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poptimistsThe 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)
[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)
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Meanwhile In England
Date: 2006-09-28 03:01 pm (UTC)Sign 'O' the times - Prince
Paid in full - Eric B & Rakim
Big decision - That petrol emotion
Rebel without a pause - Public enemy
Pump up the volume - M/A/R/R/S
I know you got soul - Eric B & Rakim
Hit the north - The Fall
Birthday - The sugercubes
True faith - New order
Females - Cookie crew
Girlfriend in a coma - The smiths
Hey love - King sun D moet
Rent - Pet shop boys
Fight for your right - Beastie boys
If I was your girlfriend - Prince
Get down - Derek B
Fairy tale of new York - The pogues
Boops(here to go) - Sly and robbie
Birth school work death - The godfathers
He's a whore/The model - Big black
The albums of jack - The bachelor pad
First we take Manhattan - Jennifer warnes
This brutal house - Nitro deluxe
April skies - The Jesus and Mary chain
You're gonna get yours - Public enemy
Someday - Ce ce Rogers
My favourite dress - The wedding present
Saturday night - Schoolly D
Never gonna give you up - Rick Astley
It's a sin - Pet shop boys
Alex Chilton - The Replacements
The godfather - Spoonie Gee
New mind - Swans
Downtown - Justified Ancients of Mu Mu
I am the law - Anthrax
Beaver patrol - Pop will eat itself
Letter from America - The Proclaimers
All you need is love - Justified Ancients of Mu Mu
There’s a ghost in my house - The Fall
It’s not heaven - Blind mice
Beats and pieces - Cold cut
Rock da house - Cookie Crew
What have I done to deserve this - Pet shop boys
There ain’t nothin’ like shaggin’ - The Tams
Chasin a dream - Tashan
Indians - Anthrax
Lolita - AR Kane
What’s my scene? - The hoodoo gurus
La isla Bonita - Madonna
The Kray twins - Renegade sound wave
Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen
Sho’ you right - Barry White
Jump start - Natalie Cole
Mary’s prayer - Danny Wilson
Shoplifters of the world unite - The Smiths
Who’s afraid of the big bad noise - Age of chance
Walk away - Surf drums
Build - The Housemartins
Touch of grey - The Grateful Dead
If you let me stay - Terence Trent D’Arby
The Melody Maker top 20 is:
Birthday - The Sugercubes
Lollita EP - AR Kane
Sign 'O' the times - Prince
This corrosion - The sisters of mercy
Catch - The cure
Pump up the volume - M|A|R|R|S
If I was your girlfriend - Prince
Chains chained EP - Throwing muses
April skies - Jesus and Mary chain
Who's that girl - Madonna
Forgotten town - The Christians
Rebel without a pause - Public enemy
Alex Chilton EP - The replacements
A town called walker - Tom Verlaine
Let happiness in - David Sylvian
When your sad/Haunted - AR Kane
Hope against hope - Band of Susan’s
I'm bad - LL Cool J
Happy when it rains - Jesus and Mary chain
Why can't I be you - The Cure
Re: Meanwhile In Britain
Date: 2006-09-28 03:45 pm (UTC)I do remember the individual MM writers' lists of 20 favourite tracks of 1987 being particularly inspiring. And obv far more wide ranging than the singles poll results would suggest - album and EP tracks by the likes of Arthur Russell, Jane Siberry and the new noiseniks like The Young Gods (who won the MM albums poll), AR Kane and Loop.
I did find plenty of interesting articles though: this was the year that Reynolds and Stubbs were allowed to write manifestos disguised as features on a fairly regular basis. There's a particularly striking one from the issue dated Nov 14th called "Schemers, Dreamers" having a go at what they called Pop Entryists and praising the return to remystification and the "intuitive rock" of e.g. the above-mentioned artists. I expect
Re: Meanwhile In Britain
Date: 2006-09-28 03:51 pm (UTC)Re: Meanwhile In Britain
Date: 2006-09-28 04:15 pm (UTC)Re: Meanwhile In Britain
Date: 2006-09-28 04:17 pm (UTC)Re: Meanwhile In Britain
Date: 2006-09-28 05:33 pm (UTC)Re: Meanwhile In Britain
Date: 2006-09-28 08:26 pm (UTC)always assumed it was sorta hardcore w/these hardcore-type jokes that were often funny (butthole surfers the best example) but often not (naming a band 'rapeman').
Re: Meanwhile In Britain
Date: 2006-09-28 03:57 pm (UTC)Re: Meanwhile In Britain
Date: 2006-09-28 04:53 pm (UTC)(haha oops i got called out for GIGGLING during the course-director's induction speech!)
(why do brit academics say "my work is based around issues of _____ and _________" instead of "my work is ABOUT _____ and _______"?)
Re: Meanwhile In England
Date: 2006-09-28 03:52 pm (UTC)(You needed to bold paid in full (made P&J '88) and if girlfriend and second Chilton.)
Re: Schoolly / Just Ice
Date: 2006-09-28 04:24 pm (UTC)Hmm, yes. Saturday Night was NME's #20 LP. And Schoolly D made both the MM and NME Top 30 albums in 1986.
