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

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

i have never understood why people play it at indie clubs? i mean, seriously, it is V DEPRESSING and NOT V FAST. mmm yes dancefloor aktion!

it's the only joy division song i know - i suspect i would, generally, like them, but i can't be arsed.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

it's not as bad as when Clodplay's 'Yellow' gets dropped at 'indie clubs'.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

oh my god surely not.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

This only happened to me once actually, at Collide-A-Scope which is/was really a Kings College student union night open to the public. Rub night but lovely view of the Thames from their building.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

yes it is a lovely view from there. only been there once for Hot Chip gig, venue itself is horrible.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

there was a fire drill when i went there. oh the hilarity.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Ah, Collide-a-scope! That was run by the Gay Jewish Mafia, you know.

[juror8.livejournal.com]

"Love Will Tear Us Apart", like "The Birdie Song" and Usher's "U-Turn" has its own specific dance though that teh indie kidz all know and love.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

because you can do ian curtis dancing to it, obv ;)

it's not that slow either.

search: transmission, she's lost control, atmosphere
leave: the rest of it, uber-miserablist proto-goth/em0 whinging...

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I like 'Shadowplay' (I think this is the one I mean). Can't remember how 'Digital' goes.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

which is the UnkPle song which goes "and turns into a tree!"?

new order are 10000000000000000000000x better as they got a PROPAH SINGAH at last [/the lex]

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

but Sumner really isn't that good a singer either!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

dare i ask what constitutes "ian curtis dancing"?!

[juror8.livejournal.com]

It's quite easy. Pretend you have no muscle control in your neck and then flail your limbs around like a puppet trying to bat a fly away. Simple.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

that doesn't sound like fun in the slightest.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ian+curtis+dancing

[juror8.livejournal.com]

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

LWTUA is deceptively fast if you listen to it again. Faster than most hip-hop and house music, actually.