Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,283 Posted July 2 2/7/2024 49 David Bowie - Life on Mars? -3 28 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street +4 09 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes -3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted July 2 2-7-24 49 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 22 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street -6 13 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes +4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted July 2 Tue 2 Jul 51 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +2 24 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street +2 07 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes -6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted July 2 7/2/2024 51 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 28 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street +4 01 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes -6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,744 Posted July 2 7/2/2024 55 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +4 23 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street -5 0 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes -1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,985 Posted July 2 7/2/2024 49 David Bowie - Life on Mars? -6 27 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street +4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,585 Posted July 2 2nd July 53 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +4 21 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street -6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BuffaloPhil 926 Posted July 2 2nd July 57 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +4 15 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street -6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted July 2 2/7/24 20:51 hrs 51 David Bowie - Life on Mars? -6 19 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street +4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,396 Posted July 2 Wed 3 Jul 55 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +4 13 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street -6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AstroKat 534 Posted July 2 03/07/24 59 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +4 07 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street -6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted July 2 03 July 63 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +4 01 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street -6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theoldlady 2,301 Posted July 2 03 July 57 David Bowie - Life on Mars? -6 05 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street +4 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,396 Posted July 2 2 minutes ago, theoldlady said: 57 David Bowie - Life on Mars? -6 05 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street +4 Right, who are you and what the fuck have you done with theoldlady? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted July 2 3-7-24 61 David Bowie - Life on Mars? +4 00 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street -5 I can be an old Lady if you like. 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,396 Posted July 2 Can't complain too much with that winner. Maybe slightly predictable but for good reason. This would've been my order: Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes (+2) The Rolling Stones - Miss You (+12) David Bowie - Sound and Vision (+5) David Bowie - Life on Mars? (-3) Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love (+17) The Four Tops - A Simple Game (+9) The Jam - The Eton Rifles (=) Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (+12) Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down (-4) America - A Horse With No Name (+1) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend (+10) Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind (+1) Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 (+6) Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World (+4) Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash (-6) ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (-6) Edwin Starr - War (=) The Four Seasons - Silver Star (-2) Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street (-18) R. Dean Taylor - There’s A Ghost in My House (-16) The Wombles - Remember You’re a Womble (+3) ABBA - Money, Money, Money (-16) Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle (-11) Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run (-1) Carly Simon - You’re So Vain (=) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wannamaker 1,407 Posted July 3 David Bowie was always the bridesmaid but never the bride in the KoS games. He usually had a song in the final, and, before this game, his best result was two back to back number 2 placements with Space Oddity & Ashes to Ashes in the 70's and 80's No.1 games, respectively. The Deathlist forums might not be the best selling show (the most visited website?), but it has voted Life on Mars? as the best number 3 hit of the 70s. Rather fittingly, the previous winner was Murder on the Dancefloor, so now both the "Kill" and "Save" aspects of the game have been represented in a winning song, such poetry in motion that hasn't been seen since Johnny Tillotson. The Life on Mars? single peaked at number 3 for 3 weeks in July of 1973 (a lot of 3's in that sentence!), being beaten by Slade's Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me, Peters and Lee's Welcome Home, and Gary Glitter's I'm the Leader of the Gang. Whether you like those songs or not, they're surely a saddening bore compared to the winner of this game. Anyway, this is how the finale played out: 01 David Bowie - Life on Mars? 02 Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street 03 Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes 04 R. Dean Taylor - There’s A Ghost in My House 05 Electric Light Orchestra - Don’t Bring Me Down 06 ABBA - Money, Money, Money 07 The Jam - The Eton Rifles 08 David Bowie - Sound and Vision 09 Suzi Quatro- 48 Crash 10 ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) 11 America - A Horse With No Name 12 Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle 13 Donna Summer - Love’s Unkind 14 The Rolling Stones - Miss You 15 The Four Tops - A Simple Game 16 The Four Seasons - Silver Star 17 Edwin Starr - War 18 Lulu - The Man Who Sold The World 19 Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 20 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 21 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 22 Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love 23 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run 24 The Wombles - Remember You’re a Womble 25 Carly Simon- You’re So Vain (Spotify Playlist for this game) And these were the 25 worst No. 3's of the 70s: Cilla Black- Something Tells Me (Something’s Gonna Happen Tonight) The Piglets- Johnny Reggae Tony Orlando & Dawn- What Are You Doing Sunday? Blue Mink- The Banner Man Donny Osmond- Why The Partridge Family- Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Michael Jackson- Rockin’ Robin David Cassidy- I Am a Clown/Some Kind of a Summer Faron Young- It’s Four in the Morning Gary Glitter- Remember Me This Way Mac and Katie Kissoon- Sugar Candy Kisses Peters and Lee- Don’t Stay Away Too Long The Moments and Whatnauts- Girls Mud- The Secrets That You Keep Barbra Streisand- Evergreen (Love Theme from “A Star is Born”) Showaddywaddy- When Hank Mizell- Jungle Rock Berni Flint- I Don’t Want to Put a Hold On You The Barron Knights- A Taste of Aggro Dean Friedman- Lucky Stars Scott Fitzgerald and Yvonne Keeley- If I Had Words Boney M.- Hooray! Hooray! It’s a Holi-Holiday The Bellamy Brothers- If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me The Dooleys- Wanted James Galway- Annie’s Song Thanks to everyone for voting, I'll try to get the 80's game running soon, but I'm a bit busy at the moment, so if I take some time, that's the reason why. 3 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted July 3 With the exception of The Heebee Geebees and Lynn Anderson (for entirely different reasons), I didn't really dislike any of the finalists, but as has been mentioned some do suffer from overexposure, hence me opting for All the Young Dudes over Baker Street & Life on Mars (and Sound & Vision over LoM come to think of it). Of the bottom 25, there are 2 or 3 there which I actually do like, but the remainder fully deserving of their positions (imo). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
En Passant 3,741 Posted July 3 20 minutes ago, time said: Of the bottom 25, there are 2 or 3 there which I actually do like, but the remainder fully deserving of their positions (imo). With the possible exception of Blue Mink, for reasons I can't even explain to myself, I'll be happier if I never hear any of those ever again. Or in fact even have to read the titles and dredge the noise, I hesitate to use the word "tune", from the depths of my memory. Godawful garbage. Collectively our taste is ultimately pretty good! Better than whoever bought that crap anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Great Uncle Bulgaria 1,283 Posted July 3 2 hours ago, En Passant said: Godawful garbage. Collectively our taste is ultimately pretty good! Better than whoever bought that crap anyway. Confess I bought Jungle Rock (in the 70s, not when it came out in the 50s) and I still quite like it, along with the Barbra Streisand song (friend of mine had it at her funeral last year). I can tolerate 2-3 others (Blue Mink, Breaking up is hard to do and Showaddywaddy) the rest can stay in unplayed obscurity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted July 3 Jungle Rock was the only quick exit I kinda liked as well. Though I agree with it not lasting very long in a 70s game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted July 3 I remember the Moments & Whatnauts song as a euphoric summery sound, but the lyrics are a bit Girls I like 'em fat, I like 'em tall Some skinny, some small I got to get to know them all [Chorus] Girls Love the things they know Love the things they show Got to be where they go Pretty girls With sunshine in their hair The perfume that they wear Girls are everywhere I'd like to be on an island With five or six of them fine ones Even ones that ain't good lookin' They're the ones that do the best cookin' Give me one with a lot of money Give me two with lots of honey Give me three that do them freaky things Give me four fat mamas that like to swing [Chorus] Super fine Mighty fine Sugar and spice Everything nice I'd like to be a magician Then I could stop wishin' I'd take my magic wand And, puff, I'd have big fun If the guys could see me They'd swear I was Houdini Before they could count from one to three I'd have ten girls standing next to me [Chorus] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,582 Posted July 3 2 hours ago, Toast said: I remember the Moments & Whatnauts song as a euphoric summery sound, but the lyrics are a bit Girls I like 'em fat, I like 'em tall Some skinny, some small I got to get to know them all [Chorus] Girls Love the things they know Love the things they show Got to be where they go Pretty girls With sunshine in their hair The perfume that they wear Girls are everywhere I'd like to be on an island With five or six of them fine ones Even ones that ain't good lookin' They're the ones that do the best cookin' Give me one with a lot of money Give me two with lots of honey Give me three that do them freaky things Give me four fat mamas that like to swing [Chorus] Super fine Mighty fine Sugar and spice Everything nice I'd like to be a magician Then I could stop wishin' I'd take my magic wand And, puff, I'd have big fun If the guys could see me They'd swear I was Houdini Before they could count from one to three I'd have ten girls standing next to me [Chorus] Makes Ladies by Flight of the Conchords even funnier 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
