - Venus - Bananarama   1 - Shocking Blue rulz  :D

1987 - The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue   1 - Ugh Kylie, and early Kylie at that  >:(

1988 - Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer   3.5

1989 - Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx   3 - Not one of his best....

Subject: Re: #1 On This Day - The Australian Version

Written By: Paul_UK on 09/27/03 at 02:07 p.m.

Quoting:

If you were still in the UK back then surely you'd remember the ex-Neighbours star's first singing attempt?
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Well, yes, mrgazpacho - heard of her at the time ('Neighbours' being shown here since 1986), but she didn't actually start recording here in the UK until very late 1987...with the obligatory Stock/Aitken/Waterman...

'The Loco-Motion' I know and love (along with the Americans) was recorded in 1988 and produced by SAW...which therefore leads me to believe that this Aus version was different...but probably not fantastically different...

But, having said that, I'll rate the version I know and love 3...(Little Eva's remaining definitive...)

Subject: Re: #1 On This Day - The Australian Version

Written By: BrianMannixGirl on 09/28/03 at 00:31 a.m.


Quoting:


Very perceptive!  ;D

It's a novelty track by Sandy Gutman (a.k.a. Austen Tayshus) in which he attempts to cram as many ocker phrases as possible into a single spoke storyline.

"I said to my girlfirend, do ya wanna go, Anna? She said, 'Ill go if Ding goes..."  ::)
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And it turns 20 this month.  Its being re-released on CD and DVD with the original clip which was banned on most video shows at the time.

Sandy released it as a joke towards Men At Work who re-released their crap song Down Under to coincide with Alan Bond and gang winning the America's Cup 20 years ago last friday.  Sandy thought (like I did) how hilarious it was that we all suddenly become sooooo patriotic - despite never actually hearing about the race in the previous 120 years it had been raced !  So he wrote Australiana to be as sarcasticaly patriotic as physically possible in one song.  Gotta luv him for it !!  Its the highest selling spoken word single in Australia ever.

1980 - Moscow - Genghis Khan  love it - the most topical song of the year and I did a gymnastics routine to it !

1981 - You Drive Me Crazy - Shakin' Stevens   I always preferred Green Door

1982 - Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor  Its a song I love to hate !  Its used by so many sporting clubs as inspiration !!

1983 - Australiana - Austen Tayshus luv it

1984 - Careless Whisper - George Michael  drippy crap

1985 - The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News at the time it was played to death so I hated it - but I enjoy a listen these days

1986 - Venus - Bananarama  luv it and the video clip

1987 - The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue  Luv it - and her - always have - even when it was "uncool" to !  And lived in the UK during her SAW years so saw all the overkill etc

1988 - Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer never really my taste

1989 - Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx  I like the lyrics but its just tooooo drippy

Subject: Re: #1 On This Day - The Australian Version

Written By: Bobby on 09/28/03 at 07:31 a.m.

1980 - Moscow - Genghis Khan  ???

1981 - You Drive Me Crazy - Shakin' Stevens
A cracking song by the Welsh Elvis - 4

1982 - Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor
I loved this song but I prefer 'Burning Heart' these days - 3

1983 - Australiana - Austen Tayshus  ???

1984 - Careless Whisper - George Michael
Not my favourite song - 2

1985 - The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News
A nice rocking song - 4

1986 - Venus - Bananarama
I'm not bothered about this song - 1

1987 - The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue
After just recently listening to the Funk Railroad version, I prefer that one - 3

1988 - Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer
Catchy typical Robert Palmer song - 4

1989 - Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
Nice ballad - 3

Subject: Re: #1 On This Day - The Australian Version

Written By: jaytee on 09/28/03 at 05:20 p.m.



1980 - Moscow - Genghis Khan ... 3 I seem to remember a lot of p*ssed guys trying to cossack dance to this song.

1981 - You Drive Me Crazy - Shakin' Stevens ...1 That song drove me crazy.

1982 - Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor ... 4

1983 - Australiana - Austen Tayshus ... 4.5 loved it!

1984 - Careless Whisper - George Michael ... 3

1985 - The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News ... 2.5

1986 - Venus - Bananarama ... 2 (the original's a 5)

1987 - The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue ... 2

1988 - Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer   :'( ... 4

1989 - Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx ... 3