Another rapper whom this same set of UK critics loved was Just Ice. What was he like? I think I only own one song by him.
Re: Meanwhile In England
Date: 2006-09-28 06:35 pm (UTC)Paid in full - Eric B & Rakim --- ditto esp.w naughty COLDCUT REMIX by my chums COLDCUT
Big decision - That petrol emotion --- zzz
Rebel without a pause - Public enemy --- i am not now the PE fan i wz then
Pump up the volume - M/A/R/R/S --- great idea, soso execution
I know you got soul - Eric B & Rakim --- has slipped my memory@
Hit the north - The Fall --- OH NO IT'S THE FALL
Birthday - The sugercubes --- loved this then
True faith - New order --- i get NO's singles all muddled
Females - Cookie crew --- must go back and check out
Girlfriend in a coma - The smiths --- idea and performance perfectly mesh
Hey love - King sun D moet --- POLLWINNER
Rent - Pet shop boys --- PSB were still divisive at this point!
Fight for your right - Beastie boys --- fun IN A GOOD WAY
If I was your girlfriend - Prince --- my fave prince idea
Get down - Derek B --- WHATEVER HAPPENED TO
Fairy tale of new York - The pogues --- i love this song
Boops(here to go) - Sly and robbie --- grebt track from a grebt LP
Birth school work death - The godfathers --- hate em
He's a whore/The model - Big black --- the KW cover is aces
The albums of jack - The bachelor pad --- totally forgtten
First we take Manhattan - Jennifer warnes --- prob marvy (don't remember)
This brutal house - Nitro deluxe --- pretty good
April skies - The Jesus and Mary chain --- this wz their mellow skies MOR period, no?
You're gonna get yours - Public enemy --- mist check again
Someday - Ce ce Rogers --- don't recall
My favourite dress - The wedding present --- oh dear
Saturday night - Schoolly D --- EGHAM!
Never gonna give you up - Rick Astley --- awesome, shd have been higher
It's a sin - Pet shop boys --- ditto
Alex Chilton - The Replacements --- bah
The godfather - Spoonie Gee --- dwarfs PE i now think
New mind - Swans --- in the senescence of their sell-out autumn
Downtown - Justified Ancients of Mu Mu --- need to reassess
I am the law - Anthrax --- wanted to like but anthrax are boring except they gave me the idea for my BEARD!
Beaver patrol - Pop will eat itself --- FUCK OFF
Letter from America - The Proclaimers --- triffic
All you need is love - Justified Ancients of Mu Mu --- see above
There’s a ghost in my house - The Fall --- ON NO IT'S THE FALL
It’s not heaven - Blind mice --- wtf
Beats and pieces - Cold cut --- haha MY FRIENDS WHO I AM FRIENDS WITH
Rock da house - Cookie Crew --- yaya cookie crew
What have I done to deserve this - Pet shop boys --- see above
There ain’t nothin’ like shaggin’ - The Tams --- not sure i ever heard this
Chasin a dream - Tashan --- ditto
Indians - Anthrax --- zzz
Lolita - AR Kane --- not as bad as hidnsight wants me to think it
What’s my scene? - The hoodoo gurus --- sigh
La isla Bonita - Madonna --- for years my favourite madge cut (why?)
The Kray twins - Renegade sound wave --- haha i wrote a v.poor feature on RSW --- they were SHIT
Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen --- don't remember
Sho’ you right - Barry White --- ditto
Jump start - Natalie Cole --- ditto sadly
Mary’s prayer - Danny Wilson --- totally forgotten
Shoplifters of the world unite - The Smiths --- dull
Who’s afraid of the big bad noise - Age of chance --- WORSE THAN RENEGADE SOUND WAVE
Walk away - Surf drums --- what's this?
Build - The Housemartins --- i hate em
Touch of grey - The Grateful Dead --- THIS MUST STAND
If you let me stay - Terence Trent D’Arby --- hahhaahhhahahhahha
*(this was a pretty miserable and disenchanting time for me -- i wasn't being blocked any more at nme and i was getting good work at wire but i didn't know how to frame the "think i wanted to do"; the african pop i loved was caught up in a marketing shift which i disliked ("world music"); and i was only half-way to being an ok writer really)
Re: Meanwhile In England
Date: 2006-09-28 06:52 pm (UTC)Re: Meanwhile In England
Date: 2006-09-28 08:22 pm (UTC)weirdly enough this is my fave from her (if i were to name one), but its prob bcz i think there should be more flamenco flavoured p0p.
Re: Cookie Crew
Date: 2006-09-29 10:45 am (UTC)It's utterly fab. But I only heard it in 1988, otherwise it might well have been very high on my list*. ("Rok Da House" their collab w/ The Beatmasters is also great - the start of UK hip house, of which much more should be said when we get to '88).
*I do right by the Cookies when we get to '89.
Re: Meanwhile In England
Date: 2006-09-29 02:52 pm (UTC)Bites a line from M/A/R/R/S.*
Unfortunately, can't find the original on YouTube, just some dorky remixes.
*Just kidding.
An pedant writes
Date: 2006-09-29 09:35 am (UTC)Re: An pedant writes
Date: 2006-09-29 09:39 am (UTC)