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

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Requesting Dollar on mp3, if anyone has that. I heard it for first time on the radio in a Berlin taxi recently, and wasn't that impressed. Would like to hear again tho'.

That run of tracks from "Beat Dis" to "Rok Da House" is awesome, yes. Cookie Crew to win!

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

not enough love for Eddy Grant btw. I wanna know are you deaf, poptimists! blind, jo'anna!

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

bah, what about the lack of JHJ love????

[thenipper.livejournal.com]

The only good JHJ song was 'Shattered Dreams' - and even that was terrible.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

you are so wrong ;)

lovely lovely clark...

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I agree with The Nipper, although 'Heart Of Gold' had it's moments.