FabSwingers.com forum: 30 years of Black Box

By *reasyontheeyes OP Man
over a year ago

out in the sticks

30 years ago it was top of the charts. Had the single cassette in my car playing windows down sunroof open. What a dude!

Black Box -Ride on time!!

Seems just yesterday!

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Hell yeah, there were some brilliant tunes around back then, I couldn't tell you a single one that's in the top 40 today though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hell yeah, there were some brilliant tunes around back then, I couldn't tell you a single one that's in the top 40 today though

30??? Omg

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Red hot chili peppers have been together 31 years!! Now I feel old!!

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By *BWandhusbandCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

Well that's made me feel old.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Well that's made me feel old."

Me too !

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By *reasyontheeyes OP Man
over a year ago

out in the sticks

"Well that's made me feel old.

Me too !"

Sorry

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By *hoenixAdAstraWoman
over a year ago

Hiding in the shadows

30yrs?

Damn! I remember dancing on top of a tank to it!

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By *il FiskMan
over a year ago

sefton

I remember buying my first car, driving it through Southport with Snap, the power blasting through the stereo (what cost more than the car)

I thought I was the bollocks

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

I used to love that song, me and my friends used to get on the tables at the pub to dance to that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Loads of good tunes out back then in the good old days

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

I get ridiculed for liking this song!

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

I hate dance music - at least, anything that passes for dance music past about 1940. Yes, I'm an old grump.

Luke

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm quite partial to some black box on occasion

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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago

London

"I'm quite partial to some black box on occasion

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By *cgkcCouple
over a year ago

Hitchin

It was on constant repeat on the Jukebox in my uni campus bar.

I is old.

Mr.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Top 40 in the second week of Sept 1989:-

1. Blackbox – Ride On Time

2. Jason Donovan – Everyday

3. Richard Marx – Right Here Waiting

4. Jive Bunny – Swing The Mood

5. Tears For Fears – Sowing The Seeds Of Love

6. Big Fun – Blame It On The Boogie

7. Damian – The Time Warp

8. Alyson Williams – I Need Your Loving

9. Starlight – Numero Uno

10. Tina Turner – The Best

11. The Beatmasters featuring Betty Boo – Hey DJ I Can’t Dance To The Music You’re Playing

12. Cliff Richard – I Just Don’t Have The Heart

13. Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus

14. Prince – Partyman

15. Alice Cooper – Poison

16. Madonna – Cherish

17. Sydney Youngblood – If Only I Could

18. The Cure – Love Song

19. Technotronic – Pump Up The Jam

20. Martika – Toy Soldiers

21. Bon Jovi – Lay Your Hands On Me

22. Guns’N’Roses – Night Train

23. Aerosmith – Love In An Elevator

25. Janet Jackson – Miss You Much

26. Kylie Minogue – Wouldn’t Change A Thing

27. Lil Louis – French Kiss

28. Adeva – Warning

29. Donna Summer – Love’s About To Change My Hear

30. Marillion – Hooks In You

31. The Eurythmics – Revival

32. Lisa Stansfield – This Is The Right Time

33. Malcolm McLaren – Something’s Jumping In Your Shirt

34. Shakespear’s Sister – You’re History

35. WASP – Forever Free

36. The Rolling Stones – Mixed Emotions

37. The London Boys – Harlem Desire

38. S-Express – Mantra For A State Of Mind

39. Redhead Kingpin and The FBI – Do The Right Thing

40. Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston – It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Top 40 in the second week of Sept 1989:-

1. Blackbox – Ride On Time

2. Jason Donovan – Everyday

3. Richard Marx – Right Here Waiting

4. Jive Bunny – Swing The Mood

5. Tears For Fears – Sowing The Seeds Of Love

6. Big Fun – Blame It On The Boogie

7. Damian – The Time Warp

8. Alyson Williams – I Need Your Loving

9. Starlight – Numero Uno

10. Tina Turner – The Best

11. The Beatmasters featuring Betty Boo – Hey DJ I Can’t Dance To The Music You’re Playing

12. Cliff Richard – I Just Don’t Have The Heart

13. Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus

14. Prince – Partyman

15. Alice Cooper – Poison

16. Madonna – Cherish

17. Sydney Youngblood – If Only I Could

18. The Cure – Love Song

19. Technotronic – Pump Up The Jam

20. Martika – Toy Soldiers

21. Bon Jovi – Lay Your Hands On Me

22. Guns’N’Roses – Night Train

23. Aerosmith – Love In An Elevator

25. Janet Jackson – Miss You Much

26. Kylie Minogue – Wouldn’t Change A Thing

27. Lil Louis – French Kiss

28. Adeva – Warning

29. Donna Summer – Love’s About To Change My Hear

30. Marillion – Hooks In You

31. The Eurythmics – Revival

32. Lisa Stansfield – This Is The Right Time

33. Malcolm McLaren – Something’s Jumping In Your Shirt

34. Shakespear’s Sister – You’re History

35. WASP – Forever Free

36. The Rolling Stones – Mixed Emotions

37. The London Boys – Harlem Desire

38. S-Express – Mantra For A State Of Mind

39. Redhead Kingpin and The FBI – Do The Right Thing

40. Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston – It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be

I was listening to this on Paul Gambaccini’s chart show on Radio 2 on the way back from dropping my son off at Uni today- some great tunes

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