Question:
1981 Round of 16
Option 1: This is the 1/16 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 2: 1 In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins
votes: 10
Option 3: 16 I Love Rock 'n Roll - Joan Jett
votes: 4
Option 4: This is the 8/9 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 5: 8 Shake It Up - The Cars
votes: 8
Option 6: 9 Tempted - Squeeze
votes: 5
Option 7: This is the 5/12 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 8: 5 Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider
votes: 7
Option 9: 12 Burnin' For You - Blue Oyster Cult
votes: 6
Option 10: This is the 4/13 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 11: 4 Limelight - Rush
votes: 8
Option 12: 13 You Better You Bet - The Who
votes: 6
Option 13: This is the 6/11 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 14: 6 Centerfold - J. Geils Band
votes: 9
Option 15: 11 Too Much Time On My Hands - Styx
votes: 4
Option 16: This is the 3/14 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 17: 3 Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police
votes: 10
Option 18: 14 Take It On the Run - REO Speedwagon
votes: 4
Option 19: This is the 7/10 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 20: 7 Flying High Again - Ozzy Osbourne
votes: 7
Option 21: 10 Unchained - Van Halen
votes: 7
Option 22: This is the 2/15 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 23: 2 For Those About To Rock, We Salute You - AC/DC
votes: 7
Option 24: 15 Bringin' On the Heartbreak - Def Leppard
votes: 7
Welcome to 1981! When I first started the research for this year, I thought it was going to be a bit soft. The
Billboard Hot 100 was littered with really poppy stuff and all over the place - Dolly Parton, Eddie Rabbit, Sheena Easton, Kool & the Gang, Kenny Rogers, Juice Newton, Diana Ross and on and on and on. Then I got to the albums released that year and things got MUCH better. I hope you like the songs I chose. And as always, thanks for voting!
The 1/16
The 8/9
The 5/12
The 4/13
The 6/11
The 3/14
The 7/10
The 2/15
The 7/10 matchup required a bit of thought, had to go Ozzy. 5/12 and 4/13 gave me pause but i went chalk. some of the others i just didn't like the song of that band i.e Centerfold and Bringing on the heartbreak............... You know your missing " Killers" just saying \m/
An interesting year. Some of the big bands of the 70s had a last hurrah, but their hits this year may not represent their best work. One of my all-time fingernails-on-the-chalkboard irritating bands that I can't stand made it on this list, but it's a legitimate pick so I'll keep that my secret for now.
Quote from: jamus34 on May 21, 2017, 08:55:59 PM
Disappointed I am no Greg Kihn band???
I also refused to vote on the 6/11 matchup...so if the numbers don't match that's me.
I had them in the queue, just didn't make it to number 16 ;) I hope to see them in the Wild Card Brackets choosing the last 6 songs from each decade. And the 6/11? Because you like both songs or because you hate both songs?
Quote from: MetalDog on May 21, 2017, 09:28:09 PM
Quote from: jamus34 on May 21, 2017, 08:55:59 PM
Disappointed I am no Greg Kihn band???
I also refused to vote on the 6/11 matchup...so if the numbers don't match that's me.
I had them in the queue, just didn't make it to number 16 ;) I hope to see them in the Wild Card Brackets choosing the last 6 songs from each decade. And the 6/11? Because you like both songs or because you hate both songs?
Dislike. And I can understand the leaving off of G Kihn band... if anything their song is a bigger hit now than then thanks to soundtrack usage