Everybody's on Top Of The Pops

[purplerabbits]

And now, for your delectation and amusement, here is a music poll.

I shall be doing four of these (yes, count them, four, for I am indeed that old) and later ones may be more suitable for, for instance, duranorak, although I can assure you that I will not, under any circumstances, be playing Kajagoogoo at my party.

However let us start in the sixties and seventies, when I was little and didn't know shit. Tell me good songs, preferably songs people will have heard of, but stuff that's a bit edgy amd ahead of its time is good.

Help me write the soundtrack of my life. And at the end of the week we may have a vote-off of the whole lot, or at least of those that I can actually stand, if I can be bothered.

[Poll #823888]

If you need any help there are some year end charts here - http://www.radio1.gr/archive/kentriki.htm

Comments

[ravenevermore.livejournal.com]

I will answer this shortly, but make no excuses for how rock orientated or radio un-friendly it may be considered... :)

[ravenevermore.livejournal.com]

ok, i've answered, and now disagree violently with myself. Oh well. Gonna make this a playlist in iTunes. see how it runs.

[duranorak.livejournal.com]

Ha. Love you. Don't worry, I wouldn't dream of suggesting they wrote the best song in any given year. :)

Will have to think about this, it's a bit far back for me. I'll use the year end charts and hope I'm not missing any true gems, I think. I'll be more use later. xx

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[purplerabbits.livejournal.com]

:-) Well I'm sure that Bowie did some stuff in that era you like...

[duranorak.livejournal.com]

Here (http://pages.map.com/~freek/look.html) is even more useful. Um. I'll stop now.

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[duranorak.livejournal.com]

Can I just say, right, that I'm dead pleased with that? I didn't look at your answers before filling in & posting mine. With the odd obvious slip I am clearly good EVEN AT THE 60s, a musical time that gives me the absolute fear. Hah.

Or something.

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[purplerabbits.livejournal.com]

I am impressed. And yes, you are correct about Sebastian...

[duranorak.livejournal.com]

*nerd, nerd* Everyhit.com might be an even more useful place to look, but possibly only if you're me, and a geek. xx

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[lovelybug.livejournal.com]

My answers entirely from what I like best on the end of year charts...

[lovelybug.livejournal.com]

Oh, and according to those, american pie wasn't 71, but 72...

[xquiq.livejournal.com]

Finally finished, though changed my answers a couple of times!

1973 was a challenge, but I could have had several for 1967-69...

[lovingboth]

Hmm yes, based on the 'entire year' charts too, with the exception of 1969. Picking 'the best' isn't easy - almost as silly as asking for the best ten or hundred films 'ever' - and I can agree with lots of the other choices.