The History Of Jop Part 1 aka Everybody's Talking About Pop Musik

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Obviously nothing can replace the Now Polls in our hearts. But koganbot suggested doing polls bassed on the Village Voice Pazz and Jop feature, and that seemed a good idea to me.

The what and what? The Pazz and Jop poll* is an annual poll published by the Village Voice newspaper** in New York. The idea is that every rock critic in America - and latterly in THE WHOLE WORLD (sort of) - gets to vote for their favourite albums and singles of the year. We'll be looking at the singles polls here, historically the poor relation of the albums polls ftb loads of critics not bothering voting in them.

These polls will be done canon-style, i.e. you pick your favourite ten out of the top thirty singles. Or in this case, because this first one was a small enfeebled thing, you pick your favourite NINE out of 26.

The point of the polls, as well as the usual timewasting comment fun, is to get a handle on how critical opinion works and has shifted and where you agree and don't and all that fun stuff.

Without further ado - TO THE TICKY BOXES.


[Poll #809394]


*don't worry too much about the Pazz bit.

**whether there will still be a Pazz and Jop poll following the VV's recent takeover by The Man, I do not know.

Comments

bcz i can (issue in reach w/o standin up remix)

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

NME singles xmas 1979

1. Eton Rifles -- Teh Jsm
2. Gangsters -- The Specials
3. London Calling -- The Cloche
4. I Will Survive -- G.Gaynor
5. Strange Town -- Teh Jsm
6. Message in a Bottle -- The Police
7. Oliver's Army -- E.Costello
8. Spacer -- Sheila B. Devotion
9. Shake yr Body -- The Jacksons
10. Memories -- PiL
11. Death Disco -- PiL
12. My Feet Keep Dancing -- Chic
13. Rock Lobster -- The B52s (first single i evah bought!)
14. Don't Stop Til u Get Enuff -- Jacko
15. Making Plans for Nigel -- XTC
16. Queens of Hearts -- Dave Edmunds
17. The Pictures on the Wall -- Echo and his Bun E. Men
18. Life During Wartime -- Talking Heads
19. She is Beyond Good and Evil -- The Pop Group
20. Boogie wonderland -- Earth Wind and Fire
21. Rowche Rumble -- The Fall
22. Living on the Front Line -- Eddy Grant
23. The Prince -- Madness
24. Boys Don't Cry -- The Cure
25. Touch -- Lori and the Chameleons
26. Transmission -- Joy Division
27. Get Over You -- The Underdones
28. Memphis Tennessee -- Silicone
29. On My Radio -- The Selecter
30. Pop Musik -- M
31. Girls Talk -- Dave Edmunds
32. Heart of Glass -- Blondie
33. We Are Family -- Sister Sledge
34. Stop yr Sobbin - The Pretenders
35. Where's Bill Grundy Now? -- TV Personalities
36. Saturday Night Beneath the Plastic Palmtrees -- Leighton Buzzards
37. Time Goes By So Slow -- The Distractions
38. Protections -- Graham Parker
39. A Message to You Rudi -- The Specials
40. Electricity -- OMD

Re: bcz i can (issue in reach w/o standin up remix)

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

man alive but: heart of glass >>>>>>> dreaming

Re: bcz i can (issue in reach w/o standin up remix)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I wonder how much discophobia played a part.

i.e. clearly big chunks of the P&J voters were NOT discophobes, but what did the disco fans think of Blondie, and did the disco-hataz who liked Lowe, Edmunds etc. prefer the "Dreaming" style Blondie?

Also also "Dreaming" is still amazing - it has some of her best lyrics!

Saturday Night Beneath the Plastic Palmtrees

[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

Is this the song that mentions the Seven Sisters Road & other Haringey-based delights ? I was trying to remember what it was all the time I lived there.