Everything Counts and "Totally Wired" barely made it? what the fuck

hm, that's fairly bullshit.

I guess it's time to start using sendspace or something.

dammit Sendspace sucks. YSI better start working again.

I got it OK, but that was hours ago.

Storeandserve is another alternative.

I re-upped all the mp3s.

"You consider me a young apprentice/Caught between the Scylla & Charybdis"

Break out yer Iliad, kids.

So far, I would have voted for Rush and The Clash. I am really suprised by that Hall & Oates B-side, fuckin weird! Somebody should up some more Hall & Oates.

let's get this thread bumpin
because my typing fingers are pumpin!

You're my guitar hero!

I am impatient.

yeah, isn't it? It's like some weird lost track off English Settlement. I love it.

No one better be voting for 10,000 Maniacs in the next poll...


#242.



Patti Smith - "Because the Night"

Year: 1978

US Chart Position: 13

UK Chart Position: #5 / #85 in '83

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #10 (year), #90 (decade), #408 (all-time)

Can BeMost Easily Found On: Horses

Ranked Highest By: Abpos (#25)

You don't know how to love me
Not even how to kiss me
I don't know whyyyyyyyyy.......
I looooove you babyyyy


#241.



Althea & Donna - "Uptown Top Ranking"

Year: 1977

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: #1

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #28 (year), #226 (decade), #997 (all-time)

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: Would've been #678

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Uptown Top Ranking

Ranked Highest By: Falling and Laughing (#17)

WHO?

Awesome.

actually I thought that one would be a little higher. Been on ILM too long I guess.

Looks like Lil Bow Wow & his mama.

I've played all my cards
And that's what you've done too
Nothing more to say
No more ace to play

#240.



ABBA - "The Winner Takes It All"

Year: 1980

US Chart Position: #8

UK Chart Position: #1

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #21 (year), #189 (decade), #1085 (all-time)

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: #816

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Gold

Ranked Highest By: Thresholdofrevelation & Throughsilver (#11)





Interesting Factoid: This song moved from #11 on Nic/Mutant Disco's all-time list to #94 on his decade list

Interesting Factoid #2: This song sucks

I had a GF force me into seeing that Abba musical. WORST.DAY.OF.MY.LIFE.

Aw come on...if I made my list over, I would have included it. It's the only ABBA song I can really get into, and Agnetha sells the vocal. Love that video, she's so pancaked with enough eyeshadow to pad up Tammy Faye Bakker's eyelids and then some.

SQUAWK


#239.



Talk Talk - "It's My Life"

Year: 1984

US Chart Position: #31

UK Chart Position: #46 / #93 in '85 / #13 in '90

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #34 (year), #380 (decade), #1975 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: It's My Life

Ranked Highest By: jdubs3 (#11)

Now here's where it picks up!

Proto-post-punk...


#238.



Pere Ubu - "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" / "Heart of Darkness"

Year: 1975

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection

Ranked Highest By: Birdistheword (#18)

More good stuff, have a feeling that a lot of my picks are going to drop out quick in this poll.

Cool. I didn't think this would even "chart" in this poll.

wish it hadn't. It's some deadening shit.

MAMASE
MAMASA
MAMAKUSA


#237.



Michael Jackson - "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"

Year: 1983

US Chart Position: #5

UK Chart Position: #8

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #32 (year), #350 (decade), #1843 (all-time)

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: #491

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Thriller

Ranked Highest By: Mad Clown (#1)

I hope "The Modern Dance" makes it on. I don't remember it getting many votes, but it's way, way better than "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" IMO.

Ooh, baby baby
Won'tcha turn your head my way?


#236.



The Motors - "Dancing the Night Away"

Year: 1977

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: #42

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Rank on Our All-Time Singles List: Would've been #566

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Motors 1

Ranked Highest By: Terremoto (#1)

boooo

I knew I'd miss a bunch of songs, but I can't believe I forgot about this one. Would have made my top 20 for sure.

R.I.P. Grant McLennan


#235.



The Go-Betweens - "Cattle and Cane"

Year: 1983

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Can Be Most Eaisly Found On: Before Hollywood

Ranked Highest By: Voodoodaddy (#9)

Of course, I didn't vote (therefore have no real call to complain/query), but Cattle and Cane is a top 10, in my eyes

Some people say little girls should be seen and not heard...


#234.



X-Ray Spex - "Oh Bondage! Up Yours!"

Year: 1977

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

Acclaimed Music Ranking: #23 (year), #210 (decade), #921 (all-time)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: The Anthology

Ranked Highest By: Whichonespink (#20)

I thought this might have come in a bit higher - it seemed as though quite a few people had it on their list.

Basie, Miller, Satchmo, and the king of all...


#233.



Stevie Wonder - "Sir Duke"

Year: 1977

US Chart Position: #1

UK Chart Position: #2

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Songs in the Key of Life

Ranked Highest By: Midnite Vulture (#12)

Astounding run of songs I'd never heard before Stevie made an appearance. Looking foward to hearing these.

Hello all.....so here we go...indeed some out there cuts already in the mix...way cool.

For the sake of my sanity and my hard drive...unlike the last polls where I downloaded it all it have the countdown....I'm gonna just grab the songs I don't have....just talkin' to myself here really.....

Stevie Wonder, X-Ray Spex, Pere Ubu(!!!!!), and Patti Smith. These being songs, in the last ten or so positions, I would have woted for had I gotten my shit together. Oh and that Althea & Donna track is dope music, -> -> -> .

Step #9: Famous Pop Song


#232.



Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'"

Year: 1981

US Chart Position: #9

UK Chart Position: #62 (Journey's 2nd highest charting single in the UK, too)

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Can Be Most Easily Found On: ESC4P3

Ranked Highest By: Paul (#31)

So I'm listening to that Police song in the car on the way home from work. I guess its a nice enough song but I had to turn the volume way down because the fucking snare sound for some reason just sounded atrocious to me. Just really, really, loud. Really the whole track sounds weirdly produced unless it is just my car's speakers or this particular mix or something.

Moving on the floor now babe you're a bird of paradise
Cherry ice cream smile I suppose it's very nice


#231.



Duran Duran - "Rio"

Year: 1982

US Chart Position: #14

UK Chart Position: #9

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Rio

Ranked Highest By: Falling and Laughing (#32)

Now do you see your self f*ckin
With a nigga like me
Only Lord knows what your friends won't know or see


#230.



The Bee Gees - "How Deep is Your Love"

Year: 1977

US Chart Position: #1

UK Chart Position: #3 / #80 in '90

Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Saturday Night Fever

Ranked Highest By: Bobandbob (#22)

Don't Stop Believin in the 200s huh? That's sort of flustering.

Is there anything I can do to convince Agrimorfee to refrain from posting in the rest of this thread? I could take up a collection or something.


Hey, I'm awesome.

That's a pretty spectacular little song, raj. I wish I'd voted for it, but this was the first I'd ever heard it. Sorry if I missed it in the shilling thread.

Holy crap! "Oh Bondage" already? Jesus Christ better have made about 150 singles in this time period or there is no excuse for you people.

Thanks!



The vocals are surprisingly Moody Blues-like.

hey man, feedback is always appreciated. Ag's hardly at spamming level.

I'm done with my c/down now I can pop in more often.

So if Raj's No. 1 popped already, and he probably got way more solidarity votes low in other people's lists than I did, I take it that Freeez has probably been frozen out.

I might be upset. But that mama-say, mama-saw, whatever part at the end of Wanna Be Starting Something is playing. HEEE HEE HEE!

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Screw you matey.