Billboard Chart Sweeps - 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983

1980

It Takes It's Name from a Church Hymn & Reached #16 on the Pop Singles Chart in 1983~

Happy Sunday Folks!!  We're back on track in the world of Ocho-rific! 

I had to take a bit of a hiatus to work out some kinks on a few projects while I was off from the "day job" for a few days in a row.  That also gave me a great opportunity to work on things with the Ocho-rific Song o the Day and I can tell you that we have some very groovy and mind boggling things coming up!!

Inspired by UNICEF and Written in 10 Minutes!

 Happy Sunday Cats and Kittens!! 

I'm sorry y'all had to wait until 10:30 am on this ... it was actually done last night and I tried to jot my opener before I went to bed; but sadly ... had nothing really to say because my brain was fried from working on websites and pics and such all day.  Lots of good news on that front later though .. :)

10/31/2010 - Thriller - Michael Jackson

 Happy Halloween Ghosties and Goblins!!

I seldom take special requests ... primarily because no one ever sends me one.  HOWEVAH, as I sat on my bed Friday night, absolutely immersed in Halloween ... my phone buzzed ...

"Sundays ochorifric song of the day HAS to be Thriller. PPPllleeeaaassseeee!"

8/31/2010 - Tues. - the Middle of the Road - the Pretenders

today's

Ocho-rific Song o the Day...

Middle of the Road

the Pretenders

1983
(I have a descrepancy over here ... 1983, 1984 - I'm not sure...I'll "fact check" it later.)

::from SongMeanings.net::

Lyrics - version 1

THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD IS TRYING TO FIND ME

I'M STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF LIFE WITH MY PLANS BEHIND ME

WELL I GOT A SMILE FOR EVERYONE I MEET

AS LONG AS YOU DON'T TRY DRAGGING MY BAY

OR DROPPING THE BOMB ON MY STREET

NOW COME ON BABY

GET IN THE ROAD

OH COME ON NOW

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, YEAH

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD YOU SEE THE DARNDEST THINGS

LIKE FAT GUYS DRIVING 'ROUND IN JEEPS THROUGH THE CITY

WEARING BIG DIAMOND RINGS AND SILK SUITS

PAST CORRUGATED TIN SHACKS FULL UP WITH KIDS

OH MAN I DON'T MEAN A HAMPSTEAD NURSERY

WHEN YOU OWN A BIG CHUNK OF THE BLOODY THIRD WORLD

THE BABIES JUST COME WITH THE SCENERY

OH COME ON BABY

GET IN THE ROAD

OH COME ON NOW

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, YEAH

ONE...TWO...THREE...FOUR...

THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD IS NO PRIVATE CUL-DE-SAC

I CAN'T GET FROM THE CAB TO THE CURB

WITHOUT SOME LITTLE JERK ON MY BACK

DON'T HARASS ME, CAN'T YOU TELL

I'M GOING HOME, I'M TIRED AS HELL

I'M NOT THE CAT I USED TO BE

I GOT A KID, I'M THIRTY-THREE

BABY, GET IN THE ROAD

COME ON NOW

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD

YEAH

See Lyrics - version 2!


::from ArtistFacts.com::
Hynde was a Freshman at Kent State University in 1970,
and was protesting when the National Guard killed 4 students. She left and never went back to college.

((editor's note:  It's a good thing the NG was there to guard everyone from the
CARDBOARD SIGNS that were being used to protest ... 
that could've been a real disaster ............))

Any of you young whippersnappers who doodle on your notebook in history and aren't familiar with "Kent State" can click HERE to read the WIKI on it.I've pasted some of the shocking details below:

**the guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.**

**There was a significant national response to the shootings: hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed throughout the United States due to a student strike of four million students, and the event further affected the public opinion – at an already socially contentious time – over the role of the United States in the Vietnam War.**

**The shootings killed four students and wounded nine. Two of the four students killed, Allison Krause and Jeffrey Miller, had participated in the protest, and the other two, Sandra Scheuer and William Knox Schroeder, had been walking from one class to the next at the time of their deaths. Schroeder was also a member of the campus ROTC chapter. Of those wounded, none was closer than 71 feet to the guardsmen. Of those killed, the nearest (Miller) was 265 feet away, and their average distance from the guardsmen was 345 feet.**


::from SongFacts.com::
In the lyrics, Hynde mentions she's "Got a kid." She was raising her daughter, Natalie,
as a single mother after leaving the father, Ray Davies from the Kinks.

::WIKI "FACTS"::
Appears on The Pretenders' album Learning to Crawl.

It peaked at #19 on the US pop singles chart and
#2 on the US mainstream rock chart in January 1984, where it stayed for four weeks.

The band has experienced drug-related deaths of the members, and numerous subsequent personnel changes have taken place over the years, with Hynde as the sole continual member.



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Tuesday - 8/24/2010 An Ocho-rific Cover Tune - that'll show YOU, David Bowie...

Modern Love

David Bowie

1983

David Bowie and his people don't want me to embed his video,
so you can click here to open it in a new window on youtube. =)

And by the way, David Bowie ... should you or your people happen to wonder back over here to my Ocho-rific little world (after you notice the spike in views on your 27ish year old song!!) .. please note that it's a total pain in the arse to not be able to embed a video.  Good Grief!! Natalie Merchant is the worst!! She just wears me out with her anti-online-socialness.  For the love of Peter, Paul and Mary ... it's MARKETING, you dingle-dwarfs!!
It's for the benefit of you!!