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Posted by: Colm 19th December 2023, 09:08 PM

Good evening to all the 20th century retro heads.


This is just a post to alert all you wonderful people to the BuzzJack curated compilations project that myself, gooddelta and awardinary have undertaken. The launch thread just went live in the Pop forum. We'd love your support and feed back as we progress.

http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=268087

Posted by: Colm 19th December 2023, 09:43 PM

First compilation published

BuzzJack presents...2023

Posted by: Xtrawardinary⛄️ 19th December 2023, 10:05 PM

Hope everybody likes it!

Posted by: Colm 28th December 2023, 11:36 PM

1989 has been published.

Posted by: dandy* 30th December 2023, 05:26 PM

Hope you don't mind but I'm popping a copy of the 1989 one in here as well as I think maybe a potentially different set of people will see it here than in pop.

Posted by: dandy* 30th December 2023, 06:23 PM

And I've had a go at compiling how I'd order them (my order is biased by what I like and what I want to shove on to disc 4 so that I don't have to listen to that one ) - assume this is okay and nobody would mind



Disc 1:
01 Madonna - Like a Prayer
02 Bangles - Eternal Flame
03 Kylie Minogue - Hand On Your Heart
04 Donna Summer - This Time I Know It’s For Real
05 Paul Abdul - Straight Up
06 New Kids On The Block - You Got It (The Right Stuff)
07 Lisa Stansfield - All Around the World
08 Roachford - Cuddly Toy
09 Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
10 Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
11 Michael Jackson - Leave Me Alone
12 Janet Jakson - Rhythm Nation
13 Martika - Toy Soldiers
14 Holly Johnson - Love Train
15 London Boys - Requiem
16 Erasure - Drama
17 Boy Meets Girl - Waiting For a Start To Fall
18 Liza Minelli - Losing My Mind
19 The Beautiful South - Song For Whoever
20 Sam Brown - Stop
21 Kate Bush - This Woman’s Work


Disc 2:
01 Black Box - Ride On Time
02 Technotronic feat. Felly - Pump Up The Jam
03 Inner City - Good Life
04 Sydney Youngblood - If Only I Could
05 Pet Shop Boys - It’s Alright
06 Lil’ Louis - French Kiss
07 A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
08 808 State - Pacific State
09 The Beatmasters feat Betty Boo - Hey DJ / I Can’t Dance (To That Music You’re Playing)
10 Rebel MC and Double Trouble - Street Tuff
11 Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon
12 S-Express - Hey Music Lover
13 Jeff Wayne - Eve Of The War (Ben Liebrand Mix)
14 Edelweiss - Bring Me Edelweiss
15 Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
16 De La Soul - Me Myself & I
17 Soul II Soul - Back to Life
18 Neneh Cherry - Manchild
19 Robert Howard and Kym Mazelle - Wait
20 Ten City - That’s the Way Love Is
21 The Beloved - The Sun Rising


Disc 3:
01 Guns n Roses - Sweet Child o Mine
02 Alice Cooper - Poison
03 Transvision Vamp - Baby I Don’t Care
04 Cher - If I Could Turn Back Time
05 Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
06 Billy Joel - We Didn’t Start The Fire
07 Mike and the Mechanics - The Living Years
08 Cyndi Lauper - I Drove All Night
09 Texas - I Don’t Want a Lover
10 INXS - Mystify
11 Fuzzbox - Pink Sunshine
12 Roxette - The Look
13 Belinda Carlisle - Leave a Light On
14 Deacon Blue - Wages Day
15 The Lightning Seeds - Pure
16 Stone Roses - Fool’s Gold
17 The Cure - Lullaby
18 Tears For Fears - Sowing the Seeds Of Love
19 Chris Rea - Road to Hell
20 Simple Minds - Belfast Child
21 U2 - All I Want Is You


Disc 4
01 Jive Bunny - Swing The Mood
02 Damian - The Time Warp
03 Kaoma - Lambada
04 Big Fun - Blame It On The Boogie
05 Sonia - You’ll Never Stop Me From Loving You
06 Jason Donovan - Too Many Broken Hearts
07 Bananarama / Lananeeneenoonoo - Help!
08 Roy Orbison - You Got It
09 Marc Almond feat. Gene Pitney - Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart
10 Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise
11 Simply Red - If You Don’t Know Me By Now
12 Gloria Estefan - Can’t Stay Away From You
13 Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville - Don’t Know Much
14 Richard Marx - Right Here Waiting
15 Will To Power - Baby I Love Your Way / Free Bird
16 Natalie Cole - Miss You Like Crazy
17 Prince - Batdance
18 Milli Vanilli - Girl I’m Gonna Miss You
19 Wet Wet Wet - Sweet Surrender
20 Michael Ball - Love Changes Everything
21 Band Aid II - Do They Know It’s Christmas?

Posted by: Colm 1st January 2024, 06:08 PM

Great idea to post it here, Dandy. Thanks

Are we to assume that anything on Disc 4 is disliked by you?

Of course, I will judge your sequencing in the manner that I judge sequencing on Now compilations

Please make it stop

Posted by: dandy* 1st January 2024, 06:30 PM

I didn't actually listen to it but I did very consciously pop Sydney Youngblood and the PSBs among the house tracks on the basis that It's Alright was a pretty faithful cover of the Sterling Void track and If Only I Could was basically based around Raze 'Break 4 Love'


Admittedly the last few on disc one were the ones that I had left over but liked too much to be chucked on disc 4 - which you are correct in concluding I largely dislike them, although Gloria Estefan is a little hard done by

Posted by: Colm 1st January 2024, 07:03 PM

09 Marc Almond feat. Gene Pitney - Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart
13 Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville - Don’t Know Much
17 Prince - Batdance

These are amazing.

