Posted January 19, 200817 yr 1979 RETRO RECORDS OF THE YEAR :cheer: :yahoo: :w00t: :dance: Vote for your favourite Top20 (or minimum Top10) from the list of 50 Records from 1979. 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 - Chiquitita Abba - Does Your Mother Know Abba - Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) AC/DC - Highway To Hell Anita Ward - Ring My Bell Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes B52s - Rock Lobster Bee Gees - Tragedy Blondie - Heart Of Glass Blondie - Sunday Girl Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band - We Got Tonite Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me Chic - Good Times Clash - London Calling Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing Donna Summer - Hot Stuff Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes Dr. Hook - When You're In Love .. Beautiful Woman Earth Wind & Fire ft Emotions - Boogie Wonderland ELO - Don't Bring Me Down Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army Gary Numan - Cars Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick Jam - Eton Rifles Knack - My Sharona M - Pop Muzik Madness - One Step Beyond Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Till You Get Enough Olivia Newton John - A Little More Love Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Police - Message In A Bottle Police - Roxanne Police - Walking On The Moon Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love Queen - Don't Stop Me Now Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone Roxy Music - Dance Away Sister Sledge - We Are Family Squeeze - Cool For Cats Squeeze - Up The Junction Styx - Babe Supertramp - Breakfast In America Supertramp - Logical Song Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric? XTC - Making Plans For Nigel B: Nominate Two songs from 1979 MISSING from this 50 track shortlist. The Top 3 Songs from each year (1970-1979) 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 2nd February 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 (1970s) play-offs
January 19, 200817 yr this'll be tough - 1979 was a BRILLIANT year for pop music - and it's going to be hard to pick just 20 from, possibly, the strongest list we've had so far :blink:
January 19, 200817 yr Author this'll be tough - 1979 was a BRILLIANT year for pop music - and it's going to be hard to pick just 20 from, possibly, the strongest list we've had so far :blink: Believe me, it was close to murder to reduce it down to just 50 songs in the first place. :lol: 1st Clash - London's Calling 20 Pts 2nd Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army 3rd Police - Roxanne 4. Squeeze - Up The Junction 5. Roxy Music - Dance Away 6. Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star 7. Chic - Good Times 8. XTC - Making Plans For Nigel 9. Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays 10. Knack - My Sharona 11. Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric? 12. Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall 13. B52s - Rock Lobster 14. Olivia Newton John - A Little More Love 15. Blondie - Heart Of Glass 16. Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore 17. Bee Gees - Tragedy 18. Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes 19. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 20. Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me Missing Songs: Kate Bush - Them Heavy People Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
January 19, 200817 yr Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall 20pts Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing Blondie _ Heart of Glass supertramp - Logical Song Police - Roxanne Police - Walking on the Moon Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes Elvis Costello - Olivers Army Donna Summer - HOt Stuff Abba - Gimme Gimme Gimme AC/DC - Highway to Hell Anita Bell - ring My Bell Blondie - Sunday Girl Bob Seger - We got Tonight Clash - Londons Calling Earth Wind and Fire - Boogie Wonderland Gloria Gaynor - I will Survive Michael Jackson - Dont stop till you get Enough B52s - Rock Lobster Boomtown Rats - I dont like Mondays
January 19, 200817 yr 1. B52s - Rock Lobster 2. Chic - Good Times 3. Clash - London's Calling 4. Blondie - Heart Of Glass 5. XTC - Making Plans For Nigel 6. Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman 7. Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army 8. Gary Numan - Cars 9. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 10. Jam - Eton Rifles 11. M - Pop Muzik 12. Madness - One Step Beyond 13. Earth Wind & Fire ft Emotions - Boogie Wonderland 14. Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric? 15. Blondie - Sunday Girl 16. Donna Summer - Hot Stuff 17. Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes 18. Squeeze - Cool For Cats missing: Sparks - "The Number One Song In Heaven" "Beat The Clock this'll be tough - 1979 was a BRILLIANT year for popular music - and it's going to be hard to pick just 20 from, possibly, the strongest list we've had so far :blink: I dont know i think I had more trouble organizing one of them from the late 60s either 1967 or 69 - lots of groovy boho american things in there and this year had Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive which is vile (and ELO which could be held responsinble for many of the GP crimes of 2007 & 2008 :lol: ) - think there's good and bad in any year from the 1970s you just know where to look and whether to avoid the most popular light ent stuff and go for more arthouse sounds?? btw think thats 70s show is up to 1979 on virgin 1 2nite - and that always makes it look like a cool period of time to be in (that 80s show - meant to suck big time :lol: :lol: ) http://www.dvdfuture.com/images/upload/70sCast2.jpg
