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

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

YES, the disky "more greatest hits of 80s" versh of RTTO is SAPPY and beatless, whereas REAL ACTUAL uk chart versh was aces.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhhhhh that explains a lot, I convinced myself that the Disky was right and my memories were wrong.

Beat version YSI anyone?

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

CURSE YOU DISKY

Where RTTO drops in is one of the highlights of the DJ Yoda 80s album

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Incidentally IMPORTANT POP DEVELOPMENT - Disky has released two 8-CD Greatest Hits of the 90s box sets.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

THIS IS WHY THE SLUSH FUND EXISTS!!!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

GPWM. Judging by box 2 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000B655IA/qid=1136299294/sr=1-13/ref=sr_1_2_13/026-0744125-3933242) it's a rum old selection. Rarely has their cheapness/germanic origins been more obvious.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

wow, there's a real "3rd single after the hit" feel to the vast majority of that isn't there?

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

also a "surely some mistake" with

Feels Like I'm In Love - Marie, Kelly
Ring My Bell - Ward, Anita

unless they were both re-released in the 90s and i am a mental

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think there's a silent "'95" on the end of both titles.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

also i noticed fopp have been knocking out various older nows for a fiver!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

HMV are having a big 00s Now clearout too. I resisted figuring I have them all on naughty MP3 anyway, I bought a Singing Cowboys album instead.