JOHN PEEL's Festive 50 - 1984

JOHN PEEL está para os ingleses, como o António Sérgio está para nós portugueses. Ambos eram uns divulgadores de nova e boa musica. Ambos ensinaram e influenciaram gerações de ouvintes. Ambos estão agora longe deste mundo, onde não ficou ninguém à altura de poder sucede-los.

JOHN PEEL conduziu, durante anos a fio, o seu programa na BBC-1 Radio e em 1984 escolhia os seus 50 temas do ano. Estas foram as escolhas do "mestre Peel" ou se preferirem, do "António Sérgio inglês".

1. Smiths - How Soon Is Now

2. Cocteau Twins - Pearly Dewdrops Drop

3. The Men They Couldn't Hang - Green Fields of France

4. Cocteau Twins - Spangle Maker

5. The Mighty Wah - Come Back

6. Membranes - Spike Milligans Tape Recorder

7. New Order - Thieves Like Us

8. Sisters of Mercy - Walk Away

9. The Fall - Lay of the Land

10. Redskins - Keep On Keepin' On

11. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - St Huck

12. New Order - Lonesome Tonight

13. Billy Bragg - Between The Wars

14. Smiths - Nowhere Fast

15. Sisters of Mercy - Emma

16. Cocteau Twins - Ivo

17. Smiths - What Difference Does It Make

18. The Fall - Creep

19. Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

20. New Order - Murder

21. This Mortal Coil - Kangaroo

22. Cocteau Twins - Donimo

23. Smiths - William It Was Really Nothing

24. Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

25. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes

26. Unknown Cases - Masimbabele

27. Very Things - The Bushes Scream While My Daddy Prunes

28. Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

29. Billy Bragg - The Saturday Boy

30. The Cult - Spiritwalker

31. Propoganda - Dr Mabuse

32. Yeah Yeah No - Biased Binding

33. This Mortal Coil - Another Day

34. Berntholer - My Suiter

35. Robert Wyatt - Biko

36. Smiths - Reel Around The Fountain

37. Jesus and Mary Chain - Upside Down

38. Cocteau Twins - Pandora

39. Flesh For Lulu - Subteraneans

40. Cocteau Twins - Beatrix

41. Special AKA - Nelson Mandela

42. Frank Chickens - Blue Canary

43. New Model Army - Vengence

44. The Fall - No Bulbs

45. Pogues - Dark Streets of London

46. Hard Corps - Dirty

47. Echo and the Bunnymen - Thorn of Crowns

48. Bronski Beat - Small Town Boy

49. Cocteau Twins - Pepper Tree

50. Working Week - Venceramos

ROLLING STONE - 1984 Selections

Continuando a dissecar as escolhas da imprensa mundial, sobre quais foram os Melhores Discos de 1984, cabe hoje a vez à americana ROLLING STONE.

A lista apresentada compreende dois tipos de escolhas. As escolhas da redacção e as escolhas dos leitores. Tanto numa como na outra, apresenta os 5 melhores LPs e 5 melhores Singles de 84.

ROLLING STONE - CRITICS SELECTION 1984

:::Best Albums:

- Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen

- Purple Rain - Prince

- Private Dancer - Tina Turner

- How Will The Wolf Survive? - Los Lobos

- Learning To Crawl - The Pretenders

:::Best Singles:

- What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner

- Jump - Van Halen

- When Doves Cry - Prince

- Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen

- Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2

ROLLING STONE - READERS SELECTION 1984

:::Best Albums:

- Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen

- Purple Rain - Prince

- 1984 - Van Halen

- Sports - Huey Lewis And The News

- Eliminator - ZZ Top

:::Best Singles:

- Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen

- When Doves Cry - Prince

- Jump - Van Halen

- Let's Go Crazy - Prince

- Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen

NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS - Best of 1984

Dou hoje conta das escolhas da redacção do NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS, no ano de 1984. Estes foram os 50 álbuns e 50 singles, escolhidos pela equipa, que na altura, produzia este semanário musical inglês.

