****************THIS IS A JOURNEY INTO SOUND - IT'S THE ILX 1980s SINGLES POLL RESULTS COUNTDOWN WHAMBAM FOOFARAW****************

'best pause in a song' - that hesitant little scratch between "His Zodiac sign is Capricorn!" and the reentry of "Good Times" in "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel"

-- M Matos (michaelangelomato...), June 5th, 2002.

if you compare anything to the "Follow the Leader" 12", though, the point of comparison is gonna come up short, because the "Follow the Leader" 12" is God on stilts

-- J0hn Darn1elle (edito...), April 10th, 2004.

Shannon's "Let the music play"

"I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"

It's good his band have given up trying to play 'Suedehead'.

-- N. (nickdastoo...), April 18th, 2004.

(Shuttup mark)

My hat is off to those who put this together.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/littleelegy/bartles_jaymes_small.jpg

I think I can predict #1 easily, but I don't want to ruin the fun and all your hard work Darryl.

(Shannon)

(But I wouldn't be surprised if my #1 doesn't.)

(haha x-post)

Best Fall cut ever: "The Classical" (on Hex) = closest they've ever come to genuine circus funk (closest they'd come to funk at all, for that matter). - -- Frank Kogan (edcasua...), July 12th, 2001.

i think they're underrated also, and i really liked the unsettled opened-out self-hatred: it had much more power and unease in pop metal than in most hangover sour-grapes punk, because it crackled so uneasily with the braggadocio
also i really REALLY want to fuck axl (the body not the person: i am not insane thank you)

-- mark s (mar...), August 30th, 2002.

Don Henley = Boys of Summer - even as a child this song made me feel like i had lost something. and i was just a kid!!

-- eedd (e...), June 6th, 2004.

I liked "Boys of Summer", but only as a subset of liking "Africa".
-- Tim (tfinne...), June 5th, 2002.

There needs to be a hip hop track that samples "Boys of Summer" to complement the punk-pop and trance-pop versions. I imagine it as a Ja Rule comeback track (he's already sampled "Africa") or possibly a Cam'ron affair.
-- Tim Finney (tfinne...), September 18th, 2004.

I always liked how the drummer comes in a bit late at the end of the vocal breakdown on "I Melt With You" by Modern English. It is a total flub, but I like how it sounds as the drummer speeds through the fill to catch up.

-- earlnash (stereo99_9...), July 30th, 2004.

i once had a dream that i was in the Modern English and we were in the forest with all our equipment and we had to play "melt with you" in like 30 seconds, and i kept looking at my watch in a panic because noone knew how to play the song and when it finally came time to play the song i ended up playing guitar, keyboards, bass, and singing. i pulled it off pretty well but i was freakin' out the whole time, because at first i was just supposed to sing it, and then all of a sudden id see a keyboard in front of me, and id think "oh shit, that keyboard part's about to come up and nobody's here to play it. IM GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT ON THE SPOT!" by the end of the song i was exhausted, but satisfied with the performance. nobody was there to see it happen though, so i dont know why i was so worried about playing it right.
-- Felonious Drunk (wangchungvsah...), May 7th, 2004.

There exists a Primitives single where they do "As Tears Go By" with EXACTLY the same arrangement as "Crash."

-- Douglas (ilxo...), May 17th, 2005.

On the Primitives tip, "Crash" was my first 7". I played the balls out of that mother.
-- Sterling Clover (sterling_clove...), August 16th, 2001.

There are a slew of amazing live and studio Cure cuts I assembled into my own homegrown boots, so yow. The 'alternate' version via concert cuts of Faith and the eight differing takes on "A Forest" in particular make me oh so happy.
-- Ned Raggett (ne...), September 25th, 2001.

today i heard a forest by the cure as headline news went into a commercial.
-- Pablo Cruise (chaki_mc_chak...), May 7th, 2004.

When I play this disc, I have to have a sweater nearby.
-- Alex in NYC (vassife...), May 13th, 2005.

what a beautiful song. what a beautiful guitar sound. and the strings. also there's something about the circular melody that is very appealing in context. this is such a record--i wouldn't want to hear a cover of it.
for some reason there is no song i associate more with my early adolescence (no, not because of the concealed subject matter) than any other song. i remember where and how i first heard it, from whom i dubbed the third beat album onto cassette, where the cd from which i made the dub began skipping (resulting in a very long dub), from whom i dubbed another version, and finally where and when i finally just up and purchased the cd.

for this reason the song conjures a great good feeling in me, but i think it might do this even without the nostalgia factor. certainly there's a reason why i fixated on it in the first place.

-- amateur!st (amateur!st@hotma!l.com), July 23rd, 2004.

Hot list no far, but I'd expect no less from an ILM 80s list. "Let the Music Play" sucks though.

It is a classic.

What makes a classic ? Uniqueness, and songcrafting
skill manifested by distinguishing lyrical/melodic/harmonic/rhythmic
elements.Instrumental skill augments implementation
of the songcrafting skill.

Imagination and respect for music (melody, harmony & rhythm
intertwined) and a sense of lyrical phrasing of the concept.

Now we all know that some very hi-energy, rhythmically intricate,
image cool, shocking and aggressive music is favored by
some musically ignorant ones nowadays, and it definitely
satisfies their short-term desire for instant sonic
gratification.

But for a piece of music to have *longevity*, and transcend
the fandom of superficial fads, it MUST incorporate some
requirements of the songcrafting process, augmented by
instrumental skill.

-- Musicfan101 (mz543@hgf.com), March 1st, 2006.

Also, whoever said "Africa" or "Dear God" are better than "D.D.I.O." is smoking crack.

-- o. nate (syne_wave@yahoo.com), February 25th, 2004.

The Associates-Party Fears Two

now that's grandeur.

-- Dan Selzer (danselze...), May 10th, 2004.

I was 18 in the summer of 1982. "Party Fears Two" was part of the soundtrack of that summer. And I was living it in DUNDEE. I've had some unhappy times since then, but I'll remember that wonderful year and the part that the music of the Associates played in it forever. Whenever I listen to Sulk I'm 18 again and the world is full of opportunities that I never eventually took up

-- Big Al (Al_Smith_6...), April 1st, 2001.

Guilty of a charge levelled at many other bands discussed here (notably Killing Joke), Echo & the Bunnymen are nothing if not completely and utterly pompous. That said, however, you cannot deny the scope and grandeur of some of their work. While it may seem overtly histrionic and pretentious to some, in my mind, the wind-swept "Killing Moon" absolves the band from any of the ego-related shenanigans they can be accused of.

-- Alex in NYC (vassife...), March 25th, 2001.

