I Love No.1's - 1994

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Last week showed the patchy knowledge of Poptimists where 1958 was concerned, however hip-wiggling burger fan Elvis was the winner with a respectable 29 ticks. Not so much love for Jane Morgan, who failed to receive a single tick! Bad luck, Jane. This week we fast forward to a year when, thanks to the age restrictions on Livejournal, I am 100% sure that all you lot had been born! It's one of my formative pop years - 1994.

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Re: IN MY DAY

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

Sorry - that was me.

Probably wrong things I have learnt about pop from Wikipedia:

1. The band was seen as a Pop group due to the marketing hype by London Records, but their lyrics and non single tracks showed otherwise. For example, the Ivor Novello award winning song - 'Stay Another Day' - was thought to be a simple love song, but was in fact a response from Tony to his elder brother, who committed suicide. Other titles were written about life after death, and one track even incorporated a part of The Book of Revelations into a futuristic rap song.

I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT ANY OF THIS.

2. E17 were very popular in the UK, but INCREDIBLY popular in Latvia. Presumably because House of Love articulated the defiance of living for decades under the shadow of the Cold War. And the bomb.