I Love #1s - 1990

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Hi dere campers. We're really missing them Now polls, aren't we? So here is a new semi-regular feature (that probably will end up having a crossover with Popular but what the hey) where we find out if the record-purchasing public agree with Poptimist poll-tickers!

I am randomly starting with.. THE NINETIES!

[Poll #757044]

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Despite the prevalence of established artists here (Cliff, Madge, Elton) doesn't it feel like it is DEFINITELY A NEW DECADE? Can you imagine Adamski in 1989? I can't somehow.

[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

FACT : They are all good except for the Beautiful South!

FACT THE SECOND : 'Saviour's Day' is the 3rd best Christmas song of all time after 'A Spaceman Came Travelling' and 'I Believe In Father Christmas'.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Surely "Naughty Christmas" by Fat Les?

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i quite like the 'Savoury's Day' video, largely filmed at Durdle Door in Doresat!

Adamski

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

These days he prefers to be known as Adam Sky! Bless!

(Adamski still = 12 yrs old in my mind)

Solitary sistaaaaaar, is there still a part of you that wants to give?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

celentari! Why have you not ticked Adamski?

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh wow it was all going so well for a while: tick tick tick tick...then the second disc. Bloop.

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

SPOOKY JINXY!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

it's not actually a disc is it? heh

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

First set=YAYYYYY

Second set=BOOOOOOo

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

MADONNA must beat bloody Vanilla ICE. YES, IT MUST BE SO.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

13 ticks to 12 so far!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Madonna actually slept with Vanilla Ice didn't she? bleurgh

FACT

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

1- World in Motion= only decent football song EVAR.

2- John Barnes' rap=worst moment in music history EVAR

They'll always hit you and hurt you/defend and attack=ARGGGH

Re: FACT

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i think allen's "rap" in england's irie is hideous hideous. my nom for WMIMH evar (right now)

Re: FACT

[(Anonymous)]

Arreeva durchy, it's one-on-one!

Re: FACT

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i've never understood the hate/mockery of Barnes 'rap' in World In Motion. there's really nothing wrong with it.

Urgent & Key

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Concept moderation request: start with 1990 by all means, but let's not do ALL of the nineties before moving on. Let's jump around from year to year in random fashion. You know, like Jimmy Saville's Old Record Club on R1 used to do. (Or maybe you Young Persons don't know.)

1973 next?

Re: Urgent & Key

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that, yep. I don't want too much crossover with recent Now polls innit. Years to be picked at random henceforth! (1990 = good start year, half GOLD half POLISHED SH1TE)

Interesting historical fact

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

The start of the decade saw the UK's first 3 rap no. 1s - all came in 1990 (Snap!, Partners in Kryme, Vanilla Ice).

Hard on Sir Elton

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

As I recall, "Sacrifice" was actually his last memorable, melodic song for ten years, up until he did that stark album and got Britney and Justin and Bob Downey to be his video stand-ins. Sure another crappy ballad, but at least it came without an animated film.

Re: Hard on Sir Elton

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'This Train Don't Stop Here Anymore' is very close to being good, mind you.

Best of all possible results...

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

potential tie of SNAP and MADGE as winners...

Where O Where Is The Love For....

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

...Bombalurina?

Ach, I should have known this would be the reaction given its DEATHLY CHILLY RECEPTION upon its debut playing at Poptimism...

more importantly, where is the love

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

for DUB BE GOOD TO ME!!!!!

Norm, Lindy, JAM HOTTT, JAM HOTT!

Re: more importantly, where is the love

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

75% man! among a field of gr8 sngs. but yeah, it was just pipped by madge in my fave. then adamski, then maybe new order IF THEY'RE LUCKY