The History of Pop Part 8 AKA Glide by the people as they start to look and stare

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A solid win for the Pet Shop Boys in the Now 7 poll, and a Now 8 poll posted a couple of hours early cos I have a meeting later on today. Venus by the 'Rama came a respectable second, three votes behind, and "The Lady In Red" met with predictable censure.

Now 8 has THREE (3!!) previous poll winners in contention, in what looks to me like a pretty strong line-up - AND NO UB40! It's goodbye Madness, hello Janet Jackson and Mel & Kim, and a brief cameo from Billy Bragg. I know what ought to win it, I don't know what will. If the final question leaves you too much choice, feel free to skip it and head for the comments box instead.


[Poll #629505]

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We only wanted something else to do but hang around

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

There is at least one 80s song which in a particularly valorous use of brackets has parentheses before AND after the title. Can't remember what though :(

Other stuff going on here:

- the Wizard is "aka Top of the Pops theme tune", which maybe I should have mentioned but it's still no good.
- the Housemartins again! Just for dubdobdee's pleasure!
- "Stuck On You" has a particularly obnoxious video which I saw in a pub once in which H Lewis is making "aw shucks" faces as he tries to ditch his girlfriend to hang out w/the News. At least I think that's what was going on. There was a boat, too.
- "Suburbia" while still excellent is the weakest PSB single from the first two albums, Neil Tennant's voice is really stretched on it. Also growing up in suburbia it was hard to reconcile NT's depiction of a lawless wasteland with the realities of Leatherhead and Epsom.

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[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

oh the brackets before and after came up in a retro quiz (natch) and for the life of me...

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[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

there is (get a) Grip (on yourself) by the strangliars. i'm sure i can think of more...

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[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Aye, I prolly wouldn't like The Wizard if it hadn't had been TOTP theme tune, but as it is nostalgia = too strong.

Paul Heaton has never been involved in anything good, has he?

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[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Cor is that who its by? I like that. Must amend answers.

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[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I gave Teh Wizard teh thumbs up purely for nostalgic reasons. I WOULD DO THE SAME FOR 'YELLOW PEARL'.

Re parentheses issue, TS: Exordium vs Terminus

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[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Now I wish Hardcastle had called it WIZARD IS HUNGRY.