imtheocean
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Yeah, Lou shows up at about 2:10. And this video edits the shot about every three seconds, so you don't have to watch Fabio lite for long.
Back In The Day: The Billboard Modern Rock Charts From 35 Years Ago
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MyWifeHatesTrain
Pennywise the Frothy Dancing Clown
MC Fabio Lite is my rap name.
imtheocean
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MyWifeHatesTrain
Pennywise the Frothy Dancing Clown
Dope.
TenderLovingKiller®
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That might be a terrible music video but it’s a fantastic avatar.
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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The first time my wife saw that Wire video way back when, her first question was "Is that Christopher Guest?"
TenderLovingKiller®
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Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 05/27/1989
No. 1 Song
The Cure - “Fascination Street”
Tracks that fell out of the top 30
Public Image Ltd. - “Warrior”
House Of Freaks - “Sun Gone Down”
Tom Petty - “I Won’t Back Down”
New Additions
10,000 Maniacs - “Trouble Me”*
Adrian Belew - “Oh Daddy”**
XTC - “King For A Day”
*Though a video appears to exist I was unable to find it on the interweb. What is Natalie Merchant hiding?
**Not currently found on Spotify
No. 1 Song
The Cure - “Fascination Street”
Tracks that fell out of the top 30
Public Image Ltd. - “Warrior”
House Of Freaks - “Sun Gone Down”
Tom Petty - “I Won’t Back Down”
New Additions
10,000 Maniacs - “Trouble Me”*
Adrian Belew - “Oh Daddy”**
XTC - “King For A Day”
*Though a video appears to exist I was unable to find it on the interweb. What is Natalie Merchant hiding?
**Not currently found on Spotify
TenderLovingKiller®
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Great tune! I think it’s fourth week in the top spot?A worthy No.1 for sure
Bohnjaggs
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I had "Oh Daddy" on cassette single so I probably added to that ranking. I'm not sure where I would have heard it though. I guess MTV.
Wicked Dreamer
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from the Dance Trax column in Billboard that week:
imtheocean
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I didn't realize that XTC did a performance in front of a live audience for King For A Day. Their first public appearance in 7 years. I wonder if Andy agreed to it because he wasn't the lead singer for this one.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Modern Rock Tracks for Week Ending 06/03/1989
No. 1 Song
The Cure - “Fascination Street”
Tracks that fell out of the top 30
XTC - “Mayor Of Simpleton”
U2 - “Dancing Barefoot”
Mojo Nixon - “Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child”
Lou Reed - “Busload Of Faith”
Sidewinders - “Witchdoctor”
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - “Madonna Of The Wasps”
New Additions
Public Image Ltd. - “Disappointed”
The The - “The Beat(en) Generation”
Tin Machine - “Under The God”
No. 1 Song
The Cure - “Fascination Street”
Tracks that fell out of the top 30
XTC - “Mayor Of Simpleton”
U2 - “Dancing Barefoot”
Mojo Nixon - “Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two-Headed Love Child”
Lou Reed - “Busload Of Faith”
Sidewinders - “Witchdoctor”
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - “Madonna Of The Wasps”
New Additions
Public Image Ltd. - “Disappointed”
The The - “The Beat(en) Generation”
Tin Machine - “Under The God”
TenderLovingKiller®
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New Additions Cont’d
The B-52’s - “Cosmic Thing”
Swans - “Saved”
The B-52’s - “Cosmic Thing”
Swans - “Saved”
jamieanderson1968
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Funny just finished reading the biography of John McGeoch who was THE post-punk guitarist, and was in PIL at this time.
jamieanderson1968
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How the hell did that Edelweiss song even stay in the charts for 3 weeks? Also glad to see Tin Machine make an appearance
TenderLovingKiller®
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Right, clinging to the bottom of the charts for dear life.
Corycm
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Pretty sure I got a few of those casettes as birthda presents that year. Some straight heat up in there.
But for the love of literally anything, someone, anyone, explain FYC to me because they’re an “immediately change the station” band for me, but the UK seems to love ‘em.
But for the love of literally anything, someone, anyone, explain FYC to me because they’re an “immediately change the station” band for me, but the UK seems to love ‘em.
jamieanderson1968
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I love Roland Gift's singing, sadly the songs are drenched in 80s studio production
TenderLovingKiller®
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I enjoy bopping around to it.