Year 1987

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Originally Posted by Iroquois
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I'll contribute with all the #1 singles in Ireland that year...

The Housemartins - Caravan Of Love (Jan 3rd)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YiwB0KNfVlo

Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite (Jan 10th - 24th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8CTs8a7dVa0

Steve 'Silk' Hurley - Jack Your Body (Jan 31st)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mQcg-dRg5h4

George Michael & Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (Feb 7th - 21st)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fDxzQJaA228

Ben E. King - Stand By Me (Feb 28th - Mar 14th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pHa4pvspCqc

Boy George - Everything I Own (Mar 21st & 28th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5UTJYIG0yO8

U2 - With Or Without You (Apr 4th & 11th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wFaoYK89QBY

The Pogues & The Dubliners - The Irish Rover (Apr 18th & 25th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cZXnJ4UYh40

Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (May 2nd & 9th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bBQVrCflZ_E

Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now (May 16th - Jun 6th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyZbFfVNwPA

U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Jun 13th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gY75dw64sqI

George Michael - I Want Your Sex (Jun 20th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r3AP26ywQsQ

The Firm - Star Trekkin' (Jun 27th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZS2-4-iUJ4

The Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin (Jul 4th & 11th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QkwgMMNXjTc

Madonna - Who's That Girl (Jul 18th & 25th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XSCgw179Vsc

Los Lobos - La Bamba (Aug 1st & 8th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T_SS-TyXhhU

Michael Jackson ft. Siedah Garrett - I Just Can't Stop Loving You (Aug 15th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9iytBI4Vd-Y

The Pet Shop Boys ft. Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done to Deserve This (Aug 22nd)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn9E5i7l-Eg

Daniel O'Donnell - Four Track ep (Summertime In Ireland) (Aug 29th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-lB9zgiZ3Iw

U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name (Sep 5th - 19th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3FsrPEUt2Dg

Michael Jackson - Bad (Sep 26th - Oct 3rd)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fTWQxCoYgXI

Abigail Mead & Nigel Goulding - Full Metal Jacket (I Want To Be Your Field Instructor) (Oct 10th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JzymdUjzuME

The Bee Gees - You Win Again (Oct 17th - Nov 7th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xviuC-0FwQ0

George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You (Nov 14th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XZGYYDvZnpg

T'Pau - China In Your Hand (Nov 21st & 28th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T4sV3lqzKqQ

Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel (Dec 5th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HzZ_urpj4As

The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale In New York (Dec 12th - 26th)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8


Otherwise known as The Year Of The Good, The Bad and The Downright Ugly



Why 1987 out of interest?

For me because it was the last great year for movies in the 80's in abundance.

EDIT: I say "in abundance" because, though there were still great movies in '88 and '89, there weren't as many...seemingly.

I could be wrong.

EDIT PART II: Also, this isn't supposed to be commercial releases only...damnit, the more I think about this thread, the more incriminating it becomes. Anything from 1987: go!



That elusive hide-and-seek cow is at it again
Opening this to drop anything from 1987. Art, music, films, advertisements, etc. Whatever.

Here's a contribution. Hope to see more show up.

Is that Summer School?



I used to watch this back to back with Dirty Dancing and Flowers in the Attic.
Dirty Dancing, Flowers in the Attic, and Hellraiser.



These things do happen.



87 was a fantastic year for movies. It nearly takes up an entire shelf of its own on my bookcase, which is unprecedented (and certainly wouldn't happen today!)



87 was a fantastic year for movies. It nearly takes up an entire shelf of its own on my bookcase, which is unprecedented (and certainly wouldn't happen today!)
The only way it could happen today is if your taste in movies was...how you say?...dish?....rag??

I agree. There was something very adventurous about 1987. To me it seemed like the rough part of the 80's was coming into a glossier aesthetic, but still not completely in 1987, and that in between point was really a spectacle. Wild stuff. Like a year or two later, a lot more mainstream films actually had a bad odor...but 1987 still smelled good, if that makes sense...and it was pushing some boundaries.



I don't remember now exactly what came out that year, but I remember back when I was making a list of favorites that I marked down more from that year than any other. I was 16 then, a nice age to be.