The History Of Jop Part 9 aka Every other story is tellin you somebody died

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The Pazz and Jop poll for 1987, revisited. You get nine choices.


[Poll #832067]


1986: The Jip-Jop Wars (Poptimist Version)

1. West End Girls (38 votes)
2. Word Up (35)
3=. Walk This Way (33)
3=. Fight For Your Right To Party (33)
3=. Papa Don't Preach (33)
6=. Kiss (31)
6=. Walk Like An Egyptian (31)
8. Manic Monday (25)
9=. Rise (18)
9=. Nasty (18)
9=. Addicted To Love (18)

Comments

[koganbot]

Grateful Dead tune is not bad. (Though not as good as "The One I Love" and "With Or Without You."

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The Joshua Tree tune I really like is "Where The Streets Have No Name" (which I liked before the Pet Shop Boys covered it, honest). I would have ticked that.

I might have ticked "End of the World" too until two years ago, but the enthusiasm of a very irritating former boss for this era of REM has increased its toxicity. "The One I Love" I disliked a great deal even when I was a big REM fan.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

haha 'The One I Love' is one of the few REM tracks I have any affection for, and I ticked it, but I have always always loathed 'It's The End Of the World...'