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poptimistsOur friends at Now squeeze the lemon of 1988 for one final time in a compilation perhaps most notable for the sequencers allowing their granite mask to slip for a DO YOU SEE moment at the end of disc 2. To my eyes few golden greats but a melange of covers, ill-judged revivals, former Go-Gos, new boy bands, big hippie goths, lip-synchers, blondes, thick accents and Level 42 that should at least provide fertile comments box mulch.
Now 12 saw Salt N Pepa and S Express run neck and neck for a good 25 votes until "Push It" pulled ahead. Tiffany and the Timelords close behind, Sabrina beaten by Morrissey. Glen M and "the Wets" (o horror) fighting it out for worst. Lu Cont vs The Beatles? Tomorrow Never Knows, Hey Jude, ROCKTOPUS' Garden, Free as An Bird. Oh dearie.
[Poll #648625]
Now 12 saw Salt N Pepa and S Express run neck and neck for a good 25 votes until "Push It" pulled ahead. Tiffany and the Timelords close behind, Sabrina beaten by Morrissey. Glen M and "the Wets" (o horror) fighting it out for worst. Lu Cont vs The Beatles? Tomorrow Never Knows, Hey Jude, ROCKTOPUS' Garden, Free as An Bird. Oh dearie.
[Poll #648625]
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YOU ARE AN OCEAN WAVE MY LOVE...
Date: 2006-01-09 02:14 pm (UTC)I can't remember how the Duran song goes. Or the Human League one.
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Date: 2006-01-09 02:15 pm (UTC)Re: YOU ARE AN OCEAN WAVE MY LOVE...
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Date: 2006-01-09 02:15 pm (UTC)Breathe - Hands To Heaven??
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Date: 2006-01-09 02:15 pm (UTC)"Kiss" - pop classic, embarassing novelty, or both? (or neither?)
Transvision Vamp ditto.
Was this some kind of era for knowing chart pop I wonder?
I quite fancied the laydee from All Abt Eve.
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Date: 2006-01-09 02:22 pm (UTC)Kiss - weak, bombastic and humourless compared to Prince's sneaky and subtle effort.
- as Stevem notes, probably made Tom Jone think 'hhhmmm, sticking around and piggybacking hapless popular artists for chart success. Sounds good, yes?' so CANNOT BE FORGIVEN.
I AM A GALLEY SLAVE MY WUB
Date: 2006-01-09 02:18 pm (UTC)Art Of Noise officially 'becoming' a joke, or rather the joke no longer being 'funny'
Tom Jones re-invention at this point a chilling portent of what was to come in the 90s and 00s
Prince did it better obv.
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Date: 2006-01-09 02:21 pm (UTC)(or was there even a difference)
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Date: 2006-01-09 02:19 pm (UTC)Only 5 votes for 'The Harder I Try'? Fools.
10 votes for the ffing Proclaimers. What kind of madness is this.
('Good life' should win, just for the shiny middle eight M1 bit. But it's not going to, of course. Pah)
IN A BRAND NEW FASHION INNA DANCEHALL STYLE WEE RULE
Date: 2006-01-09 02:23 pm (UTC)Re: IN A BRAND NEW FASHION INNA DANCEHALL STYLE WEE RULE
Date: 2006-01-09 02:27 pm (UTC)Wee Papa Girl Rappers though. Have just put that on (aged top 40 cassette)and my god is it good.
WEE PAPAS RULE THE DANCE
Date: 2006-01-09 02:28 pm (UTC)Re: IN A BRAND NEW FASHION INNA DANCEHALL STYLE WEE RULE
Date: 2006-01-09 02:30 pm (UTC)Re: IN A BRAND NEW FASHION INNA DANCEHALL STYLE WEE RULE
Date: 2006-01-09 02:39 pm (UTC)'Blow the House Donw', though? HOW good?
Re: IN A BRAND NEW FASHION INNA DANCEHALL STYLE WEE RULE
Date: 2006-01-09 02:41 pm (UTC)I don't remember any cover of 'UTR' tho.
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Date: 2006-01-09 03:05 pm (UTC)Re: IN A BRAND NEW FASHION INNA DANCEHALL STYLE WEE RULE
Date: 2006-01-09 05:14 pm (UTC)BTHD still ace tho'
IF YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A DRUG, NOW YOU KNOW YOU'RE WRONG
Date: 2006-01-09 02:20 pm (UTC)Re: IF YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A DRUG, NOW YOU KNOW YOU'RE WRONG
Date: 2006-01-09 02:22 pm (UTC)I had forgotten how great the Acieed lyrics were.
The Human League song is a nice touch too.
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Date: 2006-01-09 02:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-09 02:38 pm (UTC)Oh I don't know. This looks like a good NOW to me. I own:
Yazz
"Wee"
PP (not keen on this one actually)
AA Eve
Acieeeeeeeeeeeed
"Teardrops"
B. Ferry (but this, like The Hollies, is a re-release due to a TV ad or something so doesn't count)
and I like a few of the others (Jane W, Robert P, Bobby McF, Yello, "Big Fun" and... Phil Collins, which is one of the very few modern i.e. post-1959 pop records that my late mum ever liked. I had to tape it for her.)
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