"say hello, wave goodbye" is magnificent. i'm not sure how well he handled this later on, but on this record marc almond's struggling with his voice's inherent limitations is put to best advantage, epitomized that last wavering high note. he really knows how to tell a story--an incredibly expressive singer, if not a notably technically proficient one.

as for the story.... well, often male prewar country singers would sing ballads from the POV of a woman, which often serves to heighten my investment in the story even though from today's perspective this habit seems odd indeed. here we have a gay man singing in the persona of a straight guy singing to a girl, and the effect seems somewhat the same--not coy, not ironic, not camp as i understand that. just a story whose emotional undercurrents are made universal via the conviction with which almond puts across the details.

(those details included an entirely convincing back-and-forth between denial and disgust, transcendence and pettiness. i guess that's even hinted at in the title. and left unresolved by song's end.)

(i suppose a possible alternate reading, which i'm happy to hold in my head at the same time as the previous one, is of a [closeted?] gay man falling extravagantly in love with love for a woman, as a means of denying/transcending other feelings. the resulting melodrama is less the source of emotional trauma than the projection of a trauma that cannot be admitted.)

but yeah this song feels like a kind of apocalypse, but with just enough bitter humor to keep it from feeling sticky or overwrought.

-- amateur!!!st (---...), September 9th, 2004.

Why In The Name Of All That Is Holy Does Anyone Like The La's?

"Bust a Move" came on the radio the other night and it was like a long lost stepchild. I still knew all the words! Even my roommate knew some, and he listens to classic rock!

-- Josh (kortbei...), May 30th, 2002.

I think "Bust a Move" was the moment at which the US in general noticed that rapping had become really fluid and impressive and amazing. Obviously it helped, public-wise, that Young MC seemed friendly and unassuming and was going on about non-threatening comedic topics -- all this left the spotlight on the fact that he was just verbally impressive.

-- nabisco%% (nabisco%...), May 30th, 2002.

Are there songs out there which are so well-written that it's impossible to do a bad cover of them? Is "Bigmouth Strikes Again" one of them?

-- Dan Perry (djperr...), February 3rd, 2003.

"She's dressed in yellow. She says 'Hello.
Come sit next to me, you fine fellow.'
You go over there without a second to lose
And what comes next hey bust a move."

God I fucking love 80s rap.

Mine too!

yer off yer nut!

I remember The Beat. I remember Hands Off She's Mine, Mirror In The Bathroom, Best Friend, and Can't Get Used To Losing You all charting. I bought 'I Just Can't Stop It' when I was 7 years old. But I have never even heard of Save It For Later. Was this a hit in Britain? When did it come out?

36 Chambers didn't drop until 1993.

I feel exactly the same way about "Final Day", this skewing effect was predicted in one of the poll threads and at this point I am in favor of it.

Is "Bust a Move" about premature ejaculation?

best single of that year: Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam w/Full Force "I Wonder If I Take You Home," man was I hypnotized by her booty in that video

-- Neudonym (zinogu...), July 16th, 2003. (aka MATT CIBULA)

In "I Can't Go for That", Hall, who has been having a fabulous sexual relationship ("you got my body" "I'll do anything that you want me to"), cannot go for his lover's suggestion that the relationship deepen into something more romantic and exclusive ("now you want my soul" "being twice as nice") as he suspects that the lover is being disingenuous ("the same old lines").

-- Colin Meeder (amisrau...), May 19th, 2003.

"I Can't Go For That" is surely one of the best kamikaze DJ set drops of all time?

-- Tim Finney (tfinne...), January 2nd, 2004.

I can't remember how "I Can't Go For That" goes, but I'm 99% sure I like it.

-- Rockist Scientist (rockistscientis...), January 2nd, 2004.

synths in Hall and Oates "I can't go for that"

"Ask"

was sunny, bright, sweet and lovely

and has sometimes been thought of as my favourite Smiths record

reached at least #15

-- the pinefox (askfo...), August 18th, 2003.

new order - true faith

I actually heard MC Hammer's version first, and hearing the original - with a proper melody and all - was a blessing.

Rick James is definitely among the better African American artists to have emerged during the latter 30 years.

-- Geir Hongro (geirhon...), March 6th, 2003.

my first serious kiss (ie. TONGUE) was to this song :/

I've talked about Rick James elsewhere recently - despite his standing as a top African-American, I'd only ever heard Superfreak until recently - he's never gone top 40 in the UK, so is not very well known. Superfreak isn't even listed in the Guinness book - I think the charts covered then went down to #75.

couldn't find any comments on this one (all de la ilm comments go album focused ye gods). probably the only song i can remember hearing on college radio and pop radio and mtv and my schoolbus ALOT at the SAME TIME, i played the fuck out of this thing at my eighth grade spring dance (ie. "def dance '89").

Prince's "Hot Thing" to thread

Name five songs aside from Gigantic that do the soft-loud thing.

-- Nigel (sellout...), August 9th, 2005.

Kim Deal made the Pixies brilliant once ("Gigantic") and just barely noticeable at all other times. Imagine the Pixies without Deal and you're imagining the most faceless- and anonymous-sounding band in the world.

-- Lawrence the Looter (cw_190...), January 13th, 2006.

Kim certainly got the lions share of the acclaim post-split - does anyone remember an article (NME?) which was saying oh, their best songs were 'Gigantic' (i.e. the Kim song) and 'Winterlong' (a cover).

-- Tom (ebro...), March 22nd, 2001.

Without FUGAZI no record is worth buying. Because ALL ROADS LEAD TO FUGAZI.

-- Sterling Clover (s_clove...), April 18th, 2002.

Mixtape with tracks that sound like Fugazi's Waiting Room

uh, that's pretty easy

Monkey Gone To HeavenYou're always the one who stands out in a crowd. People look forward to seeing you. You're well dressed, well-mannered, but spontaneous enough that it's very easy for you to make friends. Your interests include the paranormal and government conspiracies, but you also enjoy sitting back and eating a good meal. You probably have a lot of pets that you take care of obsessively.Which Pixies song are you? .

-- Venga (des230...), May 14th, 2002.

70. Public Enemy - "Night of the Living Baseheads" (16 votes, 1277 points, 1 first place vote)

The part in "Night of the Living Baseheads" where it pauses and you hear the sample of the old guy say "We gonna get on down now," and then it kicks back in with a scratch-riff built on Chuck D saying "How low can you go" combined with a Maceo sax riff from "The Grunt." There's no other moment in hip-hop like it.

-- Keith C (kcraw91...), June 3rd, 2005.

u+k

other stuff : Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand .. swicthed on the headphones loud one evening when feeling full of self pity in the middle of this track. the next day saw me rush to pre-order the record - re-energised and raring to go ..

-- mark e (m...), October 27th, 2004

Anyone agree that the old Sunkist advert bore a certain resemblance to 'Never Understand?' 'Drink it in the su-u-u-n etc' or was I just doing too much acid at the time?

-- mishmash (rodlaro...), September 8th, 2000.

I like REM as much as the next guy, and more than most ILMers, but if ITEOTWAWKI places higher than anything on here so far, I will tear my hair and rend my garments.

It'd better be in there somewhere is all.

