Posted October 6, 200717 yr 1981 RETRO RECORDS OF THE YEAR :cheer: :yahoo: :w00t: :dance: YES THE RETRO RECORD OF THE YEARS (UP UNTIL 1997) GAME HERE!!! Vote for your favourite Top20 (or minimum Top10) from the list of 50 Records from 1981. Your First choice (Favourite) song will score 20 pts, 2nd = 19 Pts....down to 20th = 1 point. Please state in your list if you are scoring by position or Points. I am playing this game across both BuzzJack & UKMix. Therefore if you vote please can you only vote in one of the sites threads especially if you have a different name on each site (like me). For each year 1964 to 1997 inclusive & games (*) for the years 1960-1; 1962-3 & two alphabetically track name split lists for the 1950s. There are 50 tracks that I feel best represent the year* in popular music. This certainly does not always mean the biggest hits of the year, but tracks (including album tracks) that over time have come to best represent the year. Please note songs will only feature once for the most well-known or definitive version of a song (example “Without You” will only appear in 1972 for Nilsson, but will be absent in 1994 for Mariah Carey). Also please don’t mention that I have put the song in the wrong year as the year the track was recorded, released (on an album), a hit (peaked) in the UK, a hit (peaked) in the USA can result in three of four different answers, and there will be literally hundreds of songs that fall into that category. For each game you will have four weeks to get your votes in (two weeks for the vote from the shortlist of 50 songs, then two weeks to vote from the "Missing" songs that you have nominated). I will be posting two of these Games a Week at the weekend. (VOTING RULES FOR SPECIFIC GAME 1950s: Top25 make the Record of The Decade Final; 1960s & 1990s: Top 4 From Each Game make the Final, 5th to 10th make the Play-offs; 1970s & 1980s: Top 3 each year make the Final, 4th to 8th make the Play-Offs. PLUS: Your choices of missing songs being included in the relevant Play-offs) Phase 2: The Record Of The Decades Finals will result in the following numbers making the Final 200 (1950s: Top20; 1960s: Top50, 1970s Top45; 1980s Top45; 1990s Top40), where they will be split into 4 Quarter Finals, leading to the Final 50 Songs of the Retro Record Game A: Vote for your favourite 20 (minimum 10 out of the following:) Abba - One Of Us ABC - Tears Are Not Enough Adam & The Ants - Antmusic Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver Air Supply - All Out Of Love Altered Images - Happy Birthday Blondie - Rapture Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 Duran Duran - Girls On Film Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You Godley And Creme - Under Your Thumb Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That Hazel O'Connor - Will You? Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) Human League - Don't You Want Me Imagination - Body Talk Jacksons - Can You Feel It Jam - That's Entertainment John Lennon - Woman Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes Kim Wilde - Kids In America Laurie Anderson - O Superman Madness - It Must Be Love Olivia Newton-John - Physical OMD - Souvenir Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure Rainbow - I Surrender REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You Rolling Stones - Start Me Up Roxy Music - Jealous Guy Smokey Robinson - Being With You Soft Cell - Bedsitter Soft Cell - Tainted Love Spandau Ballet - Chant No1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) Specials - Ghost Town Squeeze - Tempted Stevie Wonder - Lately Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime Teardrop Explodes - Reward Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood UB40 - One In Ten Ultravox - Vienna Visage - Fade To Grey B: Nominate Two songs from 1981 MISSING from this 50 track shortlist. The Top 3 Songs from each year (1980 -1989) will go through to the Record Of The Decade Final. The songs finishing 4th - 8th position will go into a Play-off, where the Top20 Songs will join the other 30 in the Final. While your selection of missing songs will be put to a vote with the winning track (or tracks in event of a tie) joining the Record of The Decade Play-Off. You have until Saturday 20th October to vote for your favourite Top 20 (minimum Top 10) songs of the Year. I will then reveal the results of the vote along with your selections of the "missing songs" from the original list for you to vote for an extra song for a place in the Record of The Decade (1980s) play-offs
October 6, 200717 yr Author 1st Jam - That's Entertainment (20 Pts) 2nd Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming 3rd Specials - Ghost Town 4. Soft Cell - Bedsitter 5. Blondie - Rapture 6. Kim Wilde - Kids In America 7. Roxy Music - Jealous Guy 8. Soft Cell - Tainted Love 9. Ultravox - Vienna 10. Human League - Don't You Want Me 11. Visage - Fade To Grey 12. Hazel O'Connor - Will You? 13. Abba - One Of Us 14. Madness - It Must Be Love 15. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime 16. Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed 17. Jacksons - Can You Feel It 18. Squeeze - Tempted 19. Teardrop Explodes - Reward 20. Olivia Newton-John - Physical Missing Songs: Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party XTC - Sgt. Rock :lol:
