Tough one. Both are utterly terrible. Cheap ass production, really terrible drumming. I don't think either out-80s the other. They both represent some of the worst of 80s music.
It's like the Presidential this year, man. You may not really dig either choice, but you have to cast your vote. Do you want Sly Fox determining health care policy for our nation?
I absolutely love and appreciate that you are holding your nose and listening to this music (much of which you cannot stand) for us! Your sacrifice is noted, and will not soon be forgotten!
I'm so behind on my comments! I made sure to get my vote in right away (zhum zhum zinny ninny all the way), but I have SO much to say about this one, that I needed to block some time. Here goes:
1. Keith asked during the podcast how I felt/feel about Power Station (because I'm a super huge Duran Duran fan). Power Station for me is meh. I don't love 'em or hate 'em.
2. Something I do love, though, is that Keith brought up Take It Easy and the movie American Anthem! Both are favorites of mine. Take It Easy is a way more 80s song than both of these. I'd rather have listened to a full episode about that song (and am now planning to rewatch American Anthem).
3. I never really thought about supergroups being a uniquely 80s thing. I always associated supergroups more with the 90s and beyond (e.g., Temple of the Dog, Audioslave, Velvet Revolver, Chickenfoot, today's The Highwomen and boygenius). I'm going to go look at supergroups from the 80s now. Thanks for bringing that up.
At the end of the day, super interesting episode for two pretty blah songs for me. I guess that's what you get for a 7 v. 10.
1. Thanks for listening and proving you're listening by coming in here and commenting! I have mentioned Dan Knapp 4 times, yet zero comments!
2. "Take It Easy" is so majestic, there is no doubt. The movie, though, I will have to experience with you, I guess!
3. Supergroups probably only postdate regular groups by a few years? Looking into it a little, Wikipedia's first ever supergroup is listed as 1960 with the formation of The 4 Seasons!
Bands I think of as just bands are listed as supergroups (e.g. Led Zeppelin, Cream, many more.) Perhaps if there were any more supergroups in the 80s than previous decades, it was simply due to the existence of more groups from whom super-members could emerge?
Can't I just go ahead and vote for the song the winner of this match-up will face in the next round? I agree that both of these songs are very 80s, but they are also awful. If I think about which one should advance, it will get stuck in my head and I'll have to listen to something more obnoxious to get it out.
Keith - by the way, I admire that you have the guts to admit you like both of these songs, but are ashamed to admit it. I have a few of those myself... Did you nominate both of them?
Hahaha OK, you can skip to round 2 here without voting!
Thanks for your comment--I figure anyone listening would appreciate if I am just honest about the stuff I like and dislike. The idea of trying to pretend my musical likes will make me cooler has gone out the window.
I know for a fact that I solo-nominated Sly Fox. Joe may have co-nominated The Power Station? We are going to keep better track of who nominated what for Side B.
Joe, you are a true professional. Thoughtfully listening to songs you don't like, then still having the mental aptitude to analyze, review, and discuss them is the epitome of dedication. The podcast could have been dominated by your personal tastes, but this shows the lengths to which you attempt to be unbiased.
Keith, I have to admit the sound mixing mini-seminar nudged me to vote for Some Like it Hot, but I consider each song equally worthy (or maybe unworthy). We're NOT WORTHY!! (not 80s, but close enough...).
You did it! Speaking of dedication, as you did, thanks for your listener dedication for not just skipping the episode!! Maybe you like one of these songs more after listening to?
I voted for Some Like It Hot because of the supergroupishness and little else. Honestly, Asia's "Heat of the Moment" should have replaced either of these and I would like to speak to the manager about a refund.
I begrudgingly voted for "Let's Go All the Way." The music lesson DID almost get me to vote for "Some Like It Hot" (and it's certainly the one I'd much rather listen to -- I'm with you Keith, why do I feel like I SHOULDN'T like it, but I do??). But there's something so much more 80s about All the Way....maybe finding the least smooth way to talk about ̶d̶o̶i̶n̶ ̶i̶t̶ sorry, "following your dreams" (????) -- like you're a 12-year-old boy propositioning a 25-year-old Baywatch model -- reads 80's to me?
I love the level of emotional commitment that everyone is putting into this bracket. We wrack our brains for reasons to vote or not vote for a song. We agonize over whether our bias is influencing our decision. I try to make technical reasons for my vote, then the next show emotional, then the next show a gut feeling. It couldn't BE more inconsistent.
I love the rationale about the awkwardness of proposing coitus being an 80s trait!😂
I nominated Sly Fox for a reason, and though I convinced myself to vote The Power Station for extremely specific technical fetishes--I mean REASONS--the Sly Fox surge makes me smile, knowing it was at least a worthy nomination.
Gen, I'd also love to know, if you feel like sharing, how familiar you were with these songs prior to the show, knowing that you're a little younger than our average listener?
I think there’s only been a couple of songs thus far that I didn’t know beforehand — and they were in the movies bracket, so I think I’m at a disadvantage there because I didn’t really watch movies at all until high school.
