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

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

We're also coming up with other data via the 'best song' question:

6: Portishead - Glory Box

4: East 17 - Stay Another Day
Kenny Dope presents Teh Bucketheads - The Bomb (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)
N Trance - Set You Free

3: Scarlet - Independent Love Song
Massive Attack ft Tracy Thorn - Protection

and it's just noise from there on.

Also also there's obviously a massive canonicalization effect on the songs which are great but you have to reminded which ones they are. Songs you heard in (indie) clubs = you could ask your friends at the time. Songs you heard on the radio, not so much.