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

Dead FYI

[koganbot]

1987: Touch of Grey.

1969: Dark Star is more than just a song, it´s like an entire feeling. The freedom, the expression and the support all add to its mysterious glory.

Re: Dead FYI

[giddyoldgoat.livejournal.com]

Touch of Grey is the last great Hunter/Garcia song - by the time the Dead recorded the studio version it had already been in their live set for a few years. The production - all those plinky keyboards, processed drums and midi whatnots - sounds pretty horrible now, but I think it's a strong enough song to survive that - you can hear why it was a hit, if only because of the sweet sentiment expressed in the refrain - "a touch of grey suits you anyway", amen. Nowadays I cld also get behind the unrecorded follow-up, 'A Spot of Bald'.

Re: Dead FYI

[http://users.livejournal.com/xyzzzz__/]

"Please to silence the appearance of elitist Dead. Equally reprehensible to the stain on our house from the entrance of Metallica/mall world, Deader than thou as it were. That there is interest in one of the most interesting of vehicles is a good thing, as opposed to the peripheral (see tie-dyes, oxygen to brain depriving balloon and their attendant hissy tanks, my particular rallying point for the decline of dead world, and bongs until stupid, amen.)"

Re: Dead FYI

[koganbot]

Yes, that entry struck me when I read the thread - though surely the Dead's own problem was that they weren't elitist enough.

Re: Dead FYI

[http://users.livejournal.com/xyzzzz__/]

Looking at that entry I'd agree w/that!