Depeche are one of those bands you can audibly hear getting more and more used to larger and larger places to play as they went throughout the eighties. Everything seemed to get scaled up more, like the echo and reverb was in place because they wanted to create what it would sound like to actually hear them in, if not the Rose Bowl every time, then some place cavernous. And Jesus fuck "Never Let Me Down Again" is SO RIDICULOUSLY HUGE. When those buried orchestral swells and weird wordless cries -- if they are that -- appear at the end, the whole thing becomes a tight loop/effect that is as much grandeur in sound as anything Phil Spector did at his most opulent. Not to mention the fact that the combination of Gahan and Gore singing is a secret weapon, then and now. Gore's proud of being a doo-wop fiend and loving the interplay of different voices and this is one of many points of evidence showing as to why that's a good thing...I can and do catch things in the arrangements that still surprise me every time -- like how on the second verse of "Never Let Me Down Again" there's a new rhythm pattern that subtly kicks in over the main one, a gently raspy overlay. Now I need to go back and listen to it again.

-- Ned Raggett (ne...), January 13th, 2005.

Cybotron's "Clear": C or D, and...

why does "call me " sound like "doctor who theme"
-- retrogurl (retroma...), November 11th, 2005.

yer wrong about "Express Yourself." The only weak thing about it is the punch line, wherein Dre/Cube (latter wrote the lyrics) suggesets that the only reason he beats people up is that they don't express themselves well.
-- John Darnielle (edito...), June 1st, 2002.

Even sexier: "Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any way." Same stipulation as above, of course.

Gordon Gano was quite the hot little dude.
-- Dr Morbius (wjwe...), June 28th, 2005.

if I was ever attracted to a guy it was GG
-- Haikunym (zinogu...), June 28th, 2005.

if i ever hear "blister in the sun" again, ill explode.
-- peter smith (reesewitherspoo...), June 21st, 2005.

I would have loved Stone Roses more if they hadn't done "Fools Gold". I am not particularly into "Fools Gold" at all.

-- Geir Hongro (geirhon...), April 7th, 2003.

Never got it; never will.

-- Geir Hongro (geirhon...), April 7th, 2003.

Hahahaha!

whenever i think of duran duran the vision from the video of simon leaning into the wind on the foredeck of that sailboat pops into my head
-- wayward son (junipe...), July 12th, 2005.

"Rio" is the only Duran Duran single to make the top 100 and was on 21 ilxor's ballots - but Dee the Lurker's was not one of them! The Stunning Reason Why!
Believe it or Not!

Ok, listen to "Age Of Consent" by New Order and notice how it's such a simple song when you think about it, yet it's pop perfection. It doesn't rely on shiney production or virtuosic playing. It basically starts off with the simplest lead and just builds everything around it. Also, the simple and steady dance beat is just something that I love to death and the fact that New Order writes the best songs and also has that simple but effective rhythym is what makes them my favorite. I'm sure there are a shitload of indie pop bands like that who have inconsistent albums but awesome singles, and I'm looking for a brotha to help me out.
-- James Morris (jamesmorris1...), August 6th, 2003.

I think this is, like, the fourth thread about this in the past three weeks haha, but I will reiterate that New Order's, "Age on Consent" still gets me all swallowing.

-- poortheatre (gah24...), March 23rd, 2005.

request for discussion: ERIC B. AND RAKIM - PAID IN FULL

Eric B and Rakim "Paid In Full - Seven Minutes of Madness" - Classic or Dud?

Granted, we are still kinda in an anti-Duran phase over here on this message board, but it's eased off dramatically from the point when this whole poll was decided upon. At least I'm not the only one who's defending Duran (yes, I'm more than willing to defend them even though I've just slagged off a couple of their songs) around here anymore, nor am I alone anymore in listening to them unsolicited.

BTW, this anti-Duranness explains why "The Reflex" was never nominated. I know that someone had a question about its lack of inclusion, and... well, I would have nominated it had I known beforehand that no one else would have, but I didn't because (a.) I had also wanted to nominate OTHER stuff and (b.) I kinda figured someone would eventually get around to doing it, particularly since that is the one Duran single to be released that hit #1 on both sides of the Atlantic.

OTOH, I'm glad that at least one thing I *did* vote on, The Cure's "A Forest", ended up making it onto this list. I would be very surprised if more singles I voted on ended up making it onto this list. I've observed how my musical tastes are kinda out of sync with that of your average ILXor, a disconnect that I have come to terms with.

I think The Cure are much more controversial on this board and "A Forest" being so low on the poll reflects that. They might get another song in, but you just know New Order and The Smiths are gonna get like 3 each in the Top 10.

(xpost: People run down "Rio" because it sucks elephant balls; it's nothing more than a soundtrack to an ironic frat rape.)

Erm, upon review, apparently I did. But I voted for "New Moon On Monday" too...

This concept needs not one but two threads of its own.

Dave Matthews Band : Name Your Reasons Why They Are So Bad & Hated.

I moved from Jersey to Minneapolis after hearing "Funkytown" on the radio.
-- Keith Harris (kharris3...), May 2nd, 2003.

it's one of those confusing disco records. It's an LP but with like 6 songs or whatever, but they're long disco songs. Don't think it's an ep. I'll check my copy at some point. You know what, Funkytown rocks.
-- Dan Selzer (danselze...), October 5th, 2005.

Chris Frantz says people still come up to him and say "James Brown? James Brown!"
-- J Blount (littlejohnnyjewe...), April 23rd, 2002.

There are so many reasons why this song is genius. Let me list a few:

1: That riff! It's certainly one of the greatest synth riffs of all time.

2: The riff again! Sonically, all of the interweaving synth lines are really amazing and unique.

3. As you mentioned, the way she sings "jeen-ee-us OF love" has a very english-as-a-second-language quality to it that is endearing and somewhat mysterious (who are these people singing? they are tough to picture.)

4: There is a tension created between the icy coolness of the vocals (heightened by quality mentioned in #3) and a sort of spirit of raucous goofiness (James Broooooowwwwwn).

5. There is also an interesting tension created between the sparseness and minimalism of the groove and the density of ideas contained in the song (weird chanting, references to other musicians, lyrics that go all over the place).

6. The song has kind of a strange structure. The incredibly strong hook ties the whole thing together and it's mainly what you remember. But all of these different little vocal parts are pretty different from the average verse/chorus structure of a pop tune. It's also interesting that the song title itself is the part you mentioned that sounds very awkward. The lyric "Genius of Love" is interesting and could have made a cool vocal hook. But instead that line is sort of thrown away awkwardly and the memorable vocal hook on the record is the crazy "James Broooooowwn" part.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head but I'm sure there are other reasons for its greatness.

-- walter kranz (kranz_walte...), January 27th, 2005.

yeah fuck "genius of love". sick of it.

-- Stormy Davis (electrifyingmoj...), March 25th, 2005.

are you serious? Just listing the songs that sample Atomic Dog alone would put a thread into thousands of posts...
-- Shakey Mo Collier (audiobo...), April 13th, 2004.

