#oat polls

[bunnakit]

good luck (:

🌸 tagging whoever would like to participate

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[ajarofpickledtears]

feel free to put your answer and country in tags bc I am curious if there's a cultural relation or whatever

[do-you-like-this-food]

Milk

[luminous-faerie]

my fellow tumblrinas i'm curious so

*this is about food allergies specifically. hit the no option if you are only allergic to something that is not food

**these options were based on the 14 top food allergens from allergyuk. i had to lump a few together to fit in all of the options

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

Original title: Rak Naai My Ride | รักนาย My Ride.

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Everything Is Awesome (Tween Dream Remix) • 5:15 • Welcome To The Systar System • Not Evil • Catchy Song • Gotham City Guys • Everything's Not Awesome • Super Cool • Come Together Now • Hello Me & You

Spotify ♪ YouTube

[damndorothea]

i eat porridge and overnight oats because i have whimsy in my heart

[bunnakit]

i need you all to answer this for research purposes 🌸

answer carefully (and feel free to rb so strangers can judge me idc)

[iced-american0]

milk

[fun-with-colors]

[hit-song-showdown]

Year-End Poll #36: 1985

[Image description: a collage of photos of the 10 musicians and musical groups featured in this poll. In order from left to right, top to bottom: Wham!, Madonna, Wham!, Foreigner, Chaka Khan, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Tears for Fears, Dire Straits, Madonna, a-Ha. End description]

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1985 showcases many significant moments in pop music history. For one, this was the year of Live Aid and We Are the World -- two high profile instances of the charity single and the benefit concert. Today's poll also features one of the first uses of computer-animated human characters with Dire Straits' Money for Nothing. The team behind the video, Gavin Blair and Ian Pearson, continued working in the field of computer animation. Under their new company, Mainframe Entertainment, they also created the animated TV series, Reboot. With their extremely prolific work in computer animation, there have been some accounts that they're not thrilled being reduced to just "the Money or Nothing guys". They reference the music video in an episode of Reboot.

But one of the biggest things to mention here in my opinion is the presence of Madonna. While her first singles were released earlier in the decade, 1984 and 1985 is really when we see her moment take off. In 1984, Madonna performed Like a Virgin at the MTV VMAs and the number culminated in her rolling around on stage in a wedding dress. The performance was controversial and there were those who saw it was career suicide, but the backlash wasn't enough to stop her upward momentum. If anything, the backlash made her more of an icon in the public eye. Like Michael Jackson and Prince, the decade doesn't make sense without considering her influence, both in music and in aesthetic.

Speaking of Prince, his presence on the charts is once again featured on this poll with the inclusion of Chaka Khan's I Feel for You. The song was originally performed by Prince in 1979 and he returns to provide vocals and instrumentation to Chaka Khan's cover. However, I'm bringing it up to draw attention to the music video. As I mentioned in my way-too-long 1973 ramble, hip-hop and rap have already been in existence for a while (by this poll, the subculture has been around for over a decade) and has found some significant success. I've resisted the urge to ramble about The Message and Rapper's Delight, since those songs didn't get as much Billboard pop success and I try (oh god do I try) to keep these posts focused. However, the 1980's is when we start to see more mainstream audiences forming for the genre. It will be a while until we see rap itself find its place on these polls, but by this point, the movement was recognizable enough to the general public.

And, of course, there is another notable music moment that happened this year. I am of course talking about the release of post-punk band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' second studio album, The Firstborn is Dead.

[alectothinker]

go-to milk for your coffee