She Thinks SHE'S The Pollsionate One: THE SWEET SINGLES POLL

How many bands are better than The Sweet? Five? Ten maybe? No more, though.

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. . .

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!

Beastie, that is

I'm bettin' you were drunk when ya wrote that, Kevin--weren't ya?

Hang on, only two for "Action"? There were at least four votes declared here!

fox on the run

I'm bettin' you were drunk when ya wrote that, Kevin--weren't ya?

Hammered. But the sentiment still holds.

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.

awwwwwwwwwwwwww yeah, there it goes.

Many bands go their whole careers without anything as awesome as the "fuH-FOX-EE" part when they're repeating the chorus.

oh shit but ACTION is up next!

polltor pollsino really is the king of bad poll thread titles

This was one of my early greats!

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.