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 Buzzjack's Favourite UK No 1 Single Of The 80s, AND THE WINNER IS.... |
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 11th December 2021, 10:17 AM
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 Shakin Stevens
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I had many more than 30 that were left out that I love!
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11th December 2021, 10:25 AM
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 Ciao, 911? E 'Quagmire. Sì, è preso nella finestra di questo
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Quick update, up to 25 voters now! First eliminations should be tonight!
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11th December 2021, 11:55 AM
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 #38BBE0 otherwise known as 'sky blue'
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Hey, I'll send you mine across shortly! Sorry for being very late as per.
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11th December 2021, 01:45 PM
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 I wanna keep all of your charm in a canister
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Votes sent! Apologies for leaving this so late. That was an absolute bloodbath... can't believe the quality of some songs I had to cut out!
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11th December 2021, 02:45 PM
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IncredibleSquirrel
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Been meaning to do this properly, watched the recaps to remind and refamiliarise myself with some I've not heard in a long time. 36 songs I rated 8/10+ so shouldn't be too difficult to whittle down to 30.
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11th December 2021, 02:48 PM
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Ciao, 911? E 'Quagmire. Sì, è preso nella finestra di questo
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Last hour to vote coming up! Who wants to be our 30th voter?
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11th December 2021, 04:10 PM
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Ciao, 911? E 'Quagmire. Sì, è preso nella finestra di questo
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VOTING IS CLOSED!
Thanks to all 31 voters in the end! First eliminations tonight.... |
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11th December 2021, 05:30 PM
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I've been looking for a Lasting Lover
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QUOTE(Dasher @ Dec 11 2021, 04:10 PM)  First eliminations tonight.... Hopefully We Are The World will be one of them!  
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11th December 2021, 05:47 PM
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Say that hiss with your chest, and...
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I hope Shaddup Your Face and I Know Him So Well go out quickly because they stopped two songs I really like from going to #1. Even though I Know Him So Well is admittedly quite good.
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11th December 2021, 06:21 PM
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Ciao, 911? E 'Quagmire. Sì, è preso nella finestra di questo
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Right let's get rid of the zeros from 1980-1984
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11th December 2021, 06:47 PM
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Say that hiss with your chest, and...
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This is an interesting website I found reviewing every 80s number 1. This person reviewing then doesn't seem to like much
and I disagree with many of their opinions but reading it made me realise many things I never noticed such as how 60s soul and Motown influenced a lot of the 80s number 1s eg. Wham's 'Freedom' and Spandau Ballet 'True'.The front page is 1989 but the numbers 1 to 9 on the left side have his reviews of the other years number ones! http://eightiesnumberones.blogspot.com/ This post has been edited by Snakin' Stevens: 11th December 2021, 06:50 PM |
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11th December 2021, 07:04 PM
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Ciao, 911? E 'Quagmire. Sì, è preso nella finestra di questo
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NO 159- ZERO POINTS
 Coward Of The County Kenny Rogers- No 1 for 2 weeks in February 1980- No-one brave enough to give this any points?  Dreams Of Children The Jam- No 1 for 3 weeks in Mar/April 1980- First of 6 Jam entries and perhaps lack of familiarity didn't help  Theme From MASH MASH- No 1 for 3 weeks in May/June 1980- Blame Noel Edmunds for this one- cheery  Start The Jam- No 1 for 1 week in September 1980- Another Jam tracks fails to get any points- maybe it's too near the Beatles "Taxman" for comfort?  There's No-One Quite Like Grandma St Winifred's Choir- No 1 for 2 weeks in December/January 1980/81- Our first festive chart topper falls out the rate  Woman John Lennon- No 1 for 2 weeks in Feb 1981- We're not here for Lennon's ode to Yoko it seems  Being With You Smokey Robinson- No 1 for 2 weeks in June 1981- Some big names on the zero pointers list include this one!  One Day In Your Life Michael Jackson- No 1 for 2 weeks in June/July 81- and talking of big names- not many bigger than Jacko but 1 of his 3 chart toppers is gone already.  Green Door Shakin Stevens- No 1 for 4 weeks in August 1981- Shaky has three left now but no love for this track  Begin The Beguine Julio Iglesias- No 1 for 1 week in December 1981- Enrique is clearly better....  Precious The Jam- No 1 for 3 weeks in February 1982- Only 1 side of this double A Side is getting points- The Jam have now scored zero points with half their entries.  Ebony & Ivory Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder- No 1 for 3 weeks in April/ May 1982- Both have other entries thankfully.  Pass The Dutchie Musical Youth- No 1 for 3 weeks in October 1982- Something of a sensation at the time given their age and the mildly controversial inspiration but you don't care it seems  Candy Girl New Edition- No 1 for 1 week in May 1983- 83's only zero pointer for this boyband who gave us Bobby Brown  I Should Have Known Better Jim Diamond- No 1 for 1 week in December 1984- and this is 84's sole entry in the zero list- yes he should have... |
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11th December 2021, 07:05 PM
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Ciao, 911? E 'Quagmire. Sì, è preso nella finestra di questo
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Another 22 chart toppers from 85-89 tomorrow.
