The History Of Pop Part 14 AKA Every cowboy sings a sad sad song

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I would be surprised if NOW 14 was anyone's favourite, but maybe that's just me: the first chunk of '89 seems particularly full of drab bands - Hue and Cry, Then Jericho, Climie Fisher - and unloved pop. BUT I was 16 and 1xBIG ROCKIST even if I did like the Pet Shop Boys. So maybe for you this is pop heaven! Let's see eh?

We have a tie-breaker held over from Now 13, between Erasure and Yazz (I just mistyped this as YESS!) who finished a few votes ahead of D-Mob, Yello and the Proclaimers. This means we have no room for a bonus question, but if we did it would be this: What should the four letter word be in Kim Wilde's "Four Letter Word"?


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[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Some more things:

- "Belfast Child" is probably the worst record to have appeared on any NOW so far.
- I THINK that the Bananarama charity single is the first charity record to have turned up, there's plenty from now on so obviously the labels had worked out the licensing details.
- is "Big Area" actually dirty?
- is Phil Collins a TIMELORD?
- lots here I don't remember - the Yazz follow-up for example.
- poor old Joe Smooth.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

What a load of bobbins.

Belfast Child v.bad, though I remember liking the intro at the time, prolly cos it is exactly the same as tune She Moves Through The Fair. Question is: is it worse than Zombie?

The Big Area Then Jericho were talking about was Of Love. So quite possibly yes.

[marnameow.livejournal.com]

Question is: is it worse than Zombie?

No. Nothing is.

[zenith.livejournal.com]

'I Just Shot John Lennon' is.

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

oh my, I like at least 3/4 of this NOW, and almost certainly had it/almost every song on it. This is obv my RIGHT TIME.

'Fine Time' is a slow, pop-soul ballady thing with lots of tosh about 'you picked a fine time, to cross the line' etc. But I still like it.