It's Polling up, it's polling up... IT'S "DARE"

These days I'm preferring Love and Dancing. But I'm going with "The Things That Dreams Are Made Of" here. It's like the cover of New Order's Republic if it could sing.

We didn't poll this already?

Which newspaper's giving it away?

Not that I need another copy.

Not the first time we're polling this, mind you.

My pick is still "Do Or Die".

I was

- testing out the 'thread already exists' function (ahem)..
- or 2. Telling you UK folk that you can get a free one

OK. I guess this poll exists for all the UK users that had yet to hear this album before it was given away for free. Now they can vote too. :)

"The Sound Of The Crowd", because of the abstract lyrics

This is an ongoing series, so far missed / previous be: "True" SpandauBallet, and "No Parlez" Paul Young.

Yesterday was "Prince Charming" Adam and the Ants, the kids were pleased...

Forthcoming be "Searching for the young soul rebels" Dexys, and some other albums on the "not being accepted by Music and Video Exchange for any kind of trade-in value" list...

Hold on, what paper is this with?

the cunting mail, isn't it?

"seconds", anyway. but really: could be any of them.

Socialist Oakey should be ashamed.

Hands up anyone else who thought this was going to be a Demon Days poll.

I'm nipping out to buy the Mail, I'll ask the shop assistant to slip it inside a copy of Big Jugs in case anyone from my office sees me

Why run the risk? Get a copy for 50p out of the charity shop and absolve yourself of the guilt!

If the Mail really wanted to provide a public service they should have attached a free CD of the Patrick Cargill album.

Socialist Oakey should be ashamed

i wonder how much control he has over this kind of thing?

None, probably...it's Virgin who have the say so, I guess, but he could always forego royalties out of solidarity etc.

hmm... tum ti tum, don't mind me...

• Sat 6th - Spandau Ballet - True
• Mon 8th - Culture Club - Colour By Numbers
• Tues 9th - Paul Young - No Parlez
• Wed 10th - Adam and the Ants - Prince Charming
• Thur 11th - Human League - Dare
• Fri 12th - Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time
• Sat 13th - Bonnie Tyler - Faster Than the Speed of Night
• Mon 15th - Haircut 100 - Pelican West
• Tues 16th - Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline According To ...
• Wed 17th - Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
• Thur 18th - Heaven 17 - The Luxury Gap
• Fri 19th - Marillion - Misplaced Childhood

"Once Upon a Time" is rubbish isn't it?

"I POLL this much is True"
POLLlour By Numbers
No POLLez
POLL Charming
Once Upon a POLL
Faster Than the POLLof Night
POLLican West
Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent POLLby
Searching For The Young POLL Rebels
The Luxury POLL
Misplaced POLLhood

How many of these people would Daily Mail readers actually let into their homes?

Even in this degraded company Once Upon A Time is singularly awful. The video for "All The Things She Said" is still the worst video ever.

Perhaps it's the knowledge that Jim Kerr's vocals and mannerisms are primarily responsible for Bono being such a twunt?

Even more of a twunt surely?

Wasn't it the other way around (xp) - the mythical long walk on the beach that Kerr took with Bono in 1983 following which he decided to turn the Minds into U3?

Actually I think it's the other way round, Bono's influence ruined Simple Minds

xpost!

Oh I so remember it (xpost that video)! No need to look.

Bad case of "let's get a soul singer in, we'll look like we're funky!"

I never 'liked' Simple minds, as I didn't really know their early stuff, so don't feel that sense of loss that the people who *did* like them, then watched them turn to shite.

I have sympathy for them, I really do.

(xxxxxpost to myself) I mean on stage/on record. Bono being a twunt anywhere else is entirely his own fault.

joint Kerr/Bono interview from 1983...

I loved and still love everything the Minds did up to and including New Gold Dream. But I remember the horrible sinking feeling in my stomach when Peter Powell premiered "Waterfront" on R1 and we just knew they'd sold out. It felt like a total corporate smack in the face.

I think Kerr started it, Bono just took it further. "It", btw, being a self important prick.

No no, mullet and flag at Red Rocks was a year ahead of "Waterfront."

Bono is definitely the guilty man

Jimbo just wanted to be the Peter Gabriel of Toryglen up till then

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Ridiculously small turnout for this poll. Great album, too.

The small turnout is probably because we've done "Dare" before.

Also ILX being down