October 3, 20222 yr Thank you for the bronze medal, Dandy :wub: I really enjoyed your entry and had no idea that there was a pre-Midge Ure version of Ultravox until the SyncTube session!
October 3, 20222 yr Author 8. King Rollo As I pointed out in the Number 1 listening sessions, Thomas Dolby was first seen in the video for It's My Party by Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin, playing the role of Johnny. Windpower, which got to number 31 on the UK singles chart, is from his science themed debut album, 'The Golden Age Of Wireless', released in 1982. I think it's second only to 'A Secret Wish' by Propaganda as the best 80s synthpop album. Thomas is probably best known for his song 'She Blinded Me With Science' which was a top 5 single in the US. His scientific expertise led to him founding an audio technology company in the 90s. At one point, it was said that there was a 50% chance that the ringtone on your mobile phone was one of his. He is still married to the actress from Dynasty he met in the 80s. 0M_MKJcUbW4 12pts - John Foxx - Underpass 10 - Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro 8 - Soft Cell - Memorabilia 7 - Depeche Mode - Strangelove 6 - OMD - Telegraph 5 - Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix) 4 - Charlie - Spacer Woman 3 - Psyche - Misery 2 - Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles) 1 - Alphaville - Forever Young
October 3, 20222 yr I wondered why Underpass wasn't in that list of songs you knew Dandy, I thought at least some people must know it! Didn't stop it getting my top points of course ^_^ Edit: actually I see it was in your list, but don't think anyone else mentioned it. Edited October 3, 20222 yr by jimwatts
October 3, 20222 yr Author After 8 votes: 1. 50 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix).......Jade 2. 45 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul) 3. 43 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days 4. 41 Charlie - Spacer Woman 5. 40 John Foxx - Underpass.......dandy* 6. 31 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro 7. 29 Depeche Mode - Strangelove 8. 23 Soft Cell - Memorabilia 9. 19 Camouflage - The Great Commandment 10. 18 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran 11. 18 Psyche - Misery 12. 18 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version) 13. 14 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph 14. 14 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate 15. 13 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving) 16. 12 Book Of Love - Boy 17. 7 Alexander Robotnick featuring Martine Michellod - Problèmes d'Amour 18. 6 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles.......Bumblebrë 19. 6 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles).......Chez Wombat 20. 6 Toni Basil - Over My Head.......HappiestSadGirl 21. 5 Naked Lunch - La Femme 22. 4 Alphaville - Forever Young.......jimwatts 23. 2 Secret Service - Flash In The Night 0 - Thomas Dolby - Windpower.......King Rollo 0 - Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix).......gooddelta The top 2 are unchanged. With 12 points from Dandy, A-Ha move up to 3rd place. Moving into contention are Soft Cell (13th to 8th) and the Pet Shop Boys (9th to 6th). Thomas Dolby and Papa Dance are still waiting for their first points.
October 3, 20222 yr 'Underpass' was a fantastic opening song to set the tone for the contest, did not know about the Ultravox connection until it was pointed out in the listenthrough, all new to me anyway. Great choice Dandy :heart:
October 3, 20222 yr What a top 5 right now! Aside from my own, obviously, I voted for everything in there and the current 2nd place was my 12 *.* excited to find out who that was.
October 3, 20222 yr Author 9. Popchartfreak Paninaro was the B side to the Pet Shop Boys' 1986 single 'Suburbia'. An extended mix was included on their 'Disco' album. In 1995, a remixed version was released as a single and got to number 15. Those of you who knew the song might have already guessed it was Popchartfreak's entry as he was a bit too specific with his clues in the confirmations thread. LP-7-W70qXs Hi Rollo, thanks for organising! My votes: 12 points: A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran 10 points: Alphaville - Forever Young 8 points: Depeche Mode - Strangelove 7 points: C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version)* 6 points: Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)* 5 points: A-Ha - Scoundrel Days* 4 points: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph 3 points: Camouflage - The Great Commandment* 2 points: Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate 1 point: Toni Basil - Over My Head* (* previously unknown to me!)
