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

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

THEORY: the past few Now albums have seen a lot of people saying things along the lines of "omg this one is so bad". Maybe it is not that the Now albums were bad per se, but pop in general was actually rather horrible around this time? (due entirely to sodding horrible vile britpop of course.)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

People have been saying that on all of them since about No.3 though. I think release schedules have a lot more to do with it.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

so much great dance music around this time though, Handbag House all over the charts and lots of it v good. But then my big House epiphany had really kicked in within the 12 months before this NOW.

Still it's odd because I remember the Ken Doh track being a new entry in the top ten in the same week that Prodigy's 'Firestarter' entered at #1 - so why isn't that on this NOW? presumably it will be on the next one, along with Spice Girls?

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

it's an age profile thing more like

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Britpop not actually responsible for Status Quo, Simply Red, Westlife, Lighthouse Family etc.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Status Quo = totally britpop.