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Wed Mar-16-05 09:51 PM
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Poll question: Which of these cherished 80s pop songs is the best? |
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Edited on Wed Mar-16-05 09:59 PM by ChavezSpeakstheTruth
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Wed Mar-16-05 09:54 PM
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1. Donny Darko redeems "Head Over Heels". |
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And "Cars" was 1979, IIRC.
footnote: I'm an extra in the Head Over Heels video, which was shot in the Osgood Hall Law Library in Toronto.
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Wed Mar-16-05 09:58 PM
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5. was it really? There was a video, wasn't there? Let me research before the |
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Wed Mar-16-05 10:06 PM
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Hit the Billboard charts in March of 1980.
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Wed Mar-16-05 10:07 PM
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9. wow, I'm not as old as I feel! That's nice. |
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Wed Mar-16-05 10:11 PM
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11. You were right - I changed the poll |
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Wed Mar-16-05 10:12 PM
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12. I still changed the poll because it wasn't right |
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Wed Mar-16-05 10:14 PM
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... some of the best pop synth ever recorded.
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Wed Mar-16-05 10:18 PM
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16. Just checked my vinyl...copyright 1979. |
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I think it took a few months to "break" stateside.
I saw Numan in 1998 or so... he was fantastic!!!!
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Wed Mar-16-05 09:54 PM
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Wed Mar-16-05 09:55 PM
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3. They're all good. Tough one. |
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Wed Mar-16-05 09:57 PM
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4. Reluctantly I take A Flock of Seagulls. |
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Most tolerable of a bad lot.
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Wed Mar-16-05 10:12 PM
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13. Surprisingly, they weren't bad live. |
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I only saw them because I was doing an article on the band opening for them when they were in town. I wasn't even going to stay to watch them, but I ended up enjoying them.
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Wed Mar-16-05 10:01 PM
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6. I threw Laura Branigan a pity vote. |
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Wed Mar-16-05 10:03 PM
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7. Planet Earth (Night Version) |
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The version that originally appeared on the first Duran Duran album was something of an epic dance song... then, when they hit big with RIO, the record company reworked their first album, cutting Planet Earth way down to make room for "Is There Something I Should Know?" ...it wasn't until a couple of years ago that the original "Night Version" was available on CD... and I'm realizing I know WAY too much about that topic.
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Wed Mar-16-05 10:09 PM
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Not only do I have an original, pre-Rio pressing of the first album, but I have the Japanese-only pressing 12" version of Planet Earth (Night Version), with an impossibly bad cover of Bowie's "Fame" on the flipside! :eyes:
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Wed Mar-16-05 10:16 PM
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15. YEAH!!! Cruel Summer runs the pack. Best scene in Karate Kid! |
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Wed Mar-16-05 10:22 PM
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17. flock of silly haircuts |
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Wed Mar-16-05 10:30 PM
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.... disses the flock for their piled-on hair, but trust me they weren't the first or only English band to take on that look.
Find a pic of the Thompson Twins :)
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Wed Mar-16-05 10:35 PM
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19. I like the slippery drum break in that Simple Minds song. |
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