Stick It To The Man and pick your favorite song from this PUNK compilation

All jokes aside I never pass up an opportunity to give Crowded House some love

don't dream it's over for sure

She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
Send Me An Angel - Real Life
867-5309 (Jenny) - Tommy Tutone
I Ran (So Far Away) - A Flock of Seagulls
You Might Think - The Cars

these are my faves

last week I was thinking about doing a Send Me An Angel vs Final Countdown poll

And We Danced - The Hooters

I have never heard this song in my life

I love almost every song on this comp and if I needed a compilation in my life I would buy this one.

No punk on here as far as I can see, but I'd say the most punkesque are My Sharona and Stray Cats. (In the sense of loosest arrangements and most driving straight beats.)

"Rock the Casbah," "Kids in America," and "I Eat Cannibal" were on the charts at the same time as a lot of this material. Now THOSE I might admit to the punk pantheon, but just barely.

we danced like a wave
on the ocean, romanced we
were liars in love

brb, fedexing crut a melodica

also played a big role in Cyndi Lauper's success

I don't think I've heard this before, either, although it sounds like a lot of things I've heard. I do remember the Hooters' existence. I know AOR/mainstream rock playlists from the late 80s like the back of my hand but this was probably a few years too ealry.

This is between 'Whip It' and 'Be Near Me', and I went with the latter because not only is it ABC's best single but it's underrated as fuck.

"Send Me An Angel"

I listen to ABC's third album quite a lot, so Be Near Me but it could have been Flock Of Seagulls quite easily.

Top Notch:

Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work
Our House - Madness
Rock Lobster - The B-52s
She Blinded Me With Science - Thomas Dolby
Whip It - DEVO
Send Me An Angel - Real Life
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats
Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
So Alive - Love and Rockets
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
My Sharona - The Knack

Voting Men At Work for the hell of it.

so punk

We've actually polled this before!: PUNK: THE COMPILATION (Which of these tracks is the most UNpunk?)

this is kind of astounding but also not surprising

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ok that's fucking crazy. really?

i mean great song but towering over Cruel To Be Kind

I think it's a very good sign

lol what is that shit in second place?

Never heard of it either.

missed this poll but one of these for me:

Eyes Without A Face - Billy Idol
Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics

also this is bad but i still like it (but not as much as i like 'saved by zero'):

One Thing Leads To Another - The Fixx

Aw, the best of The Fixx is really quite fun.

THE FIXX song is the opposite of bad.

Also loved it in House of the Devil:

https://youtu.be/UMMnJm1PYOE

Weird out of context as this scene happens in between tense moments in the movie.

Wtf is that “send me an angel” song. First time hearing and it sounds subpar next to the other gems in here.

"Send Me an Angel" is a very deserving second place finish on here:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2017/mar/29/send-me-an-angel-the-80s-synth-pop-anthem-that-took-over-the-world