1983

[mackenzie]

Anyone watching it? Should be a laugh. I was only 19.

 

[bluemoon27]

yeh me oh brings back memories

 

[mackenzie]

This is actually a bit scary now.

Howard Jones has seemingly morphed into a cross between Chris De Burgh and Griff Rhys Jones. :-(

 

[jimharri]

Whippersnapper!! I would have been 21 in the December. Jesus, there was some shit music around at that time, Sharon!!

 

[bluemoon27]

Whippersnapper!! I would have been 21 in the December. Jesus, there was some shit music around at that time, Sharon!!

better than the shit thats out now

 

[mackenzie]

Whippersnapper!! I would have been 21 in the December. Jesus, there was some shit music around at that time, Sharon!!

Some of it was OK, but not impressed with some of the choices that are appearing tonight.

 

[mackenzie]

And to think that only a few years before we had punk/mod/ska/new wave.

How MOR is THIS??

I'm just waiting for the biggest Yuppie band of all.....Duran.

 

[jimharri]

Here are the Number One Hit Singles in the UK for 1983, based on sales.

* 15/1/1983 : (2 weeks) - Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love
* 29/1/1983 : (3 weeks) - Men At Work - Down Under
* 19/2/1983 : (2 weeks) - Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
* 5/3/1983 : (1 week) - Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
* 12/3/1983 : (2 weeks) - Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
* 26/3/1983 : (2 weeks) - Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know
* 9/4/1983 : (3 weeks) - David Bowie - Let's Dance
* 30/4/1983 : (4 weeks) - Spandau Ballet - True
* 28/5/1983 : (1 week) - New Edition - Candy Girl
* 4/6/1983 : (4 weeks) - The Police - Every Breath You Take
* 2/7/1983 : (3 weeks) - Rod Stewart - Baby Jane
* 23/7/1983 : (3 weeks) - Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat
* 13/8/1983 : (3 weeks) - KC and The Sunshine Band - Give It Up
* 3/9/1983 : (3 weeks) - UB40 - Red Red Wine
* 24/9/1983 : (6 weeks) - Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
* 5/11/1983 : (5 weeks) - Billy Joel - Uptown Girl
* 10/12/1983 : (5 weeks) - Flying Pickets - Only You

Read them and weep!

 

[mackenzie]

Actually jim....some of them aren't bad at all! ;-)

 

[powersleftfoot]

Happy days. But Nik Kershaw had an uncanny resembelance to Gary Glitter on the show tonight.

 

[jimharri]

Actually jim....some of them aren't bad at all! ;-)

I suppose you DO have a point Sharon. Bonnie Tyler, Bowie, the Spands, the Police (brilliant!!), UB40 and the Flying Pickets were (are?) good songs. However, Men at work, Kajagoogoo, New Edition and Culture Club were (are?) shite! The rest of 'em I can take or leave!

 

[mackenzie]

Happy days. But Nik Kershaw had an uncanny resembelance to Gary Glitter on the show tonight.

I know what you mean. :-(

 

[mackenzie]

Actually jim....some of them aren't bad at all! ;-)

I suppose you DO have a point Sharon. Bonnie Tyler, Bowie, the Spands, the Police (brilliant!!), UB40 and the Flying Pickets were (are?) good songs. However, Men at work, Kajagoogoo, New Edition and Culture Club were (are?) shite! The rest of 'em I can take or leave!

Swap Man at Work (ridicoulsly good and different) with Bonnie soddin Tyler and I agree.

 

[jimharri]

Actually jim....some of them aren't bad at all! ;-)

I suppose you DO have a point Sharon. Bonnie Tyler, Bowie, the Spands, the Police (brilliant!!), UB40 and the Flying Pickets were (are?) good songs. However, Men at work, Kajagoogoo, New Edition and Culture Club were (are?) shite! The rest of 'em I can take or leave!

Swap Man at Work (ridicoulsly good and different) with Bonnie soddin Tyler and I agree.

WHAT!!!!!!!! That was a classic Jim Steinman track, whereas M.A.W. was garbage. However, in the interests of fair play;

For Sharon
<a class="postlink" href="http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT7uZf7lew" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT7uZf7lew</a>

For Jim
<a class="postlink" href="http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=840B27zYfOk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=840B27zYfOk</a>

Let the great unwashed decide!

 

[mackenzie]

LOL at jim! ;-)

I remember Bonnie being "Lost in France."

What a pity she still isn't??!!!!!!!!

 

[mackenzie]

Paul Young is wearing well.

Never liked him.

 

[jimharri]

LOL at jim! ;-)

I remember Bonnie being "Lost in France."

What a pity she still isn't??!!!!!!!!

Don't be so nasty! Hard to think it's the same singer responsible for 'Lost in France' and 'Total Eclipse'.

 

[mackenzie]

LOL at jim! ;-)

I remember Bonnie being "Lost in France."

What a pity she still isn't??!!!!!!!!

Don't be so nasty! Hard to think it's the same singer responsible for 'Lost in France' and 'Total Eclipse'.

She was awful.

In both. ;-)

 

[powersleftfoot]

Got any good google pics of Ms Van Outen there Jim ?

 

[jimharri]

LOL at jim! ;-)

I remember Bonnie being "Lost in France."

What a pity she still isn't??!!!!!!!!

Don't be so nasty! Hard to think it's the same singer responsible for 'Lost in France' and 'Total Eclipse'.

She was awful.

In both. ;-)

Truce? We ain't gonna agree, so what about the middle ground?
<a class="postlink" href="http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=doFKkuzoawM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=doFKkuzoawM</a>