Posted by: Colm 2nd January 2024, 08:29 AM

did you type the whole playlist out?

Posted by: Colm 2nd January 2024, 08:30 AM

The originals wouldn't have fitted there either, though.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 2nd January 2024, 10:09 AM

I think you made a typing error *dandy - i think you meant to put Roy and Bananarama on disc 3 and bung Deacon Blue and Mike & The Mechanics on disc 4

Posted by: Colm 2nd January 2024, 10:21 AM

Also, you introduce Will to Power only to put them on disc 4?

Posted by: awardinary 2nd January 2024, 10:32 AM

dandy will never attempt his own personal tracklisting again after this!

Posted by: dandy* 2nd January 2024, 02:26 PM

All I’m seeing is a surprising amount of wrong people!

Posted by: Colm 2nd January 2024, 02:27 PM

Who are you and what have you done with the real dandy*? 😕

Posted by: dandy* 2nd January 2024, 04:04 PM

Haha yes! I did start to just list things to see what I thought should be included and thought that was a big enough hit and was even bigger worldwide but I don’t like it… also looked at the big album sellers of the year so ended up with Chris Rea and INXS etc just because it seemed like those songs were popular enough to shift albums.

But then I got bored and rushed the rest in 30 mins before we went out the other day. Plus I liked the original choices on the whole

Posted by: dandy* 2nd January 2024, 04:05 PM

I don’t mind either of those but being awful wasn’t the only disc 4 criteria - they both definitely fit with the retro vibe of the beginning of the disc

Posted by: Colm 2nd January 2024, 04:38 PM

It's great to get your contributions Dandy*. 🙂

Posted by: TheSnake 8th January 2024, 08:23 PM

I would have chose London Nights instead of Requiem and also added Tyree Cooper - Turn Up The Bass but it is a great tracklist!

Posted by: Colm 8th January 2024, 10:08 PM

I think London Nights would have been my preference too but Requiem felt more deserving.

Turn Up the Bass was on the long list.

Posted by: Colm 16th January 2024, 12:55 PM

Coming soon

Posted by: Colm 16th January 2024, 12:56 PM

There's 4 discs

Predict what might open each one

Posted by: Colm 19th January 2024, 07:51 AM

http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=268087&view=findpost&p=7497104

1999 has arrived

Posted by: TheSnake 19th January 2024, 07:17 PM

'Texas - Summer Son' reminds me of the chimes trend, first Tamperer and Maya, then Steps - Tragedy then Texas - Summer Son...any other late 90s/2000 songs with chimes?

The Corrs - Runaway is a lovely song but you got me confused with "Tin Tin Out remix" for a moment there - just sounds like the standard radio version!

Posted by: gooddelta 19th January 2024, 07:32 PM

Yes, it was the version played on the radio in 1999, but it is a remix.

The original from 1995, which was a top ten hit in Ireland and Australia among other places at the time, sounds a lot less glossy and is heavier on the percussion. It was important to state the remix title as that’s the version we have included.

Posted by: TheSnake 19th January 2024, 07:58 PM

Ok thanks for the clarification, I didn't know that.

Posted by: Last Dreamer 19th January 2024, 08:50 PM

I prefer the original version of "Runaway".

Posted by: Colm 5th February 2024, 09:20 AM

BuzzJack presents...Rave has been published for your delectation

Posted by: King Rollo 2nd April 2024, 06:23 PM

I'm just putting the Classic Rock edition compiled by Severin in this thread as well in case anyone doesn't notice it in the pop forum. The Spotify playlist can be found there.

Posted by: Roba. 3rd April 2024, 10:36 AM

Ooh nice pick for KISS there

Posted by: Popchartfreak 9th April 2024, 09:43 AM

Classic Rock popchartfreak chart-toppers on the playliost...

Kinks, Steppenwolf (seen them perform it live - Disney Epcot!), Hawkwind, Queen, Boston, but there are loads of big top 10 faves here, Ram Jam, Rainbow, Stones, Alice, Golden earing, Aerosmith, Lizzy, the Cowbells song, Meat Loaf, Toto, too...

Posted by: Popchartfreak 9th April 2024, 09:48 AM

Rave years I wasnt really clubbing, but great to see RAF in there (Singerpurear BJSC semi RIP), Rozalla, N Trance, Blue Pearl, Baby D, U96 and chart-toppers for me KLF, Utah Saints

Posted by: Popchartfreak 9th April 2024, 09:50 AM

Coming Soon, a 4 CD Best of...

Posted by: Colm 9th April 2024, 10:48 AM

I've had a sneaky peak at the tracklisting and pcf has done a great job!

Posted by: Last Dreamer 9th April 2024, 11:13 AM

Cats UK - Luton Airport deserved to be on 1979 compilation. My favourite girl group song from 20th century.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 9th April 2024, 01:09 PM

I'm afraid not a biggest enough hit, Alex Just the biggest hits and the groundbreaking qualify and loads of those had to get left off even so not enough space oops!

Posted by: King Rollo 9th April 2024, 01:13 PM

I'm looking forward to seeing what you've chosen. 1979 is the start of the golden era of the singles chart which lasted until 1984.

Posted by: Severin 9th April 2024, 04:32 PM

Look forward to seeing what's on 1979. Definitely one of the most chock full of classics years for me, but it's right there in the period I started to realise music was my passion.

Posted by: Colm 12th April 2024, 06:29 AM

Great work by popchartfreak!