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?


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Comments

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

ha ha. i liked both Ugly Kid Joe and Rage at one point. had a very weird US rock phase between 93-94 that wasn't particularly discerning because it all felt vaguely new. i absolutely hated House & Garage at that point but the whole thing shifted radically again a year later.

this in turn re-inforces the absurdity of the Blur v Oasis thing. i didn't know anybody who hated one but loved the other. it was just a matter of which one you preferred slightly. unless you hated both, and i knew a few who did.