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

At the time

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

My top 15. Caveat: I didn't hear the #1 track until 1988, so there was some major ex-post readjustment of the list here. (The original list-topper was Psychic TV! I haven't listened to "Godstar" in years! My best friend was really into them, though, so...) The Madonna track is also a retrospective addition. Paul Simon and Elvis Costello got bumped down to make way.

1. Steinski & Mass Media - "We'll Be Right Back"
2. The The - "Sweet Bird of Truth" (LP & 12" single versions)
3. The Smiths - "The Queen Is Dead"
4. Age of Chance - "Kiss"
5. Run DMC & Aerosmith - "Walk This Way"
6. Madonna - "Where's The Party?"
7. Billy Bragg - "Greetings to the New Brunette"
8. Psychic TV - "Godstar" (EP version)
9. The Housemartins - "Get Up Off Our Knees"
10. A Certain Ratio - "Mickey Way (The Candy Bar)" (12" mix)
11. The Housemartins AGANE oh dere - "Sitting On A Fence"
12. The The - "Heartland"
13. The Primitives - "Really Stupid"
14. The Wedding Present - "This Boy Can Wait"
15. The Smiths - "Ask"

Re: At the time

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Any chance of a YSI of that Steinski track? I've had trouble tracking it down and I absolutely adored it at the time, on some early commercial house compilation.

Re: Steinski

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

haha "early commercial house compilation" is exactly where I first heard it - The Hits of House are Here IIRC. I bought it on cassette.

If I can find a way of making mp3s from cassette, I shall certainly share. But it may take me a while.

Re: Steinski

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Yes! That's exactly the compilation. It was great. Lots of really good stuff on there like House Train and Let's Get Brutal and Rok Da House. Thanks for the offer anyway, but please don't go to too much effort. I'm going to make another effort to track it down today, it must be out there somewhere