October 6, 200717 yr aaarrgh.... 2 of my all time favs arnt there (sound of the crowd and kings of the wild fronteer... both missing out to INFERIOR tracks! )...lol.. ok i know i can nominate 2, but to be honest i could just as easily nominate 22 !!! 81 was a great year for singles, but the best ones didnt make the top ten... ill vote later in the week :)
October 7, 200717 yr 1. Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver (20 pts) 2. Specials - Ghost Town 3. Duran Duran - Girls On Film 4. Soft Cell - Bedsitter 5. Altered Images - Happy Birthday 6. Soft Cell - Tainted Love 7. Adam & The Ants - Antmusic 8. Teardrop Explodes - Reward 9. Kim Wilde - Kids In America 10. Human League - Don't You Want Me 11. Ultravox - Vienna 12. Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure 13. Visage - Fade To Grey 14. Blondie - Rapture 15. Jam - That's Entertainment 16. Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming 17. Rolling Stones - Start Me Up 18. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough 19. Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) 20. UB40 - One In Ten Nominations The Passions - I'm in Love With a German Film Star Madness - Grey Day (much better than It Must Be Love!)
October 7, 200717 yr 1. Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure 2. Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight 3. Adam & The Ants - Antmusic 4. Jam - That's Entertainment 5. Roxy Music - Jealous Guy 6. Abba - One Of Us 7. Ultravox - Vienna 8. Visage - Fade To Grey 9. Specials - Ghost Town 10. Soft Cell - Tainted Love 11. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough 12. Jacksons - Can You Feel It 13. Kim Wilde - Kids In America 14. Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) 15. Duran Duran - Girls On Film 16. Spandau Ballet - Chant No1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) 17. Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You 18. Human League - Don't You Want Me 19. UB40 - One In Ten 20. Rolling Stones - Start Me Up Missing: Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire
October 7, 200717 yr Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) 20pts Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime Visage - Fade To Grey Specials - Ghost Town Human League - Don't You Want Me Duran Duran - Girls On Film Rolling Stones - Start Me Up Madness - It Must Be Love Teardrop Explodes - Reward Roxy Music - Jealous Guy Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Jam - That's Entertainment Altered Images - Happy Birthday Kim Wilde - Kids In America Spandau Ballet - Chant No1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) Soft Cell - Tainted Love OMD - Souvenir Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That UB40 - One In Ten Add the following 2 songs Pretenders - I go to sleep Human League - The sound of the crowd
October 8, 200717 yr Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet 20 pts Duran Duran - Girls On Film Blondie - Rapture Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You Rainbow - I Surrender Rolling Stones - Start Me Up Ultravox - Vienna Visage - Fade To Grey Soft Cell - Tainted Love Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Laurie Anderson - O Superman John Lennon - Woman Jacksons - Can You Feel It Roxy Music - Jealous Guy Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes Godley And Creme - Under Your Thumb Abba - One Of Us Edited October 8, 200717 yr by Naomi Watts
October 8, 200717 yr 1st (20 points) Visage - Fade to Grey 2 Specials - Ghost town 3 Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime 4 Queen/Bowie - Under Pressure 5 Laurie Anderson - O Superman 6 Hazel O'Connor - Will You? 7 Blondie - Rapture 8 Human League - Don't You Want Me? 9 Adam and the Ants - Antmusic 10 Soft Cell - Bedsitter 11 Duran Duran - Girls on Film 12 ABC - Tears are not enough 13 The Jam - That's Entertainment 14 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes 15 John Lennon - Woman 16 OMD - Souvenir 17 Adan and the Amts - Stand and Deliver 18 ABBA - One of us 19 Roxy Music - Jealous Guy 20 Teardrop Explodes - Reward missing two: Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice Toyah - Thunder in the Mountains
October 8, 200717 yr Jam - That's Entertainment Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure Ultravox – Vienna Soft Cell - Tainted Love Roxy Music - Jealous Guy John Lennon – Woman Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That Spandau Ballet - Chant No1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) Duran Duran - Girls On Film Human League - Don't You Want Me Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Madness - It Must Be Love Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight Jacksons - Can You Feel It Abba - One Of Us Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You UB40 - One In Ten REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough Stevie Wonder - Lately
