Debut Sting single was actually "Spread a Little Happiness" from Brimstone & Treacle (1982)
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 12:43 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFxGtIqqwT4
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 12:45 (nine years ago) link
xxp Yeah I didn't count that because oh god was that movie bad.
xp Whoops!
― brimming with misplaced confidence (Phil D.), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 12:46 (nine years ago) link
From the choices, "In the Air Tonight".
But I'd like to throw in a write-in vote for Donald Fagen's "I.G.Y.", one of my all-time favorite songs
― Frontier Psychiatrist, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:20 (nine years ago) link
Petty seems like a bit of a ringer, but his song isn't what I'd vote for anyway. Clearly "Midnight Blue," but I'll make a special plea for "Johnny Can't Read" -- the only one of these I owned on 45 (picture sleeve!).
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:23 (nine years ago) link
Also, I like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztnn_hSGtg0
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:24 (nine years ago) link
good calls on Fagen and Wolf
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:25 (nine years ago) link
A Britishes list might also have these:
Billy Idol - Dancing With MyselfFeargal Sharkey - A Good HeartMidge Ure - No RegretsJohn Foxx - UnderpassAdam Ant - Goody Two-ShoesAlison Moyet - Love ResurrectionHolly Johnson - Love TrainNick Heywood - Whistle Down the Wind
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:28 (nine years ago) link
'lights out' and 'oh sherrie' are great but i had to go with the god george michael
although TECHNICALLY isn't 'a different corner' or 'careless whisper' his first solo track? i remember being super confused by the mtv chyrons re: these songs
― maura, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:34 (nine years ago) link
oh yes
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:37 (nine years ago) link
They probably should be, yeah, but I went with the singles from albums credited to the singer; both of those appeared on albums credit to Wham!, right?
― brimming with misplaced confidence (Phil D.), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:40 (nine years ago) link
I'm trying to imagine "Wings (Featuring Paul McCartney)"
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:42 (nine years ago) link
I Won't Back Down.
― guwop (crüt), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:43 (nine years ago) link
Phil Collins, Daryl Hall, Morrissey, George Michael and even the Sting are pretty good. Lack of "Oh Sherrie' in the original list is a massive oversight, though.
Solo Mick Jagger may be the all-around worst.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:43 (nine years ago) link
the "Just Another Night" video was made for gifs and freeze frames.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:44 (nine years ago) link
I'll normally rep for Roger Waters' solo career but "The Pros & Cons of Hitch-Hiking" is a horrible, horrible song.
― goth colouring book (anagram), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 13:45 (nine years ago) link
Another addition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjqOsYRQI0o
― Frontier Psychiatrist, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 14:07 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwaj_kvA7sg
― Josefa, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 14:44 (nine years ago) link
Ice Cube towers over everything else on the list.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 14:49 (nine years ago) link
Can't believe I forgot Perry, Wolf and Fagen /facepalm
A surprising number of these -- Jagger, Wolf, Gramm, Byrne, Henley, Frey -- are not on Spotify!
― brimming with misplaced confidence (Phil D.), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 15:33 (nine years ago) link
Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You
^ not her best, but a decent-sized hit
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 15:38 (nine years ago) link
Did someone ask for some more cheese?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfmYCM4CS8o
Also, if Bob Mould counts then so does the superior:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G71dWFXJ0FY
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
not her best
Oh, but it is.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
"Circle in the Sand" > "Mad About You" (not by much but still)
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
otm
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:47 (nine years ago) link
Thomas Dolby synth solo vs Andy Taylor guitar solo
DLR v v narrowly over Cube (whose best was yet to come anyway)
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:57 (nine years ago) link
altho I probably would've voted Careless Whispers if that was on here. GM's lone moment of total perfection.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:58 (nine years ago) link
by that logic, I would have voted for "Land of Confusion" if it was on here
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
"Careless Whisper" is a 1984 single by George Michael (credited to "Wham! featuring George Michael" in Japan, Canada and the US), released by Epic Records in the UK, Japan, and other countries; and by Columbia Records in North America. The song was George Michael's first solo single although he was still performing in Wham! at the time (the song is included on Wham!'s album Make It Big).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link
well that clears things up
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 17:12 (nine years ago) link
so glad Andrew Ridgely didn't mar the track with his trademark... um... wait, what did Andrew Ridgely do again?
