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

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

13yr old stevem's year winners:

best album: 808 State 'Ex:el' (actually found it a bit hit n' miss at the time but the ones i didn't like then i came to appreciate more as i got older, so this really just a big vote for the big two singles (plus 'Olympic' altho this was not on the cassette version :( back then)

best single: Prodigy 'Charly' (was embarassed because i didn't hear this until they showed the video on TOTP but had noticed the buzz about it everywhere inc. on newly legal Kiss FM - mind blown instantly hurrah)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I was totally listening to Kiss FM at this point too (had just swiped clock radio from Grace), but never really bothered finding out what any of the ace music I heard was. A true poptimist :-)

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I only listened to it a few times. Didn't become a regular Kiss listener until '95. Late '91 was also when I first heard Pete Tong and John Peel's shows. preferred Tong's but again didn't listen regularly until 4 years later.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

discLAMEr: also loved 'Achtung Baby' and 'Use Your Illusion 1 & 2' at this point. and Madness.

biggest disappointment of the year? 'Apocalypse '91: The Enemy Strikes Black (DYS)' - thought it was really poor compared to FOABP