I'll comment here.

Britney's Everytime is a beautiful thing.

Today, Take That's Rule the World came on to my phone during a shuffle and I didn't move on - I love it.

I can't think of a single Westlife or Boyzone song that I would ever choose to listen to.

 

I like pop music - Girls Aloud and Sugababes have produced a handful of great tunes each. ABBA, Erasure, Euruthmics, PSB, Madonna (and to be generous, Kylie) all excelled at various times too.

Many many other bands and singers seem to manage just one piece of pop perfection but most don't. It's slim pickings out there in pop-land. So, I'll rarely say that I like Kylie - I will just say I like Confide in Me. I wont say I like Britney - just have a soft spot for Everytime.

Westlife had a run of classic innovative singles - is a sentence we will never see :lol:

(It's John) Not necessarily: Dana was always mums n dads, Cilla became that, and Elaine Page. The rest were pure teen records, with the Carpenters being so classy they crossed the board and appealed to all ages. Olivia was originally more family/late teen appeal crossing-over to country older fan-base, then went pop big-time.

 

New Seekers, Bucks Fizz, Marie Osmond, Lynsey De paul, Middle Of The Road, appealed to the 9 to 15 year old group, mostly, though obviously some older folk liked the wholesomeness too and they were featured on family shows where rock acts weren't.

 

I still maintain Bucks Fizz were beautifully crafted pop songs (their producers/writers remained throughout their career and could easily have been like Xenomania or any number of the current hit pop factory writers if they were around now). New Seekers/Middle Of The Road had some great pop songs amongst the more obvious stuff but they weren't ever "cool" with older kids who wouldnt be seen buying kiddie singles (15-17 age group are especially keen to look cool) B-)

I remember a lot of these all being around in the mid 70s when I was about 6 or 7 and none of these seemed cool.

Brotherhood of Man were a joke then let alone someone actually saying they like them now

 

I loathe The Carpenters.

 

The Osmonds were always just really creepy.

 

Bucks Fizz were around in 1981-83. Then you actually had pop meisterworks by the dozen from ABC to The Human League to Blondie to Duran Duran and so on and to be truthful they just pale into insignificance besides these. I was just so lucky to enjoy my pop years when i was turning into a teenager during the early 80s when pop was just fantastic. There seemed to be so much to choose from.

I remember a lot of these all being around in the mid 70s when I was about 6 or 7 and none of these seemed cool.

Brotherhood of Man were a joke then let alone someone actually saying they like them now

 

I loathe The Carpenters.

 

The Osmonds were always just really creepy.

 

Bucks Fizz were around in 1981-83. Then you actually had pop meisterworks by the dozen from ABC to The Human League to Blondie to Duran Duran and so on and to be truthful they just pale into insignificance besides these. I was just so lucky to enjoy my pop years when i was turning into a teenager during the early 80s when pop was just fantastic. There seemed to be so much to choose from.

 

Brotherhood Of Man had 2 or 3 (Abba-clone) reasonable singles but not exactly innovative yes, you might find it hard to believe that my mates in the 6th form in '76 (we were 17/18!) split into 2 camps one lunchtime at school: those who thought BOM were best thing since sliced bread, and those who thought they were having a laugh when it was so obviously all about the Beatles revival that spring/early summer. I was the less camp Beatles group.

 

The Carpenters are rightly regarded as classy, perennial sellers and well-thought of generally. The Osmonds were just wholesome teen fare, hardly creepy, the One Direction of their day (only they could write the odd great song like Crazy Horses and play their instruments, do rock, and had been performing for over a decade by the time they hit it big, rather than being instant overnight record company creations serviced by teams of songwriters).

 

Bucks Fizz, as you say, emerged during a great patch of pop (though most teenagers thinks their era is the best) and on balance admittedly less worthy than those you mention - just think they deserve better as they had a varied body of polished pop. It's as good as Girl's Aloud's (or bad if you like neither) for much the same reasons.

 

19.10.1991 : Cathy Dennis - Too Many Walls (4 weeks # 1)

 

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"Too Many Walls" is the title of a pop ballad by the British singer-songwriter Cathy Dennis.

 

Released as a single from her album Move to This in September 1991, "Too Many Walls" became Dennis' fourth Top 10 hit on the U.S. pop chart, where it peaked at #8. Her other American Top 10 singles were: "C'mon and Get My Love", #10 in 1990; "Just Another Dream", #9, also from 1990; and "Touch Me (All Night Long)", #2 from earlier in 1991. In the U.K., the song was released in October reached #17 on the British pop chart. In Australia, the song reached #57 on the Australian pop chart.

 

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Dennis stated that she thinks the ballad is "the best song on the album, especially in terms of lyrics. The other songs are fun, but they can be quite vacant." She said the song is "about when you want to be together with someone, but other people's opinions and prejudices get in the way."

