I Love #1's - 1998

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Oooooo-oo-ooooo-oo! 'Baby Love' was the top of the ticks for 1964, Diana & co just beating the Kinks and Sandie Shaw. The Bachelors didn't get a single vote, and will slomp off home infront of the telly with a microwave meal for one. Between all of them! This week we bid adieu to Girl Power, welcome back Madge and ponder the ultimate question: what would one resemble with a 'chimney' bestowed upon one in the near future? It's 1998!

[Poll #1002381]

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Much better year than I remember!!

UNEMPLOYMENT AT A RECORD HIGH

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

A brilliant remix. WAY better than the original, which seems flat, harsh and preachy without the bosh to support it. The Nevins mix is so much more optimistic & enjoyable - things suck, but no-one can stop you dancing.

[glamwhorebunni.livejournal.com]

B*Witched, B*Witched, B*Witched. This is the BEST YEAR IN MUSICAL HISTORY.

Because B*Witched are the finest group ever made. They had everything- irish charm, twins, denim, annoyingly catchy tunes, dance routines with lots of jumping up and down. As a teenage boy, I sold my soul to them and it shall be theirs for ever more.

God I love them. I even have one of their dolls.

CELINE PARADOX

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Just realised - I ticked 'Heart Will Go On' in the Celine canon but not here!

Time has been kind to it - it's passed the 9-year (!) threshold of forgiveness after being EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS and 1) we can still remember it word for word 2) she's done MUCH WORSE since 3) I would probably do this at karaoke for a laugh 4) her ridiculous singing accent! "ewww haf komm tyew sho ewww, gwooooorn" cracks me up every time.

I might go back and tick it.

All Saints v Spice Girls

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A lead for ver Saints is surprising me! I think their stuff's aged much less well in general, maybe it's just that their look, attitude etc was so much more boring.

Re: CELINE PARADOX

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

DON'T!

Re: CELINE PARADOX

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I agree, I ticked it without a moment's hesitation.

Re: All Saints v Spice Girls

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Plus individual Spice Girls have been very annoying in the media over the years, whereas All Saints' recent album was very good and no one cared so they get underdog status, whether they deserve it or not.

Also I hate the Spice Girls and B*Witched but that's a wholly different matter.

Re: CELINE PARADOX

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

I agree it *should* be ticked. But I don't like doing what I should.

Re: All Saints v Spice Girls

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

We are (almost) all indie here, Tom, admit it! Of course AS are in the lead!

Ladies, when did you stop wanting to be a Spice?

tolerating it

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

I really, really like that Manics song. I'd forgotten how much I liked it at the time until my dad had their Greatest Hits on in the car the other day and it is still quite wonderful.

Cornershop has been disappointing after the bombshell of discovering it was 'Brimful of Asha on the 45' and not 'Grim prune basher on the 45' which is obviously a lot better.

Another Level made me uncomfortable aged 11 and still makes me uncomfortable now -it would have made me cringe if Billie had done it, too (apparently according to some pop music publication I read at the time she was interested in doing it when it came up because it would have been interesting to see a woman perform it, personally I think it would have still been gross but at least she is more attractive than Another Level were I suppose) cus the lyrics are just minging. It's like watching bad, generic pr0n -there's nothing titillatory about it, it's just slightly morbidly fascinating. It's like 50 Cent- creepy sex, not at all sensual. Mind you, I like Marilyn Manson so probably can't talk.

Divergence between Briton and America

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

Only two of these were also number ones in America, "My Heart Will Go On" and "Believe". Actually, very few of these were hits in America as well. I can't be bothered to check for sure, but the only other ones that strike me as having been hits in the USA are "You Make Me Wanna", "Frozen", "Goodbye", and "C'est La Vie". B*Witched are one hit wonders in the USA, Spice Girls were huge, many of these were 0 hit wonders (All Saints, Billie, etc.)

Re: All Saints v Spice Girls

[whalefish.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what's going on there? I think their stuff's aged pretty badly, and not much of it was any good in the first place. They never looked like they were having any fun either.

Re: Divergence between Briton and America

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Did All Saints really not chart at all in the US? Somehow I thought both Under the Bridge and Pure Shores were definitely transatlantic hits

Re: All Saints v Spice Girls

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

Pshaw! The only thing that's aged badly is Under the Bridge.

[whalefish.livejournal.com]

Wasn't Gym & Tonic an exact copy of another record going around, one with an actual Jane Fonda sample rather than something pretending to be one? Or have I made that up?

I seem to remember Bob Sinclar had something to do with the proper version.

Re: All Saints v Spice Girls

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I didn't start! In 1997/8 I loathed the Spicers so much that I had to watch EVERY tv show or news item about them, in order to keep an informed (negative) opinion. Hence I was fully prepared to thoroughly adore them once I'd got over myself X years later innit.

I had a dream the other night that the Spice Girls had reformed for Glastonbury and I was watching from backstage, but everyone got distracted because Michael Eavis was handing out free potatoes.

[sbp.livejournal.com]

substitute B*Witched for the Spice Girls and I'm right there, down to the doll. Not the teenage part though.

Re: All Saints v Spice Girls

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I really liked 'I Know Where It's At' and thought the rest of their singles were v disappointing. Everyone kept saying 'but listen to Black Coffee innit' and I went 'ok maybe I WILL' and then never got round to hearing it. I may look it up this evening.

Re: All Saints v Spice Girls

[piratemoggy.livejournal.com]

Best pop dream ever!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The Vengaboys(?) did something similar that just went "And down! And up! And down!" Got to number 4.

[glamwhorebunni.livejournal.com]

Ah, but the Spice Girls weren't Irish. That was the key thing that sold the concept to me.

Re: All Saints v Spice Girls

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

I have not yet stopped. I am sure I will achieve it one day - there are only a couple of barriers to be overcome, albeit reasonably large ones.

[sbp.livejournal.com]

I can't listen to Believe. Firstly for using autotune on the vocals as an effect and inspiring lots of copycats, and secondly it was played to death in one episode of Buffy, where it was used for its irritating qualities. Buffy's roommate says "This song is super fun. Isn't it?" as she goes to put it on the stereo one more time. Still, she turns out to be a demon and almost dies a horrible death, so everything is OK in the end.

Bangalter Beef

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Discogs sa:

Entirely produced by Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk), "Gym Tonic" bacame, over the years, a kind of mythical record. According to the rumours, Bangalter didn't want the track to be released commercially. But it gained such a success as a promo that Sinclar decided to put it on his first album "Paradise", crediting himself as the main author and Bangalter as the remixer. This event leaded to several legal problems: Jane Fonda took legal actions for the uncredited use of her voice, and it finally cost around 75 000$ to clear the sample. Many opportunist, commercial dance acts stealed the main idea of the record: the most popular one, Spacedust, released "Gym And Tonic" (which even reproduce Stardust's "Music Sounds Better With You" melody). Finally, Bangalter decided to "ban" Sinclar's remix of "Music Sounds Better With You" by ordering new versions of the song to Dimitri From Paris and DJ Sneak. It is unlikely that these two DJ's will ever work together again. Choose your camp.