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)