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 24th October 2008, 11:30 PM
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Sticking with the late '90s, here's my favourites of '97:
1. White Town - Your Woman Superb one hit wonder. 2. Cardigans - Lovefool I remember in late '96 when this made No.21. I couldn't believe it. Fortunately, common sense prevailed and a re-release went to No. 2 in '97. 3. Sash! - Encore Une Fois OK, it's a complete rip off of Insomnia, but still a top club classic 4. Pet Shop Boys - Red Letter Day Went straight in at No.9, then vanished out of the Top 40! 5. Tina Moore - Never Gonna Let You Go Fantastic floor filler. 6. Tori Amos - Professional Widow (Armand Van Helden Mix) Also a hit in '96, but as it hit No.1 in early '97, it qualifies. 7. Submerge ft Jan Johnston - Take Me By The Hand Only made No.28. Deserved to go at least Top 3. Forgotten house gem. Long overdue a remake. 8. Red 5 - I Love You...Stop! Silly house tune, but I loved it. 9. Basement Jaxx - Fly Life Their first hit. Really like this! 10. Echo & The Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever Too many club tunes on the list, so best balance it out a bit. Superb Top 10 comeback. 11. Depeche Mode - Home I still think this is one of their best. It only made No.23 12. Olive - Outlaw Love You're Not Alone, but what about this equally good No.14 follow up? Worst of the year for me would be that Perfect Day, Children In Need single. |
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25th October 2008, 06:41 AM
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QUOTE(AH Gold @ Oct 25 2008, 12:31 AM)  Worst of the year for me would be that Perfect Day, Children In Need single. oh without a doubt...i hate that track.. interesting selection, mine would certainly include 'your woman' ... |
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25th October 2008, 09:55 AM
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QUOTE(AH Gold @ Oct 24 2008, 11:31 PM) Sticking with the late '90s, here's my favourites of '97: 7. Submerge ft Jan Johnston - Take Me By The Hand Only made No.28. Deserved to go at least Top 3. Forgotten house gem. Long overdue a remake.   
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25th October 2008, 03:11 PM
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QUOTE(ScottyEm @ Oct 25 2008, 10:56 AM) Wow Scotty, someone else knows it!
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25th October 2008, 08:05 PM
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i could only find 9 tracks that were good enough, but imho some corkers!
WHITE TOWN - your woman NO DOUBT - dont speak SASH - encore un fois APOLLO 440 - aint talking 'bout dub MONACO - what do you want from me? OLIVE - youre not alone BRAINBUG - nightmare AGE OF LOVE - age of love remixes EMBRACE - all you good good people. |
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25th October 2008, 08:11 PM
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QUOTE(MUSHYMANROB @ Oct 25 2008, 08:06 PM) AGE OF LOVE - age of love remixes Ooooooooh CHOOON!!! 
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25th October 2008, 11:08 PM
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Amazing amazing year, late 90s pop at its finest. My favourites would fill ten pages, but out of my ultimate ultimate ones...
Tori Amos - Professional Widow (Armand van Helden remix) No Mercy - Where Do You Go Gala - Freed From Desire Sash - Encore Une Fois/Ecuador White Town - Your Woman Pet Shop Boys - Somewhere Underworld - Moaner (one of their best even though I don't think it was actually released here) Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats Blueboy - Remember Me DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima Dario G - Sunchyme The Source - You Got The Love (beating both the original and 2006 remake for me) The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony Natalie Imbruglia - Torn All Saints - Never Ever And, erm, 'Everybody (Backstreet's Back)' by the Backstreet Boys 
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25th October 2008, 11:39 PM
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QUOTE(MUSHYMANROB @ Oct 25 2008, 09:06 PM) i could only find 9 tracks that were good enough, but imho some corkers! WHITE TOWN - your woman NO DOUBT - dont speak SASH - encore un fois APOLLO 440 - aint talking 'bout dub MONACO - what do you want from me? OLIVE - youre not alone BRAINBUG - nightmare AGE OF LOVE - age of love remixes EMBRACE - all you good good people. I forgot all about Ain't Talkin' Bout Dub. And Monaco - that was a great song. I liked the follow up Sweet Lips too. Should have added that to my list. Oh, and I also forgot Tarantino's New Star by North & South. Don't care what anyone says, that's a terrific pop tune! |
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26th October 2008, 08:15 AM
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QUOTE(AH Gold @ Oct 26 2008, 12:40 AM) I forgot all about Ain't Talkin' Bout Dub. And Monaco - that was a great song. I liked the follow up Sweet Lips too. Should have added that to my list. Oh, and I also forgot Tarantino's New Star by North & South. Don't care what anyone says, that's a terrific pop tune! i go into resource and retro charts... everyhit.com then select the year and view the 'whole' month by month. that way youll not miss any of the big hits (but minor ones may not show). prevents any mistakes/omissions! |
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26th October 2008, 09:18 AM
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1997... OK Go!
