The History Of Jop Part 17 aka I'm the kind of G the little homies wanna be like

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The amazing history of JOP reels round to 1995 - NINE ticks from 25 singles!


[Poll #856398]


1994 - Joptimism Unplugged

1. Girls And Boys (39 votes)
2. Sabotage (38 votes)
3=. Regulate (35)
3=. Here Come The Hotstepper (35)
5. Loser (34)
6. Gin And Juice (31)
7. Cut Your Hair (30)
8. Whatta Man (25)
9. Doll Parts (23)
10. Miss World (22)

Comments

It Was A Bad Time For The Empire

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

NME list, 1995 (xovers in bold, abominable typos c/o Rocklist)

Black Grape: Reverend Black Grape
Supergrass: Alright
Pulp. Sorted For E's And Wizz
Oasis: Some Might Say
Foo Fighters: Th Is Is A Call
Oasis: Wonderwall
Mcalmont & Butler: Yes
Pulp: Common People
Blur: The Universal
Tlc: Waterfalls
Tricky. Black Steel
The Boo Radleys: Wake Up, Boo!
Coolio: Gangsta's Paradise
Orbital: Times Fly
The Verve: History
Teenage Fanclub: Mellow Doubt
Radiohead: High And Dry
Ash: Girl From Mars
Method Man: Release Yo'delf
The Bluetones: Bluetonic
The Stone Roses: Ten Storey Love Song
Blur: Country House
Radiohead: Fake Plastic Trees
Plush: Found A Little Baby
Blackgrape: Kelly's Heroes
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci: Llanfwrog Ep
Nick Cave And Kylie Minogue: Where The Wild Roses Grow
Clubbed To Death: Clubbed To Death
Scarface: Hand Of The Dead Body
Alanis Morissette: You Oughta Know
Black Grape: In The Name Of The Father
The Cardigans: Sick And Tired
Ash: Kung Fu
The Bluetones: Are You Blue Or Are You Blind
Weezer: Buddy Holly
Nicolette: No Government
Passengers: Miss Sarajevo
Edwyn Collins: A Girl Like You
Beastie Boys: Root Down Ep
Pavement: Father To A Sister Of Thought
Pj Harvey: Down By The Water
Alex Reece: Pulp Fiction
Elastica: Waking Up
Hole: Doll Parts
Spooky: Stereo Ep
Tortoise: Gamera/Ciiff Dweller Society
Take That: Back For Good
Radiohead: Lucky
Supergrass: Mansize Rooster
The Connells: '74-'75

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

well the NME got the #1 right at least

Nicolette!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Her album was called Let No One Live Rent Free In Your Head! She should have done much better I think.

Almost everything else which isn't bold is ghastly, Tricky and Take That aside.

Where Are They Now?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

- Carsmile's eagle ear re-spotted that "Reverend Black Grape" is Reverend Black GRATE and it's made well-received appearances at Poptimism.

- Plush invented The Feeling but by then it was several years too late for them (or was it a him) to make any money off it.

- Alex Reece I would like to go back and hear again - he was the effete white boy who Destroyed Jungle but I remember his female-voxed tracks as being really pretty.

- Tortoise and their friends are under sukrat jurisdiction

- The Nick Cave and Kylie record was bad on paper and worse on audio.

- Clubbed To Death was boring, but not nearly as boring as the Bluetones

Re: Where Are They Now?

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Alex Reece = one trick pony but i'd like to hear his remix of Tricky's 'Brand New You're Retro' again

judicial ruling

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

math rock in RARELY ENOUGH MATH shockah
post rock as MUST BE DEAF AS hawhaw

Re: It Was A Bad Time For The Empire

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

i will defend almost any song* on that list from criticism, LOOK, WE WON!!!! BEST TIME FOR GUITAR MUSIC EVER!!!!

*except the verve, weezer and passengers

My most poptimistic moment

[mcarratala.livejournal.com]

The sheer look of disgust on the reviews editor's face when I voted for Mariah's Fantasy in the Select writers' 1995 poll.