Which of Christine's singles should have hit #1?

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e97yAXhAQiU

This one aches my heart. In a good way, though.

This is the one I was talking about. Its the same night but its zoomed in on Chris and her facial reactions. She is living feeding off the crowd. Her smile is so genuine. She is so happy to be back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSr7F8LErrM


This one from 2019 is special too. The entire outdoor arena is on its feet singing and waving. The footage around 1:27 is amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQMuUl5vy9w

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by bwboy

Little Lies should have gone to #1, it was all over the radio and MTV at the time.

As Long As You Follow is so beautiful... I was crushed it didn't do better on the charts. Same thing with Save Me. Such a great song and was the last time MTV played a FM video until they did the Dance.

ALAYF has 16 million views. A lot more than I expected.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROGE...34DUtQ&index=3

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Over My Head (#20)
Say You Love Me (#11)
Don't Stop (#3)
You Make Loving Fun (#9)
Think About Me (#20)
Hold Me (#4)
Love In Store (#22)
Little Lies (#4)
Everywhere (#14)
As Long As You Follow (#43)
Save Me (#33)
Skies The Limit (--)

I wonder if some of these songs had been released in a different year, they would have reached a higher position. What if ALASYF was released in 1975? or Save Me in 1977 (and produced by Ken and Richard).

Or if Tusk hadn't had so much of Lindsey's experimental touch, would Think About It have been in the top ten?

[Macfan4life]

Its a painful reality that horrible remakes of "I think we're alone now" and Mony Mony, and Madonna's Causing a Commotion blocked Little Lies from the #1 spot.
As a chart nerd in 1987 Mony Mony and Little Lies leap frogged each other all the way up the chart. As it got to the top 5 it was Mony Mony that won the race.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

Its a painful reality that horrible remakes of "I think we're alone now" and Mony Mony, and Madonna's Causing a Commotion blocked Little Lies from the #1 spot.
As a chart nerd in 1987 Mony Mony and Little Lies leap frogged each other all the way up the chart. As it got to the top 5 it was Mony Mony that won the race.

I think it's because they were more pop than Little Lies. ITWAN... meh. Same as CAC (part of the silliest movie from that year, or so I read cause I've never seen it). I never listen to those two songs, nor do I miss them. But that’s the reality of pop. What I can tell you for sure is that Little Lies and Everywhere (among other Mac songs) are still played on radios today, yet I haven’t heard ITWAN and CAC at all in recent years, neither here in Peru nor when I’m in the States. Well, it’s true that I don’t usually listen to the radio, but I base my point on what I hear when I’m in public places or at friends' homes, I think that’s a good sample.

But I remember I really enjoyed Mony Mony, that song rocked. I danced that song a lot at clubs and parties. Of course, I don’t think it’s a work of art, but it served its purpose, to give fun. I had no idea it was a cover, until now.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Villavic

But I remember I really enjoyed Mony Mony, that song rocked. I danced that song a lot at clubs and parties. Of course, I don’t think it’s a work of art, but it served its purpose, to give fun. I had no idea it was a cover, until now.

I played in a band, and at several places we played, there were two songs that were forbidden to be played. Eric Clapton's Cocaine(just for the reference), and Mony Mony(because the crowd would all chant "hey, get laid, get fukced" as call and response during the chorus).

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I played in a band, and at several places we played, there were two songs that were forbidden to be played. Eric Clapton's Cocaine(just for the reference), and Mony Mony(because the crowd would all chant "hey, get laid, get fukced" as call and response during the chorus).

My friend who lives in Texas went to Billy's Dallas concert in september. I just asked her if people still sing that lyric. She said not anymore, or at least she didn't hear it.

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by Villavic

My friend who lives in Texas went to Billy's Dallas concert in september. I just asked her if people still sing that lyric. She said not anymore, or at least she didn't hear it.

ugh i recall that stupid added lyric from every drunken fraternity party i ever went to in college. (i was never drunk... might've enjoyed the parties more if i had been...)

