Nerd Pride Radio

1988 #22:

Explain to me why that was a hit and Debbie Gibson was a star, but Rebecca Black and Friday were ridiculed and shamed mercilessly. Honestly, I can't see that much of a difference.

1988 #23:

So, I've successfully avoided "Friday" for 10 years, but today sat down to listen to it. There were points I enjoyed, and points where it is just really really funny. Not her fault, this LOL lyrics were written by her producers, who weren't trying hard. That she sells it all so earnestly in the music video is a kudos to her, and hold on she was only 13? Dang the internet is cruel.

1988 #24:

Richard Marx. I forgot he was a thing.

1988 #25:

more like horny eyes

1988 #26:

more like horny dreams

1988 #27:

more like phorny figure

Maybe I have a dirty mind, but everything George Michael sings sounds like he's talking about sex.

Except maybe for Monkey. Maybe.

Nah- that's about sex too.

I knew it!

1988 #28 (only a couple more left for Mike to determine if his pattern holds up through the top 30):

I do not remember this song AT ALL. And it's bad. I don't remember the music. I don't remember the lyrics. I definitely don't remember this video or the rap bits.

Full Force had fallen so far from All Cried Out. Poor guys.

Mike wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:40 amI knew it!

"Why won't you set your monkey free?"

It's about his penis. And how it's trapped in his pants.

1988 #29:

Pattern fell apart back around 18ish. The world makes no sense anymore.

1988 #30:

Better versions of this kinda song exist. But I really liked them circa 1991. Then their 1992 album came out and it didn't compare to the grunge music I was imbibing.

1989 #1. Hey, I love Chicago, have seen them in concert a couple times with my wife. But #1 for the entire year?! Really?!

Mike wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 12:30 pm I do not remember this song AT ALL.

Don't feel bad - I consider it a mark of our mutual dignity. The only reason I even know who this person is is that I used to have a friend with her poster hung up in his dorm room and would mock him mercilessly for it. It's the kind of behavior that deserves merciless mocking and I feel like while it may have caused some short-term suffering, he's a better man for it today. He moved on to a Tori Amos obsession and then ended up living with a woman who looks very much like Tori Amos, so he didn't really change deeply but he did find a better outlet for his feelings.

Good lord that's a low tier Chicago song. You sure you don't have the list upside down?

I mean more like Look Hornay

1989 #2, maybe I do have the list upside down:

Good morning!

Hello!!

1989 #3:

1. I never liked this song.
2. I always thought it was done by Guns n Roses, I guess because of rose in the name and the lackluster singing.

Best song so far: My Prerogative

Stan wrote: ↑Sat Mar 13, 2021 10:28 am 1. I never liked this song.
2. I always thought it was done by Guns n Roses, I guess because of rose in the name and the lackluster singing.

That song is Bret Michaels' proudest achievement. I would guess that interviews with him that contain the phrase "When I was writing Every Rose..." far outnumber the ones that don't.

We have discovered through this process, the early and mid-80s were good and the late '80s bad, at least in this narrow band of pop music.

Phoebe wrote: ↑Sat Mar 13, 2021 12:52 pm We have discovered through this process, the early and mid-80s were good and the late '80s bad, at least in this narrow band of pop music.

Yep.
Once again, when people talk about a decade, they are usually talking about only part of it. The early part was quite different, musically, from what cam later.

1989 #4:

I was never super into Paula Abdul but I've always enjoyed her music. This is a nice tune to sing along to in the car.

1989 #5:

Good night!!

Janet throws down the gauntlet, easily takes the lead as my fav from 89 so far.

Night night

Stan wrote: ↑Sat Mar 13, 2021 4:36 pm I was never super into Paula Abdul but I've always enjoyed her music. This is a nice tune to sing along to in the car.

1989 #6:

Good morning!

Phoebe wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:48 am

Stan wrote: ↑Sat Mar 13, 2021 4:36 pm I was never super into Paula Abdul but I've always enjoyed her music. This is a nice tune to sing along to in the car.

Hey, I'm a multifaceted individual. Right now, I'm at work in an empty building singing along to Fiona Apple's Criminal.

1989 #7:

Oh, if we had only won that Ennie Award.

Kyle wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:04 pm Oh, if we had only won that Ennie Award.

Awww.
If you record the song, I'll listen to it.

1989 #8:

Stan wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:09 pm

Kyle wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:04 pm Oh, if we had only won that Ennie Award.

Awww.
If you record the song, I'll listen to it.

We’d have to do a video. It was more of a performance piece.

1989 is improving with some solid hits there, yes including Girl You Know It's True, which is great! Still think Janet has the edge.

1989 #9: