May 6, 20169 yr Maybe so, but practically a complete reversal of my list - but that doesn't surprise me. I gave up on the 90s rates because my votes weren't having any effect at all.
May 6, 20169 yr Author Now, the bottom 21 of the 1980s Runners Up Rate: 21 29 Cocteau Twins - Pearly-Dewdrops Drops 161 22 20 New Order - Touched By The Hand Of God 158 23 16 Lightning Seeds - Pure 154 24 24 Queen - Who Wants To Live Forever 151 25 22 Cure - Boys Don't Cry 150 26 19 Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth 146 27 17 Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual 142 28 35 Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice 138 29 32 Jennifer Holliday - And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going 134 30 31 Sade - The Sweetest Taboo 130 31 33 Abba - Thank You For The Music 129 32 45 Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey 127 33 26 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Perfect Skin 121 34 28 New Order - Shellshock 119 35 27 Damned - Alone Again Or 112 36 34 Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - Guilty 103 37 36 Weird Al Yankovic - Eat It 92 38 39 Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator 91 39 40 Wonder Stuff - It's Yer Money I'm After Baby 83 40 37 Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles 74 :cry: 41 38 Pop Will Eat Itself - Can U Dig It? 71 :cry:
May 6, 20169 yr Maybe so, but practically a complete reversal of my list - but that doesn't surprise me. I gave up on the 90s rates because my votes weren't having any effect at all. Putting it into context though, lower chart entries in the 90's came and went, got one play on the chart show and that was often it. One might argue their chart positions were a bit flattered - I was big into chart music, but if you missed the chart show that was that, no way of hearing them unless they got daytime airplay or TOTP/Tube spots. It's hard (for me) to even recall some of them, or else judge on one listen against songs I already love, so they were never really going to do well for the most part. The early 90's were more traditional climbers but my impression is they did less well than later decade 90's (and later decade 80's and 70's) as they were less known to younger voters than older voters (err me :lol: ) - my bias tends to be the earlier parts of decades as I know them better, and have more nostalgia for them - this will change in the 60's where my nostalgia will be mid- late 60's biased and the early 60's full of loads I don't know. Hooray!
May 6, 20169 yr Very true - and I'll end up not giving points to great songs I don't know. The 90s is the decade I know best by a long, long way so it's no wonder I'm feeling a bit upset by the results!
May 6, 20169 yr :cry: 41 38 Pop Will Eat Itself - Can U Dig It? 71[/font][/size] :cry: What!?!?! I take it all back, the 80s rundown is just as bad!!! :teresa:
May 10, 20169 yr Author And the bottom 21 of the 1970s: 21 37 Elton John - Bennie And The Jets 143 22 23 Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More Baby 140 23 35 Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23 139 24 15 Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron 137 25 32 James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine 136 (Highest Score - +32 - richie) 26 07 Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music 136 (Highest Score - +27 - Insomnio) 27 13 Marc Bolan & T-Rex - Teenage Dream 131 28 16 Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze 128 (Highest Scores - +36 - darkstar79, +31 - popchartfreak) 29 20 Buzzcocks - Promises 128 (Highest Scores - +36 - richie, +26 - AH Gold) 30 21 David Bowie - Diamond Dogs 124 31 19 X Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescence 119 32 22 Doors - Riders On The Storm 116 33 27 The Jam - News Of The World 115 34 29 Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me 110 35 36 The Jam - Modern World 106 36 60 The Slits - Typical Girls/I Heard It Through The Grapevine 99 37 34 Buzzcocks - Love You More 98 38 28 Matt Monro - And You Smiled 95 39 25 The Clash - English Civil War (Johnny Comes Marching Home) 89 40 39 Small Faces - Lazy Sunday 87 :cry: 41 30 Television - Marquee Moon 66 :cry: Edited May 10, 20169 yr by AH Gold
May 10, 20169 yr Author 11-20 now. Starting with the 1970s this time: 11 09 Rose Royce - Car Wash 184 12 08 Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From 183 13 31 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 178 14 10 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side 174 15 02 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Oliver's Army 171 16 12 Blondie - Picture This 167 17 40 Donna Summer - Could It Be Magic 166 18 17 XTC - Making Plans For Nigel 157 19 26 Peaches & Herb - Shake Your Groove Thing 145 20 33 Pretenders - Kid 144 which leaves this lot as the top ten. But in which order?: 1. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights 3. Carly Simon - You're So Vain 4. Isaac Hayes - Theme From 'Shaft' 5. Donna Summer - MacArthur Park 6. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 11. Kraftwerk - Autobahn 14. Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy 18. Bill Withers - Lean On Me 24. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 38. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
