pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

dunno if it's the most egregious miss but it was one of the first things i looked for that wasn't there

i kinda wish #1 had either been "straight outta compton" in a fit of YES IT IS 2015 or "I've Had The Time Of My Life" with a video of all the writers dancing at the launch party

"How Soon Is Now" for the Smiths
"Just Like Heaven" for the Cure

Yeah this is a really boring list.

yeah but "Never Too Much"

its better if you start at the bottom

I think I've finally gotten confident enough to finally admit that I do not particularly care for "How Soon Is Now." There, I said it.

"How Soon Is Now & "Just Like Heaven" are kinda beloved. I suppose they didn't need to place as high as they did, but they needed to be in there.

if you're the kind of person who knows the 80s canon very well thank you imo it's better not to cross your fingers that the top ten will blow yr mind but to be like 'hey a carly simon 12-inch'

"How Snore Is Now"

is it petty to suggest that no one be allowed to participate in a "best of the 80's" poll unless they lived through the entirety of the 80's

yes

Yes.

I don't think anyone who voted in our 50s polls lived through the 50s, but it turned out pretty fucking great imo.

speaking of petty, he wasn't in this, was he?

look at the rolling stone Best of the 80s list from '89='90 you'll see that being there is overrated

I like when #1's are huge, iconic epics. I think "Purple Rain" is a great choice for #1. It's one of the only things about the list that I really enjoy a lot. After getting all the way through it, at least they closed it out with a really good top 2.

Good for having Egyptian Lover on the first page of the list but he has so many better songs "I Need a Freak", "Freakaholic, the aforementioned "Egypt Egypt".

I know pointing out what's missing from these lists is such a cliche but I'm still shocked at no "Relax", though I may have not done my CTRL+F research that thoroughly.

big exception: "oblivion"

I stil have hopes I will at some point reap the benefits of those dusty old Terrorvision CDs.

Also, I wanna be adored both in their 90's and 80's lists? Get your shit right b*tchfork!

I'd rather randomly hear "How Soon Is Now" on the radio than almost any other Smiths song.

like i doubt this egyptian lover fellow would be on a list by rock critics who remember the 80s well

anthony decurtis and kurt loder be all about them 12-inch classics

If they included I wanna be adored in their list of the 70's just for the sake of it, that would be something.

It's possible that I just don't like the Smiths all that much, though I do like "Panic" and "Ask." I've never felt the need to own anything by them, though.

Yeah, every list of this nature has headscratching exclusions, but I thought "Relax" not being on it was pretty o_O.

If King Sunny Ade made it and not "Relax," then I'm good w/this list.

yeah, there are about 1000 songs i would have picked before egyptian lover. no offense to egyptian lover.

i was half-disappointed that "shout" by tears for fears didn't make the list it would have been baller for those guys to get three spots

ten years ago "mad world" DEFINITELY woulda made it

The Tears For Fears picks were on point IMO.

When you're taking into account an entire decade's worth of music, it's pretty inexcusable for ANY ARTIST to make more than one appearance.

I like the Prince picks, though it seems I hear more 1999 than Purple Rain today.
MJ's 'Human Nature' is kind of a head-scratcher though.

yeah if they'd done one spot per artist (with some honorable mentions) underneath that would have been cool.

did i miss one or did they say the best clash song of the '80s was "the magnificent seven"

"human nature" was aesthetically appropriate for the lush r&b synthscape thing

"Let's Dance" AND "Modern Love" getting in is the only time I've got a problem tbh

And Under Pressure just thrown in there near the middle.

part of what i love about this list is seeing this millennial hipster sensibility form that's as far from spin as spin was from rolling stone

in 2015 the kids reclaimed george benson

No it's like they've gone through the deep cuts and came out the other side and just decided to go with everyone's top 40 hit after all.

i'd agree if the carly pick was "coming around again"

Miles Davis's "Human Nature" > Michael Jackson's

well, it'll take another few years before Pitchfork replaces "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" with "You Give Good Love."

"let the river run"

"pitchfork turned into a quiet storm station so gradually i didn't even notice"

well, basically Eric Harvey's adult R&B essay from a few years ago finally affected got the Sades, Al B Sure!'s and Cherrelles in.

Plus every interview w a punk or indie rock band who goes on about their soft rock and pop tour songs.

All these bands on the road listening to classic pop radio, getting interviewed by P4K, and repping for "Fast Car".

imagine telling a spin writer in 1995 that in 2015 the biggest indecentric website would declare there weren't 20 songs better in the 80s than "i wanna dance (with somebody who loves me)"

indiecentric, i mean

crazy omissions left right and centre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf_Lwe6p-Cg

list could use some debarge and george michael