Nikki is Martika's husband! They started a goth group together in the '00s!
― da croupier, Sunday, 16 August 2015 02:54 (eight years ago) link
yeah...fuck that guy
― balls, Sunday, 16 August 2015 03:41 (eight years ago) link
Did all of you people who aren't voting for (or at least shortlisting) "Joey" just not notice that "Joey" is on this list?
I didn't! I can't believe I voted for Lou Gramm!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Sunday, 16 August 2015 17:49 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 31 August 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Hall & Oates hate the original version of "So Close" because, according to Hall, the label forced Hall to accept Jon Bon Jovi's production and songwriting doctoring. I don't hear much difference: the song ain't that exciting anyway. But I prefer the Bon Jovi job b/c of the opening hook.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 31 August 2015 00:23 (eight years ago) link
1991 has been kind of a bummer year for ballads, sad to say.
― Herbie Mann's Push Push Pops (Old Lunch), Monday, 31 August 2015 18:54 (eight years ago) link
Could find it in my heart to vote for at least two-thirds of these.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Monday, 31 August 2015 19:07 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link
Lotta fans of meh-period Aerosmith 'round these parts...
― Herbie Mann's Push Push Pops (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 00:47 (eight years ago) link
That's my favorite Aerosmith song.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 01:40 (eight years ago) link
It's pretty harmonically complex (esp the bridge) for a twangy power ballad. I think it changes keys 4-5x.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 02:25 (eight years ago) link
You have too many strong opinions about other people's tastes to admit something like that. xp
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 02:26 (eight years ago) link
It's a good Aerosmith song, but it's still distinctly lower-tier compared to sooooo much of the other stuff here.
― Herbie Mann's Push Push Pops (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 02:29 (eight years ago) link
I have strong opinions about my own tastes too, to be fair.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 02:33 (eight years ago) link
oh cool Skid Row beat Madonna.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 02:35 (eight years ago) link
Bummed I couldn't have given a vote to these zero-netters:
Babyface - 'Whip Appeal'Taylor Dayne - 'Love Will Lead You Back'After 7 - 'Ready Or Not'Poison - 'Something To Believe In'Gloria Estefan - 'Here We Are'Mariah Carey - 'Vision Of Love'Maxi Priest - 'Close To You'
Especially the Estefan.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 02:40 (eight years ago) link
She was starting to bellow. I prefer "Can't Stay Away From You" and "Falling in Love (Uh Oh)."
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 02:45 (eight years ago) link
Luther Vandross is a god and "Here and Now" still appalls me.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 02:46 (eight years ago) link
Janet Jackson - Come Back to MeJody Watley - EverythingSinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2ULisa Stansfield - All Around The WorldRoxette - It Must Have Been LoveMadonna - Oh FatherBabyface - Whip Appeal
man my radio station played Michael Damian's "Was It Nothing At All" as much as "Rock On," after which they flushed it down the memory toilet.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 02:48 (eight years ago) link
Oops meant to vote for "Whip Appeal" or "Vision of Love"
― best beloved george benson (The Reverend), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 05:40 (eight years ago) link
What's your radio station, Alfred? I have no idea what its range is/was, but I was a WAPE devotee until my family moved away from FL in the summer of '90, so it's entirely possible that that was the last time I heard that oft-played Michael Damian song (or any number of its contemporaries) on the radio. The pop stations in Indiana couldn't hold a candle to what I was listening to in Jacksonville.
― Herbie Mann's Push Push Pops (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 12:27 (eight years ago) link
I voted for Janet, but here are the rest of the correct answers to this poll:
Sinead O'Connor - 'Nothing Compares 2U'Concrete Blonde - 'Joey'Madonna - 'Oh Father'Lou Gramm - 'Just Between You And Me'Tesla - 'Love Song'Regina Belle - 'Make It Like It Was'Taylor Dayne - 'Love Will Lead You Back'After 7 - 'Ready Or Not'Gloria Estefan - 'Here We Are'Brent Bourgeois - 'Dare To Fall In Love'Faster Pussycat - 'House Of Pain'Mariah Carey - 'Vision Of Love'Maxi Priest - 'Close To You'Nikki - 'Notice Me'Whistle - 'Always And Forever'
― Herbie Mann's Push Push Pops (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 12:35 (eight years ago) link
Voted Lisa Stansfield, because ultimately that's the most correct answer to this poll.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 12:37 (eight years ago) link
I left Lisa Stansfield off of my finalist list because apparently it's not a ballad or whatever people were complaining about upthread. It would've definitely been a contender otherwise.
― Herbie Mann's Push Push Pops (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 12:40 (eight years ago) link
figured Sinead would have plenty of votes, so I went with the one Henley song I genuinely love.
― campreverb, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 12:59 (eight years ago) link
What's your radio station, Alfred?
at the time Y-100 or Power 96.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 13:27 (eight years ago) link