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

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

I think most of this is pretty good, and I bet some of the stuff I haven't heard is good too!

I didn't hear GnR until spring of 1988 when they totally blew me away. I have a copy of the original UK release Welcome to the Jungle, but I think I bought it off some kid. Summer 1989 they were unavoidable, and I'd had a year off them to myself before they were all over radio 1 (although I see both the 1988 singles charted at 24; but 1989 they reached 6, starting with Paradise City...)