T/S: ABC's Poison Arrow or The Look of Love? First to 50 wins

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Perhaps this has been done before, but I can't get the Search function to properly work.

Regardless, there needs to be a consensus as to which single from The Lexicon of Love stands tallest. First one to reach 50 votes will reign supreme.

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Poison Arrow

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 21 November 2005 16:50 (twenty years ago)

"Poison Arrow" EVERY. DAMN. TIME.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 21 November 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)

"Poison Arrow"

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Monday, 21 November 2005 17:50 (twenty years ago)

"Date Stamp"

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Monday, 21 November 2005 17:55 (twenty years ago)

"Poison Arrow"

― Edward Bax (EdBax), Monday, 21 November 2005 20:14 (twenty years ago)

Poison Arrow

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 21 November 2005 20:18 (twenty years ago)

Yippee yi yipee yi ayeahhhh, it's the Look of Love for sure.

― William Eastman, Monday, 21 November 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

Poison Arrow

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Monday, 21 November 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

Look of Love

― jive session (elwisty), Monday, 21 November 2005 20:25 (twenty years ago)

Poison Arrow

― darin (darin), Monday, 21 November 2005 20:33 (twenty years ago)

Poison Arrow

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Monday, 21 November 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

Look of Love

― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Monday, 21 November 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

Poison Arrow

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 21 November 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

Poison Arrow but damn it's close.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Monday, 21 November 2005 20:37 (twenty years ago)

"SPEAKERBOXX!"

"LOVE BELOW!!!!"

Er, "Look Of Love", obviously.

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Monday, 21 November 2005 20:38 (twenty years ago)

The Look of Love

― Brandon Mitchell (A.H.), Monday, 21 November 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

OK, the vote so far. And since we don't tolerate any voter fraud here, Paul in Santa Cruz's 2 votes have been discounted.

Poison Arrow: 9
The Look of Love: 4

And though my friends just might ask me, they say kornrulez6969 maybe one day you'll find true love. I say maybe, there must be a solution to the one thing, the one thing, we can't find.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 21 November 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

look of love

― j blount (papa la bas), Monday, 21 November 2005 21:16 (twenty years ago)

I hate to be contrary but what about All of my Heart? As that pwns both Poison Arrow and The Look of Love. Only the most hardened iconoclast would pick Tears are not enough.

If I must pick between the two it'll have to be The Look of Love.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Monday, 21 November 2005 21:32 (twenty years ago)

"Look Of Love", certainly. "Poison Arrow" is great as well, but "The Look Of Love" is their best ever moment.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 03:05 (twenty years ago)

...in your opinion.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 03:10 (twenty years ago)

The Look of Love, by a hair.

I wonder if which one you prefer says something about you. People who are optimists vs people who are AFRAID of love, and such.

― MC Stylised Vadge (edwardo), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 03:11 (twenty years ago)

"The Look of Love." EVERY. DAMN. TIME.

― Haikupuss Sournym, Tuesday, 22 November 2005 03:33 (twenty years ago)

"The Look of Love" (though I agree that "All of My Heart" is the best).

― Joe (Joe), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 03:43 (twenty years ago)

"poison arrow"

People who are optimists vs people who are AFRAID of love, and such.

TS: being afraid of emotional injury from love vs being afraid of ACTUAL INJURY + DEATH from poisoned arrows!

― that guy who pretended to be Ya Kid K that one time (haitch), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 03:47 (twenty years ago)

Just seeing "Poison Arrow" as a choice set me on a nonstop singing trip, then racing to download it, so it rules and wins.

― Candicissima (candicissima), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 04:01 (twenty years ago)

What Billy said about AOMH. But....out of these two. Oh hang on, I'll get back to you.

― Dr.C, Tuesday, 22 November 2005 09:35 (twenty years ago)

"The Look Of Love", by about 2.5 centimetres - especially since it has beaten "Poison Arrow" to the punch on my internal jukebox, and will now be bouncing around my head for the rest of the day.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 11:57 (twenty years ago)

So, it's neck and neck at 11-11...

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 14:12 (twenty years ago)

poison arrow is the better
BUT
all of my heart is the best

― fader, Tuesday, 22 November 2005 15:41 (twenty years ago)

Look of Love for : the girl's spoken 'goodbye' after 'when the girl's left you out on the pavement', the call and response vocals (where's the look?/what's the look? etc), the clipped guitar under and the strings over the chorus,the pizzicato bit where Martin hums reflectively in the background for 8 bars or so only to be swept back into the song by the swirling strings....whoa, whoa, woah, WOAH!

and above all else "And all my friends just might ask me/they say one day Martin you'll find true love/I say maybe, there must be a solution to the one thing, the ONE thing I can't find"

But still : AOMH > TLOL > Tears Are Not Enough > Poison Arrow >>>>> All Other Recorded Music

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 15:57 (twenty years ago)

Poison Arrow

― leigh (leigh), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 16:03 (twenty years ago)

"4ever 2gether" is the best song on Lexicon followed by "All Of My Heart," but "Look of Love" does get my vote over "Poison Arrow." LOOK! OF! LOVE!

― brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

"Poison Arrow." "Look of Love" is one of the weaker (though hardly weak!) tracks on a disco powerhouse of an album.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Tuesday, 22 November 2005 17:26 (twenty years ago)

Actually, that's "Valentine's Day", Josh.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 00:56 (twenty years ago)

My karaoke version of "The Look of Love."

