My only concrete memory of Radio 1 really was during my A-levels when I listened to it a lot while 'revising' - I mainly remember lots of really good pop and r&b. 'Most Girls', 'Caught Out There', 'Shackles' by Mary Mary, Britney and Xtina, Destiny's Child...I have no idea whether rose-tinted glasses are a factor here or not.
I don't think 'Potential Breakup Song' is the kind of song to cause extreme reactions - it is fizzy and breathless, but it's not as saccharine as a lot of teenpop and it is VERY CATCHY. And you'd think that all the songs I listed would, at the time, be a lot more immediately off-putting - Kelis and DC sounded WEIRD at the time!
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I don't think 'Potential Breakup Song' is the kind of song to cause extreme reactions - it is fizzy and breathless, but it's not as saccharine as a lot of teenpop and it is VERY CATCHY. And you'd think that all the songs I listed would, at the time, be a lot more immediately off-putting - Kelis and DC sounded WEIRD at the time!