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Posted by: AH Gold Jun 9 2015, 07:58 PM

1980s Top 40 Rate - The Synth Off Part 1

So, we've not got long left until all 40 positions are filled in our Ultimate Top 40 final, and all winners of the bottom half of the chart are all safe and certain to be there for the final...or are they?

Below are the winners vs the runner ups of the numbers 21 to 40 rates:

21. The Jam - That's Entertainment vs Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror
22. De La Soul - Me Myself I vs Cure - Boys Don't Cry
23. The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side vs Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
24. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? vs Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle vs Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever *
25. The Smiths - This Charming Man vs Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret
26. The Smiths - Big Mouth Strikes Again vs Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Perfect Skin
27. Cure - Catch vs Damned - Alone Again Or
28. Wonder Stuff - Who Wants To Be The Disco King? vs New Order - Shellshock
29. New Order - Temptation vs Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops Drops vs The Clash - I Fought The Law *
30. Clash - Rock The Casbah vs The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
31. Cure - A Forest vs Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
32. Abba - The Day Before You Came vs Jennifer Holliday - And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going
33. Abba - Thank You For The Music vs Fraggles - Fraggle Rock Theme
34. Joy Division - Atmosphere vs Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - Guilty
35. The Fall - Victoria vs Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice
36. Weird Al Yankovic - Eat It vs Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man
37. Kate Bush - The Big Sky vs Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
38. New Order - Procession/Everything's Gone Green vs Pop Will Eat Itself - Can U Dig It?
39. Blondie - War Child vs Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator vs Berlin - You Don't Know *
40. Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling/The Ballroom Of Romance vs Wonder Stuff - It's Yer Money I'm After Baby

If you want to change the outcome, this will be your ONLY chance to do so. Simply pick your winner of each peak position. If there is a tie, then the original victor will secure their place in the final. So, will all the winners be safe? It's up to you.

* Numbers 24, 29 and 39 saw two tracks tie for the runner up spot.

Posted by: AntoineTTe Jun 9 2015, 08:04 PM

21. The Jam - That's Entertainment
22. Cure - Boys Don't Cry
23. The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
24. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
25. Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret
26. The Smiths - Big Mouth Strikes Again
27. Cure - Catch
28. New Order - Shellshock
29. New Order - Temptation
30. The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
31. Cure - A Forest
32. Abba - The Day Before You Came
33. Abba - Thank You For The Music
34. Joy Division - Atmosphere
35. The Fall - Victoria
36. Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man
37. Kate Bush - The Big Sky
38. New Order - Procession/Everything's Gone Green
39. Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator
40. Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling/The Ballroom Of Romance


Very happy that some of my favourite 80s songs are through to this stage.

Posted by: AH Gold Jun 9 2015, 08:15 PM

21. The Jam - That's Entertainment
22. De La Soul - Me Myself I
23. The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
24. Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever
25. The Smiths - This Charming Man
26. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Perfect Skin
27. Damned - Alone Again Or
28. Wonder Stuff - Who Wants To Be The Disco King?
29. New Order - Temptation
30. Clash - Rock The Casbah
31. Cure - A Forest
32. Abba - The Day Before You Came
33. Fraggles - Fraggle Rock Theme
34. Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - Guilty
35. Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice
36. Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man
37. Kate Bush - The Big Sky
38. New Order - Procession/Everything's Gone Green
39. Blondie - War Child
40. Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling/The Ballroom Of Romance

Posted by: Fgiboy2511 Jun 9 2015, 09:31 PM

This is a good idea! It's like a big Brother twist! the bottom half was a bit disappointing for me as none of my songs won. It looked a bit like an 80s uni art student playlist.

21. Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror
22. De La Soul - Me Myself I
23. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
24. Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever
25. Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret
26. The Smiths - Big Mouth Strikes Again
27. Cure - Catch
28. Wonder Stuff - Who Wants To Be The Disco King?
29. The Clash - I Fought The Law
30. The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
31. Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
32. Abba - The Day Before You Came
33. Fraggles - Fraggle Rock Theme
34. Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - Guilty
35. Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice
36. Weird Al Yankovic - Eat It
37. Kate Bush - The Big Sky
38. Pop Will Eat Itself - Can U Dig It?
39. Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator
40. Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling/The Ballroom Of Romance

Posted by: popchartfreak Jun 10 2015, 07:01 AM

ooh, twist!



21. Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror
22. Cure - Boys Don't Cry
23. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
24. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
25. The Smiths - This Charming Man
26. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Perfect Skin
27. Damned - Alone Again Or
28. New Order - Shellshock
29. Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops Drops
30. Clash - Rock The Casbah
31. Cure - A Forest
32. Abba - The Day Before You Came
33. Abba - Thank You For The Music
34. Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - Guilty
35. Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice
36. Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man
37. Kate Bush - The Big Sky
38. New Order - Procession/Everything's Gone Green
39. Berlin - You Don't Know *
40. Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling/The Ballroom Of Romance

now isn't that a much better list?

PS stop all this Fraggle Rock childhood nostalgia immediately! I know it's going to be a landslide....

Posted by: richie Jun 10 2015, 07:28 AM

Heyyy!!! Cracking idea. Here's my alternative 20 (even changed some where my fave got through just for a more interesting 40)

21. The Jam - That's Entertainment
22. De La Soul - Me Myself I
23. The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
24. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
25. Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret
26. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Perfect Skin
27. The Damned - Alone Again Or
28. The Wonder Stuff - Who Wants To Be The Disco King?
29. Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops Drops
30. The Clash - Rock The Casbah
31. The Cure - A Forest
32. Abba - The Day Before You Came
33. Fraggles - Fraggle Rock Theme
34. Joy Division - Atmosphere
35. The Fall - Victoria
36. Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man
37. Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
38. Pop Will Eat Itself - Can U Dig It?
39. Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator
40. The Wonder Stuff - It's Yer Money I'm After Baby

Can we please get rid of Chris De Burgh!!?!

*EDIT* - AND, BY CHRIST, DON'T PUT BARBARA EFFING STREISAND IN OVER JOY DIVISION!!!

Posted by: dandystar Jun 10 2015, 07:50 AM

21. The Jam - That's Entertainment
22. Cure - Boys Don't Cry
23. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
24. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
25. The Smiths - This Charming Man
26. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Perfect Skin
27. Cure - Catch
28. Wonder Stuff - Who Wants To Be The Disco King?
29. Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops Drops
30. Clash - Rock The Casbah
31. Cure - A Forest
32. Abba - The Day Before You Came
33. Fraggles - Fraggle Rock Theme
34. Joy Division - Atmosphere
35. Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice
36. Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man
37. Kate Bush - The Big Sky
38. New Order - Procession/Everything's Gone Green
39. Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator
40. Wonder Stuff - It's Yer Money I'm After Baby

Posted by: dandystar Jun 10 2015, 07:53 AM

It will make me very happy if Fraggles could somehow sneak in...that ABBA track is one of their worst so I can honestly say I'd rather listen to Fraggle Rock Theme!

Posted by: Leonardo Jun 10 2015, 11:30 AM

21. Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror
22. Cure - Boys Don't Cry
23. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
24. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
25. The Smiths - This Charming Man
26. The Smiths - Big Mouth Strikes Again
27. Cure - Catch
28. New Order - Shellshock
29. The Clash - I Fought The Law
30. Clash - Rock The Casbah
31. Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
32. Abba - The Day Before You Came
33. Abba - Thank You For The Music
34. Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - Guilty
35. The Fall - Victoria
36. Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man
37. Kate Bush - The Big Sky
38. New Order - Procession/Everything's Gone Green
39. Blondie - War Child
40. Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling/The Ballroom Of Romance

Posted by: popchartfreak Jun 10 2015, 04:20 PM

I'd say it's a foregone conclusion The Fraggles will get through, though if it were on the radio all the time (like Abba) I would be chucking bricks at the radio after a short while

and Richie, I prefer to regard it as Barry Effing Gibb featuring La Streisand . Nothing against Joy Division, it's just that Atmosphere is a bit miserable and they are going to walk it with Love Will Tear Us Apart which is WAY better by a massive distance. Babs n Bazza will have no other chance to feature...

