I Love #1s - 1971

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Last week was a high scoring battle with poptimist perennial Billie Jean eventually grabbing 42 ticks to win the premium pop year of 1983 - Rod Stewart's Baby Jane is the highest scoring loser so far* with respectable 7. Yet MORE Rod this week - will the tick fatigue set in? Only YOU can decide! It's 1971.

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*I totally haven't checked this.

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cuz koganbot loves u?

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Was just watching this on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_X4AyZW6LM) and thinking, "Clearly this was the period in time when they had enough momentum that even rubbish like this would go to #1." But alas, Frank thinks differently. Why?

Re: cuz koganbot loves u?

[koganbot]

Eerie, aggressive, minimal, the most intense thing they ever did - also the most Jamaican, with the gunshot echo effects and the walking ska bass. But unique: No other song by them or anyone else sounds like it. My fave is still "Cum On Feel The Noize," but this is number two. (The YouTube version is a very poor transfer, unfortunately.) Tom found the aggression disconcerting in a supposed love song, but that's another thing I like about it.