He helped write the song, apparently.
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 17:13 (nine years ago) link
Thought Gregg Allman's 1987 "I'm No Angel" would qualify, but he had one solo single in the 1970s.
― the one where, as balls alludes (Eazy), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 17:20 (nine years ago) link
Peter Murphy?
― o. nate, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
Genesis (featuring Phil Collins)
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 17:34 (nine years ago) link
This one will be Morrissey in a mudslide, I should think. But I have a soft spot for Robert Plant's synthy solo stuff.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
Also, the joy of David Lee Roth's solo ep....
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 17:42 (nine years ago) link
yeah, "2541" >>>>>>>>>> "see a little light." actually, "2541" >>>>>>>>> everything else either hart or mould has done since.
(though i much prefer the acoustic "2541," from hart's debut 12-inch, to the album version.)
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 18:00 (nine years ago) link
and, yeah, petty definitely seems like a ringer here.
fcc otm. Never got into post-Huskers Mould. Way too slick and self-conscious.
And wasn't "2541" (the EP) released before Workbook?
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 18:09 (nine years ago) link
This one will be Morrissey in a mudslide, I should think.
Maybe somewhere else on the internets, but not here.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
you guys
YOU GUYS
midnight blue 4 eva!!!!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
(xxp) yup, "2541" came first.
there are some ideas on workbook that i quite like, but as a full album it's trying.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
Veg otm
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 18:14 (nine years ago) link
I found a live version...sound is super-shitty so it sounds a little toothless but Lou kills it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjZcc34G4iI
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 18:14 (nine years ago) link
missed the cutoff for the classic rock poll by a matter of weeks!
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
xp This one's not bad, either:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQbAizfsvrQ
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link
debated several sensible choices, only to realize the list contains 'There's a monster in my pants!'.Viva Fred!
― campreverb, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
Workbook got the deluxe treatment earlier this year; it held up splendidly, although, yeah, he grumbles rather portentously and pretentiously for too long.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
you're welcome, y'all!
― da croupier, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
croup that reminds me, that top 40 tumblr you do is fantastic
― balls, Wednesday, July 23, 2014 5:19 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
whats it called this tumblr
― before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
http://50yearsoftop40.tumblr.com/
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 21:33 (nine years ago) link
o i meant his other one - http://my40plusplusfetish.tumblr.com
― balls, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 21:36 (nine years ago) link
jk. DO NOT CLICK THAT. DO NOT DO NOT CLICK THAT.
― balls, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 21:37 (nine years ago) link
Tags: 69, Fistplay, It Sharted In The...
― da croupier, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
haha
― balls, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
nothing wrong with some hot ladies. Gives me something to grab for. My vote.
― Zachary Taylor, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 22:14 (nine years ago) link
I wash hoping someone would talk about that first Ric Ocasek solo, supposedly more synth-heavy than his Cars stuff.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 22:15 (nine years ago) link
That particular song is more guitar heavy than The Cars at that moment. It might as well have been a Cars album. I like the single. Have the 45 with the picture sleeve.
― Zachary Taylor, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 22:23 (nine years ago) link
DON: Well, yeah.
never not funny
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 23:43 (nine years ago) link
literally just learnt that AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted was a single. If I'd known that all along, I might vote for it, but that whole album just feels like a piece to me. I Want Your Sex would be a contender, if it had been Yog's debut. If DLR was listed as the Crazy From The Heat EP, not just California Girls, hands-down winner. So that leaves me with .... voting for Suedehead?
:( you guys
― boney tassel (sic), Thursday, 24 July 2014 01:43 (nine years ago) link
Suedehead popped up on my giant spotify playlist this evening. It's still fantastic.