FORGOT TO MENTION: AS PER USUAL- PLEASE DO NOT POST HOW MANY POINTS YOU HAVE AWARDED ANY SONG UNTIL THE REVEAL OF THAT SONG |
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11th December 2021, 07:16 PM
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Say that hiss with your chest, and...
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Poor Smokey, when Smokey sings, unlike the band ABC, Buzzjack didn't hear violins
 It's a nice tune, one of the songs where the verses are much more well known than the chorus.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I agree with this review below that the I-I-I-I-I-I is jarring on Jim Diamonds' 'I Should Have Known Better': http://eightiesnumberones.blogspot.com/200...have-known.html The rest of the song I find OK though. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As for 'Ebony and Ivory', it has a good message behind it but yes both artists behind it definitely had more interesting songs melodically. This post has been edited by Snakin' Stevens: 11th December 2021, 07:34 PM |
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11th December 2021, 07:53 PM
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 The owls are not what they seem
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Ooft, Pass the Dutchie wasn't too far from my votes, I rather enjoy it
 Not a whole lot else worthwhile there though (I haven't heard a lot of them anyway x)QUOTE(Snakin @ Dec 11 2021, 06:47 PM) This is an interesting website I found reviewing every 80s number 1. This person reviewing then doesn't seem to like much and I disagree with many of their opinions but reading it made me realise many things I never noticed such as how 60s soul and Motown influenced a lot of the 80s number 1s eg. Wham's 'Freedom' and Spandau Ballet 'True'.The front page is 1989 but the numbers 1 to 9 on the left side have his reviews of the other years number ones! http://eightiesnumberones.blogspot.com/ Ooh thanks for this, I love these reviews of every number 1, Goddammit though at him giving up at 2006  There's one here that's been going on over a decade, and is wonderful but has slowed down a lot recently and still has 18 years to go  This is a recent one that seems to be moving much faster and is even published, though still only on 1978 for now. |
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11th December 2021, 08:31 PM
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BuzzJack Platinum Member
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No major losses there. I liked Ebony and Ivory when it was out but not so much now.
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11th December 2021, 09:03 PM
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Shakin Stevens
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Interestingly most of the zeros are from 1980-82 which had a lot of no1s with older 70s connections! I don’t miss many of them!
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11th December 2021, 09:28 PM
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Shakin Stevens
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QUOTE(Snakin @ Dec 11 2021, 06:47 PM) This is an interesting website I found reviewing every 80s number 1. This person reviewing then doesn't seem to like much and I disagree with many of their opinions but reading it made me realise many things I never noticed such as how 60s soul and Motown influenced a lot of the 80s number 1s eg. Wham's 'Freedom' and Spandau Ballet 'True'.The front page is 1989 but the numbers 1 to 9 on the left side have his reviews of the other years number ones! http://eightiesnumberones.blogspot.com/ You should read his comments on Band Aid 2 and Jive Bunny 😂 |
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11th December 2021, 10:27 PM
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BuzzJack Enthusiast
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Ouch! Some of those songs don't deserve zero points, namely Woman,Start & Being With You😂
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11th December 2021, 11:55 PM
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BuzzJack Platinum Member
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No major losses in that lot, although i'm not sure Pass The Dutchie or Green Door quite deserved zero points.
I'm not surprised the Michael Jackson track has gone, I still find it odd that this was his first UK #1. Not Rock With You or Don't Stop Til You Get Enough... this utterly forgettable record. Of all the Lennon in 1980-81, Woman is the lowlight and prevented the truly fantastic In The Air Tonight from being #1. |
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