Posted December 1, 200717 yr 1985 RETRO RECORDS OF THE YEAR :cheer: :yahoo: :w00t: :dance: Vote for your favourite Top20 (or minimum Top10) from the list of 50 Records from 1985. 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:) A-ha - Take On Me Alison Moyet - That Ole Devil Called Love Ashford and Simpson - Solid Billy Idol - White Wedding Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69 Cars - Drive Cult - She Sells Sanctuary Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Dire Straits - Money For Nothing Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town Duran Duran - A View To A Kill Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is Go West - We Close Our Eyes Huey Lewis & The News - The Power Of Love Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine Killing Joke - Love Like Blood Kool and The Gang - Cherish Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me Madonna - Crazy For You Madonna - Into The Groove Madonna - Material Girl Marillion - Kayleigh Midge Ure - If I Was Paul Hardcastle - 19 Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down Propaganda - Duel Prince - Raspberry Beret Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) Sister Sledge - Frankie Smiths - How Soon Is Now? Stephen 'Tintin' Duffy - Kiss Me Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere Tears For Fears - Shout Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World U2 - The Unforgettable Fire Waterboys - Whole Of The Moon Wham! - Everything She Wants Wham! - I'm Your Man B: Nominate Two songs from 1985 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 1st December 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
December 1, 200717 yr 1 Madonna - Crazy For You (20pts) 2 A-ha - Take On Me 3 Wham! - I'm Your Man 4 Bryan Adams - Summer Of 69 5 Wham! - Everything She Wants 6 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 7 Propaganda - Duel 8 Billy Idol - White Wedding 9 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 10 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 11 Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love 12 Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) 13 Duran Duran - A View To A Kill 14 Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy - Kiss Me 15 Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart 16 Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel 17 Huey Lewis & The News - The Power Of Love 18 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 19 Lionel Richie - Say You Say Me 20 Alison Moyet - That Ole Devil Called Love Add: Pat Benatar - We Belong Phil Collins - Sussudio
December 1, 200717 yr Author 1st Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (20 Pts) 2nd Propaganda - Duel 3rd Prince - Raspberry Beret 4. Cars - Drive 5. A-ha - Take On Me 6. Billy Idol - White Wedding 7. Duran Duran - A View To A Kill 8. Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) 9. Alison Moyet - That Ole Devil Called Love 10. Marillion - Kayleigh 11. Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down 12. Stephen 'Tintin' Duffy - Kiss Me 13. Killing Joke - Love Like Blood 14. Midge Ure - If I Was 15. Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town 16. Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday 17. Waterboys - Whole Of The Moon 18. Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere 19. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) 20. Smiths - How Soon Is Now? (So many great songs missing ......) Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm Kirsty MacColl - A New England
December 1, 200717 yr 1 Wham! - Everything She Wants 2 Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere 3 Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday 4 Madonna - Into The Groove 5 Wham! - I'm Your Man 6 Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is 7 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 8 Cult - She Sells Sanctuary 9 Waterboys - Whole Of The Moon 10 Cars - Drive 11 A-ha - Take On Me 12 Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) 13 Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer 14 Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine 15 Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down 16 Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town 17 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 18 Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69 19 Madonna - Crazy For You 20 Paul Hardcastle - 19 cant think of any to nominate atm, will add later if i do :)
December 1, 200717 yr Rob... Foreigner over Running Up That Hill? You been on the vino? :o :D Anyway.... here's mine... problem is, the number one is about a million times better than its closest rival... and if the Americans lumber us with a Foreigner or Air Supply winner this time round - it's war B) 1 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 2 Alison Moyet - That Ole Devil Called Love 3 Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round Like a Record 4 The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary 5 The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? 6 Propaganda - Duel 7 Waterboys - Whole of the Moon 8 Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday 9 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World 10 Killing Joke - Love Like Blood 11 Dream Academy - Life in a northern town 12 Billy Idol - White Wedding 13 Tears For Fears - Shout 14 Madonna - Into the Groove 15 Prefab Sprout - When love breaks down 16 Stephen Duffy - Kiss Me 17 U2 - Unforgettable Fire 18 Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me 19 Prince - Raspberry Beret 20 Don Henley - Boys of Summer missing 2: Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home Kate Bush - Cloudbusting Edited December 1, 200717 yr by russt68
December 2, 200717 yr Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World...20pts Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill A-ha - Take On Me Cars - Drive Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) Tears For Fears - Shout Waterboys - Whole Of The Moon Duran Duran - A View To A Kill Go West - We Close Our Eyes Madonna - Into The Groove Paul Hardcastle - 19 U2 - The Unforgettable Fire Alison Moyet - That Ole Devil Called Love Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel Huey Lewis & The News - The Power Of Love Dire Straits - Money For Nothing nominate Simple Minds - Alive and kicking China Crisis - Black man ray
December 15, 200717 yr Author Many Thanks to the 26 of you who voted The 1985 Record Of The Year Results are: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points 50th Ashford and Simpson - Solid 4 49th Sister Sledge - Frankie 5 48th Stephen 'Tintin' Duffy - Kiss Me 32 47th Midge Ure - If I Was 35 46th Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday 36 45th Kool and The Gang - Cherish 39 44th Go West - We Close Our Eyes 40 43rd Jennifer Rush - The Power Of Love 41 42nd Alison Moyet - That Ole Devil Called Love 42 41st Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves 45 40th Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me 49 39th Wham! - I'm Your Man 52 38th Paul Hardcastle - 19 53 37th Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well 55 36th Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away 57 35th Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town 60 33rd Killing Joke - Love Like Blood 61 33rd Propaganda - Duel 61 32nd Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart 66 31st Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down 70 29th Huey Lewis & The News - The Power Of Love 78 29th Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine 78 28th Marillion - Kayleigh 84 27th U2 - The Unforgettable Fire 85 26th Cult - She Sells Sanctuary 94 24th Billy Idol - White Wedding 97 24th Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere 97 23rd Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero 100 22nd Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel 104 21st Wham! - Everything She Wants 113 20th Prince - Raspberry Beret 115 19th Tears For Fears - Shout 124 18th Smiths - How Soon Is Now? 129 17th Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 130 16th Waterboys - Whole Of The Moon 138 15th Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World 149 14th Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer 154 13th Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) 157 12th Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 160 11th Madonna - Crazy For You 170 10th Duran Duran - A View To A Kill 174 The following songs qualify for the Record Of The Decade (1980s) play-offs 8th Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is 180 8th Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) 180 7th Madonna - Material Girl 191 6th Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 195 5th Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 206 4th Madonna - Into The Groove 216 While the Top 3 Songs of 1985 all qualify for Record Of The Decade (1980s) Final 3rd Cars - Drive 228 2nd Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69 232 1st A-ha - Take On Me 308 RMWXyEHoN88 I will reveal the Missing 1985 Nominations for you to vote on next.....
