I Never Seen You Look So Good

The song that made Poison a household name and a staple on MTV's airwaves is concluding our "Poison March"... with the single that started it all - "Talk Dirty to Me"...

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Lyrics | Poison lyrics - Talk Dirty To Me lyrics

“Talk Dirty to Me”

Single by Poison
from the album Look What the Cat Dragged In
B-side Want Some, Need Some
Released February 18, 1987
Recorded 1986
Genre Glam metal
Length 3:44
Label Enigma/Capitol Records
Writer(s) Dall; DeVille-Maine-Judah; Michaels; Rockett
Producer Ric Browde

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #9

Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream

I will admit that today's song is a guilty pleasure of mine... ahhh, back when lyp synched performances were the norm, here is a "live" performance of a one-hit wonder from New York City by the name of Matthew Wilder... enjoy the synthesizers and Matthew's sweet outfit in "Break My Stride"...




Lyrics | Matthew Wilder lyrics - Break My Stride lyrics

“Break My Stride”

Single by Matthew Wilder
from the album I Don't Speak the Language
A-side "Break My Stride"
B-side Instrumental
Released November 26, 1983
Format 7" vinyl; 12" vinyl
Genre Pop
Length 3:02
Label Private I
Writer(s) Matthew Wilder, Greg Prestopino
Producer Peter Bunetta, Rick Chudacoff, Bill Elliot
Certification BPI Silver [1]

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5
UK peak: #4

80's Movie Weekend

Bette Midler actually received a Golden Globe nomination for her role in this film... from 1987, here are Bette Midler and Shelley Long with "Outrageous Fortune"...

the trailer...



cat fight!



and Bette Midler dropping an F-Bomb in this scene...




Outrageous Fortune

Directed by Arthur Hiller
Produced by Ted Field
Written by Leslie Dixon
Starring Shelley Long
Bette Midler
Peter Coyote
Robert Prosky
George Carlin
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography David M. Walsh
Editing by Tom Rolf
Distributed by Touchstone Pictures
Release date(s) January 30, 1987
Running time 100 min.
Country
Language English
Budget $5 million
Gross revenue $52,864,741

Dance I Say! Dance!

I enjoyed watching today's two videos just to see the neon colors and the teased hair that added a few inches of height to each girl... so put on your dancing shoes today and enjoy a double feature of the three hot chicks who formed a group in Miami known as Expose... first up is "Point of No Return"...

Expose Point of No Return
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Lyrics | Exposé lyrics - Point Of No Return lyrics

“Point of No Return (1987 version)”

Single by Exposé
from the album Exposure
Released 1987
Genre Dance-pop, Freestyle
Length 6:07 (original; extended version)
3:54 (original; single version)
5:20 (1987 version)
Label Arista
Writer(s) Lewis Martineé
Producer Lewis Martineé

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5

Another single from the same album that also peaked at #5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart - "Come Go With Me"...




Lyrics | Expose lyrics - Come Go With Me lyrics

"Come Go With Me"

Single by Exposé
from the album Exposure
Released 1987
Genre Dance-pop, Freestyle

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5

Like Gasoline You Want to Pump Me

In case you haven't noticed here in The Excellent 80's, it's a "Poison March" as we are blasting through some of the best of the glam metal band Poison... today's featured video actually came out in 1990, but we all know that Poison belongs to the 80's... here is "Unskinny Bop"... nothin' more to say...

Poison - Unskinny Bop
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Lyrics | Poison lyrics - Unskinny Bop lyrics

“Unskinny Bop”

Single by Poison
from the album Flesh and Blood
B-side Valley Of Lost Souls
Released June 27, 1990
Recorded 1990
Genre Glam rock
Label Capitol Records

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3
UK peak: #15

Let Me Hear Your Body Talk

You haven't given up on your New Year's resolution to get in better shape have you? If so, let Olivia Newton John urge you to re-commit and to get "Physical"... let's all admit that this was a horrible video back then and remains even worst to this day... it is so bad that I couldn't stand to watch the whole thing through... a song that spent 10 weeks at #1, here is a bunch of gay dudes in speedos and some fatties in "Physical"

Olivia Newton John - Physical
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Lyrics | Olivia Newton-John lyrics - Physical lyrics

“Physical”

Single by Olivia Newton-John
from the album Physical
Released September 1981
Recorded January 1981
Length 3:45
Label MCA
Producer John Farrar
Certification Platinum (U.S.)

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1

I Know Who I Want in Charge of Me!

