Kill or Save: UK No. 1-hits of the 70s

[Toast 16,140]

58 Kate  Bush - Wuthering Heights

50 Blondie – Heart of glass 

47 Althea and Donna - Up Town Top Ranking 

45 Gary Numan - Cars  +2

34 Bee Gees - Night  Fever  +2

26 ABBA – Take a chance on me 

24 Police – Message  in a bottle

24 Blondie – Sunday Girl 

19 Bee Gees – Tragedy

16 Ian Dury & the Blockheads  –  Hit me with your rhythm stick

15 The Buggles  - Video Killed  the Radio Star  -6

7 Gloria Gaynor  – I will survive

[Drewsky1211 4,744]

58 Kate  Bush - Wuthering Heights

50 Blondie – Heart of glass 

47 Althea and Donna - Up Town Top Ranking 

45 Gary Numan - Cars

34 Bee Gees - Night  Fever

26 ABBA – Take a chance on me 

24 Police – Message  in a bottle

23 Bee Gees – Tragedy +4

18 Blondie – Sunday Girl -6

16 Ian Dury & the Blockheads  –  Hit me with your rhythm stick

15 The Buggles  - Video Killed  the Radio Star

7 Gloria Gaynor  – I will survive

[En Passant 3,741]

I know the buggles is a silly name and a bit of a marmite song, but - its Trevor Horn for goodness sakes...:)

[Bibliogryphon 9,582]

1 minute ago, En Passant said:

I know the buggles is a silly name and a bit of a marmite song, but - its Trevor Horn for goodness sakes...:)

 

It is the gateway to The Eighties

[En Passant 3,741]

58 Kate  Bush - Wuthering Heights

50 Blondie – Heart of glass 

47 Althea and Donna - Up Town Top Ranking 

45 Gary Numan - Cars

34 Bee Gees - Night  Fever

26 ABBA – Take a chance on me 

24 Police – Message  in a bottle

23 Bee Gees – Tragedy

19 The Buggles  - Video Killed  the Radio Star +4

18 Blondie – Sunday Girl

16 Ian Dury & the Blockheads  –  Hit me with your rhythm stick

1 Gloria Gaynor  – I (probably won't) survive -6

[time 8,602]

58 Kate  Bush - Wuthering Heights

50 Blondie – Heart of glass 

47 Althea and Donna - Up Town Top Ranking 

45 Gary Numan - Cars

34 Bee Gees - Night  Fever

26 ABBA – Take a chance on me 

24 Police – Message  in a bottle

22 Blondie – Sunday Girl +4

18 Bee Gees – Tragedy -5

19 The Buggles  - Video Killed  the Radio Star 

16 Ian Dury & the Blockheads  –  Hit me with your rhythm stick

0 Gloria Gaynor  – I Will (not) Survive -1

[Toast 16,140]

 

1 hour ago, En Passant said:

I know the buggles is a silly name and a bit of a marmite song, but - its Trevor Horn for goodness sakes...:)

 

I know, but I just never liked it much.

 

58 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

It is the gateway to The Eighties 

 

Maybe, but look at the wonderful stuff we've had in 78 and 79.   I greatly prefer the tail end of the 70s to the tail end of the 80s.

[Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,283]

42 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe, but look at the wonderful stuff we've had in 78 and 79.   I greatly prefer the tail end of the 70s to the tail end of the 80s.

The late 80s were dreadful, all the decent pop bands of the early 80s finished/ran out of steam and the charts were dominated by awful Stock Aitken and Waterman records, until they in turn gave way to rubbish dance/trance/house stuff which disappeared up its own arse on the one hand and multiple groups of pretty Irish boys sitting on chairs doing anodyne ballads on the other. I'd become a young fogey who listened primarily to classical music by the late 80s.

[ladyfiona 2,585]

60 Kate  Bush - Wuthering Heights +2

50 Blondie – Heart of glass

45 Gary Numan - Cars

43 Althea and Donna - Up Town Top Ranking -4

34 Bee Gees - Night  Fever

26 ABBA – Take a chance on me

24 Blondie – Sunday Girl +2

22 Police – Message  in a bottle -2

18 Bee Gees – Tragedy

19 The Buggles  - Video Killed  the Radio Star 

16 Ian Dury & the Blockheads  –  Hit me with your rhythm stick

[Death Impends 7,976]

Remembering my title-winning DDP hit Suzanne Whang as I Will Survive gets knocked out

 

 

[Death Impends 7,976]

And I concur, the final few years of the 80s are an utter deadzone, I typically skip the weekly 80s countdown if I see it's 1988 or 89. The trajectory of 80s chart music is like an inverse of the 60s.

[Toast 16,140]

Although there was the Pet Shop Boys

[RoverAndOut 4,746]

60 Kate  Bush - Wuthering Heights

50 Blondie – Heart of glass

45 Gary Numan - Cars

43 Althea and Donna - Up Town Top Ranking

34 Bee Gees - Night  Fever

28 Blondie – Sunday Girl +4

26 ABBA – Take a chance on me

22 Police – Message  in a bottle

18 Bee Gees – Tragedy

16 Ian Dury & the Blockheads  –  Hit me with your rhythm stick

13 The Buggles  - Video Killed  the Radio Star -6

 

Sorry Biblio and co., of what's left it's the one I'm keenest to get rid of!

