The History of Jop Part 3 aka If you start me up I'll never stop

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Part 3 of the series takes us to 1981, and really an awful lot of great singles from which you must pick ONLY NINE.

Procedural notes: Laurie A. and the Stones were joint winners this year. Also, "Ghost Town" topped the separate EPs poll but I threw it in here anyway. I may do this with some future EPs too.


[Poll #813728]


And now the Joptimists Top Ten of 1980:

1. Blondie - Call Me (45 votes)
2. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart (37 votes)
3. Lipps Inc - Funky Town (35 votes)
4=. The Clash - Train In Vain/London Calling (32 votes)
4=. Diana Ross - Upside Down (32 votes)
4=. The Dead Kennedies - Holiday In Cambodia (32 votes)
7. The Vapors - Turning Japanese (31 votes)
8=. Martha And The Muffins - Echo Beach (29 votes)
8=. Joy Divison - Atmosphere/She's Lost Control (29 votes)
10. Devo - Whip It (25 votes)

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

In a poll we did in the pub once we voted it the second best song of all time, behind only "No Scrubs" by TLC.

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Wow. I shall attempt to find it immediately in that case.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

we may *possibly* have been just a little drunk at the time...

see 100-68 of the chart here (http://freakytrigger.co.uk/other-indexes/freaky-triggers-top-100-songs-of-all-time/)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

No, different occasion! Japanese Boy was from the first one where I lost the list after.

I don't know if it also appears on the 'current' list.

those albs in korrekt ordah:

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

1= Pirates and Wild Gift
3= Tattoo You and Trust
1000000000000000000 and last: The Clash: Sandinista!

Re: those albs in korrekt ordah:

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

(Sandinista! is still the Clash's greatest achievement tho')