pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

Oh man, then Motorhead is not for you. 80% of their songs sound just like Ace of Spades.

im not a motorhead fan but when i was a kid and first heard ace of spades on the radio it was hands down the most exciting thing i had ever heard.

ace of spades should be on every 80's list. also, make a circuit with me by the polecats.

true dat

ilx did get the best New Order song right at least

P4k list definitely preferable to that ILX list, though maybe ILX 101-200 was more interesting.

but the rollout is only ever the top 100 if youre lucky on an ILX poll. Which is the least interesting part of polls imo

the rap entries on the ILX list are embarassing. not that they're bad per se - a lot of them are fun - but they are not generally representative of the amazing shit coming out of hop hop in the 80s. NWA is represented by Express Yourself, which is above Rakim I mean come on

I assume the majority of ballots were from Britishes tbh

hophop was the best

i doubt it. New Order is popular allover ILM plus a bunch of the UK posters jumped ship by then.

amazing shit coming out like hop hop

ban all lists

shit bangs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__WZAi286xk

^^ reet good comp that

i loved the new wave of british heavy menthol

would have expected live to tell on the ilx list

there ought to be one or more congressional hearings on the all-round lack of French pop but such is the world we live in I guess

im sure an 80s poll now would be different (ie have more new order songs)

any specific tracks?

I've just been informed that Pitchfork have done a list of the best songs of the '80s. I love the music of that decade and will defend a lot of it like crazy when I come across folks (and I still do, incredibly) who (wrongly) think that the '80s is the decade that taste forgot. However, I haven't read this list and I probably won't because it's Pitchfork and I don't give a fuck.

(See also: Pazz & Jop, Robert Christgau, Rolling Stone and various other things that mean absolutely nothing to me)

xp specific french pop tracks, that is

(See also: Pazz & Jop, Robert Christgau, Rolling Stone and various other things that mean absolutely nothing to me)

― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Monday, August 24, 2015 10:11 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh vienna

(See also: Pazz & Jop, Robert Christgau, Rolling Stone and various other things that mean absolutely nothing to me)

Man, you are an iconoclast, one who mocks institutions!

i feel like if you post on a thread on a subject it must mean something to you

Not that guy! He is a nihilist, one who believes in nothing.

he loves 80s synth pop

ban all lists

― tayto fan (Michael B), Monday, August 24, 2015 2:59 PM (33 minutes ago)

agreed

wait so is this list actually important enough for p4k's pageviews that they hosted a "launch party" for it or was that just an internet troll being funny

pretty canonical thread: supreme 80's French pop/new wave videos

(for katherine)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHOkad9CkmE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSQ-6xU8mPA

why are the french so bad at music?

(only sorta kidding - I do like Rita Mitsuoko)

I can't even understand that question

Pourquoi les français sont-ils si mauvais à la musique?

Before taking anyone's opinions on this thread seriously I need to know what 10 songs they'd add to the list and ten they'd remove

Sorry thems the rules

guilty bleats have got no rhythm

For the record, I nominated a Debarge song.

Good work.

is Frankie Beverly & Maze "Back in Stride Again" on the list? I'm not clicking through the whole damn list but I'm assuming love will tear us apart is in there somewhere. throw that one off and put "back in stride again" on instead

"oh vienna"

which reminds me, where is "vienna calling"?

officially robbed by pitchfork:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXZanbZ6PWs

remove:
david bowie's "let's dance"
michael jackson, "human nature"
janet jackson's "love will never do without you" (it was released as a single in the fall of '90 so come on)
new order, "ceremony"
tears for fears - whichever the fork doesn't mind reducing to an honorable mention
the cure, "pictures of you"
the clash, "the magnificent seven"
prince, "i would die 4 u"
the pixies, "where is my mind?"
de la soul, "eye know"

replace with:
george michael, "one more try"
go-go's "vacation"
the psychedelic furs "pretty in pink"
bauhaus, "kick in the eye"
def leppard, "photograph"
terence trent d'arby, "wishing well"
van halen, "jump"
don henley, "boys of summer"
mudhoney, "touch me i'm sick"
bobby brown "every little step"

and that's like, diplomatic suggestions to allow for more diverse in artists. i could also suggest one less new order spot to acknowledge hayzee fantayzee

is Frankie Beverly & Maze "Back in Stride Again" on the list? I'm not clicking through the whole damn list but I'm assuming love will tear us apart is in there somewhere. throw that one off and put "back in stride again" on instead

otm

janet jackson's "love will never do without you" (it was released as a single in the fall of '90 so come on

this bugged the hell out of me. if this qualified where is escapade

lol Maze and Rene & Angela are part of that unfortunate breed of huge-on-R&B-radio artists who don't mean shit to anyone else unless you seek them out (A Street Named Desire one of my favorite '80s albums though).

tbf the list is called songs and not singles.

Including a Don Henley song would require, I don't know, more liberal definitions of what's acceptable in the Pitchfork mind. Michael McDonald gets cool points because he appears on Holy Ghost! tracks.

Don was in the pitchfork 500