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

http://www.rocklist.co.uk/swells.htm

Top 10 Albums: Public Enemy, Prince -Sign o Times, Kate Bush - Hounds, Human League - Dare, Kraftwerk - Computer World, REM - Murmur, Smiths - Queen is dead, JAMC - Psychocandy, NWA- Straight outta Compton, Sonic Youth- Daydream nation

Top 10 singles: Kate Bush - Running up that hill, Prince - Kiss, Grandmaster Flash - Message, Human League - Don't you want me, Michael Jackson - Billie Jean, A Guy called Gerald - Voodoo Ray, Madonna - Into the groove, PSB - West end girls, Joy Division - Love will tear us apart, Yoko Ono - Walking on thin ice

i think 'Blue Monday' or 'Billie Jean' will win the single vote.

Oh, and it's "Into the Groove" in my book, Tuomas.

(the lower the voter turnout the more likely this is I suppose).

Top 10 singles: Kate Bush - Running up that hill, Prince - Kiss, Grandmaster Flash - Message, Human League - Don't you want me, Michael Jackson - Billie Jean, A Guy called Gerald - Voodoo Ray, Madonna - Into the groove, PSB - West end girls, Joy Division - Love will tear us apart, Yoko Ono - Walking on thin ice

None of those albums are in my top ten, and one of those singles are in my top ten apart from Voodoo Ray.

Me: one of the albums, one of the songs.

is there really that much support for the human league album to take it to top 10? will all those votes be coming from the uk? i doubt murmur will go that high either. or even sonic youth. or..

in any case, i thought blue monday was a lock for #1.

I definitely thought The Pixies would make the top ten albums. But based on previous polls, it seems like artists with several great albums or singles have a worse chance of making it up the charts 'cause their votes get spread around.

See ILX 90s poll.

I predict that Sexual Healing will not crack the top 50.

I predict that at least one Pixies and one Cure album will make the top 10.

I predict that a Human League single will make the top 10, but not an album.

I predict that the top vote getter in both categories will be British.

I predict that I will disagree with the top single wholeheartedly.

I predict that there will be too much Kate Bush in this poll for my tastes.

I predict that Daydream Nation will be top 20.

I predict that R.E.M. will not make the top 10 in either poll due to splitting of votes.

I predict that if Voodoo Ray makes the top 10 I'll call you all a buncha losers.

I predict the only lock for top 10 single is Love Will Tear Us Apart.

I predict that Madonna will make it no higher than #13, and it will be for "Into the Groove".

I predict that the most surprising placer will be by The Police.

I predict that a majority of the top 10 singles will be entirely derivative of rock from the '60s.

besides these, you seem pretty right on.

Just out of curiosity, what potential 80s top-tenners would you consider derivative of the 60s?

Also, I don't think you have too much to worry about re: "Voodoo Ray"--top 40 is the highest that thing's going.

I predict that there will be too much Kate Bush in this poll for my tastes.
hmm...

I predict that if Voodoo Ray makes the top 10 I'll call you all a buncha losers.
hmmmmm...

I predict the only lock for top 10 single is Love Will Tear Us Apart.
I predict that I will disagree with the top single wholeheartedly.
I predict that at least one Pixies and one Cure album will make the top 10.
These all sound about right to me.

The La's
Echo & the Bunnymen
The Church
R.E.M.
Stone Roses
XTC

A stretch I realize now...Probably only La's, Echo, and R.E.M. are in, but you never know.

Ten Reasons Why Silk's "Freak Me" is 100000x better than "Sexual Healing"

are you saying you agree, John?

PREDICT: Highest acclaimedmusic-ranked album nominated for, but not voted onto, ILM top 100?

Say I: Tom Waits, either Swordfishtrombones (#20) or Rain Dogs (#24).

Highest-rated single of the '80s not nominated by ILM: Prince, "Sign O' The Times."

PREDICT: Highest ranked single nominated for, but not voted onto, ILM top 100?

Say I: Public Enemy "Bring the Noise" (#22) brought down by vote-splitting.

But Murmur is the consensus favorite, I think; it'll make top 10 and drive the other R.E.M. records far down the list.

I will toss out a few more Matt-esque predictions

I predict that "The Stone Roses" will finish Top Ten, even though nobody will admit that they voted for it.

I predict that many ILM Prince fans didn't bother to vote in this poll and his material won't finish nearly as high as you all think it will/deserves to. The same applies to the Cure ... maybe.

I predict the only lock for top 10 single is Love Will Tear Us Apart. ... agreed, ergo, it will be #1.

I predict we will be surprised (and overjoyed) at an unexpectedly high ranking for at least one Eric B and Rakim track.

I predict that vote splitting will sink the Human League.

I predict that one U2 song will crack the top 30.

I predict that Saint Etienne:90's Poll = Pet Shop Boys:80's poll (I would not be shocked if all four of their nominated singles make the top 100, they will certainly all crack the top 200, and no matter what happens, half of the posters will complain about so many of their tracks making the list).

I predict that techno and house will be criminally overlooked, with the possible exception of "Strings of Life", which will be ranked far too high and isn't even that great of a track.

Stone Roses top ten, sure.

Vote-splitting could be a bitch for the Human League, but I think at least "Don't You Want Me?" will weather it--top 50 at least.

More like Saint Etienne : 90s Poll = New Order : 80s poll. They had what, eleven songs nominated? And with "Regret" placing in the top ten of the 90s poll, I think it's safe to assume they'll do reasonably well in their prime decade.

