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

THE BAFFLER

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

No memory of:

- Lock N Load
- Progress Presents Boy Wunda
- Watergate
this Fierce song (I don't know this Precious song either but it sounded good)

Re: THE BAFFLER

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Precious = can't remember tune exactly right now but some lyrics would probably ring a bell; I have promo single at home, I do remember that it is 'Baby One More Time' copyism ie brilliant (I suspect Fierce is the same)

Re: THE BAFFLER

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

watergate are now known as HOOKERGATE

this is the best record EVER MADE (*goes back and ticks t.jones and j.lennon*)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

SO. MUCH. GOODNESS.

TS: 'Rise' through to 'Show Me The Meaning...' vs 'Toca's Miracle' to 'Moving Too Fast'

Re: THE BAFFLER

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Lock N Load: big eardrum slitting violent trance track. Pretty great.

TRANCE

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Is it the best musical genre of the past 25 years?

THE BEGINNING OF SEVERAL NEW ERAS!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

-The Golden Age of R&B (Kelis!)
-2-step holding the charts to ransom (Artful Dodger!)
-'Baby One More Time' has USHERED IN THE MAX MARTIN POP (about half the album!)

Re: TRANCE

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

2-STEP

No

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

That would be Grime which I'd probably call UK Garage. Just to be extra muso-tiny-genre-annoying. (or jungle or maybe dubstep.)

Re: THE BEGINNING OF SEVERAL NEW ERAS!

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

alex speaks TRUTH.

Re: THE BAFFLER

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Fierce is a boshed up version of Anita Baker.

Re: THE BEGINNING OF SEVERAL NEW ERAS!

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Which half, precisely?

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

I think this will be a fight between D&C and Kelis. A worthy context indeed.

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

She left me roses by the stairs, surprises let me know she cares...

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Who'd have thought at the time that "All The Small Things" would go on to change Pop more than any other song on this album? Hmmm? Did you?

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

There's another VERY SIGNIFICANT THING about this Now, and Tom touched on it a few weeks ago.

Packet of Cadbury's Buttons to the person who guesses what it is.

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

I was wrong about it being Kelis by MILES. Kelis still, but by INCHES

Re: THE BEGINNING OF SEVERAL NEW ERAS!

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. YES.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Kelis = one of the most amazing debut singles ever since er, Britney.

I like more Speed Garage songs than Grime songs, but I haven't heard as many Grime songs (excl pop crossover viz Dizzee R, Lady Sov and co). Speed Garage Anthems = staple of 6th form common room radio. Unescapable.

Re: She left me roses by the stairs, surprises let me know she cares...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

No it didn't. Don't be silly. Stop harshing the buzz of GLORIOUS R&B/2-STEP/MAXPOP

Re: She left me roses by the stairs, surprises let me know she cares...

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

At the time I *hated* All The Small Things but playing it back over in my head now it sounds great!

Re: She left me roses by the stairs, surprises let me know she cares...

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

Busted and McFly say no.

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

argh. I think I blocked out the very presence of Tom Jones/Sterophonics. That is the WORST. EVER.

Re: She left me roses by the stairs, surprises let me know she cares...

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Oh, stop fetishising Swedish pop all the time.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I've forgotten myself!