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(VANITY) TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('80S) ROUND 5
me | 2/23/15 | me

Posted on 02/23/2015 6:57:05 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel

ROUND 5 OF THE '80S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES!

Votes due: Sunday, March 1 @ 6:00 pm Eastern.

The Great 8 in just 4 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 (hopefully) the following Monday.

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


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 1980s; 80s; 80smusic; americana; billboard; culture; eighties; entertainment; mtv; music; nineteeneighties; nostalgia; popculture; popmusic; popularmusic; rock; rockroll; top40; top40music; yawn
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Oddly enough, this seems to get easier with each successive round. Selections in bold.

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
4 1988 "Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley

I find it funny that when I was 17, I alternately disregarded and disparaged Rick Astley. Now, like many Stock-Aitken-Waterman hits, I find this and various of his other singles ridiculously catchy.

21 posted on 02/25/2015 9:49:44 AM PST by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: kalee

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22 posted on 02/25/2015 9:59:18 AM PST by kalee
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To: the OlLine Rebel

OK, these are my picks, then:

2 1982 “Eye of the Tiger” Survivor (more typical 80s, and I really like it)

5 1982 “Centerfold” The J. Geils Band (still say Jump is the lamest Halen hit; it’s OK, but I can’t believe the love it gets here; Centerfold is more typical 80s sound)

7 1985 “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Tears for Fears (kind of hard; I like this song better now than then, but it still is more typical of “80s” than a metal song, which I only kind of like)

2 1988 “Need You Tonight” INXS (again, more typical ‘80s than a disco song - which I love; but I love this song too)


23 posted on 02/26/2015 5:39:15 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; 2CAVTrooper; mountn man; Liberty Valance; olepap; TangledUpInBlue; ...

TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS (’80S) PING!

Another bump for people to vote!

Come on, only 4 decisions to make!

(How can so few be voting this time?)


24 posted on 02/26/2015 5:41:16 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

6 1980 “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Queen

5 1982 “Centerfold” The J. Geils Band

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

2 1988 “Need You Tonight” INXS


25 posted on 02/26/2015 5:42:58 AM PST by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

2 1982 “Eye of the Tiger” Survivor

6 1984 “Jump” Van Halen

7 1987 “Here I Go Again” Whitesnake

2 1988 “Need You Tonight” INXS


26 posted on 02/26/2015 5:43:24 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: the OlLine Rebel

6 1980 “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Queen

5 1982 “Centerfold” The J. Geils Band

7 1987 “Here I Go Again” Whitesnake

2 1988 “Need You Tonight” INXS


27 posted on 02/26/2015 6:02:39 AM PST by Personal Responsibility (Changing the name of a thing doesn't change the thing. A liberal or a rose by any other name...)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

pitiful....so many good bands and songs in the 70s so few in the 80s. but multiples of 100s.

yes most of the winners(how did you lose Floyd?) in your chart toppers are good....but such a small number.


28 posted on 02/26/2015 6:18:39 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

My choices...

2 1982 “Eye of the Tiger” Survivor

5 1982 “Centerfold” The J. Geils Band

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

2 1988 “Need You Tonight” INXS


29 posted on 02/26/2015 6:38:00 AM PST by moovova
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Survivor
Van Halen
Tears for Fears
Astley


30 posted on 02/26/2015 7:58:29 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
2 1988 “Need You Tonight” INXS

That's it, I cannot in good conscience vote for any of the other songs.

31 posted on 02/26/2015 8:51:44 AM PST by Gamecock (Joel Osteen is a minister of the Gospel like Colonel Sanders is an Infantry officer.)
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To: Gamecock

I have no choice options left. I can’t understand any of these songs besting “Southern Cross”, “Bad to the Bone”, or “Ride like the Wind”.


32 posted on 02/26/2015 11:03:21 AM PST by Baynative (Did you ever notice that atheists don't dare sue Muslims?)
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To: Gamecock

I got your earlier post, where you actually chose 2!


33 posted on 02/26/2015 11:50:01 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Baynative

Southern Cross - best performance #18 weekly charts.

Bad the the Bone - best #27 on “Mainstream Rock” chart only.

Ride Like the Wind - no question a top song, #17 Year-End.

Billboard ranks them, I only used top 7 songs of each year.


34 posted on 02/26/2015 11:57:38 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Vaquero

Maybe we can do best of the ‘70s and we’ll list the songs that will be on it. ;-)


35 posted on 02/26/2015 11:58:38 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Billboard is probably influenced by record label pressure and money as much as politicians are. Looking back through some of their top hit picks for different years seems laughable to me.

Then again, maybe my tastes are contrary to the majority of the population and a song like 'Take it to the Limit' by the Eagles wasn't even considered top 20 in a year where Paul McCartney's "Silly Love Songs" was number one.

36 posted on 02/26/2015 3:01:06 PM PST by Baynative (Did you ever notice that atheists don't dare sue Muslims?)
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To: Baynative

#25 for the YEAR? I’d say that is very prominent.

I go by what I actually remember hearing all the time, and what people generally seemed to be talking about. It’s not about my preferences.

Some surprise me, but most don’t.

I liked most of them. But not all. Never cared for “Broken Wings”, didn’t care for most “solo-white-guy” songs in the ‘80s, but there it is at #5 on the year, and I believe it. Heard it plenty. Didn’t want to, but it’s the truth.


37 posted on 02/26/2015 7:26:43 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

6 1980 “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” Queen
5 1982 “Centerfold” The J. Geils Band
7 1985 “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Tears for Fears
4 1988 “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rick Astley


38 posted on 02/26/2015 7:28:43 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg (You're either in or in the way.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

+++++ indicates pick

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  +++++++
4 1988 “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rick Astley 


39 posted on 02/26/2015 9:47:35 PM PST by ifinnegan
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To: RansomOttawa

Ditto


40 posted on 02/27/2015 8:34:15 AM PST by gnickgnack2 (QUESTION obama's AUTHORITY)
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