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'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.

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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.

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.