tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88427682024-03-07T09:58:00.128+01:0020 Years ago...Music from the 80'sEver heard: "That was better before..."
Ever wonder what singers from the eighties became?
Do you remember Kajagoogoo, Culture Club, Tears for Fears, ABC, Spandau Ballet, Nick Kershaw, Howard Jones, Duran Duran, Human League, Madness, New Order ???
Well, this blog will bring you back in the eighties, but will also try to find the follow-up of those (not so ancient) times. ;-)A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-16537480330910256662007-04-02T16:13:00.000+02:002007-04-22T16:28:56.114+02:00Mel and Kim - "Respectable"In U.K, at the end of march 1987, it were the nice looking sisters Mel and Kim that got us dancing with their hit "Respectable".But behind their success it's mainly their producers' success: Stock, Aitken and Waterman who marked the end of the eighties with several hits easily recognisable... They are the ones that will produce in 1988 the first hits from Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Rick AstleyA.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-39088516170178582902007-03-29T15:19:00.000+02:002007-04-02T15:36:12.179+02:00Club Nouveau - "Lean on Me"In the U.S., the last 2 weeks of march 1987, we discovered "Lean on Me" of Club Nouveau... This band made such a "career" that I was unable to find back their video... Though, I've found some "home-made" video on youTube using that song as sounddtrack... Don't ask me, who thos people are, I don't know but "thanks to them" we're now able to listen to that song again... and I'm quite sure, you'll A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-3842010080491282152007-03-22T14:14:00.000+01:002007-04-02T14:24:36.275+02:00Huey Lewis & The News - "Jacobs Ladder"On 14th march 1987 in the U.S., it's Huey Lewis & the News who reached the first place with "Jacobs Ladder". Well, ok, I know I'm too late to publish that post... but 20 years later, 1 week too late doesn't matter anymore, does it? Well, then quickly watch the video:This californian band is probably much more successfull there in the U.S. than on this side of the ocean, and to be honest I don't A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-54401828832799514472007-03-19T15:21:00.000+01:002007-03-19T15:36:55.267+01:00Boy George - "Everything I Own"On 10th march 1987 in U.K. Ben E.King finally left his first place to the advantage of Boy George and his song "Everything I Own".Well, when I say HIS song... actually it's a cover. The original version of the song was written by David Gates who sang it with his band Bread in 1972... This song already reached the 5th place on the famous American Billboard Hit100.Since then, this song was sung A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-84735318214737705162007-03-06T14:34:00.000+01:002007-03-06T14:54:10.250+01:00Elsa - "T'en vas pas"I'm sorry for letting you without news for several days, but february 1987 was not a very active month regarding number ones in the U.K. and U.S. music charts... In U.K., Ben E. King stayed 3 weeks number one and in the U.S. it's even "worst" as Bon Jovi stayed 4 weeks at first place!So, today I decided to let you know what was number one hit in... France! Why? First, because I'm a A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-39273687491388596492007-02-23T11:14:00.000+01:002007-02-23T11:26:41.530+01:00Bon Jovi - Livin On A PrayerIn the United-States, only a week after having reached the top, Madonna has to leave her place to Bon Jovi and their hit "Livin on a Prayer". Don't laugh when you'll watch the video, at that time it was very "rock'n roll" to have long hair with "permanent wave"! Remember, the same kind of look was also the one used by Europe and their "Final Countdown"... :-))"Permanent waves" or not, this song A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-26724020014661477862007-02-17T15:19:00.000+01:002007-02-19T15:34:31.548+01:00Ben E. King - Stand By MeIt's no surprise that on Valentine's Day's week, it's a great love song that reached the top of the U.K. music charts! What might be a bit more amazing, is that it's not a new song but a pretty old one as its original release dates from 1961 or more than 25 years sooner! This song is Ben E. King's "Stand by Me".So, how this song that already reached the U.S. top 10 in 1961, did to reach the topA.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-23654082734994213912007-02-10T15:00:00.000+01:002007-02-06T22:59:37.182+01:00Madonna - Open Your HeartFirst week of february in 1987, in the U.S., it's Madonna that reached the top of the charts with her song "Open Your Heart" that entered the charts end of '86. This song is the third realeased as a single from her album "True Blue" right after "Papa don't preach" and "True Blue". The video, filmed by the famous french director Jean-Baptiste Mondino, was nominated 3 times at the MTV Video Music A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-13187877459307377702007-02-06T22:36:00.000+01:002007-02-06T22:49:42.491+01:00Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)What's happening when a popstar sings a duet with a soul music living legend? Well, that produces a legendary hit for sure! That's what happened in UK first week of february 1987 with Aretha Franklin and George Michael's "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" .Though Aretha Franklin seems to be a bigger music legend than George Michael (everyone probably knows her biggest hit "Respect"), this duet A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-79129857844956260232007-01-31T13:48:00.000+01:002007-02-05T11:44:53.863+01:00Billy Vera and the Beaters - "At This Moment"In 1987, number 1 this week in the US charts was Billy Vera and the Beaters with the song "At this Moment". Don't ask me what it was, I have no clue! But here is a live version of it:YouTube was forced by MTV to remove its video, so the only video I found is one sung by Tom Jones and actually that's at least as good! Click the following link to watch it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-58268305171082227152007-01-26T10:27:00.000+01:002007-01-31T10:43:03.099+01:00Steve "Silk" Hurley - "Jack Your Body"Last week in januray '87 and first week in february '87, Steve "Silk" Hurley was number one in UK charts... Who? Steve "Silk" Hurley and his hit "Jack Your Body". The best is probably to watch the sample below to see if it's remind you something...Even if this song might appear