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Which grouping of songs do you like best?

Hungry Like the Wolf (Duran Duran), One Thing Leads to Another (The Fixx) & Your Love (The Outfiield)
Big Love (Fleetwood Mac), Kyrie (Mr. Mister) & Our House (Madness)
Don't Dream It's Over (Crowded House), Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson) & High on You (Survivor)
The Heart of Rock & Roll (Huey Lewis and the News), Love is a Battlefield (Pat Benatar) & Rock the Casbah (The Clash)
White Wedding (Billy Idol), Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top) & Invisible Touch (Genesis)

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80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« on: March 10, 2019, 08:37:59 AM »
Vote for which grouping you like best.

I had to go with Option 3.  I love both Steppin' Out and Don't Dream It's Over, and High on You is really nice as well.
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2019, 08:39:20 AM »
#1 all the way!

Hungry Like the Wolf (Duran Duran), One Thing Leads to Another (The Fixx) & Your Love (The Outfiield)
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2019, 08:41:08 AM »
#4

Easy choice.
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would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2019, 08:42:32 AM »
Quote from: kingshmegland on March 10, 2019, 08:39:20 AM
#1 all the way!


Somehow, I knew you'd pick the option with the Fixx. ;)
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2019, 08:43:44 AM »
Lots of junk in this poll...
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Quote from: wkiml on June 08, 2012, 10:06:35 AM
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Winger Theater Forums........or WTF.  ;D
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2019, 08:44:17 AM »
Quote from: KevShmev on March 10, 2019, 08:42:32 AM
Quote from: kingshmegland on March 10, 2019, 08:39:20 AM
#1 all the way!


Somehow, I knew you'd pick the option with the Fixx. ;)

All 3.  Love Rio and Love the early Outfield!
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2019, 08:45:25 AM »
What's next Kev? Vote for your favorite Friends Episode?
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would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Winger Theater Forums........or WTF.  ;D
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2019, 08:47:04 AM »
Quote from: TAC on March 10, 2019, 08:45:25 AM
What's next Kev? Vote for your favorite Friends Episode?

Don't plant ideas in my head, sir... :lol :lol
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« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2019, 08:56:13 AM »
Quote from: TAC on March 10, 2019, 08:45:25 AM
What's next Kev? Vote for your favorite Friends Episode?

I'm amazed you know this pop culture reference Tim. :lol
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2019, 09:01:21 AM »
I know what Friends is. I just don't know anything from the last 20 years.
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Quote from: wkiml on June 08, 2012, 10:06:35 AM
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2019, 09:11:12 AM »
Well that would include Friends since it starting in 2004.  :lol
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2019, 09:15:03 AM »
It started before then didn't it?
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Quote from: wkiml on June 08, 2012, 10:06:35 AM
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
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Winger Theater Forums........or WTF.  ;D
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2019, 09:17:10 AM »
It started in 1994.

Joe and his phone have issues. :lol :lol
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #13 on: March 10, 2019, 09:17:15 AM »
Quote from: kingshmegland on March 10, 2019, 09:11:12 AM
Well that would include Friends since it starting in 2004.  :lol

Just checked..It ENDED in 2004. STARTED in 1994.

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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2019, 09:47:45 AM »
 :lol

yup.  LOL  Still 6 years throws you off? :lol
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #15 on: March 10, 2019, 11:05:47 AM »
Hungry Like the Wolf - 5
One Thing Leads to Another - 2
Your Love - 2 (wasn't familiar till I looked it up. Never knew the title or artist)
Total: 9

Big Love - 3 (The Dance version: 12)
Kyrie - 2
Our House - 1
Total: 6

Don't Dream It's Over - 4
Steppin' Out - 0 (wasn't familiar till I looked it up. Never knew the title or artist)
High on You - 3
Total: 7

The Heart of Rock & Roll - 1
Love is a Battlefield - 3
Rock the Casbah - 1
Total: 5

White Wedding - 4
Sharp Dressed Man - 4
Invisible Touch - Too low to rank on my scale
Total: 8
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #16 on: March 10, 2019, 12:51:29 PM »
this group doesn't seem nearly as strong as the last one


Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson) - THE quintessential 80s song IMO - 5 points
Kyrie (Mr. Mister) - 5 points
Don't Dream It's Over (Crowded House) - 5 points
Invisible Touch (Genesis) - 4.5 points
High on You (Survivor) - 4.5 points
Hungry Like the Wolf (Duran Duran) - 4.5 points
The Heart of Rock & Roll (Huey Lewis and the News) - 4.5 points
Your Love (The Outfield) - 4 points
Big Love (Fleetwood Mac) - 3.5 points
Love is a Battlefield (Pat Benatar) - 3.5 points
Rock the Casbah (The Clash) - 3 points
Our House (Madness) - 3 points
Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top) - 2.5 points
White Wedding (Billy Idol) - 2 points
One Thing Leads to Another (The Fixx) - 2 points


