Kill or Save: UK No.1-hits of the 90s

[Bibliogryphon 9,586]

57 The Beautiful South – A Little Time

40 Madonna – Vogue +2

38 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me -2

32 Adamski – Killer

24 Queen – These Are The Days Of Our Lives

20 Snap! – The Power 

14 Maria McKee – Show Me Heaven +2

10 The KLF ft. The Children of the Revolution – 3 a.m. Eternal

09 The Clash — Should I stay or should I go -4

[DoltonMoney 306]

57 The Beautiful South – A Little Time

40 Madonna – Vogue

38 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me

32 Adamski – Killer

24 Snap! – The Power +4

24 Queen – These Are The Days Of Our Lives

10 The KLF ft. The Children of the Revolution – 3 a.m. Eternal

09 The Clash — Should I stay or should I go

08 Maria McKee – Show Me Heaven -6

[Book 3,557]

57 The Beautiful South – A Little Time

40 Madonna – Vogue

38 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me

36 Adamski – Killer  +4

24 Snap! – The Power

18 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives  -6

10 The KLF ft. The Children of the Revolution – 3 a.m. Eternal

09 The Clash — Should I stay or should I go

08 Maria McKee – Show Me Heaven

[theoldlady 2,304]

57 The Beautiful South – A Little Time

44 Madonna – Vogue +4

38 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me

36 Adamski – Killer  

24 Snap! – The Power

18 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives  

09 The Clash — Should I stay or should I go

08 Maria McKee – Show Me Heaven

04 The KLF ft The Children of the Revolution - 3 a.m. Eternal -6

[Hell 1,334]

57 The Beautiful South – A Little Time

44 Madonna – Vogue

40 Adamski – Killer  +4

38 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me

24 Snap! – The Power

18 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives  

09 The Clash — Should I stay or should I go

04 The KLF ft The Children of the Revolution - 3 a.m. Eternal

02 Maria McKee – Show Me Heaven -6

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57 The Beautiful South – A Little Time

44 Madonna – Vogue

44 Adamski – Killer  +4

34 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me -4

24 Snap! – The Power

18 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives  

09 The Clash — Should I stay or should I go

04 The KLF ft The Children of the Revolution - 3 a.m. Eternal

 

0 Maria McKee – Show Me The Door -2

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57 The Beautiful South – A Little Time

48 Adamski – Killer  +4

38 Madonna – Vogue -6

34 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me 

24 Snap! – The Power

18 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives  

09 The Clash — Should I stay or should I go

04 The KLF ft The Children of the Revolution - 3 a.m. Eternal

[TQR 14,398]

The Beautiful South has had an easy ride, particularly considering how average the song is.

[Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,285]

57 The Beautiful South – A Little Time

48 Adamski – Killer  

38 Madonna – Vogue 

34 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me 

18 Snap! – The Power -6

18 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody/These Are The Days Of Our Lives  

13 The Clash — Should I stay or should I go +4

04 The KLF ft The Children of the Revolution - 3 a.m. Eternal

[Bibliogryphon 9,586]

24 minutes ago, TQR said:

The Beautiful South has had an easy ride, particularly considering how average the song is.

 

I don't agree but if that is the case it is surely a damning judgement on the quality of the opposition 

[TQR 14,398]

9 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

 

I don't agree but if that is the case it is surely a damning judgement on the quality of the opposition 

I think once again it has avoided the chop thanks to all the polarising (and almost always more interesting) stuff; there was a pile of dreck to sort out at the start of the game, and since then the likes of Queen and The KLF have been bouncing up and down the score sheet like Katie Price on a rock hard wang while TBS sits under the radar.

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It's meh. I'd not be reaching for the off switch in a rush like some of the early fallers, but well, meh. 

 

I think I probably have two failings once the obvious dreck has been cleared

I don't really like soppy love songs and power ballads, there are a few I love, but they have to get over a very high bar compared to what other people seem to like. So good or not I end up downvoting them.

I'll nearly always choose something different that pushed the edges when released over overplayed songs no matter how good they are.

These skew my voting and I know it.

 

[TQR 14,398]

Novelty songs need to get in the bin first. The irritating and the overplayed come next. Then by the time I’d like to remove the middle-of-the-road shite, I’m normally scoring to protect something else. That’s how the bland stuff gets through.

 

Plus votes are easy: which song makes me feel the best?

[Toast 16,141]

57 The Beautiful South – A Little Time

48 Adamski – Killer  

38 Madonna – Vogue 

34 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me 

22 Queen – These Are The Days Of Our Lives  +4

13 The Clash — Should I stay or should I go

12 Snap! – The Power   -6

04 The KLF ft The Children of the Revolution - 3 a.m. Eternal

 

Re TBS, I don't care for the song mainly because I don't like the singer's voice.

