The History Of Jop Part 2 aka Clap your hands everybody if you got what it takes

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The second instalment of this poll series takes us to the Pazz and Jop poll of 1980 - if you don't know what Pazz and Jop is, refer to the previous episode (or ignore it and do the poll anyway). You get to pick NINE of these.


[Poll #810979]


And now here's the results of the 1979 poll: the Joptimists Top Ten

1. Don't Stop Til You Get Enough (44 votes)
2. Rapper's Delight (40)
3. We Are Family/Greatest Dancer (37)
4. Good Times (34)
5. Pop Musik (31)
6. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick/Reasons To Be Cheerful (30)
7. My Sharona (28)
8. Dreaming (26)
9. Hot Stuff (25)
10=. Gangsters (21)
10=. Life During Wartime (21)
10=. Damaged Goods/It's Her Factory (21)

Comments

First thoughts:

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Hip-hop jumps from scraping into the top 25 to topping the poll BUT "The Breaks" is the only hip-hop record on offer - were there really so few others? (Surely not - my "Ego Trip 1980" folder of dodgy MP3s seems well stocked). Or is this a block vote for the best one. Regardless it's quite a statement.

Lots of tracks I've not heard here - Pylon, Jim Carroll, this particular Paul Simon.

Slightly surprised to see Lipps Inc doing so well, not sure why because it's excellent, but it has the reputation now of being a bit cheesy maybe?

Re: First thoughts:

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

re the Lipps Inc - it's one of the few I've actually heard (about half my ticks are there for general artist-approval eg Pointer Sisters)! I love it to bits. I got their best of out of the library when I discovered that Justus Köhncke's 'Timecode' was based on 'How Long', and the entire thing was like, ooh, so that's where they got that idea from x 100.

Re: First thoughts:

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

recently revived (irono-)cred thanks to 2 Many DJs perhaps

i loved the Psuedo Echo cover version AT THE TIME.

Re: First thoughts:

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Sorry I meant "in the P&J poll" not "in the voting" in which it should plainly be top 4.

Jim Carroll

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

I can upload this if anyone is interested. A classic of sorts for many years among the college radio crowd.

Re: First thoughts:

[giddyoldgoat.livejournal.com]

Pylon were a big favourite of R.E.M.'s - they both came from Athens Georgia, and R.E.M. covered the Pylon song Crazy. Herky-jerky nu wave stuff.

Re: First thoughts:

[dickmalone.livejournal.com]

It's a good Paul Simon song! Not really one of his top 10 but worth a listen.