Kill or Save: UK No.2 Hits of the 70s

[wannamaker 1,359]

10/8/23

 

25 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us

21 Elton John - Rocket Man +4

17 Queen — Somebody To Love -6

11 Queen — Killer Queen 

[ladyfiona 2,479]

10th August

 

25 Sparks — There's too many queens in this list

17 Queen — Somebody To Love

15 Queen — Killer Queen +4

15 Elton John - Rocket Man -6

[RoverAndOut 4,666]

10th August

 

25 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us

19 Elton John - Rocket Man +4

17 Queen — Somebody To Love

09 Queen — Killer Queen -6

[RIP Wee Jum 1,558]

10/08/2023

 

25 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us

23 Elton John - Rocket Man +4

17 Queen — Somebody To Love

03 Queen — Killer Queen -6

 

[Toast 15,869]

Thu 10 Aug

 

23 Elton John - Rocket Man

22 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us  -3

21 Queen — Somebody To Love  +4

 

00 Queen — Killed Queen  -3

 

yesssssss

[RoverAndOut 4,666]

Way to make things interesting @Toast! Could be over today and I might not get another say in it!

[Toast 15,869]

It's not my favourite Sparks song. That would be Number 1 Song In Heaven.

[RoverAndOut 4,666]

2 minutes ago, Toast said:

It's not my favourite Sparks song. That would be Number 1 Song In Heaven.

 

Of the three left it would be my next choice to go. But, as I say, it may be out of our hands now. Reckon it could be a maximum of 28 scores left to bring it to an end, minimum of 8 if I've done my maths right. Grab the popcorn...

[Toast 15,869]

[MariNisia 4,052]

10/Aug/2023

 

25 Queen — Somebody To Love +4

23 Elton John — Rocket Man

16 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us -6

[theoldlady 2,211]

10/Aug/2023

 

29 Queen — Somebody To Love +4

23 Elton John — Rocket Man

10 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us -6

 

[DoltonMoney 286]

August 9th 2023

 

33 Queen — Somebody To Love +4

21 Elton John — Rocket Man -2

06 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us -4

[TQR 14,315]

Thu 10 Aug

 

27 Queen — Somebody To Love -6

25 Elton John — Rocket Man +4

06 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us

 

I can’t do it…

[Sir Creep 7,062]

2 hours ago, Toast said:

Thu 10 Aug

 

23 Elton John - Rocket Man

22 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us  -3

21 Queen — Somebody To Love  +4

 

00 Queen — Killed Queen  -3

 

yesssssss

Thanks!  This one hasn’t belonged for two days.  It’s not a bad song, but what twat could POSSIBLY choose it over Sonebody to Love, a classic by the same goddamn band?  Losers-a-plenty subsist on these threads.  

[Sir Creep 7,062]

10 minutes ago, TQR said:

Thu 10 Aug

 

27 Queen — Somebody To Love -6

25 Elton John — Rocket Man +4

06 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us

 

I can’t do it…

I sure as hell can in 1:27.  The saviors better show up.

[diego 1,939]

Thu 10 Aug

 

31 Queen — Somebody To Love +4

25 Elton John — Rocket Man 

00 Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us -6 

[lilham 726]

august 10th at 1217am

 

29 Elton John — Rocket Man +4

25 Queen — Somebody To Love -6

 

[Book 3,513]

10.08.2023

 

29 Queen — Somebody To Love +4

23 Elton John — Rocket Man  -6

[Bibliogryphon 9,413]

10.08.2023

 

33 Queen — Somebody To Love +4

17 Elton John — Rocket Man  -6

[Paul Bearer 6,011]

10/8/23 06:40 hrs 
 

37 Queen — Somebody To Love +4

11 Elton John — Rocket Man  -6

 

I would have preferred the two songs that were voted out to be in the final. Two banging tracks from two banging albums ( For the benefit of the young whippersnappers here, This Town from Kimono My House and Killer Queen from Sheer Heart Attack) 

 

Only voted for Queen as I’m not keen on Elton. 

[justonecornetto 914]

10/8/2023
 

41 Queen — Somebody To Love +4

05 Elton John — Rocket Man  -6

[Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,252]

10/8/2023
 

45 Queen — Somebody To Love +4

00 Elton John — Rocket Man  -5

 

Would have preferred Sparks (or Ballroom Blitz) but there you go.

My first Kill in a couple of weeks from memory.

[Bibliogryphon 9,413]

I am not going to complain about that result

[TQR 14,315]

And this old banger by Queen *grabs balls* is the best number twoooooooooooooooooo, of the 70s! Tbh I'd have been happy with any of the final five awesome songs, and it really could've gone any way. Sing us out, Freddie.

 

 

Anyway, whether you like it or not (and I mostly do), this is how things stacked up:

 

1st: Queen — Somebody To Love

2nd: Elton John — Rocket Man

3rd: Sparks — This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us

4th: Queen — Killer Queen

5th: David Bowie — The Jean Genie

6th: Sweet — Ballroom Blitz

7th: Stevie Wonder — Sir Duke

8th: T. Rex — Ride A White Swan

9th: M — Pop Musik

10th: Candi Staton — Young Hearts Run Free

11th: The Moody Blues — Question

12th: Squeeze — Cool For Cats

13th: Elvis Presley — Suspicious Minds

14th: Deep Purple — Black Night

15th: The Police — Can’t Stand Losing You

16th: Roxy Music — Love Is The Drug

17th: Boney M — Ma Baker

18th: Blondie — Dreaming

19th: Gloria Gaynor — Never Can Say Goodbye

20th: Barry White — You See The Trouble With Me

21st: Don McLean — American Pie

22nd: Sweet — Fox On The Run

23rd: Boney M — Rasputin

24th: T. Rex — Children Of The Revolution

25th: The Kinks — Lola

 

 

And, having totted up the scores for all six rounds, here's the kill count:

 

1st: theoldlady - 34

2nd: LadyFiona - 16

3rd: BuffaloPhil - 14

4th: Drewsky - 10

5th: MariNisia - 8

=6th: Toast, Paul Bearer, lilham, DoltonMoney, Fraudulento - 5

=11th: Death Impends, Sir Creep - 4

=13th: Commtech, Wannamaker, Imelda - 3

=16th: time, RoverAndOut, Root Inspector, Joey Russ, TQR, Wee Jum - 2

=22nd: Clorox Bleachman, Bibliogryphon, Book, ThereWillBeDeaths, Great Uncle Bulgaria, justonecornetto, Captain Chorizo - 1

 

 

Thanks for playing everyone, and @theoldlady, maybe get in an ice bath and treat yourself to a new scythe; this one'll be knackered after that psychotic run of yours. Come back later today when we'll get going in our mission to find the UK's best No.2 of the 1980s.

[Bibliogryphon 9,413]

This has been enormous fun @TQR Thanks for running this.

 

I am very excited for the 1980s. I started secondary school in 1980 and finished Uni in 1990  - peak music listening years