insignificant, that was quite a "revolution" as it was the first "house" song to reach the top of the charts and this A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-66141326044120189172007-01-25T21:05:00.000+01:002007-01-25T21:10:08.289+01:00"New" videos now available!YouTube is really amazing! It really looks like all the greatest hits from the eighties can be found there... I've updated all my old posts to add the videos I was talking about. I've added around 15 of them and I've really had a good time watching and listen to those! I hope you'll enjoy the ride too... and from now on, I'm looking forward to help you remember number ones from 1987!A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-35790976098047559302007-01-22T17:10:00.000+01:002007-01-22T17:19:14.521+01:00What's new in here ?!?Soooooooooooo I'm finally back to this blog more than a year after my last post!What happened during that year... well, lot of things of course, but there are 2 things that make me coming back to this blog:- The new and improved Blogger version.- The ability to post YouTube videos on this blog.Those 2 things should greatly improved this blog, our memory might forget some songs or videos but it A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-46969499446580240402007-01-22T17:01:00.000+01:002007-01-22T17:02:40.357+01:00Lionel Richie's "Say You, Say Me"A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-13939347703091663322007-01-22T16:59:00.000+01:002007-02-05T11:41:17.331+01:00Pet Shop Boys' "West End Girls"A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-82356967459008203832007-01-22T16:57:00.000+01:002007-01-22T16:58:59.204+01:00Shakin's Stevens' "Merry Christmas Everyone"A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-46442270459146828072007-01-22T16:54:00.000+01:002007-01-22T16:55:45.544+01:00Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love (Grammy Awards 1986)A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-1140194022846046412006-02-17T17:04:00.000+01:002007-01-25T20:55:39.895+01:00A-Ha "The Sun Always Shines On TV"Though the biggest hit from A-Ha is probably "Take on me" and its incredible video (I'm sure you remember this mix of drawnings and real images...), "The Sun Always Shines On TV" is certainly almost as well known by all people tha thad ears during the 80's! :-)This song reached the first place in UK charts in January 1986 and reached the #20 in US charts, which is quite good for a norwegian band!!A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-1137573773021742722006-01-18T09:14:00.000+01:002006-01-18T10:37:36.133+01:00My apologies...Please accept my apologies for having not posted more updates lately... I have several excuses, but who cares? We're not here to talk about me are we?!? ;-)During the elapsed time, I've missed to talk about the following hits :Whitney Houston's "Saving All My Love for You" #1 in UK on 8th december '85Shakin's Stevens' "Merry Christmas Everyone" #1 in UK on 22d december '85Pet Shop Boys' "West EndA.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-1136282582889553302006-01-03T10:54:00.000+01:002006-01-03T11:03:02.903+01:00Best Wishes and bye-bye auto-spammers!I want to wish you all and your loved onesAll the best things for 2006!!!May this year be a great year That we'll still remember in 20 years from now! ;-) Note that starting today, those of you that would like to post a comment will have to use a password. I've had no other choice than to use that tool to stop the automatically generated comments that was regularly posted on my blogs... I hopeA.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-1133709491662582862005-12-04T15:08:00.000+01:002007-01-25T20:51:30.046+01:00Mr.Mister "Broken Wings"In the United-States, december 1985 started with a new number one on the top of their music charts... It was Mr.Mister with their song "Broken Wings".They stayed number one only 1 week and they did not produce a lot of hits during the band 5 years long existence. During that short career they edited 3 albums... The first one was "I Wear the Face" and contained no real success..."Broken Wings" wasA.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-1133290936825629702005-11-29T20:01:00.000+01:002007-01-25T19:48:40.753+01:00Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin "Seperate Lives""Seperate lives" from Phil Collins ?!? Was that a n°1 hit? Yes, 20 years ago it was n°1 in the United-States! I guess that for once, Belgium was really too far away from the States, because I can hardly remember that song ever reached Europe! :-)I'm almost sorry to have to talk about that song for the first time that I'm talking about Phil Collins on this blog! Though I'm not a real Phil Collins'A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-1132842546310382502005-11-24T15:01:00.000+01:002007-01-25T19:44:35.387+01:00Wham! "I'm your man"Today, back to London where Feargal is not the charts' leader anymore, but they needed to be two to replace him... They? I'm talking about Wham! that reached n°1 in the UK charts with their hit single "I'm your man".Wham! it's of course (are you an eighties music fan or not?!?) George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. I've already talked about them in that post, so just click if you don't remember! ;-A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-1132667810551424402005-11-22T14:01:00.000+01:002007-01-25T19:41:27.622+01:00Jefferson Starship "We Built This City"Ok, let's see for once what was n°1 in the US charts...while Feargal Sharkey was entertaining the UK...In November 1985...yes that's 20 years ago! ;-)... the number one song was "We Built This City" by Jefferson Starship, also known as Starship alone... Starship is a band formed by Paul Kantner who previously built the band Jefferson Airplane. So for his second band, he kept the name Jefferson, A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8842768.post-1131635610130870132005-11-10T14:46:00.000+01:002007-02-05T11:46:39.253+01:00Feargal Sharkey "Good Heart"On 10th November 1985 (yes, 20 years ago...) Feargal Sharkey reached the first place in UK charts with his song called "Good Heart". Too bad for Feargal, that song will be his first but also almost his lonely hit ever...So, how come that a new singer with a new song made such a success? Well, actually Feargal Sharkey had already had some success with the irish punk-pop band The Undertones. But A.Bricteuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574833329490517249noreply@blogger.com0