Music of 1984: Round 1, Week 3

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Music of 1984: Round 1, Week 3

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Vote for your favorite out of each of the match ups. Voting for this week will end on the 16th of December at 7:00pm EST.

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Albums
Songs

Albums
Pretenders - Learning to Crawl vs. Steve Roach - Structures from the Silence
The Style Council - Café Bleu vs. The Cars - Heartbeat City
Sade - Diamond Life vs. Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity vs. Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward

Songs
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy vs. Van Halen - Panama
Prince - Let's Go Crazy vs. Wham! - Careless Whisper
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now vs. Minutemen - History Lesson (Part II)
The Special A.K.A. - Free Nelson Mandela vs. U2 - Bad
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You vs. The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Madonna - Material Girl vs. Tears for Fears - Shout
Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is vs. The Chills - Pink Frost
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? vs. Sade - Smooth Operator



Tiebreakers:

Albums
***TIED*** Eurythmics - 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) vs. Wham! - Make It Big (4-4) ***NEXT VOTE WINS***

Songs
***TIED*** Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? vs. David Bowie - Loving the Alien (6-6) ***NEXT VOTE WINS***
***TIED*** Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down vs. John Lennon / Yoko Ono - Nobody Told Me (6-6) ***NEXT VOTE WINS***
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Probably gonna rankle a couple of music buffs here, but whatever:
Wham! - Make It Big
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Song-wise, this is an incredibly strong batch - not a bad track in the bunch. Of course, decisions have to be made, so here we gp:
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
U2 - Bad
The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Madonna - Material Girl
The Chills - Pink Frost
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?
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Loving the Alien
When Love Breaks Down

Also posted my votes in the week 2 topic.
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Albums
Pretenders - Learning to Crawl
The Cars - Heartbeat City
Sade - Diamond Life
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward

Songs
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Wham! - Careless Whisper
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
The Special A.K.A. - Free Nelson Mandela
The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Tears for Fears - Shout
The Chills - Pink Frost
Sade - Smooth Operator
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Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy

Prince - Let's Go Crazy

Minutemen - History Lesson (Part II)

The Special A.K.A. - Free Nelson Mandela

Chaka Khan - I Feel for You

Tears for Fears - Shout

The Chills - Pink Frost

The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?
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Albums
Pretenders - Learning to Crawl
The Style Council - Café Bleu
Argo Pärt - Tabula Rasa
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity

Songs
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
Minutemen - History Lesson (Part II)
U2 - Bad
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You
Tears for Fears - Shout
The Chills - Pink Frost
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?
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Albums
Pretenders - Learning to Crawl
The Cars - Heartbeat City
Sade - Diamond Life
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward

Songs
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Wham! - Careless Whisper
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
The Special A.K.A. - Free Nelson Mandela
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You
Tears for Fears - Shout
Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is
Sade - Smooth Operator
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Songs
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
George Michael - Careless Whisper
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
The Special A.K.A. - Free Nelson Mandela
The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Tears for Fears - Shout
The Chills - Pink Frost
Sade - Smooth Operator
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5. Pretenders - Learning to Crawl vs. 7. Steve Roach - Structures from Silence
1. The Style Council - Café Bleu vs. 8. The Cars - Heartbeat City
3. Sade - Diamond Life vs. 2. Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa (aargh, so close!)
4. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity vs. 6. Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward



6. Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy vs. 15. Van Halen - Panama
8. Prince and the Revolution - Let's Go Crazy vs. 13. George Michael - Careless Whisper
1. The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now vs. 11. Minutemen - History Lesson - Part II
3. The Special A.K.A. - Nelson Mandela vs. 4. U2 - Bad
7. Chaka Khan - I Feel for You vs. 2. The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
12. Madonna - Material Girl vs. 9. Tears for Fears - Shout
16. Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is vs. 14. The Chills - Pink Frost
10. The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? vs. 5. Sade - Smooth Operator

And after that I'm going to reduce drastically my participation in the Forum, my schedule is going to be extremely busy during the next two months. I'm going to participate only hosting Rank the Tracks and voting in the 1984 poll (because I had all the listening already done). I'm going to miss a lot the Women and 2000s polls, even if probably I will submit delayed lists for the women's poll (maybe in February or March).
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Honorio wrote:And after that I'm going to reduce drastically my participation in the Forum, my schedule is going to be extremely busy during the next two months. I'm going to participate only hosting Rank the Tracks and voting in the 1984 poll (because I had all the listening already done). I'm going to miss a lot the Women and 2000s polls, even if probably I will submit delayed lists for the women's poll (maybe in February or March).
Best of luck with everything, Honorio - you'll be missed! (I'm glad you'll still be participating in a reduced role, but the more you participate, the better the forum always is.) :greetings-waveyellow:
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Albums

Steve Roach - Structures from the Silence
The Cars - Heartbeat City
Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward

Favorite album I couldn't vote for: Sade - Diamond Life

Songs

Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Wham! - Careless Whisper
Minutemen - History Lesson (Part II)
The Special A.K.A. - Free Nelson Mandela
The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Madonna - Material Girl
The Chills - Pink Frost
Sade - Smooth Operator

Favorite song I couldn't vote for: Prince - Let's Go Crazy
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Songs
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy vs. Van Halen - Panama
Prince - Let's Go Crazy vs. Wham! - Careless Whisper
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now vs. Minutemen - History Lesson (Part II)
The Special A.K.A. - Free Nelson Mandela vs. U2 - Bad
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You vs. The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Madonna - Material Girl vs. Tears for Fears - Shout
Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is vs. The Chills - Pink Frost
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? vs. Sade - Smooth Operator
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jamieW wrote:Best of luck with everything, Honorio - you'll be missed! (I'm glad you'll still be participating in a reduced role, but the more you participate, the better the forum always is.) :greetings-waveyellow:
Thank you very much, jamieW!!
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Steve Roach - Structures from the Silence
The Style Council - Café Bleu
Sade - Diamond Life
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Albums
Pretenders - Learning to Crawl
The Style Council - Café Bleu
Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward

Songs
Van Halen - Panama
Wham! - Careless Whisper
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
U2 - Bad
The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Tears for Fears - Shout
Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is
Sade - Smooth Operator
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Albums
Pretenders - Learning to Crawl
The Cars - Heartbeat City
Sade - Diamond Life
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward

Songs
Van Halen - Panama
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
U2 - Bad
The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
Tears for Fears - Shout
Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is
Sade - Smooth Operator
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WINNERS

Albums
Pretenders - Learning to Crawl vs. Steve Roach - Structures from the Silence (6-2)
***TIED*** The Style Council - Café Bleu vs. The Cars - Heartbeat City (4-4) ***NEXT VOTE WINS***
***TIED*** Sade - Diamond Life vs. Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa (4-4) ***NEXT VOTE WINS***
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - From Her to Eternity vs. Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward (2-5)

Songs
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy vs. Van Halen - Panama (9-2)
Prince - Let's Go Crazy vs. Wham! - Careless Whisper (6-5)
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now vs. Minutemen - History Lesson (Part II) (7-4)
The Special A.K.A. - Free Nelson Mandela vs. U2 - Bad (6-5)
Chaka Khan - I Feel for You vs. The Smiths - Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (4-7)
Madonna - Material Girl vs. Tears for Fears - Shout (2-9)
Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is vs. The Chills - Pink Frost (4-7)
The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make? vs. Sade - Smooth Operator (3-8)
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The Style Council - Café Bleu
Sade - Diamond Life
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