I Love #1's - 1997

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

What ho, pop-pickers! Last week's jaunt back to 1954 was something of a non-starter, with only 12 voters having heard anything on the list! Secret Love, Such A Night and This Ole House all tied with a piffling 8 votes each, but our Doris was the overall victor in the tie-break box. This week we have something for everyone. The last death throes of Brit-rock, teenpop perfection, lots of songs about dead people and...Tubby Toast? It's 1997!

[Poll #824745]

Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

It wasn't bad, was it? Despite learning the guitar and affecting an indie sn0b outlook* I was still utterly obsessed with the pop charts. My loathing for the Spice Girls was utterly overturned by their mindblowing performance at the 1997 Brit Awards. The Union Jack dress! The backflips! Fireworks! AMAZING SONG!

*No guitars, no fun. Ha!

no guitars, no strobes, no leather, no HUMPS (check it out!)

[cis.livejournal.com]

I realised, quite recently, that my version of 1996-7 had been totally stalinised by looking back and thinking "but i was totally indie surely", cos I really liked the Spice Girls especially! I remember when they were interviewed in the NME (was it by stephen dalton? i bet it was), it were awesome.

I however hated 'don't speak' at the time and was really annoyed that No Doubt got big off the back of it and not off "Just A Girl", which I thought wayyyyy better.

My lovely lady HUMPS

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Just A Girl was GREBT esp if you were 15 innit. Haha, I remember laffing heartily at all the ppl who bought Tragic Kingdom expecting album full o' ballad ala DS, and found themselves lumped with some mid-paced Californian ska punk.

oh, I've had it up to HUMPS

[cis.livejournal.com]

actual ANTHEM for girls who loved the guitars! It's one of the first records I can remember having a proper in-depth conversation about, with my friend who was all about the SoCalPunk. Plus she appeared to have the longest midriff in the WORLD in the video.

Cos they won't let MY HUMPS out at night...

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I could go on like this all afternoon.