To be amazed at the charts this week in 1986?

[KentLocksmith]

Just looked at the charts this week in 1986 and every single song a banger!

In the charts is Whi’s Zoomin Who? by Aretha Franklin - I wonder if she foresaw the effect of the 2020 Covid epidemic and how day to day life would change? 🤣

But seriously, the charts were of such high calibre then why don’t we get that now?

im going to listen to the charts today - curiosity about Victoria Beckham - but im not expecting miracles !

When that pair of Ken Doll fops squawking "I owe you nurthing - ooh err! etc." got massive, I knew without a doubt that good music had gone into hibernation. Just how?

Yeah, 1986 was good, but not a patch on 1983-85 imho. Band Aid/Live Aid era. Wham, Frankie etc.

Number 1 this week is

Dave and Tems with ‘Raindance’ - it’s good I think -

I agree, except I definitely like Borderline, plus I'd add that's not Aha's best song - I didn't like it much at the time. I liked Full Force! But they weren't really a group, more a sort of side project. As for Level 42, never in the history of the world has anyone ever said "what the world needs now is some boring cunt slapping his bass while we play shit songs over it".

Maybe the acid test is 'Will you still be dancing to it at weddings 40 years on?'

Since streaming and downloads came in, music is listened to over a longer period, so you are not really comparing the same thing. It is like comparing emails to telegrams.

Agreed, I fucking hate Level Bastard 42. So fucking boring. 🥱 to the power of infinity.

Yep. The Stock, Aiken (Aitkin?) and Waterman influx. It all became very manufactured and moved away from bands formed by groups of mates.

I was 16 in 1986 and quite disappointed with the way it had turned. I did start to listen to John Peel, though.

Ah, yes, SAW aka The Shit Factory.

My 20 something listens to mostly 80s. He collects CDs from charity shops and rips them to his laptop so he can randomise them.

What? Sue Pollard??

I’ve just compared it with the current week and this week’s is SO much better.

I was still into Northern soul niters ,ordinary clubs and music plus beer monsters bored me.

My 20yo has just bought a cd player and lots of cds. It’s nice as I hated my moms music at that age, but I quite like the carpenters now 😂

@HauntedBungalow can we go with wall to wall mainstream bangers maybe?
Why don’t I have any recollection of the Alice song?!!
For PPs slating Level 42, I agree, they are very vanilla. My teen DCs’ musician mates are obsessed with Mark King and his bass genius and they’ve been to festivals specifically to see him. Today’s youth, eh?! 😂

There are a fuckton of amazing bass players in good funk and soul music, no need to listen to MKUltrabore!

😂

whads the matter you heh

Why you look so sad

👍

Classic novelty records you don’t seem to get nowadays

i could name loads more

Cause your shit song is keeping "Vienna" off the top slot, that's why, you gurning twat!

the charts were of such high calibre then why don’t we get that now?

Largely because you aren't aged somewhere between 13 and 25 now.

Renee and Renata🤮

Save your love, my darleeng, save your love... No, save us from this Cornetto adesque tripe. I mean, who the fuck was buying this shit?

I know..that's why I was glad to be in to Northern soul.

Yes it was really cheesy

still love the music from late 70s onwards

I will not hear this sacrilege! Level 42 were amazing!