October 29, 2002
By Roger Nead
I SEE THE CRYSTAL VISIONS:
And they tell me that FLEETWOOD MAC have their first charting album in more than five years. "The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac," debuts this week at #12, beating the peak of their previous greatest hits package, which reached #14 in 1989. Mac's last charting album was 1997's "The Dance," which danced its way to #1, in September of that year. Coincidentally, the DIXIE CHICKS crack the Top 40 this week, with a cover of Mac's classic "Landslide." It's the first time the STEVIE NICKS penned tuned has reached the Top portion of the Hot 100.
SPEAKING OF VISIONS, ANYONE WANNA BET ON NEXT WEEK'S #1 SINGLE?:
Two songs from upcoming movies are the front runners to replace NELLY & KELLY ROWLAND at the #1 spot next week. EMINEM'S "Lose Yourself," from his film debut "8 Mile" is gaining airplay points like fuc***' crazy this week, but he faces a fierce challenge from MADONNA'S Bond theme "Die Another Day," which is burning up the sales chart. "Die" needs to sell about 62,000 copies to reach the top, and honestly, with all the money MADONNA has, she could easily buy 62,000 copies of the single herself. Another song gaining chart points is the latest from SANTANA, "The Game Of Love" which features MICHELLE BRANCH. Carlos Santana's last two singles, "Maria Maria," which featured The Product G&B, and "Smooth" which featured MATCHBOX TWENTY'S Rob Thomas, spent a total of 22 weeks at #1. Whether SANTANA can top the Hot 100 is probably moot, since his new album "Shaman" is a good bet to top the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. And that means more money anyway!
THIS WEEK'S TOP 10 CHARTS:
U.S. Singles Chart:
1) Dilemma by NELLY Featuring KELLY ROWLAND
2) Lose Yourself by EMINEM
3) Hey Ma by CAM'RON
4) Work It by MISSY "MISDEMEANOR" ELLIOTT
5) A Moment Like This by KELLY CLARKSON
6) Gangsta Lovin' by EVE Featuring ALICIA KEYS
7) Luv U Better by LL COOL J
8) Underneath It All by NO DOUBT Featuring LADY SAW
9) Game Of Love by SANTANA Featuring MICHELLE BRANCH
10) Sk8er Boi by AVRIL LAVIGNE
Album Chart:
1) Cry by FAITH HILL
2) 10 by LL COOL J
3) Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits by ELVIS PRESLEY
4) Forty Licks by THE ROLLING STONES
5) Let Go by AVRIL LAVIGNE
6) Home by DIXIE CHICKS
7) The Eminem Show by EMINEM
8) Nellyville by NELLY
9) The G Spot by GERALD LEVERT
10) Things In The Game Done Changed by DAVE HOLLISTER
Modern Rock Tracks:
1) You Know You're Right by NIRVANA
2) She Hates Me by PUDDLE OF MUDD
3) All My Life by FOO FIGHTERS
4) Prayer by DISTURBED
5) Aerials by SYSTEM OF A DOWN
6) Bother by STONE SOUR
7) The Zephyr Song by RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
8) I Am Mine by PEARL JAM
9) Cochise by AUDIOSLAVE
10) By The Way by RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
U.K. Singles Chart:
1) Dilemma by NELLY Featuring KELLY ROWLAND
2) The Ketchup Song (Asereje) by LAS KETCHUP
3) Nu Flow by BIG BROVAZ
4) Complicated by AVRIL LAVIGNE
5) I'm Right Here by SAMANTHA MUMBA
6) There By The Grace Of God by MANIC STREET PREACHERS
7) Luv U Better - LL COOL J
8) New Direction by S CLUB JUNIORS
9) You Were Right by BADLY DRAWN BOY
10) The Long & Winding Road/Suspicious Minds by WILL YOUNG & GARETH GATES
My Own Personal Top 10 Chart:
1) I Want To Save You by SOMETHING CORPORATE
2) Ideal Waste Of Time by TREBLE CHARGER
3) Do You Realize? by FLAMING LIPS
4) You Are My Joy by REINDEER SECTION
5) You'll Never Meet God (If You Break My Heart) by CARLY HENNESSY
6) Crooked Crown by THE ANNIVERSARY
7) The Loneliest Person I Know by SPLENDER
8) You're So Damn Hot by OK GO
9) All Over Me And You by CUSTOM
10) Can't Wake Up by TREBLE CHARGER
TIME WARP:
Want to feel old? Here's a look at some charts from years past. See how many you remember!
