Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground Box CD4 Poll

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Fourth and final CD in this set. Poll will last five days.

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
10. Running up That Hill - Kate Bush	8
3. Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus	6
21. A New England - Billy Bragg	4
13. Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies	4
8. Jane Says - Jane's Addiction	4
20. Moving to Florida - Butthole Surfers	3
1. Monkey Gone to Heaven - The Pixies	3
2. Uncertain Smile - The The (original 7" version)	3
15. 24 Hour Party People - Happy Mondays	2
9. World Shut Your Mouth - Julian Cope	2
6. I Want to Help You Ann - The Lyres	2
12. Take the Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven	2
18. A Pair of Brown Eyes - The Pogues	1
7. Our Secret - Beat Happening	1
14. Pearly-Dewdrops' Drop - Cocteau Twins	1
5. Straight Edge - Minor Threat	1
11. Sex Beat - The Gun Club	1
16. I Want You Back - Hoodoo Gurus	0
17. Suburban Home - Descendents	0
4. Christine - Siouxsie & The Banshees	0
19. Jet Fighter - The Three O'Clock	0

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 03:50 (seventeen years ago)

Bauhaus v Kate Bush v The Gun Club...

Kate Bush

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 03:55 (seventeen years ago)

"Running Up That Hill". But this is by far the weakest of the four. The late 80s were horrible.

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 09:49 (seventeen years ago)

Suicidal Tendencies, easy.

― nate woolls, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 10:10 (seventeen years ago)

Everybody's going home for lunch thesedays!

― Mark G, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 10:11 (seventeen years ago)

I Want To Help You Ann

― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 14:58 (seventeen years ago)

'a pair of brown eyes' is the best SONG. but im diggin 'take the skinheads bowling' a lot recently.

― Michael B, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 15:00 (seventeen years ago)

Our Secret felt the most unprecedented, like access to a hidden world.

― dad a, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 15:20 (seventeen years ago)

Michael OTM

― Jazzbo, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 15:23 (seventeen years ago)

this comes down to "Monkey Gone to Heaven," "Bela Lugosi's Dead," "Christine," "Running up That Hill," "Institutionalized," "I Want You Back" or "Jet Fighter."

going with Bauhaus.

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:17 (seventeen years ago)

"A New England" over Camper and Kate Bush.

― Euler, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:19 (seventeen years ago)

sex beat vs i want you back vs uncertain smile

in retrospect

― Booker van Permalink (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:28 (seventeen years ago)

Monkey you dumbasses

― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:29 (seventeen years ago)

At least three tracks on Doolittle would win this, but not "Monkey."

I agree this is the weakest of the four (though still great!) and though I will perhaps be alone I've chosen "World Shut Your Mouth" -- representing as it does a kind of peak of askew pop that sounded exactly like it could chart, but didn't.

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 22:38 (seventeen years ago)

Bauhaus.

― elgolfo, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 23:58 (seventeen years ago)

Bauhaus v Kate Bush v The Gun Club...

Gun Club

― Maciej (maciej recognizing trill), Thursday, 27 November 2008 00:09 (seventeen years ago)

At least three tracks on Doolittle would win this, but not "Monkey."

Yeah, it might be my least favorite track on Doolittle (besides Silver, which is everyone's least favorite).

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 27 November 2008 00:26 (seventeen years ago)

i just heard "Monkey Gone To Heaven" on indie103.1 and it sounded great.

― Bee OK, Friday, 28 November 2008 23:27 (seventeen years ago)

What a crazy mix of tunes. There are way better songs on there, but Moving to Florida has a particular kind of madness that I got completely obsessed with for a time. I didn't have the song for a while and could get busted up laughing trying to describe it to someone.

― earlnash, Saturday, 29 November 2008 04:51 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 30 November 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah, the bit in Moving to Florida where they suddenly transform into the Smiths made my jaw drop when I first heard it.

― bendy, Sunday, 30 November 2008 02:46 (seventeen years ago)

I mean, you can find a song that sounds a little bit like every single track on that list...

...except for Moving To Florida. Probably one of the most inspired songs in the history of the world.

― dlp9001, Sunday, 30 November 2008 03:39 (seventeen years ago)

Best of a very odd series. Bauhaus.

― Soukesian, Sunday, 30 November 2008 09:17 (seventeen years ago)

Bauhaus, easily.

― ilxor, Sunday, 30 November 2008 18:26 (seventeen years ago)

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

― System, Monday, 1 December 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

well.

― Mark G, Monday, 1 December 2008 09:57 (seventeen years ago)

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