The History Of Jop Part 12 aka Just lovely and delicious

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Another day, another decade - it's the 1990 Pazz and Jopp poll.

No particular gerrymandering this time so you get the full NINE picks. I left off some EPs (MBV's Glider, Ride's Smile) which I knew might have brought smiles to ageing Brit faces, but I figured the "I've heard of them" defense wouldn't really justify them being included when others weren't.


[Poll #840496]


1989: Joptimist Verdict is IN!

1. Like A Prayer (42 votes)
2. Buffalo Stance (40)
3. Fight The Power (33)
4. Me Myself And I (33)
5. Monkey Gone To Heaven (30)
6. Back To Life (26)
7. Good Life (22)
8. Straight Up (21)
9=. She Drives Me Crazy (19)
9=. Love Shack (19)

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Meanwhile In Britain

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The NME Top 50 singles - crossovers, as ever, in bold:

Groove is in the heart - Deee-lite
Step on - Happy Mondays
Nothing compares 2 U - Sinead O' Connor
Where are you baby - Betty Boo
Loaded - Primal scream
Being boring - Pet shop boys
My definition of a jazz style - Dream warriors
Come home - James
World in motion - England/New order
Different drum - The lemonheads
In the day before rock 'n roll - Van Morrison
Doin' the do - Betty Boo
Kinky afro - Happy Mondays
There she goes - The la's
The only one I know - The charlatans
It's on - Flowered up
This is how it feels - Inspiral carpets
Groovy train - The farm
Only love can break your heart - St Etienne
The storm - World of twist
Unbelievable - EMF
I'm free - The soup dragons
Mad love EP - Lush
Message in a box - World party
My boyfriends back - Alice Donut
Come together - Primal scream
Vogue - Madonna
Everything flows - Teenage fanclub
Fall EP - Ride
Glider EP - My bloody valentine
Bonita Applebum - A tribe called Quest
So hard - Pet shop boys
Welcome to the terrordome - Public Enemy
Getting away with it - Electronic
God knows it’s true - Teenage fanclub
The only rhyme that bites - MC Tunes
Kill your television - Ned’s atomic dustbin
Hey Venus - That petrol emotion
Soccer fan - The real sounds of Africa
Hello hello hello hello (petrol) - Something happens!
Velouria - Pixies
The ship song - Nick Cave
Wash your face in my sink - Dream Warriors
One love - The Stone Roses
The power - Snap
Probably a robbery - Renegade soundwave
What time is love? - The KLF
The Boomin’ system - LL Cool J
It wasn’t a dream - The Ruthless rap assassins
Sway - Ocean colour scene

v. little Transatlantic consensus there! I love very many of those records, possibly beyond reason.

The Melody Maker Top 20 less baggy-oriented.

Groove is in the heart - Deee-lite
Nothing compares to you - Sinead O'Connor
Kinky afro - Happy Mondays
What time is love - The KLF
Glider EP - My bloody valentine
The only one I know - The charlatans
Fall EP - Ride
Justify my love - Madonna
Killer - Adamski
The ship song - Nick Cave
Dub B good to me - Beats international
Step on - Happy Mondays
Fascinating rhythm - Bass-o-matic
There she goes - The La's
Everything flows - Teenage fanclub
World in motion - England/New order
This is how it feels - Inspiral carpets
Only love can break your heart - St etienne
Mad love EP - Lush
Espero EP - Cranes

Re: Meanwhile In Britain

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

dub be good to me and duh! getting away with it! - actually the first 7" i ever bought (cos i bought cassingles and 12" innit)

Re: Meanwhile In Britain

[koganbot]

My guess is that the U.S. and Brit critics lists are going to continue to diverge even more sharply as we go through the nineties, though things may close up a bit if/when the critics decided it's OK to vote for gangstas and r&b babes. A few of these did cross over to the U.S., St. Etienne a little and "Unbelievable" a whole lot, though I associate them far more with 1991.