KROQ top 50 1984

i had just purchased a used vhs of vital idol, you see

wow i missed "eyes without a face", that one's almost as evocative as careless whisper" as far as blissful toddler prememories. les yeux sans visaaaaage... the instrumental with the synth pitching down is exquisite, brings to mind "drive" and "take my breath away" in terms of awesome huge over the top robot pop.

I can hear Keith Forsey testing his synth balladry on "Eyes Without a Face" and P-Furs' "The Ghost in You."

wow

1. frankie goes to hollywood - relax 0
4. bronski beat - why? 0
7. the vandals - ladykiller 0
8. billy idol - rebel yell 0
10. thompson twins - hold me now 0

I am the one vote for (do they know it's) dick, which I genuinely love. heh.
surprised the ghost in you wasn't top 3, much less 0 votes.

disappointed 'the ghost in you' didn't get a vote

xp

tom rave for frankie so there's official popist love there but in general fgth, or at least that amazing initial run of 'relax'->'two tribes'->'the power of love', is somehow an afterthought now. i don't know how. i like 'in a big country' just fine but that winning the previous poll and 'relax' getting shutout here is rewarding the wrong kind of grandiosity imo.

"Two Tribes" in its various mixes excites me more than "Relax." I dunno if it's better but it's not cursed by overplay.

this in incredible, as it goes on:

12. depeche mode - people are people 0
13. scott goddard - cow punk 0
14. the fixx - less cities, more moving people 0
15. eurythmics - sexcrime 1984 0
16. depeche mode - master and servant 0
17. siouxsie and the banshees - dazzle 0
18. the untouchables - what's gone wrong 0

I should post the kroq top 106 poster in my roomates bathroom. It's an abomination.

This is from 2002

http://www.tribalwar.com/forums/archive/t-209987.html

All I have to say is america's youth is gay.

are you doing 1985 balls?

yeah eventually