Interactive Poll XXVI: The Dreadful Decade

The 80s, my decade!!!

The most futuristic decade ever.

I'm nominating an uplifting song from the UK. Not too obscure, but not very popular either. Hey, were you expecting a Modern Talking song from me? Then, I'll put one from them too!

My nomination: Freeez - IOU



And a "not too popular" song by Modern Talking, out of the competition:



Finally, one from France. One of my favourites as well (this is quite popular, but hey, it is out of the competition):



And thanks Lewian! 





Edited by Shadowyzard - February 15 2021 at 16:35

EDIT: Phew - "Signal" is my nomination.

As we have recently passed VD (Valentine's Day), romantic that I am will offer these three VD related and rather tainted love choices.

Starting with a passionate one, not that I'm in love with a German film star, we have this from 1981:

The Passions - I'm in Love with a German Film Star



This from 1980 was what I wanted as my wedding song, but I thought better of it:

Bauhaus - In the Flat Field



Then, last but not least in my list, I'm sending a Signal of my tainted love with this 1981 love ballad:

Phew - Signal (my nomination)



Phew, that's done.

Edited by Logan - February 20 2021 at 13:43

^ I was still a child in 1981, but my love was already tainted one might say. I love The Meaning of Life by the way.

^ I love games on any platform. Hadn't heard of that, very cool.

Thanks indeed. New ones of these are like Christmas for me and I’m just itching to unwrap the presents. More socks, how predictable, I think every year, but I’m sure this poll will be full of surprises and some more predictable choices too I would predict.. And colour me as another who loves the 80s and thinks that it was a great decade for music. Every decade is, but the 80s hold a special place in my heart.

So I have given a first spin to people choices, but not always proper listens.

Lewian: I loved that Hutschlaeger I like its post punk and Zolo quirkiness very much. As for Leave Yourself Alone, while I once would have emphatically insisted that the song should instead leave me alone, it is quite catchy (much like some of my VD... choices are not ).

Shadowyzard: Some quintessentially 80s stuff there, and all the kind of stuff I loathed in the 80s but appreciate more now. Okay, Freeez kind of leaves me cold, but It wouldn’t make me want to destroy the world anymore. I now can find the Modern Talking one rather fun rather than a sign that civilization has collapsed, and the Voyage Voyage one doesn’t make me want to voyage voyage to a deserted part of the world where I can forget that humanity, or what sadly passes for it, exists. It might have left me Desireless to hear it again, but now I can desire it. It’s not that humanity devolved in the 80s, my tastes evolved, and now I can appreciate such stuff, even if some such stuff only ironically. That last one is my favourite of yours. Good stuff.

Snicolette: Knocked Down, Made Small. I Scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. It didn’t knock me out, but it smacked me around a bit. Where Did Your Heart Go leaves me wondering where did my brain go? Not bad at all, just so different from my kind of fare that I have become accustomed to. As for Zaz Turned Blue, well no lame joking around with this one, I loved listening to that. Great one.

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And I will add this Divinyls one that I think I mentioned in passing in a past poll from 1985, and this is one that I loved at the time and still do...

Divinyls - Good Die Young

Thanks Lewian. 

@Cristi: Your last video doesn't play for me. What song is it?

Cristi wrote: mathman0806 wrote: @Cristi: Your last video doesn't play for me. What song is it? Simple Minds - Glittering Prize