I was definitely on the fence re Blur and Oasis - I bought both singles during their chart battle and have seen both live.
I've been meaning to say that it's great to see a bit more life in this thread since the weekend, and hope it continues. As I've done before with other charts I've really liked, here's my musings on what was played and not played:
18 FLASHBACK - IMAGINATION - I always forget about this hit of theirs, though I do like it. Will have to check if they've got any albums on itunes.
17 BIRDIE SONG (BIRDIE DANCE) - TWEETS - Glad Tony played this, as you'd never hear it on the radio otherwise. Brings back great memories of childhood parties.
15 SPIRITS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD - POLICE - I'm only really familiar with the Police's hits, and like most of them, but this one I find quite boring.
14 YOUNG TURKS - ROD STEWART - Not too keen on this one by Rod. I'm not sure why it is called "Young Turks" and not "Young Hearts".
12 WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU - FOREIGNER - Very overplayed, but I must admit I do like this.
11 WEDDING BELLS - GODLEY AND CREME - "Under Your Thumb" is my fave of theirs, but I do like this too, especially the bit where it sort of jumps in the middle. Good TOTP performance too.
10 I COULD BE HAPPY - ALTERED IMAGES - They had some catchy songs, and Claire Grogan seems really sweet, but I'm afraid I can't take too much of her singing. At least you can understand what she is singing, unlike "Happy Birthday".
09 I'LL FIND MY WAY HOME - JON AND VANGELIS - This definitely sticks out in my mind from when it was in the charts. Great song, though I'd no idea at the time who Jon and Vangelis were.
08 MIRROR MIRROR (MON AMOUR) - DOLLAR - Pop perfection! Great production from Trevor Horn and still sounds fantastic when you hear it today.
07 GET DOWN ON IT - KOOL AND THE GANG - I suppose it makes a change from hearing "Celebration", but I can't say I'm that bothered about this. Not as bad as "Joanna" though which, amazingly, I think was their biggest hit.
05 ONE OF US - ABBA - It's hard not to compare this to "Winner Takes It All" and, although I don't think it's as good, I still think it's a great song.
04 IT MUST BE LOVE - MADNESS - Good cover version, though not one my favourite of theirs.
03 ANT RAP - ADAM AND THE ANTS - LOL, definitely Ant 'c'rap, though I do like the bit that goes "Marco, Merrick, Terry Lee..." I don't think I'd know the names of the Ants if it wasn't for this.
02 THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE - BUCKS FIZZ - I can understand why I loved this as a 8 year old and I still love this now. I think they are very underrated because of their Eurovision tag.
01 DON'T YOU WANT ME - HUMAN LEAGUE - Being from Sheffield I could be accused of bias, but I definitely think this is up there as one of the best songs of the 80s.
Not played:
20 WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE - DIANA ROSS - I'm surprised Tony didn't play Diana and would've liked to have heard it.
19 CAMBODIA - KIM WILDE - Glad this was skipped. Definitely not one of her best songs.
16 MY OWN WAY - DURAN DURAN - Like this and wish it had been played. It certainly would've made a change to hear this on the radio rather than their big hits.
13 ROCK AND ROLL - STATUS QUO - One of my faves of theirs, and another song that really sticks in my mind from the time. Embarrassingly I used to think, when they sing about "radio plays on Caroline" they meant radio adapation of plays like you'd get on radio 4!
06 DADDY'S HOME - CLIFF RICHARD - I think Tony's fallen out of love with Cliff though, to be fair, it was going down the charts and I wouldn't say it was one of his best efforts.