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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/peoples-pop-polls/2023/04/1985-b-sides-semi-finals/

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Democracy hasn’t had a great run of it in recent years but it can still deliver a result like this - a pair of B-Sides semi finals which give voters a window seat at the birth of Detroit Techno, Chicago House and Dancehall.

These will ( Read more... )

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We’re down to the last 8 competitors in the A-Sides (on Twitter) and the B-Sides (here!). The winners in these matches enter PollHalla, the pop poll hall of fame, and you have less than a day to make the choices.

I’ve not re-ordered the YT playlist ( Read more... )

https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2023/04/1985-b-sides-the-final-groups/

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We’re down to our last 16 B-Side tracks in the World Cup Of 1985 - a parade of the underground, the influential, and the unjustly forgotten.

They’ve been split into four final groups. The Top 2 in each will advance. But in a bit of EXPERIMENTAL ( Read more... )

https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2023/04/1985-b-sides-round-2-matches-12-16/

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Here are the final four B-Sides Round 2 matches in THE WORLD CUP OF 1985, which is also continuing over on Twitter at the peoples_pop account (assuming Elon keeps polls intact).

Here’s the YouTube playlist for these:

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Back back BACK with four more matches from the 1985 World Cup, underground polls for the more discerning people’s pop palate. Or something like that.

YouTube playlist: more »

https://freakytrigger.co.uk/peoples-pop-polls/2023/04/the-world-cup-of-1985-b-sides-round-2-matches-5-8/

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Four more matches of lesser-known or lower-voted tracks from 1985.

This time we’ve got a YouTube playlist set up, starting with Youssou N’Dour

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https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2023/04/the-world-cup-of-1985-b-sides-round-2-matches-1-4/

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Our first actual on-site polls (I hope they work!)

These are our B-Side matches - lesser-known tracks put under the spotlight. Four head-to-heads with 12 more to come, assuming these function as planned.

First off, Detroit ( Read more... )

https://freakytrigger.co.uk/peoples-pop-polls/2023/04/great-news-for-all-our-voters/

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As you probably know, Elon Musk is threatening to make Twitter polls a subscriber-only feature

As you may also know, we’re launching a dedicated Pop Polls site here at the start of May, as part of a general relaunch of the site ( Read more... )