1984 NME Albums

1. Poet 2 - Bobby Womack

2. Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen

3. In The Studio - The Special Aka

4. Love Wars - Womack And Womack

5. Climate Of The Hunter - Scott Walker

6. Brewing Up With.. - Billy Bragg

7. The Reckoning - REM

8. Purple Rain - Prince&The Revolution

9. The Smiths - The Smiths

10. The Magazine - Rickie Lee Jones

11. Spring Hill Fair - The Go Betweens

12. Goodbye Cruel World - Elvis Costello

13. Keep Moving - Madness

14. Wonderful & Frightening World Of.. - The Fall

15. Cafe Bleu - The Style Council

16. Making History - Linton Kwesi Johnson

17. Immigres - Youssou Ndour

18. Cover - Tom Verlane

19. Jonathan Sings - Jonathan Richman

20. Eden - Everything But The Girl

21. Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

22. A Bunch Of Foulness In The Pit - Holger Hiller

23. Hatful Of Hollow - The Smiths

24. Texas Fever - Orange Juice

25. Swoon - Prefab Sprout

26. Change Of Heart - Change

27. Red Roses For Me - The Pogues

28. A Walk Across The Rooftops - The Blue Nile

29. From Her To Eternity - Nick Cave

30. Hole - Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel

31. Neville-Ization - Neville Brothers

32. Ocean Rain - Echo And The Bunnymen

33. Mister Heartbreak - Laurie Anderson

34. Atom Drum Bop - The Three Johns

35. The Unforgettable Fire - U2

36. Der Orten Is Rot - Holger Czukay

37. Treasure - Cocteau Twins

38. Age Of Consent - Bronski Beat

39. Knife - Aztec Camera

40. Diamond Life - Sade

41. Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian

42. She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper

43. A Pagan Place - The Waterboys

44. No Frills - The Persuasions

45. Essar - Smoky Robinson

46. Showdown Vol 2 - Frankie Paul & Sugar Minot

47. Historic Concerts - Cecil Taylor/Max Roach

48. Let The Music Play - Shannon

49. Mirror Moves - Psychedelic Furs

50. Sisters - The Bluebells

NME - Singles 1984

1. Love Wars - Womack And Womack

2. I Wanna Be Loved - Elvis Costello

3. Free Nelson Mandella - Special Aka

4. Don't Look Any Further - Dennis Edwards

5. Slippery People - Staple Singers

6. Yah Mo Be There - James Ingram

7. What Difference Does It Make - The Smiths

8. Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen

9. When Doves Cry - Prince

10. Jump - Van Halen

11. I Feel For You - Chaka Khan

12. No Sell Out/Malcolm X - Malcolm X

13. Hey Dj - World's Famous Supreme Team

14. War Is In The Dance - Frankie Paul

15. And I Don't Love You - Smoky Robinson

16. Love Has Finally Come At Last - Bobby Womack/Patti Labelle

17. Bachelor Kisses - The Go Betweens

18. Keep On Keeping On - The Redskins

19. Somebody Else's Guy - Jocelyn Brown

20. We Need Money - Chuck Brown

21. You're The Best Thing - Style Council

22. Venceremos (We Will Win) - Working Week

23. Taxi - J Blackfoot

24. Madam Butterfly - Malcolm Mclaren

25. Track Three - Scott Walker

26. What Presence? - Orange Juice

27. Tinsel Town In The Rain - The Blue Nile

28. Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

29. Calamity Crush - Foetus Art Terrorism

30. Small-Town Boy - Bronski Beat

31. What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend - The Special Aka

32. In The Ghetto - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

33. Dark Streets Of London - The Pogues

34. Sensoria - Cabaret Voltaire

35. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper

36. Don't Go Lose It Baby - Hugh Masekela

37. Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

38. Peace In Our Time - The Imposter

39. It's A Man's Man's Man's World - The Residents

40. Pride (In The Name Of Love) - U2

41. Ain't Nobody - Rufus & Chuka Khan

42. I Bloodbrother Be - Shock Headed Peters

43. Do The Square Thing - The Three Johns

44. The Big Music - The Waterboys

45. The Killing Moon - Echo And The Bunnymen

46. Michael Caine - Madness

47. Abele Dance - Manu Dibango

48. Honey At The Core - Friends Again

49. Each And Every One - Everything But The Girl

50. Out Of The Flesh - Chakk

N.M.E. Readers Poll 1984

Depois da escolha dos membros da equipa do NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS, é agora a vez das escolhas dos leitores do NME, em relação ao que de melhor se fez em 1984.

• Best Group: The Smiths

• Male Snger: Bono

• Female Singer: Elizabeth Fraser

• Instrumentalist: Johnny Marr

• Best Single: Relax (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)

• Best LP: Treasure (The Cocteau Twins)

• Best Songwriter: Morrissey & Marr

• Best New Act: Bronski Beat

• Reggae Act: Smiley Culture

• Soul Act: Womack & Womack

• TV Show: The Tube

• Radio Show: John Peel

• Best Dressed Sleeve: Welcome To The Pleasure Dome (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)

• Promo Video: Two Tribes (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)

• Film: 1984

• Best Dressed Person: Paul Weller

• Creep of the Year: Margaret Thatcher

• Most Wonderful Human Being: Arhtur Scargill

MELODY MAKER - Records of The Year 1984

Ontem destaquei aqui a lista dos melhores de 1984, segundo a revista FACE. Hoje dou lugar aos Melhores do Ano'84, mas do também já desaparecido MELODY MAKER.
Há 25 anos atrás, estes foram os 10 LP´s e Singles do ano para o MELODY MAKER.

