June 27, 20223 yr My mind instantly transports to Live Aid any time I hear 'Radio Gaga' - epic crowd pleaser and on the production side of things the synth sound worked surprisingly well. Of course the inspo for Lady Gaga's stage name too!
June 27, 20223 yr Aye one of my favourite moments of Live Aid! Freddie was amazing at controlling the crowd!
June 27, 20223 yr Love Radio Gaga, it was topping my charts the week I left the Northern coalmining-town jobless wastelands for the Southern slightly-less-jobless friendless wastelands with better scenery. And I moved into the bedroom I am typing from right now. Yes, that's how long I've been in Poole....
June 27, 20223 yr my gut feeling is Ultravox next (my gut told me that about 3 songs ago, but it is often voted the greatest number 2 of all time so I could well be wrong!), Eurythmics, Pet Shop Boys, Phil Collins, Tears For Fears and aha. Place your bets...
June 27, 20223 yr Prediction: 01. A-ha 02. Eurythmics 03. Ultravox 04. Tears For Fears 05. Phil Collins 06. Pet Shop Boys
June 27, 20223 yr When I ranked what I think will be top ten I was struggling to put TFF over Bonnie and Irene but in the end, especially since Bonnie missing it with a bigger song (thou I prefer Hero), did include it. I am kinda surprised it still is in the running. So most likely I´d say it is bye for TFF or PSB falling next. The curveball being Vienna, never really cared for it but seems very popular here. Edited June 27, 20223 yr by JackJones
June 28, 20223 yr I couldn’t think of any less of a curveball than Vienna - consistently voted the best number 2 of the 80s! Phil Collins is a (nice) surprise for me with what’s left.
June 28, 20223 yr Fairytale of New York is a classic, genius lyrics, genius duet not a big fan of Radio Gaga myself or Queen in general
June 28, 20223 yr I’m going to guess quite similarly to Jade: 1 A-ha 2 Ultravox 3 Eurythmics 4 Phil 5 TFF 6 PSB
June 28, 20223 yr Author NO 6- 309 POINTS In The Air Tonight Phil Collins (Voter: JackJones- 22 pts, JulianT- 20 pts, Jade- 28pts, AaronTM- 20pts, Chez Wombat- 24pts, Mack- 24pts, King Rollo- 28pts, Chartjack2- 9pts, Leonardo- 5pts, Colm- 25pts, Popchartfreak- 27pts, Jimwatts- 3pts, Daan- 21pts, Bjork- 18pts, …Ready For it- 27pts, Torple- 8pts) (#2 for 1 week in February 1981 behind “Woman” by John Lennon. New rate record of 16 voters for this one with 9 voters putting this in their top 10. Collins’ first solo single it is also our 2nd favourite No 2 of 1981 and was only denied by John Lennon’s death! Nlgjb_5n8fU
June 28, 20223 yr Oh yeah, my top 2 is top 5 here this time. :o :dance: Radio Gaga is in my top 3 Queen fave songs along with Innuendo and Bohemian Rhapsody. ^_^ In The Air Tonight is ok for me, I don't feel all this love for it to think it deserves to be the 6th best number 2 of the 80s. Top 5 Prediction: 01. A-ha 02. Ultravox 03. Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield 04. Eurythmics 05. Tears For Fears
June 28, 20223 yr Creeping back up the leaderboard thanks to those last couple of exits. I'm happy to be the 16th biggest fan of In The Air Tonight as it's Phil Collins' best song, although perhaps that's not the highest of high bars. As per Jade and Julian's predictions, I'd expect the next two songs to be PSB/TFF and then between Eurythmics/Ultravox for the two after that - I'm just not sure about the order within both of those pairs of songs. I'd be very pleasantly surprised if any of those four songs won.
June 28, 20223 yr In The Air Tonight is wonderful, such an unsettling and atmospheric listen. A world away from his material in the later part of the decade! I don't know if it's good or bad that I still associate it with Cadbury's drumming gorilla *_ Rooting for A-ha or Ultravox to win out of what's left, though most of them would be great winners (PSBs slightly less so than the others I must say, it doesn't feel on the same level *hides*)
June 28, 20223 yr Wow, I should never underestimate the Pet Shop Boys support on here! Although 1 place out with my Phil guess isn't too bad. I too still associate 'In The Air Tonight' with the drumming gorilla as that's how I discovered it :lol: a masterclass in tension and building to an impactful climax *.*
June 28, 20223 yr Such a good feel good classic 80's song is 'In The Air Tonight'. 'What Have I Done To Deserve This' feels a tad too high imo so I'm surprised it's not been revealed yet.
June 28, 20223 yr ‘In the Air Tonight’ is unreal such a classic! And Phils tin of paint alongside the TOTP performance 🤣
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