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

[Nee Lewman]

I read that as NC Music Hair Farmers

Listen here syrup pusher.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Listen here syrup pusher.

Hey all the illegal maple syrup activity that happens up here, happens in Quebec. Notice how @Turbo disappears for days on end and talking about “diving competitions” and how he has to off load 2 metric tonnes of “sweet Gatineau brown”

 

[Turbo]

Hey all the illegal maple syrup activity that happens up here, happens in Quebec. Notice how @Turbo disappears for days on end and talking about “diving competitions” and how he has to off load 2 metric tonnes of “sweet Gatineau brown”

Hey, somebody has to get that sweet nectar to different corners of the country.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Just can across this Massive YouTube playlist that supposedly includes EVERY VIDEO EVER PLAYED ON MTV’s 120 MINUTES*! I figure this is a good place to post since there is a great deal of overlap between the Billboard Modern Rock Chart and 120 Minutes. Looking into it. It looks like 120 Minutes predates the Modern Rock Chart by a couple of years (it first aired in 1986).


*scrolling through there is a lot of videos however it does seem like a few are just the song with no video.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

from Billboard the week ending August 19th, 1989:



the single that kicked off the best album era in pop music the last 40 years!

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

from Billboard the week ending August 19th, 1989:

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the single that kicked off the best album era in pop music the last 40 years!

I didn’t forget to post the chart. I was on vacation. I hope to post the chart tonight.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 08/19/1989

No. 1 Song
B-52’s - “Channel Z”


Tracks that fell out of the top 30
Pere Ubu - “Waiting For Mary”
Adrian Belew -“Oh Daddy
Morrissey - “Interesting Drug”
Prince - “Batdance”
Maria McKee - “I’ve Forgotten What It Was In You”
Bob Mould - “See A Little Light”

New Additions
The Ocean Blue - “Between Something And Nothing”


Martin L. Gore - “Compulsion”


Youssou N’Dour - “Shakin’ The Tree”


Figures On The Beach - “Accidentally 4th Street”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

New Additions Continued
The Replacements - “Achin’ To Be”


The Wire - “In Vivo”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I also saw this chart posted in this 1989 issue and thought it was interesting…

 

[jamieanderson1968]

I have not thought about Ocean Blue in a very longtime. A nice mix of Echo & Bunnymen and jangle pop, but probably 5 years too late to really be big.

Achin' To Be has aged nicely.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I have not thought about Ocean Blue in a very longtime. A nice mix of Echo & Bunnymen and jangle pop, but probably 5 years too late to really be big.

Achin' To Be has aged nicely.

I love Ocean Blue. Someone recommended them when I was loving Rolling Blackouts CF. I have a nice copy of their self-title debut on wax. I was super surprised that they were Pennsylvania instead of West London.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

I love Ocean Blue. Someone recommended them when I was loving Rolling Blackouts CF. I have a nice copy of their self-title debut on wax. I was super surprised that they were Pennsylvania instead of West London.

I had the first album on cd but sold it years ago. Definitely going to stream it this afternoon

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 08/26/1989

No. 1 Song
Hoodoo Gurus - “Come Anytime”


Tracks that fell out of the top 30
XTC - “King For A Day”
Love & Rockets - “So Alive”
Chris Isaak - “Don’t Make Me Dream About You”

New Additions
Beastie Boys - “Hey Ladies”


Winter Hours - “Smoke Rings”


The Stone Roses - “She Bangs The Drums”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I am super familiar with 2 of the 3 new new additions but had never heard of Winter Hours before. That track will likely have me exploring them further.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

I am super familiar with 2 of the 3 new new additions but had never heard of Winter Hours before. That track will likely have me exploring them further.

Same, Winter Hours is a total blind spot for me. Stan Demeski must have joined between The Feelies and Luna. Listening to the song it is very much an alt-rock take on The Feelies sound.

 

[imtheocean]

I think I was out of town when Indio / Hard Sun made it to the chart. That particular song was also covered by Eddie Vedder on the Into The Wild soundtrack.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

from Billboard, August 26th 1989

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 09/02/1989

No. 1 Song
Hoodoo Gurus - “Come Anytime”


Tracks that fell out of the top 30
Stan Ridgway - “Calling Out To Carol”
Bodeans - “You Don’t Get Much”
Public Image Ltd. - “Disappointed”
Wire - “In Vivo”
U2 - “Everlasting Love”
Howard Jones - “The Prisoner”
Tin Machine - “Heaven’s In Here”

New Additions
The B-52’s - “Love Shack”


Max Q - “Way Of The World”


Big Audio Dynamite - “James Brown”


Tears For Fears - “Sowing The Seeds Of Love”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

New Additions Continued
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Knock Me Down”


Love & Rockets - “Rock & Roll Babylon”


Underworld - “Stand Up”

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Ripped from the headlines…

I wonder if anyone has checked on their children, Eric and Lyle?