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Some more people who might be interested in this rate:
@ufint
@klow
@EscapismIsAnotherPrison
@Cotton Park
@simes1970
@ufint
@klow
@EscapismIsAnotherPrison
@Cotton Park
@simes1970
The 80s-90s Lost Classics Rate - Goodbye Wes! :'-(
- Thread starter berserkboi
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Yeah there's that but I don't know hardly any of the other songs, so I don't think I'm gonna give it a go I'm afraid.
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I understand that rating 65 songs you don't know is a bit much and really time consuming. But you should definitely listen to the songs, some of them are really classics - you miss something not knowing them.
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I'm in.
I'm pretty certain this is the first rate in which I give out an actual ZERO points to a song.
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Demi theaux.
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My anxiety factor going up til I find out what song this is, and whether it is a favourite ddddd
Giving love, passion & devotion - don’t do the first song to move me to tears like this! *cries*
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There’s six weeks to vote so if you’d like a discovery journey, not far removed from two Retro Playlists in one - feel free to try it out!
Nah, after the last few years on this forum with you I am quite positive that your taste level is far better than that. I'd categorically reject the possibility of this being one of your favourites. Please don't disappoint me.
I know very few of these songs but I'll listen to them over the next month and decide if I want to take part.
I just wondered that seeing as there's a Frida Lyngstad song, if any Agnetha Faltskog songs were considered?
I just wondered that seeing as there's a Frida Lyngstad song, if any Agnetha Faltskog songs were considered?
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That would be a question for Queen @Filippa as she is the ABBA Savant out of us Hosts!
Does Frida really have a song called 'Something's Going On' as well as 'I Know There's Something Going On'?! Or is this just an alternative title for it?
Good point. The actual song is called 'I Know There's Something Going On,' but the album it comes from is called 'Something's Going On.'
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Another great question for @Filippa Ddddd
EDIT - I see @MilesAngel answered this question! All good!
More people who would hopefully like to join:
@BeingNormal
@evilsin
@popknark2
@Verandi
@Bleu Noir
Oh. I asked because someone had the YouTube hyperlink titled 'Something Going On'.
What have you got going on?
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It's Demis, sis.
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It's Demis, sis.
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To explain the genesis of the rate a bit:
@berserkboi and I wanted to bring huge hits from our childhoods to your notice, which would mean @berserkboi was fishing in the French market and me in the Austrian/German/Suisse market. I soon realised that a rate with too many too Austrian, German or Suisse hits wouldn't go well here, so I expanded my search to all other continental European countries, where I could at least look up the #1 songs of this period: Portugal, Spain, Italy, Belgium and The Netherlands. But no Scandinavian countries and no countries from East and South-East Europe (maybe with the exception of Greece but I didn't look actively at the charts there). I still preferred acts that also came from, lived and/or worked in those countries and I still concentrated on the German markets, but I brought more songs in for the variety. Irresistible songs that maybe would be able to compete with Sandra (that were my biggest worries: Sandra beats them all and/or the rate would be completely boring).
I realised (to my surprise) I Know There's Something Going On (sorry for that, for me it's always Something's Going On and I am so familiar with the song that I didn't check it out) was a huge hit in these countries: #1 in Switzerland and Belgium, #3 in Austria and The Netherlands, #4 in France, #5 in Germany, #7 in Italy (and #13 in the US). I think it's the Phil Collins sound that made the song so attractive in these countries.
I'm sorry Agnetha didn't chart so well in the continental European charts at this time. Wrap Your Arms Around Me peaked at #1 in Belgium and #4 in The Netherlands, but wasn't in the top 20 of any other relevant country (or the UK / US). So no chance that it sold the amount we had decided, as it did not chart in any of the big markets. So yes I certainly considered her, but in the end decided against nominating her because we were looking for the big hits and/or some notable acts from our childhood-home countries.
The only other Scandinavian act I suggested was Army Of Lovers with Crucified, but I guess I chose Sin With Sebastian above it, because they are a German act and I really was surprised how much better I like the song today.
And although we tried to establish rules regarding the songs to bring in some objectivity the final choice isn't a strictly scientific work but certainly sort of subjective like @Maki already stated.
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