The History of Pop Part 33 aka Got the cash, feeling flash in Leicester Square

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Back. Back! BACK!!! It's the Now poll, this time muscled into 1996 by an Oasis track on each arm. Now 32 was a second win for Pulp, closer this time though with Coolio and Shaggy trailing. Can Pulp make it 3 in a row? On paper this looks like a weak opposition but who knows which way the whim of Poptimists will wend?


[Poll #701568]


V FOR VOTEGETTA

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Can remember all too well

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

"Too Much Love Will Kill You" - bad enough on first release but to put it out under the name of Queen...!

"Spaceman" - I thought of putting "Spaceman (first 20 seconds)" and "Spaceman (rest)" as separate though. The lyrics to Spaceman are v.funny

Mike and the Mechs - "'96"???

Lush - least convincing reinvention as 'pop' act ever?

"Street Spirit" - truly APALLING video, boring song.

Dubstar - finger-wagging song about old people, vile.

Saint Etienne ought to be walking this. And Gabrielle ought to be in second or third.

Re: Can remember all too well

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Lush did good Britpop! but they did better shoegaze-lite, obv.

oh you and your Glazer hatred

the Gabrielle song is her best one. i had it in my head this morning, by coincidence.

i ticked the Dubstar tho can't quite remember it, naughty. well it's no 'St Swithuns Day' anyway.

didn't tick Bab Zoo. prefer 'Animal Army'!

Re: Can remember all too well

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

not so manic is mazin, in fact dubstar album 1 - MAZIN. album 2 - wuh? shite live of course

Re: Can remember all too well

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

http://www.kissthisguy.com/lyric.php?id=1048

The real lyrics were:
and the doorbell strangely rang

But I misheard them as:
and the dog smelt strangely rank

The embarassing moment of revelation:
When I was at my friends house I realized my mistake when we wre all singing along to this song and when the time came to sing this line my friends soon became incapacitated with laughter. The laughter lasted for a mere 30 minutes whereas they have ridiculed me for the last 6 months.

Re: Can remember all too well

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

This is actually my favourite story ever.

Re: Can remember all too well

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

Too Much Love Will Kill You - also first song after Freddy Mercury's horribly public death from AIDs related illness/media furore/villification of him being a big queer promiscuous pervert. FUCK OFF BRIAN MAY.

Re: Can remember all too well

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

gabrielle was an AMAZING singles artist. i'm surprised st et aren't walking it, actually! they do what pulp do but a lot better.

Re: Can remember all too well

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

What's wrong with the video for Street Spirit?

Gabrielle really is massively overrated by poptimists (well, you and Lex)

Re: Can remember all too well

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The same thing that's wrong with the Guinness ad. It's not as bad as that awful one with the car chasing someone though.

This is the only really excellent Gabrielle song apart from "Dreams".

Re: Can remember all too well

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

1 Gabrielle Dreams Jun 1993 Notes
9 Gabrielle Going Nowhere Oct 1993
26 Gabrielle I Wish Dec 1993
24 Gabrielle Because Of You Feb 1994
5 Gabrielle Give Me A Little More Time Feb 1996
23 Gabrielle Forget About The World Jun 1996
15 Gabrielle If You Really Cared Oct 1996
7 Gabrielle Walk On By Feb 1997
9 Gabrielle Sunshine Oct 1999
1 Gabrielle Rise Feb 2000
6 Gabrielle When A Woman Jun 2000
13 Gabrielle Should I Stay Nov 2000
4 Gabrielle Out Of Reach Apr 2001
9 Gabrielle Don't Need The Sun To Shine (To Make Me Smile) Nov 2001
20 Gabrielle Stay The Same May 2004

All but three of these are COMPLETELY CLASSIC! (the last two plus 'Should i Stay' - and even in those cases it's cos I can't remember them)

Re: Can remember all too well

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

LOADS and LOADS of videos AFTER it used the same video tricks. i.e. in retrospect. it was the 90s equivalent of those 80s videos using "Kenny Everett" quantel effects

Re: Can remember all too well

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

i'm desparately hoping that the m&tm was proto-bosh, ie with a smidgeon of disco beat under it, that's what i can hear in my head, but i may have just been branewashed by TEH BOSH cd...