The History Of Pop Part 9 aka Wo oh oh my guy the DJ after midnight

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

A close poll for Now 8 saw Run DMC come out winners with a record 30 tiXoRs - Cameo in second, and the Pet Shops and Mel and Kim in third. Glancing over the wurstvotes it seems that poor Nick Berry carries off the sausage.

And now onto Now 9. Early 87: a problematic time for pop in some ways, with questions being asked in the House the press over the sudden ad-inspired influx of old pop in the charts. I genuinely have no idea what's going to win this. Notice though the first sniffs of HOUSE MUSIC ALL NIGHT LONG coming to save us from Kamen et all. UB40 and Genesis provide an air of cosy familiarity in this brave new cyberworld, though.


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Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Everything on this album is terrible! (I haven't heard the Bananarama or Steve 'Silk' Hurley songs which I might be OK, but everything I have heard is WOEFUL)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I did warn people! This has stopgap written all over it, I wonder when it came out.

Have you heard Taffy? You might like Taffy.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Jack yr body is ACE.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

if Lex has not heard Taffy that is tragic. a YSI is on its way surely. also A-HA, come on, you must have heard this.

anyway, it's not that bad, but it does come after a very strong run of Nows. I think it compares quite well to recent Nows for egg.

Rockism confessional: I absolutely HATED "jack yr body" when it came out. i was not keen on this new sound. i was won round slowly.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I wasn't keen either, actually I will make that a question for Now 10, unless it gets discussed out here.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

i have never even heard of taffy before, and unfortunately a ysi will be of no use as i cannot download!

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

I was v keen, but then got terribly distracted by indie.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

it's very 'terrible overblown long-haired soft rock', isn't it?

(the now album, not taffy, whomsoever that may be)

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

No! It is bouncy as hell transatlantic europop!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It is one of the greatest Europop records of the 80s.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i have played it at poptimism - not that anyone was there :-(

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

SPECIAL YSI REQUEST:

The real actual single mix of Jack Yr Body as being a hata at the time I am never sure if the version I have for Popular is the 'right' one.

[triffidfarm.livejournal.com]

I think I hated it at the time and may have said something about hte poverty of their so-called lyrics etc. How little I knew! Thank goodness for the passage of time.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

i meant the surfeit of bon jovi, europe, berlin et al on this album!

i hope the name taffy is not a signifier of welshness...

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

I have absolutely NO recollection of that Nick Kamen record whatsoever. I do remember his pants, mind.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

my worst stint of this was when my sister suddenly got heavily into the likes of Voodoo Ray etc, and i was being annoying brother "ha ha, this is shite". FULE.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

what in antirockism's dread name is the "real actual" mix? YOUR SCARE QUOTES ARE UNDERPOWERED SIR

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

why am i cursed to remember the mental as anything, but can't recall either Pepsi&Shirley, Bananarama or Five Star. bah

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Idiot Alan. It wz Voodoo Ray that really triggered my OMG WTF this is AMAZING TEH FUTUR IS NOW reaction. Then I bought a Sonic Youth record and it all went wrong.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

this is a weird one for sure.

who the hell are the sodding Ward brothers?

why is Gary Moore on a NOW yet AGANE??!

'Jack Your Body' will always be good.

but come on, Livin On A Prayer! the second best 'hair metal pop' song of 1987 (before Europe, but after Def Leppard and the Mighty Mutt's 'Animal')

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The real actual mix = the best one.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I would really love to hear 'Heartache' again if anyone can YSI - in my mind it is good.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Is it because you wuv Paul Hogan? Though to be fair I can't remember the latter two either.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

i like g.moore but i wz also in mind to ask maybe did his MUM compile the nows?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It does say something about this NOW that Mental As Anything get second billing.