Edited December 2, 201311 yr by AlexRange

 

16.11.1991 : All About Eve - The Dreamer (2 weeks # 1)

 

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Third single from the "Touched By Jesus" album, charted in the UK at #41 position.

Edited December 2, 201311 yr by AlexRange

 

30.11.1991 : The Other Two - Tasty Fish (3 weeks # 1)

 

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The Other Two are an English dance act, are Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert of New Order. The band name refers to the fact that the other New Order members, Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook, had already released solo records when the first The Other Two record, the single "Tasty Fish", came out 1991 and peaked at 41 in UK Singles Chart.

 

The Other Two's albums are "The Other Two & You" (1993), on which Gilbert was the vocalist, and "Super Highways" (1999), which also featured guest vocalist Melanie Williams on some tracks ("Super Highways", "You Can Fly", "One Last Kiss").

 

The Other Two have been involved in motion picture scoring; they created a theme song for the TV series Common As Muck (the track New Horizon has elements of this theme tune), America's Most Wanted. Other soundtrack work includes Cold Feet, Making Out and series two of Cracker. The Other Two created music for the UK TV programme Reportage, but this was credited as New Order.

Edited December 2, 201311 yr by AlexRange

 

21.12.1991 : Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me (3 weeks # 1)

 

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"I Can't Make You Love Me" is a 1991 popular song, written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin and recorded by Bonnie Raitt on her Luck of the Draw album from that year. In August 2000, Mojo magazine voted "I Can't Make You Love Me" #8 on its The 100 Greatest Songs Of All Time list. The song is ranked #339 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

 

The idea for the song came to Reid while reading an article about a man arrested for getting drunk and shooting at his girlfriend's car. The judge asked him if he had learned anything, to which he replied, "I learned, Your Honor, that you can't make a woman love you if she don't." A pensive ballad, "I Can't Make You Love Me" was recorded against a quiet electric piano-based arrangement, with prominent piano fills and interpolations supplied by Bruce Hornsby. The singer depicts a now one-sided romantic relationship about to end in soft but brutally honest terms.

 

The song was a big hit for Raitt in United States (# 18 in Billboard Hot 100), but unsuccessful in United Kingdom (# 50 in Singles Chart). The song placed on the Billboard Year-End chart for 1992, and the song's popularity helped solidify her remarkable late-in-career commercial success that had begun two years before. In the time since, "I Can't Make You Love Me" has gone on to become a pop standard and a mainstay of adult contemporary radio formats.

Edited December 4, 201311 yr by AlexRange

All my personal # 1 singles (1991) :

01. Kim Wilde - I Can't Say Goodbye (3 weeks # 1)

02. Belinda Carlisle - Summer Rain (2 weeks # 1)

03. Heart - Secret (2 weeks # 1)

04. River City People - When I Was Young (4 weeks # 1)

05. Dannii Minogue - Love And Kisses (1 week # 1)

06. Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) (2 weeks # 1)

07. Samantha Janus - A Message To Your Heart (6 weeks # 1)

08. All About Eve - Farewell Mr. Sorrow (3 weeks # 1)

09. Voice Of The Beehive - Monsters And Angels (3 weeks # 1)

10. Sophie Lawrence - Love's Unkind (5 weeks # 1)

11. Stevie Nicks - Sometimes It's A Bitch (3 weeks # 1)

12. Voice Of The Beehive - I Think I Love You (3 weeks # 1)

13. Cathy Dennis - Too Many Walls (4 weeks # 1)

14. All About Eve - The Dreamer (2 weeks # 1)

15. The Other Two - Tasty Fish (3 weeks # 1)

16. Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me (3 weeks # 1)

 

Special awards :

Best single, which was not my personal # 1 : Clannad And Paul Young - Both Sides Now

Most # 1 singles : Voice Of The Beehive, All About Eve (2)

Most # 1 weeks : Samantha Janus, Voice Of The Beehive (6)

Singer of the Year : Belinda Carlisle

Group of the Year : Voice Of The Beehive

Favourite official UK # 1 single : Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)

Song of the Year : Samantha Janus - A Message To Your Heart

 

Samantha Janus won "Song Of The Year" award in very hard battle against another soap star Sophie Lawrence. "A Message To Your Heart" is the fifth Eurovision song, which won "Song Of The Year" award after "All Kinds Of Everything" (1970), "Jack In A Box" (1971), "Waterloo" (1974) and "I'm Never Giving Up" (1983).

Edited December 4, 201311 yr by AlexRange

I find a lot of your choices to be very weak and watery. Just uninteresting to me. No hooks, bland, obvious melodies.

I can't help you. :)

This thread is retro music encyclopedia for young peoples and pop music journey in past for others.

My mission will be done, if even some forum members will like some my # 1s from singles, which they didn't heard before it. :)

Edited December 2, 201311 yr by AlexRange

Right from the last god knows how many years just off the top of my head:

Not bad retro pop selection, only disagree with your opinion about Kylie Minogue. SAW was the best period in her career.

