The History Of Jop Part 11 aka Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

1989, the number, another poll - something to do while you count the minutes until POPTIMISM TONIGHT AT THE UNION TAVERN (ahem).

Only EIGHT picks this time because Tone Loc's "Wild Thing" was a duplicate.


[Poll #837465]


Sweet Jop Of Ours (1988)

1. Push It (38 votes)
2. Sweet Child O Mine (35)
3. Don't Believe The Hype (34)
4. Paid In Full (33)
5. Alphabet Street (28)
6. Birthday (27)
7. Crash (26)
8. Welcome To The Jungle (25)
9. My Prerogative (23)
10=. Fast Car (20)
10=. It Takes Two (20)

Comments

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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

We have just finished the 80s and I remember the Lovely K8 appearing once.

WHAT THE HELL?!?!

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[koganbot]

I don't think she hit much in North America.

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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I knew she wasn't commercially successful but surely the critics would have noticed her though? I mean there have been quite a few Britcentric records (including in this very list: Neneh C, Soul II Soul) and surely her critical profile wouldn't have been zero.

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[chezghost.livejournal.com]

was 'Buffalo Stance' a hit in the States? I know 'Back To Life' was. BS does 'sound' American, I think. Whereas Kate B does not at all of course.

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[koganbot]

"Buffalo Stance" a big hit. Also, it isn't necessarily that Kate B doesn't sound American, since if you want you can place her in the North American line that starts with Leonard and Joni (obv. that's not all she's doing). I just don't think she was that high profile.

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[chezghost.livejournal.com]

yes i didn't mean to imply that Kate wasn't big there BECAUSE she didn't sound 'American' in any way. plus she did do well in ANy countries outside the UK anyway?

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[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

kate bush is the neil young of nu-brontism

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[koganbot]

Perhaps I should give her more of a chance then. (I ticked Neil.) By nü-Brontism do you mean Emily and Charlotte and what's-his-face?

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[koganbot]

Of course, I think of Neil Young as the Lindsay Lohan of social significance (which is to say he has no clue but he's beautifully emotionally committed to his extravagant whiffling). Meaning Kate B would be the Lindsay Lohan of _______?

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[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

what's his face = anne!

(yes yes i know you mean poor old bran well)

i sort of declared this to annoy the lex but then i decided it was TRUE ANYWAY -- and i have a grebt proof but the margin is too small to write it here ect ect