D&D nostalgia, Greatest music year this century

[Greggy C]

I was 13, Fighting Fantasy books, 5th ed Tunnels and Trolls made its way into the UK, Basic D&D flying off the shelves, and the greatest music the world ever heard.

1	DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS?	BAND AID	1	1984
2	I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU	STEVIE WONDER	1	1984
3	RELAX	FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD	1	1984
4	TWO TRIBES	FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD	1	1984
5	CARELESS WHISPER	GEORGE MICHAEL	1	1984
6	LAST CHRISTMAS/EVERYTHING SHE WANTS	WHAM!	2	1984
7	HELLO	LIONEL RICHIE	1	1984
8	AGADOO	BLACK LACE	2	1984
9	GHOSTBUSTERS	RAY PARKER JR	2	1984
10	FREEDOM	WHAM!	1	1984
11	WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO	WHAM!	1	1984
12	I FEEL FOR YOU	CHAKA KHAN	1	1984
13	WHITE LINES (DON'T DO IT)	GRANDMASTER FLASH & MELLE MEL	7	1984
14	WE ALL STAND TOGETHER	PAUL MCCARTNEY AND FROG CHORUS	3	1984
15	99 RED BALLOONS	NENA	1	1984
16	THE POWER OF LOVE	FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD	1	1984
17	THE REFLEX	DURAN DURAN	1	1984
18	LIKE A VIRGIN	MADONNA	3	1984
19	TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW (AGAINST ALL ODDS)	PHIL COLLINS	2	1984
20	WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT	TINA TURNER	3	1984
21	I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER	JIM DIAMOND	1	1984
22	NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS	PAUL MCCARTNEY	2	1984
23	I WANT TO BREAK FREE	QUEEN	3	1984
24	HOLE IN MY SHOE	NEIL	2	1984
25	TIME AFTER TIME	CYNDI LAUPER	3	1984
26	RADIO GA GA	QUEEN	2	1984
27	TOGETHER IN ELECTRIC DREAMS	GIORGIO MORODER & PHILIP OAKEY	3	1984
28	WHEN DOVES CRY	PRINCE	4	1984
29	DOCTOR DOCTOR	THOMPSON TWINS	3	1984
30	SELF CONTROL	LAURA BRANIGAN	5	1984
31	THE WAR SONG	CULTURE CLUB	2	1984
32	GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN	CYNDI LAUPER	2	1984
33	THE WILD BOYS	DURAN DURAN	2	1984
34	I WON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON ME	NIK KERSHAW	2	1984
35	LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU WELL	HOWARD JONES	4	1984
36	NELLIE THE ELEPHANT	TOY DOLLS	4	1984
37	PRIDE (IN THE NAME OF LOVE)	U2	3	1984
38	AUTOMATIC	THE POINTER SISTERS	2	1984
39	JOANNA	KOOL AND THE GANG	2	1984
40	THAT'S LIVIN' ALRIGHT (FROM AUF WIEDERSEHEN PET)	JOE FAGAN	3	1984

 

[JohnF]

Oh, the nostalgia! This was a lot of me, too, with the music to match. Don’t know what inspired your post, but you just messed with my temporal reality (and determined my playlist for the rest of the week).

Cheers!

 

[Cadence]

Didn't have any #1 songs on it (except in Australia), but Weird Al's in 3-D came out in 1984.

Looking at the Top 40 for that year in the States, here are the ones that weren't on the UK list:

Say Say Say - McCartney and Jackson
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
Jump - Van Halen
Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Missing You - John Waite
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
Let's Hear it for the Boy - Deniece Williams
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Jump (For My Love) - The Pointer Sisters
Talking in Your SLeep - The Romantics
Let's Go Crazy - Prince and the Revolution
Say it Isn't So - Daryl Hall and John Oates
Hold Me Now - THompson Twins
Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman
The Glamourous Life - Sheila E.
Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry
Stuck On You - Lionel Richie
I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues - Elton John
She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
Borderline - Madonna
Sunglasses at Night - Corey Hart
Eyes Without a Face - Billy Idol
Hear Comes the Rain Again - The Eurythmics
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Sister Christian - Night Ranger


In comic Books - Alan Moore took over Swamp Thing, "The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man" was published, Secret Wars, Crisis on Infinite Earths, West Coast Avengers Mini-Series

In Movies - Ghostbusters, The Karate Kid, The Terminator, Amadeus, A Nightmare on Elm Street, IJ and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, Beverly Hills Cop, Spinal Tap, Buckaroo Banzai, and Trek III were among the releases.

 

[Mezuka]

All these song are from the last century. Not this century. We changed century 22 years ago.

 

[Cadence]

All these song are from the last century. Not this century. We changed century 22 years ago.

Just shows how bad this century has been, everyone involved thought the illegal entry was so obviously better than the choices from the 2000s+ that they didn't even notice it wasn't legal.

(I think there are several years from 77 to 87 I would also have taken as answers).

 

[Mezuka]

Just shows how bad this century has been, everyone involved thought the illegal entry was so obviously better than the choices from the 2000s+ that they didn't even notice it wasn't legal.

(I think there are several years from 77 to 87 I would also have taken as answers).

LOL!

Well, it has more to do about when you were born. You are young and know nothing. Everyting seems great. Talk to kids who were teens when grunge was around and you'll have a very different list. To them 1984 musics sounds fake and manufactured. They are not entirely wrong. I've never stopped hearing good music after 1984 up until today. ;-)

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Fun Facts-

Lionel Ritchie's Hello had the creepiest, most unaware video.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Relax video was banned due to explicit (gay) content.

Such luminaries as George Michael (Wham) and Boy George (Culture Club) didn't come out until 1998 and 1995, respectively.

When the Doves Cry (Prince) sounds so different because there is no bass.

The Thompson Twins self-identified as a trio at that time (the musical version of Blake's 7).

The video for Dancing in the Dark was the debut of Courtney Cox (Friends).

She Bop is about self-pleasure.

Daryl Hall and John Oates will only go by that naming- they refuse to be identified as "Hall & Oates."

Matthew Wilder and Laura Branigan can only make straight-up bangers.

Ray Parker Jr. was successfully sued by Huey Lewis (and/or the News) for plagiarizing his song, I Want a New Drug.

 

[Mezuka]

Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Relax video was banned due to explicit (gay) content.

Yes, I always ask for it to be played at straigth weddings. They are oblivious of the meaning since almost no one ever 'really' listen to the lyrics. They just dance along because of the awesome beat. My private little joke.

 

[Mannahnin]

LOL!

Well, it has more to do about when you were born. You are young and know nothing. Everyting seems great. Talk to kids who were teens when grunge was around and you'll have a very different list. To them 1984 musics sounds fake and manufactured. They are not entirely wrong. I've never stopped hearing good music after 1984 up until today. ;-)

I'm in the age category where the mid-80s was when I acquired some of my first love for pop music, but I was a teenager living in Seattle when Grunge took off, so that's hugely important to me as well. I would pick Soundgarden over Duran Duran if I absolutely had to, but thankfully I don't.

 

[Mezuka]

I'm in the age category where the mid-80s was when I acquired some of my first love for pop music, but I was a teenager living in Seattle when Grunge took off, so that's hugely important to me as well. I would pick Soundgarden over Duran Duran if I absolutely had to, but thankfully I don't.

Yes, eclecticism is much better. One must vary the pleasures to make life more fun.