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)

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The P&J Top 5 LPs

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Posted just to make the point that ISTR a lot of critics heaving a big sigh of relief when REM turned up in '83. Could never see what the fuss was about Murmur meself.

1. Michael Jackson: Thriller (Epic) 1305 (100)
2. REM: Murmur (I.R.S.) 986 (77)
3. Talking Heads: Speaking in Tongues (Sire) 746 (67)
4. X: More Fun in the New World (Elektra) 717 (65)
5. The Police: Synchronicity (A&M) 470 (43)