--Lis

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Villavic

My friend who lives in Texas went to Billy's Dallas concert in september. I just asked her if people still sing that lyric. She said not anymore, or at least she didn't hear it.

Thank god it died.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

ugh i recall that stupid added lyric from every drunken fraternity party i ever went to in college. (i was never drunk... might've enjoyed the parties more if i had been...)

--Lis

I really got my start in the audio business, as a result of my willingness to do sound for fraternity parties, because all of the other guys in town hated them. In 1990, I went from working minimum wage jobs in college, to making a grand a week(hey, that was good money in 1990!). There were a few drunken idiots, but overall, I was having a ball, getting sh1tfaced with them, having the best time of my life.

"Hey, get laid get fukced!" Indeed...

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I really got my start in the audio business, as a result of my willingness to do sound for fraternity parties, because all of the other guys in town hated them. In 1990, I went from working minimum wage jobs in college, to making a grand a week(hey, that was good money in 1990!). There were a few drunken idiots, but overall, I was having a ball, getting sh1tfaced with them, having the best time of my life.

"Hey, get laid get fukced!" Indeed...

jeez a grand a week would be good money for me NOW lol. i'm not living large over here. but good for you, filling a gap and making some money at a young age.

i assume you never DJ'd at the alpha phi delta house on riverside in trenton, NJ..? i can still smell the piss and beer that had seeped into the floorboards of that house. luckily some of it was linoleum which was easily mopped but the sticky sh*t still got into the cracks. ugh i *hated* parties because i was always the only sober one (and the only one w any sense.)

But certain songs were at EVERY friggin party, and that Mony Mony was one. Paradise by the dashboard light was another... Bohemian Rhapsody... the rest i may have blocked out haha

--Lis

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

jeez a grand a week would be good money for me NOW lol. i'm not living large over here. but good for you, filling a gap and making some money at a young age.

i assume you never DJ'd at the alpha phi delta house on riverside in trenton, NJ..? i can still smell the piss and beer that had seeped into the floorboards of that house. luckily some of it was linoleum which was easily mopped but the sticky sh*t still got into the cracks. ugh i *hated* parties because i was always the only sober one (and the only one w any sense.)

But certain songs were at EVERY friggin party, and that Mony Mony was one. Paradise by the dashboard light was another... Bohemian Rhapsody... the rest i may have blocked out haha

--Lis

I worked my butt off for it, and loved every minute. I'm living pretty small these days. Sold my big house 4 years ago, and sold my condo in downtown Nashville this February, and bought a little house in the Nashville burbs. Simple is better, now. Honestly, a "big life" is overrated, and I'm glad that chapter is over.

I've never actually been to New Jersey. But I saw some crazy things at the fraternity parties, and fondly remember witnessing them.

Ugh, when I started doing sound in 1990, that's when grunge was taking over, and got to hear far too much of it! But I also got to do sound at a big club for a bunch of great artists. After 32 years, that also ended 4 years ago. Sh1t happens, and it was time for a new chapter.

[Villavic]

Here in Peru, fraternities don’t exist. My perception might be skewed by police TV shows like L&O SVU or movies (showing disgusting initiation rituals) that tend to highlight only the worst, but actually I also read news about the same from time to time; so I tend to think that fraternities have more negative aspects than positive ones. In fact, I don't know what positive things they actually offer to college students. Future job opportunities? Professional networking?

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Villavic

Here in Peru, fraternities don’t exist. My perception might be skewed by police TV shows like L&O SVU or movies (showing disgusting initiation rituals) that tend to highlight only the worst, but actually I also read news about the same from time to time; so I tend to think that fraternities have more negative aspects than positive ones. In fact, I don't know what positive things they actually offer to college students. Future job opportunities? Professional networking?

I'd say networking is number one. I think most people are legacies, too(dad was a member, so sonny boy becomes a member). But that's just my guess.