01: Daft Punk "Da Funk" And so began the French house music revolution! "Around The World" was the bigger hit (but, frankly, it get's on my t*ts) plus this has a far better vid! Taken from the 97 albm of the year, "Homework" 02: Nuyorican Soul Feat Jocelyn Brown "It's Alright, I Feel It" Frankly, Ms Brown can blast her way through a train timetable and would still sound incredible. A real spirit raiser, such quality track. 03: The Blueboy "Remember Me" Ding-dig-a-ding-din-din-ga-ding... 04: Kylie "Did It Again" One of the key tracks from Kylie's greatest and most important album, "Impossible Princess". Crackin' vid too, Kylie looks gorgeous as ever here. 05: Basement Jaxx "Flylife" The greatest dance act on earth and this was their first taste of the mainstream when this went top 20. Space-age house music that could've easily have been made yesterday while anything Sash! made in this year sounds dated and naff! 06: Sneaker Pimps "Spin Spin Sugar (Armand Van Helden Dark Garage Mix) 97 was the year of killer mixes from Armand Van Helden. Personally, I think his mix of Sneaker Pimps "Spin Spin Sugar" cannot be topped! 07: Sneaker Pimps "Post Modern Sleaze" And another from the 90s indie-darlings... Real moody, cool track. Their underrated "Becoming X" album got me through those late nightes studying at Uni. 08: Republica "Drop Dead Gorgeous" I know I'm sorry, this is bad taste but when we're off to the indie 90s revival night, you know you'll be dancing your t*ts off to this! And lets not frget the gorgeous Saffron got every other British girl to get red streaks! 09: En Vogue "Don't Let Go (Love)" Balladry R&B isn't usually my kind of thing, but the superior En Vogue were on the mics and this was a wicked bit of slick 90s soul. I still think the handfull of tracks these girls did knock ANYTHING out of the water Destinys Child did. 10: TLC "Creep" And the 2nd greatest all girl act of the 1990s... The "CrazySexyCool" album is still essential listening! 11: Ultra Nate "Free" Arguably the most famous US garage track of all time. A humongous hit at the time and still a wicked track that will floor the coolest house floors right through to wedding parties. 12: Todd Terry/Martha Wash/Jocelyn Brown "Something Goin' On" The first two ladies of house show them all how it should be done! A true evergreen house anthem! And this years guily pleasure... Livin Joy "Where Can I Find Love" Terribly dated track from mid-90s Italian euro house act, but being 13 at the time, I remeber playing this all the time as a kid. This started my obsession with dance diva's! This post has been edited by ScottyEm: 26th October 2008, 09:27 AM |
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27th October 2008, 07:26 PM
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My favourites:
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn Janet Jackson - Together Again Solid Harmonie - I'll Be There For You Alexia - Uh La La, Number One, Me & You DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima, Free, Planet Love Disco Citizens - Footprint '97 Ultra Nate - Free Dannii - All I Wanna Do Doulbe 99 - Ripgroove Tina Moore - Never Let You Go She Moves - Breaking All The Rules Sash - Stay Red 5 - I Love You Stop Sequential One - Dreams Dario G - Sunchyme Wes - Alane Texas - Say What You Want Skunk Anansie - Brazen, Hedonism Olive - You're Not Alone Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life, Mama All Saints - I Know Where It's At Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me Eros Ramazotti & Tina Turner - La Cose Della Vita N*Sync - Tearin' Up My Heart Anouk - Nobody's Wife Robert Miles - Freedom Chicane - Sunstroke Apollo 440 - Aint Talkin' Bout Dub No Doubt - Dont Speak, Just A Girl Lutricia McNeal - Aint That Just The Way Gala - Freed From Desire, Let A Boy Cry Meredith Brooks - b**ch, What Would Happen Robyn - Do You Know What It Takes Five - Slam Dunk Da Funk Smoke City - Underwater Love Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partiro Eternal - Angel Of Mine Mariah - Honey Third Eye Blind - Semi Charmed Life Sunclub - Fiesta Republica - Ready To Go Warren G - I Shot The Sheriff MC Lyte - Cold Rock A Party |
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27th October 2008, 07:37 PM
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hmm...my shortlist for the moment
Eternal - I Wanna Be The Only One/Angel Of Mine Boyzone - Picture Of You Sash! - Ecuador/Stay Katrina & The Waves - Love Shine A Light No Doubt - Don't Speak Dario G - Sunchyme Spice Girls - Mama/Too Much Texas - Halo/Say What You Want/Black Eyed Boy Mariah Carey - Honey Republica - Ready To Go White Town - Your Woman The Corrs - Only When I Sleep The Cardigans - Lovefool Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do Kylie Minogue - Some Kind Of Bliss/Did It Again Mr President - Coco Jamboo Gina G - Fresh great year for pop  so glad Eternal finally got to No.1 with what was by far their best single, shame it all went pear shaped after Angel Of Mine  they were just starting to go from good to brilliant
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27th October 2008, 08:56 PM
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Let's Go Brandon
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Coco Jamboo was fab
I didnt include it in mine cos it was a hit here in 96.
