Gezza

I'm only listening to the post 2000s ones for the rate to see what sticks in my mind and what doesn't. Surprisingly nothing is awful, a few nice but nothing great but more are actually decent and you find yourself humming.

Probably end of the month now. Real life intervened.

Tomorrow we find out who JUST missed the top 10 and I can tell you we have our first MULTI 30 pointer act.

NO 13- THE SATURDAYS ( 12)- 342 POINTS Voter: Leonardo- 14pts, Josh!- 14pts, Gezza- 8pts, Electroboy- 1pt, JosephBoone- 25pts, Spiceboy- 8pts, AaronTM- 13pts, Lukuzz- 19pts, Bris29- 13pts, …Ready For It- 15pts, Lillanv273- 30pts, Jay- 27pts, GreyAsh- 5pts, Quartonwotks- 18pts, Jordanlee- 11pts, jra1989- 18pts, Rogue- 22pts, Jason- 20pts, Riser- 7pts, One_For_Sorrow- 26pts, Gooddelta- 3pts, Lewis GT- 23pts, Roba- 2pts 18 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: WHAT ABOUT US? (#1, 2013) iprz-fEsx38

NO 14- OASIS ( 16)- 329 POINTS Voter: Vibe- 24pts, Cow P- 14pts, Gezza- 5pts, Electroboy- 22pts, Jade- 20pts, Padamic Tension- 22pts, Mack-19pts, Bris29- 23pts, Lillanv273- 10pts, Jester- 28pts, Mango- 30pts, Jason- 27pts, Gooddelta- 1pt, Chez Wombat- 27pts, marcinjaro- 16pts, Popchartfreak- 3pts, JulianT- 13pts, Stonedragon- 25pts 26 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: SOME MIGHT SAY (#1, 1995) DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER (#1, 1996) D’YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? (#1, 1997) ALL AROUND THE WORLD (#1, 1998) GO LET IT OUT (#1, 2000) HINDUTIMES (#1, 2002) LYLA (#1, 2005) THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING IDLE (#1, 2005) pbIRQR6FkhU

Of course. But please put in spoilers in case others don't want to see

Tomorrow more 30 pointers AND an act that attracted 23 Voters!

if I recall correctly it was actually Ian Levine (producer) that wanted Robbie to sing lead on IFH as he thought Robbie had a better voice which (allegedly) annoyed Gary and started the riff that would grow over the years between the two.

I don't expect anything to win from 2000 onwards.... :D

Cool. Thank you for confirming. Just didn't want to be doing work I didn't need to do ha ha

Can I just confirm that people are interested in this rate (Dandy* aside)- just so I know that it will be happening and I can start on the write ups?

NO 15- ALL SAINTS ( 8)- 327 POINTS Voter: Vibe- 21 pts, Scene- 5pts, Darrenjames- 19pts, Electroboy- 13pts, JosephBoone- 22pts, Spiceboy- 20pts, Rio309- 3pts, AaronTM- 25pts, Lukuzz- 18pts, Lillanv273- 9pts, Jay-21pts, Jordanlee- 13pts, jra1989-23pts, Lee_His_Cheeks- 26pts, Dark Horse- 24pts, Rogue- 7pts, One_For_Sorrow- 25pts, Gooddelta- 16pts, Roba- 14pts, Stonedragon- 3pts 9 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: NEVER EVER (#1, 1997) UNDER THE BRIDGE/ LADY MARMALADE (#1, 1998) BOOTIE CALL (#1, 1998) PURE SHORES (#1, 2000) BLACK COFFEE (#1, 2000) AOZhgs2Uk20

NO 16- TAKE THAT ( 19)- 299 POINTS Voter: Vibe- 23pts, Darrenjames- 3pts, Gezza- 21pts, Electroboy- 24pts, JosephBoone- 11pts, WhoOdyssey- 13pts, Spiceboy- 16pts, AaronTM- 14pts, Padamic Tension- 30pts, Bris29- 17pts, Jay- 18pts, Quartonworks- 3pts, Mango- 13pts, Dark Horse- 15pts, Jason- 15pts, One_For_Sorrow- 16pts, Gooddelta- 29pts, Stonedragon- 18pts 28 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: PRAY (#1, 1993) RELIGHT MY FIRE (#1, 1993) BABE (#1, 1993) EVERYTHING CHANGES (#1, 1994) SURE (#1, 1994) BACK FOR GOOD (#1, 1995) NEVER FORGET (#1, 1995) HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE (#1, 1996) PATIENCE (#1, 2006) SHINE (#1, 2007) GREATEST DAY (#1, 2008) THESE DAYS (#1, 2014) 3ZFkoCagBds

Tomorrow we get to the first act to get 20 voters as we cruise over the 300 point mark and our first faller from the top 10 last time around.

