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alexmacpherson write the blurb. It seems to be another wide mix, and some of the things I do remember probably represent blind alleys - Credit to the Nation's agit-rap, Prml Scrm "going rock", and so on. A squib of ambient from Deep Forest and Enigma, belated acknowledgement of US alt.rock with Smashing Pumpkins and (ahem) the Gin Blossoms, and I'm still guessing it's going to come down to a straight fight between Swedish reggae and US dancefloor mentalism.
Pet Shop Boys' "Go West" won Now 26 comfortably, the third PSB track to win and quite probably the last. DJ Jazzy Jeff came in third with a surprisingly low percentile score (though with 45 or so voters the number of 90%+ crowdpleasers is surely dropping), and then a trio of Radiohead, Culture Beat and Take That. REM's "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight" is, scientifically, exactly as good as Meat Loaf. EVERY track got a vote. The Levellers got seven!
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alexmacpherson write the blurb. It seems to be another wide mix, and some of the things I do remember probably represent blind alleys - Credit to the Nation's agit-rap, Prml Scrm "going rock", and so on. A squib of ambient from Deep Forest and Enigma, belated acknowledgement of US alt.rock with Smashing Pumpkins and (ahem) the Gin Blossoms, and I'm still guessing it's going to come down to a straight fight between Swedish reggae and US dancefloor mentalism.Pet Shop Boys' "Go West" won Now 26 comfortably, the third PSB track to win and quite probably the last. DJ Jazzy Jeff came in third with a surprisingly low percentile score (though with 45 or so voters the number of 90%+ crowdpleasers is surely dropping), and then a trio of Radiohead, Culture Beat and Take That. REM's "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight" is, scientifically, exactly as good as Meat Loaf. EVERY track got a vote. The Levellers got seven!
[Poll #681019]
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Date: 2006-02-27 01:32 pm (UTC)Even I don't remember half of these, and I owned this. 'Anything' is the best Culture Beat song though! And all of these great Gabrielle songs which keep popping up - why is the woman not praised to the skies? She made an amazing run of singles.
Also, TORI :)
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Date: 2006-02-27 01:33 pm (UTC)Need my memory jogged on: Wendy Moten, EYC, Bitty McLean, Degrees Of Motion, Joe Roberts.
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Date: 2006-02-27 01:33 pm (UTC)tranche 1. got a clean sweep except for "preposterous" and i only didn't tick that -- apposite tho it seemed -- in case it automatically nixed the other votes
I DID NOT VOTE FOR TORI!
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Date: 2006-02-27 01:35 pm (UTC)No way is 'Anything' better than 'Mr Vain', or 'Adalante'!
I can't like 'Doop'. Although I suppose it's not really worse than the Richard Marx or Phil Collins songs here ('cept I don't remember those).
Remember kids, EYC stands for EXPRESS. YOURSELF. CLEARLY.
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Date: 2006-02-27 01:38 pm (UTC)bitty mclean = the wayne wonder of '94 but not as good
eyc = vaguely irritating greasemeisters who tried to rap
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Date: 2006-02-27 01:39 pm (UTC)'Anything' is WAY better than 'Mr Vain'!
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Date: 2006-02-27 01:39 pm (UTC)Moten's was a ballad, not too bad. She sounded a bit like Natalie Cole IIRC.
EYC = American boyband trio, looked like three of Color Me Badd. 'The Way You Work It' was 4/4 house-speed but quite rrubb.
McLean: pop ska, possibly better than 'If It's Rainin' or whatever it was called but not really noteworthy otherwise.
Degrees Of Motion: US garage crossover classic, the chorus was later sampled and pitched up by 10 for an ardkore track tho i do not have this and was driven mad by it back in the day.
Joe Roberts: dunno, can only remember 'Back In My Life' but he was a long haired house crooner ala Toni Di Bart.
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Date: 2006-02-27 01:40 pm (UTC)It's nowhere near her best &c &c &c. You would like 'Raspberry Swirl'!
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Date: 2006-02-27 01:40 pm (UTC)this is just you and your 'prefer the more generic follow-up' syndrome again innit
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Date: 2006-02-27 01:42 pm (UTC)Re: I DID NOT VOTE FOR TORI!
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Date: 2006-02-27 01:44 pm (UTC)Surely the Mad Stuntman must take the cigar shaped cake here?
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