Top 5 Songs 5 Years Ago, November 1st, 1997:
#5) "All Cried Out" by ALLURE. This was originally a #8 hit for LISA LISA & CULT JAM, in 1986.
#4) "4 Seasons Of Loneliness" by BOYZ II MEN. This song debuted in the #2 position.
#3) "How Do I Live" by LEANN RIMES. This song holds the record for most weeks on the Hot 100, with 69.
#2) "You Make Me Wanna...." by USHER. This song spent 71 weeks on the R&B charts.
#1) "Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight" by ELTON JOHN. Elton wanted a new song for Princess Diana's funeral, but Bernie Taupin re-wrote "Candle In The Wind" instead.
Top 5 Songs 15 Years Ago, October 31st, 1987:
#5) "Casanova" by LEVERT. Group leader GERALD LEVERT is the son of Eddie Levert, of THE O'JAYS.
#4) "Mony Mony Live" by BILLY IDOL. Both "Mony Mony" and "I Think We're Alone Now" were originally hits for TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS.
#3) "I Think We're Alone Now" by TIFFANY. TIFFANY was the first artist born in the 1970s to have a #1 hit.
#2) "Causing A Commotion" by MADONNA. Although the film WHO'S THAT GIRL barely made back it's $17 million price tag, the soundtrack produced a #1 hit, and a #2 hit.
#1) "Bad" by MICHAEL JACKSON. The video for this song was directed by famed movie director Martin Scorsese (TAXI DRIVER, RAGING BULL).
Top 5 Songs 25 Years Ago, October 29th, 1977:
#5) "Keep It Comin' Love" by KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND. On KC's album, this song was segued into the previous single "I'm Your Boogie Man."
#4) "Boogie Nights" by HEATWAVE. This song's writer, Rod Temperton, wrote MICHAEL JACKSONS #4 hit "Thriller."
#3) "That's Rock 'N' Roll" by SHAUN CASSIDY. This song was written by ERIC CARMEN, of "Hungry Eyes" fame.
#2) "Nobody Does It Better" by CARLY SIMON. This was the first hit Bond theme not to be titled after the movie.
#1) "You Light Up My Life" by DEBBY BOONE. Although this song was from a movie called "You Light Up My Life," this version never appeared in it.
Top 5 Songs 40 Years Ago, November 4th, 1967:
#5) "Your Precious Love" by MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL. Terrell died three years after this hit.
#4) "Expressway To Your Heart" by SOUL SURVIVORS. This hit reached #3 on the R&B Chart.
#3) "It Must Be Him" by VIKKI CARR. Vikki, is actually a Mexican/American named Florencia Martinez Cardona.
#2) "Soul Man" by SAM & DAVE. SAM & DAVE were set to co-star in the 1988 film "Tapeheads," when Dave Prater died in an auto accident. Junior Walker took over the role.
#1) "To Sir With Love" by LULU. LULU'S only #1 in the U.K. was a duet with 90's boy band TAKE THAT.
MORE USELESS POP CULTURE TRIVIA:
Anybody out there remember 1976? Here's what was happening this week, 26 years ago!
