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

[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.

[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.

[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.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

no worries, away from my family, back at college, i was also BLUDDY HELL WOO.

My last year at college was indie (obv) but also all about the 808 state, and "deep heat" stuff and Domintor and Jack to the Sound of the Underground (well done the only good thing about Mary WHitehouse Experience). Well while i was on my own and with my friends from another college. The indie crowd from my own college were having none of it. esp eg 808 state. the arses.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i laugh at you all.

actually i remember thinking Jack Your Body was a bit annoying and my real watershed moment was either Pump Up T' Volumen or D-MOB FEATURING GARY HAISMAN.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i WUVVED pump up t'volume