Charles is a 19 year old college student working his way through college as a live-in baby-sitter and house keeper... with best friend Buddy (Willie Aames) and occasional help from his mom Ellen Travolta (John's sister), here is Scott Baio in "Charles in Charge"...

the season one intro...



updated sound and an updated cast... from season two with a young Nicole Eggert on set, the intro...



a scene from season two




Charles in Charge

Format Sitcom
Created by Michael Jacobs
Barbara Weisberg
Starring Scott Baio
Willie Aames
Julie Cobb (1984-1985)
James Widdoes (1984-1985)
April Lerman (1984-1985)
Jonathan Ward (1984-1985)
Michael Pearlman (1984-1985)
Jennifer Runyon (1984-1985)
Sandra Kerns (1987-1990)
Nicole Eggert (1987-1990)
Josie Davis (1987-1990)
Alexander Polinsky (1987-1990)
Ellen Travolta (1987-1990)
James T. Callahan (1987-1990)
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 126 (List of episodes)

Win Big

One of my top 5 Poison songs today with some cool guitar riffs going on... just because I know you want to know, here is my five favorite Poison songs in no particular order (it's like choosing between your kids, how can you choose one over the other!?)...

Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Unskinny Bop
I Won't Forget You Baby
Nothin' But a Good Time
and today's sweet Poison jam - "Fallen Angel"...

Poison - Fallen Angel
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Lyrics | Poison lyrics - Fallen Angel lyrics

“Fallen Angel”

Single by Poison
from the album Open Up and Say...Ahh!
B-side "Bad To Be Good"
Released July 6, 1988
Recorded 1988
Genre Glam Metal
Label Enigma/Capitol Records
Writer(s) Dall; Deville-Maine-Judah; Michaels; Rockett
Producer Ric Browde

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #12

80's Movie Weekend

This weekend's 80's movie weekend is an under-rated and sometimes forgotten teen comedy starring Casey Siemaszko (Jerry) and just another day of high school and Jerry's impending doom coming at "Three O'Clock High"...

the first seven minutes of "Three O'Clock High"...



the fight scene between Buddy and Jerry...




Three O'Clock High

Directed by Phil Joanou
Produced by David E. Vogel
Written by Richard Christian Matheson
Thomas Szollosi
Starring Casey Siemaszko
Music by Tangerine Dream
Cinematography Barry Sonnenfeld
Editing by Joe Ann Fogle
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) 9 October 1987
Running time 90 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget N/A
Gross revenue $3,685,862

Roxanne, Roxanne - You Cold Wanna Check This Out

As you know if you've ever spent any time in The Excellent 80's, I grew up on a healthy dose of rap (I was a baller in high school and college, what can I say?)... today's double shot is from a group made up of Kangol Kid (Shiller Shaun Fequiere), the Educated Rapper (Jeffrey Campbell) (also known as EMD), Doctor Ice (Fred Reeves), and Mix Master Ice (Maurice Bailey)... they were called Untouchable Force Organization, or better known as UTFO... first up, here is "Roxanne, Roxanne"...

UTFO - Roxanne Roxanne
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Lyrics | Utfo lyrics - Roxanne Roxanne lyrics

If you want to read up on the "Roxanne Wars," then go here

and to complete the second half of the double header, check out...
"Ya Cold Wanna Be With Me"...




Lyrics | Utfo lyrics - Ya Cold Wanna Be With Me lyrics

Don't Wanna Talk About It

Though not one of their more famous tunes, today's video and song is one that was underappreciated by many, but if you are a Ratt fan, then you enjoyed "I Want a Woman"...

Ratt - I Want A Woman
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Lyrics | Ratt lyrics - I Want A Woman lyrics

“I Want a Woman”

Single by Ratt
from the album Reach for the Sky
Released 1988
Format Vinyl LP, Cassette, CD
Recorded 1988
Genre Glam metal
Length 3:58
Label Atlantic
Producer Beau Hill

Streaks on the China Never Mattered Before

Any show with a former big league ball player who was mediocre at best has to be to a hit show, right? Well, Bob Uecker managed to make it six seasons as the dad of a middle class Pittsburgh family that takes in an English butler after he moves to the United States... a Friday night staple for many growing up in the 80's, today's look back is at the sitcom based upon a character created in 1947 - "Mr Belvedere"...

the intro...



one of the shows' promos...



Wesley taking down sex offenders, baby!



Mr. Belvedere

Mr. Belvedere title card, from seasons 3-6
Format Sitcom
Created by Gwen Davenport
Developed by Frank Dungan
Jeff Stein
Directed by Don Corvan
Noam Pitlik
Tony Sheehan
Alan Bergmann
Gerren Keith
Tony Singletary
Rob Stone
Howard Storm
Michael Zinberg

Starring
Christopher Hewett
Ilene Graff
Rob Stone
Tracy Wells
Brice Beckham
Bob Uecker
Opening theme According to Our New Arrivals, by Judy Hart-Angelo & Gary Portnoy, performed by Leon Redbone
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 6
No. of episodes 117 (10 unaired) (List of episodes)