The History Of Pop Part 11 aka In my imagination there is no hesitation

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

If you're like me then you'll be feeling a bit fatigued by your first day back at work. What better way to de-cobweb than with a NOW poll from the first half of 1988: The Year Pop Changed (Again). An intriguing Now, this - a disc and a half of classics rubbing shoulders with barrel scrapings, and then suddenly BANG ZOOM Now goes DANCE CRAZY. Beats! Samples! Sudden eruptions of Slade-style spelling! The best house pun title ever! Spare a thought for Climie Fisher, the victim of sequencing circumstance. Also GOTH ALERT, let's see how the Mish do on this one.

Now 10 saw M/A/R/R/S and "Pump Up The Volume" winning near-universal acclaim, and Europe's "The Final Countdown" wrestle through from the mire of Now 9. Now it's time to once again take up the burden of democracy:


[Poll #644631]


Debate, despair and debilitation in the comments box pls...

Comments

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

Exactly why was Candle In The Wind out at this time? Diana hasn't been dead that long, surely?

I have a colleague who looks just like the very annoying Tony Hawks of Morris Minor and the Majors notoriety. Fortunately he is not inclined towards rapping.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

This isn't the Diana version of "Candle", it's a 'live version' - I think Elt had a live LP out in '88. According to Wiki, this version went Top 5.