[Imelda 621]

57 The Beautiful South – A Little Time

48 Adamski – Killer  

38 Madonna – Vogue 

34 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me 

28 Queen – These Are The Days Of Our Lives  +4

12 Snap! – The Power

11 The Clash — Should I stay or should I go -2

00 KiLled oFf ft The Children of the Revolution - 3 a.m. Eternal -4

[Imelda 621]

1 hour ago, Bibliogryphon said:

 

I don't agree but if that is the case it is surely a damning judgement on the quality of the opposition 

 

As observed in the other thread, it's more down to what's the most agreeable song(s) across the board. Nobody seems to dislike it enough to spend their downvotes, so atop it sits.

 

It's a dirty game. Colluding and block voting for sure, based on how some tracks have been sitting happily in the top 3 for days to suddenly get a slew of -6 and are dead within 36 hours. Personal grudge voting based on another poster's preferences and doing the exact opposite at the first opportunity. Wee Jum's one-man Madonna takedowns. Fascinating, in part.

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61 The Beautiful South – A Little Time +4

48 Adamski – Killer  

38 Madonna – Vogue 

28 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me -6

28 Queen – These Are The Days Of Our Lives 

12 Snap! – The Power

11 The Clash — Should I stay or should I go 

 

[Toast 16,141]

52 minutes ago, Imelda said:

 Colluding and block voting for sure, based on how some tracks have been sitting happily in the top 3 for days to suddenly get a slew of -6 and are dead within 36 hours.

 

I think that's probably more to do with what's already been eliminated.  People tend to vote down either the songs they most dislike or songs that are posing a threat to their favourites. When the favourites and the disliked songs are gone, it leaves them free to use their downvotes elsewhere.

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57 minutes ago, Imelda said:

Personal grudge voting based on another poster's preferences and doing the exact opposite at the first opportunity.

As I said to SC, this is just petty and small-minded and goes against the aim of this game.

[msc 18,477]

61 The Beautiful South – A Little Time 

48 Adamski – Killer  

38 Madonna – Vogue 

32 Queen - These are the Days of our Lives +4

28 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me 

12 Snap! – The Power

5 The Clash — Should I stay or should I go  -6

 

My controversial way of deciding is to upvote songs I like. While there's an obvious favourite in need of the help at the moment, I also like all of Seal's big 90s hits but Adamski doesn't need my help (and would be 2nd place).

 

As for The Beautiful South, I prefer other songs of theirs, but I do love how a song can produce as varying reactions as Tom Ewing:

 

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What we have is more a sketch than a track – a bit of observational comedy, or a scene from a ‘bittersweet’ sitcom. Isn’t it funny how guys say they want a little time….? The music backs that up – discreet punchline flourishes between the lite-pop verses letting on we’re listening to something a bit wry. The problem is, pop song is always multi-layered – you’ve always got the arrangement and the lyrics and the vocal performance reinforcing or trading off against one another. So pop is full of unreliable narrators, conflicted dickheads, people who say one thing and mean another. And while undermining cliches is clever, it’s even more clever if you don’t have to point it out

 

To It's Just Rock n Roll:

 

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A song of female empowerment, the lyrics are stunningly good too. The back and forth is brilliant and song tells a brilliant tale. As with so many of these songs, it has an endless charm and is impossibly catchy.

 

Can't imagine LadBaby inspiring anything other than "fuck off" by comparison!

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61 The Beautiful South – A Little Time 

48 Adamski – Killer  

38 Madonna – Vogue 

32 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me +4

27 Queen - These are the Days of our Lives -5

12 Snap! – The Power

4 The Clash — Should I stay or should I go -1

 

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61 The Beautiful South – A Little Time 

48 Adamski – Killer  

38 Madonna – Vogue 

32 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me 

27 Queen - These are the Days of our Lives 

8 The Clash — Should I stay or should I go +4

6 Snap! – The Power -6

[Clorox Bleachman 2,435]

61 The Beautiful South – A Little Time

48 Adamski – Killer

38 Madonna – Vogue

36 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me +4

27 Queen – These are the Days of our Lives

8 Snap! – The Power

2 The Clash – Should I stay or should I go -6

[Paul Bearer 6,102]

61 The Beautiful South – A Little Time

48 Adamski – Killer

38 Madonna – Vogue

36 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me 

31 Queen – These are the Days of our Lives +4

4. Snap! – The Power -4

00 The Clash – Gone -2

[Drewsky1211 4,753]

61 The Beautiful South – A Little Time

48 Adamski – Killer

38 Madonna – Vogue

35 Queen – These are the Days of our Lives +4

30 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me -6

4 Snap! – The Power