Classic, however the accompanying video is awful.
-- papa november (papa_november...), October 28th, 2004.

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Yeah, the video's a bit rough.
-- Alex in NYC (vassife...), October 28th, 2004.

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A 2 cent job by the looks.
-- papa november (papa_november...), October 28th, 2004.

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Haha, jimmy somerville looks like a dwarf in that video.
-- Jacob (jwrigh...), October 29th, 2004.

Cameo "Word Up"
Cameo "Word Up" "Attack me with your love" and "She's Strange"
Snare sound in "Word Up" by Cameo
snare drum in cameo's "Word up" and "back and forth"
Technology behing Cameo 1980s hits
technology behind came and their 80's hits

Cameo "Word Up"
Cameo "Word Up" "Attack me with your love" and "She's Strange"
Snare sound in "Word Up" by Cameo
snare drum in cameo's "Word up" and "back and forth"
Technology behing Cameo 1980s hits
technology behind came and their 80's hits

actually Soft Cell "Tainted Love" used a moog not a synclavier. Synclaviers were expensive about 10,000$$ a piece. I think michael jackson was the first to use it.
-- startrekman02 (startrekman0...), March 2nd, 2006.

xpost - er, 53...

and "Word Up" at #55? Uhh...that song's pretty good, I guess...

I would've bet good money "Tainted Love" would be top 10. I had it pretty high on my list (though not as high as "Say Hello Wave Goodbye" which SHOULD be top 10 even though I'm just happy it showed up.)

All is revealed in the PREDICTIONS THREAD!

MAMASE MAMASA MAMA KU SA It's the ILM '80s poll PREDICTIONS THREAD....

(I assume we're all clear on the Supremes part of the extended version...)

It would be more awesome if they weren't both started by Startrekman.

Eh?

eight years for me, I think.

My bad, I thought you and good Dr. Bill were one and the same. My apologies.

Sure, but not a single one of them is from 1985 or later.

WHAT SAY YOU?

WHAT SAY YOU?

WHAT SAY YOU?

WHAT SAY YOU?

HOW BOUT IT?

SOMEONE PLZ LINK TO THE EWING THREAD EVENTUALLY K THX

DOO DOO DOO DAH DI DOO DOO DOO - OK

EMILY WON'T SING THIS AT KARAOKE WITH ME WTF

O MAN A TEAR WELLS UP IT DOES DON'T IT

WTF PEOPLE

BETWEEN IS A SMALL TOWN IN GEORGIA IN BETWEEN ATLANTA AND ATHENS. THIS SONG IS A PASTORAL TRIBUTE TO THAT HUMBLE BURG, "LIFE IN A SOUTHERN TOWN" IF YOU WILL.

LIZA WITH A Z

I SAW THE 'WORLD PREMIERE' TO THIS VID ON MTV. BIG UPS TO INOJ.

LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED RIGHT. LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED QUICKLY - RIGHT?

KIRSTEN DUNST LOOKS PRETTY HOT IN THAT 'MARIE ANTOINETTE' TRAILER HUH?

AND MATOS DIDN'T EVEN VOTE

AND RAGGETT DIDN'T EVEN VOTE

SPEAKING OF SOFIA COPPOLA (AND MOMUS DIDN'T EVEN VOTE)

HOWS ABOUT RELEASING 'MATMOSPHERE' ALREADY DREW HUH?

THIS SONG WAS MY FIRST RINGTONE. YOU NEVER FORGET YR FIRST.

I WISH THEY HAD THIS AT KARAOKE BUT THEY DON'T SO WE SING 'TROUT' INSTEAD.

HER CHIN IS MUCH LARGER THAN HIS. QUI ES MAS MACHO?

MAN I CAN'T WAIT TO HIT THE POOL

SO CLOSE ON THAT POINT TOTAL

THIS IS REALLY HARD TO SING AT KARAOKE

GREAT TUNE INNIT

ME AND JENA SAW I AM THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ROCK THIS THE OTHER NIGHT. OLD SCHOOL.

ROCK IT DON'T STOP IT

THIS TUNE WAS THE SOURCE OF A POPULAR LATE 90S COVER BY ILX FAVE REEL BIG FISH

THEY MADE A MOVIE OUT OF THIS ONE

52-46 = such a glorious run

Great list though. I thought a couple of those PSB songs would be higher, but I guess that means "West End Girls" made top ten.

i still remember the video for that song, too. must have seen it on broadcast tv somehow.

not me. a review of my ballot shows cameo at 23 and queen/bowie at 30. it also shows that i only had 1 (one) non-american act in my top 10, which was human league. i didn't realize how yank-centric i was being.

I'm glad that "Take on Me" made it that high though. I only rediscovered a few years ago after not having heard it ever since I was a kid, and it was much better than I remembered. Better than any Duran Duran song I've heard.

Ha ha ha ha ha, you're joking, right? I mean, yeah, there were a lot of "I love them"s on the "classic or dud" thread, but that was AGES ago and it seems like most of the people around here just play lip service wrt them -- they're all, like, "Oh, I love their music!!" but when they're presented with a real, actual, NEW release THAT WAS FUCKING CATERED TO THEIR '80S-CENTERED ASSES, they don't even bother to try anything out! If you need convincing, look up the Astronaut thread. The number of posts on it that aren't from me are so fucking puny, it'd make you laugh or cry, AND I WASN'T EVEN A PART OF THAT ALBUM'S TARGET AUDIENCE. Fuck, the whole "reunion" shit is for the benefit of the pathetic shitheads who were all over Duran in the early - mid '80s, but then dropped them like a bad habit by the end of 1986.

Maybe others didn't nominate "The Reflex" for the same reasons you didn't, as it happened to many other "shoo-in" songs.

Possibly. I'm a little cynical about that, though.

I think The Cure are much more controversial on this board and "A Forest" being so low on the poll reflects that.

Highly doubt that.

There are so many Duran Duran singles that shit all over "Rio" it isn't even funny. Give me "Union Of The Snake", "Save A Prayer", "Girls On Film", "Hungry Like The Wolf", "Notorious", "The Reflex", "New Moon On Monday", "I Don't Want Your Love", "Come Undone" or "Ordinary World" ANY DAY OF THE WEEK over stupidly-overrated-and-overplayed "Rio".

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Dan Perry OTM. Esp wrt the post-1985 output. I mean, fuck, Duran Duran released SO MUCH GOOD STUFF post-1985, starting with Notorious and moving on toward Medazzaland and Pop Trash (I have the lyrics to "Starting To Remember" in my ILX user info page) that it's such a darn shame that so many people choose to focus on their early '80s input only.

Thank yous should go out to The Good Dr. Bill and rogermexico, BTW. Thank you thank you thank you.

Nice to see "Time After Time" so high.

80s poll, you're the only one who really knew me at all...

haha that totp photo above isn't actually the smiths

Got to be at least 1 more.