January 19, 200817 yr 1 Blondie - Heart Of Glass 2 Blondie - Sunday Girl 3 Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore 4 Gary Numan - Cars 5 Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army 6 Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric? 7 The Police - Message In A Bottle 8 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 9 The Police - Roxanne 10 The Police - Walking On The Moon 11 Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays 12 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 12 ABBA - Gimme Gimme Gimme 13 ABBA - Does Your Mother Know? 14 Bee Gees - Tragedy 15 Donna Summer - Hot Stuff 16 Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman 17 Squeeze - Cool For Cats 18 Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone 19 Roxy Music - Dance Away 20 ABBA - Chiquitita Add: Blondie - Dreaming Roxy Music - Angel Eyes
January 19, 200817 yr 1 Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 2 Madness - One Step Beyond 3 Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric? 4 XTC - Making Plans For Nigel 5 Abba - Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) 6 Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star 7 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 8 Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes 9 Squeeze - Up The Junction 10 Knack - My Sharona 11 Police - Roxanne 12 M - Pop Muzik 13 Police - Message In A Bottle 14 Abba - Does Your Mother Know 15 Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army 16 Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 17 Supertramp - Breakfast In America 18 Supertramp - Logical Song nominate.... angelic upstarts 'im an upstart'..... skids 'into the valley' (i hope someone nominates buzzcocks 'harmony in my head'....lol)
January 19, 200817 yr 1st B52s - Rock Lobster 2 ABBA - Gimme Gimme Gimme (a man after midnight) 3 Blondie - Heart Of Glass 4 Gary Numan - Cars 5 The Police - Walking On The Moon 6 Donna Summer - Hot Stuff 7 Squeeze - Up The Junction 8 Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric? 9 XTC - Making Plans For Nigel 10 Squeeze - Cool For Cats 11 The Police - Roxanne 12 Ian Dury & the Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 13 ABBA - Chiquitita 14 Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love 15 ELO - Don't Bring Me Down 16 The Police - Message In a Bottle 17 Chic - Good Times 18 The Clash - London Calling 19 Blondie - Sunday Girl 20 Supertramp - Logical Song missing 2: Lene Lovich - Say When Specials - Gangsters Edited January 28, 200817 yr by russt68
January 19, 200817 yr Blondie - Heart Of Glass...20 pts Police - Walking On The Moon XTC - Making Plans For Nigel Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric? Supertramp - Logical Song Squeeze - Cool For Cats Blondie - Sunday Girl Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick Jam - Eton Rifles Madness - One Step Beyond Police - Message In A Bottle Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love Clash - London Calling Gary Numan - Cars Knack - My Sharona Roxy Music - Dance Away B52s - Rock Lobster Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing nominate Sheila B Devotion - Spacer Joe Jackson - Is she really going out with him
January 20, 200817 yr 01 Blondie - Heart Of Glass [20 pts....] 02 ELO - Don't Bring Me Down 03 Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army 04 Gary Numan - Cars 05 Blondie - Sunday Girl 06 Bee Gees - Tragedy 07 Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric? 08 Knack - My Sharona 09 M - Pop Muzik 10 Abba - Does Your Mother Know 11 Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays 12 Squeeze - Cool For Cats 13 Supertramp - Logical Song 14 Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star 15 Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore 16 Earth Wind & Fire ft Emotions - Boogie Wonderland 17 Police - Walking On The Moon 18 Roxy Music - Dance Away 19 Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 20 Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me 'missing' Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing
January 21, 200817 yr 'missing' Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing oh lord.... another cracking track, the nominations will be a much better list then the qualifiers!
