The Pitchfork 500: 1977-79 Part 1

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
Donna Summer – I Feel Love	11
Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough	7
Wire – Outdoor Miner	7
Chic – Good Times	4
Television – Marquee Moon	4
David Bowie – Heroes	4
The Congos – Fisherman	4
Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen in Love?	4
Parliament – Flash Light	3
Public Image Ltd. – Public Image	3
This Heat – 24 Track Loop	3
Thelma Houston – Don’t Leave Me This Way	2
The Pop Group – She Is Beyond Good and Evil	2
Brian Eno – 1/1	2
Talking Heads – Psycho Killer	2
The Clash – (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais	2
Joy Division – Disorder	1
Althea and Donna – Uptown Top Ranking	1
The Cramps – Human Fly	1
Gang of Four – Damaged Goods	1
Willie Williams – Armagideon Time	1
Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express	1
Vic Godard and the Subway Sect – Parallel Lines	1
The Adverts – One Chord Wonders	1
Wire – Ex-Lion Tamer	1
Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive	1
Patti Smith – Rock n Roll Nigger	0
The Slits – Typical Girls	0
Iggy Pop – The Passenger	0
X-Ray Spex – Oh Bondage! Up Yours!	0
Lou Reed – Street Hassle	0
Lee Perry – Roast Fish and Cornbread	0
Marvin Gaye – Got To Give It Up	0
Giorgo Moroder - The Chase	0
The Misfits – Night of the Living Dead	0
The Sex Pistols – God Save the Queen	0
Magazine – Shot by Both Sides	0
The Ramones – Rockaway Beach	0

― Kevin Keller, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:00 (seventeen years ago)

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Suggest this user to be banned.

― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:05 (seventeen years ago)

that's cute. i bet you voted though

― Kevin Keller, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:37 (seventeen years ago)

outdoor miner i guess..lots of good tunes here though

― ciderpress, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:11 (seventeen years ago)

actually I'm not a big fan of this list..i like the bands, but quibble iwth each of the song selections...but mebbe I am not a huge fan of singles anyway

Althea and Donna for the win!

― ^ban with extreme prejudice (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 5 November 2008 02:36 (seventeen years ago)

oooh...though Flash Light is awfully tempting...

― ^ban with extreme prejudice (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 5 November 2008 02:36 (seventeen years ago)

Wow, I love nearly every song I know from this list.

― Sundar, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 02:41 (seventeen years ago)

she is beyond good and evil

― thereminimum chips (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 November 2008 02:50 (seventeen years ago)

xpost really? this list seems very cliched and shrill...i mean, all the songs are good, but i would def. have different choices from the artist i really like on this list.

― ^ban with extreme prejudice (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 5 November 2008 02:56 (seventeen years ago)

tho admittedly some of these i don't really know...

― ^ban with extreme prejudice (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 5 November 2008 02:58 (seventeen years ago)

Great artists/bands but lots of wrong song choices. From the available options, I vote for "Marquee Moon".

― Vision, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 03:29 (seventeen years ago)

picked "I Feel Love"

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 04:25 (seventeen years ago)

Me too.

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 04:35 (seventeen years ago)

Heroes!

― dr. phil, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 04:42 (seventeen years ago)

Row Fisherman Row. Keep on rowing your boat.

Yes... that one.

― Moka, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 05:24 (seventeen years ago)

I Feel Love

― Skipping 1 messages at this point... (PappaWheelie V), Wednesday, 5 November 2008 05:34 (seventeen years ago)

but Moka, Open the
Gate is so much better....

― ^ban with extreme prejudice (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 5 November 2008 05:45 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah if it was albums Congos by a million miles, but Summer wins the singles.

― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 06:17 (seventeen years ago)

Brian Eno – 1/1

what the hell is that? ambient 1? in any case between 77 and 79 before and after science and music for films were way better.

― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 13:06 (seventeen years ago)

Went for Outdoor Miner but, to be honest, some of the best singles of all time on this list. On any other day I could have gone for Uptown top ranking, Good Times or Don't stop till you get enough.

― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 13:55 (seventeen years ago)

The BOC song came out in '76

― Bill Magill, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 20:24 (seventeen years ago)

Public Image. One of the very best punk songs.

― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 20:28 (seventeen years ago)

Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough. Easy.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 21:58 (seventeen years ago)

24 Track Loop. Easy.

― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 22:02 (seventeen years ago)

but Moka, Open the
Gate is so much better....
― ^ban with extreme prejudice (Drugs A. Money)

Well, yeah, I also like 'ark of the covenant' much better than 'fisherman' but I didn't saw them on the list, the fisherman riddim is definitely a classic though.

I just noted 'uptown top ranking' is there, I would've voted that one instead.

― Moka, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 22:25 (seventeen years ago)

Am I the only one who gets annoyed with the loud hi-hat sound on '(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais'? I think it's a brilliant song but the hi-hat always ruins it for me.

― Moka, Wednesday, 5 November 2008 22:27 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Monday, 17 November 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

1. Chic – Good Times

2. Michael Jackson – Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough
3. Public Image Ltd. – Public Image

― dubmill, Monday, 17 November 2008 02:09 (seventeen years ago)

I'm really in awe of just how weak this part of the list is. I voted for "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough" but that's not even the best song on Off the Wall.

― ablaeser, Monday, 17 November 2008 23:08 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

the right song won, though there are some good to great songs on here.

― Bee OK, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 04:50 (seventeen years ago)

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