ON PRIME-TIME TV:
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Charlie's Angels
Delvecchioep
Gemini Man
Holmes & Yo-Yo
Mr. T. & Tina
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Serpico
Spencer's Pilots
Van Dyke & Company
ON SATURDAY MORNING TV:
Ark II
Clue Club
Dr. Shrinker
Electra Woman & Dyna Girl
Jabberjaw
Land Of The Lost
McGuff, The Talking Dog
Monster Squad
The Shazam!/Isis Hour
Wonderbug
AT THE MOVIES:
Assault On Precinct 13
Bugsy Malone
Burnt Offerings
The Front
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same
Marathon Man
Norman, Is That You?
Obsession
Shout At The Devil
To The Devil...A Daughter
ON THE RADIO:
Beth - Kiss
Disco Duck - Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots
(Don't Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton
Fernando - ABBA
I Never Cry - Alice Cooper
Muskrat Love - Captain & Tennille
Nights Are Forever Without You - England Dan & John Ford Coley
The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
You Are My Starship - Norman Connors
ROCK & ROLL TRIVIA QUESTIONS:
Test your rock IQ and answer my questions!
LAST WEEK'S ANSWER:
"What is the only album to spend more than a year at #1 on the Billboard chart?" Was it THE BEATLES? ELTON JOHN? MICHAEL JACKSON? No! This dubious distinction belongs to the original motion picture soundtrack to 1961's Academy Award winning best picture, WEST SIDE STORY. This album logged an impressive 54 weeks at #1.
THIS WEEK'S QUESTION:
"This classic 80's rock ballad debuted on the Hot 100 in May of 1983, and reached the #1 position 298 weeks later." What is it?
WHEN THE HELL AM I?: Help! My time machine got stuck somewhere in the past. Figure out what songs I'm hearing, and tell me what year I'm stuck in!
Answers: I was stuck in 1983, but thanks to your help, I escaped before I had to rip my jeans, and feather my hair!
"She's been with the Rolling Stones/On Their Tours, and in their homes." Whirly Girl by OXO
"And while they're busy reaching conclusions/We'll be reaching for something else." On The Loose by SAGA
"You put a hand on my cheek, and then you turn away/If you don't feel complete, if I don't take you all the way, then go." You Got Lucky by TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS
"I've seen you on the beach, and I've seen you on TV/Two of a billion stars, it means so much to me." Rio by DURAN DURAN
"I'd be your lover, if you were there/Put your hurt on me, if you dare." Photograph by DEF LEPPARD
"You can step outside your little world, you can talk to a pretty girl/She's everything you dream about, but don't fall in love." She's A Beauty by THE TUBES
"Well the night weighs heavy on his guilty mind/This far from the borderline." Twilight Zone by GOLDEN EARRING
"My sisters married, and she lives on an estate/Her daughters go out, now it's her turn to wait." Come Dancing by THE KINKS
"They're rappin' here, they're rappin' there/But she's climbing on the wall." Der Kommissar by AFTER THE FIRE
"Dirty little secrets, dirty little lies/We got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pie." Dirty Laundry by DON HENLEY
"This could be the best place yet/But you must overcome your fears." Time (Clock Of The Heart) by CULTURE CLUB
"She told my baby we'd danced till three/Then she looked at me." Billie Jean by MICHAEL JACKSON
FOR LUCKY BEST WASH, USE "MR SPARKLE":
Let's face it, no network TV show has ever used pop music to the degree that THE SIMPSONS has. See if you can name all the songs that I've described below!
| 1 |
Homer rocks out to this #1 hit from 1997, while driving a big rig in "Maximum Homerdrive."
WANNABE by THE SPICE GIRLS |
| 2 |
The macho steel workers, work hard, and play harder, to this #1 hit from 1991, in "Homer's Phobia."
GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT (EVERYBODY DANCE NOW) by C&C MUSIC FACTORY |
| 3 |
Poor Homer has to wait 5 days to get his gun, even though he's "mad now,"
to this #19 hit from 1981, in "The Cartridge Family."
