fucking hell "Modern Love" is better than "Blue Monday"
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 11 March 2012 12:32 (twelve years ago) link
Fucking hell, Tahiti is no Rock On is it? Not even a Silver Dream Machine.
― Feebs K-Tel (NickB), Sunday, 11 March 2012 12:44 (twelve years ago) link
nah it was from some lame-ass musical of Mutiny on the Bounty and i really loved David Essex in the 70s, fuck i've even got time for "Night Clubbing"
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 11 March 2012 12:47 (twelve years ago) link
"Mama" is still a pretty amazing choice of a single
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 11 March 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
It is! Phil Collins is always best when he stops trying to be a likeable chap and just acts himself i.e. a spiteful little goblin
― Feebs K-Tel (NickB), Sunday, 11 March 2012 12:58 (twelve years ago) link
I like "Mama" a lot but it is 70s Genesis that I really love. And 70s Genesis were of course not about singles.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 11 March 2012 12:58 (twelve years ago) link
"Mama" was a good call at updating their style for the 80s though.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 11 March 2012 13:00 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyDRXbP1MaY&ob=av3e
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 11 March 2012 13:01 (twelve years ago) link
but yeah "Mama" is prog colliding with AOR and sounding really good for it
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 11 March 2012 13:02 (twelve years ago) link
"Follow You Follow Me" sounds more AOR than new wave to me.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 11 March 2012 13:04 (twelve years ago) link
but it is a 70s single!
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 11 March 2012 13:04 (twelve years ago) link
yeah you could argue that the Genesis album was an effort to get more experimental after 3 relatively AOR-ish efforts. but oh god "Illegal Alien" i'm sorry
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 11 March 2012 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
Yes. "Follow You Follow Me" was a single. A single hit even. But it was ftom the most atypical 70s album by Genesis.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 11 March 2012 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
Actually, the most classically Genesis act then (well, apart from Marillion and IQ) was probably Howard Jones.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 11 March 2012 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
SAFETY DANCE
― some dude, Sunday, 11 March 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
This thread is also the first time I'd heard Monyaka and "Go Deh Yaka" is great! Not quite great enough to stop me voting Rock Steady Crew though.
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 11 March 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
new order barely over lydia murdock
― balls, Sunday, 11 March 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
"Go Deh Yaka" is fun. :) I actually remember it from hearing it on Radio Lux (my source for hit music at a time when Norwegian radio sucked) back then.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 11 March 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
love or at least like all of these:
Karma Chameleon - Culture ClubRed Red Wine - UB40Mama - GenesisModern Love - David Bowie(Hey You) The Rocksteady Crew - Rocksteady CrewAll Night Long (All Night) - Lionel RichieThe Safety Dance - Men Without HatsUnion Of The Snake - Duran Duran
no merely natural force could stop me for voting for "the safety dance" though
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Sunday, 11 March 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
everybody look at your hands
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Sunday, 11 March 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
You got two fat children and a drunken man Betcha don't, betcha don't, betcha don't like your life
(No, wait.... that's another song....)
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Monday, 12 March 2012 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, Tracey Ullmann's brief early stint as a singer before her better-remembered television series that begat "The Simpsons". A Kirsty MacColl cover.
A Kirsty MacColl redub, really, as Tracy’s literally singing over the same multitrack with Kirsty turned down a bit in the mix for most of it, and turned back up for the “Baby!” that Ullman couldn’t reach.
Tracey Ullman never appeared on Not The Nine O'Clock News, you're thinking of A Kick Up The Eighties. She also appeared on Three of a Kind before she had any hit singles.
You’re thinking of someone who ever has any idea what they’re talking about, not Geir.
TY thread for bringing Go Deh Yaka into my life
― Θ ̨Θƪ (sic), Monday, 12 March 2012 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
(feat. Gimp)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYnK83WxJnw
― "marvellously inoffensive" (Eazy), Monday, 12 March 2012 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
OTM
― Feebs K-Tel (NickB), Monday, 12 March 2012 08:32 (twelve years ago) link
"Blue Monday" ftew.
― Mark G, Monday, 12 March 2012 09:31 (twelve years ago) link
Superstar - Lydia Murdock
If you haven't heard the 12" version of this one, do check it out. It's basically an answer record to "Billie Jean" from the point of view of "Billie Jean" herself, with an extended rap by Murdock, where she (among other things) says the baby was really Michael Jackson's, and he shouldn't be treating her like shit.
― Tuomas, Monday, 12 March 2012 11:56 (twelve years ago) link
If I recall, the baby is not mentioned.
