{"id":4020,"date":"2010-09-24T16:34:56","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T16:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=4020"},"modified":"2010-09-24T16:35:27","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T16:35:27","slug":"1985-a-great-year-for-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/?p=4020","title":{"rendered":"1985 &#8211; A Great Year For Music!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"1985%20-%20A%20Great%20Year%20For%20Music%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Yesterday, I noted that Nancy Wilson and Cameron Crowe were separating after twenty years of marriage, and coupled my post with the Phil Collins song &#8220;Doesn&#8217;t Anybody Stay Together Anymore&#8221;. That song was featured on the HUGE PC album  &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/No_Jacket_Required\">No Jacket Required<\/a>&#8221; which came out in 1985. Just by coincidence, I&#8217;m learning to play the guitar bits for &#8220;Why Worry&#8221; from Dire Straits &#8220;Brothers In Arms&#8221; album, which yes, also came out in 1985. So I started to wonder, what else came out in 1985. Well, I got to tell you, it&#8217;s a pretty damned good list. Here are the <a href=\"http:\/\/cashboxmagazine.com\/archives\/80s_files\/1985YEAP.html\">top albums<\/a> of that year  (personal faves are bold):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>  1\tBORN IN THE U.S.A. \u2013 Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)<br \/>\n  2\tLIKE A VIRGIN \u2013 Madonna (Sire)<br \/>\n  <strong>3\tNO JACKET REQUIRED \u2013 Phil Collins (Atlantic)<br \/>\n  4\tSONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR \u2013 Tears For Fears (Mercury)<\/strong><br \/>\n  5\tMAKE IT BIG \u2013 Wham! (Columbia)<br \/>\n  <strong>6\tRECKLESS \u2013 Bryan Adams (A&#038;M)<br \/>\n  7\tBROTHERS IN ARMS \u2013 Dire Straits (Warner Bros.)<br \/>\n  8\tAROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY \u2013 Prince &#038; The Revolution (Paisley Park)<\/strong><br \/>\n  9\tPRIVATE DANCER \u2013 Tina Turner (Capitol)<br \/>\n<strong>10\tCENTERFIELD \u2013 John Fogerty (Warner Bros.)<\/strong><br \/>\n11\tBEVERLY HILLS COP \u2013 Original Soundtrack (MCA)<br \/>\n<strong>12\tTHE DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES \u2013 Sting (A&#038;M)<\/strong><br \/>\n13\tWHITNEY HOUSTON (Arista)<br \/>\n<strong>14\tAGENT PROVOCATEUR \u2013 Foreigner (Atlantic)<\/strong><br \/>\n15\tCHICAGO 17 (Warner Bros.)<br \/>\n16\tDIAMOND LIFE \u2013 Sade (Portrait)<br \/>\n17\tSCARECROW \u2013 John Cougar Mellencamp (Riva)<br \/>\n<strong>18\tTHE POWER STATION (Capitol)<br \/>\n19\tPURPLE RAIN \u2013 Prince &#038; The Revolution (Warner Bros.)<\/strong><br \/>\n20\tWE ARE THE WORLD \u2013 USA For Africa (Columbia)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Look at the names in the first 20 alone &#8211; Sting, Dire Straits, Prince (twice), Madonna, Sade, Fogerty (who would get sued for sounding like himself), Power Station, Foreigner, Mellencamp (in the transition years while ditching the &#8220;Cougar&#8221; moniker), Chicago, Bryan Adams&#8230;.  That&#8217;s a heavy first twenty!