Boardsies Greatest Irish No.1 of the 80s

Zaph

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

I voted for Ultravox over Belinda....and I was one of those 4 votes counted. However, I just slightly prefer her song to Survivor's so, perversely, voted for her over Survivor!

Ah yeah, I've done that myself on occasions. I just find it hard to understand how such an ordinary, bland pop song could beat such a classic so convincingly.

Omackeral

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

Europe - The Final Countdown

Both are more rousing and both are quintessentially 80’s

Necro

Survivor

Europe

Just prefer them more tbh

Kolido

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger 11 Vs 6 Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth
Queen - Radio Ga Ga 10 Vs 7 Europe - The Final Countdown

Kolido

QF/M3

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) Vs Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

QF/M4

Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now Vs U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) Vs Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now Vs U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Declan A Walsh

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) Vs Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now Vs U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Hillybilly4

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Reberetta

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) Vs Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now Vs U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

cee_jay

Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now

Baybay

Dexy’s
U2

HildaOgdenx

cee_jay wrote: »

Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now

Same here please.

Zaph

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

the purple tin

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) Vs Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen

Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now Vs U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Me too.

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now

Tauriel

Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Sawduck

Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now

cdeb

Floyd and U2 please

Ficheall

Dexy's
Tiffany

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Necro

Dexy's

Tiffany

JP Liz V1

Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

JP Liz V1

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
Queen - Radio Ga Ga

ShaneU

Dexy's
U2

Kolido

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) 8 Vs 8 Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen (Floyd progress conceding 16-21 in previous rounds)
Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now 7 Vs 9 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

So with the last of the pop acts downed, we are left with 4 Rock acts in the last 4.

See you all later for the SF.

Thanks all

Kolido

Semi finals on the way.

2 hour time limit
If there is a tie, 30 mins Golden Vote rule followed by least conceded in the previous rounds combined.

Kolido

SF/M1

Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Top for 1 week in 1984, reached No. 2 in UK and No. 16 in US

Vs

U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Top for 2 weeks in 1987, reached No. 6 in UK and topped the US charts

SF/M2

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger
Top for 3 weeks in 1982, also topped the UK and US charts

Vs

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)
Top for 1 week in 1980 (first No. 1 of the 80s), also topped the UK and US charts

Queen - Radio Ga Ga Vs U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger Vs Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

Necro

Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

JohnGreenFan

Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

HildaOgdenx

Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

Reberetta

Queen - Radio Ga Ga Vs U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger Vs Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

cee_jay

Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

Also Starring LeVar Burton

U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

Sawduck

Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

Tauriel

Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

JP Liz V1

U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

the purple tin

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

same please.

Ficheall

Queen
Survivor

Rigor Mortis

Queen
Floyd

Baybay

U2
Survivor

Zaph

U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

ShaneU

U2
Survivor

Irish Aris

U2 on the first semi, the only remaining song I can really get behind being the greatest

Abstain on the second semi, not a fan of either of the songs

Declan A Walsh

Queen - Radio Ga Ga Vs U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger Vs Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

Kolido

Queen - Radio Ga Ga 10 Vs 7 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger 11 Vs 5 Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

I will post the official final tomorrow but you can PM me your vote anytime. Result reveal tomorrow at 8pm

Thanks guys.

ShaneU

Radio Ga Ga not even in Queen's top ten songs let alone the best number one of a decade. Survivor ftw

HildaOgdenx

Kolido wrote: »

Queen - Radio Ga Ga 10 Vs 7 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Survivor - Eye of the Tiger 11 Vs 5 Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

I will post the official final tomorrow but you can PM me your vote anytime. Result reveal tomorrow at 8pm

Thanks guys.

Thanks Kolido.

Kolido

Final

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

Route to final

Q 6-0 Daniel O'Donnell - Far from Home
R1 7-4 The Police - Every Breath You Take
R2 9-2 The Human League - Mirror Man
R3 8-4 Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
R4 9-7 U2 - With or Without You
QF 10-7 Europe - The Final Countdown
SF 11-5 Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)

Queen - Radio Ga Ga

Route to final

Q 6-1 Dermot Morgan - Thank You Very Much Mr Eastwood
R1 7-2 Pet Shop Boys- It's a Sin
R2 9-4 Irene Cara - Fame
R3 10-1 John Lennon - Woman
R4 10-6 T'Pau - China in Your Hand
QF 11-6 Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth
SF 10-7 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

Vote please via Private Message
Voting open until 8pm tonight
If there is a tie, I will cast my vote.

Good luck to both songs.

I have received some votes already, thanks guys.

Kolido

The votes have been counted and we have a winner.

Thanks everyone who took part or even just followed long. I hope you all had fun.

I will be back soon with Boardsies Greatest Irish No. 1 of the 90s, hope to see all then.

Result on the way.

Kolido

Boardsies Greatest Irish No.1 of the 80s is

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger 10

LeVar
Cdeb
Zaph
Necro
Hilda
Mack
Shane
Sawduck
Liz
rebe

Queen - Radio Ga Ga 6

Declan
Purple
Aris
HillBilly
Shelly
cee jay

Omackeral

A very worthy winner. Thanks for the work Kol