October 9, 200717 yr Visage - Fade To Grey..................... 20 POINTS Ultravox - Vienna Spandau Ballet - Chant No1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) ABC - Tears Are Not Enough Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed Teardrop Explodes - Reward UB40 - One In Ten Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) Duran Duran - Girls On Film Jacksons - Can You Feel It Kim Wilde - Kids In America Adam & The Ants - Antmusic Altered Images - Happy Birthday Human League - Don't You Want Me Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming Hazel O'Connor - Will You? Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes Soft Cell - Tainted Love Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood nominate.. adam and the ants 'kings of the wild fronteer', (their best imho), landscape 'einstein a go-go
October 10, 200717 yr Abba - One Of Us ABC - Tears Are Not Enough Adam & The Ants - Antmusic Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver Air Supply - All Out Of Love Altered Images - Happy Birthday Blondie - Rapture Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 Duran Duran - Girls On Film Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You Godley And Creme - Under Your Thumb Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed 19 points Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That 13 points Hazel O'Connor - Will You? Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) 15 points Human League - Don't You Want Me Imagination - Body Talk Jacksons - Can You Feel It 17 points Jam - That's Entertainment John Lennon - Woman Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes Kim Wilde - Kids In America Laurie Anderson - O Superman 16 points Madness - It Must Be Love 4 points Olivia Newton-John - Physical OMD - Souvenir 1 point Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure 10 points Rainbow - I Surrender REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You Rolling Stones - Start Me Up Roxy Music - Jealous Guy Smokey Robinson - Being With You Soft Cell - Bedsitter 9 points Soft Cell - Tainted Love Spandau Ballet - Chant No1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) Specials - Ghost Town 20 points (coz of father ted :lol: ) Squeeze - Tempted Stevie Wonder - Lately Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime 18 points Teardrop Explodes - Reward Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood UB40 - One In Ten Ultravox - Vienna Visage - Fade To Grey that must be 10
October 11, 200717 yr Abba - One Of Us ABC - Tears Are Not Enough Adam & The Ants - Antmusic Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver Air Supply - All Out Of Love Altered Images - Happy Birthday Blondie - Rapture Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 Duran Duran - Girls On Film Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You Godley And Creme - Under Your Thumb Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed 19 points Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That 13 points Hazel O'Connor - Will You? Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) 15 points Human League - Don't You Want Me Imagination - Body Talk Jacksons - Can You Feel It 17 points Jam - That's Entertainment John Lennon - Woman Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes Kim Wilde - Kids In America Laurie Anderson - O Superman 16 points Madness - It Must Be Love 4 points Olivia Newton-John - Physical OMD - Souvenir 1 point Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure 10 points Rainbow - I Surrender REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You Rolling Stones - Start Me Up Roxy Music - Jealous Guy Smokey Robinson - Being With You Soft Cell - Bedsitter 9 points Soft Cell - Tainted Love Spandau Ballet - Chant No1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) Specials - Ghost Town 20 points (coz of father ted :lol: ) Squeeze - Tempted Stevie Wonder - Lately Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime 18 points Teardrop Explodes - Reward Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood UB40 - One In Ten Ultravox - Vienna Visage - Fade To Grey that must be 10 this is pop has got enough work to do sorting out these votes, if you cant be arsed to sort them out in order...dont bother voting.
October 11, 200717 yr Author this is pop has got enough work to do sorting out these votes, if you cant be arsed to sort them out in order...dont bother voting. Apart from the fact it looks a bit ugly reproducing the list of 50 songs, it is not too bad as I have the tracks in an excel spreadsheet in alphabetical artist order, so I've literally got to scan down the sheet to enter the points in the relevant cells. So I have no problems, although next time if you (tigerboy) could delete the songs that you don't give points to, then that would be good.