How is that not The Smiths?

BTW, 20-11 = awesome.

PHEW!

I'd be very dissapointed. Billie Jean and Beat It are both way better. I think When The Doves Cry deserves to be #1.

rentboy "Falling and Laughing" OTM

The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary

Killing Joke - Love Like Blood

???

West End Girls was #1 in my ballot.

....but my book ain't much like this list.

ILM be ph3arin' teh rock...

o yeah. i was misremembering my #2. what i meant was "girls just wanna have fun," which i guess was my #3 (or something -- i had it high up).

ilm doesn't wanna have fun. :(

nice list, tho. and i of course have no quibbles with #1.

He played on "The Last of the Famous International Playboys" and "Interesting Drug" singles, IIRC, and played with Moz at his first solo gig in Wolverhampton in 1988.

Alright, who voted for five or more New Order tracks in their poll?

That would be me, sir. Seven, I believe.

1. Prince and the Revolution – "When Doves Cry"
2. Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
3. Michael Jackson – "Billie Jean"
4. New Order – "Temptation"
5. Madonna – "Into the Groove"
6. New Order – "Blue Monday"
7. Talking Heads – "Once in a Lifetime"
8. The Smiths – "There is a Light that Never Goes Out"
9. Sonic Youth – "Teenage Riot"
10. The Cure – "Just Like Heaven"
11. Pixies – "Debaser"
12. Public Enemy – "Fight the Power"
13. Pet Shop Boys – "West End Girls"
14. The Smiths – "This Charming Man"
15. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock – "It Takes Two"
16. The Smiths – "How Soon Is Now?"
17. Prince – "Little Red Corvette"
18. Prince and the Revolution – "Kiss"
19. Public Enemy – "Bring the Noise"
20. New Order – "Bizarre Love Triangle"
21. M/A/R/R/S – “Pump Up the Volume"/"Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)"
22. A-ha – “Take On Me”
23. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force – “Planet Rock”
24. Human League – “Don’t You Want Me”
25. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five – “The Message”
26. Madonna – “Like a Prayer”
27. The Specials – “Ghost Town”
28. Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill”
29. Prince – “1999”
30. Go-Gos – “Our Lips Are Sealed”
31. Dexys Midnight Runners – “Come On Eileen”
32. R.E.M. – “Radio Free Europe”
33. Salt ‘n’ Pepa – “Push It”
34. Joy Division – “Atmosphere”
35. The Jesus and Mary Chain – “Just Like Honey”
36. My Bloody Valentine – “You Made Me Realise”
37. Funky Four + 1 – “That’s the Joint”
38. New Order – “Ceremony”
39. Grandmaster and Melle Mel – “White Lines (Don’t Do It)”
40. Cyndi Lauper – “Time After Time”
41. Prince and the Revolution – “Raspberry Beret”
42. The Cure – “InBetween Days”
43. The Clash – “Rock the Casbah”
44. The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl – “Fairytale of New York”
45. Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield – “What Have I Done To Deserve This?”
46. Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure”
47. Pet Shop Boys – “Always On My Mind”
48. Madonna – “Borderline”
49. Motorhead – “Ace of Spades”
50. Madonna – “Holiday”
51. Guns ‘n’ Roses – “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
52. Michael Jackson - "Beat It"
53. Talking Heads - "This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)"
54. Soft Cell - "Tainted Love"
55. Cameo - "Word Up"
56. Bronski Beat - "Smalltown Boy"
57. George Clinton - "Atomic Dog"
58. Tom Tom Club - "Genius of Love"
59. Lipps Inc. - "Funkytown"
60. Eric B. & Rakim - "Paid In Full"
61. New Order - "Age of Consent"
62. Duran Duran - "Rio"
63. The Stones Roses - "Fools Gold 9.53"
64. Violent Femmes - "Blister in the Sun"
65. N.W.A. - "Express Yourself"
66. Blondie - "Call Me"
67. Cybotron - "Clear"
68. Depeche Mode - "Never Let Me Down"
69. The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Never Understand"
70. Public Enemy - "Night of the Living Baseheads"
71. Pixies - "Monkey Gone To Heaven"
72. Fugazi - "Waiting Room"
73. Pixies - "Gigantic"
74. De La Soul - "Me Myself and I"
75. R.E.M. - "Fall On Me"
76. Rick James - "Super Freak"
77. New Order - "True Faith"
78. The Smiths - "Ask"
79. Hall & Oates - "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)"
80. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force - "I Wonder If I Take You Home"
81. The Smiths - "Bigmouth Strikes Again"
82. Young MC - "Bust a Move"
83. The La's - "There She Goes"
84. Soft Cell - "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye"
85. Echo & the Bunnymen - "The Killing Moon"
86. Associates - "Party Fears Two"
87. Crowded House - "Don't Dream It's Over"
88. The Beat - "Save It For Later"
89. Young Marble Giants - "Final Day"
90. The Cure - "A Forest"
91. The Primitives - "Crash"
92. Modern English - "Melt With You"
93. Don Henley - "The Boys of Summer"
94. Guns 'N' Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle"
95. The Fall - "The Classical"
96. Morrissey - "Suedehead"
97. Prince - "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
98. Shannon - "Let the Music Play"
99. Eric B. & Rakim - "Follow the Leader"
100. Grandmaster Flash - "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel"

Big ups to Strawberry/Blount. I never lost hope...

he's a genius, you know.

ok, i've had my shout. next?

So, besides Cybotron, no techno or or house on the list?! I though ILX's electronic contingent would get at least "Strings of Life" or "Voodo Ray" there.

1 Liliput - "Eisiger Wind"
2 Pigbag - "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag"
3 World Domination Enterprises - "Catalogue Clothes"
4 Jesus and Mary Chain - Never Understand
5 PIL - "Flowers of Romance"
6 Aztec Camera - Oblivious
7 Senseless Things "Andii in a Karman" EP
8 Wah! - The Story Of The Blues
9 Danielle Dax - "Cat House"
10 PIL - "Rise"

Five of my top 10 made it, but not my No.1

"When Doves Cry" coming out on top is a genuine surprise to me. Must be a US thing.

Thanks for all your hard work, Darryl!

This one and 'Photograph' by Def Leppard not charting are really boggling my mind.

Really surprised that only one Depeche song made it.

Also no George Michael/Wham!, Eurythmics, Culture Club!!!

No "Rent" or "I Feel 4 U" !!!???

No Siouxsie, OMD, or Cocteau, but I suspect we will see them in the album poll.

No "Hold Me"? I thought that was an ILM fave...

i like how the u.s./british split ends up being minneapolis vs. manchester. probly be even more pronounced on the album chart, assuming husker du and the replacements check in (altho i can totally see the replacements getting blanked too).

Yep, that's the 80s for ya!

Really??? I don't think there would be much mania for The Church outside of Australia/New Zealand.