"Best Albuns of The Year '84"

1 - Ocean Rain - Echo & the Bunneymen

2 - The Smiths - The Smiths

3 - In the Studio - The Special AKA

4 - Cypress - Let's Active

5 - Hallowed Ground - Violent Femmes

6 - Steeltown - Big Country

7 - The Age of Consent - Bronski Beat

8 - The Unforgettable Fire - U2

9 - Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen

10-Diamond Life - Sade

"Best Singles of The Year '84"

1 - Two Tribes - Frankie Goes to Hollywood

2 - Love Wars - Womack & Womack

3 - The Killing Moon - Echo & the Bunnymen

4 - Pride (In the Name of Love) - U2

5 - Nelson Mandela - The Special AKA

6 - Gimme All Your Loving - ZZ Top

7 - What Presence ?! - Orange Juice

8 - Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat

9 - Just Be Good to Me - SOS Band

10-The Lebanon - Human League

FACE - Best of 1984

A FACE MAGAZINE, bíblia da cultura pop nos anos 80, entretanto desaparecida em 2004, publicava em 1984 uma lista com os 60 melhores singles, 20 melhores LPs e 10 melhores temas de dança. Isto, claro está, na opinião da equipa da desaparecida publicação.

Aqui ficam as escolhas:

"BEST SINGLES OF '84"

1 - Free Nelson Mandela - Special AKA

2 - When Doves Cry - Prince & The Revolution

3 - I Feel For You - CHaka Khan

4 - No Sell Out - Malcom X

5 - Cockney Translation - Smiley Culture

6 - Ain't Nobody - Chaka Khan

7 - Venceremos - Working Week

8 - Breakin' Down (Sugar Samba) - Julie & Company

9 - Wood Beez - Scritti Politti

10 - What Difference Does It Make - The Smiths

11 - Somebody Elses's Guy - Jocelyn Brown

12 - Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat

13 - Don't Look Any Further - Dennis Edwards

14 - Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

15 - Dr. Mabuse - Propaganda

16 - Automatic - Pointer Sisters

17 - What Presence - Orange Juice

18 - We Need Money - Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers

19 - Wanna Be Loved - Elvis Costello

20 - Caught You In a Lie - Louisa Marks

21 - Change Your Heart - Change

22 - You're The Best Thing - Style Council

23 - Glamours Life -Sheila E.

24 - Stay With Me Tonight - Jeffrey Osbourne

25 - Renegades of Funk - Afrika Bambaataa

26 - Toda Menina Bahaiana - Gilberto Gil

27 - Love Ressurection - Alison Moyet

28 - Love Wars - Womack & Womack

29 - Rockbox - Run D.M.C.

30 - Medecine Song - Stepahanie Mills

31 - Don't Go Loose It Baby - Hugh Masakela

32 - The Girl From Ipanema - Astrud Gilberto

33 - Why? - Bronski Beat

34 - Small Town Credd - Kane Gang

35 - Ave Maria - West India Company

36 - Room 123 (She's Strange) - Cameo

37 - Long Enough - Last Poets

38 - It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls

39 - Lip Service - Beatmaster

40 - (Return of the Valley) Out Come The Freaks - Was Not Was

41 - Hello - Lionel Richie

42 - Diorella Du Fontaine - Lightnin' Rod

43 - Re-Ron - Gil Scott-Heron

44 - Give Me Tonight - Shannon

45 - You Think You're a Man - Divine

46 - Hand In Glove - The Smiths

47 - Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner

48 - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable- The Smiths

49 - Perfect Skin - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

50 - Let It Blow - Dazz Band

51 - Smooth Operator - Sade

52 - Your Love Is King - Sade

53 - Menergy - Sylvester

54 - The Reflex - Duran Duran

55 - Master and Servant - Depeche Mode

56 - The Day Before You Came - Blancmange

57 - Me God, Me King - Papa Levi

58 - Slippery People - Staple Singers

59 - Strike - Enemy Within

60 - Praxis - Bill Laswell

"Best LP's of '84"

