The History Of Pop Part 24 aka TECHNO TECHNO TECHNO TECHNO

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

1993 and yes it's the SUMMER OF RAGGA, all 3 hits of it. During the early 90s every summer was going to be the Summer Of Ragga but this one actually WAS, sort of. What happened to them all? Snow turned into an N@zi! Shaggy hooked up with Rayvon! Shabba said bad things and was DISSED on The Word by a rockabilly revivalist! And meanwhile the rest of the charts were turned over to proving the proposition that anybody can rap - Brian Harvey, the crusty bloke from Stereo MCs, him out of Capella, you name it they tried it.

The dog that isn't really barking in these polls is Grunge, which was a presence in the charts but whose practitioners didn't seem to want it on Now comps (or the compilers considered it too horse-scaring).

Meanwhile on Now 23 East 17's "House Of Love" topped the poll by one vote, ahead of ABBA, with Eezer Goode in third.


[Poll #673545]

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Some light can be shed on this:

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

"In February 1993, the album 'If I Was - the Very Best of Midge Ure and Ultravox' was released. To date it has sold just over one hundred thousand copies in the UK alone. To support the release of the record, Midge undertook a groundbreaking twenty-two date tour of Britain, on his own, with just a couple of guitars and a keyboard. Yet another unique and innovative way of touring for the Grammy-award winning Scotsman.

The tour, titled 'Out Alone ', was a reaction to becoming bored with being a studio musician. Ure explains, "It's completely bizarre, the more successful you are, the less touring you do". The shows were welcomed with widespread critical acclaim, not to mention huge box-office success. Midge enjoyed the shows so much that on one occasion he had to be dragged off stage because the management were wanting to close the theatre!

So successful were these initial dates that Midge went back out on the road to complete a further two tours under the 'Out Alone' guise. One of the shows included an appearance at the Oxford University Debating Society - an honour amongst others previously bestowed upon Billy Joel, Richard Nixon, Malcolm X, Jimmy Carter and His Holiness the Dalai Lama!"

(note fantastic prioritising of these famous names!)

Re: Some light can be shed on this:

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

on his own, with just a couple of guitars and a keyboard. Yet another unique and innovative way of touring

unlike, oh i don't know, every two bit pub turn in the country????

Re: Some light can be shed on this:

[marnameow.livejournal.com]

Tom, do you still have your s3kr1t Sc**t*r surprise for us?

Re: Some light can be shed on this:

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

YES. Will be posted in a little while!

Re: Some light can be shed on this:

[marnameow.livejournal.com]

*does little dance*

What a good thing to have waiting for me at the end of this tedious and horrific training! The Man is explaining every simple thing slowly five times each.