THE WAITING by TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS |
| 4 |
Lisa gets to listen to this #1 hit from 1985 on the car radio, when Homer lets her drive,
in "Sideshow Bob Roberts."
ST. ELMOS FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) by JOHN PARR |
| 5 |
Waylon Smithers "relaxes" on his vacation to this #10 hit from 1985, in "Homer The Smithers."
RELAX by FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD |
| 6 |
Apu "loves" this #66 hit from 1983, when it's played at Sanjay's party, in
"22 Short Films About Springfield."
FREAK-A-ZOID by MIDNIGHT STAR |
| 7 |
Vice President Al Gore gets down to this #1 hit from 1981, when Lisa buys his book,
in "Grampa Vs. Sexual Inadequacy."
CELEBRATION by KOOL & THE GANG |
| 8 |
Moe tosses Homer's favorite #46 hit from 1983, out the window, where it hits a
delightfully surprised Mr. Smithers, in "Fear Of Flying."
IT'S RAINING MEN by THE WEATHER GIRLS |
| 9 |
Bart and his friends cruise to Knoxville, to this #13 hit from 1974, in "Bart On The Road."
RADAR LOVE by GOLDEN EARRING |
| 10 |
Homer sings along to this #1 hit from 1974, in "The Way We Was."
THE JOKER by THE STEVE MILLER BAND |
| 11 |
Mr. Smithers accidentally recorded this #6 hit from 1974, over Mr. Burns' tape
of attack music, in "Mother Simpson."
WATERLOO by ABBA |
| 12 |
This #1 hit from 1978 plays as hold music, when Homer tries to report a missing Maggie,
in "Homer Alone."
BABY COME BACK by PLAYER |
| 13 |
Homer misses the moon landing, in order to listen to this #4 hit from 1968, in
"Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie."
YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY by THE OHIO EXPRESS |
| 14 |
Homer sings lyrics to this #27 instrumental hit from 1966, while Bart & Milhouse
rock out to Spinal Tap, in "The Otto Show."
SPANISH FLEA by HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS |
| 15 |
Homer asks Marge if Lisa is at Camp Granada, when this #2 hit from 1963 plays
on his answering machine, in "Marge Be Not Proud."
HELLO MUDDUH, HELLO FADDUH! (A LETTER FROM CAMP) by ALLAN SHERMAN |
EVERYBODYS COMIN', LEAVE YOUR BODY AT THE DOOR: Long before he was scoring movies like SPIDERMAN, PLANET OF THE APES,
and MEN IN BLACK II, DANNY ELFMAN fronted Los Angeles new-wave band OINGO BOINGO. Match the Boingo song in column A, with
the movie it was featured in from column B. HINT: You never even had to hear of the group to answer one of them!
| 1 |
Ain't This The Life |
|
A |
BACK TO SCHOOL |
| 2 |
Goodbye, Goodbye |
|
B |
THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN |
| 3 |
Better Luck Next Time |
|
C |
SOMETHING WILD |
| 4 |
Something Isn't Right |
|
D |
URGH! A MUSIC WAR |
| 5 |
Wild Sex (In The Working Class) |
|
E |
GHOST BUSTERS 2 |
| 6 |
Weird Science |
|
F |
BEVERLY HILLS COP |
| 7 |
Gratitude |
|
G |
WEIRD SCIENCE |
| 8 |
Dead Man's Party |
|
H |
BACHELOR PARTY |
| 9 |
No One Lives Forever |
|
I |
SIXTEEN CANDLES |
| 10 |
Flesh & Blood |
|
J |
TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE II |
| 11 |
Not My Slave |
|
K |
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH |
REQUESTS AND DEDICATIONS:
HAPPY HALLOWEEN Everyone! Remember, if you need to buy razor blades and apples, wait until Friday!
Don't Forget, if you have a pop trivia question, send it on! I'll give it my best shot!
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