I Love #1's - 1988

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Last week everyone's favourite Russian faux-lesbians Tatu won their battle with Bouncey & the 'Babes to claim best number one of 2003, with a whopping 46 ticks. Poor old Snedders fared as badly as his follow-up single with only 2 votes of confidence, though looking at the text box some might say Gary Jules was the greater hate figure of the year (blatantly because you all had a tenner on 'Proper Crimbo' to hit the Xmas top spot instead). Now we come to the year where SmallKat first discovered the the magical world of the pop charts - 1988!


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Comments

[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

I hate U2 with 1x passion, but surely Desire is one of their better efforts, in that it rocks along in a "does-what-it-says-on-the-tin" style and isn't nearly as obnoxious as most of their output.

Erm, voting for Glenn Medeiros was a mistake, but voting for Cliff WASN'T - they don't make Christmas songs like this anymore (though obv you Scroogers think this is a GOOD THING).

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I would not tick it but nor do I think Mistletoe and Wine is an awful thing - any song about Xmo that gets to #1 at Xmo is automatically good I think. Except Saviour's Day.

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

I assume you must have done CHRISTMAS ALPHABET in Popular by now - what's it like?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Jolly but not much else - it got a 4 or 5 I think. Dickie Valentine's other song, "Finger Of Suspicion", is better: you should listen to it when playing P.Wright!

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

they don't make christmas songs like this anymore because a memo was circulated "do not make xmas records like this anymore, thx everyone"

[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

obv Cliff did not get this memo...

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

he did but he chose to ignore it. sadly he never made a Christmas record as good as this afterwards tho. not that this is THAT good of course.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

altho there is that Cassette Boy cut-up - "Christians on the fire" etc. - top hole.

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

As HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT sang it is clichéd to be cynical at wobs and hooray for Sir Cliff. I agree with Tom - xmas songs at no1 on xmas is the way things should be and I am always cross when they lose out as they do EVERY SINGLE YEAR!

I suppose Grills Aloud #1 was good.

Of course sometimes they have them dressed up in furry hoods which are pretty wobs like, it worked for East 17. Anyway, had we all forgotten about Robbie and Nicole Kidman doing Somethin' Stupid? (AND THE SONG TOO HAHA) - anyway as you were.

[the-roofdog.livejournal.com]

I declare Stay Another Day to be the last PROPER Christmas #1, and I'm being lenient there as we all know.

Dear Mister De Burgh,

Can you pls re-release A Spaceman Came Travelling this year.

Yrs, etc etc

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[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Stop The Cavalry 06

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Bosh remix?