The History Of Pop Part 30 aka In this new frame of mind a thousand flowers could bloom

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Now 30, like 1995, starts slow but then explodes into full-on dance mania as high street clubbing meets pop and a flood of great, blink-and-you-miss-them hits follow. Handbagmania! In amongst the dance tunes we have dadpop, Britpop, a bit of r'n'b and a sprinkling of trip-hop. It's a big poll with some big questions: have at it.

One of the big questions is - what's going to win Now 29? Kylie and Shampoo were tied on 34 votes each, just ahead of Whigfield and Corona, so there's a straight choice to be made here. Meanwhile Oasis highpoints clustered around Cigs and Boose, Live Forever and Supersonic: Wasis make the first of several reapparances on today's poll.

1995 - what were are we thinking?


[Poll #686986]

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

No, "Whatever", is ghastly. Cigs and Booze was a pastiche, and I didn't like it, but it was a pastiche with verve. "Whatever" was the - shockingly early - point where the pastiche became the point of things.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I do think 'Whatever' is ghastly as well but 'C&A' just sounded like an awful tuneless racket (I definitely don't hear any of this alleged verve!), 'Whatever' had a) a vague melody and b) a cello.

[steviespitfire.livejournal.com]

ner nerrrrrr nernernernerner nernernernernernerrrnerrrnerrrrrner

what a shit melody

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

yes yes 'whatever' is shit I completel agree, but 'C&A' is EVEN SHITTER yet managed to get a degree of love!

[steviespitfire.livejournal.com]

we all love cigarettes and alcohol, but it is shameful to like 'cigarettes and alcohol'. perhaps people got confused.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

it is the only explanation.

[steviespitfire.livejournal.com]

live forever is obv the worst wasis from this period

[steviespitfire.livejournal.com]

'the verve' mentioned above is obv of the r. ashcroft variety, har har.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I FUCKING HATE THEM TOO! AAAARGH

[avv.livejournal.com]

http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_1672049.html?menu=

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

well, that fits - r ashcroft is a cunt whose dreadful band got far bigger than they should have, l gallagher is a cunt whose dreadful band got far bigger than they should have, and j christ is a cunt whose dreadful religion got far bigger than it should have.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

oh get a room, you two ;)