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Post by Smurfie on Apr 23, 2020 12:51:15 GMT 1
The number 4's from 1983
Please rate the following out of 10. If you don't know a song, please look it up on Youtube before voting.
I'll tot the scores up at the end to see which is Havens favourite #4 of 1983. I'll probably leave it open for a few months, to make sure we get everyone's votes.
n.b. Where the single is listed as a double A side, I have gone for the "lead" of the two.
Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song Tears For Fears - Change Forrest - Rock The Boat Tracey Ullman - Breakaway Style Council - Speak Like A Child Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow Wham! - Club Tropicana Elton John - I'm Still Standing Genesis - Mama Paul Young - Come Back and Stay Marilyn - Calling Your Name Assembly - Never Never Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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Post by Smurfie on Apr 23, 2020 12:53:03 GMT 1
05 Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 01 Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 09 Tears For Fears - Change 07 Forrest - Rock The Boat 08 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 05 Style Council - Speak Like A Child 06 Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 01 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 09 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 05 Wham! - Club Tropicana 06 Elton John - I'm Still Standing 05 Genesis - Mama 06 Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 07 Marilyn - Calling Your Name 06 Assembly - Never Never 10 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 23, 2020 13:05:28 GMT 1
3 : Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 0 : Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 5 : Tears For Fears - Change 7 : Forrest - Rock The Boat 5 : Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 6 : Style Council - Speak Like A Child 4 : Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 9 : Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 10 : Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 1 : Wham! - Club Tropicana 8 : Elton John - I'm Still Standing 9 : Genesis - Mama 3 : Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 0 : Marilyn - Calling Your Name 7 : Assembly - Never Never 2 : Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Apr 23, 2020 13:33:08 GMT 1
6 Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 1 Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 8 Tears For Fears - Change 5 Forrest - Rock The Boat 6 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 7 Style Council - Speak Like A Child 6 Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 8 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 8 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 9 Wham! - Club Tropicana 10 Elton John - I'm Still Standing 5 Genesis - Mama 7 Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 7 Marilyn - Calling Your Name 5 Assembly - Never Never 7 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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Post by vastar iner on Apr 23, 2020 13:44:09 GMT 1
0 Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 0 Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 5 Tears For Fears - Change 6 Forrest - Rock The Boat 9 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 9 Style Council - Speak Like A Child 4 Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 4 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 9 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 3 Wham! - Club Tropicana 6 Elton John - I'm Still Standing 7 Genesis - Mama 4 Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 7 Marilyn - Calling Your Name 8 Assembly - Never Never 8 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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Post by TheThorne on Apr 23, 2020 14:25:00 GMT 1
06 Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 00 Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 09 Tears For Fears - Change 05 Forrest - Rock The Boat 06 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 07 Style Council - Speak Like A Child 03 Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 05 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 09 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 07 Wham! - Club Tropicana 06 Elton John - I'm Still Standing 08 Genesis - Mama 07 Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 04 Marilyn - Calling Your Name 05 Assembly - Never Never 09 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 23, 2020 20:32:03 GMT 1
00 Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 00 Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 10 Tears For Fears - Change 05 Forrest - Rock The Boat 08 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 09 Style Council - Speak Like A Child 03 Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 06 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 10 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 08 Wham! - Club Tropicana 09 Elton John - I'm Still Standing 09 Genesis - Mama 08 Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 06 Marilyn - Calling Your Name 07 Assembly - Never Never 09 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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Post by Whitneyfan on Apr 23, 2020 21:22:44 GMT 1
07 Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 02 Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 08 Tears For Fears - Change 06 Forrest - Rock The Boat 08 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 06 Style Council - Speak Like A Child 08 Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 09 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 10 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 07 Wham! - Club Tropicana 10 Elton John - I'm Still Standing 06 Genesis - Mama 09 Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 08 Marilyn - Calling Your Name 09 Assembly - Never Never 10 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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Post by Earl Purple on Apr 23, 2020 21:58:12 GMT 1
9 Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 0 Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 7 Tears For Fears - Change 6 Forrest - Rock The Boat 7 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 10 Style Council - Speak Like A Child 5 Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 8 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 9 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 8 Wham! - Club Tropicana 9 Elton John - I'm Still Standing 7 Genesis - Mama 7 Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 4 Marilyn - Calling Your Name 9 Assembly - Never Never 9 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now I know Mike Oldfield will win though. And it's obvious what will come last. Though for me the worst #4 of the decade is not Keith Harris & Orville but will come in 1981 when we get there.
Of the 3 cover versions on the list, Rock The Boat was a big hit just 9 years earlier so almost a pointless cover, Breakaway and Come Back And Stay are songs in which you probably wouldn't have known the original versions and only knew they were covers at all because someone told you. (But back then you didn't have any real way of checking out the original). Come Back And Stay was written and originally performed by Jack Lee who also wrote "Hanging On The Telephone".
