The History Of Jop Part 13 aka It's fun to lose and to pretend

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Back after a short absence it's the Pazz and Jop poll for 1991 - a particular blockbuster of a poll this with TEN ticks to be shared between 28 singles (would have been 29 but for C&C Music Factory cropping up last year too).

There's a fair bit of ground to cover in the comments boxes, I'm thinking!


[Poll #845917]


1990: Time For The (Poptimist) Guru

1. Groove Is In The Heart (48 votes)
2. Vogue (42)
3. Nothing Compares 2 U (34)
4. Gonna Make You Sweat (28)
5. Been Caught Stealin (26)
6. Justify My Love (25)
7. Hold On (24)
8. Kool Thing (21)
9. Epic (19)
10=. Welcome To The Terrordome (18)
10=. 911 Is A Joke (18)

Note very rapid drop off in vote totals from 1-3 down.

Comments

The Indie That Killed Me

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The bands that particularly prompted me to stop reading the NME were:

The Wonder Stuff (91 incarnation), NEDS, Kingmaker, FABULOUS (this was an NME writer's side project IIRC), Thousand Yard Stare. If the blame is to be laid at a single door it would be Neds Atomic Dustbin.

Re: The Indie That Killed Me

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

fabulous was Simon Dudfield (oh the ironing) and they were managed by James Brown. they were meant to be as big as birdland the manics...