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

Re: Think of Keep On Rockin In The Free World As Confessions of a Broken Heart

[koganbot]

Everything being equal, capital-I Importance/pseudo-Importance will enrich a song not harm it, but unfortunately the capital-I Importance often creates a dynamic in which everything is not equal and many other music aspects wither in the shadow of Importance.

Notice that I ticked "Self-Destruction" and "Janie's Got a Gun," the first most seriously addressing an issue of Importance (and not being full of air about it, but not making a dent on the problem, either, and there's the disconcerting fact that "we're heading for self-destruction" is delivered in such a way that the sound is utterly enticing and catchy), the second very modestly addressing an issue (incest, child abuse) just then coming into public consciousness.