December 15, 200717 yr Author 1985 Missing Nominations are: Accept - Metal Heart Animotion - Obsession Aretha Franklin - Freeway Of Love Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire Bryan Adams - Run To You China Crisis - Black man ray Clash - This Is England Commodores - Nightshift David Cassidy - The Last Kiss Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm Helloween - Victim of Fate Jesus n Mary Chain - Just Like Honey Kate Bush - Cloudbusting Kirsty MacColl - A New England Megadeth - Mechanix Oingo Boingo - Just Another Day Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield Pat Benatar - We Belong Phil Collins - One More Night Phil Collins - Sussudio Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer Power Station - Some Like It Hot Queen - One Vision Simple Minds - Alive and kicking Starship - We Built This City Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart Survivor - I Can't Hold Back Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Rebels U.S.A. For Africa - We Are The World (Ineligible nominations: Aha - The Sun Always Shines on T.V., Mr. Mister - Broken Wings, Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You are in the 1986 ROTY Game. Alphaville - Forever Young was included in the 1984 ROTY Missing nominations) 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)
December 15, 200717 yr Author 1st Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm 5 Pts 2. Kate Bush - Cloudbusting 3. Kirsty MacColl - A New England 4. Aretha Franklin - Freeway Of Love 5. Power Station - Some Like It Hot
December 15, 200717 yr 1Kate Bush - Cloudbusting 2Simple Minds - Alive and kicking 3Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield 4Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall 5China Crisis - Black man ray
December 15, 200717 yr Animotion - Obsession......................................5pts Bryan Adams - Run To You Phil Collins - Sussudio Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield
December 15, 200717 yr 1st Kate Bush - Cloudbusting 2nd Phil Collins - One More Night 3rd Phil Collins - Sussudio 4th Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire 5th Pat Benatar - We Belong
December 17, 200717 yr 1. Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield 2. Pat Benatar - We Belong 3. Starship - We Built This City 4. Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero 5. Bryan Adams - Run To You Aaargh, if I would have remembered to vote Madonna's Into The Groove would have qualified but now it lost for The Carrs :o
December 17, 200717 yr lol... Summer of 69 above Running Up That Hill? Whilst I understand Kate Bush is a bit meaty for the Americans.... this result is the latest in a long line of clunkers in these competitions, it really is. :huh: Anyway, here's my (pointless and worthless) top 5 again... in the absence of any Dio or Scorpions smash hits on the list, I fully expect Pat Benatar or USA For Africa to romp home with this one... 1 Kate Bush - Coudbusting 2 Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm 3 Suzanne Vega - Marlene on the Wall 4 Kirty MacColl - A New England 5 Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home
December 29, 200717 yr Author 1985 Missing Songs Vote: Results Thanks to the 25 of you who voted on the missing Songs from 1985: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points Scored 32nd Commodores - Nightshift 0 32nd David Cassidy - The Last Kiss 0 32nd Oingo Boingo - Just Another Day 0 31st China Crisis - Black man ray 1 30th Power Station - Some Like It Hot 2 28th Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home 3 28th U.S.A. For Africa - We Are The World 3 27th Clash - This Is England 4 24th Jesus n Mary Chain - Just Like Honey 5 24th Survivor - I Can't Hold Back 5 24th Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers : Rebels 5 23rd Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer 6 19th Helloween - Victim of Fate 7 19th Megadeth - Mechanix 7 19th Pat Benatar - We Belong 7 19th Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover 7 17th Aretha Franklin - Freeway Of Love 9 17th Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You 9 16th Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart 10 14th Animotion - Obsession 11 14th Simple Minds - Alive and kicking 11 12th Accept - Metal Heart 13 12th Kirsty MacColl - A New England 13 9th Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire 14 9th Phil Collins - Sussudio 14 9th Queen - One Vision 14 7th Suzanne Vega - Marlene On The Wall 16 7th Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero 16 6th Phil Collins - One More Night 17 5th Grace Jones - Slave To The Rhythm 18 4th Bryan Adams - Run To You 27 3rd Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield 28 2nd Starship - We Built This City 29 So going through to the 1980s Record of The Decade Play-offs is: 1st Kate Bush - Cloudbusting 33 IRHA9W-zExQ "......ooohhh, I just knew that something good is going to happen..." Britain's Greatest Ever female singer/songwriter defeats a glut of truly wretched 1980s MOR tracks. :w00t: ... and if russt had given up voting the result would have been different.
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