1 - Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution

2 - Diamond Life - Sade

3 - Love Wars - Womack & Womack

4 - In The Studio - Special AKA

5 - Hallowed Ground - Violent Femmes

6 - Eden - Everything But The Girl

7 - Swordfishtrombone - Tom Waits

8 - The Smiths - The Smiths

9 - Cafe Blue - Style Council

10 - Last Poets - Last Poests

11 - Soca Train - V/A

12 - Hole - Scraping Foetus Off The Wall

13 - Age of Consent - Bronski Beat

14 - Decoy - Miles Davis

15 - Shango Funk Theology - Shango

16 - Raindance - David Lasley

17 - Monkey time - Major Lance

18 - Wild Bunch - The Wild Bunch

19 - Like A Virgin - Madonna

20 - Sleep It Off - Cristina

"Best Dancefloor Tracks '84"

1 - Where's The Beef - The Chiefs

2 - Nelson Mandela - Special AKA

3 - No Sell Out - Malcom X

4 - Lesson Two (James Brown Mix) - Double Dee & Steinski

5 - We Need Some Money - Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers

6 - I Feel For You - Chaka Khan

7 - Dr. Beat - Miami Sound Machine

8 - Somebody Else's Guy - Jocelyn Brown

9 - Strike - The Enemy Within

10 - What People Do For Money - Divine Sounds

SOM DA FRENTE - Prémios 84

Há 25 anos atrás, António Sérgio , apresentava as escolhas do SOM DA FRENTE de 1984. Um ano excelente em termos de musica. Tenho a ideia de que 1984, foi um dos melhores anos, senão mesmo o melhor, em termos de produção discográfica. São inúmeros os clássicos datados desse ano.

Antes das escolhas do SOM DA FRENTE, uma pequena explicação que o responsável pelo programa e pelas escolhas, António Sérgio, deixou aos ouvintes e leitores do Jornal Blitz.

O DISCO MAIS DIVERTIDO:
- ALEXEI SAYLE - “Ullo John, Gotta New Motor?”
MELHOR COMPILAÇÃO:
- THE SMITHS – “Hatful of Hollow”
DESILUSÃO:
- DAVID BOWIE
REVELAÇÃO:
- BRONSKI BEAT
REVELAÇÃO ALTERNATIVA:
- BILLY BRAGG
SURPRESA 84:
- FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
ESPERANÇA 85:
- VERY THINGS
MELHOR CAPA:
- FGTH – “Welcome To The Pleasure Dome”
MELHOR COMPOSITOR:
- ELVIS COSTELLO
MELHOR POEMA:
- VIOLENT FEMMES – “Country Death Song” (Gordon Gano)
MELHOR VERSÃO:
- THIS MORTAL COIL – “Song To The Siren”
LP AO VIVO:
- THE CURE – “Concert”

VOZES MASCULINAS:
- BONO (U2)
- JIMMY SUMMERVILE (Bronski Beat)
- LLOYD COLE (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions)
- STEVE WYNN (Dream Syndicate)
- JULIAN COPE
- GREEN

MELHOR PRODUTOR:
- ROBIN MILLAR
- TREVOR C. HORN

MELHORES CONCERTOS (cá):
- ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN
- KILLING JOKE

VOZES FEMININAS: (lista divulgada no “Loiras, Ruivas ou Morenas")
- CARMEL
- SADE
- MATHILDE SANTING
- ANNIE LENNOX
- ALISON MOYET
- TRACEY THORN
- RHODA DAKKAR
- ELIZABETH FRAZER (Cocteau Twins)
- LAURIE ANDERSON
- MANUELA RICKERS (X-Mal Deutschland)
- CLAUDIA BRUCKEN (Propaganda)
- SUZANNE FREYTAG (Propaganda)
- LESLIE DOWDALL (In Tua Nua)
- BARBARA LYALL (Romeo Void)
- LISA GERRARD (Dead Can Dance)

REGRESSOS FEMININOS: (lista divulgada no “Loiras, Ruivas ou Morenas")
- TINA TURNER
- SANDIE SHAW
- RICKIE LEE JONES

10 MAXI-SINGLES:
- U2 – “Pride”
- ALIEN SEX FIEND – “Dead and Buried”
- IN TUA NUA – “Take My Hand”
- COCTEAU TWINS – “Pearly Drewdrops”
- KILLING JOKE – “Eighties”
- ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN – “Killing Moon”
- SISTERS OF MERCY – “Temple of Love”
- WORKING WEEK – “Venceremos”
- SCRITTI POLITTI – “Hypnotize”
- F.G.T.H. – “Two Tribes”

