From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V4 #342 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Friday, December 24 2004 Volume 04 : Number 342 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Accidental list sighting [Robert Toren Subject: Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Accidental list sighting > Oh, great. The thought of a person on this list never having heard > "Don't You Want Me" has stomped the very last trace of holiday spirit > out of me. I think, around the same time, there was a great dance song called 'Homo Sapien' - big hit at house parties - then it disappeared completely... life is so unfair_ hmp Happy holidecks! Robert ===== http://www.angrylambie.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Jazz up your holiday email with celebrity designs. Learn more. http://celebrity.mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 20:51:47 -0500 From: "Stewart Mason" Subject: Re: Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Accidental list sighting - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Toren" > > I think, around the same time, there was a great > dance song called 'Homo Sapien' - big hit at house > parties - then it disappeared completely... First solo single by former Buzzcock Pete Shelley, if you happen to be looking for it, Robert. I'm sure it's on a ton of those Hits of the 80s comps. Great song. S ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:54:01 -0500 From: "Paul King" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Accidental list sighting > You never heard this song? Boy do I feel old now. I was in univesity when it came out. I don't know how old you have to be to pass as "old" enough to have heard it. By that time, I was a university DJ, and too much into discovering more interesting music (at least to me) than HL, and shied away from mainstream radio (although it was at times difficult to avoid in the places I hung out). > > For those who didn't look it up, the song in question is "Don't You > Want Me", by the Human League. It was huge at the time, but it > hasn't aged that well. > > I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, Ah, a clue! Now why bring back such painful memories? I remember that one! On the local stations at the time, it was played to death to the point where all the appeal it could have had was gone for me. I then must thank myself for the mental discipline I have in my efforts to forget the song ever existed. I must say it was a success. It is not often one can forget something on purpose. Paul King > Chris > > np: Brian Wilson, SMILE. > > > On Dec 21, 2004, at 7:05 PM, Paul King wrote: > > > #88: I've never heard of this song. It doesn't mean it wasn't a hit. > > In my > > chart book, I see that it was in the Top 40 for 6 months, 3 of those > > months in > > the Top 10, and #1 for one week in 1982. It's as big a hit as most > > bands can > > hope for. But an all-time list requires staying power. All I know is > > that it > > had zero staying power for me. The lesser hit "Human", I remember a > > lot more, > > even though it spent only half as long in the Top 10. - ------- End of forwarded message ------- ========================================================= Paul King http://www3.sympatico.ca/pking123/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:54:01 -0500 From: "Paul King" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Accidental list sighting * This message contains the file 'WPM$156B.PM$', which has been * uuencoded. If you are using Pegasus Mail, then you can use * the browser's eXtract function to lift the original contents * out to a file, otherwise you will have to extract the message * and uudecode it manually. [demime removed a uuencoded section named WPM$156B.PM$ which was 39 lines] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 00:41:15 EST From: LkDylaninthmvies@aol.com Subject: Re: Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Accidental list sighting In a message dated 12/23/04 9:19:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, craigtorso@verizon.net writes: > I'm sure it's on a ton of those Hits of the > 80s comps. > > Great song. > It appears on RHINO'S NEW WAVE HITS OF THE 80s, volume 5, which Andrew Sandoval must've worked his butt off helping compile and produce all those (was it 15?) volumes. But, I bet he had a good time earning his pay (I know I would have enjoyed that particular project, being a former library archivist geek in college...way fun). It's hard to believe the volumes in that series started coming out over ten years ago. Damn, time goes by so quickly. I didn't think the last volume in that series was really new wave, though. It was too late in the decade. - --Mark np: The TrashKeane Sinatras a.k.a. Keaneplay HOPES AND FEARS (it's vanilla, but a really high quality vanilla, like say, Ben and Jerry's) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 01:00:46 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Accidental list sighting On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 LkDylaninthmvies@aol.com wrote: > It's hard to believe the volumes in that series started coming out over > ten years ago. Which is why I want to know where Rhino's 90s comps are. It's about time for everyone to remember how much they loved "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand". a ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V4 #342 *******************************