Van Halen: Jump
Def Leppard: Photograph
Anything by the Replacements, particularly Unsatisfied
They Might Be Giants: Ana Ng
Bruce Springsteen: Atlantic City

It made my top 20, for what little that's worth. MW-P, we hardly knew ye...

I'm a little freaked out that only one mainstream hard-rock act even made the list. Who stole the Ratt'n'Roll?

No "Fuck the Police", by the way.

probably partly a result of it topping a spin "greatest songs of all time" list in the late '80s. it's already been canonized. i think the lack of ROCK, house and assorted other things is just the natural winnowing of consensus. the things that dominated (prince, new order, public enemy) are things that don't have a lot of detractors, just greater and lesser enthusiasts. (the smiths is a little different, cuz there are serious smiths haters -- tho maybe not on ilx -- but the passion of the devout is sufficient to overcome it.)

...and partly a result of it appearing at the top of the nominations thread that got us all so excited in the first place?

My list also looks a lot more like 101-200 than 1-100. We should we have a separate thread for posting our individual ballots. Maybe that can wait until after the albums poll results?

suggestible, nous?

Re: "It Takes Two" - damn thing is a tear shit up party. I'm not surprised it rates so highly.

1. Beat, The - "Save It for Later"
2. Rosanne Cash - "Seven Year Ache"
3. Shop Assistants - "Somewhere in China"
4. Prince - "Adore"
5. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
6. Raincoats – No One's Little Girl
7. Television Personalities - "Smashing Time"
8. Luther Vandross - "Never Too Much"
9. Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free
10. Laurie Anderson - "O Superman (For Massenet)"
11. Roxy Music - "More Than This"
12. Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.
13. Roxanne Shanté - "Roxanne's Revenge"
14. Madonna - "Borderline"
15. Go-Betweens - Cattle and Cane
16. Rush - "The Spirit Of Radio"
17. Pretenders - "Brass in Pocket"
18. Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'"
19. De la Soul – "Plug Tunin'"
20. Smiths - "This Charming Man"
21. Rythim is Rythim - Strings of Life
22. Jonathan Richman - "That Summer Feeling"
23. Jam, The - "Going Underground"
24. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force - "Planet Rock"
25. Hüsker Dü - "Makes No Sense At All"
26. Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
27. Liliput - "Eisiger Wind"
28. Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
29. Human League – Human
30. Teena Marie - "Lips to Find You"
31. Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me

and mine (for the record)

1 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - "I Wonder If I Take You Home"
2 Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew - The Show
3 Madonna - "Into the Groove"
4 MC Lyte - "I Cram to Understand U (Sam)"
5 Rythim is Rythim - Strings of Life
6 Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - "It Takes Two"
7 Double Dee & Steinski - Lessons 1 - 3
8 Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance
9 Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force - "Planet Rock"
10 L'Trimm - "Cars with the Boom"
11 Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half Steppin'
12 Prince - "Adore"
13 Oran "Juice" Jones - "The Rain"
14 Prince and the Revolution - "Erotic City"
15 Loose Joints - "Is It All Over My Face?"
16 Rush - "The Spirit Of Radio"
17 Grandmaster Flash - "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels
18 Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
19 Pylon - "Cool"
20 Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me
21 Public Enemy - "Night of the Living Baseheads"
22 Cybotron - Clear
23 Salt 'n' Pepa - "Push It"
24 Nu Shooz - "I Can't Wait"
25 R.E.M. - "Radio Free Europe"
26 Teena Marie - "Lips to Find You"
27 Fall, The - "The Classical"
28 Expose - "Point Of No Return"
29 Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized
30 Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
31 Madonna - "Like a Prayer"
32 LL Cool J - "Rock The Bells"
33 E.U. - "Da' Butt"
34 Ready For The World - "Oh Sheila"
35 Company B - "Fascinated"
36 This Heat - "Health and Efficiency"
37 Hüsker Dü - "Makes No Sense At All"
38 L'il Louis - French Kiss
39 Prince - "Alphabet Street"
40 Public Enemy - "Bring the Noise"
41 Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song
42 Yoko Ono - "Walking On Thin Ice"
43 Prince and the Revolution - "When Doves Cry"
44 2 Live Crew - "We Want Some Pussy"
45 Eric B & Rakim - Follow the Leader
46 Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
47 Flipper - "Sex Bomb"
48 Was (Not Was) - Out Come the Freaks
49 Loose Joints - "Tell You (Today)"
50 Laura Branigan - Self Control
51 Madonna - "Holiday"
52 Prince and the Revolution - "Kiss"
53 Clean, The - Tally Ho
54 Beat, The - "Save It for Later"
55 Prince and The Revolution - "Raspberry Beret"
56 Madonna - "Borderline"
57 D Train - "You're the One for Me"
58 Fall, The - "Victoria"
59 Sly Foxx - "Let's Go All The Way"
60 Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"
61 De La Soul - Eye Know
62 Public Enemy - "Rebel Without a Pause"
63 Scritti Politti - Jacques Derrida
64 Young MC - "Bust a Move"
65 Def Leppard - "Rocket"
66 Prince - "Little Red Corvette"
67 Fall, The - "Eat Y'self Fitter"
68 Prince - "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
69 Fall, The - "New Big Prinz"
70 Gap Band - "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)"
71 Gap Band - "You Dropped A Bomb On Me"
72 Prince - "Uptown"
73 Zapp - "More Bounce to the Ounce"
74 Herbie Hancock - "Rockit"
75 M/A/R/R/S - "Pump Up The Volume"/"Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)"
76 Cameo - "Word Up"
77 Motorhead - "Ace of Spades"
78 Flirts, The - "Passion"
79 Wayne Smith - Under me sleng teng
80 Visage - "Fade To Grey"
81 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
82 Newcleus - "Jam On It"
83 Mudhoney - Touch Me, I'm Sick
84 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
85 Michael Jackson - Beat It
86 Madonna - "Material Girl"
87 Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Stool Pigeon
88 Janet Jackson - "What Have You Done For Me Lately"
89 Inner City - "Good Life"
90 Funky Four + 1 - "That's The Joint"
91 EPMD - "Strictly Business"
92 Dominatrix - "The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight"
93 Don Henley - "Boys of Summer"
94 De La Soul - Me Myself and I
95 Black Flag - "TV Party"
96 A Guy Called Gerald - "Voodoo Ray"
97 A Flock of Seagulls - "I Ran"
98 Pigbag - "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag"
99 Psychedelic Furs - "Love My Way"
100 Public Enemy - "Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos"

