The History Of Pop Part 10 aka I see the A Team the A Team the A Team

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the final Now poll of the year, starting slightly early to make way for a Wobs do. Next week people will be going home for the hols and so polls will resume when we all get back in January, bright-eyed and itching to vote for Climie Fisher. Meanwhile here's 1987 in full cry - several strong possibilities including a festive coinky-dink at the end.

NOW FACT: Madonna has never appeared on a Now album! Her ex shows up on this one though.

Now 9 elicited little enthusiasm, and whoever wins will win with the lowest % of votes ever, under 2/3 of ticks. It's between the Rasies, the Jovies and the Euries. Simply Red and UB40 seemed the most disapproved of.


[Poll #634213]

Comments

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

ISTR from working at B____ that the reason Madge doesn't appear on NOW albums is that there's always an 18-month holdback on clearance for compilations for her tracks, or something. ALLEGEDLY etc.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I heart the werk database, because now I can pull up ALL the compilations that Madge has ever been on! Just give me 2xticks.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

NOT COUNTING DONT CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA

100% Essentials Relax #1 (Secret)
100% Step Carnival Step (La Isla Bonita)
12" Box - 80S (Into the Groove)
13 Going On 30 (Crazy For You)
The Best From The Best Albums Of 1998 (Drowned World)
1999 Grammy Nominees (Ray Of Light)
25 Years Of 'what's On' (Like A Virgin)
32 Ones On One: Radio 1's 25th Birthday 1967-92 (True Blue)
50's Plus 2 (Cherish)
90s (Vogue)
'90s Nights: 1999 (Beautiful Stranger)
All Night Party (Into The Groove)
All Woman Love Songs (Crazy For You)
All Woman Platinum Collection (Like A Prayer)
Anjunabeats #1 (What It Feels Like For A Girl)
Anthems #6 (What It Feels Like For A Girl)
Aqua #1 (Hanky Panky)
Aqua #2 (La Isla Bonita)
Aqua #3 (Holiday AND Like A Virgin)
Aqua #4 (Secret)
Aqua Seniors #12 (Holiday)
Aqua Seniors #13 (Deeper And Deeper)
The Awards 1992 (Rescue Me)
Barcelona Gold (This Used To Be My Playground)
Best Of Step #1 (secret)
Best Of Step #3 (Don't Tell Me)

Shall I go on?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

No no dear lady please exert yourself no further.

Anyway I think this list has nothing to disprove catsgo's suggestion.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

She seems utterly fine with giving her music to Step Aerobics compilations

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

YESBUT my point was, if the NOW comps are supposed to be up-to-the-minute and all, the tracks will be no GOOD after an 18-month holdback, will they? INNIT

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Whereas step aerobics is timeless!

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

OH MAD LIZZIE WHERE ARE YOU NOW!?

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I was gonna say 'isn't it bizarre how Jacko and Madge (and Prince) are absent from the NOW!s' - it never really occurred to me before

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Prince appears twice w/the New Power Generation.

Michael Jackson was on earlier w/ "Farewell My Summer Love" but never again!

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

Slim pickings this time round. Simone disqualified as a reissue AND from an advert I think? What was the good Johnny Hates Jazz single called?

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

Surely being from an advert is a good thing? I do try not to vote for reissues, it's true.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

All reissues are from adverts generally.

Are you thinking of "Turn Back The Clock", that's coming up in a Now or two.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

ooh MUST look up JHJ to finish the conversation i was having with dubdobdee in the pub the other week...

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

? what about ??

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

HANG ABAHT

Barcelona is the LAST song on Now 23!!!! VIZ 1992 Barthelona Lympicks innit!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Scandalous innit! The Bluebells are on two comps too.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Am attempting furious x-referencing of werk DB to find out if anyone else has!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Candle in the wind mebbe?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

They're different candles though, same wind.

Divers comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

This compilation features - sorry dubdob - the Communards best song AND the Housemartins best song!

And Whitesnake's for all I know.

