The History Of Jop Part 5 aka The Kid Is Not My Son

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A delay in the poll caused by my having some work, but finally the ship of retrospective metapop criticism sails into the waters of 1983 - Jackson the winner, Culture Club getting some serious vote-splitting, and this year the P&J poll included a BEST VIDEO section for the first time, which we might well discuss in a separate YouTube-enabled poll later (I can't get YouTube at work).

Procedural Note: I've excised "Back On The Chain Gang" by the Pretenders as it featured last time.

You only get EIGHT votes this time - use them wisely.


[Poll #819820]


The Joptimists Poll Remix for 1982:

1. Don't You Want Me (49 votes)
2. 1999 (46 votes)
3. The Message (43 votes)
4. Temptation (37 votes)
5. The Look Of Love (36 votes)
6=. Mickey (31 votes)
6=. Sexual Healing (31 votes)
8. Planet Rock (28 votes)
9. Rock The Casbah (26 votes)
10. Pass The Dutchie (24 votes)

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

AAARGH I got really angry with people on the thread for this!!!!!! why the FUCK should I have heard of him?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

He did vocals on that X-press 2 song "Lazy".

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

This was explained to me. I hate that song and especially the vocals.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I didn't like it much either. Talking Heads don't get played much in pop clubs these days so I'm not surprised you haven't heard them, but "Once In A Lifetime" got played ALL THE FECKING TIME on Capital when I was a nipper. You would probably recognise it if you heard it, but I wouldn't blame you at all for not knowing who it was by esp when there are bands with similar names (e.g. Talk Talk) from the same(ish) era to be confused with.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I have heard of Talk Talk and have 0 idea what they sound like either.

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

You know Its My Life by No Doubt? Talk Talk's most famous song is the original of that, and I know for a fact you've heard it at a party.

Also JLC's favouritest ever record.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Before all of this I was actually vaguely curious to hear all these bands but now with every comment I just want to dig my heels in and actively avoid hearing them for the rest of my life.

I like that No Doubt song.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

as i said on that thread surely you know this song via the Tiga version?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I don't, at all, I have never heard this Tiga song.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

oh it's on 'Sexor' which i thought u had heard.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I haven't, I heard the single but apparently the album was shit.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i've not heard all of the album but i don't think anything on it is as good as 'Move My Body'. his cover of 'Burnin Down The House' actually sounds v cool, slick 4/4 electropop altho as ever his vocals grate a bit.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I have the album. It is indeed shit.