Poison Arrow
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 22 March 2018 16:10 (six years ago) link
very boring cover art.but brilliant compilation.still figuring out my choice.could be any of two tribes, mabuse, poison arrow, moments in love, owner of lonely heart, buffalo girls, or slave to rhythm ..
― mark e, Thursday, 22 March 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
and you may find time will blind you
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 23 March 2018 00:43 (six years ago) link
Wow, I love a ton of this stuff but will always vote for "Video Killed The Radio Star".
― will work for cultural capital (contenderizer), Friday, 23 March 2018 00:48 (six years ago) link
I feel like I should go for one of the ABC singles, as The Lexicon Of Love is my favourite album ever, but there's so many masterpieces to choose from. Both the Buggles songs are incredible songs with some of the best production I've ever heard (their two albums are so good), the Frankie singles are still as thrilling as ever and Left To Own Devices is my second favourite song by my favourite band. Then there's Moments In Love, Mirror Mirror, All The Things She Said and Slave To The Rhythm which are all 10/10 singles. Really tough call.
― kitchen person, Friday, 23 March 2018 01:16 (six years ago) link
“Look of Love” but close run with the PSB options for me.
― michaellambert, Friday, 23 March 2018 10:24 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
should have been a ranked poll
― kelp, clam and carrion (sic), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 04:16 (five years ago) link
Not my absolute favourite here (and Beatbox & Mabuse are all time) but I think STTR (Blooded) for the production. Cry is pretty incredible too IIRC.
― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
Went with 'It's Alright.'
I need to dig out all my old Pet Shops Boys records. Haven't given those a good listen in several years.
― (V) (°,,,,°) (V) (Austin), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
+1 for Cry
― raise my chicken finger (Willl), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 14 June 2018 00:01 (five years ago) link
Shit i need to listen to like 3/4 of these songs _right now_
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 14 June 2018 00:51 (five years ago) link
Can’t remember what I voted for, but would be content with almost everything which got a vote winning.
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 14 June 2018 06:23 (five years ago) link
OTM, with Crazy being my main exception. Everything on 0 votes was fairly overlooked.
― kelp, clam and carrion (sic), Thursday, 14 June 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
I mean I love YES but no way OOALH is one of his best productions. And the Dollar singles are masterful ( "Videotheque" being my fave).
― An Uphill Battle For Legumes (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 14 June 2018 18:12 (five years ago) link
I mean I love YES but no way OOALH is one of his best productions.
especially when you see how many votes Two Tribes (Hibakusha Mix) got which is probably one of the best 12" singles ever.
― mark e, Thursday, 14 June 2018 18:20 (five years ago) link
Hibakusha was kind of elusive at the time (3,000 copies?) so had an aura but really it's not better than Annihilation (or even Carnage) despite the fun Linn / Fairlight freakout bit.
― Absolute Unit Delta Plus (Noel Emits), Thursday, 14 June 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link
point taken.I do prefer the Annihilation mix as well tbh.
― mark e, Thursday, 14 June 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
the fact is, both are ZTT at their height brilliance ..
― mark e, Thursday, 14 June 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
I went with these.
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 03:13 (three years ago) link
Obscure one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65_jXpukfhU
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 03:52 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgN4fmKAMjw
― xzanfar, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 17:58 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5uF4KFFiEo
― xzanfar, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 18:04 (three years ago) link
Missed this obv. Would have been between "The Look Of Love", "Give Me Back My Heart" and "Video Killed The Radio Star". All absolutely ace. But probably the latter after all.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 22:24 (three years ago) link
Look who's playing the bass in this Dire Straits tribute band:
https://dslegacy.com/band-lineup/
― StanM, Friday, 6 May 2022 15:01 (two years ago) link
Great interview:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/arts/music/buggles-trevor-horn-tour.html
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 01:19 (one year ago) link