The History Of Pop Part 37 aka The Panic The Vomit

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

This seemed to take forever to type out - it marks probably some kind of personal nadir in terms of my enjoyment of pop, or at least the degree of attention I was paying it. But of course for some of you this may be an Elysian pop idyll, so it's over to you in the comments and I'll stop my grumbling.

White Town's "Your Woman" scored a pretty convincing win in the Now 36 poll, beating the Chemicals and Prodigy by around 6 votes. Well done Jyoti M.

And onwards into the vale of tears that was mid-1997...


[Poll #712248]


VOTEY VOTE.

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

There's a LOT of stuff here I don't remember, and a lot I kind of dimly remember as being mediocre. Even the stuff generally admired as 'good pop' i.e. Hanson, Cardigans, Spices seems to me either rub or overrated. :(

BAH, in summary.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Every song in the first section is great! (Except I don't remember the G Michael one.)

Ultra Naté: just how amazing and good?

Also I will totally rep for 'I Believe I Can Fly' even though lots of people seem to hate it. Haters.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

The Saint rly quite awful by Orbital's standards, but still just abt makes it over the any good at all bar.

No recollection at all of the last four tracks. Also, No Mercy?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Though of course it's a cliche that the first year or so after University is when the mind and body REJECTS POP and music is never worse than then.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

None asked, none given.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Yeah but Rosie Gaines! Ultra Naté! Shola Ama! En Vogue! Backstreet Boys!

I agree that the Hanson is overrated though, it strikes me as a great song not fully realised because it is a great Girl Group song and they are not a girl group.

This may be the point at which proper pop started hooking me back in.

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Ropey Latino boyband, released the same single twice with different lyrics. Possibly due "Night At The Roxbury"-esque ironic critical reappraisal within five years.

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

Can't remember much of this -- the only standouts must have filtered through to student radio / discos I guess.

Also -- can't imagine if any particular consensus will emerge here either.

BUT: Bittersweet Symphony = WORST RECORD IN THE WORLD EVER? Surely?

The Seahorses

[juror8.livejournal.com]

IT'S AN ANAGRAM OF "HE HATES ROSES". DEEP.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

All I remember is that it is some mid-point of Ibiza-bosh and boy band, and it goes "where do you go to, my lovely?"

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Ah, but they LOOKED like girls! Or at least one of them did.

[juror8.livejournal.com]

"Sweet Soca Music" is aces, though.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

It's not a cover of THAT song, is it?

Re: The Seahorses

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The existence of the Seahorses really had slipped my mind. Deplorable.

Lyrical geniuses

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Strap on sally
Coming up the alley
We feared for our behinds

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I liked BSS at the time a great deal, I was in a bad state in 97. I liked it so much I almost thought I should tick it now but then I remembered the video.

The one good thing about this Now is that we might get a tie-breaker :)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

ER NO ONE EXCEPT ME HAS TICKED 'DON'T LET GO (LOVE)'. SURELY SOME MISTAKE. PLEASE AMEND ACCORDINGLY.

Re: Lyrical geniuses

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

O

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Re: Lyrical geniuses

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It's always the quiet ones.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

...what song?

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

ha ha, i'm the only one who likes supergrass.
i'm going to get BOOTED OUT of this community eventually :S

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

I honestly can't remember it. YSI, anyone?

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

BSS is great, and as a bonus, none of the money for liking it goes to the COCK who sings it :-)

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Blimey, I didn't realise it was that long, here's a link instead:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.hart/lyricss/sarstedt.html

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I don't know what that song is, but I don't think this is the same, this surely had far fewer words in it.