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27th October 2008, 09:10 PM
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Oh f***! Now all we talk about are these tedious late 90s pop threads where we just get lists of really bad pop records being bandied about.
This is drivel. I know I'll get told "but it wasn't your era" BUT pop in the late 90s and early 00s really was awful. Compare the output of any year from 63 (Beatles started modern pop as far as I'm concerned) to about 96 and 97-2001 loses out big style. (alright 1974-75 was awful as well!) |
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27th October 2008, 09:14 PM
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QUOTE(grebo69 @ Oct 27 2008, 09:11 PM) Oh f***! Now all we talk about are these tedious late 90s pop threads where we just get lists of really bad pop records being bandied about. This is drivel. I know I'll get told "but it wasn't your era" BUT pop in the late 90s and early 00s really was awful. Compare the output of any year from 63 (Beatles started modern pop as far as I'm concerned) to about 96 and 97-2001 loses out big style. (alright 1974-75 was awful as well!) Yeah, I agree with you. The sub-genres were all well and good, but pop music during this era was terrible. |
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27th October 2008, 09:17 PM
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I Was Born Free
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QUOTE(ScottyEm @ Oct 27 2008, 09:15 PM) Yeah, I agree with you. The sub-genres were all well and good, but pop music during this era was terrible. It was ok if you liked rnb or commercial dance music (both of which I hate) Indie was in retreat after the glory years of Britpop and pop was $h!te. It was boy and girl band central. Terrible, truly terrible period for music. |
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27th October 2008, 11:06 PM
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hmm..apart from ScottyEm's choices, the other songs mentioned here, apart from Smoke City's awesome Underwater Love, read like a list of my least favourite of 97...
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27th October 2008, 11:17 PM
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Right sod all this $h!te pop we've been hearing about, these are the songs I remember...
1. Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve 2. Paranoid Android - Radiohead 3. Brimful of Asha - Cornershop (NOT the awful bloody remix that was released the following year) 4. North Country Boy - The Charlatans 5. Nancy Boy - Placebo 6. Disco Machine Gun - Lo-Fidelity Allstars 7. Dry the Rain - The Beta Band 8. Beetlebum - Blur 9. Kowalski - Primal Scream 10. Block Rockin' Beats - The Chemical Brothers 11. Hunter - Bjork 12. Come to Daddy - Aphex Twin |
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28th October 2008, 12:21 PM
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QUOTE(grebo69 @ Oct 27 2008, 09:11 PM) Oh f***! Now all we talk about are these tedious late 90s pop threads where we just get lists of really bad pop records being bandied about. This is drivel. I know I'll get told "but it wasn't your era" BUT pop in the late 90s and early 00s really was awful. Compare the output of any year from 63 (Beatles started modern pop as far as I'm concerned) to about 96 and 97-2001 loses out big style. (alright 1974-75 was awful as well!) thats only your opinion.... NOT a definitive fact. in fact id go as far as to suggest pop was at its peak 98-02 ... (pop as in pop and not as popular music) id much sooner listen to pop from 96-06 then 88-95. (but of course it doesnt touch 77-83, 63-68). this forum is 'retro' and that means 'memories' of our youth, as many here are aged 18-25 they would be just getting into music in the late 90's... therefore they will like that era. and if you dont like 'listings' threads then please feel free to start a discussion thread !!! after all, its YOUR forum .... new ideas are always welcome  |
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28th October 2008, 12:49 PM
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QUOTE(grebo69 @ Oct 27 2008, 11:18 PM) Right sod all this $h!te pop we've been hearing about, these are the songs I remember... 1. Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve 2. Paranoid Android - Radiohead 3. Brimful of Asha - Cornershop (NOT the awful bloody remix that was released the following year) 4. North Country Boy - The Charlatans 5. Nancy Boy - Placebo 6. Disco Machine Gun - Lo-Fidelity Allstars 7. Dry the Rain - The Beta Band 8. Beetlebum - Blur 9. Kowalski - Primal Scream 10. Block Rockin' Beats - The Chemical Brothers 11. Hunter - Bjork 12. Come to Daddy - Aphex Twin there you go , personal choice/opinion... dont like anything on that list m8, but if that gets you going then fair play! |
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