13 LP’s:
- WATERBOYS – “A Pagan Place”
- ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN – “Ocean Rain”
- U2 – “Unforgettable Fire”
- ELVIS COSTELLO – “Goodbye Cruel World”
- PSYCADELIC FURS – “Mirror Moves”
- LAURIE ANDERSON – “Mr. Heartbreak”
- THE FALL – “Wonderfull and Frightening World of…”
- MIGHTY WAH! – “A Word To The Wise Guy”
- DREAM SYNDICATE – “Medicine Show”
- COCTEAU TWINS – “Treasure”
- FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD – “Welcome To The Pleasure Dome”
- SPECIAL A.K.A. – “In The Studio”
- R.E.M. – “Reckoning”

NACIONAIS
SINGLE:
- XUTOS & PONTAPÉS – “Remar, Remar”

LP’s:
- 7ª LEGIÃO – “A Um Deus Desconhecido”
- TELECTU – “Off Off”
- GNR – “Defeitos Especiais”

REVELAÇÕES:
- MLER IFE DADA
- RADIO MACAU
- CULTO DA IRA

AO VIVO:
- GNR
- OCASO ÉPICO

GRANDE PERDA:
- CASINO TWIST

CAPA:
- TELECTU – “Off Off”

PRODUTOR:
- RICARDO CAMACHO

COMBATIVIDADE
- UHF

Lista publicada no BLITZ Nº12, de 21 de Janeiro de 1985

ANTÓNIO SERGIO "a voz da diferença"

António Sergio, mítico nome da rádio portuguesa, deixou-nos hoje, dia 1 de Novembro de 2009, vitima de ataque cardíaco.

A quando da sua saída da Rádio Comercial, tinha deixado aqui este post, que hoje recupero e actualizo.

Para sempre ficarão na memória de todos os programas, Rotação, Rolls Rock, A Hora do Lobo, Lança-Chamas, mas muito especialmente o SOM DA FRENTE.

Em jeito de homenagem a este grande senhor, fica hoje aqui a primeira parte da sua LISTA REBELDE, apresentada em 17/10/1984, no seu histórico programa diário, nas tardes da Rádio Comercial.

LISTA REBELDE - 1º BLOCO (17/10/84)

1 – GUN CLUB – Sex Beat

2 – SCRITTI POLLITTI – Sweetest Girl

3 – U2 – Pride (In The Name of Love)

4 – BRONSKI BEAT – Smalltown Boy

5 – WAH! – 7000 Names of Wah!

6 – JOY DIVISION – Atmosphere

7 – THE THE – Perfect

8 – TONE ON TAILS – Performance

9 – BAUHAUS – Kick In The Eye

10 – CURE – Faith (Live)

11 – ASSOCIATES – Party Fears Two

12 – THIS MORTAL COIL –Song To The Siren

13 – COMATEENS – Late Night City

14 – WATERBOYS – A Pagan Place

15 – VIRGINIA ASTLEY – Love’s a Lonely Place To Be

16 – MOTORHEAD – Please Don’t Touch

17 – PSYCHADELIC FURS – Love My Way

18 – ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – Back To Love

19 – TALKING HEADS – Great Curve

20 – U2 – Glória

SOM DA FRENTE - Lista Rebelde (500 temas do Caldeirão 84/85)

A lista completa dos 500 temas do "Caldeirão - Som da Frente 1984/85" está agora disponível no nosso site.
http://viva80.net/post.aspx?tab=1&id=57

SWISS CHARTS - Top Singles [14 Outubro 1984]

#	LW			Artist Title
1	1			George Michael Careless Whisper
2	2			Stevie Wonder I Just Called To Say I Love You
3	4			Limahl The Never Ending Story
4	5			Giorgio Moroder feat. Paul Engemann Reach Out
5	3			Ray Parker Jr. Ghostbusters
6	10			Tony Esposito Kalimba de luna
7	11			Sandy Marton People From Ibiza
8	7			Al Corley Square Rooms
9	6			Talk Talk Such A Shame
10	15			Cyndi Lauper She Bop
11	17			Scotch Disco Band
12	8			Depeche Mode Master And Servant
13	9			Fancy Slice Me Nice
14				Bronski Beat Why?
15	14			Tina Turner What's Love Got To Do With It
16	20			Fancy Chinese Eyes
17	13			Evelyn Thomas High Energy
18	12			Bronski Beat Smalltown Boy
19	19			Gary Low La colegiala
20	23			David Bowie Blue Jean
21	18			The Art Company Susanna
22	16			Divine You Think You're A Man
23	24			Laura Branigan The Lucky One (Like A Wild Bird Of Pray)
24	RE			Boney M. Kalimba de luna
25	28			Talk Talk Dum Dum Girl
26	26			Carrara Shine On Dance
27				Freddie Mercury Love Kills
28	25			Prince When Doves Cry
29	27			Elton John Passengers
30	22			Pointer Sisters Jump (For My Love)