1. One Vision
2. Who Wants to Live Forever
3. Princes of the Universe
4. A Kind of Magic
5. Friends Will Be Friends
6. One Year of Love
7. Gimme the Prize
8. Don't Lose Your Head
9. Pain is so Close to Pleasure
One Vision topped Forever as the best song on A Kind of Magic. I disagree, but the vote was pretty close.
Next I wanted to vote on Hot Space, just 'cause I'm curious what everyone thinks. So, here's the first round of the Hot Space Survivor Poll: link
Same rules as always: vote for your LEAST favorite song!
I also included Soul Brother, just for shits.
One Vision isn't my favourite by a long stretch. But the intro synths and guitar at the start are awesome, as is the guitar bit in the middle. Its the verses that drag a little as far as I'm concerned.
I would put 4 or 5 ahead of One Vision. Namely the songs Magic, Prize, Head, Princes and maybe WWTLF (maybe not too!). But that's just me I guess.
Re Hot Space, the first one out for me is Calling All Girls! But the live version on the new rereleased box set made me sit up and re-evaluate it quite a bit! But I assume we're doing the original studio versions on the albums and not live extras, so that's the one I would give the chop to first, if it was just up to me!
My round up (not that it's important as i won't be voting)
1. Under Pressure
2. Las Palabras De Amor
3. Cool Cat
4. Dancer
5. Action This Day
6. Back Chat (solo redeems a dull song)
7. Calling All Girls (even though i like this song... brian's licks move the others up)
8. Put Out The Fire
9. Life Is Real
10. Staying Power
11. Body Language
...having been born AFTER the album was released... i have a fondness for hearing this album the first time. Even remember the season and the way it all felt. Few bands can do that. Like undiscovered treasure
I only have a mobile phone and don't wish to register for anything.
And I loathe doing anything on touch screen. Its awful. Just awful and slooooooooow