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Post by rubcale on Apr 24, 2020 18:10:39 GMT 1
08 Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 00 Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 05 Tears For Fears - Change 07 Forrest - Rock The Boat 08 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 02 Style Council - Speak Like A Child 03 Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 04 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 10 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 08 Wham! - Club Tropicana 07 Elton John - I'm Still Standing 05 Genesis - Mama 09 Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 05 Marilyn - Calling Your Name 04 Assembly - Never Never 06 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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Post by lewis17 on Apr 25, 2020 11:47:08 GMT 1
6 - Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 1 - Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 6 - Tears For Fears - Change 5 - Forrest - Rock The Boat 6 - Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 6 - Style Council - Speak Like A Child 5 - Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 8 - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 9 - Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 7 - Wham! - Club Tropicana 8 - Elton John - I'm Still Standing 9 - Genesis - Mama 9 - Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 5 - Marilyn - Calling Your Name 6 - Assembly - Never Never 7 - Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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Post by raliverpool on Apr 25, 2020 12:35:36 GMT 1
00 Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives01 Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 06 Tears For Fears - Change 04 Forrest - Rock The Boat 08 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 09 Style Council - Speak Like A Child 05 Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 07 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 09 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 09 Wham! - Club Tropicana 09 Elton John - I'm Still Standing 10 Genesis - Mama 07 Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 06 Marilyn - Calling Your Name 09 Assembly - Never Never 10 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
David Bowie had let his long time producer Tony Visconti know in September 1982 he was ready to record a new album, his first for EMI Records. He told his long time producer he wanted to make an uptempo feel good commercial sounding album which would sell a lot of records (so capitalizing on his new deal, and to make up for time whilst he timed out his contract with RCA records & his old Mainman management, as he was now self managed by his personal secretary Coco Schwab).
So the American producer sent over an advanced copy of the album he had just finished producing by Modern Romance "Trick Of Light"; and highlighted this track which was to be the first single....
.... Suffice to say David Bowie was mortified by what he heard; and then deliberately bumped into the Chic guitarist/producer Nile Rodgers at his regular New York night club haunt and the rest is history .....
Just imagine this given a Modern Romance style makeover:
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Post by vya on Apr 26, 2020 16:54:18 GMT 1
6 - Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 2 - Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 7 - Tears For Fears - Change 6 - Forrest - Rock The Boat 7 - Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 8 - Style Council - Speak Like A Child 5 - Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 9 - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 8 - Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 8 - Wham! - Club Tropicana 7 - Elton John - I'm Still Standing 6 - Genesis - Mama 8 - Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 3 - Marilyn - Calling Your Name 8 - Assembly - Never Never 7 - Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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Post by meister on May 9, 2020 14:15:31 GMT 1
07 Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 01 Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 05 Tears For Fears - Change 07 Forrest - Rock The Boat 03 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 04 Style Council - Speak Like A Child 07 Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 04 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 08 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 10 Wham! - Club Tropicana 10 Elton John - I'm Still Standing (the only song of his I absolutely love) 04 Genesis – Mama (I normally love them but this is a bit waily) 07 Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 05 Marilyn - Calling Your Name 06 Assembly - Never Never 06 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now (suffers from overplay)
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Post by o on May 9, 2020 15:54:26 GMT 1
Keith Harris and Orville have got 9 points more than I ever dreamed they'd get!!
2 Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 0 Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 10 Tears For Fears - Change 5 Forrest - Rock The Boat 7 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 8 Style Council - Speak Like A Child 3 Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 6 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 10 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 7 Wham! - Club Tropicana 6 Elton John - I'm Still Standing 7 Genesis - Mama 7 Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 3 Marilyn - Calling Your Name 4 Assembly - Never Never 7 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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Post by woz123 on May 9, 2020 19:20:40 GMT 1
7 Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 0 Keith Harris & Orville - Orville's Song 7 Tears For Fears - Change 6 Forrest - Rock The Boat 7 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 6 Style Council - Speak Like A Child 6 Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 6 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 7 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 8 Wham! - Club Tropicana 9 Elton John - I'm Still Standing 10 Genesis - Mama 7 Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 6 Marilyn - Calling Your Name 7 Assembly - Never Never 8 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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Post by coolchristie2 on May 14, 2020 21:38:24 GMT 1
6 Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 2 Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 3 Tears For Fears - Change 8 Forrest - Rock The Boat 5 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 4 Style Council - Speak Like A Child 1 Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 4 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 9 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 3 Wham! - Club Tropicana 2 Elton John - I'm Still Standing 1 Genesis - Mama 09 Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 05 Marilyn - Calling Your Name 04 Assembly - Never Never 06 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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Post by orthon7 on May 18, 2020 2:02:00 GMT 1
07 - Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 02 - Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 04 - Tears For Fears - Change 04 - Forrest - Rock The Boat 10 - Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 10 - Style Council - Speak Like A Child 03 - Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 10 - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 10 - Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 08 - Wham! - Club Tropicana 09 - Elton John - I'm Still Standing 07 - Genesis - Mama 08 - Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 08 - Marilyn - Calling Your Name 07 - Assembly - Never Never 07 - Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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Post by darkstar79 on May 24, 2020 0:50:39 GMT 1
01 Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives 03 Keith Harris & Orville - Orvilles Song 02 Tears For Fears - Change 06 Forrest - Rock The Boat 08 Tracey Ullman - Breakaway 08 Style Council - Speak Like A Child 07 Galaxy ft Phil Fearon - Dancing Tight 07 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Buffalo Soldier 07 Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow 04 Wham! - Club Tropicana 01 Elton John - I'm Still Standing 02 Genesis - Mama 00 Paul Young - Come Back and Stay 01 Marilyn - Calling Your Name 06 Assembly - Never Never 00 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
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Post by Smurfie on Jul 7, 2020 13:38:51 GMT 1
I should probably close this at some point! But will give one more bump.
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