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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · 7h

The idea of a world where "Hot Hot Hot" is a new song makes my brain feel weird.

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · 7h

That said, I can't hear the opening without thinking of this:
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The Simpsons - Rappin Ronnie Reagan

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · 7h

"Play At Your Own Risk" is so dense and layered, it really sounds like something that should have been released on a later greatest hits record with a parenthetical title like "('89 Mix)". Hard to think it came out the same year as "Planet Rock".

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · 1d

All these are great, but "I Need A Freak" is just NASTY.

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · 1d

Love the combination of smooth R&B voice on pure reggae on "Night Nurse", but so far "Stool Pigeon" is my favourite new find of the poll. Feels like it could stand in as a summary of so much of the poll, between the funk and the early rap vocal delivery.

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · 1d

I love the space on the Beat track. As great a funk jam as "Let It Whip" is, though, it's not "Atomic Dog".

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta vote for Aretha as one of my bonuses, love how sleek and minimalist it is. Any other group, "Nuclear War" would have been i. I just can't hear "Sexual Healing" with fresh ears, and I always have trouble with Stevie, even when he's tearing the joint down, it's always at least a little corny.

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · 6d

Starpoint makes a perfect 5/5 for my noms, don't know I've ever had that happen before.

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · 8d

(40/62) Thursday- Full Collapse

Gotta say I liked each individual track, but the entire album was a little wearying.

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · 8d

(39/62) The Sound- Jeopardy

I probably would have loved this more if I'd heard it when I was younger and didn't know as much post-punk as I do now, but it's still very good, and particularly interesting for its airless, nearly-goth production.

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · 8d

Finally got around to finishing this!

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Post-Disco, Electro & Early Contemporary R&B, 1979-1983

Can you name the Post-Disco, Boogie, Electro & Early Contemporary R&B songs, 1979-1983?

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · 8d

(38/62) Graham Parker- Squeezing Out Sparks

I didn't expect how exactly like Elvis Costello this would sound. Luckily for me it's the power-pop Costello I like, not the rockabilly-reggae-soul-R&B genre exercise stuff that turns me off of Costello.

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · 11d

Hashim- Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) (1983)
Aretha Franklin- Jump To It (1982)
Rockers Revenge- Walking On Sunshine (1983)
Billy Ocean- Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) (1984)
Starpoint- Object Of My Desire (1985)

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · 20d

Any thoughts about Peanuts? (The comic strip, not the nut)

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · 21d

G does have the advantage in drinks, though.

Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · 21d

Greece is in D too!

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · Aug 26

(37/62) Aphex Twin- Selected Ambient Works Volume 2

"Rhubarb" is beautiful, and I really liked "Shiny Metal Rods", but two hours of ambient is always a bit of a hard sell for me. It works great as per the original idea of "ambience", but I have a hard time remembering specific moments.

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · Aug 26

(36/62) Stevie Wonder- Talking Book

Obviously the melodies are solid, even though a lot of it is a bit too Soft 70s for me. More interesting to me is how much weird stuff is constantly happening in the background of the songs.

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · Aug 26

(35/62) Blondie- Blondie

As someone who mostly knows their later material, I wasn't quite prepared for how much of this could have just been covers of 60s girl group songs, not just "inspired" by them.

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · Aug 18

Sure am!

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · Aug 17

Your nominee and mine both made the finals and are going to lose to Bowie.

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · Aug 17

It feels like it's time for a 60s poll again, I don't think we've had one since 1966 back in 2022.

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · Aug 13

This poll has kinda confirmed the way I feel about the mid-70s as a whole: an avalanche of amazing funk and proto-disco, fantastic reggae and early synth and "world music" tracks, and one of the weakest rosters in the history of white British/American rock & pop.

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · Aug 13

Al Green- Love Ritual
Rita Lee & Tutti Fruitti- Agora Só Falta Você
Yvonne Fair- It Should Have Been Me
Los Grecas- Yo No Queiro Pensar
Lonnie Liston Smith- Expansions

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Andrew Robertson @ajjr82.bsky.social · Aug 13

I don't think people who weren't paying attention in 2002-2003 understand how much he seemed like the ONLY person on TV even slightly questioning the Iraq War

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