Hungry Like the Wolf (Duran Duran), One Thing Leads to Another (The Fixx) & Your Love (The Outfiield) - 10.5 points
Big Love (Fleetwood Mac), Kyrie (Mr. Mister) & Our House (Madness) - 11.5 points
Don't Dream It's Over (Crowded House), Steppin' Out (Joe Jackson) & High on You (Survivor) - 14.5 points
The Heart of Rock & Roll (Huey Lewis and the News), Love is a Battlefield (Pat Benatar) & Rock the Casbah (The Clash) - 11 points
White Wedding (Billy Idol), Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top) & Invisible Touch (Genesis) - 9 points
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #17 on: March 10, 2019, 01:01:34 PM »
Easy, 5.
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« Reply #18 on: March 10, 2019, 02:18:52 PM »
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« Reply #19 on: March 10, 2019, 02:50:40 PM »
Category 3.  I don't know the Survivor song, but the other two are the two best songs on the list.
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« Reply #20 on: March 10, 2019, 02:51:39 PM »
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The One Where Joey Speaks French.
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« Reply #21 on: March 10, 2019, 02:59:27 PM »
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #22 on: March 10, 2019, 05:17:41 PM »
4, maybe.
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« Reply #23 on: March 10, 2019, 08:39:07 PM »
#1

Much easier choice than Part I.
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #24 on: March 10, 2019, 10:38:36 PM »
It was between 4 and 5. I went with 5.

White Wedding (Billy Idol), Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top) & Invisible Touch (Genesis)

EDIT: The One With Phoebe's Wedding is on my TV right now.
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #25 on: March 11, 2019, 06:51:36 AM »
Quote from: ProfessorPeart on March 10, 2019, 10:38:36 PM
It was between 4 and 5. I went with 5.

White Wedding (Billy Idol), Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top) & Invisible Touch (Genesis)

EDIT: The One With Phoebe's Wedding is on my TV right now.

I see what you did there. :P
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #26 on: March 11, 2019, 09:50:43 AM »
Have you really been doing this for a decade?
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #27 on: March 11, 2019, 09:52:44 AM »
Kev has started so many threads. Yes he has.
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #28 on: March 11, 2019, 10:05:45 AM »
The goal is always to generate discussion. The polls are a plot device. ;)

In this case, for example, the discussion should inevitably tilt towards discussing the greatness of Invisible Touch. :biggrin:
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« Reply #29 on: March 11, 2019, 11:38:42 AM »
Man I know I rag on Genesis all the time here, but I could easily think of 20+ songs of theirs I like more than Invisible Touch.
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #30 on: March 11, 2019, 11:42:47 AM »
I couldn’t think of 10 songs total.
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Re: 80's Rock/Metal/Pop Song Wars - Part II
« Reply #31 on: March 11, 2019, 01:28:28 PM »
Quote from: TAC on March 11, 2019, 11:42:47 AM
I couldn’t think of 10 songs total.

Well, yeah, I couldn't name more than 3 from the Gabriel era. I could name many more from the post-Gabriel era, but they got a ton of play on radio/MTV in the 80s. And I was, let's say, less discerning of the music I listened to back then, especially if it had a cool video (Land of Confusion). I could in good faith say I would enjoy at least a few popular 80s Genesis songs if I had to listen to them right now. Invisible Touch would be at the top (bottom?) of my most disliked songs from popular 80s Genesis. 
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« Reply #32 on: March 11, 2019, 01:31:03 PM »
I make no apologies:  I LOVE the album Invisible Touch, with the possible exception of Land Of Confusion, and even that is primarily because of the stupid fucking puppet video (sorry, Chris; I didn't read your post until after I posted this).  I'd put "Domino" up against any of the epics from the Gabriel era (except maybe Cinema Show) or the Four-man era (except maybe One For The Vine).
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« Reply #33 on: March 11, 2019, 01:32:48 PM »
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I couldn’t think of 10 songs total.

That you like more than Invisible Touch?? I knew it.
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« Reply #34 on: March 11, 2019, 01:35:02 PM »
By the way, I'm at "Duran Duran" on my CD-burning odyssey, and I was reminded how good the guitars are on Rio (the album).  Andy Taylor never overplays, but man is he spot on when he does, especially those legato lines in the title track.  That's a damn good record. 
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