The History Of Pop Part 18 aka Already caused a scandal, a disturbance like a vandal

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

1990 in full swing in Now 18 - a particularly mixed bag as the Now series still gamely attempts to please allcomers with a bit of everything. Could anyone have liked everything here, or even 80% of it? One theme that's been coming out in these polls and comments is the people who liked - or made themselves like - almost everything on the first Now or two they got, even if time has since mellowed their sensibilities. It's the old debate - can you train yourself to like something?

Meanwhile a photo finish on Now 17 sees Adamski's "Killer" the victor, with Beats International a single vote behind, and Happy Mondays and Depeche Mode one behind that. The write-in polls reflected the closeness, with no consensus on what was best, though 'worst' was hogged by Phil and The Yoobies, as per. Bobby Gillespie's highpoints were drawn across the man's remarkably long career - special tips of the indie hat to the "Velocity Girl" diehards, there.

LET'S VOTE


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Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The Talk Talk one I remember as being pretty good! I may be confusing it with some later remix tho.

The Cure original is one of the Cure songs I actually like but I don't remember the 90 mix at all, other than vaguely thinking it wasn't too hot.

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

The whole Mixed Up album is a pointless atrocity.

[tommygrand.livejournal.com]

I liked the version of Never Enough.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

b-but this is the ORIGIN of "there's always been a dance element to our music" which is the bestest music quote ever by a goth

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

GPWM! It was true though, inasmuch as when New Order 'discovered' dance music, Fat Bob's Mob 'discovered' it a few months later bu coincidence.

i would contend...

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

... that there is a SIGNIFICANT dance element to post-juju banshees AND early killing joke -- indeed the first time my ludship encounterd goths (then still known as "POZPUNK"!!) wz the emergence of a hitherto unnoticed goblinoid element onto the dancefloor at SCAMPS in oxford when WARDANCE (1xclue = in name) came on

[marnameow.livejournal.com]

It's a remix? Clearly I cannot read.