"Rumours" on UK chart for 1000 weeks/ Christine's 80th birthday anniversary.

[FuzzyPlum]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

42 years ago today, March 17, 1984: Christine McVie began her first of two weeks at #1 on the U.S. Billboard TOP TRACKS (ROCK) Chart with “Got A Hold On Me.” Here are the Top 30 ROCK TRACKS (based solely on rock radio airplay across the United States) from this week back in 1984. (tap on the chart for full viewing). Enjoy the memories!

Great achievement to be at the top of that list.
I love looking back at top 20 lists, especially from the 80’s. So many truly great songs.
My fave….New Moon on Monday. One of DD’s best.
My gawd….compare lists like that to the s..t today. Will today’s kids look back on current lists in 20, 30, 40 years time with the same feelings? I doubt it. At least not to anywhere near the same extent.
Evolution means things should get better. Music is the one area that bucks that. Though, I appreciate its subjective.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

Great achievement to be at the top of that list.
I love looking back at top 20 lists, especially from the 80’s. So many truly great songs.
My fave….New Moon on Monday. One of DD’s best.
My gawd….compare lists like that to the s..t today. Will today’s kids look back on current lists in 20, 30, 40 years time with the same feelings? I doubt it. At least not to anywhere near the same extent.
Evolution means things should get better. Music is the one area that bucks that. Though, I appreciate its subjective.

May I ask you a question since you are in the UK? Why do you think Chris's 1984 solo album did so poor in the UK? It was a moderal success in the States and even more successful in some European countries. Yet it bombed in the UK. Since her first solo album many years earlier (pre-Mac) did so well you would have thought they would have eaten up her solo album.

[FuzzyPlum]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

May I ask you a question since you are in the UK? Why do you think Chris's 1984 solo album did so poor in the UK? It was a moderal success in the States and even more successful in some European countries. Yet it bombed in the UK. Since her first solo album many years earlier (pre-Mac) did so well you would have thought they would have eaten up her solo album.

Well, I guess a few things…
By that time I don’t think she was really a ‘name’ in the UK. Though she had some moderate fame back in the late 60’s, her first solo album was never a ‘hit’.
She never really promoted ‘Christine McVie’ in the UK. She didn’t tour.
And I think the music scene here back in those days had shifted a bit. I think her album was a bit too MOR to really catch a lot of sales.
Those are my assumptions…but I was 10 at that time and didn’t really have an awareness of her or FM then so I can’t really say for sure.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

And I think the music scene here back in those days had shifted a bit. .

I think that could be a reason. That chart contains different genres, but if you ask me about 1984, I immediately remember Eurythmics, Lauper, THOMPSON TWINS, Cultura Club and Duran Duran as great representatives of the 80s. Christine singles were moderate popular here but she didn't stand out much.