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

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Partially this may be a split between coasts, partially between, well, let's say "punk punk" and "crit punk." I've seen a lot of DK posters on walls, but people actually listened to Ramones, Clash, Pistols, etc.

[giddyoldgoat.livejournal.com]

Again this may be another histo-cult divide, but the Dead Kennedys were, relatively speaking, HUGE in the UK for a while - California Uber Alles, Holiday in Cambodia, Kill the Poor, Too Drunk to Fuck and Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables were all number one, semi-permanent fixtures on the NME alternative/indie charts for a v. v. long time. Whereas eg the Germs meant almost nothing over here.

EDIT: Doin a bit of googling I find that Fresh Fruit reached no 37 in the UK album charts, and that the Too Drunk to Fuck EP got to no 31 in the singles chart. The power of Cherry Red! (Black Flag eat yr heart out)