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

and these are the hands we're given

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

cis! mindmeld over supreme importance of ms ross!

Re: and these are the hands we're given

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'Upside Down' was Diana Ross's biggest hit (in the UK) for nine years so v important for her at least. I'm always surprised it's from the 80s* (but only just) as it's production suggests 3-4 years earlier and the impression I get is that the disco-funk (that didn't co-opt synths) backlash was well in effect by this point. But things were probably a lot blurrier than I imagine - and Chic and Sister Sledge were still selling well only 12 months previously.

*see also Rolling Stones 'Start Me Up'

Re: and these are the hands we're given

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Truly this is a great one, and not a bad album, either, I believe. Just didn't make it into my top nine.