<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>21\tHEART (Capitol)<br \/>\n22\tTHEATRE OF PAIN \u2013 Motley Crue (Elektra)<br \/>\n23\tBUILDING THE PERFECT BEAST \u2013 Don Henley (Geffen)<br \/>\n24\tGREATEST HITS, VOLUME I &#038; VOLUME II \u2013 Billy Joel (Columbia)<br \/>\n25\tINVASION OF YOUR PRIVACY \u2013 Ratt (Atlantic)<br \/>\n26\tMIAMI VICE \u2013 Original Television Soundtrack (MCA)<br \/>\n27\tIN SQUARE CIRCLE \u2013 Stevie Wonder (Tamla)<br \/>\n28\tVALOTTE \u2013 Julian Lennon (Atlantic)<br \/>\n<strong>29\tSHE\u2019S SO UNUSUAL \u2013 Cyndi Lauper (Portrait)<br \/>\n30\tLITTLE CREATURES \u2013 Talking Heads (Sire)<\/strong><br \/>\n31\tARENA \u2013 Duran Duran (Capitol)<br \/>\n32\tTHE FIRM (Atlantic)<br \/>\n33\tBE YOURSELF TONIGHT \u2013 The Eurythmics (RCA)<br \/>\n34\tWHEELS ARE TURNIN\u2019 \u2013 REO Speedwagon (Epic)<br \/>\n35\tBIG BAM BOOM \u2013 Daryl Hall &#038; John Oates (RCA)<br \/>\n36\tTHE NIGHT I FELL IN LOVE \u2013 Luther Vandross (Epic)<br \/>\n<strong>37\tDREAM INTO ACTION \u2013 Howard Jones (Elektra)<\/strong><br \/>\n38\tVOLUME ONE \u2013 The Honeydrippers (Es Paranza)<br \/>\n<strong>39\tHUNTING HIGH AND LOW \u2013 A-Ha (Warner Bros.)<\/strong><br \/>\n40\tSHE\u2019S THE BOSS \u2013 Mick Jagger (Columbia)<br \/>\n<strong>41\tSOUTHERN ACCENTS \u2013 Tom Petty &#038; The Heartbreakers (MCA)<\/strong><br \/>\n42\tVISION QUEST \u2013 Original Soundtrack (Geffen)<br \/>\n43\tLOVIN\u2019 EVERY MINUTE OF IT \u2013 Loverboy (Columbia)<br \/>\n44\tCRAZY FROM THE HEAT \u2013 David Lee Roth (Warner Bros.)<br \/>\n45\tWORLD WIDE LIVE \u2013 The Scorpions (Mercury)<br \/>\n46\tCAN\u2019T SLOW DOWN \u2013 Lionel Richie (Motown)<br \/>\n<strong>47\tAFTERBURNER \u2013 ZZ Top (Warner Bros.)<\/strong><br \/>\n48\tROCK ME TONIGHT \u2013 Freddie Jackson (Capitol)<br \/>\n49\tBREAK OUT \u2013 The Pointer Sisters (Planet)<br \/>\n50\tNEW EDITION (MCA)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Missing from the top 50 list, but huge albums that need to be mentioned were Rush&#8217;s &#8220;Power Windows&#8221;, &#8220;REM&#8217;s &#8220;Fables Of The Reconstruction&#8221;, INXS &#8220;Listen Like Thieves&#8221;, Robert Palmer &#8220;Riptide&#8221; (featuring &#8220;Addicted to Love&#8221;), LL Cool J &#8220;Radio&#8221;,New Order &#8220;Low Life&#8221;, and &#8220;Welcome To The Real World&#8221; by Mr Mister.  Pete Townsend released &#8220;White City&#8221;, Squeeze also put out &#8220;Cossi Fan Tutti Fruiti&#8221; that year. I know I&#8217;m leaving something out, but this post is going much longer than I had intended and you have to stop somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Here <a href=\"http:\/\/eightiesclub.tripod.com\/id215.htm\">is a list<\/a> of the songs. Yes, some of them are clunkers (&#8220;We Built This City&#8221; &#8211; Starship.. Horrible drek!.. it would be utterly forgettable&#8230; if they hadn&#8217;t played it to death and got it stuck in our heads like the mind controlling slugs from &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Star_Trek_II:_The_Wrath_of_Khan\">Star Trek &#8211; Wrath Of Khan<\/a>&#8220;!) or memorable in a bad way (Eddie Murphy, I&#8217;m looking your way&#8230; &#8220;Party All The Time&#8221;?????), but there were an awful lot of great tunes <a href=\"http:\/\/eightiesclub.tripod.com\/id215.htm\">from that year<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Careless Whisper&#8221;&#8230;..Wham!<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Money For Nothing&#8221;&#8230;..Dire Straits<br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Broken Wings&#8221;&#8230;..Mr. Mister<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Everybody Wants To Rule The World&#8221;&#8230;..Tears for Fears<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;The Power Of Love&#8221;&#8230;..Huey Lewis &#038; The News<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Easy Lover&#8221;&#8230;..Phillip Bailey &#038; Phil Collins<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Everytime You Go Away&#8221;&#8230;..Paul