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Which Decade Is Tops For Pops?

The Who, Bay City Rollers, Five Star, BBE, Nelly Furtado, Major Lazer

Season 4, Ep. 6

Townsend goes genderqueer, the Rollers go powerpop, Nick meets the neighbours, proto-trance saves lives, a song thrush is hypersexualised, and, erm, how does this one go again?

YouTube playlist // Spotify playlist // extra tracks and bonus bits

To join in with the voting, please submit your 1st, 2nd and 3rd favourites, plus your "most bad and hated" selection, to:

The Patreon Supporters Club // X: @whichdecadetops // Bluesky: whichdecadetops // Facebook // whichdecadeistops@gmail.com

The voting deadline for this episode is 6pm UK time, Tuesday 15th October 2024.

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