May 15, 20223 yr Author NO 111- 20 POINTS Stars On 45 Starsound (Voter: West) (#2 for 1 week in May 1981 behind “Stand And Deliver” by Adam & The Ants) The early 80s medley craze finally leaves the rate with this track. We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off Jermaine Stewart (Voter: Mack- 12 points, Gezza- 8 points) (#2 for 2 weeks in September 1986 behind “Don’t Leave Me This Way” by The Communards) My first loss as well as Mack’s- shame on the rest of you!
May 15, 20223 yr Author So the voters with all their votes left in the rate are JulianT, JackJones, ...Ready For It, and Bjork. Tomorrow we'll start eliminated (potentially) people's top 10 favourite tracks in the rate!
May 15, 20223 yr Kayleigh is my favourite Marillion song, although with only 19 points, I guess Rollo's is something else.
May 15, 20223 yr Kayleigh would have been a deserved #1 for sure. Just can’t get fully behind any singer calling himself Fish though.
May 15, 20223 yr Kayleigh would have been a deserved #1 for sure. Just can’t get fully behind any singer calling himself Fish though.
May 15, 20223 yr 'Stars On 45' is a bit of a guilty pleasure (also helped by revolving around Beatles songs) but didn't quite like it enough to point
May 15, 20223 yr Kayleigh is my favourite Marillion song, although with only 19 points, I guess Rollo's is something else. It wouldn't even be in my top 50 Marillion songs and the last time their forum ran a poll, I don't think it made the top 100 but it was a good song to release as a single at the time and helped the Misplaced Childhood album get to number 1.
May 15, 20223 yr I’ve never reached 20 points with all votes intact in one of these before - must be becoming boring. :P
May 15, 20223 yr So the voters with all their votes left in the rate are JulianT, JackJones, ...Ready For It, and Bjork. Tomorrow we'll start eliminated (potentially) people's top 10 favourite tracks in the rate! When Will I Be Famous? I doubt my streak will last much longer.
May 15, 20223 yr It wouldn't even be in my top 50 Marillion songs and the last time their forum ran a poll, I don't think it made the top 100 but it was a good song to release as a single at the time and helped the Misplaced Childhood album get to number 1. Yeah 'Kayleigh' is a rather generic 80s soft rock heartbreak song, but still a good song! 'Incommunicado' is better in my opinion! Edited May 15, 20223 yr by The Sake
May 15, 20223 yr Kayleigh would have been a deserved #1 for sure. Just can’t get fully behind any singer calling himself Fish though. His real name is Derek Dick or something like that, so a name change was needed think the Fish nickname is from when he was young cos he was spending looks of time in the bathtub :D
May 15, 20223 yr Whaaaaat at Jermaine Stewart being out this early - that is leagues above everything else revealed so far (well, out of the small handful I have actually heard :kink:), for shame! Quite like 'Wings Of A Dove' too, Madness are always fun.
May 16, 20223 yr Author NO 105- 21 POINTS Chi Mai (Theme From "The Life And Times Of David Lloyd George") Ennio Morricone (Voter: Jade- 18 points, JulianT- 3 points) (#2 for 2 weeks in April/May 1981 behind “Making Your Mind Up” by Bucks Fizz Like the title says this served as the theme to the BBC dramatisation of the life of the former PM. Mickey Toni Basil (Voter: Chez Wombat- 13 points, Colm- 3 points, Jason- 5 points) (#2 for 2 weeks behind “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by Tight Fit Maybe it’s over familiar a touch now (I blame that Lolly cover) but this picks up three voters. Only Love Nana Mouskouri (Voter: JackJones) (#2 for 1 week in February 1986 behind “The Sun Always Shines On TV” by A-Ha Another TV tie in- this was the theme to “Mistral’s Daughter” which was shown on BBC 1. Wonderful World Sam Cooke (Voter: Chartjack2) (#2 for 1 week in April 1986 behind “Living Doll” by Cliff Richard & The Young Ones Re-issued as part of a Levi campaign, it improved considerably on its original No 27 peak. Heartache Pepsi & Shirlie (Voter: Bjork) (#2 for 2 weeks in February 1987 behind “I Knew You Were Waiting For Me” by Aretha Frankln & George Michael) Famously the former Wham! backing singers were denied by George Michael in some chart irony. If You Don't Know Me By Now Simply Red (Voter: AaronTM- 5 points, …Ready for it- 9 points, Torple- 7 points) (#2 for 3 weeks in April 1989 behind “Eternal Flame” by The Bangles The first of two Simply Red tracks in the rate, it also means that every voter has now lost points!
May 16, 20223 yr ‘Chi Mai’ is an absolutely stunning composition :wub: shame to lose another double-figure pointer already!
May 16, 20223 yr High 5 Jade - sorry I didn’t manage to give Chi Mai more than 3. It’s gorgeous. :heart:
May 16, 20223 yr awww I command you all to listen to Wonderful World as penance for not voting for it xx
May 16, 20223 yr Hey now, Mickey is a classic, something that truly shows age has no barriers x I almost painted Chi Mai as well, it's a lovely piece of music.
May 16, 20223 yr High 5 Jade - sorry I didn’t manage to give Chi Mai more than 3. It’s gorgeous. :heart: Glad I wasn't its sole voter at least! I suppose it is a 70s song although I do associate it with this decade as my initial exposure was its 80s chart placement. Votes lost so far: 18 Ennio Morricone - Chi Mai 12 Prince - Batdance 05 Pointer Sisters - Automatic
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