Euros Childs has been covering "Chop Chop" in his recent live shows. Voted for "Fox On The Run".
― mike t-diva, Monday, 10 December 2007 00:04 (sixteen years ago) link
"Fox on the Run" and "Little Willy" are my favorites. Same for me, but I may end up voting for "Action."
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 10 December 2007 00:41 (sixteen years ago) link
OK, I voted for the one I liked in junior high school and not the one I liked in elementary school
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 10 December 2007 01:07 (sixteen years ago) link
You know, it's the obvious choice, but Ballroom Blitz is one of the half dozen songs I don't seem to be able to tire of. Stick it on, and I'll turn it up. Stick it on repeat, and I'll stay for the duration. Most of the other songs like there were composed in flares as well.
― bendy, Monday, 10 December 2007 01:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I went for "Action" too.
― Mark G, Monday, 10 December 2007 10:24 (sixteen years ago) link
When I was a kid, the next door neighbours once drove home, came in, played "Blockbuster" at full blast, then got back in their car and left. Like they were out somewhere and had an unstoppable craving to hear that song. So I voted for that one, although tempted by Wig Wam Bam.
― Colonel Poo, Monday, 10 December 2007 10:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow! Who ever knew that Nigel Tufnel was a member of the Sweet?
― JN$OT, Monday, 10 December 2007 10:32 (sixteen years ago) link
"Action"!!!
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Monday, 10 December 2007 10:39 (sixteen years ago) link
They really were such a great junior high band, though--"Love is Like Oxygen" was totally my jam in 7th/8th grade.
― JN$OT, Monday, 10 December 2007 10:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't remember "Funk It Up (David's Song)." Seems like it barely cracked the top 100 over here.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 10 December 2007 13:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I never know what metric to use in 2-sided single polls (i.e., to balance off B-sides when I've never thought of most of these as 2-sided singles anyway), so I just decided to go with "Ballroom Blitz," one of my favorite songs of all time (even though a lot of other singles above that are great as well.)
― xhuxk, Monday, 10 December 2007 13:29 (sixteen years ago) link
closet runner-ups, fwiw (not in order):
Wig Wam Bam/New York Connection (4) Sep 1972 Block Buster/Need A Lot Of Lovin' (1) Jan 1973 Hellraiser/Burning (2) Apr 1973 Teenage Rampage/Own Up, Take A Look At Yourself (2) Feb 1974 The Six Teens/Burn On The Flame (9) Jul 1974 Fox On The Run/Miss Demeanour (2) Mar 1975
― xhuxk, Monday, 10 December 2007 13:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Aww, man, was just blasting Sweet Fanny Adams yesterday, and now I've got A.C.D.C. stuck in my head. Where's that one?
"Are you ready, Steve? Aha. Andy? Yeah! Mick? OK. Alright, fellas, let's go!" is one of my favorite pop music moments. It's SO fey and awesome at the same time.
― I eat cannibals, Monday, 10 December 2007 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link
"Action" is a front runner! Who'd a thunk!
― Mark G, Monday, 10 December 2007 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link
It's SO fey and awesome at the same time.
As if the two were mutually exclusive! Feyness is almost ALWAYS awesome.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 10 December 2007 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link
(The) Sweet were the greatest band of all-time WITHOUT the word "new" in their name. "Wig Wam Bam" for me because it doubles as a song about the overwhelming experience of listening to a Sweet song. They have at least ten songs that make me tear up. They were just so...so.
Check out the crazy dances to "Chop Chop" here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rd-1eVamQY
― Kevin John Bozelka, Monday, 10 December 2007 20:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Sunday, 30 December 2007 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Monday, 31 December 2007 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Unsurprising but satisfying spread. I didn't quite realize how much "Fox On The Run" love there was..!
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 1 January 2008 03:42 (sixteen years ago) link
How many bands are better than The Sweet? Five? Ten maybe? No more, though.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 1 January 2008 04:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh God, reading this title just made me think of what an idea a Paul's Boutique sample poll would be, but alas, I could never possibly compile it. . .
― mehlt, Tuesday, 1 January 2008 05:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Compile away, baby! But lo - The Veastie Boys are nowhere near as genius as The Sweet. Come on - how many bands were better than them? How MANY? ?
Maybe zero!
― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 1 January 2008 08:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Beastie, that is
I'm bettin' you were drunk when ya wrote that, Kevin--weren't ya?
― Ioannis, Tuesday, 1 January 2008 15:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Hang on, only two for "Action"? There were at least four votes declared here!
― Mark G, Wednesday, 2 January 2008 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
fox on the run
― the galena free practitioner, Thursday, 3 January 2008 19:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Hammered. But the sentiment still holds.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 3 January 2008 19:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Just bought a greatest hits to celebrate quitting a really shitty job, and it's sounding ggggggggggggreat. Just one punchy, roaring sing-along after another. "Blockbuster" maybe kicking the most ass so far, but I haven't gotten to "Fox on the Run" and I have a feeling that's going to be the icing on the cake of this day.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 9 October 2011 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
awwwwwwwwwwwwww yeah, there it goes.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 9 October 2011 00:41 (twelve years ago) link
Many bands go their whole careers without anything as awesome as the "fuH-FOX-EE" part when they're repeating the chorus.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 9 October 2011 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
oh shit but ACTION is up next!
polltor pollsino really is the king of bad poll thread titles
― shiroimarkershoes (some dude), Sunday, 9 October 2011 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
This was one of my early greats!
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 9 October 2011 00:52 (twelve years ago) link
Man, that greatest-hits is the gift that keeps on giving. Has anyone ever written on Johnny Rotten's debt to Brian Connolly as lead vocalist? There's a real Pistols-esque snarl to, e.g., "And LLLIFE! GOES ON!" on "The Six Teens" - compare to "LLLIKE! E-M-IIII!" etc. The ability to hint at a little bit of real destructive rebel menace amidst the punchy, junior-high-candy hooks was pretty essential to both bands, I think.
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 18 June 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link