"Where the mountains meet the sea..."
Thunder in the Mountains , listened to it the other day. What a performance. It should have thundered it's way to Number 1. I think it stalled at 3.
Toyah another successful singles act of the early eighties.
Bowies' Heroes another classic that should have made it to the top.
Queen's Radio Ga Ga their most Ultravoxy track stalled at 2.
Japan's popularity in the early eighties was remarkable, their sweet cover of Smokey's classic
I Second that Emotion should have got them their No. 1.
The Strangler's Golden Brown , another classic that nearly made it to the top.
OMD's Joan Of Arc backed with a brilliant b-side
The Romance of the Telescope deserved the No. 1 spot.
Jean Michel Jarre's Oxygene 4 and
Kraftwerk's Autobahn, both deserved better.
Visage's Fade To Grey and
Gary Numan's We Are Glass , both desreved the Number 1 spot.
Siouxsie and the Banshees' cover of The Beatles track
Dear Prudence was impressive. With Robert Smith as a Banshee anything could have been possible!
Ultravox's Hymn was another great track that should have been Ultravox's 2nd No. 1 , after
Vienna of course. However, someone mentioned what would have happened if
Hiroshima Mon Amour would have been released as a single. A top 5 hit surely with No. 1 spot beckoning.
A short list!
Chris
