2NG counts down Oct 1981 -- Gary Glitter's cover of "And Then (S)he Kissed Me"
Holy crap: the orig version of what we baseball fans know as "the chicken dance": "The Original Bird Dance" by Electronicas.
wow: OMD, "Maid of Orleans"
NTM: Scottish punksters The Exploited with "Dead Cities"
ooo! Barry Manilow's underrated cover of "Let's Hang On" -- a top 15 hit in the UK.
I never liked Adam Ant's "Prince Charming" -- I'm astounded to learn it was a UK #1... or "Prince char-MING" as he pronounces it.
yay DM, "Just Can't Get Enuf"! And here's Bad Manners with lead singer Buster Bloodvessel -- per Wiki "Buster struggled with morbid obesity and underwent laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery in 2004, his weight dropping from 31 stone to 13 stone. He once owned a hotel in Margate called Fatty Towers, which specifically catered for larger customers, with features such as extra large beds and baths as well as fatty meals. The hotel closed in 1998"
Elvis C's George Jones cover is always a treat.
OMFG: the Jam's "Absolute Beginners" (NOT the Bowie tune) is utterly fab and never gets played. Ditto Human League, "Open Your Heart" (NOT the Madonna tune).
OMGWTFLOL: Laurie Anderson's wonderfully odd "O Superman", and the equally strange cover of "It's My Party" by Dave Stewart (not the Eurythmics guy) & Barbara Gaskin. That was an amazingly good chart.