[CaptainChorizo 1,982]

60 Kate  Bush - Wuthering Heights

50 Blondie – Heart of glass

47 Althea and Donna - Up Town Top Ranking +4

45 Gary Numan - Cars

34 Bee Gees - Night  Fever

26 ABBA – Take a chance on me

24 Blondie – Sunday Girl -4

22 Police – Message  in a bottle

16 Bee Gees – Tragedy -2

16 Ian Dury & the Blockheads  –  Hit me with your rhythm stick

13 The Buggles  - Video Killed  the Radio Star

[ladyfiona 2,585]

5 hours ago, Toast said:

Although there was the Pet Shop Boys

 

I used to like Pet Shop Boys until I saw them live. They were the Opening Act to Take That about ten years ago at Wembley Stadium, lol. Put me right off their music.

[Toast 16,140]

4 minutes ago, ladyfiona said:

 

I used to like Pet Shop Boys until I saw them live. They were the Opening Act to Take That about ten years ago at Wembley Stadium, lol. Put me right off their music.

 

Why?

[RIP Wee Jum 1,559]

 

60   Kate  Bush - Wuthering Heights

50 Blondie – Heart of glass

47 Althea and Donna - Up Town Top Ranking

45 Gary Numan - Cars

34 Bee Gees - Night  Fever

26 ABBA – Take a chance on me

22 Police – Message  in a bottle

20 Ian Dury & the Blockheads  –  Hit me with your rhythm stick +4

18 Blondie – Sunday Girl -6

16 Bee Gees – Tragedy

13  The Buggles  - Video Killed  the Radio Star

 

[wannamaker 1,407]

60   Kate  Bush - Wuthering Heights

50 Blondie – Heart of glass

47 Althea and Donna - Up Town Top Ranking

45 Gary Numan - Cars

34 Bee Gees - Night  Fever

26 ABBA – Take a chance on me

24 Ian Dury & the Blockheads  –  Hit me with your rhythm stick +4

22 Police – Message  in a bottle

16 Bee Gees – Tragedy

13  The Buggles  - Video Killed  the Radio Star

12 Blondie – Sunday Girl -6

[TQR 14,396]

60 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

50 Blondie – Heart of glass

47 Althea and Donna - Up Town Top Ranking

45 Gary Numan - Cars

28 Bee Gees - Night Fever -6

26 ABBA – Take a chance on me

26 Police – Message in a bottle +4

24 Ian Dury & the Blockheads  –  Hit me with your rhythm stick

16 Bee Gees – Tragedy

13 The Buggles  - Video Killed  the Radio Star

12 Blondie – Sunday Girl

[Bibliogryphon 9,582]

60 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

50 Blondie – Heart of glass

47 Althea and Donna - Up Town Top Ranking

45 Gary Numan - Cars

26 ABBA – Take a chance on me

26 Police – Message in a bottle

24 Ian Dury & the Blockheads  –  Hit me with your rhythm stick

22 Bee Gees - Night Fever -6

17 The Buggles  - Video Killed  the Radio Star +4

16 Bee Gees – Tragedy

12 Blondie – Sunday Girl

[Book 3,556]

60 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

51 Althea and Donna - Up Town Top Ranking  +4

50 Blondie – Heart of glass

45 Gary Numan - Cars

26 ABBA – Take a chance on me

24 Ian Dury & the Blockheads  –  Hit me with your rhythm stick

22 Bee Gees - Night Fever

20 Police – Message in a bottle  -6

17 The Buggles  - Video Killed  the Radio Star

16 Bee Gees – Tragedy

12 Blondie – Sunday Girl

[Book 3,556]

I don't really share your view on late 80's music. For example, as a very young teenager, I grew up listening to SAW music. I was totally in love with Kylie Minogue, then along came Jason Donovan... I still have positive and light-hearted associations with the late 80's and can still hear a lot of the songs well. It's the time of my adolescence. Everything was growing and still so innocent - a little later not so anymore...

Anyway: I love late 80s music!

[ThereWillBeDeaths7 722]

60 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

51 Althea and Donna - Up Town Top Ranking  +4

50 Blondie – Heart of glass

45 Gary Numan - Cars

26 ABBA – Take a chance on me

24 Police – Message in a bottle +4

22 Bee Gees - Night Fever

18 Ian Dury & the Blockheads  –  Hit me with your rhythm stick -6

17 The Buggles  - Video Killed  the Radio Star

16 Bee Gees – Tragedy

12 Blondie – Sunday Girl

[Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,283]

60 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

51 Althea and Donna - Up Town Top Ranking  

50 Blondie – Heart of glass

45 Gary Numan - Cars

28 Police – Message in a bottle +4

26 ABBA – Take a chance on me

18 Ian Dury & the Blockheads  –  Hit me with your rhythm stick 

17 The Buggles  - Video Killed  the Radio Star

16 Bee Gees – Tragedy

16 Bee Gees - Night Fever -6

12 Blondie – Sunday Girl

[justonecornetto 950]

60 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

51 Althea and Donna - Up Town Top Ranking  

50 Blondie – Heart of glass

45 Gary Numan - Cars

28 Police – Message in a bottle 

26 ABBA – Take a chance on me

17 The Buggles  - Video Killed  the Radio Star

16 Blondie – Sunday Girl +4

16 Bee Gees – Tragedy

16 Bee Gees - Night Fever 

12 Ian Dury & the Blockheads  –  Hit me with your rhythm stick -6