Hello Stackers!
It's Thursday so that means it's Throwback Thursday Time!
Throwback Thursday is changing, (or rather, I'm trialing something out).
I'm going to give you a bunch of clues and I want you to guess the year and comment a song from that year. Highest ranked correct answer (by zaprank) gets the bounty. Entries close prior to "Feel Good Friday" Post.
🚨A guess without a correct song doesn't win, both your guess and the song must be from the correct year.🚨
Here we go!
- Pete Rose becomes baseball's all-time hits leader.
- Microsoft released the Windows operating system, a sequel to its popular MS-DOS.
- U.S. Route 66 was officially decommissioned on June 27.
- Live Aid.
- On May 16, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey announced the discovery of the ozone hole.
- A team of oceanographers led by Robert Ballard discovered the wreckage of the RMS Titanic at a depth of about 13,000 feet.
And this song was released March 22nd.
Tears for fears - everybody wants to rule the world.
https://youtu.be/aGCdLKXNF3w?si=24aVoKcsGTKaR8f_
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Don't forget to vote for your favourite song that's been guessed. The winner is a combination of correct guess AND most voted for (by zaprank). Some awesome tracks here today.
no comment needed 🤠 1985
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
view on www.youtube.comAs filtered by top (zaprank) the most voted correct answer. Bounty now paid, congratulations @0xbitcoiner
Thank you so much! This song was a guaranteed win 🤠
Thanks for playing. I always enjoy listening to the submissions. And the "guess the year" thing, is just kinda fun.
And this song is in my opinion the greatest and most epic intro of all time.
Greatest intro of all time.
Song Canada tried to ban from radio airplay because lyrics contain word "faggot".
Based on the clues, the year you're looking for is 1985.
Pete Rose becomes baseball's all-time hits leader: This happened on September 11, 1985.
Microsoft released the Windows operating system: Windows 1.0 was officially released in November 1985.
U.S. Route 66 was decommissioned: This occurred on June 27, 1985.
Live Aid concert: The iconic charity event was held on July 13, 1985.
Ozone hole discovery: Announced by the British Antarctic Survey in May 1985.
RMS Titanic discovery: Robert Ballard's team found it in September 1985.
Now, a great song from that year: "Take on Me" by a-ha (also released in 1985).
https://youtu.be/djV11Xbc914?si=Kk3nRxznJTnUhcjr
That is a comprehensive answer props to you for that. You can have 500 from me just for the details you added. And this song is so iconic.
Thank you. It really is a very good song and the video is very well done for its time. I love classical music and this song brings back very nice memories.
Come hang out in the dailies every once in a while, we spread across loads of genres and decades. You can always find the current daily pinned on the "hot" page of the territory. Just go to the music territory and you'll find it.
Yeah, this was THE song.
hahaha I think so
We Are the World" is a charity single recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian for the album We Are the World.
The song, “We Are the World,” released on March 7 that year, was an immediate media sensation. It sold an astonishing 800,000 copies in three days and ultimately raised more than $60 million for African famine relief and inspired other musician-driven charitable efforts.
It is an extremely beautiful song that can never be forgotten.I hope you can enjoy it🫀
view on youtu.beAwesome song, and great little "blurb" about it. Points for effort (and sats, here's an extra 100 from me).
1985
view on youtu.bePhenomenal song. And yep correct on the year!
1985
view on www.youtube.comMassive song! And spot on.
Yeah great song!
Your clue of live aid made me think of queen.
https://youtu.be/_9pfbgpYDsk?si=Xg4ZWieQP5RZxO9o
I'm not gunna make you explicitly state the year when it's in the title of the video. This performance is legendary.
Epic beyond proportion.
Absolutely, Freddie delivered a masterclass in crowd work there with just a vocal warm up. Truly historic.
Great song, but you're a year out.
It was first recorded and released in 1985 with "To Mega Therion" album. In "Morbid Tales", which was originally released in 1984, it was added as a bonus only for 1999 re-release.
Ooooo I stand corrected, little technicality there. Nice one 👊
Not the right year for the bounty this time round, but great song nonetheless.
Because don't you.
Smack on with the year, good job 👊
Released 10-4-1985, Sade stands the test of time, classic and quality, in a field of kitschy 80s music, Sade is gold.
view on www.youtube.comShe's such an amazing artist. Great choice.
Ooo it was off the album in 1984 but was released as it's own single in 1985. I'll accept it as correct.
Madonna is such an icon.
Believe is a song by American recording artist Cher, from her self-titled second studio album, released in 1998. It was released as the lead single on October 19 of the same year.
It is a dance-pop and electropop song that represents a radical change in Cher's musical direction compared to her previous works.
Commercially it was a global success, reaching number one in more than 23 countries. With more than 11 million copies sold, it became the singer's most successful single and one of the best-selling in music history.
It was the most sold composition in the United Kingdom in 1998 and remains the best-selling single by a female solo artist.
view on youtu.beBelieve 🎧🎧de cher that is an excellent piece!! It is still current in my daily playlist!! I love it!! 🎵🎶🎵🎶
Awesome song and an incredible artist but not the right year for this week's bounty.
Also, nice one to give such a write up on the track when commenting. I appreciate that kind of effort 👊
Cliff! Great song.
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Sorry Roll, you're a year out.
Cracking song though. Gotta love Van Halen.
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Tears for fears - everybody wants to rule the world was march 22 1985 (according to where I looked, so I'm going to have to stick with that.)
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"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985). It was written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, and Chris Hughes and produced by Hughes. It was released on 22 March 1985 by Phonogram, Mercury, and Vertigo Records as the third single from the album." - Wikipedia.
It would seem the internet cannot agree 🤣🤣
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It's all good, next week for the bounty maybe?
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Not the right year this time round.