POLLnight Blue: 80s Debut Singles from Lead Singers Who Went Solo

croup that reminds me, that top 40 tumblr you do is fantastic

― balls, Wednesday, July 23, 2014 5:19 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

whats it called this tumblr

http://50yearsoftop40.tumblr.com/

o i meant his other one - http://my40plusplusfetish.tumblr.com

jk. DO NOT CLICK THAT. DO NOT DO NOT CLICK THAT.

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nothing wrong with some hot ladies. Gives me something to grab for. My vote.

I wash hoping someone would talk about that first Ric Ocasek solo, supposedly more synth-heavy than his Cars stuff.

That particular song is more guitar heavy than The Cars at that moment. It might as well have been a Cars album. I like the single. Have the 45 with the picture sleeve.

DON: Well, yeah.

never not funny

literally just learnt that AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted was a single. If I'd known that all along, I might vote for it, but that whole album just feels like a piece to me. I Want Your Sex would be a contender, if it had been Yog's debut. If DLR was listed as the Crazy From The Heat EP, not just California Girls, hands-down winner. So that leaves me with .... voting for Suedehead?

:( you guys

Suedehead popped up on my giant spotify playlist this evening. It's still fantastic.

just listened to Midnight Blue for the first time

how do any of you people remember that you ever heard this

it helps that the cute older boys cover band performed it on my v first day of high school :D

someone edited the Suedehead video to fit the Sparks remix

i think midnight blue is quite memorable

mongrel fite!

sic u r so evolved, how do you cope with us mere mortals

I saw R.E.M. do this on this tour in '87. A friend of mine who was at the same show ended up working out next to Lou Gramm at a gym sometime the next year and told Lou that R.E.M. had done his song. Lou was apparently very excited to hear it.

http://youtu.be/SQbAizfsvrQ

I heard midnight blue for the first time today as far as I know and had exactly the same reaction as sic.

can't wait to find out what kind of ennui you guys deal w/ when you discover getting laid

balls will u marry me

jim you're thinking of Electric Blue, by Icehouse

now I am too, good times

if a boy had a chance...

can't wait to find out what kind of ennui you guys deal w/ when you discover getting laid

― balls, Wednesday, July 23, 2014 11:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

balls will u marry me

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl),

leave him alone he's mine

arg u greedy bitch you get all the good ones

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just knowing about crazy train and homosapien means i must vote other, but i'm sure these scores more.

btw, "Spread a little happiness" doesn't count as he hadn't left the Police then.

Also, was in severe danger of voting that one, but for Morrissey.

That one being "Freefree set them free"

Briefly, we all thought "oh, solo Sting might not be so bad after all"

btw, "Spread a little happiness" doesn't count as he hadn't left the Police then.

well by that logic you'd also have to discount Phil Collins, David Byrne, Daryl Hall, Mick Jagger etc

Phil Collins over Ice Cube, because "In The Air Tonight" was his career high point.

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see now that's a top ten

lol who voted for Sting?

xposts well, I guess that would a slightly different poll, the "band split up, here's the songs I would rather do"

Any case up, that "Spread" sting song was a one-off whereas the ones on NickB's list were all 'as they wanted to be'

Only one other vote for David Byrne? Sad.

That was me.

You're obviously an astute and refined observer of the audio arts -- any insight on how Lou Gramm's plodding effort got so many votes?

no "Red Guitar" by David Sylvian.. that's the one for me.

any insight on how Lou Gramm's plodding effort got so many votes?

More people though it was the best song.

...that's very helpful...

you're a plodding effort

listen to that song 10 times in a row and give your take on it

it rules

the end

brb gonna plod through it