Back In The Day: The Billboard Modern Rock Charts From 35 Years Ago

[jamieanderson1968]

That Hoodoo Gurus track is fun. Never listened to them before.

Stoneage Romeos from a few years prior is a great album

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

That Hoodoo Gurus track is fun. Never listened to them before.

Stoneage Romeos from a few years prior is a great album

Hoodoo Gurus are a lotta fun. They got chops and Dave Faulkner writes with great wit and emotion. They should be @TenderLovingKiller® wheelhouse material.

Taped them in a gym at ASU in '85 I think. They were opening for The Bangles, but I went for The Gurus. I gotta 'dig it up'...




Stoneage Romeos and Mars Needs Guitars are essential.

A couple more recognizable ones from each LP...

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 07/29/1989

No. 1 Song
Public Image Ltd. - “Disappointed”


Tracks that fell out of the top 30
The The - “The Beat(en) Generation”
The Cult - “Sun King”
The B-52’s - “Cosmic Thing”

New Additions
Howard Jones - “The Prisoner”


10,000 Maniacs- “Eat For Two”


Syd Straw - “Future 40’s (String Of Pearls)

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Love this bold Twp-Page Advertisement by Capitol for Paul’s Boutique upcoming release.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Love this bold Twp-Page Advertisement by Capitol for Paul’s Boutique upcoming release.
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And that was the only marketing they did. Well that’s the way the journalists/band make it out.

 

[imtheocean]

And that was the only marketing they did. Well that’s the way the journalists/band make it out.

So weird to think that they barely toured this album. I saw a one-off show in '91 (benefit for Marys Danish bass player) that when I look the tour history, was only the 5th appearance after Pauls Boutique came out, and that was roughly 2 years later!

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Beastiemania.com - Gigography - Complete history of every Beastie Boys Performance

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[jamieanderson1968]

Damn I haven't listened to that Syd Straw album in years. I really liked it when it came out

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Damn I haven't listened to that Syd Straw album in years. I really liked it when it came out

Like a lot of stuff on here, I wasn’t familiar but finding out the track featured Michael Stipe certainly piqued my interest.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 08/05/1989

No. 1 Song
B-52’s - “Channel Z”


Tracks that fell out of the top 30
Simple Minds - “Take A Step Back”
Tin Machines - “Under The God”
Fine Young Cannibals - “Good Thing”

New Additions
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - “Look Who’s Dancing”


Tin Machine - “Heaven’s In Here”


Texas - “I Don’t Want A Lover”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Not familiar with the band Texas but that track makes me wanna explore them more.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Yeah, "I Don't Want a Lover" is great. I know of that song thanks to GTA radio.

Here's a funny ad from Billboard that week (at least I think it's pretty funny):

 

[Viking Dan]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 08/05/1989
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No. 1 Song
B-52’s - “Channel Z”


Tracks that fell out of the top 30
Simple Minds - “Take A Step Back”
Tin Machines - “Under The God”
Fine Young Cannibals - “Good Thing”

New Additions
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers - “Look Who’s Dancing”


Tin Machine - “Heaven’s In Here”


Texas - “I Don’t Want A Lover”

Is that Chris Carrabba playing keyboards for Texas?

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Yeah, "I Don't Want a Lover" is great. I know of that song thanks to GTA radio.

Here's a funny ad from Billboard that week (at least I think it's pretty funny):

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Love the USA Today pull-quote. "Milli Vanilli manage to come off as strong on stage as they do in video." Oops

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 08/12/1989

No. 1 Song
B-52’s - “Channel Z”


Tracks that fell out of the top 30
10,000 Maniacs - “Trouble Me”
The Cure - “Fascination Street”
Wire - “Eardrum Buzz”
The Darling Bud - “Let’s Go Round There”
House of Freaks - “When The Hammer Came Down”

New Additions
Fine Young Cannibals - “Don’t Look Back”


Stan Ridgway - “Calling Out To Carol”


The The - “Gravitate To Me”


Fetchin’ Bones - “Love Crushing”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

New Addition Continued
Maria McKee - “I’ve Forgotten What It Was In You”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

That Fetchin’ Bones video is a reminder that it’s definitely still the 80s.

 

[imtheocean]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 08/12/1989

Stan Ridgway - “Calling Out To Carol”

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I think Stan must have used the same set as "Mexican Radio" from his Wall of Voodoo days and just changed the lighting from Red to Blue. Looks very similar.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I think Stan must have used the same set as "Mexican Radio" from his Wall of Voodoo days and just changed the lighting from Red to Blue. Looks very similar.

Really, all the videos for the new additions feel very of their time.

 

[Nee Lewman]

How dare you besmirch NC Music Hall of Famers!

 

[jamieanderson1968]

How dare you besmirch NC Music Hall of Famers!

I read that as NC Music Hair Farmers