The History Of Jop Part 8 aka It started with a little kiss, like this

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Away from the Hip-Hop Wars the Pazz and Jop poll moves smoothly onward to 1986 - some great singles here but very few names that had not previously appeared in P&J. You get NINE ticks from these 25 tracks.


[Poll #829550]


1985: The Joptimised Version

1. Into The Groove (45 votes)
2. How Soon Is Now? (40 votes)
3. Raspberry Beret (37 votes)
4. Running Up That Hill (35)
5. Walking On Sunshine (24)
6. The Boys Of Summer (23)
7. Money For Nothing (22)
8. And She Was (21)
9. Smooth Operator (19)
10. I Wonder If I Take You Home (18)

Surprising mass support for VER STRAITS there!

Comments

OMG

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

I love 1986!! This was the first year 'music' really came into my life. e.g. a few years prior to this I can remember watching Cheggers Plays Pop, but hating the bands and liking the games! So I pretty much liked everything, and I could honestly tick all of the tracks here which I had heard at the time. I can remember asking for either Madonna or Paul Simon or Five Star for Christmas, and got the Madonna album, which was probably the best bet (for me, at the time -- I liked the Paul Simon stuff but even I was aware of a certain amount of controversy surrounding it, and felt it was a bit too serious compared with my pop thrills [Is this right or am I projecting?]).

But the first record which I ever really really loved, which leapt out from all the rest and said 'hey -- something else is possible' was the Beastie Boys. I loved the single, got the tape of Licensed to Ill for my birthday in June, and played it to death. I still know all the words, and I still play it and enjoy it (unlike say The Pixies, who I still love, but whose CDs never come off the shelf). Possibly the only other band in this category for me are AC/DC, and although I liked the singles from Blow Up Your Video, it was their early albums which I got into at school which stuck with me. I've thought that everything the Beastie Boys have done since has been pretty rubbish to be honest, but nothing was ever going to compare to first love.

Re: OMG

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

Actually I'm slightly surprised by the overlap between what I had heard on the commercial radio station in London I used to listen to, and what cooler-than-thou taste-master critics across the US were voting for. I think I must have known 13 of these; and I'm guessing probably also Janet Jackson, although I can't remember a note of it (I have a wierd blind-spot for her records, I honestly couldn't tell you a single thing about any of them!).

Re: OMG

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i ticked 17 then had to untick.

Re: OMG

[koganbot]

You have just described Janet Jackson's music very well.

Re: OMG

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

this too was my break out year for really being more aggressive about listening to music and then seeking it out. i remember listening to a top 40 tape compilation that had nearly all the above on!