needs a spotify asap
― THE NATIONS YOUTH DANCED TO THE MACARANA (innocent) (zachlyon), Thursday, 20 December 2012 06:26 (eleven years ago) link
pretty positive i'm the only one voting for "The Show" here
― frogbs, Thursday, 20 December 2012 06:28 (eleven years ago) link
Amusingly, the artists I couldn't find on US Spotify were Kate Bush, USA for Africa and Artists United Against Apartheid. So I ain't gonna find Sun City, I guess. (Not that anyone's voting for that or "We Are The World" anyway. I assume.)
I love this list a LOT less than prior years. Kind of a two-way race between Tears for Fears and Sonic Youth here, with the 'Mats a close third and Kate Bush, The Cure and Husker Du all runners-up.
http://open.spotify.com/user/pdennison1/playlist/13egCG3nRRZroeAD94oT1C
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
1 219 Madonna - Into the Groove2 311 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill3 381 The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey4 456 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls7 834 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)8 836 LL Cool J - I Can't Live Without My Radio9 1037 The Cure - In Between Days12 1128 Doug E. Fresh - The Show13 1179 Camper Van Beethoven - Take the Skinheads Bowling14 1245 The Cure - Close to Me15 1256 Prince and The Revolution - Raspberry Beret16 1277 Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love17 1296 The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary19 1368 Kate Bush - Hounds of Love20 1384 The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon22 1530 Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World23 1577 Sonic Youth & Lydia Lunch - Death Valley '6930 1799 Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere31 1802 LL Cool J - Rock the Bells32 1849 The Smiths - The Boy with the Thorn in His Side33 1887 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force - I Wonder if I Take You Home34 1896 Siouxsie and The Banshees - Cities in Dust36 1979 Doug E. Fresh - La-Di-Da-Di37 2061 Madonna - Crazy for You38 2229 Whitney Houston - How Will I Know40 2278 New Order - The Perfect Kiss
I have a lot of time for all of these songs
― GIMME SOME REGGAE (DJP), Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:55 (eleven years ago) link
DJP - you left TENOR SAW off that list. I don't even know what to say.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 20 December 2012 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
voted Lisa Lisa so nerrrrr
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
I don't dislike Tenor Saw, I just never listen to it
― GIMME SOME REGGAE (DJP), Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
'In Btw Days' or 'The Show' I guess.
― pandemic, Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
La-di-da-di
― President Keyes, Thursday, 20 December 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
Too hard. Think I'm going for Wayne Smith. Sorry Kate, J&MC, Sonic Youth, Madonna et al.
― emil.y, Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
voted 'west end girls'. if it had been 'cloudbusting' rather than those two kate songs then i'd prob have gone for that.
― So: The Answers (or something), Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
You're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to love
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
My top 5:
Running Up That HillWest End GirlsInto the GrooveMakes No Sense at AllHounds of Love
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
Went with Siouxsie very narrowly over the Ramones,
― how's life, Thursday, 20 December 2012 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
Voted for Barrington Levy.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 20 December 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
Good stuff here, Siouxsie over Kate, though I thought "Cities In Dust" came out in 86?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 21 December 2012 03:19 (eleven years ago) link
I remember living through this year and thinking it was boring, but this list looks better than 1984's.
1: Lisa Lisa2. Madonna3. Kate Bush, "Running Up That Hill"4. Siouxsie
― Josefa, Friday, 21 December 2012 07:38 (eleven years ago) link
I meant Madonna, "Into the Groove" of course
― Josefa, Friday, 21 December 2012 07:41 (eleven years ago) link
Seriously, if you were driving around listening to the radio in the summer of '85 you'd be hearing stuff like "St. Elmo's Fire" by John Parr and "Go For Soda" by Kim Mitchell and "Power of Love" by Huey Lewis. It wasn't a good time.
― Josefa, Friday, 21 December 2012 07:54 (eleven years ago) link
"Go for Soda"!
― your damn bass clarinet (Eazy), Friday, 21 December 2012 08:41 (eleven years ago) link
I like St Elmo's Fire and The Power of Love!
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 21 December 2012 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
Don't need no credit card to ride this train.
― how's life, Friday, 21 December 2012 14:29 (eleven years ago) link
1985 was the first year where i discovered my music. before this year it was just pop radio type of stuff or what my friends (at the time) listened to. this was the year i started to buy records. a brand new world opened up and i was hooked. i liked music before but now i loved music because for the first time it really was mine.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 22 December 2012 03:56 (eleven years ago) link
this is insane
― mookieproof, Saturday, 22 December 2012 04:07 (eleven years ago) link
had no idea that critics liked "addicted to love"
voted "running up that hill"
― teledyldonix, Saturday, 22 December 2012 05:40 (eleven years ago) link
btw, this is the last one for awhile, as i'm taking the holiday off next week.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 23 December 2012 00:51 (eleven years ago) link
Going to have to go with "Don't You (Forget About Me)." One of the best drum sounds in history. Love the drum machine & synth version in THE BREAKFAST CLUB, as well.
― Tyler Burns (burns46824@yahoo.com), Sunday, 23 December 2012 01:55 (eleven years ago) link
Voted to Whitney, for pure pop pleasure.
― Raymond Cummings, Sunday, 23 December 2012 02:00 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 24 December 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 25 December 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
so i said: "Running Up That Hill" (which knowing ILM, will probably walk in this poll).
:-)
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 25 December 2012 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
which, truth be told, i forgot about "West End Girls" after posting that remark, i thought maybe it would give Kate Bush a run for her money.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 25 December 2012 02:05 (eleven years ago) link