May 11, 20169 yr Author 11-20 of the 1980s: 11 18 Sheila & B Devotion - Spacer 187 12 25 Prince & The Revolution - Raspberry Beret 186 13 12 Kim Wilde - Cambodia 184 14 23 Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 179 (Highest Score - +38 - AaronTM, Insomnio) 15 15 Cure - In Between Days 179 (Highest Score - +34 - darkstar79, dandy*) 16 21 Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror 178 17 06 Teardrop Explodes - Reward 177 18 05 Kate Bush - Babooshka 172 19 30 The Smiths - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me 171 20 09 Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up 170 which leaves this lot as the top ten, but in which order?: 1. Black Box - Ride On Time 2. The Pogues Feat Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York 3. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 4. Madonna - Open Your Heart 7. Abba - Lay All Your Love On Me 8. Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal 10. Michael Jackson - Thriller 11. Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) 13. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus 14. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
May 11, 20169 yr Author And 11-20 of the 1990s: 11 11 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Feat Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow 201 12 23 Kirsty MacColl - Walking Down Madison 196 13 17 B-52s - Roam 194 14 14 Janet Jackson - If 193 15 16 Madonna - Take A Bow 189 16 12 Bjork & David Arnold - Play Dead 185 17 07 Pulp - Disco 2000 179 18 22 Kylie Minogue - Some Kind Of Bliss 178 19 19 Dubstar - Not So Manic Now 177 20 29 Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home 170 which leaves this lot as the Top Ten, but in which order?: 1. Cher - Believe 2. Madonna - Ray Of Light 3. Everything But The Girl - Missing 4. Janet Jackson - Together Again 5. Jennifer Lopez - Waiting For Tonight 6. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence 8. Len - Steal My Sunshine 10. Massive Attack - Teardrop 13. Duran Duran - Come Undone 28. George Michael - Freedom!
May 11, 20169 yr Author Let's finish this then. Three "runners up" (one from each decade 70s, 80s and 90s) will join Take On Me, I Feel Love and You Got The Love in The Buzzjack Retro Top 40 Hall Of Fame. But which three? The 1990s 02 04 Janet Jackson - Together Again 245 03 03 Everything But The Girl - Missing 239 04 06 Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence 236 05 01 Cher - Believe 219 06 13 Duran Duran - Come Undone 218 07 08 Len - Steal My Sunshine 216 08 28 George Michael - Freedom! 212 09 05 Jennifer Lopez - Waiting For Tonight 210 10 10 Massive Attack - Teardrop 207 which leaves: 01 02 Madonna - Ray Of Light 274 a4tD8dy9Reg Edited May 11, 20169 yr by AH Gold
May 11, 20169 yr Author The 1980s 02 02 The Pogues Feat Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York 241 03 03 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 234 04 04 Madonna - Open Your Heart 232 05 10 Michael Jackson - Thriller 219 06 08 Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal 208 07 11 Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) 206 08 13 Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus 203 (Highest Scores - +40 - dandy*, +35 - Insomnio) 09 07 Abba - Lay All Your Love On Me 203 (Highest Scores - +40 - popchartfreak, +33 - dandy*) 10 14 Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime 201 which leaves: 01 01 Black Box - Ride On Time 244 M0quXl_od3g
May 12, 20169 yr Author The 1970s 02 03 Carly Simon - You're So Vain 232 03 24 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 213 04 06 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 207 05 38 Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way 199 06 05 Donna Summer - MacArthur Park 198 07 18 Bill Withers - Lean On Me 195 08 04 Isaac Hayes - Theme From 'Shaft' 191 09 14 Earth Wind & Fire - Fantasy 187 10 11 Kraftwerk - Autobahn 186 which leaves: 01 01 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights 241 -1pMMIe4hb4
May 12, 20169 yr Author Buzzjack Retro Top 40 Hall Of Fame The First Six Inductees http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_lm22aSbV1Xo/TJMtq4lky8I/AAAAAAAAAC0/yGlM5eQOb2c/s320/Take_On_Me_cover.jpghttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/_irTID-_4bNw/TL4J0lEPHSI/AAAAAAAAAVA/MLbOEGZmnAs/s1600/DonnaSummer-IFeelLove.jpghttp://www.12inch.de/l/26197.jpghttp://madonnaware.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/madonna-ray-of-light-cd-single-africa-del-sur.jpghttp://odi-music.net/uploads/albums/images/_by_www.odi-music.net_s2/7f4d512da2902e78299fed0c3fa93a85.jpghttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_djqL2PbSMQs/S8XBDDSo5MI/AAAAAAAAGcM/zvPhlv3Kgws/s1600/Kate-Bush-Wuthering-Heights-2701.jpg
May 14, 20169 yr A tiny bit disappointed that Enjoy The Silence didn't win this but I can't deny that Ray Of Light is a good song, if a little too obvious in the Buzzjack friendly stakes.
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