The History Of Pop Part 45 aka Up your butt with a coconut

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Now 45 is - appropriately - the biggest now ever, with 45 45s, BLIMEY DO YOU SEE, anyway this means that for once we have no room for the "BUM MORE LIKE" no-ticks-here options. And do you know what? You won't be needing them anyway! This Now has the first appearances of Craig David, Atomic Kitten, Daphne And Celeste, Kelis....and Kevin and Perry. It's a new millennium and pop rules o'er all - get your ticky fingers ready...

Now 44? Britney walked it.


[Poll #731283]


It's a kind of dance music, m'lud.

Comments

Re: THE BEGINNING OF SEVERAL NEW ERAS!

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

alex speaks TRUTH.

Re: THE BEGINNING OF SEVERAL NEW ERAS!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

it feels like...a CORNER has been turned into DAZZLING SUNLIGHT, and the poptimists community is now BASKING IN THE WARMTH

Re: THE BEGINNING OF SEVERAL NEW ERAS!

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. YES.

Re: THE BEGINNING OF SEVERAL NEW ERAS!

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

All of the Max Martin goodness is wonderful.

Re: THE BEGINNING OF SEVERAL NEW ERAS!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

continuation of R&B golden age surely?

Re: THE BEGINNING OF SEVERAL NEW ERAS!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

in the sense that it's always been the best genre ever very good, yes, but 'Caught Out There' - along with what Pink was doing around this time - was one of the very first songs which took the 'weird production' ethos (which Missy and Tim had been playing around with for a few years) and made a banging hit single out of it (also: introducing the Neptunes!). And from this point forward, starting exactly from the summer when 'Most Girls' and 'Caught Out There' were never off the radio, it seemed like there was an incredible, forward-thinking, absolutely MASSIVE r&b hit emerging on an almost weekly basis and that was THE BEST TIME FOR MUSIC EVAH very formative.