Here are the critics' list & Christgau's choices from the Village Voice's 1980 Pazz & Jop poll. Scroll down for singles. Don't know if it will help, but at least there's a mix of hits & non-Billboard stuff. BTW, some stuff on the list (including the chart topper) was actually released in 1979.
As Willow goes, so goes my nation.
Oz ,'Selfless'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
joe boucher - Jan 23, 2004 9:41:24 am PST #119 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
tina f. - Jan 23, 2004 9:42:05 am PST #120 of 10003
Coolest first dance at a wedding song I've ever heard was "Drive" by The Cars. Because - wtf? how is that a wedding song?
Aims - Jan 23, 2004 9:42:16 am PST #121 of 10003
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Steph, we had "Way You Look Tonight". Frank's version.
DavidS - Jan 23, 2004 9:43:22 am PST #122 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
London Calling, Pretenders, Remain In Light, Dirty Mind, Off the Wall, X's Los Angeles....good year.
Kate P. - Jan 23, 2004 9:45:21 am PST #123 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
joe--awesome! That's very helpful. Thanks!
joe boucher - Jan 23, 2004 9:45:43 am PST #124 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Tina, David will start dancing around his office if you pick something from the New York Dolls In Too Much Too Soon.
Lyra Jane - Jan 23, 2004 9:46:19 am PST #125 of 10003
Up with the sun
If I were to be schmoopy (god forbid), it'd be "True Companion," by Marc Cohn.
Sweet song -- my sister-in-law and her husband had that. (I wasnt there, but it came up when we were planning.)
Fred Pete - Jan 23, 2004 9:47:33 am PST #126 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Interesting lists, Joe.
The critics loved "He's So Shy"? Who knew?
tina f. - Jan 23, 2004 9:47:42 am PST #127 of 10003
Tina, David will start dancing around his office if you pick something from the New York Dolls In Too Much Too Soon.
But. But. I just got it down to two....
goes back to drawing board
remembers she doesn't own that album
returns from drawing board
DXMachina - Jan 23, 2004 9:58:58 am PST #128 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Fortunately, my birth year produced a Ray Charles classic.
I found a couple of good ones, just have to choose between the finalists. One possiblity is the Mellencamp version of "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." I did write a filk to it once.
Coolest first dance at a wedding song I've ever heard was "Drive" by The Cars. Because - wtf? how is that a wedding song?
Ours was "The Winter Long" by the Strawbs, as performed by a polka band.