(VANITY) TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('80S) ROUND 4

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[the OlLine Rebel]

ROUND 4 OF THE '80S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES!

Votes due: Sunday, Feb 22 @ 6:00 pm Eastern.

Sweet 16 in 8 pairs of songs! Vote for your favorite of each pair shown.

No reply, no vote. (You may abstain from any pairs.)

Any ties will be broken with a run-off which will end the following Monday.

Format: Yearly rank/seed - year - song title - act

[V_TWIN]

6 1980 “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Queen

2 1982 “Eye of the Tiger” Survivor

5 1982 “Centerfold” The J. Geils Band

6 1984 “Jump” Van Halen

7 1985 “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Tears for Fears

7 1987 “Here I Go Again” Whitesnake

2 1988 “Need You Tonight” INXS

3 1989 “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” Poison

[Gamecock]

2 1980 “Another Brick in the Wall, Part II” Pink Floyd

6 1981 “Celebration” Kool & the Gang

4 1983 “Down Under” Men at Work

6 1984 “Jump” Van Halen

7 1985 “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Tears for Fears

4 1986 “On My Own” Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald

5 1987 “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” Starship

4 1988 “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rick Astley

[dangus]

Another Brick; Eye of the Tiger; Down Under; Jump; Every Muslim Wants to Rule the World; Here I Go Again; Need You Tonight; Never Gonna Give You Up

[the OlLine Rebel]

“Every Muslim Wants to Rule the World”

ROFL!

Thanks for the laugh; now we can co-opt that with others. Every Leftie Wants....Every Commie wants....Every Hippie wants....

[Phlap]

The number 1 song of the 80’s is “Beat It”. Hands down, bar none, nothing else even close.

[Vaquero]

Wow. I Don’t like MJ his pedophilia or his bubblegum pop. Treacle.

[Personal Responsibility]

6 1980 “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Queen
2 1982 “Eye of the Tiger” Survivor
5 1982 “Centerfold” The J. Geils Band
6 1984 “Jump” Van Halen
6 1985 “Out of Touch” Daryl Hall & John Oates
7 1987 “Here I Go Again” Whitesnake
2 1988 “Need You Tonight” INXS
3 1989 “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” Poison

[the OlLine Rebel]

Great song. I actually had to pick against it in this match-up.

I am really distraught that none of the real icons of the era - MJ (3 songs and 1 duet), Madonna or Prince made it past the first round of 32 pairs. Can’t believe of all the MJ songs only Rock with You made it to the 16.

I’m trying to not make too much commentary on this. ;-) But since I have been through this kind of thing before, and seen many a discussion including music-centric boards, results don’t really surprise me!

[Alberta's Child]

I'm disappointed to see some of my favorites lose in the earlier rounds, but here goes! (my selections are in bold) ...

6 1980 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Queen
2 1980 "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" Pink Floyd

6 1981 "Celebration" Kool & the Gang
2 1982 "Eye of the Tiger" Survivor

5 1982 "Centerfold" The J. Geils Band
4 1983 "Down Under" Men at Work

6 1984 "Jump" Van Halen
4 1984 "Footloose" Kenny Loggins

7 1985 "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears for Fears
6 1985 "Out of Touch" Daryl Hall & John Oates

4 1986 "On My Own" Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald
7 1987 "Here I Go Again" Whitesnake

5 1987 "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Starship
2 1988 "Need You Tonight" INXS

4 1988 "Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley
3 1989 "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" Poison

[Alberta's Child]

am really distraught that none of the real icons of the era - MJ (3 songs and 1 duet), Madonna or Prince made it past the first round of 32 pairs.

I don't know about Prince, but for the first two I'd suggest that a lot of folks here on a conservative website have no interest in music that is produced by skanks and child molesters.

[CowboyinILL]

6 1980 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Queen
2 1980 "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" Pink Floyd

6 1981 "Celebration" Kool & the Gang
2 1982 "Eye of the Tiger" Survivor

5 1982 "Centerfold" The J. Geils Band
4 1983 "Down Under" Men at Work

6 1984 "Jump" Van Halen
4 1984 "Footloose" Kenny Loggins

7 1985 "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears for Fears
6 1985 "Out of Touch" Daryl Hall & John Oates

4 1986 "On My Own" Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald
7 1987 "Here I Go Again" Whitesnake

5 1987 "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Starship
2 1988 "Need You Tonight" INXS

4 1988 "Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley
3 1989 "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" Poison

[the OlLine Rebel]

Good music.