Posted by: darkstar79 Jun 10 2015, 04:30 PM

Yes, please. His song is the most ridicolous winner so far.


21. Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror
22. De La Soul - Me Myself I
23. The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
24. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
25. The Smiths - This Charming Man
26. The Smiths - Big Mouth Strikes Again
27. Damned - Alone Again Or
28. Wonder Stuff - Who Wants To Be The Disco King?
29. New Order - Temptation
30. The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
31. Cure - A Forest
32. Jennifer Holliday - And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going
33. Fraggles - Fraggle Rock Theme
34. Joy Division - Atmosphere
35. The Fall - Victoria
36. Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man
37. Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
38. Pop Will Eat Itself - Can U Dig It?
39. Blondie - War Child
40. Wonder Stuff - It's Yer Money I'm After Baby

Posted by: Severin Jun 10 2015, 04:40 PM

21. The Jam - That's Entertainment
22. Cure - Boys Don't Cry
23. The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
24. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
25. The Smiths - This Charming Man
26. The Smiths - Big Mouth Strikes Again
27. Damned - Alone Again Or
28. Wonder Stuff - Who Wants To Be The Disco King?
29. Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops Drops
30. Clash - Rock The Casbah
31. Cure - A Forest
32. Abba - The Day Before You Came
33. Fraggles - Fraggle Rock Theme
34. Joy Division - Atmosphere
35. The Fall - Victoria
36. Weird Al Yankovic - Eat It
37. Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
38. Pop Will Eat Itself - Can U Dig It?
39. Blondie - War Child
40. Wonder Stuff - It's Yer Money I'm After Baby

Posted by: AH Gold Jun 10 2015, 08:47 PM

so far, it looks like FIVE winners will be replaced in the final.

Just a couple of days left to decide, so vote wisely (in other words, choose Yoko rather than the Fall please )

Posted by: richie Jun 11 2015, 07:52 AM

Heh - I can't have it both ways I suppose. Was just pleasantly surprised that Atmosphere made it - and it's not actually that far behind LWTUA in terms of quality, just that LWTUA is one of the best songs ever written.

That said, it hasn't been scoring so highly in the last few no.13 rates - it might get overtaken by something else

Posted by: AaronTM Jun 12 2015, 02:36 PM

21. Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror
22. De La Soul - Me Myself I
23. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
24. Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle
25. The Smiths - This Charming Man
26. Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Perfect Skin
27. Cure - Catch
28. New Order - Shellshock
29. New Order - Temptation
30. Clash - Rock The Casbah
31. Sade - The Sweetest Taboo
32. Jennifer Holliday - And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going
33. Abba - Thank You For The Music
34. Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - Guilty
35. The Fall - Victoria
36. Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man
37. Kate Bush - The Big Sky
38. New Order - Procession/Everything's Gone Green
39. Blondie - War Child
40. Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling/The Ballroom Of Romance

Posted by: AH Gold Jun 12 2015, 03:21 PM

two days ago, it looked like we were going to say bye bye to five winners. Now, it's down to just TWO. Another seven are tied, so I'll keep this open for another day.

Posted by: popchartfreak Jun 12 2015, 03:59 PM

Hmmm. Fraggles. Yes. Well. Hmmm, 80's classic I look forward to Star Trekkin' winning the number one slot

Posted by: AH Gold Jun 13 2015, 10:54 AM

well, with Black Lace doing quite well with Superman, it wouldn't surprise me

Posted by: AH Gold Jun 13 2015, 10:55 AM

Results start shortly. If you haven't voted yet, you still have a little time

Posted by: AH Gold Jun 13 2015, 12:46 PM

You've had your say. Now the 21-40 positions will be set in stone. Who's safe, who's not?

21. The Jam - That's Entertainment (5) vs Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror (5)

Ah, one of seven ties. But in the case of a tie, it's the original victor which secures its place in the final, so The Jam just hold on at the expense of Jacko.

22. De La Soul - Me Myself I (5) vs Cure - Boys Don't Cry (5)

Same thing again here. We almost lost our only urban entry (so far), but the Cure fans here shouldn't be too disappointed. More from them in a bit.