― odd proggy geezer (Moodles), Thursday, 24 July 2014 01:46 (nine years ago) link
just listened to Midnight Blue for the first time
how do any of you people remember that you ever heard this
― boney tassel (sic), Thursday, 24 July 2014 01:47 (nine years ago) link
it helps that the cute older boys cover band performed it on my v first day of high school :D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 July 2014 01:51 (nine years ago) link
someone edited the Suedehead video to fit the Sparks remix
― boney tassel (sic), Thursday, 24 July 2014 01:53 (nine years ago) link
i think midnight blue is quite memorable
― doodle cock-up (electricsound), Thursday, 24 July 2014 02:05 (nine years ago) link
mongrel fite!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 July 2014 02:06 (nine years ago) link
sic u r so evolved, how do you cope with us mere mortals
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 July 2014 02:16 (nine years ago) link
I saw R.E.M. do this on this tour in '87. A friend of mine who was at the same show ended up working out next to Lou Gramm at a gym sometime the next year and told Lou that R.E.M. had done his song. Lou was apparently very excited to hear it.
http://youtu.be/SQbAizfsvrQ
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 24 July 2014 03:31 (nine years ago) link
I heard midnight blue for the first time today as far as I know and had exactly the same reaction as sic.
― seems it never rains in west california (Hunt3r), Thursday, 24 July 2014 03:54 (nine years ago) link
can't wait to find out what kind of ennui you guys deal w/ when you discover getting laid
― balls, Thursday, 24 July 2014 03:59 (nine years ago) link
balls will u marry me
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 July 2014 04:03 (nine years ago) link
jim you're thinking of Electric Blue, by Icehouse
― boney tassel (sic), Thursday, 24 July 2014 04:20 (nine years ago) link
now I am too, good times
― boney tassel (sic), Thursday, 24 July 2014 04:21 (nine years ago) link
if a boy had a chance...
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 July 2014 04:28 (nine years ago) link
― balls, Wednesday, July 23, 2014 11:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl),
leave him alone he's mine
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 24 July 2014 11:58 (nine years ago) link
arg u greedy bitch you get all the good ones
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 July 2014 15:51 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 28 July 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
just knowing about crazy train and homosapien means i must vote other, but i'm sure these scores more.
― seems it never rains in west california (Hunt3r), Monday, 28 July 2014 02:13 (nine years ago) link
btw, "Spread a little happiness" doesn't count as he hadn't left the Police then.
Also, was in severe danger of voting that one, but for Morrissey.
― Mark G, Monday, 28 July 2014 08:59 (nine years ago) link
That one being "Freefree set them free"
Briefly, we all thought "oh, solo Sting might not be so bad after all"
― Mark G, Monday, 28 July 2014 09:00 (nine years ago) link
well by that logic you'd also have to discount Phil Collins, David Byrne, Daryl Hall, Mick Jagger etc
― john wahey (NickB), Monday, 28 July 2014 12:05 (nine years ago) link
Phil Collins over Ice Cube, because "In The Air Tonight" was his career high point.
― Lee626, Monday, 28 July 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
see now that's a top ten
lol who voted for Sting?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 00:06 (nine years ago) link
xposts well, I guess that would a slightly different poll, the "band split up, here's the songs I would rather do"
Any case up, that "Spread" sting song was a one-off whereas the ones on NickB's list were all 'as they wanted to be'
― Mark G, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 10:47 (nine years ago) link
Only one other vote for David Byrne? Sad.
― bodacious ignoramus, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 12:02 (nine years ago) link
That was me.
― rockist popist papist (WilliamC), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 12:04 (nine years ago) link
You're obviously an astute and refined observer of the audio arts -- any insight on how Lou Gramm's plodding effort got so many votes?
― bodacious ignoramus, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 12:19 (nine years ago) link
no "Red Guitar" by David Sylvian.. that's the one for me.
― Max Florian, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link
any insight on how Lou Gramm's plodding effort got so many votes?
More people though it was the best song.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 17:23 (nine years ago) link
...that's very helpful...
― bodacious ignoramus, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 17:40 (nine years ago) link
you're a plodding effort
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
listen to that song 10 times in a row and give your take on it
― bodacious ignoramus, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 01:18 (nine years ago) link
it rules
the end
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 01:26 (nine years ago) link
brb gonna plod through it
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 01:41 (nine years ago) link