Young<br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Don&#8217;t You (Forget About Me):&#8230;..Simple Minds<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Take On Me&#8221;&#8230;..a-ha<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;One More Night&#8221;&#8230;..Phil Collins<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;If You Love Somebody Set Them Free&#8221;&#8230;..Sting<br \/>\nThings Can Only Get Better&#8221;&#8230;..Howard Jones<br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;We Don&#8217;t Need Another Hero&#8221;&#8230;..Tina Turner<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;We Belong&#8221;&#8230;..Pat Benatar<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Nightshift&#8221;&#8230;..Commodores<br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Smooth Operator&#8221;&#8230;..Sade<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Run To You&#8221;&#8230;..Bryan Adams<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Obsession&#8221;&#8230;..Animotion (I&#8217;ve done a wee bit of work with Astrid Plain, who lives here in Fresno)<br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Some Like It Hot&#8221;&#8230;..Power Station<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;You Belong To The City&#8221;&#8230;..Glenn Frey<br \/>\n&#8220;Would I Lie To You?&#8221;&#8230;..Eurythmics<br \/>\n&#8220;Fortress Around Your Heart&#8221;&#8230;..Sting<br \/>\n&#8220;Born In The U.S.A.&#8221;&#8230;..Bruce Springsteen<br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Voices Carry&#8221;&#8230;..&#8217;Til Tuesday<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;California Girls&#8221;&#8230;..David Lee Roth<br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Walking On Sunshine&#8221;&#8230;..Katrina &#038; The Waves<\/strong> (wonderful happy tune)\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A couple of fun instrumentals:<\/p>\n<p>From Beverly Hills Cop &#8211; &#8220;Axel F&#8221;&#8230;..Harold Faltermeyer<br \/>\nFrom Miami Vice &#8211; &#8220;Miami Vice Theme&#8221;&#8230;..Jan Hammer<\/p>\n<p>And you even had the strange &#8220;One Night In Bangkok&#8221;  by Murray Head.<\/p>\n<p>Yep. 1985 was a very good year in music!<\/p>\n<p>Note:  One interesting thing about that year in music &#8211; there was so much good music released, one album and artist after another, that no one song dominated the Billboard 100. Most were never on top for more than two weeks. It looks like the longest to stay number one, for four weeks,  was a Lionel Ritchie song &#8220;Say You, Say Me&#8221;. It&#8217;s not a favorite mind you, but there it is. Here is a video compilation of the top songs of 1985.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dNwvWGvhzY0?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/dNwvWGvhzY0?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"1985%20-%20A%20Great%20Year%20For%20Music%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Yesterday, I noted that Nancy Wilson and Cameron Crowe were separating after twenty years of marriage, and coupled my post with the Phil Collins song &#8220;Doesn&#8217;t Anybody Stay Together Anymore&#8221;. That song was featured on the HUGE PC album &#8220;No Jacket Required&#8221; which came out in 1985. Just by coincidence, I&#8217;m learning to play the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4020"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4022,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4020\/revisions\/4022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicfrog.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}