I Love #1s - 1983

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Last time on the #1 polls, 2002 saw the battle of the girlbands, with Sugababes narrowly pipping Gels Alahd to the post, with Freak Like Me getting a massive 41 ticks. Now dudes, its time to rewind twenty years - oh man, I've been looking forward to this year for ages. Boyband FITES! Yazoo covers getting the wobs top spot! Dave Bow-tie rescuing his career! Put your hands up for 1983!

[Poll #977180]

Argh sorry dudes, managed to post this twice. Re-tick pls!

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Nearly ticked 'Every Breath You Take' but prefer Puff and Faith's version so no.

Please tell me that 'You Can't Hurry Love' is not P Collins desecrating the Supremes.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Alas it is.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

that's one of my favourite songs ever!!!!!!!

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

It's not that bad, really.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Yes but you liked the Futureheads desecrating Our K8 as well.

:) quite pleased to be remembered

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

even if only in a negative sense ("This is one of the ones we should burn at the stake first :)")

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

No, it's really not bad at all, Lex. Quite faithful to the Motown sound.

Mind you, I liked Phil Collins anyway at this point in time. His first two solo albums are - genuinely - GREAT and GOOD respectively. He went downhill after that, though.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I think the idea of P Collins being faithful to the Motown sound is actually even more repellent...

[sbp.livejournal.com]

Have you actually heard it? It's quite good you know.

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

(It is actually rubbish)

[damnspynovels.livejournal.com]

You should've seen the video...

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

I think it is you know!

I ticked it bcs it is one of the first 3 songs that I ever remember hearing and singing along to, and I didn't KNOW what a cvnt P Collins was at the time (being only 6).

Ones I don't remember

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

KC & Sunshoine band
New Edition
Paul Young

Re: Ones I don't remember

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

KC = baby give it up, give it up, BAYby give it u-hup!
New Edition = TINY Bobby Brown squeaking "Candy Girl! You rock my wo-o-orrld!"
P Jones = rather forgettable rly tho I still remember how it goes.

Re: Ones I don't remember

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

HUrrah! MORE LOVE FOR KC PLS. Also it goes:

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NAAAH! BABY GIVE IT UP etc. Awesome.

Re: KC

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Yes, best song here - even better than Billie Jean. I'm sure Kat would recognise it if she heard it.

I may post mp3 tomorrow!

Re: Ones I don't remember

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

The New Edition one is awesome, and it's the basis of Trina and Lil' Brianna's equally fantastic 'Kandi' as a bonus.

Re: Ones I don't remember

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

The KC one is a great lost hit (also I think it was w/o Sunshine Band, at least I remember that being the talk).

Who/what are teh Flying Pickets?

Re: Ones I don't remember

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

A bunch of blokes with beards singing a capella. It starts with them making strange yelping noises, IIRC.

Re: Ones I don't remember

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Flying P's = acapella vocal harmony group doing cover of Yazoo.

Re: Ones I don't remember

[strange-powers.livejournal.com]

It's used to devastating effect at the climax of Wong Kar-wai's Fallen Angels. It's faintly ridiculous, but I love it.

Re: Ones I don't remember

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Worst video ever though - they are all sat in the pub playing pool. DO SOMETHING INTERESTING FFS.

Re: Ones I don't remember

[damnspynovels.livejournal.com]

The main one ended up in Coronation Street eventually. I forget as who though. He looked like a binman, but then they all did, and I think that was partly the point.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

This is a weird year cos it's obviously not vintage but at the same time I ticked all but one track - a lot of OK, quite good, six-out-of-ten tracks kicking around that I couldn't NOT tick (Paul Young probably most marginal but I quite like it even so). This is mostly because I was 10, I guess.

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

I was going to say something very similar - v. solid year, it seems to me.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Yeah, ditto. I ticked all of 'em bar:

Paul Young (song & arrangement OK, but hate his voice in general)
Rod Stewart (can't remember this one, but no doubt rub) and
Duran Duran (not bad, but my least favourite of theirs - there's something irritating about the way Le Bon sings "please please tell me now")

Rod

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

This came off the same album as "Young Turks" - his version of new wave/power pop. Totally tickable if you can shed your anti-disco-Rod preconceptions. I remember two or three of his singles around then being a totally guilty pleasure for me, because "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" was still totally the defining song for him.

Re: Rod

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I wish "Young Turks" had been a #1! Hurrah for Disco Rod!

Rod looking very Miami Vice

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Baby Jane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5ovdRKGjoA
Young Turks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yams-XMQIeg (oops it was a different album)

[sbp.livejournal.com]

Of course it's vintage! 1983 is pure pop!

Listening to Maaaaaaarvin all night long

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Why so little love for "True"? The erection section 80s classic bar none!

I know!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

It's not as good as Gold, but still worthy of a tick!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Actually inhibitorylinks has a point - it might have been oversampled. Curse you PM Dawn!

[koganbot]

I ticked every one I remembered, and even one I didn't (KC). I was totally baffled by "Candy Girl" (I now remember that it existed, but I can't remember it), since I read "New Edition" as "New Order."

I remember Rob Sheffield had a piece in Spin saying why New Kids On The Block were the new Rolling Stones, giving relevant comparisons, e.g., "Rolling Stones: The blues had a baby and they called it rock 'n' roll. New Kids On The Block: Maurice Starr had New Edition and they sued him."

Interesting fact about New Edition: Madonna was a supporting act on one of their tours.

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

I picked 13, that's the most ever for me. 1983 was a good year, I was 7.