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

HOOCHIE BOOTY

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I ticked the Ultimate Kaos song with no memory of it at all, purely on title.

Also need memory jogs on:

Deuce (intuition tells me - quite good)
Sean Maguire (soap guy??)
This MC Sar track
This Corona track

[sbp.livejournal.com]

Trip and the Hops!

Have Tin Tin Out based an entire career on doing covers?

Re: HOOCHIE BOOTY

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

deuce = kinda precursors of steps, completely ridiculously camp pop fluff, two boys and two girls, i can remember the tune but not the lyrics. i think they dressed up. pretty good!

mc sar = very odd lyrics, "run awaaaay! run awaaaay! run awaaaay and save your life!" music is the same as 'another night', basically

Re: HOOCHIE BOOTY

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

HOOCHAY!
Hoochay boootay
Hoochay Bootay all night Loooooooong

Corona I could hum the chorus to you but not the verse. Chorus goes "Baby Babaaaay! Baby Babaaaay! Baby Babaaaay! Baby Babaaaay!" and not a lot else. Sean Mugwump is drippy ballad as expected.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Before this poll started I had a grim feeling that it might be the first time something I actually detest won. So far we seem to be making the Right Choice though (but it's early days).

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

no one else remembers 'whoops now'?! it's the most utterly charming bubblegum'n'b thing ever. "whoops now! sorry i can't go, i'm out having FUN in the SUN with my FRIENDS!"

trip-hop makes me happy.

n-trance makes me do involuntary raving and TYPE ALL IN CAPS.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I have a lot of these on Dance Tip 95 if people want YSIs later on. However YSI wasn't working the last time I tried it at home so this is not an guarantee.

Songs on here I like now that I didn't like at the time:
Ultimate Kaos
R Kelly
Clock
Scarlet
Jimmy Nail
E17

Songs on here I don't like now that I did like at the time:
Freak Power
Mike et MechaniX0r

Songs that are really grebt then and now:
Humang League
Pigbag remix
Bucketheadz
Rednex
Bobby Brown

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

60%????? For "Set You Free"??? Shame on you boshcrew. Where are you? Let's be having you?? etc.

Re: HOOCHIE BOOTY

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Baby baby
why can't we just stay/be together
e-yeah-e-yeah-e-yeah

to be precise

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

it's not actually a cover this one

just the title repeated over and over plus the same line in Spanish iirc

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Especally the SEVEN-MINUTE VERSION complete with DRAMATIC STORM NOISES!

(i have a horrible feeling that i have lost the cd this is on because i took it to play at a house party, and while it did get played things got a little messy, possibly ENTIRELY DUE TO IT)

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i am a fan of 'Whoops Now' - Janet was still running tings at this point.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I didn't tick N-Trance because:

a) hated it at the time/DEATH TO FALSE RAVE
b) it will get loads of ticks and probably win


apologies for ticking 'This Cowboy Song' tho!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

i wonder if she's released a greatest hits? while the only janet album i own is control i suspect a singles comp would be totally wicked.

also: gorgeous r&b balladry from eternal, there. brought a tear to my eye without fail at the time!

Re: HOOCHIE BOOTY

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

the Deuce track is good - better than most of Stepses even

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

um, i love 'protection' but i so would not have picked it as an early leader! ('glory box' is better.)

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

she's got at least one GHits I'm sure, maybe two

Re: HOOCHIE BOOTY

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Deuce were all over Smash Hits for about half a year, as I remember. WThough I'm sure I'd stopped buying SH by '95!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

How is/was it false??? I was not up on raver rockism politix at the time.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I have "Design Of A Decade" which came out around this time and is all killer etc.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I H8 that Eternal song. Ick ick ick Eternal suck. I didn't mind them until they did that duet with whathisface that was on the radio ALL THE TIME and drove me potty that summer.

Obligatory Memories Post

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

- "Protection" was my big getting over a break-up song.
- Must listen to the first Portishead album again, ubiquity staled it but "Glory Box" really is good
- By this time I'm much more aware of nows as jukebox artefacts than as commercial CDs.
- I had a great time in 1995, once it got going.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'I Wanna Be The Only One'! That was brilliant! Oh I heart Eternal.

[avv.livejournal.com]

Their only number 1, title-appropriate POP FACT.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'Set You Free' was handbag rave as opposed to warehouse rave - that's about the size of it, a lot of people into 'ardkore' sneered at it I think (dance purism working exactly like indie/rock purism innit).

Also by the time it actually came out warehouse rave had become either jungle or happy hardcore so it sounded a bit dated(!).

All of which put me right off. I thought Kelly Llorena's vocals were really awful as well - this was the main problem for me (seeing as I liked a lot of the 'Toytown Techno'/inauthentic/overground stuff from before).

And er, I was jealous of the fun they were having in the video, but I accept that last point is certainly no reason to harbour anti-pop grudge ;)