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poptimistsNow 23 is the BIGGEST! NOW! YET! with 39 tracks - and looking at the tracklisting you can understand why. Not because that tricky 1992-1993 bridge was a particularly fertile time for pop (in fact it looks pretty awful on this selection), but because some of the tracks have featured in these polls before. Freddie and Monserrat get a 'lympic-driven second crack of the whip; Heaven 17 return in remixed form; Simple Minds return for no reason I can see whatsoever. Meanwhile we have toytown techno, a few dead pop stars, a truly disgraceful 'tribute' to one of them, and - something I had genuinely and happily forgotten before typing this poll out - The Farm covering Don't You Want Me.
How thankful I am to look back on Now 22, which "Rhythm Is A Dancer" won by a single vote from En Vogue. CeCe P3n1ston came in third, and then SL2 and Utah Saints with scores in the mid-60s. Given the staggering greatness of SL2 and Utah Saints this brings me sadface, but there's no accounting for poptimist taste. Nick Berry and Jimmy Nail shared the dishonours, though Jimmy also had several fans. A predictably wide set of highpoints for Carter USM, with decking Phil Schofield and "Bloodsport 4 All" (TOPICAL INNIT) roughly most mentioned.
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How thankful I am to look back on Now 22, which "Rhythm Is A Dancer" won by a single vote from En Vogue. CeCe P3n1ston came in third, and then SL2 and Utah Saints with scores in the mid-60s. Given the staggering greatness of SL2 and Utah Saints this brings me sadface, but there's no accounting for poptimist taste. Nick Berry and Jimmy Nail shared the dishonours, though Jimmy also had several fans. A predictably wide set of highpoints for Carter USM, with decking Phil Schofield and "Bloodsport 4 All" (TOPICAL INNIT) roughly most mentioned.
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Date: 2006-02-13 01:45 pm (UTC)(cannae get YSI to work for me atm. Won't connect for some reason).
If Sophie B Hawkins doesn't win then Dom will kill us all. I very much wish to survive.
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Date: 2006-02-13 01:47 pm (UTC):-(
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Date: 2006-02-13 01:49 pm (UTC)The lack of love for Bizarre Inc is far more disappointing.
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Date: 2006-02-13 01:51 pm (UTC)YSIs 4 votes swap shock scam!
I was v indie at this point, I liked PJ Harvey and everything.
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Date: 2006-02-13 02:02 pm (UTC)Re: Dilemma
Date: 2006-02-13 01:59 pm (UTC)(Not to say that any of them weren't ace, cos they all were, but, man, so so so indie.)
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Date: 2006-02-13 02:56 pm (UTC)Is
[ ] Indie?
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Date: 2006-02-13 02:20 pm (UTC)Hurrah for Rave 92!
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Date: 2006-02-13 02:24 pm (UTC)And it should be doing WAY better than it is.
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Date: 2006-02-13 02:35 pm (UTC)That said, it's only the.. ooh.. fifth best song off "Grrr! It's Betty Boo". Are you familar with the singles that followed, "I'm On My Way" and "Hangover"?