PJ Retro 88: Endless Retro Vacation (Winner revealed!)
- Thread starter Maki
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Yes, the voting is closed and we expected PJSC reveals to keep things busy in the meantime, so the 'who sent what' list should be coming very soon.
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Sarah - Tokyo Town @Up N Down
Gigi on the Beach - Summer in the Street @iheartpoptarts
JX - Close to Your Heart @Doodvid
Chattanooga - Hallå hela pressen @klow
Lutricia McNeal - Fly Away @Attis
Echo & the Bunnymen - Get in the Car @pop3blow2
Momoko Kikuchi - Adventure @Phonetics Girl
Single Gun Theory - From a Million Miles @If You Go
Sandy Marton - Exotic and Erotic @Untouchable Ace
Martha's Vineyard - Old Beach Road @Dynamo
Monica Naranjo - Sólo se vive una vez @soratami
Matt Monro - On Days Like These @Filler
Musique - Summer Love @WowWowWowWow
Models - Barbados @KamikazeHeart
Fiona - Living in a Boy's World @invertedbutterfly
MCL (Micro Chip League) - New York @chanex
Caroline Henderson - Made in Europe @A&E
Rebeca - Duro de pelar @undisco_me
Tight Fit - Secret Heart @Ezz
Stephanie - Fleurs du mal @Disco Blister
Squeeze - This Summer @DominoDancing
Amii Stewart - Break These Chains @WoW73
Cranes - Paris & Rome @Tiger Suit
Nina Hagen - Smack Jack @ohnoitisnathan
Berlin - The Metro @Jeffo
Momoe Yamaguchi - Playback Part 2 @TéléDex
Alyssa Milano - Somewhere in Jamaica @unnameable
Nek - Laura Non C'é (Dance Remix) @berserkboi
Lisa - Trans Oural Express @Maki
Reveals happening some time on Monday evening CET. Please use this time to submit a side theme entry if you can, even I found one.
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Saying nothing about everyone being spit roasted by our hosts. Or was that just spat on?
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Good side of voting close to deadline? I actually remember all the songs I gave points to! I even remember some of my HMs <3333
But will you still remember them by the time the reveals begin? Hm...
This reminds me that I've yet to write my commentary. And choose a song for the side theme too.
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I am not sure!But will you still remember them by the time the reveals begin? Hm...
This reminds me that I've yet to write my commentary. And choose a song for the side theme too.
In the meantime though - let me listen to my 12 for the next Second Chances round that ever comes by!
How I have grown to love that bop <333
Entries I guessed correctly: wait I don't do that in rounds I host
Ah so everyone thought @Filler sent Nina Hagen but it's actually a 60s male vocal ballad. I had to keep reminding myself of that too.
Anyway, don't you love when you randomly discover a B-side from 1983 by a super obscure artist who only released a few singles in their career and end up loving it more than most songs by widely popular artists? Happens to me more often than expected. And it happened with Lisa too, when I stumbled upon "Trans Oural Express". Initially, I didn't put it among my potential submissions list but just kept coming back to it and here we are. The hook of the synth + backing vocals is so damn catchy, the production is delicious 80s synth galore goodness and also has lovely melodies. It's just a wonderfully quirky oddball that's really addictive and I thought would stand out.
Here's the A-side, also really good but I don't enjoy it as much:
Lisa appears to be a French singer who released two more singles but unfortunately, these can't be found anywhere online.
I did have a few more potential entries that would've fit the vacation theme perfectly, so it's not like I specifically created this theme just to send that song (thinking about it now, I should definitely do that in the future dd)
Maybe sending a French bop after another, more competitive, French bop might not be a good idea but I never expected a win with this one yet obviously hope the voters were here for it. And I already know how things went there...
Ah so everyone thought @Filler sent Nina Hagen but it's actually a 60s male vocal ballad. I had to keep reminding myself of that too.
Anyway, don't you love when you randomly discover a B-side from 1983 by a super obscure artist who only released a few singles in their career and end up loving it more than most songs by widely popular artists? Happens to me more often than expected. And it happened with Lisa too, when I stumbled upon "Trans Oural Express". Initially, I didn't put it among my potential submissions list but just kept coming back to it and here we are. The hook of the synth + backing vocals is so damn catchy, the production is delicious 80s synth galore goodness and also has lovely melodies. It's just a wonderfully quirky oddball that's really addictive and I thought would stand out.
Here's the A-side, also really good but I don't enjoy it as much:
Lisa appears to be a French singer who released two more singles but unfortunately, these can't be found anywhere online.
I did have a few more potential entries that would've fit the vacation theme perfectly, so it's not like I specifically created this theme just to send that song (thinking about it now, I should definitely do that in the future dd)
Maybe sending a French bop after another, more competitive, French bop might not be a good idea but I never expected a win with this one yet obviously hope the voters were here for it. And I already know how things went there...
Did everyone enjoy the video for ‘Smack Jack’? Yes, that is Nina playing all of the characters and doing all of the voices.
The first time I heard/saw the video for that song was while channel surfing while watching the Australian music video program rage. I remember thinking… wtf is this crazy shit?!
The first time I heard/saw the video for that song was while channel surfing while watching the Australian music video program rage. I remember thinking… wtf is this crazy shit?!
I have a good faith question for the veto panel! In the Fruit round I hosted, @Filler tried sending Squeeze, but the panel rejected it because Squeeze were deemed too successful an act (too many top 40 singles I think was the reason given). Was there a reason behind the change of heart this time around, or did they simply...squeeze through unnoticed?
Oh nooooo, I see Nina's So Bad has already been entered. It really is the most:
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I had a look at both spreadsheets mon ami - and the track from Retro 79 was one of their 6 Top 20 UK Singles, whereas This Summer was not one of those, and came about 10 years after their (most commercially) successful period, so the two of us who were against them passing last time reconsidered with this situation in mind.
I had a look at our PM from Retro 79 and I even said the below among other things:
So DominoDancing played it perfectly!
Was this referring to Cranes? That's the only entry I thought of when reading this. Interestingly, "Paris & Rome" unearthed a memory of mine with this video:
It was made around 2005 if not earlier, and I remember stumbling across it about 10 years ago and being oddly fascinated by it, there's something gorgeous about it. The video is basically unsearchable but every few years, it somehow pops up among my recommendations. The song is giving me very similar vibes the Cranes one.
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Padam!