February 1Feb 1 Talk Talk - Talk TalkThe Human League - Mirror ManYazoo - The Other Side Of LoveA Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)Blancmange - Living On The CeilingMalcolm McLaren And The World's Famous Supreme Team - Buffalo GalsThe Maisonettes - Heartache AvenueDuran Duran - RioMarvyn Gaye - (Sexual) HealingWhitesnake - Here I Go AgainRenee And Renato - Save Your LoveTalk Talk a great dancey synthpop tune, Yazoo catchy tune and Mirror Man one of Human League's best!Flock of Seagulls ahead of their time too, sounds more mid or late 80s.Blancmange with the dance beats ahead of time too and Indian influences perhaps inspired by Monsoon - Ever So Lonely.I don't dislike Save Your Love its a good link back to the early 1950s charts when dodgy operatic songs like this were popular (eg. David Whitfield). Edited February 1Feb 1 by TheSnake
February 1Feb 1 Ok let me get back to voting in a more timely manner xClannad - Theme From Harry's GameDuran Duran - RioA Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)Incantation - Cacharpaya (Andes Pumpsá Dèsi)Talk Talk - Talk TalkIncantation comfortably the best discovery of the week, how intriguing that was a top 40 hit! Knew the Clannad song well but good to be able to put a name to it rather than it just being 'that one new age song that I heard loads as a kid and would recognise if I heard it again'. And the Talk Talk song was a BuzzJack discovery but a few years ago via TheSnake sending it to BJSC. Next best discoveries were Simple Minds and Japan, next best I already knew were Madness, Marvin Gaye and Bing Crosby/David Bowie. A better week on the whole than last week, playlisted 20 songs this time.Will throw a bone to ABBA for the tiebreak, if only because I prefer the cover of 'Mad World' to the original.
February 2Feb 2 Blancmange - Living On The CeilingA Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)Ultravox - HymnMalcolm McLaren And The World's Famous Supreme Team - Buffalo GalsThe Human League - Mirror ManTie-break : The Day Before You Came
February 2Feb 2 The 5 best:Marvin Gaye - (Sexual) HealingWhitesnake - Here I Go AgainMalcolm McLaren And The World's Famous Supreme Team - Buffalo GalsPhil Collins - You Can't Hurry LoveIncantation - Cacharpaya (Andes Pumpsa Desi)Worst:Shalamar - FriendsTiebreak: Mad World
February 7Feb 7 Author Although there's no session this week, I'll close the polls at 16:00 tomorrow as usual - interesting results so far.
February 7Feb 7 Marvin Gaye - (Sexual) HealingBlancmange - Living On The CeilingTalk Talk - Talk TalkA Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)The Maisonettes - Heartache AvenueAbba - The Day Before You Came
February 7Feb 7 5 for the night:Talk Talk - Talk TalkUltravox - HymnMadness - Our HouseJapan - Night PorterDonna Summer - I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Remix)Mad World On the tiebreak
February 8Feb 8 Blancmange - Living On The CeilingUltravox - The HymnDavid Essex - A Winter’s TaleA Flock Of Seagulls - WishingMadness - Our HouseABBA - The Day Before You Came
February 8Feb 8 Author Best of Week 21 poll results8 A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)7 Blancmange - Living On The Ceiling4 Talk Talk - Talk Talk4 Ultravox - Hymn3 Duran Duran - Rio3 Marvin Gaye - (Sexual) Healing2 Clannad - Theme From 'Harry's Game'2 Incantation - Cacharpaya (Andes Pumpsá Dèsi)2 Madness - Our House2 Malcolm McLaren And The World's Famous Supreme Team - Buffalo Gals2 The Human League - Mirror Man2 The Maisonettes - Heartache Avenue2 Whitesnake - Here I Go Again1 David Essex - A Winter’s Tale1 Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Remix)1 Japan - Night Porter1 Modern Romance - Best Years Of Our Lives1 Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love1 The Jam - Beat Surrender1 Yazoo - The Other Side Of LoveBest of Week 20 tiebreak5 Tears For Fears - Mad World4 Abba - The Day Before You CameWall of fameWeek 1: John Foxx - UnderpassWeek 2: Blondie - AtomicWeek 3: The Cure - A ForestWeek 4: Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us ApartWeek 5: David Bowie - Ashes To AshesWeek 6: Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola GayWeek 7: Jona Lewie - Stop The CavalryWeek 8: Visage - Fade To GreyWeek 9: The Teardrop Explodes - RewardWeek 10: Kim Carnes - Bette Davis EyesWeek 11: The Specials - Ghost TownWeek 12: Soft Cell - Tainted LoveWeek 13: Laurie Anderson - O SupermanWeek 14: Ultravox - The VoiceWeek 15: The Stranglers - Golden BrownWeek 16: Associates - Party Fears TwoWeek 17: Yazoo - Only YouWeek 18: Steve Miller Band - AbracadabraWeek 19: Duran Duran - Save A PrayerWeek 20: Tears For Fears - Mad WorldWeek 21: A Flock Of Seagulls - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You)'The Day Before You Came' joins 'Vienna' and 'Once In A Lifetime' in picking up double figure votes in its original poll and still not winning, so those three songs may have another chance if there is a poll of polls to follow these one day. For now, I'll allow Julian to catch up with the last few batches of reviews for the songs in 1982, and we'll hopefully be back to launch into 1983 in the not too distant future!
February 23Feb 23 For whom it may concern, the original version of Yoko Ono's 'Walking On Thin Ice' is finally on Spotify! (happened to spot a post about it on Reddit the other day so I've belatedly added it to my own playlist, back down to only 4 songs that I thought were playlist worthy but which are not on Spotify x)
March 7Mar 7 Do we have any idea when this will be resuming yet? I can't remember what we said on SyncTube and I don't think it's been posted in the thread x
March 8Mar 8 Author On 31/01/2026 at 06:42, jimwatts said:This Sunday's session brings us to the end of 1982, and as I'd have needed to take a break in the series soon anyway, this will be the last session for a couple of months.On 09/02/2026 at 00:12, jimwatts said:I'll allow Julian to catch up with the last few batches of reviews for the songs in 1982, and we'll hopefully be back to launch into 1983 in the not too distant future.So it will be in April, pending the last few of Julian's reviews for 1982.
March 8Mar 8 Presumably the earliest we’d resume is the week after Easter so 12th April? I’m happy to take Easter as a target deadline to finish 1982.
March 9Mar 9 Had I voted it would have been even more draws as Abba beats Mad World, just, and Blancmange gets my vote and A Flock O Seagulls not top 5 for me. Phew!
April 10Apr 10 On 08/03/2026 at 18:55, Julian_ said:Presumably the earliest we’d resume is the week after Easter so 12th April? I’m happy to take Easter as a target deadline to finish 1982.Is this happening this weekend?
April 10Apr 10 21 minutes ago, danG said:Is this happening this weekend?We’re thinking to resume a week on Sunday now x
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