The History Of Pop Part 38 aka My baby's got no money, he's got his true belief

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The last of 1997, and if you think some of the big hits are being held over until next time...you'd be right. But the nation was in NO MOOD for pop party fun as - sob! bawl! - DI DIED, and weren't we all glad that Sir Richard Ashcroft was there to help us through it. There's no sign of Elton on this Now, by the way, even though he bossed the charts - to sully such a beautiful track by including it on a compilation would of course be unthinkable, so you'll have to save your ticks.

Hanson's "Mmmmbop" won Now 37 at a canter, after tying with the Spice Girls for a long time. The Cardigans ended up in third. And now, over to you lot.


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Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised that Poptimists generally seems to be impervious to the impeccable harmonies of the Backstreet Boys, they were mostly ignored last time too.

Also this is Janet Jackson ft Q-Tip and JONI MITCHELL!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

the Armand Van Helden mix of this Janet Jackson is quiet boshy - it's on the AMAZING first Essential Mix that Basement Jaxx did.

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

That explains why I'm getting 'they paved paradise and put up a parking lot' in my head when I try to remember this song.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

The sample was quite...amateur, and a bit shoved-in-desperately. There were lots of hilarious interjections from Q-Tip along the lines of "huh, like Joni says" and "listen to Joni".

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

JJ Feat Q-tip sodomising Joni is possibly more accurate. Not the worst version, because it's not by Counting Crows.

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

Poor old BSB.

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

This is start of the killer BSB stuff, as I recall.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Their Greatest Hits is a golden work indeed.

I can't believe that their songs on the past two Nows have, as far as I can see, the very first Max Martin songs on any Now, and this has not been noted!