All the rest I know pretty well. I’m not sure if I was a more music-forward kid though, possibly owing to my parents listening to music a lot, being in the car with the radio on quite a bit with an hour drive each way to school, having a squarely Gen-X sister who shared her musical tastes with me and my brother (though that was more The Cure and INXS than the Go-Gos). My first cassette tape purchase was Forever Your Girl and my first cassette single was Martika’s Toy Soldiers, so I could’ve only been 8 or 9 at the time for both of those? I’m always surprised when George has never heard of some song that’s so familiar to me — I just assume it’s because his family hated music growing up or something, but maybe I’m the weird one. 😂
Anyways, I have more specific memories associated with 90’s songs (again, except for my beloved Africa and a few of my parents’ favorites) but I definitely have an emotional sense of what “feels” 80s to me in a way that I don’t for anything from, say the 70s (that’s not disco) or the 2000s+.
Oh I almost forgot about them! Supertramp's biggest hit, "The Logical Song" was I *THINK* from 1978 or 79? So they probably kept going into the 80s, just I was not aware of them! I love that Sly Fox is making this a contest! Thanks for voting!
Hey guys! My international vote goes for "Some like it hot", although I never fully understood what that phrase means! I guess I chose it because I've never up to this moment had heard about "Going all the way", although in this case I know the meaning of the phrase... I'm familiar with "Go all the way" by The Rasperries, though.
Hey, Alejandro! I did NOT know this other "All the Way" song, listening now.
Regarding the meaning of "Some Like it Hot," you sent me down an Internet rabbit hole with this. From the 1950s movie of the same name:
The title is a reference to "hot" jazz, the type of music that the all-girl band (in the movie) performs. The title figures into the story about halfway through the movie when Junior asks Sugar if she plays "that fast music... jazz?" Sugar replies, "Yeah! Real hot!", to which Junior responds, "Well, I guess some like it hot." Not sure if the phrase existed before the film or not! More research is required!
Sly Fox may be in trouble in this one, and may very well fail to "Go all the way."
Tough one. Both are utterly terrible. Cheap ass production, really terrible drumming. I don't think either out-80s the other. They both represent some of the worst of 80s music.
Ouch! I hope Robert Palmer doesn't read this. He'll be devastated.
So is that our first deliberate abstention? Or did you vote for one of these?
--Keith
Well, I haven't voted yet at least.
It's like the Presidential this year, man. You may not really dig either choice, but you have to cast your vote. Do you want Sly Fox determining health care policy for our nation?
I absolutely love and appreciate that you are holding your nose and listening to this music (much of which you cannot stand) for us! Your sacrifice is noted, and will not soon be forgotten!
--Keith
Well, you're in my wheelhouse. When people need to be told their opinions on music are wrong, I'm here to answer the call.
I'm so behind on my comments! I made sure to get my vote in right away (zhum zhum zinny ninny all the way), but I have SO much to say about this one, that I needed to block some time. Here goes:
1. Keith asked during the podcast how I felt/feel about Power Station (because I'm a super huge Duran Duran fan). Power Station for me is meh. I don't love 'em or hate 'em.
2. Something I do love, though, is that Keith brought up Take It Easy and the movie American Anthem! Both are favorites of mine. Take It Easy is a way more 80s song than both of these. I'd rather have listened to a full episode about that song (and am now planning to rewatch American Anthem).
3. I never really thought about supergroups being a uniquely 80s thing. I always associated supergroups more with the 90s and beyond (e.g., Temple of the Dog, Audioslave, Velvet Revolver, Chickenfoot, today's The Highwomen and boygenius). I'm going to go look at supergroups from the 80s now. Thanks for bringing that up.
At the end of the day, super interesting episode for two pretty blah songs for me. I guess that's what you get for a 7 v. 10.
1. Thanks for listening and proving you're listening by coming in here and commenting! I have mentioned Dan Knapp 4 times, yet zero comments!
2. "Take It Easy" is so majestic, there is no doubt. The movie, though, I will have to experience with you, I guess!
3. Supergroups probably only postdate regular groups by a few years? Looking into it a little, Wikipedia's first ever supergroup is listed as 1960 with the formation of The 4 Seasons!
Bands I think of as just bands are listed as supergroups (e.g. Led Zeppelin, Cream, many more.) Perhaps if there were any more supergroups in the 80s than previous decades, it was simply due to the existence of more groups from whom super-members could emerge?
Sly Fox? BLAH? Who ARE you?
Zinny ninny zhum zhum, indeed.
Love,
--Keith
Can't I just go ahead and vote for the song the winner of this match-up will face in the next round? I agree that both of these songs are very 80s, but they are also awful. If I think about which one should advance, it will get stuck in my head and I'll have to listen to something more obnoxious to get it out.
Keith - by the way, I admire that you have the guts to admit you like both of these songs, but are ashamed to admit it. I have a few of those myself... Did you nominate both of them?
Hahaha OK, you can skip to round 2 here without voting!
Thanks for your comment--I figure anyone listening would appreciate if I am just honest about the stuff I like and dislike. The idea of trying to pretend my musical likes will make me cooler has gone out the window.
