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

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

Things to note:

People who do not like "Live It Up", "Living On A Prayer" or "The Final Countdown" are mental.

A-Ha really never put out a bad single, though "Velvet" from 2000 was a bit naff for various reasons.

Do any non-Brits like The Housemartins in any capacity?

Alcazar has not redeemed "Land Of Confusion" fully, yet.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I obviously need to hear "Live It Up" again, in my mind it is some kind of Bare Naked Ladies style horror.

Agreed about the Final Countdown, if Taffy is going to be robbed then it should be the winner here.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'Live It Up' - I don't know, it's too...Antipodean ;) I think I liked it At The Time (TM) but I remember the lead singer as being like Fred Schneider only significantly more bouffant, dressed like Crockett from Miami Vice and worryingly tall (to the extent that his knees were always bent in the video, so as to fit on camera). I could be completely wrong about all of this and have got my Mental As Anything memory mixed up with Random Nightmare #368.

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

Here 'tis.
http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1QSSUR73MBKMA0WRQE9HVPWXU

If it were a BNL song, it would be three times faster and feature "witty" "lyrics", which this isn't and doesn't.

Also, it should be noted that the video features a man dancing with a DOG, and a cafeteria worker lip-synching the words badly, and as such is complete genius. Greedy Smith's fake crooning gesticulations are brill, and you can have a fun time working out which band member has the worst hair. Steve's memory is pretty spot-on, though, but the singer's hair's not very large.

Ooh, YSI has been revamped. How terrifying.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

it looks quite good actually (YSI that is), once you Adblock all the ads

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

Land of Confusion is terrible. Alcazar's appropriation of the chorus is mad genius crazy and does not reflect any glory back on LoC at all.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

oh but the Spitting Image video!

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

I like The Housemartins, and I'm not British.