1. ELO
2. Fleetwood MAc
3. Kenny Ball
4. The Beloved
5. Who?*
Hve you got a nifty little Javascript that reads our scores, or are you and K taking turns in hovering and updating?
* David Sneddon, it seems - where is he now
1. Eminem - and I was sure the Naughties were crap
2. Wham - look, I was fifteen, okay. DHSS
3. Brenda Lee - unremarkable
4. Rolf Harris - Good idea until all the young trendies insisted it was cool
5. Focus - the reason punk rock was invented
No, it was D:Ream - easy to confuse, they both start with a letter.
1. Phil Collins - never thought I would ever vote Phil Collins top of any poularity list (actually, I accidentally segued in a tape-off-the-radio a superb fade from Sussudio to 1999)
2. M-People - I actually quite like them sort of.
3. Quo: not their best song, but I lurve SQ in a non-thinking way. they simply do not take themselves at all seriously
4. Mike Berry: nothing like as good as his 81 Smash Hit "sunshine of Your Smile" b/w I'm As Old As Paul McCartney (I know no light above That ever could replace Love's radiant sunshine And your lovely face; Getting Older Every Day)
5. Blazing Saddles - it das naffin for me
I'm sorry Mr Diva but I have to say - you have chosen the chart of the week before half term. The day the 83 chart was released I wrote a running commentary in my then paper-based blog on the British Rock and Pop Awards. I spent the entire half-term shut in my room listening to pop radio, emerging only to buy batteries. I have just checked the chart, and whilst it's hardly on a par with November 81 you will surprise me if my overall vote doesn't go to the 80s. Incidentally, you are remiss at not including number 12, because Wah's Story of the Blues is an absolute belta.
However,
1. Cocker/Warmes - because I like the song, so, nur,
2. Maureen Free because of the tune, which is ancient (and I know the Hello Muddah bit as well).
3. Free - No, it's from that dreary dirgy rock genre that put me off pop music in the early 70s
4. Daniel Bedingfield - I imagine it would grow on me if I let it
5. Snap - no, it's derivative
I think the people have spoken
Laura Branigan - you can dance to it, sing to it, it has a build-up. I reckon every song has to have a build up
Duran Duran - not as well known as their earlier stuff but had a surprisingly lasting effect on my mind
Jimmy Osmond - I started school twenty years ago this week
Frankie Vaughan - we used to play games to this in Reception
Oasis - surely they have enough money to retire?
Sir Cliff: 1
Tears: 2
Sir Elton: 3
Appleton: 4
East: 5
Really, it was a tie for first and last but I manged to sort it out, just
1. Carly Simon: classic - it was in a cafe just after Xmas and I thoroughly enjoyed singing along with it to my boyfriend
2. Belle Stars: - pop music at its most cheerful and poppy, good intro,
3. Love I Lost - simply not as bad as the other two
4. Kelly Rowland - I don't like that shouty-in-pain bit on backing vocals
5. Del Shannon: I find it slightly offensive
1. Eddy Grant - never really appreciated it as a youngster. Definitely a grown-up's song
2. Beatles - not their best, but suitably upbeat ditty
3.Annie Lennox - I always felt that the Eurythmics got boring after too much exposure on pop radio, but they're always good to come back fresh to
4. Strawbs - a classic,but I would agree it didn't age well
5. Timberlands - Is all modern pop music entirely manufactured?
Am I always posting just after Sue Bailey - but what had MArxism Today to do with, well, Marxism?
1.Kajagoogoo - I feel my Maths homework book as I hear this
2.Gary Glitter - I'm sorry, but Iliked it at the time, and it's not so bad now, despite the evilness of the man
3 Sinead Quinn - hey, it's not bad, at all. Quite possibly the second best solo Irish female singer since Dana Provincial
4. Frank Ifield - sounds about ten years after its time
5. Whitney Houston - cliche-abounding yuckiness
What has Grace to say on this one?
1. Sweet: Classic. Manages to be trash and good - quite an achievemnt
2. 2 Unlimited: a 90s song I could sing before the MP3 came on. And memorable - quite an achievement
3. Harris and Meehan: Classic and totally forgettable - quite an achievement
4. Tatu: I haven't actually heard this song before - quite an achievement.
5. Men at Work: an 80s number that fails either to be entirely naff or to evoke any memories - quite an achievement
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