YEAR RELEASED: 1988 NOTABLE TRACKS “Can You Stand The Rain”, “If It Isn’t Love”, “You’re Not My Kind of Girl”, “Crucial”, “Boys To Men”. ALBUM MVP: “Can You Stand The Rain” WHY I LOVED IT: I first fell in love with New Edition music in 1983 with their debut album “Candy Girl” LP even more … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1987 NOTABLE TRACKS “Pour Some Sugar On Me”, “Love Bites”, “Hysteria”, “Rocket” , “Animal” ALBUM MVP: “Pour Some Sugar On Me” WHY I LOVED IT: Purely for the sake of discussion let’s say you couldn’t stand this album. Sadly for you it wouldn’t have mattered, because “Hysteria” was utterly inescapable. Radio, music videos, … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1984 NOTABLE TRACKS “We’re Not Gonna Take It”, “I Wanna Rock”, “The Price” ALBUM MVP: “I Wanna Rock” WHY I LOVED IT: I was a 13-year old when “Stay Hungry” came out and my expertise in hard rock music was—-not extensive. My father force-fed me 50s music when I was very young and … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1987 NOTABLE TRACKS “I Need Love”, “I’m Bad”, “Go Cut Creator Go”, “The Do Wop”, “The Bristol Hotel” ALBUM MVP: “I’m Bad” WHY I LOVED IT: LL Cool J in general and this album specifically was very important to me in my life and my journey of loving all types of music as … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1981 NOTABLE TRACKS “We Got The Beat”, “Our Lips Are Sealed”, “How Much More” ALBUM MVP: “We Got The Beat” WHY I LOVED IT: I remember this album dropping when I was 10 years old and to my knowledge, the first album I can remember by an all-female band. I’m sure if I … Read More
YEAR RELEASED: 1989 NOTABLE TRACKS “Soul Provider”, “How Can We Be Lovers”, “How Am I Supposed To Live Without You”, “When I’m Back On My Feet Again” ALBUM MVP: “How Can We Be Lovers” WHY I LOVED IT: As a teenager enjoying this album was one of my more guilty pleasures. As a middle aged … Read More
(Editor’s Note: This is the 100th and final post in my countdown, thus concluding a 100-day journey that honestly has been the most fun series I’ve written about. In a way I’m sad. I’m sure I’ll do future countdowns on MoranAlytics, but for me nothing will be more fun than reliving 80’s music) When I … Read More
“There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do.”Also, there’s also nothing that 98 other songs on this countdown could ever do to prevent Toto’s Africa from being my second-favorite song of the 1980s. Africa is the most delightfully catchy and polished tune of the decade I can think of, and trust me … Read More
What takes a good or even great song and transcends it into an all-time favorite usually entails encompassing a personal connection—a vivid memory forever linked in your mind. I was born in 1971 and grew up in a home where my Motown/Oldies-loving father pretty much detested any music from the 80s. That wasn’t limited to … Read More
As a youth Lionel Richie was tremendously timid. A blurb from Songfacts.com explains a young Richie. “When he was young, Richie watched beautiful women walk past but was too shy to talk to them. He thought to himself, “Hello, is it me you’re looking for.” Man, I don’t know about all that. Richie may have … Read More
