The History Of Pop Part 7 aka You must be out of your brilliant mind

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Is anyone surprised to learn that La Bush and "Running Up That Hill" won the Now 6 poll? With 100% approval? Leaving poor old Eurythmics trailing behind, and Jan Hammer even further behind? No, I thought not. This one might be a little more open - or maybe not. Wooden spoon goes to MARILLION who found not one defender and are banished forever to sukrat town. The scientific community remain divided on when Queen got rubbish though the weight of opinion suggests a little after 1986: watch future polls for further developments.

Genre segregation in full swing here and I've included the major scientific advance of "NONE OF THE ABOVE" votes at the end of each section of the poll-busting 33 songs, which should make the percentages a little clearer. Look out for a sudden acknowledgement of hip-hop, for the first appearances of SAW, A-Ha and the PSB, for Amazulu's posterity-baiting song title, for parentheses a go-go. And UB40 feature AGAIN.

On, boldly into 1986 we go!


[Poll #627132]

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, and THIS is where Simple Minds lose it.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Oh dearie me that is a bad track yes. Terrible video as well.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

btw marillion = pre-manufactured whistlehead pabulum of the WORST SORT and has NO PLACE IN sukrat town er er

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Blimey, it's DubDobInNYC!

[zenith.livejournal.com]

Could someone explain sUKrAt to me?

Matters Arising

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The Only Fools And Horses w/Simply Red at the end of the wedding is great sappy TV!

Furniture had a music journalist in did they not? Can't remember who.

Amityville (its etc.) was the song at school discos which kids wd show off their breakdancing skills to! I should have maybe given it a tick for that reason but also it is rub. Also I have no breakdancing skills.

I would like to hear "Camouflage" again.

Re: Matters Arising

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Furniture had TWO journos: Jim Irvine and SM JOY (who for many years I tht was just Everett True pretending to be a GURL, but apparently not).

Re: Matters Arising

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Also, two of them became part of TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND!!!

http://www.gilest.org/furniture.html

Re: Matters Arising

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

i have heard camoflague semi-recently and it *really* doesn't stand the test of time...

this is CLEARLY the best one so far almost the only ones i didn't tick were ones i couldn't remember (except SLUDGEHAMMER which is bobbins)

Re: Matters Arising

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

this must have been the summer between years of 6th form. i have a distinct memory of a tape of recent top 40s with a lot of these on, and playing it a lot on my walkman. it had camouflage on! and amityville, and bang zoom (my fave song at the time tho i was no fan of the new-fangled hippety-hop) and COR! owen paul.

he was an AWFULLY BIG marine

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

In addition to usual Bowie/Queen suspects (but yeah, the Weight of Opinion may have it abt right on the latter) I own:

- Bananarama
- Real Roxanne
- Mr Ocean (I think)
- Stan Ridgway (if the Cassette Boy remix counts! haha)

Favourite slow dance in theory = "Ooo Baby Baby" by Smokey R

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

and The Housemartins oops

[sbp.livejournal.com]

I thought that was Salt'n'Pepa....

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

I have NEVER SLOW DANCED.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

LADY IN RED euro-bosh style

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Does anyone like teh sledgehammer VIDEO? Did anyone who doesnt like it now like it when they were SMALL?

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

what's not to like? i'm BORED of it, but don't think i could truthfully say i don't like it.

[sbp.livejournal.com]

I remember sloe dancingment but not what track was playing at the time. Unless I wasn't doing the slow dancing and then it would be things like True by Spandex Bollox, Careless Wispa by Sir George of Michael, and Agadoo by Black Lace*





* not really

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Um, I have slow danced to Young At Heart by the Bluebells.

Don't ask.

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

My favourite slow dancey songs are old soul ones, e.g. Al Green, and things like Unfinished Sympathy.

Is it a fact...

[dorsalstop.livejournal.com]

...that 66.7% of you do not remember "I Can't Wait" by the mighty Nu Shooz??
YSI on the way.

Re: Is it a fact...

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

that does need rectifying.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

fave slow dance song: maybe 'Crazy For You' by Madonna although the chances of me ever actually dancing to anything below 90bpm are MICRONOMICAL

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Haha slow dance for me = the bit of Common People before it takes off.

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

*and breathe*

Teh Wow! More than one song which isn't rub. The agonies of choice.

David Bowie and Amazulu(a MIGHTY song) sharing space!

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

possibly my favourite Bucks Fizz track. ok not my ACTUAL favourite, it's my favourite little played BF track. oddly i recall it as being a lot earlier on than everything else here - perhaps some sort of rockist self-censorship is making me believe i couldn't have really liked a BF track that much in the crucial 16-18 yr old phase :-/

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I want to hear this again. And Amazulu. And Midnight Starr just because they're the only one that hasn't got a vote yet.