Results of Retro Soundclash #44

 

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart [ 12 ] [60.00%]

Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon [ 8 ] [40.00%]

 

So after the largest number of votes cast for a single retroclash, LWTUA joins Take on Me atop the leaderboard on 8 wins apiece. Now for the challenge to see if JD can take that record ninth win they are up against the requested might of The Smiths. And for such an important match up only the best will do so the song chosen will be How Soon is Now?, one of the best pieces of guitar pop ever.

 

You have until whenever I get round to announcing the results to vote!

 

Previous Wins

8 Wins

Take On Me (A-Ha)

Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)

 

5 wins

Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush)

Waterloo Sunset (The Kinks)

 

 

4 Wins

Enjoy The Silence (Depeche Mode)

 

 

3 Wins

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2)

Paint It Black (The Rolling Stones)

I Feel Love (Donna Summer)

 

 

1 Win

With Or Without You (U2)

Living On A Prayer (Bon Jovi)

Like A Prayer (Madonna)

Paperback Writer (The Beatles)

Another Brick in the Wall (Pink Floyd)

Life on Mars? (David Bowie)

The Champion - Joy Division

 

 

The Challenger - The Smiths

 

Edited November 17, 200717 yr by grebo69

I don't know of this Smiths song :lol:

 

So Joy Division :wub: Curtis is still a ledgend :heart:

The Smiths finally see off Joy Division for me.

Voted for the Smiths.

Because I really can't see anything ever beating LWTUA I voted for JD, but I certainly won't mind if HSIN wins.

im tired of lwtua, but im not big on the smiths... ok i know they were technically good, but didnt really tickle old mushies tastebuds much :)

I don't know of this Smiths song :lol:

Really? I thought this was one of the best known songs seeing as it was covered by TaTu and sampled by Soho. Can anyone remember the name of the song? It's slipped my rapidly aging mind :wacko:

 

Don't worry - just remembered it was Hippy Chick!

Edited November 17, 200717 yr by grebo69

Two absolutely LEGENDARY tracks.. That guitar intro on HSIN is one of the greatest intros to a song, ever.... But then, so is the intro to LWTUA.... :lol:

 

I'll have to seriously think about this one, this one will deffo test me over the next few days..... :thinking:

I have to be honest and say this is one of my least favourite Smiths singles...... but even a dud Smiths track beats Joy Division for me - a good band, but, IMO, never a great one.

Joy Division :cheer:

Joy Division, definitely. I adore the Smiths - but there are 20 tracks of theirs I could name that are better than How Soon Is Now - ditto on the Morrissey front!

Joy Division again.

the smiths cause its my favourite smiths track

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Joy Division for me

Joy Division

Has to be Joy Division

 

I can't stand Morrissey's voice droning on