January 22, 200817 yr Queen - Don't Stop Me Now Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love Police - Walking On The Moon Blondie - Heart Of Glass Supertramp - Logical Song Jam - Eton Rifles Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric? Bee Gees - Tragedy Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays Clash - London's Calling Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing Police - Roxanne Squeeze - Up The Junction Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band - We Got Tonite Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick Police - Message In A Bottle Earth Wind & Fire ft Emotions - Boogie Wonderland Gary Numan – Cars Nominate Thin Lizzy – Sarah Sad Cafe - Every Day Hurts Edited January 22, 200817 yr by tilly
January 24, 200817 yr 1st Gloria Gaynor - I will survive 2nd Pink Floyd - Another brick 3rd Blondie - heart of glass 4th Buggles - Video killed 5th Boomtown Rats - Mondays 6th ABBA - Gimme gimme gimme 7th Sister Sledge - We are family 8th Police - message in a bootle 9th Supertramp - breakfast in America 10th Squeeze - Cool for cats Nominate Lene Lovich - Lucky number Prince - I wanna be your lover
February 2, 200817 yr Author Many Thanks to the 24 of you who voted The 1979 Record Of The Year Results are: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points 50th Dr. Hook - When You're In Love .. Beautiful Woman 0 49th Styx - Babe 16 48th Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band - We Got Tonite 19 46th Supertramp - Breakfast In America 24 46th Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman 26 45th Sister Sledge - We Are Family 31 44th Olivia Newton John - A Little More Love 32 43rd Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes 35 42nd Anita Ward - Ring My Bell 37 41st Earth Wind & Fire ft Emotions - Boogie Wonderland 41 40th Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me 42 39th Roxy Music - Dance Away 43 38th B52s - Rock Lobster 50 37th Abba - Chiquitita 59 36th Chic - Good Times 63 35th M - Pop Muzik 65 34th Madness - One Step Beyond 67 33rd Squeeze - Cool For Cats 73 32nd XTC - Making Plans For Nigel 76 29th Jam - Eton Rifles 79 29th Abba - Does Your Mother Know 79 29th Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes 79 28th Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 81 27th Donna Summer - Hot Stuff 82 26th Squeeze - Up The Junction 90 25th Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Till You Get Enough 94 24th ELO - Don't Bring Me Down 95 23rd Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore 97 22nd Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive 99 21st AC/DC - Highway To Hell 106 20th Bee Gees - Tragedy 113 19th Police - Walking On The Moon 116 17th Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric? 117 17th Blondie - Sunday Girl 117 16th Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love 125 15th Supertramp - Logical Song 127 14th Knack - My Sharona 131 12th Rainbow - Since You've Been Gone 142 12th Gary Numan - Cars 142 11th Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 144 10th Abba - Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) 160 9th Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays 162 The following songs qualify for the Record Of The Decade (1970s) play-offs 8th Police - Message In A Bottle 166 7th Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 172 6th Clash - London Calling 175 5th Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army 184 4th Police - Roxanne 187 While the Top 3 Songs of 1979 all qualify for Record Of The Decade (1970s) Final 3rd Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star 198 2nd Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall 209 1st Blondie - Heart Of Glass 297 oUG0GjdoGHE Unquestionably an iconic song when Disco fused with New Wave has won. I will reveal the Missing 1979 Nominations for you to vote on next.....
February 2, 200817 yr Author 1979 Missing Nominations are: Abba - Angel Eyes Abba - I Have A Dream Abba - Voulez-Vous AC/DC - Shot Down In Flames Angelic Upstarts - I'm an Upstart Blondie - Dreaming Blondie - One way or Another Chic - I Want Your Love Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk Diamond Head - Am I Evil? Eagles - Heartache Tonight Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways Joe Jackson - Is she really going out with him Kate Bush - Them Heavy People (Live on Stage EP) Kiss - I Was Made For Lovin' You Led Zeppelin - All My Love Lena Lovich - Lucky Number Lena Lovich - Say When Motorhead - Bomber Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love Pointer Sisters - Fire Police - Can't Stand Losing You Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing Prince - I Wanna be Your Lover Roxy Music - Angel Eyes Sad Cafe - Every Day Hurts Sheila B Devotion - Spacer Sister Sledge - Lost In Music Skids - Into the Valley Sparks - Beat The Clock Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven Specials - Gangsters Status Quo - Whatever You Want Village People - In The Navy Thin Lizzy – Sarah Toto - Hold The Line Tourists - I Only Want To Be With You (Ineligible nominated songs: Village People - Y.M.C.A. was in the 1978 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 (1970s)
February 2, 200817 yr Author A truly fantastic set of missing nominations - incredibly hard to reduce it down to just 5 - proof of what a great year 1979 was for music: 1st Led Zeppelin - All My Love 5 Pts 2nd Kate Bush - Them Heavy People (Live on Stage EP) 3rd Sister Sledge - Lost In Music 4th Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk 5th Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing
February 2, 200817 yr 1st Lene Lovich - Lucky Number 2 Sparks - Beat The Clock 3 Lene Lovich - Say When 4 Sparks - Number One Song In Heaven 5 Specials - Gangsters
February 2, 200817 yr 1st Blondie - Dreaming 2nd Blondie - One Way Or Another 3rd Eagles - Heartache Tonight 4th Kate Bush - Them Heavy People 5th Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk
February 2, 200817 yr 1 Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing 2 Joe Jackson - Is she really going out with him 3 Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk 4 Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven 5 Specials - Gangsters
February 2, 200817 yr i could give points to all of these acts... Abba - Voulez-Vous Angelic Upstarts - I'm an Upstart Blondie - One way or Another Chic - I Want Your Love Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk Kate Bush - Them Heavy People (Live on Stage EP) Lena Lovich - Lucky Number Lena Lovich - Say When Motorhead - Bomber Police - Can't Stand Losing You Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing Sheila B Devotion - Spacer Skids - Into the Valley Specials - Gangsters Toto - Hold The Line but will go with 1 skids - into the valley 2 angelic upstarts - im an upstart 3 pretenders - stop your sobbing 4 kate bush - them heavy people 5 specials - gangsters........................... i could give maximum points to all of these but will go with the order, 1st = 5 pts
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