From here on I will preview the charts and decide which one(s) I will select from. It is confirmed, there was nothing on the Billboard charts that knocked me off my feet in 1985. I was definitely listening to alternative music formats. It is (is it)ironic that the most popular songs played on said radio stations did not generate #1 hits.
https://rocklists.com/kroq-1985.html
Somebody should jog my memory. If 1985 was a prolific year in black music, I must inevitably like many of those songs/records. I just don’t recall because I was pre-occupied with alternative rock and all things white in Bellevue, Washington.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_It_On_(T._Rex_song)#The_Power_Station_version
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_Vannelli
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_Skin_(Lloyd_Cole_and_the_Commotions_song)
What is the criteria for my three selections?
- Songs I loved then.
- Songs I loved at a later time.
- Songs I enjoy listening to now just as much as I did then.
“Perfect Skin” is an example of a song I remember from 1985 and didn’t appreciate until much later.