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 01:29 (twenty years ago)

"Valentine's Day" is awesome! So many variations.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 02:13 (twenty years ago)

i like the video with the sexy candy davis ( are you being served).

― retroboy, Wednesday, 23 November 2005 05:09 (twenty years ago)

Poison Arrow (but, as others have said, all of my heart over either of 'em)

― scott pl. (scott pl.), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 05:27 (twenty years ago)

Look Of Love

― James Ward (jamesmichaelward), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 16:26 (twenty years ago)

Look of Love

― Hunter (Hunter), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 18:43 (twenty years ago)

"Valentine's Day" is awesome! So many variations.

Taken on its own, I like it, too. But its melody sounds way too much like other songs on the record...

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 18:52 (twenty years ago)

POISON ARROW

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 19:33 (twenty years ago)

LOOK OF LOVE

― carson dial (carson dial), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

The Look Of Love has taken the lead:

The Look Of Love 17
Poison Arrow 16

Please remember to vote, people!

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 20:05 (twenty years ago)

unzip

― retrogurl, Thursday, 24 November 2005 06:34 (twenty years ago)

'Date Stamp' seconded from above, but of the two... 'Poison Arrow'.

― avery keen-gardner (avery keen-gardner), Thursday, 24 November 2005 09:11 (twenty years ago)

Finally listened to both again. "The Look of Love" by a nose.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 8 December 2005 03:18 (twenty years ago)

"Valentine's Day!"

(er, "Poison Arrow," that is. barely.)

― literalisp (literalisp), Thursday, 8 December 2005 03:28 (twenty years ago)

So we're tied again. Great. Sometimes I think we'll never find the winner.

Poison Arrow: 18
Look of Love: 18

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Thursday, 8 December 2005 04:14 (twenty years ago)

Look of Love

― mucho, Thursday, 8 December 2005 07:16 (twenty years ago)

The Look of Love, Pt. 4

― late adopter, Thursday, 8 December 2005 07:21 (twenty years ago)

Look of Love

― Gukbe (lokar), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:38 (twenty years ago)

Poison Arrow

― Mitya (mitya), Thursday, 8 December 2005 23:28 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

Look of Love

― Shane (Shane), Sunday, 7 May 2006 22:00 (nineteen years ago)

Poison arrow.

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Sunday, 7 May 2006 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

tears are not enough >> poison arrow > look of love

― -rainbow bum- (-rainbow bum-), Monday, 8 May 2006 02:10 (nineteen years ago)

Mmm..."Look of Love."

We should settle all TS's this way.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 8 May 2006 02:28 (nineteen years ago)

look of love. i'm sucker for that massive ending.

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 8 May 2006 02:30 (nineteen years ago)

Poison arrow! Partly because of the wonderful cover to the 12": http://www.discogs.com/image/R-110593-1074917838.jpg

― +4, Monday, 8 May 2006 02:51 (nineteen years ago)

here: http://www.discogs.com/image/R-110593-1074917838.jpg

― +4, Monday, 8 May 2006 02:52 (nineteen years ago)

okay, this should work! http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?what=R&obid=110593

― +4, Monday, 8 May 2006 02:54 (nineteen years ago)

"Look of Love"

― They Call the Wind Howchamagowcha (Arthur), Monday, 8 May 2006 03:06 (nineteen years ago)

This is a trick poll. As sure as in coin flips heads and tails will wind back toward 50:50, so will these two cuts. The two are as inseparable as Deuce and Strutter.

― Carlos Keith (Buck_Wilde), Monday, 8 May 2006 04:33 (nineteen years ago)

Look of Love

― Brian G, Monday, 8 May 2006 05:33 (nineteen years ago)

Look Of Love

― meantalist, Monday, 8 May 2006 05:43 (nineteen years ago)

Poison Arrow!

― permanent revolution (cis), Monday, 8 May 2006 06:13 (nineteen years ago)

Look of Love!

― running in circles (running in circles), Monday, 8 May 2006 06:18 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

The look of motherfuckfuckfucking love!!!!!

― ilxor, Saturday, 4 April 2009 07:18 (sixteen years ago)

THE LOOK OF LOVE!K!!**!*&@!&$(*@&$Q#*T(*

― ilxor, Saturday, 4 April 2009 07:39 (sixteen years ago)

four months pass...

damn i love the look of love

― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 06:44 (sixteen years ago)

ha, thanks for the "ba dum dum DA um" squiggle that first time trevor horn

― iro with the brown bag (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 06:48 (sixteen years ago)

Look of Love

Is there a winner yet?

― Y tú, y tú, dime lo que bailas! (daavid), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 10:27 (sixteen years ago)

OK just because I'm bored I'm gonna rate different aspects separately.

Intro: TLOL > PA
Lyrics: TLOL < PA
Chorus: TLOL > PA
Middle 8th: TLOL > PA
Strings: TLOL > PA
Synth Piano: TLOL < PA
Guitar: TLOL < PA
Bassline: TLOL = PA
Percussion: TLOL < PA

TIE! Overall "The Look Of Love" wins tho because the chorus is the most important thing IMO.

― Y tú, y tú, dime lo que bailas! (daavid), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 10:45 (sixteen years ago)

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