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

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

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

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

does much of the rest of grunge sound like nirvana?

(i saw a "making of the classic alb" doc which made me like it all over again DESPITE presence of dave grolge or whatever he's called and plus the other one -- the producer (was it spot?) was rly charmin and interestin)

(however HYSTERIA by DEF LEP was even more interestin in this same strand)

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

yeh that 'Hysteria' making of is great - at least the one i've seen is. it made me finally accept that Mutt Lange is a stone cold genius.

Jeremy

[koganbot]

Far more bands went for the Pearl Jam sound.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Butch Vig wasn't it? Of Garbage fame?

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

I tend to distinguish between the more garage-y end of grunge (Tad, Mudhoney) and the more metal end (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam). None of it really sounds like Nirvana to me, although Bleach is closer to a) than b) in sound (I think!)

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

yes, i concur. partly cos it only cost $600 and they recorded it in ten minutes etcetc. i think i was also a "first alBUM better" snob after about 6 months...