20th Anniversary Top Songs Poll results and my picks
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 10:36 amThe New Wave Outpost 20th Anniversary Top Songs Poll results are in and looking over all these wonderful songs, only 26 of my 50 picks made the final cut.
These are my 8 picks that made the results where I was the only one who chose them and where I ranked them:
3. XTC - Are You Receiving Me? (not the first XTC song I ever heard, but my favorite)
7. Q (aka Stacy Q) - Sushi (synth pop earworm)
13. Buzzcocks - Boredom (too pop to be punk, too early to be new wave)
15. Nina Hagen Band - TV-Glotzer (White Punks On Dope) (high energetic Tubes cover sung in German)
16. The Units - High Pressure Days (100% raw US syynth)
17. The Residents - You Yesyesyes (amazingly there are two (2) other Resident songs that made the cut)
19. Oingo Boingo - Grey Matter (personal favorite)
20. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights ("Running Up That Hill" at 96 and my lone vote brings it in at 444, oh well)
These are my 24 picks that did not make the final results (less than 4 points) and where I ranked them (some of these may have been picked by others, but if it didn't get 4 points...):
21. The Psychedelic Furs - Sister Europe (slow and intoxicating with the amazing saxophone of Duncan Kilburn while Richard Butler breathes a lyrical landscape)
22. Shriekback - Nemesis (quite surprised that "All Lined Up" & "My Spine (Is the Bassline)" made it but not "Nemesis"?)
23. Yello - Vicious Games (classic Yello with layers of sounds)
24. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (D.A.F.) - Der Mussolini (difficult to choose only one D.A.F. song but the opening riff and the background vocals make this)
25. The Stranglers - (Get a) Grip (On Yourself) (the opening hook, the driving bass, the keyboards, the saxophone and Hugh Cornwell's vocals from1977)
26. Suburban Lawns - Gidget Goes to Hell (definitive US punk 7" on their own label)
27. XTC - This Is Pop? (the single version has more bite to it than the LP version)
29. Devo - Come Back Johnny (so many other Devo songs to choose from, this one still delivers)
30. Scientific Americans - Eep Opp Ork (only Devo could have done this better, from the 1960's Jetson's cartoon)
32. R.E.M. - Fall On Me (could have been called "Don't Fall On Me" as the first line of the chorus states)
33. Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas (I just love this song)
35. The Buggles - Living in the Plastic Age (if "Video Star" is the tip of the iceberg this is the Artic Ice shelf)
36. Berlin - The Metro (the original MAO 45 is so, so much better than the LP version)
37. Kraftwerk - Tour De France (pure genius)
39. Freur - Riders In The Night (I know it's not "Doot Doot", but this song kicks ass)
40. Klaus Nomi - Total Eclipse (the original version on his 1981 self titled LP or the live version from URGH! A Music War)
41. X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours! (I love everything about this, from the awkward saxophone to the shrilling vocals)
42. Aztec Camera - Pillar to Post (I listened to this many times when it first came out, forgot all about it and now find myself playing it quite often)
44. The Associates - Those First Impressions (had this been released in 1978, it would have been top of the Billboard charts)
46. 48 Chairs - Snap It Around (I used to play this during my DJ years from 1982 to 1986, I had forgotten it until last year)
47. The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon (Mike Scott's big hit that should have been, but never was only reaching #26 in the UK)
48. The Smiths - This Charming Man (I always imagined this could be the theme song to a TV show or the opening credits for a movie)
49. XTC - Take This Town (wonderful song with the whistling and that part where it changes gears)
50. The Comsat Angels - Stay the Night (another song I used to play from my DJ days that I recently rediscovered)
Did anyone else pick so many songs (almost half) that fell under the 4 point limit?
These are my 8 picks that made the results where I was the only one who chose them and where I ranked them:
3. XTC - Are You Receiving Me? (not the first XTC song I ever heard, but my favorite)
7. Q (aka Stacy Q) - Sushi (synth pop earworm)
13. Buzzcocks - Boredom (too pop to be punk, too early to be new wave)
15. Nina Hagen Band - TV-Glotzer (White Punks On Dope) (high energetic Tubes cover sung in German)
16. The Units - High Pressure Days (100% raw US syynth)
17. The Residents - You Yesyesyes (amazingly there are two (2) other Resident songs that made the cut)
19. Oingo Boingo - Grey Matter (personal favorite)
20. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights ("Running Up That Hill" at 96 and my lone vote brings it in at 444, oh well)
These are my 24 picks that did not make the final results (less than 4 points) and where I ranked them (some of these may have been picked by others, but if it didn't get 4 points...):
21. The Psychedelic Furs - Sister Europe (slow and intoxicating with the amazing saxophone of Duncan Kilburn while Richard Butler breathes a lyrical landscape)
22. Shriekback - Nemesis (quite surprised that "All Lined Up" & "My Spine (Is the Bassline)" made it but not "Nemesis"?)
23. Yello - Vicious Games (classic Yello with layers of sounds)
24. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (D.A.F.) - Der Mussolini (difficult to choose only one D.A.F. song but the opening riff and the background vocals make this)
25. The Stranglers - (Get a) Grip (On Yourself) (the opening hook, the driving bass, the keyboards, the saxophone and Hugh Cornwell's vocals from1977)
26. Suburban Lawns - Gidget Goes to Hell (definitive US punk 7" on their own label)
27. XTC - This Is Pop? (the single version has more bite to it than the LP version)
29. Devo - Come Back Johnny (so many other Devo songs to choose from, this one still delivers)
30. Scientific Americans - Eep Opp Ork (only Devo could have done this better, from the 1960's Jetson's cartoon)
32. R.E.M. - Fall On Me (could have been called "Don't Fall On Me" as the first line of the chorus states)
33. Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas (I just love this song)
35. The Buggles - Living in the Plastic Age (if "Video Star" is the tip of the iceberg this is the Artic Ice shelf)
36. Berlin - The Metro (the original MAO 45 is so, so much better than the LP version)
37. Kraftwerk - Tour De France (pure genius)
39. Freur - Riders In The Night (I know it's not "Doot Doot", but this song kicks ass)
40. Klaus Nomi - Total Eclipse (the original version on his 1981 self titled LP or the live version from URGH! A Music War)
41. X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours! (I love everything about this, from the awkward saxophone to the shrilling vocals)
42. Aztec Camera - Pillar to Post (I listened to this many times when it first came out, forgot all about it and now find myself playing it quite often)
44. The Associates - Those First Impressions (had this been released in 1978, it would have been top of the Billboard charts)
46. 48 Chairs - Snap It Around (I used to play this during my DJ years from 1982 to 1986, I had forgotten it until last year)
47. The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon (Mike Scott's big hit that should have been, but never was only reaching #26 in the UK)
48. The Smiths - This Charming Man (I always imagined this could be the theme song to a TV show or the opening credits for a movie)
49. XTC - Take This Town (wonderful song with the whistling and that part where it changes gears)
50. The Comsat Angels - Stay the Night (another song I used to play from my DJ days that I recently rediscovered)
Did anyone else pick so many songs (almost half) that fell under the 4 point limit?
