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

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I'm rather surprised that I still haven't warmed to the Joshua Tree singles, I'm all over thheir work from this period otherwise (including the rest of the album). With Or Without You always stood a little higher than the other two, though.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

the other way around for me. i like precious little u2, and this about covers it. not even typical of the songs i like generally, so quite odd.

[epicharmus.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I shouldn't've ticked any U2 singles. My eye sorta passed over them like a speck of dust on my monitor. I've felt all sorts of things about them (the singles, I mean), but I ended up putting a vote for Alexander O'Neal (I bought the "Fake" 45 back in the day, I'm old skool) rather than suss out just if all my ambivalent feelings edge closer to love than like or dislike.