As for the moral comments, there aren’t too many in that “profession” who are at all paragons of virtue, either in their lives or their lyrics or sounds. I have always felt that way automatically about heavy-metal types as well as later, rap types.

[jocon307]

6 1980 “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Queen

6 1981 “Celebration” Kool & the Gang

4 1983 “Down Under” Men at Work

6 1984 “Jump” Van Halen

7 1985 “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Tears for Fears

7 1987 “Here I Go Again” Whitesnake

2 1988 “Need You Tonight” INXS

3 1989 “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” Poison

There are my votes!

[clbiel]

Hand the plaque over to Kool and the Gang, and we can move on.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I just got an album of their stuff for Christmas. ;-D I LOVE “Joanna”. Always have.

[the OlLine Rebel]

VOTE! ANYone else! We have some too close and will probably end up with a tie or 2 yet again! (Why does this keep happening! LOL)

My husband says:

6 1980 “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Queen

6 1981 “Celebration” Kool & the Gang

4 1983 “Down Under” Men at Work

6 1984 “Jump” Van Halen

7 1985 “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Tears for Fears

7 1987 “Here I Go Again” Whitesnake

2 1988 “Need You Tonight” INXS

4 1988 “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rick Astley

[ifinnegan]

Here you go.

+++++++ marks the choice

The choices are interesting in that there are a lot of lesser of two evil votes. I vote for songs I don’t like that much because the matched-up song is worse.

6 1980 “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Queen +++++++
2 1980 “Another Brick in the Wall, Part II” Pink Floyd

6 1981 “Celebration” Kool & the Gang +++++++
2 1982 “Eye of the Tiger” Survivor

5 1982 “Centerfold” The J. Geils Band
4 1983 “Down Under” Men at Work +++++++

6 1984 “Jump” Van Halen
4 1984 “Footloose” Kenny Loggins +++++++

7 1985 “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Tears for Fears +++++++
6 1985 “Out of Touch” Daryl Hall & John Oates

4 1986 “On My Own” Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald +++++++
7 1987 “Here I Go Again” Whitesnake

5 1987 “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” Starship
2 1988 “Need You Tonight” INXS +++++++

4 1988 “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rick Astley +++++++
3 1989 “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” Poison 

[the OlLine Rebel]

TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('80S) RESULTS!

No ties this time! Yea! (Winners in bold type.)

Rank year song act votes

6 1980 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Queen 13
2 1980 "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" Pink Floyd 12

6 1981 "Celebration" Kool & the Gang 10
2 1982 "Eye of the Tiger" Survivor 14

5 1982 "Centerfold" The J. Geils Band 15
4 1983 "Down Under" Men at Work 10

6 1984 "Jump" Van Halen 16
4 1984 "Footloose" Kenny Loggins 8

7 1985 "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears for Fears 18
6 1985 "Out of Touch" Daryl Hall & John Oates 6

4 1986 "On My Own" Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald 7
7 1987 "Here I Go Again" Whitesnake 17

5 1987 "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Starship 5
2 1988 "Need You Tonight" INXS 20

4 1988 "Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley 13
3 1989 "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" Poison 11

ROUND 5 COMING NEXT!

[LostInBayport]

My pick is in bold! And my picks are bold, too. ;)

6 1980 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Queen
2 1980 "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II" Pink Floyd

6 1981 "Celebration" Kool & the Gang
2 1982 "Eye of the Tiger" Survivor

5 1982 "Centerfold" The J. Geils Band
4 1983 "Down Under" Men at Work

6 1984 "Jump" Van Halen
4 1984 "Footloose" Kenny Loggins

7 1985 "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears for Fears
6 1985 "Out of Touch" Daryl Hall & John Oates

4 1986 "On My Own" Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald
7 1987 "Here I Go Again" Whitesnake

5 1987 "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Starship
2 1988 "Need You Tonight" INXS

4 1988 "Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley
3 1989 "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" Poison

[LostInBayport]

Delete post 39. I already voted. I didn’t read before I posted...shame, shame, shame...