1 My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
2 Stone Roses - I Am the Ressurection
3 Soft Cell - Tainted Love
4 Smiths - "This Charming Man"
5 Adam and The Ants - "Kings Of The Wild Frontier"
6 A Guy Called Gerald - "Voodoo Ray"
7 R.E.M. - "Fall on Me"
8 Smiths - "What Difference Does It Make?"
9 Tears For Fears - "Head Over Heals"
10 Adam Ant - "Goody Two Shoes"
11 Pixies - "Debaser"
12 Smiths - "There is a Light that Never Goes Out"
13 Stone Roses - Fools Gold 9.53
14 Human League - Don't You Want Me
15 Madness - Baggy Trousers
16 Bronski Beat - "Smalltown Boy"
17 Rythim is Rythim - Strings of Life
18 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
19 Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls
20 Depeche Mode - "Everything Counts"
21 S-Express - "Theme from S-Express"
22 Visage - "Fade To Grey"
23 Specials - "Ghost Town"
24 Morrissey - Suedehead
25 Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot

1. Duran Duran, "Planet Earth"
2. Depeche Mode, "Somebody"
3. Spandau Ballet, "True"
4. Visage, "Fade To Grey"
5. Roxy Music, "More Than This"
6. Naked Eyes, "Promises, Promises"
7. Talk Talk, "Life's What You Make It"
8. The Smiths, "How Soon Is Now?"
9. Duran Duran, "New Moon On Monday"
10. The Cure, "A Forest"
11. The Cure, "How Beautiful You Are"
12. Cyndi Lauper, "Time After Time"
13. David Bowie, "Modern Love"
14. Ultravox, "The Thin Wall"
15. Depeche Mode, "Never Let Me Down Again"
16. Human League, "Love Action"
17. Joe Jackson, "Steppin' Out"
18. Kajagoogoo, "Hang On Now"
19. Scritti Politti, "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)"
20. Shriekback, "Nemesis"
21. Visage, "The Damned Don't Cry"
22. Tones On Tail, "Go!"
23. Gary Numan, "I Die:You Die"
24. Heaven 17, "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang"
25. Pretty Poison, "Catch Me I'm Falling"
26. Giorgio Moroder & Phil Oakey, "Together In Electric Dreams"
27. Dead Or Alive, "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"
28. Dazz Band, "Let It Whip"
29. Culture Club, "Time (Clock Of The Heart)"
30. Bananarama, "Cruel Summer"

My musical tastes are SO unlike the average ILXors'....

OTM

Also, ILM - I try hating metal less. All you guys over 30 who didn't vote for Maiden, Ratt, Ozzy, Van Halen, Def Leppard, and Motley Crüe need to have your 14-year-old asses kicked.

1 Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - I Love Rock-n-Roll
2 Def Leppard - Photograph
3 Dazz Band - Let It Whip
4 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
5 New Order - Perfect Kiss
6 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
7 Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed
8 Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' For You
9 David Bowie - Modern Love
10 Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Superbowl Shuffle
11 Paul Simon - Graceland
12 Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
13 Poison - Talk Dirty to Me
14 Prince and the Revolution - Kiss
15 Prince and the Revolution - When Doves Cry
16 John Cougar Mellencamp - Jack and Diane
17 Young MC - Bust a Move
18 Smiths - How Soon is Now?
19 U2 - With or Without You
20 Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion
21 Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian
22 Salt 'n' Pepa - Push It
23 Guns n' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
24 Erasure - Chains of Love
25 De La Soul - Me Myself and I
26 Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love
27 U2 - New Year's Day
28 Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Pause
29 Public Enemy - Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos
30 Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done to Deserve This?
31 New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
32 Motorhead - Ace of Spades
33 Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine
34 George Clinton - Atomic Dog
35 Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
36 Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
37 New Order - Blue Monday
38 New Order - True Faith
39 Paula Abdul - Straight Up
40 Ratt - Round And Round

("The Whole of the Moon" and "The Only Way is Up" are the other two tracks from my Top20 conspicuously missing here)

1 Prince - Little Red Corvette
2 Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
3 Michael Jackson - Beat It
4 Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
5 Blondie - Call Me
6 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
7 Run-DMC f/Aerosmith - Walk This Way
8 Ratt - Round And Round
9 Def Leppard - Photograph
10 Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
11 Rick James - Super Freak
12 Salt 'n' Pepa - Push It
13 Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
14 Don Henley - Boys of Summer
15 Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
16 Prince and the Revolution - When Doves Cry
17 Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Pause
18 Guns n' Roses - Sweet Child o' Mine
19 Journey - Stone In Love
20 The Curch - Under The Milky Way
21 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
22 Go-Go's - Our Lips Are Sealed
23 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
24 Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
25 Joan Jett and The Blackhearts - Crimson and Clover
26 Kim Wilde - Kids in America
27 Cameo - Word Up
28 Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart
29 Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion
30 M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume/Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)
31 The Beat - Save It for Later
32 Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody
33 The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
34 New Order - Temptation
35 Roxy Music - More Than This
36 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
37 Public Enemy - Fight the Power
38 Berlin - The Metro
39 Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
40 Kool & the Gang - Misled

1. Prince and the Revolution -- "When Doves Cry"
2. Public Enemy -- "Fight the Power"
3. Rick James -- "Superfreak"
4. Cyndi Lauper -- "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
5. Go-Gos -- "Our Lips Are Sealed"
6. Run-DMC feat. Aerosmith -- "Walk This Way"
7. Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel -- "White Lines (Don't Do It)"
8. Human League -- "Don't You Want Me"
9. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts -- "Crimson and Clover"
10. LL Cool J -- "Going Back to Cali"
11. Prince and the Revolution -- "Kiss"
12. Michael Jackson -- "Billie Jean"
13. Madonna -- "Into the Groove"
14. Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock -- "It Takes Two"
15. Pet Shop Boys -- "West End Girls"
16. Pogues and Kirsty MacColl -- "Fairytale of New York"
17. Tracy Ullman -- "They Don't Know"
18. Guns 'n Roses -- "Welcome to the Jungle"
19. Roxy Music -- "More Than This"
20. Public Enemy -- "Bring the Noise"
21. Prince -- "1999"
22. Culture Club -- "Karma Chameleon"
23. Cameo -- "Word Up"
24. Shannon -- "Let the Music Play"
25. Psychedelic Furs -- "Pretty in Pink"
26. John Cougar Mellencamp -- "Jack and Diane"
27, Josie Cotton -- "Johnny Are You Queer?"
28. Journey -- "Stone in Love"
29. The Beat -- "Save It for Later"
30. Queen and David Bowie -- "Under Pressure"
31. Prince -- "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
32. Cyndi Lauper -- "Time After Time"
33. M/A/R/R/S -- "Pump Up the Volume"
34. Technotronic -- "Pump Up the Jam"
35. Def Leppard -- "Photograph"
36. Violent Femmes -- "Blister in the Sun"
37. R.E.M. -- "Fall on Me"
38. Shriekback -- "Nemesis"
39. New Order -- "Bizarre Love Triangle"
40. Don Henley -- "Boys of Summer"

Falco - "Der Kommissar"
Talk Talk - "Talk Talk"
ABC - "Poison Arrow"
Donald Fagen - "New Frontier"
Murray Head - "One Night in Bangkok"
Wall of Voodoo - "Mexican Radio"
X - "Los Angeles"

Not even saying they have to be on the list, but the discussion isn't complete without them.