AND Bananarama's which ought to be pulling in more votes I think.

I cannot remember how the Style Council one goes but I DO know that it's real full title is Wanted; or; Waiter There's A Man In My Soup - would this knowledge have made anyone change their votes I wonder.

Can I be the only person who likes that Heart song?

"My Pretty One" by Sir Clifford sounds k-creepy.

Re: Divers comments

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

yes, you are ALONE on that one hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, ahem...

Re: Divers comments

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

no I like it too, sort of.

Re: Divers comments

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

then you are ALONE too, hahahahahaha, oh no hold on that doesn't work does it?

Re: Divers comments

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Myself also, it's what comes to mind when I think "(good) power ballad".

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

Such hatred for Barcelona, the planet!!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Singer the size of a planet MORE LIKE

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

*throughly deserved canned laughter*

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

are curiosity killed the cat the same people who did 'don't you worry bout a thing?' cos i heard that in the pub last night and it's a v special song indeed. i haven't heard this one. or the t'pau or the heart, both of which i suspect are ace.

i haven't heard my choice for the now 9 winner either but it has to be better than the other two MONSTROSITIES

cue familiar refrain

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The Lex you SURELY have heard the T'Pau!

I am not sure about CTTC - the only "Don't You Worry Bout A Thing" I can remember is a lot older, Stevie Wonder I think did it.

Re: cue familiar refrain

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Not to my knowledge!

It probably was Stevie Wonder, there were lots of songs in the pub which I'd never heard before which were allegedly very famous, including the first Rolling Stones song I've actively enjoyed (it was called 'Brown Sugar')

Re: cue familiar refrain

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Hah that's one of my least favourite Stones songs. Not that I'd class myself as a 'Stones fan' really.

Re: cue familiar refrain

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

My only previous encounters with them came in the form of Exile On Main Street which is fucking terrible and which put me off all further investigation, and the original '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' which is not as good as either the Bjork/PJ Harvey cover or the Britney cover.

Re: cue familiar refrain

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The original Satisfaction is smart and sharp and funny, I think it's Good Pop.

I have never heard Exile: I once borrowed the tape off someone and it didn't work, unless the album actually is that sludgy.

Re: cue familiar refrain

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

exiles actually contains my favourite obscure songs = HIP SHAKE -- but it is more abt seedy "adult" ambience sukpop reinvention than "proper" pop

Re: cue familiar refrain

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

the cd copy of the album i once owned is very sludgy.

i like 'satisfaction', it's a good song, but i heard the covers first and they're embedded in my head as the definitive versions, and the rolling stones can't compete with bjork or pj harvey or britney in terms of performance

Re: cue familiar refrain

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

incognito did an cover of don't you worry about a thing.

misfit is CCTC's best song, also it has andy warhol in the video pretending to be allen ginsberg in the subterranean homesick blues "video"

Re: cue familiar refrain

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

ah THAT'S where i heard it before!

Re: cue familiar refrain

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

DOH should have read all the comments before adding my tuppence. BAH

Re: cue familiar refrain

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

Carol Decker of T'Pau sounds somewhat like David Surkamp of Pavlov's Dog, except he is obviously more feminine and far higher-pitched.

Don't You Worry Bout A Thing

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Er wasn't that Incognito?

[sbp.livejournal.com]

The version of DYWBAT I remember is by Incognito in the early 90s

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

This is the first album I ever bought had bought for me, and as such I ended voting for all but 5 of them. Though I think special meantion must be made of Barcelona - anyone who voted for Total Eclipse of the Heart but not this should take a serious look at their life.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

not a bad NOW really

i can't remember how 'The Real Thing' goes although if Jellybean is involved it can't be that bad.

i've never heard 'Wanted', 'Sukrat Mice' or 'Build'!

this must be it for songs on NOW!s that i've never heard though. i expect to know everything from NOW! 10 onwards but we'll see.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'My Baby Just Cares For Me' would be good in a schaffel set.

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

this is excitin WHO WILL WIN??