― Mark G, Monday, 12 March 2012 12:24 (twelve years ago) link
It most certainly is - otherwise it wouldn't be a proper answer song to "Billie Jean", would it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5oRAO_bcEA
― Tuomas, Monday, 12 March 2012 12:30 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, I just read the lyrics. I guess the 'little man' bit wasn't on the 7" radioplay version.
― Mark G, Monday, 12 March 2012 12:34 (twelve years ago) link
Could be... I'm only familiar with the 12" version, I'm too young to have heard the tune on radio.
― Tuomas, Monday, 12 March 2012 12:38 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks, Tuomas. I thought about voting for this in the recent Jacksons poll, then forgot to.
― Jeff W, Monday, 12 March 2012 12:49 (twelve years ago) link
Bought on single at the time:Karma Chameleon - Culture ClubGo Deh Yaka (Go To The Top) - MonyakaBlue Monday - New OrderThis Is Not a Lovesong - P.I.L.Body Work - Hot Streak(Hey You) The Rocksteady Crew - Rocksteady CrewAll Night Long (All Night) - Lionel RichieThe Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Very highly regarded:Dolce Vita - Ryan ParisModern Love - David BowieDear Prudence - Siouxie & The Banshees
Liked well enough, if not exactly loved:Red Red Wine - UB40Come Back And Stay - Paul YoungMama - GenesisBig Apple - KajagoogooWings Of a Dove - MadnessThe Sun Goes Don (Living It Up) - Level 42Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry - Heaven 17Give It Up - KC & The Sunshine BandSoul Inside - Soft CellThey Don't Know - Tracey UllmannPlease Don't Make Me Cry - UB40Union Of The Snake - Duran DuranUptown Girl - Billy Joel
Neutral:Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Peabo Bryson & Roberta FlackSay Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael JacksonBlue Hat For a Blue Day - Nick Heyward
Dislike:New Song - Howard Jones68 Guns - The AlarmSuperman - Black Lace
Can't remember:Walking In The Rain - Modern RomanceOl' Rag Blues - Status QuoWhat Am I Gonna Do - Rod StewartChance - Big CountryNever Say Die (Give a Little Bit More) - Cliff RichardTahiti - David EssexIn Your Eyes - George BensonMidnight At The Lost and Found - Meat LoafSuperstar - Lydia Murdock
Voting for: All Night Long (All Night)
― mike t-diva, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
i only know two of these offhand, and the only one of those i like is "blue monday"
― lex pretend, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
actually i might know "karma chameleon" or at least i know how the chorus goes. i don't like it
Given that Blue Monday will be the boringly inevitable (yet deserving) winner, my vote goes to They Don't Know.
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Monday, 12 March 2012 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
But they do.
― Mark G, Monday, 12 March 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
As a kid, I thought the Karma chorus was "Every day is like the Bible/You're my lover, not my rival."
― "marvellously inoffensive" (Eazy), Monday, 12 March 2012 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
^^totally
― willem, Monday, 12 March 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
Voted Blue Monday.
Superstar - Lydia Murdock is the worst song here. I've never been a big fan of "answer" songs and Lydia's is particularly anodyne.
I have never heard the Ryan Paris song before!!! Given it went top 10 I am amazed I have no recollection of it. Maybe he never performed it on TOTP.
― Grandpont Genie, Monday, 12 March 2012 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think I've ever heard "Midnight At The Lost and Found," but it's funny to think there's a lost-and-found anywhere that stays open 24 hours.
― "marvellously inoffensive" (Eazy), Monday, 12 March 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
just read the lyrics and as I suspected "lost and found" is being used euphemistically for "singles bar"
― Grandpont Genie, Monday, 12 March 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
Or then again, he doesn't say that the L&F is open.
― Mark G, Monday, 12 March 2012 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
Loved/bought/heard at the time
Red Red Wine - UB40Come Back And Stay - Paul YoungMama - GenesisDolce Vita - Ryan ParisModern Love - David BowieThis Is Not a Lovesong - P.I.L.Dear Prudence - Siouxie & The Banshees(Hey You) The Rocksteady Crew - Rocksteady CrewAll Night Long (All Night) - Lionel RichieThe Safety Dance - Men Without HatsUptown Girl - Billy Joel
Voting for Rocksteady Crew.
― willem, Monday, 12 March 2012 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 17 March 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
How does it feel... to have known this was going to happen.
― a dramatic lemon curd experience (snoball), Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
http://apnea-and-snoring.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/snore.jpg
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
Hardy a surprising winner. :)
Nice spread though.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
Interesting how "Go Deh Yaka" got a lot of positive mentions in the thread, yet no votes.
― Hongroe (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 18 March 2012 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
"interesting" & "unexpected"
― John Nestle Harding (loves laboured breathing), Sunday, 18 March 2012 01:21 (twelve years ago) link
(wb Geir btw)