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my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 05-10-2013
DURAN DURAN "rio" b/w "the chauffeur" 1982
title track off their second album...
just sounds like 'duran duran', very little development in their sound across the albums in general...
only difference here is that i actually like the "b" side track also, there is a video for that track also, so im figuring the Chauffeur was probably released as an "a" side somewhere and at some point???
not sure why this didnt sell very well here as these guys were huge, so a chart placing of #60 seems very strange indeed!
"rio" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3W6yf6c-FA vevo video
"the chauffeur" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B__8N5d_LA vevo video
my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 05-10-2013
ROLLING STONES "undercover of the night" b/w "all the way down" 1983
i used to love this single when it came out, then i went off it and disliked it for years but pulling it out again has changed my opinion of it somewhat because
i actually like this one again...
"b" side is not too bad neither....can always count on the longstanding guys to release quality "b" sides...
single only made it to #27 here,would have thought it did better than that as it got a hell of a lot of airplay, both then and now!
"undercover of the night" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVJkfXeTs9Q vevo video
"all the way down" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G67D_mu_DWM audio
my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 05-10-2013
CLUB SKA "cupid" b/w "bottom end" 1986
Aussie ska-cum-reggae outfit from the mid 1980s(pretty sure i have around three of their singles..
"a" side is a reasonably good cover of the Sam Cooke classic...
"b" side is an ok band composed track, cant remember these guys ever getting much airplay so i guess i saw them on 'countdown'/'rage'/'mtv' or one of many music
shows i used to watch then...
single failed to chart here, probably because they were seen as a ub40 rip-off artist...?
"cupid" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn3uuCDI6Go audio
"bottom end" **
no link available
my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 05-10-2013
ELTON JOHN & GEORGE MICHAEL "wrap her up" b/w "restless" 1985
this was pretty much about the time i started going off Sir Elton and making sure i listened to his songs before trusting the elton brand-name...
this was a real big dissapointing piece of crap IMO...
i really expected more,in hindsight, from these two stars, a real miss-match IMO, or maybe they were both interested in beinf pretentious diva's????
"b" side was also really bad, a re-recording of a very good song from his 'breating hearts' album from 1984...not sure is it was just an outtake/demo or what really, but its a lame version of that album track...
single only got to #22 here, but IMO that was generous!
"wrap her up" *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RaMkpJGOz8 video
"restless" *
no link for this version available
my "singles" collection - SteveO - 05-10-2013
Maybe the song is making a comeback of sorts?
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:ROLLING STONES "undercover of the night" b/w "all the way down" 1983
i used to love this single when it came out, then i went off it and disliked it for years but pulling it out again has changed my opinion of it somewhat because
i actually like this one again...
"b" side is not too bad neither....can always count on the longstanding guys to release quality "b" sides...
single only made it to #27 here,would have thought it did better than that as it got a hell of a lot of airplay, both then and now!
"undercover of the night" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVJkfXeTs9Q vevo video
"all the way down" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G67D_mu_DWM audio
my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 07-10-2013
CLIMIE/FISHER "love changes everything" b/w "never close the show" 1987
only thing ive heard from these guys is this single...
both sides have a distinct Rod Stewart feel from the same period about them...
it must be twenty five years since i played this single,but i still like it!
peaked out at #24 here back in the day!
"love changes everything" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRXM0FY_qs0 video
"never close the show" **
no link available
my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 07-10-2013
ICEHOUSE "baby youre so strange-ep" 1986
just did their vocalist Iva Davies in the "greatest aussie singers" thread and by coincidence an Icehouse single comes out at the same time...
this 'ep' is not your average one disc,four track 'ep', instead its two seperate singles in a pack with a gatefold sleeve...
both singles have an "a" and "b' side, but the lead track off disc one was given the "ep" name...
i like both "a" sides, but theyre nothing special,just run of the mill likeable songs, the two official "b" sides are crap!
single was a failure by their standards at the time reaching #14 out here on the charts!
"baby youre so strange" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJKqQl2Oc3Q video
"too late now" *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6XtgDvm8xM audio
"into the wild" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U49Evz9Qy4 audio
"just a word" *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7bICbmEpAQ audio
my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 07-10-2013
GEORGE MICHAEL "praying for time" b/w "if you were my woman" 1990
ive always been a huge fan of Georgie Boy but dont own as much as i'd really like to...
not his best single but still pretty good IMO...a more mature GM here who is developing a social conscience on the"a" side...
"b" side isnt too bad neither...
single just scraped into the top20 here peaking at #15...
"praying for time" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goroyZbVdlo vevo video
"if you were my woman" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zAhG2kMuDA live
my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 07-10-2013
EDDY GRANT "i dont wanna dance" b/w "i dont wannt dance(acapella)" 1982
Eddie had a short lived career on the pop charts,pretty sure 'electric avenue' would have been his biggest hit followed by this one...
sort of a crossover reggae guy...
nice sounds happening here, i like it...
i have a problem with the title of the "b" side though, it states 'acapella', which it is not!, there is percussion/drumming on the track...only difference between this one and the "A' side is that there are are no guitars on this version. i felt ripped off because i wanted acapella!
single only reached #21 here...
"i dont wanna dance" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liC2EF9g6pY video
"i dont wanna dance(acapella)" **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-1E-NHMr5c audio
my "singles" collection - CRAZY-HORSE - 07-10-2013
JEFF LYNNE "video!" b/w "sooner or later" 1984
ELO frontman's debut solo single from 1984...was also included in the 'electric dreams' movie...it didnt sell here,
in fact, its probably the most lame piece of crap i have ever heard from Lynne...
"b" side isnt much better neither, a real low point in his career IMO
single failed to chart here!
"video!" *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50hvdIvDzbs video
"sooner or later" *
no link available