Jaz13music

Thanks again, that’s great! I’ll get my thinking cap on! Friday deadline might be a push, but I’ll give it my best shot.

Ooh yes, thanks for thinking of me! I’ll have a think, see what I can come up with!

Oh Madam Butterfly is absolutely gorgeous. Like you say, it shouldn’t work but it does. Goosebumps! Ghostbusters is great fun, though I fell out of love with it at the time. I actually think Big In Japan is the best Alphaville song. William.. is one of the best early Smiths singles. With, IMO, the greatest two ‘b’ sides ever How Soon Is Now and Please Please Please…. Incredible! Even as a huge Smiths fan I never knew it was about the wonderful Billy MacKenzie though, so big thanks for that! Master and Servant is good but not among the best DM songs. I Just Called…. Is something I disliked at the time but I’ve definitely mellowed for, maybe that’s an age thing!

Call Me Maybe is fantastic, a perfect precision engineered pop song! I love Somebody That I Used To Know, such a unique number one, especially one that’s melody is essentially based on ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’! So rare for a EOY number one to be so left field too! They would be my numbers 2 and 5. My #1 is still to come, will it be the same as yours?

Indeed, One Day Like This is one of the best singles of the decade and Seldom Seen Kid probably the best album this century. Incredibly it’s not my favourite on the album though, that would be Some Riot, especially the live version at Abbey Road with the BBC Concert Orchestra and choir. Powerful and utterly gorgeous, it reduces me to tears every time! Public Enemy are my all time favourite rap act, it was great to see them get a proper hit single later in their career

None! 😢….But it’s early days yet. I’m slowly working my way around all the forums, I didn’t realise there were so many different contests though!

Of course Careless Whispers is fantastic and would be top of this group for me too. Just falling short of a 10 though, maybe due to overplay. Love Dr Beat and its later versions, especially Mylo’s. Ink In The Well is lovely, moody is the right word. Passengers is pretty unique. Mothers Talk and The More You Live… are both songs I’d forgotten but really enjoyed on playing back

I slightly prefer Spectrum but Sweet Nothing is good too. Both great collaborations!

Quick catch up on the previous group! Love Self Control’s big vocals. Eyes Without A Face is wonderfully moody. Come Back is great, deserved a bigger hit. Seven Seas is probably my favourite of these It’s A Hard Life is good if not one of my Queen songs in that era. Whatever I Do is epic. You Think You’re A Man is one of a kind. Hole in My Shoe always brings a smile

Just making a quick catch up, while I have some internet connection! Part Of Me is a lesser Katie single, not too memorable. Bom Bom is excellent, a true one off song. Chaotic and energetic, probably what drinking rum in pints does for you! Gangnam Style is undeniable isn’t it, a true force of nature at the time. Great fun. I like Hot Right Now, propulsive drum and bass and still one of Rita’s best. Beneath Your Beautiful is lovely, I’ve always had a soft spot for it. Especially the orchestral bits and the female/male vocals together. I do like Spectrum a lot, updating a song I was already fond of into a great dance banger. Florence’s vocals certainly suited the uptempo beat. With your top 8 still to come, I have 5 of my own top 8 left, including my top 3!

I’m out of the country for the next couple of weeks with (mostly) poor internet access. I’d love to join in but not if I can’t get a decent listen to the songs before I can vote. Have you any idea about time scales for voting deadlines to see if I can manage it?

Twelve of my top 15 still remaining, including my top 6! I also think one of the two songs you’re talking about is in my top 6, I love it though I’m sure many will hate it!

I like Call My Name, I agree it’s one of Cheryl’s best singles.

Just released, some very limited!

Another excellent alt rock band with their debut EP