People will obviously be far more accepting of multiple New Order singles in the top 100.

This implies there are people on ILM who aren't Prince fans. The mind boggles.

Aside from "Alphabet Street," "Uptown" and maybe "Adore," I'd be very surprised if any of these didn't make it.

haha my singles chart ended up really surprising me and that's all I'm saying.

I'll attest to this, since I live in the US, was buying lots of records when this song apparently came out, and I have never heard of it in my entire life.

Yeah, Fables Of The Reconstruction topped my REM picks. I like Life's Rich Pageant, too, but I think it's a little more polished and less true to their roots. They're both consistently great albums. After Document, it's all downhill. Goes to show, the prediction of vote-splitting is OTM.

I'm a stateside voter, and "Voodoo Ray" was in my top 25, although behind "Baby Wants To Ride". Of course, I didn't hear either song until about 15 years past their release. And only one Prince song made my list.

Rough Trade pretty much ruled the 80's poll-wise for me, that's all I'm sayin'.

I agree with you on both counts. There weren't too many techno or house tracks in the nineties poll either. And I think, out of the nominated Derrick May tracks, both "Nude Photo" and "R-Theme" are definitely better tha SoL, but they're lucky if they make it to the top 100.

Am I right, folks?

I predict You're Living All Over Me and Crazy Rhythyms will be in there somewhere......right?

I also predict that metal will be overlooked (ie no Metallica, Slayer, Iron Maiden, etc)

That's all I'm going to say.

Don't want to stick my neck out or anything.

All such questions will be met with stony silence. I know: I've asked and met it. It was stony.

Many ballots = good, even if it makes the counting take a bit more time.

If I had one wish that I could wish this holiday season, it would be that all the children to join hands and sing together in the spirit of harmony and peace the first installment of ILM '80s Poll results.

If I had two wishes I could make this holiday season, the first would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing in the spirit of harmony and peace the first installment of ILM '80s Poll results. And the second would be for 30 million dollars a month to be given to me, tax-free in a Swiss bank account.

You know, if I had three wishes I could make this holiday season, the first, of course, would be for all the children of the world to get together and sing; the second would be for the 30 million dollars every month to me; and the third would be for encompassing power over every living being in the entire universe.

And if I had four wishes that I could make this holiday season, the first would be the crap about the kids definitely, the second would be for the 30 million, the third would be for all the power, and the fourth would be to set aside one month each year to have an extended 31-day orgasm, to be brought out slowly by Rosanna Arquette and that model Paulina-somebody, I can't think of her name. Of course my lovely wife can come too and she's behind me one hundred percent here, I guarantee it.

Wait a minute, maybe the sex thing should be the first wish, so if I made that the first wish, because it could all go boom tomorrow, then what do you got, y'know? No, no, the kids, the kids singing would be great, that would be nice.

But wait a minute, who am I kidding? They're not going to be able to get all those kids together. I mean, the logistics of the thing is impossible, more trouble than it's worth! So -- we reorganize! Here we go. First, the sex thing. We go with that. Second, the money. No, we got with the power second, then the money. And then the kids.

Oh wait, oh jeez, I forgot about revenge against my enemies! Okay, I need revenge against all my enemies, they should die like pigs in hell! That would be my fourth wish.

And, of course, my fifth wish would be for all the children of the world to join hands and sing together in the spirit of harmony and peace the first installment of ILM '80s Poll results. Thank you everybody and Merry Christmas.

Don't shout at me.

-- Buffalo Stan (buffalosta...), December 19th, 2005.

Good question. Strawberry Switchblade to win!!

For what it's worth, I prefer "Smalltown Boy" to the song that's probably going to win this poll. Such raw emotion there, it's one of those songs that made me cry upon first hearing it.
-- Tuomas (lixnix...), April 11th, 2006 11:54 PM.

Whatever. I'm still amazed that we found 54 singles to rank above "Word Up."

If the name Gloria Jones rings a bell, you may know her as the widow of Marc Bolan, and the driver of the car in which he died.

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I think "Blue Monday" will beat "Love Will Tear Us Apart".

But to be sure someone would have to revive the nominations thread (hint hint).

The highest New Order song will be Temptation.

Top Ten Albums (in no order)

Sign o' the Times, Nation of Millions, The Queen is Dead, Murmur, Dare, Daydream Nation, Closer, Double Nickels, some Kate Bush record, and Three Feet HIgh and Rising

i can say no more.

bizarre love triangle
love will tear us apart
kiss
when doves cry
girls just wanna have fun
into the groove
fight the power (and/or bring the noise, but i'll be surprised if there are two p.e. tracks in the top 20)
it takes two
west end girls
going back to cali
billie jean

It's probably safe to assume at this point that Ratt's "Round and Round" will not make the Top 100.

I know at least one voter who had it in the top ten.

I'm a little more worried about "Stone In Love" and "She Sells Sanctuary."

Should also make it in the Top 20:

"I Feel For You"
"Just Like Heaven"
"How Soon Is Now"
"This Charming Man"
"Debaser"
"Just Can't Get Enough"

Others that might stand a chance:

"Fade To Grey"
"Safety Dance"
"I Can't Wait"
"Situation"
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
"You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"
"Song To The Siren"
"Perfect Kiss"
"I Ran"

lol

So I was off by one about Love Will Tear Us Apart. But I called Temptation, baby!