Speaking of indie, my Top25
1 Strawberry Switchblade - "Since Yesterday"
2 New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
3 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
4 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Souvenir
5 Shannon - Let The Music Play
6 House Of Love - "Destroy The Heart"
7 Yazz & The Plastic Population - "The Only Way is Up"
8 Galaxie 500 - When Will You Come Home
9 Primitives - "Crash"
10 Morrissey - Suedehead
11 Pet Shop Boys - Rent
12 M/A/R/R/S - "Pump Up The Volume"
13 Human League - Don't You Want Me
14 Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon
15 Pixies - "Debaser"
16 A-ha - "Take On Me"
17 New Order - Ceremony
18 Specials - "Ghost Town"
19 Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
20 New Order - Perfect Kiss
21 Nu Shooz - "I Can't Wait"
22 De La Soul - Eye Know
23 Cure, The - "Just Like Heaven"
24 Orange Juice - "Rip It Up"
25 Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

!!!?!?!

Post your ballots for the 80s tracks poll

Metalheads who didn't vote for Maiden, Slayer, Hellhammer, Venom and Metallica need their asses kicked, those poodle haired pansies from the likes of Ratt and Motley Crue shouldn't be allowed anywhere near an 80s metal list.

I need some Bow Wow Wow, folks. I really really do. And NOT "I Want Candy" something else. Thanks.

Also another thing I think honestly is that no band or artist should be allowed to have more than one song in the top 100. I mean this seriously, even if it means TFF still don't get props.

??? WTF is this nonsense.

This is not what you are looking for

-- Darryl Strawberry (ilx1980...) (webmail), April 21st, 2006. (Darryl Strawberry) (link)

Tom has handed down the poll duties to Andrew Farrell, but I guess we're still waiting for him to finish it...

Great list, but the thread wasn't as fun when the blurbs and comments stopped accompanying the songs.

Kinda have an urge to do an alt version of this poll like I did with 70s albums a few years back, where nothing from the top 100 results here is eligible for voting but, like, EVERYTHING ELSE is. Speak up if yer intersted.

1. Prince and the Revolution – "When Doves Cry"
2. Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
3. Michael Jackson – "Billie Jean"
4. New Order – "Temptation"
5. Madonna – "Into the Groove"
6. New Order – "Blue Monday"
7. Talking Heads – "Once in a Lifetime"
8. The Smiths – "There is a Light that Never Goes Out"
9. Sonic Youth – "Teenage Riot"
10. The Cure – "Just Like Heaven"
11. Pixies – "Debaser"
12. Public Enemy – "Fight the Power"
13. Pet Shop Boys – "West End Girls"
14. The Smiths – "This Charming Man"
15. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock – "It Takes Two"
16. The Smiths – "How Soon Is Now?"
17. Prince – "Little Red Corvette"
18. Prince and the Revolution – "Kiss"
19. Public Enemy – "Bring the Noise"
20. New Order – "Bizarre Love Triangle"
21. M/A/R/R/S – “Pump Up the Volume"/"Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)"
22. A-ha – “Take On Me”
23. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force – “Planet Rock”
24. Human League – “Don’t You Want Me”
25. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five – “The Message”
26. Madonna – “Like a Prayer”
27. The Specials – “Ghost Town”
28. Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill”
29. Prince – “1999”
30. Go-Gos – “Our Lips Are Sealed”
31. Dexys Midnight Runners – “Come On Eileen”
32. R.E.M. – “Radio Free Europe”
33. Salt ‘n’ Pepa – “Push It”
34. Joy Division – “Atmosphere”
35. The Jesus and Mary Chain – “Just Like Honey”
36. My Bloody Valentine – “You Made Me Realise”
37. Funky Four + 1 – “That’s the Joint”
38. New Order – “Ceremony”
39. Grandmaster and Melle Mel – “White Lines (Don’t Do It)”
40. Cyndi Lauper – “Time After Time”
41. Prince and the Revolution – “Raspberry Beret”
42. The Cure – “InBetween Days”
43. The Clash – “Rock the Casbah”
44. The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl – “Fairytale of New York”
45. Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield – “What Have I Done To Deserve This?”
46. Queen & David Bowie – “Under Pressure”
47. Pet Shop Boys – “Always On My Mind”
48. Madonna – “Borderline”
49. Motorhead – “Ace of Spades”
50. Madonna – “Holiday”
51. Guns ‘n’ Roses – “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
52. Michael Jackson - "Beat It"
53. Talking Heads - "This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)"
54. Soft Cell - "Tainted Love"
55. Cameo - "Word Up"
56. Bronski Beat - "Smalltown Boy"
57. George Clinton - "Atomic Dog"
58. Tom Tom Club - "Genius of Love"
59. Lipps Inc. - "Funkytown"
60. Eric B. & Rakim - "Paid In Full"
61. New Order - "Age of Consent"
62. Duran Duran - "Rio"
63. The Stones Roses - "Fools Gold 9.53"
64. Violent Femmes - "Blister in the Sun"
65. N.W.A. - "Express Yourself"
66. Blondie - "Call Me"
67. Cybotron - "Clear"
68. Depeche Mode - "Never Let Me Down"
69. The Jesus and Mary Chain - "Never Understand"
70. Public Enemy - "Night of the Living Baseheads"
71. Pixies - "Monkey Gone To Heaven"
72. Fugazi - "Waiting Room"
73. Pixies - "Gigantic"
74. De La Soul - "Me Myself and I"
75. R.E.M. - "Fall On Me"
76. Rick James - "Super Freak"
77. New Order - "True Faith"
78. The Smiths - "Ask"
79. Hall & Oates - "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)"
80. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force - "I Wonder If I Take You Home"
81. The Smiths - "Bigmouth Strikes Again"
82. Young MC - "Bust a Move"
83. The La's - "There She Goes"
84. Soft Cell - "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye"
85. Echo & the Bunnymen - "The Killing Moon"
86. Associates - "Party Fears Two"
87. Crowded House - "Don't Dream It's Over"
88. The Beat - "Save It For Later"
89. Young Marble Giants - "Final Day"
90. The Cure - "A Forest"
91. The Primitives - "Crash"
92. Modern English - "Melt With You"
93. Don Henley - "The Boys of Summer"
94. Guns 'N' Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle"
95. The Fall - "The Classical"
96. Morrissey - "Suedehead"
97. Prince - "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
98. Shannon - "Let the Music Play"
99. Eric B. & Rakim - "Follow the Leader"
100. Grandmaster Flash - "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel"

Absolutely interested though no guarantees I'll remember to vote

I'm just thinking that in the 9 years that have passed since people voted in this poll, the ilm turnover has been trememdous. Still, I don't want to disregard the original results. I just wonder what else we value very highly besides these 100 songs.

I still find it ridiculous FGTH's "Relax" didn't even make it to the top 100! I thought everyone loved that tune.

you should do this, nine years is long enough.