23. The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (5) vs Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation (5)

And again! It seems you lot are very much split between these. The Smiths have (currently) FOUR entries. This one's safe...

24. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? (7) vs Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle (1) vs Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever (2) *

As is this - not much competition here, with 7 out of 10 votes securing The Smiths' second Ultimate Top 40 entry.

25. The Smiths - This Charming Man (7) vs Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret (3)

Make that a third.

26. The Smiths - Big Mouth Strikes Again (5) vs Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Perfect Skin (5)

Is it too late to change the rules and let Perfect Skin through? Doh! All four Smiths tracks are safe.

27. Cure - Catch (5) vs Damned - Alone Again Or (5)

Another tie, so the winner stays the same.

28. Wonder Stuff - Who Wants To Be The Disco King? (6) vs New Order - Shellshock (4)

The Wonder Stuff have a mighty battle with Chris de Burgh coming up (lol), but against New Order they win with relative ease.

29. New Order - Temptation (4) vs Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops Drops (4) vs The Clash - I Fought The Law (2)

But fear not, they keep the No.29 spot.

30. Clash - Rock The Casbah (7) vs The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (3)

Thankfully, no chance of a fifth Smiths finalist here. (I do love them, but I think FOUR is enough!)

31. Cure - A Forest (7) vs Sade - The Sweetest Taboo (3)

No change in winners so far. An easy win for the Cure's first Top 40 hit here.

32. Abba - The Day Before You Came (8) vs Jennifer Holliday - And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going (2)

A landslide win here, and rightly so.

33. Abba - Thank You For The Music (4) vs Fraggles - Fraggle Rock Theme (6)

Ah, and our first casualty. Goodbye to Abba and Hello Fraggles!

34. Joy Division - Atmosphere (5) vs Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - Guilty (5)

We almost had a Babs victory, but the indie lot help secure Joy Division's place in the final

35. The Fall - Victoria (6) vs Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice (4)

Poor Yoko

36. Weird Al Yankovic - Eat It (2) vs Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man (8)

And what happened here??? With a staggering eight votes to two, Eartha Kitt replaces a Jacko parody and is safely through to the final.

37. Kate Bush - The Big Sky (7) vs Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles (3)

No contest here.

38. New Order - Procession/Everything's Gone Green (6) vs Pop Will Eat Itself - Can U Dig It? (4)

New Order's second winner holds on.

39. Blondie - War Child (5) vs Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator (4) vs Berlin - You Don't Know (1) *

It was nearly Kraftwerk, but Blondie hold on to their place.

40. Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling/The Ballroom Of Romance (6) vs Wonder Stuff - It's Yer Money I'm After Baby (4)

Sorry Richie

And so, the Ultimate 80s Top 40 now looks like this:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5. Kate Bush - Babooshka
6.
7. Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock N Roll
8.
9. Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
10.
11. Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
12.
13. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
14. Dusty Springfield - In Private
15.
16. Eurythmics - You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart
17.
18.
19. Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly
20. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
21. The Jam - That's Entertainment
22. De La Soul - Me Myself I
23. The Smiths - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
24. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
25. The Smiths - This Charming Man
26. The Smiths - Big Mouth Strikes Again
27. Cure - Catch
28. Wonder Stuff - Who Wants To Be The Disco King?
29. New Order - Temptation
30. Clash - Rock The Casbah
31. Cure - A Forest
32. Abba - The Day Before You Came
33. Fraggles - Fraggle Rock Theme
34. Joy Division - Atmosphere
35. The Fall - Victoria
36. Eartha Kitt - Where Is My Man
37. Kate Bush - The Big Sky
38. New Order - Procession/Everything's Gone Green
39. Blondie - War Child
40. Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling/The Ballroom Of Romance

Posted by: dandystar Jun 13 2015, 01:25 PM

HUZZAH.

Posted by: popchartfreak Jun 13 2015, 06:45 PM

So swapping one novelty for another and eartha Kitt is in and Abba out. Swings and roundabouts...:-P

Posted by: richie Jun 18 2015, 04:15 PM

All's fair - just shows that most of the original choices were the right ones

Even Chris De Burgh!