October 3, 20222 yr I also had no idea that John Foxx used to be in Ultravox until Rollo mentioned it in the listen through chat. Very chuffed that people enjoyed Underpass anyway, I did initially enter a remix of it until Rollo pointed out that I was cheating a little bit, albeit it's not too different to the original. 5BNCC3RmuCE Still, I do love the original anyway so either was fine by me ^_^
October 3, 20222 yr Author 10. Ansel Alexander Robotnick is an Italian musician whose real name is Maurizio Dami. Problèmes D'Amour reached a wider audience after being featured in the 1985 film National Lampoon's European Vacation. xEYzuCwPtyE Hi! Here are my votes ^_^ really enjoyed this contest, best of luck to everyone! +12 Camouflage - The Great Commandment +10 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro +08 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran +07 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days +06 Book Of Love - Boy +05 Thomas Dolby - Windpower +04 Alphaville - Forever Young +03 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving) +02 Naked Lunch - La Femme +01 Depeche Mode - Strangelove Commiserations: Hashim and John Foxx, but tbh comiserations to everything as it all could have easily made my votes. Best contest to date!
October 3, 20222 yr ps also v v v happy that the top 3 after my votes were also the top 3 in my votes :wub:
October 3, 20222 yr Author After 10 votes: 1. 55 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days 2. 50 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix).......Jade 3. 45 Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul) 4. 41 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro.......Popchartfreak 5. 41 Charlie - Spacer Woman 6. 40 John Foxx - Underpass.......dandy* 7. 38 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran 8. 38 Depeche Mode - Strangelove 9. 34 Camouflage - The Great Commandment 10. 25 C C Catch - 'Cause You're Young (Maxi Version) 11. 23 Soft Cell - Memorabilia 12. 22 Kano - Can't Hold Back (Your Loving) 13. 18 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Telegraph 14. 18 Alphaville - Forever Young.......jimwatts 15. 18 Book Of Love - Boy 16. 18 Psyche - Misery 17. 16 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate 18. 7 Toni Basil - Over My Head.......HappiestSadGirl 19. 7 Alexander Robotnick featuring Martine Michellod - Problèmes d'Amour.......Ansel 20. 7 Naked Lunch - La Femme 21. 6 Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles.......Bumblebrë 22. 6 Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles).......Chez Wombat 23. 5 Thomas Dolby - Windpower.......King Rollo 24. 2 Secret Service - Flash In The Night 25. 0 Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix).......gooddelta Vicious Pink and Hashim receive no points from the last two voters so A-Ha are now the new leaders. The Pet Shop Boys continue to make steady progress, moving up from 6th to 4th. 20 points for A Flock Of Seagulls move them into 7th place while Alphaville have a good climb from 22nd to 14th. At last, my own song gets some points, leaving gooddelta's Nasz Disneyland as the only song still with nul points.
October 3, 20222 yr My 12 now in the lead we love to see it Oh no at Papa Dance being the last on 0, I really did want to squeeze that into my votes aw!
October 3, 20222 yr Things aren't looking good for me then, almost out of the top 20 after a vaguely promising start :lol: thanks Chez for the points at least! I'd be very happy with an A-Ha win but hopefully Camouflage can climb a bit.
October 3, 20222 yr Author 11. Dobbo Psyche are a Canadian band who are this year celebrating their 40th anniversary. Misery is taken from their fourth album 'The Influence'. z1ykjuL3gvo 12: Papa Dance - Nasz Disneyland (Remix) 10: John Foxx - Underpass 08: Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate 07: Alphaville - Forever Young 06: Secret Service - Flash In The Night 05: Depeche Mode - Strangelove 04: Camouflage - The Great Commandment 03: A-Ha - Scoundrel Days 02: Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles) 01: Mamman Sani - Five Hundred Miles
October 3, 20222 yr ...and I was so excited by that I didn't even see the 10 for Underpass - yesssss thanks dobbo!
October 3, 20222 yr We love to see it. Thanks Dobbo for the mealworm - and 'Misery' was a great closing song too, this contest bookended by excellence *.*
October 3, 20222 yr Author 12. awardinary Wardy tried to enter Superman by Black Lace (vetoed because it was a top 10 single) before switching to Vicious Games by Yello. He than changed his mind and entered this song by the 17 year old New Yorker whose real name was Jerry Calliste Jr. ykK0uEjSsqY For a debut contest I would like to thank the many who brought their a-game to this edition, it was great fun to revisit and hear many of these for the first time. Here’s is how my votes shaped up, and I look forward to finding out who was being each of them! +12 Charlie - Spacer Woman +10 Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro +8 Soft Cell - Memorabilia +7 Toni Basil - Over My Head +6 Depeche Mode - Strangelove +5 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (French Extended Mix) +4 Book Of Love - Boy +3 A-Ha - Scoundrel Days +2 Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate +1 A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran Thanks to anyone who enjoyed and voted for my entry this month too! ;)
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