I know for a fact that I solo-nominated Sly Fox. Joe may have co-nominated The Power Station? We are going to keep better track of who nominated what for Side B.
--Keith
I finally managed to listen to the podcast.
Joe, you are a true professional. Thoughtfully listening to songs you don't like, then still having the mental aptitude to analyze, review, and discuss them is the epitome of dedication. The podcast could have been dominated by your personal tastes, but this shows the lengths to which you attempt to be unbiased.
Keith, I have to admit the sound mixing mini-seminar nudged me to vote for Some Like it Hot, but I consider each song equally worthy (or maybe unworthy). We're NOT WORTHY!! (not 80s, but close enough...).
You did it! Speaking of dedication, as you did, thanks for your listener dedication for not just skipping the episode!! Maybe you like one of these songs more after listening to?
--Keith
I voted for Some Like It Hot because of the supergroupishness and little else. Honestly, Asia's "Heat of the Moment" should have replaced either of these and I would like to speak to the manager about a refund.
😂 😂 Please return all downloaded podcasts to the80sest@gmail.com, and your refund will be processed forthwith!
I begrudgingly voted for "Let's Go All the Way." The music lesson DID almost get me to vote for "Some Like It Hot" (and it's certainly the one I'd much rather listen to -- I'm with you Keith, why do I feel like I SHOULDN'T like it, but I do??). But there's something so much more 80s about All the Way....maybe finding the least smooth way to talk about ̶d̶o̶i̶n̶ ̶i̶t̶ sorry, "following your dreams" (????) -- like you're a 12-year-old boy propositioning a 25-year-old Baywatch model -- reads 80's to me?
I love the level of emotional commitment that everyone is putting into this bracket. We wrack our brains for reasons to vote or not vote for a song. We agonize over whether our bias is influencing our decision. I try to make technical reasons for my vote, then the next show emotional, then the next show a gut feeling. It couldn't BE more inconsistent.
I love the rationale about the awkwardness of proposing coitus being an 80s trait!😂
I nominated Sly Fox for a reason, and though I convinced myself to vote The Power Station for extremely specific technical fetishes--I mean REASONS--the Sly Fox surge makes me smile, knowing it was at least a worthy nomination.
Gen, I'd also love to know, if you feel like sharing, how familiar you were with these songs prior to the show, knowing that you're a little younger than our average listener?
Appreciate your thoughtful listening!
--Keith
I think there’s only been a couple of songs thus far that I didn’t know beforehand — and they were in the movies bracket, so I think I’m at a disadvantage there because I didn’t really watch movies at all until high school.
All the rest I know pretty well. I’m not sure if I was a more music-forward kid though, possibly owing to my parents listening to music a lot, being in the car with the radio on quite a bit with an hour drive each way to school, having a squarely Gen-X sister who shared her musical tastes with me and my brother (though that was more The Cure and INXS than the Go-Gos). My first cassette tape purchase was Forever Your Girl and my first cassette single was Martika’s Toy Soldiers, so I could’ve only been 8 or 9 at the time for both of those? I’m always surprised when George has never heard of some song that’s so familiar to me — I just assume it’s because his family hated music growing up or something, but maybe I’m the weird one. 😂
Anyways, I have more specific memories associated with 90’s songs (again, except for my beloved Africa and a few of my parents’ favorites) but I definitely have an emotional sense of what “feels” 80s to me in a way that I don’t for anything from, say the 70s (that’s not disco) or the 2000s+.
I thought "Super-who" was going to be followed up by "Supertramp"! But my vote is for "Let's go all the way" because it's got a jazzier tune!
Oh I almost forgot about them! Supertramp's biggest hit, "The Logical Song" was I *THINK* from 1978 or 79? So they probably kept going into the 80s, just I was not aware of them! I love that Sly Fox is making this a contest! Thanks for voting!
--Keith
Doctor The Power Station had me cracked up! Also got my vote
Hey guys! My international vote goes for "Some like it hot", although I never fully understood what that phrase means! I guess I chose it because I've never up to this moment had heard about "Going all the way", although in this case I know the meaning of the phrase... I'm familiar with "Go all the way" by The Rasperries, though.
Hey, Alejandro! I did NOT know this other "All the Way" song, listening now.
Regarding the meaning of "Some Like it Hot," you sent me down an Internet rabbit hole with this. From the 1950s movie of the same name:
The title is a reference to "hot" jazz, the type of music that the all-girl band (in the movie) performs. The title figures into the story about halfway through the movie when Junior asks Sugar if she plays "that fast music... jazz?" Sugar replies, "Yeah! Real hot!", to which Junior responds, "Well, I guess some like it hot." Not sure if the phrase existed before the film or not! More research is required!
Sly Fox may be in trouble in this one, and may very well fail to "Go all the way."
--Keith
Hey Keith! Thanks for the background on the song's title. I guess The Raspberries
wouldn´t have gone all the way either!
So you had no ill will toward The Power Station, feeling as though it helped break up Duran Duran? As a big fan of DD, who was your favorite? Simon?
Tie between John Taylor and Nick Rhodes 💕
That was a test, and you PASSED!🤣
Notoriously yours,
--Keith