NO 17- FLEETWOOD MAC ( 30)- 286 POINTS Voters: Leonardo- 7pts, Scene- 20pts, Josh!- 26pts, Spiceboy- 24pts, Jade- 21pts, Lukuzz- 11pts, Lillanv273- 24pts, AH Gold- 19pts, GreyAsh- 28pts, Quartonworks- 6pts, Jordanlee- 14pts, Rogue- 24pts, marcinjaro- 13pts, Chartjack2- 7pts, Popchartfreak- 16pts, JulianT- 26pts 16 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: ALBATROSS (#1, 1969) txA4jXCXun0

NO 18- S CLUB 7 ( 23)- 274 POINTS Voters: Leonardo- 17pts, Electroboy- 17pts, JosephBoone- 30pts, Spiceboy- 22pts, AaronTM- 1pt, Lukuzz- 16pts, Bris29- 27pts, …Ready For It- 3pts, Lillanv273- 21pts, Jay- 25pts, AH Gold- 2pts, Quartonworks- 23pts, jra1989- 25pts, Lee_His_Cheeks- 9pts, One_For_Sorrow- 28pts, Gooddelta- 8pts 11 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: BRING IT ALL BACK (#1, 1999) NEVER HAD A DREAM COME TRUE (#1, 2000) DON’T STOP MOVING (#1, 2001) HAVE YOU EVER (#1, 2001) ielz6SDZvyY

The video itself wasn't widely played but it was rather notorious at the time. "Number One" magazine (a rival to smash hits in the late 80s/ early 90s) did a spread on it (pun intended) with pictures so it was known about in the pop mags of the day which was of course the point of it.

NO 19- BLONDIE ( 14)- 273 POINTS Voter: Leonardo- 21pts, Vibe- 26pts, Scene- 23pts, Darrenjames- 5pts, Spiceboy- 25pts, Jade- 25pts, xajnipi- 6pts, Lukuzz- 12pts, Lilllanv273- 2pts, AH Gold- 25pts, Dark Horse- 26pts, Rogue- 4pts, Dandy*- 6pts, Popchartfreak- 11pts, JulianT- 27pts, Roba- 29pts 17 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: HEART OF GLASS (#1, 1979) SUNDAY GIRL (#1, 1979) ATOMIC (#1, 1980) CALL ME (#1, 1980) THE TIDE IS HIGH (#1, 1980) MARIA (#1, 1999) i8O3xCpC6M8

NO 20- RADIOHEAD ( 13)- 266 POINTS Voter: Jade- 22pts, Rio309- 30pts, xajnipi- 17pts, DoBelieveTheHype- 7pts, Jester- 27pts, Mango- 3pts, Smint- 29pts, King Rollo- 9pts, Chez Wombat- 17pts, Dandy*- 27pts, marcinjaro- 17pts, Chartjack2- 5pts, JulianT- 24pts, Stonedragon- 11pts, Seven- 21pts 17 UK TOP 40 HITS BIGGEST HIT: PARANOID ANDROID (#3, 1997) ao7va4PQoEM

Position on the previous voters chart (at the top 30)

No worries- Re: remixes People can give a score for whatever mix they personally prefer- i.e "Who Needs Love Like That" was issued in 85 plus a "Hamburg Mix" in 92- I'm not classing them as separate releases so just "mark" whichever you prefer. I've allowed all 4 of the "Abba-esque" EP in the rate as all 4 had promo's and were promoted at the time to various extents..

Wiki says RMG wasn't a UK single though it got a release in some countries? SIAT added though

So you heard the rumour that an Erasure rate was long overdue on here?- All true! I was prepping the post on their recent exit from the "Buzzjack's Best Group" thread and I spent a whole night listening to them and remembered how great they were and how (according to the ever temperamental search machine on here) we haven't rated them on the site before- that can't be right. So they may not have the pomp and bombast of the Pet Shop Boys (whom I also love) but they cracked out many a banger (as the kids say) in their day and even the most recent stuff is surprisingly good. So presented for your pleasure are all 58 of their official UK single releases (I thought that was about right in terms of size of songs)- which, if you have a passing knowledge of late 80s/ early 90s pop then you'll already know at least 50% of them. Give me the songs! The 80s The 90s The 00s The 2010s Click on the song to go the video! How Do You Vote: PM your votes by Midday GMT on Sunday 29th September 2024 What about scoring? Select your 30 favourites from the list of 57 and pop them into the template here 30 (your fave) 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 (30th fave) That song will then be awarded the number of points you have allocated to them, the one with the most points is the winner! So time to go WILD! and join in with the CHORUS from Moscow to Mars!

I agree you should only obsess over it ONE TIME (sorry couldn't resist :D )

In other news only 2 new acts make the top 20 this time around and tomorrow we see the first act to attract 16 voters.