October 20, 200717 yr Author Many Thanks to the 25 of you who voted The 1981 Record Of The Year Results are: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points 50th Godley And Creme - Under Your Thumb 3 49th Imagination - Body Talk 4 48th OMD - Souvenir 8 47th Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood 10 46th UB40 - One In Ten 23 45th Squeeze - Tempted 26 43rd ABC - Tears Are Not Enough 33 43rd Altered Images - Happy Birthday 33 42nd Stevie Wonder - Lately 43 40th Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming 48 40th Smokey Robinson - Being With You 48 39th Adam & The Ants - Antmusic 53 38th Soft Cell - Bedsitter 54 37th Diana Ross & Lionel Richie - Endless Love 56 36th Hazel O'Connor - Will You? 57 35th Spandau Ballet - Chant No1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) 57 32nd Air Supply - All Out Of Love 63 32nd Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 63 32nd Rainbow - I Surrender 63 31st Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver 64 30th Madness - It Must Be Love 66 29th Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That 67 28th Teardrop Explodes - Reward 71 27th Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) 72 26th Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet 90 25th Olivia Newton-John - Physical 96 24th Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed 98 23rd Laurie Anderson - O Superman 99 22nd John Lennon - Woman 110 21st Roxy Music - Jealous Guy 114 19th Jam - That's Entertainment 120 19th Specials - Ghost Town 120 18th Rolling Stones - Start Me Up 122 17th Foreigner - Waiting For A Girl Like You 126 16th Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime 128 15th Blondie - Rapture 133 14th REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You 136 13th Jacksons - Can You Feel It 145 12th Visage - Fade To Grey 145 11th Duran Duran - Girls On Film 150 10th Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough 152 9th Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes 158 The following songs qualify for the Record Of The Decade (1980s) play-offs 8th Abba - One Of Us 166 7th Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 173 6th Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight 175 5th Ultravox - Vienna 184 4th Kim Wilde - Kids In America 201 While the Top 3 Songs of 1981 all qualify for Record Of The Decade (1980s) Final 3rd Soft Cell - Tainted Love 261 2nd Human League - Don't You Want Me 262 1st Queen and David Bowie - Under Pressure 267 I will reveal the Missing 1981 Nominations for you to vote on next.....
October 20, 200717 yr Author 1981 Missing Nominations are: Abba - The Visitors AC/DC - For Those About To Rock Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier Bruce Springsteen - The River Cliff Richard - Wired For Sound Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party Dire Straits ~ Tunnel of Love Duran Duran - Friends Of Mine Duran Duran - Planet Earth Earth, Wind & Fire - Let's Groove Elaine Paige - Memory Foreigner - Urgent Human League - The sound of the crowd Journey - Don't Stop Believin' Junior - Mama Used To Say Landscape - Einstein a Go-go Madness - Grey Day Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman Ozzy Osbourne - Over the Mountain Pretenders - I go to sleep Rick Springfield - I've Done Everything For You Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl Rush ~ Red Barchetta Saxon - Princess Of The Night Sheena Easton - For Your Eyes Only Stephanie Mills - Never knew love like this before The Passions - I'm in Love With a German Film Star Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love Toyah - Thunder in the Mountains Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire XTC - Sgt. Rock Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice (Ineligible nominated songs: Kool & The Gang - Celebration was in the 1980 Game & Meat Loaf & Cher - Dead Ringer For Love is in the 1982 ROTY Game) Please vote for your five favourites in order (1st, 2nd, etc) from that list of nominations within the next two weeks. The winning song will qualify for the Plays offs of the Record Of Decade (1980s)
October 20, 200717 yr I'd vote for ABBA's brilliant The Visitors - but it was never a single, so can't realy be counted in this poll.... same with Duran's Friends of Mine. And in the year-end charts - yikes- Visage were robbed. And Hazel O'Connor. 1st Yoko Ono - Walking On Thin Ice 2 The Passions - I'm in love with a German film star 3 Duran Duran - Planet Earth 4 Toyah - Thunder in the mountains 5 Dave Stewart / Barbra Gaskin - It's My Party
October 20, 200717 yr 1 Human League - Don't You Want Me 2 Kim Wilde - Kids In America 3 Ultravox - Vienna 4 Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight 5 Duran Duran - Girls On Film 6 ABBA - One Of Us 7 UB40 - One In Ten 8 Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet 9 Hazel O'Connor - Will You 10 OMD - Souvenir 11 Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That 12 ABC - Tears Are Not Enough 12 Adam & The Ants - Antmusic 13 Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming 14 Adam & The Ants - Stand & Deliver 15 Soft Cell - Tainted Love 16 Soft Cell - Bedsitter 17 Visage - Fade To Grey 18 Roxy Music - Jealous Guy 19 Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough 20 Squeeze - Tempted
October 20, 200717 yr Author 1st Duran Duran - Planet Earth (5 Pts) 2nd Abba - The Visitors 3rd Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It's My Party 4th XTC - Sgt. Rock 5th The Passions - I'm in Love With a German Film Star
October 20, 200717 yr Human League - The sound of the crowd 5 pts Pretenders - I go to sleep Madness - Grey Day Duran Duran - Planet Earth The Passions - I'm in Love With a German Film Star
October 20, 200717 yr 1. The Passions - I'm In Love With a German Film Star 2. Adam & the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier 3. Madness - Grey Day 4. The Pretenders - I Go to Sleep 5. XTC - Sgt Rock
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