Early Kylie, early Madonna and Pet Shop Boys (ABBA is more 70s group for me) are the best pure pop artists from all 80s decade.

Edited December 3, 201311 yr by AlexRange

Not bad retro pop selection, only disagree with your opinion about Kylie Minogue. SAW was the best period in her career.

Early Kylie, early Madonna and Pet Shop Boys (ABBA is more 70s group for me) are the best pure pop artists from all 80s decade.

I'm sorry but apart from about two tracks, the works of SAW were the works of Satan and proof that the devil does not own all the best tunes.

You see, Alex. You say that SAW was Kylie's best people but I found it very very boring.

19.10.1991 : Cathy Dennis - Too Many Walls (4 weeks # 1)

Yes! This is one of the best songs I've ever heard, and I've only known it for about a year.

When I listen to this on Youtube, I find it interesting that one of the 'recommended videos' on the side of the screen is "Love...Thy Will Be Done" by Martika. They do sound great back-to-back, and both songs are probably the best from each artist.

I'm also pleased to see Bonnie Raitt here ^_^

 

All my personal # 1 singles (1991) :

01. Kim Wilde - I Can't Say Goodbye (3 weeks # 1)

02. Belinda Carlisle - Summer Rain (2 weeks # 1)

03. Heart - Secret (2 weeks # 1)

04. River City People - When I Was Young (4 weeks # 1)

05. Dannii Minogue - Love And Kisses (1 week # 1)

06. Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) (2 weeks # 1)

07. Samantha Janus - A Message To Your Heart (6 weeks # 1)

08. All About Eve - Farewell Mr. Sorrow (3 weeks # 1)

09. Voice Of The Beehive - Monsters And Angels (3 weeks # 1)

10. Sophie Lawrence - Love's Unkind (5 weeks # 1)

11. Stevie Nicks - Sometimes It's A Bitch (3 weeks # 1)

12. Voice Of The Beehive - I Think I Love You (3 weeks # 1)

13. Cathy Dennis - Too Many Walls (4 weeks # 1)

14. All About Eve - The Dreamer (2 weeks # 1)

15. The Other Two - Tasty Fish (3 weeks # 1)

16. Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me

 

Special awards :

Best single, which was not my personal # 1 : Clannad And Paul Young - Both Sides Now

Most # 1 singles : Voice Of The Beehive, All About Eve (2)

Most # 1 weeks : Samantha Janus, Voice Of The Beehive (6)

Singer of the Year : Belinda Carlisle

Group of the Year : Voice Of The Beehive

Favourite official UK # 1 single : Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)

Song of the Year : Samantha Janus - A Message To Your Heart

 

Samantha Janus won "Song Of The Year" award in very hard battle against another soap star Sophie Lawrence. "A Message To Your Heart" is the fifth Eurovision song, which won "Song Of The Year" award after "All Kinds Of Everything" (1970), "Jack In A Box" (1971), "Waterloo" (1974) and "I'm Never Giving Up" (1983).

 

 

A nice varied pop batch of number ones, Alex, none hit my top but an interesting selection and I think I'll check out some of the youtube links you kindly provide so I can reacquaint myself with some B-) The Belinda & Beehive records are great pop tunes especially and Bonnie is now recognised as a gem...

 

just to add my bit to the discussions, I loved Grebo's one liner, very amusing, but of course they werent the works of Satan - only The Reynolds Girls I'd Rather Jack which Radio 1 were playing and I claim caused a yuppie to crash into me on the M5 at 80mph - clearly IS the spawn of Satan that one! :lol:

 

early Kylie SAW was fluffy, late SAW was naughtier and fab, Cathy Dennis of course co-wrote (with Mud's Rob Davies) Kylie's world-conquering anthem, among other great songs, and she turned out a better songwriter than an already good popstar B-)

 

From classic SAW artists I like only Kylie Minogue (her first, second and third albums), Mandy Smith and Jason Donovan, but they worked with some my favourite groups : Steps, Scooch, Fast Food Rockers.

 

Last Mike Stock creation is new band Go!Go!Go!

 

 

Steps were amazing 15 years ago, but mixed (boys and girls) pure pop groups are still good, even if the most peoples don't care about them today. :)

Edited December 4, 201311 yr by AlexRange

I was going to edit my post along the lines of what you said. I think I was being too harsh there - it is Alex's second (or third?) language and so I should cut some slack.

 

I know, that my grammar is not good. English language is very different in compare with my main language (Russian). In Russian language we use only 3 tenses : Present, Past, Future (Indefinite Tenses in English), don't have any analogues of Continuous and Perfect Tenses. Adverbial modifiers is the very hard thing in English grammar for me. In Russian language we don't have a strict order for them and I usually forgot about right order of these modifiers in my English phrases. Basically I can read on English, my vocabulary is not very narrow, but I have many problems with English grammar. :)

Edited December 4, 201311 yr by AlexRange

 

11.01.1992 : Lita Ford - Shot Of Poison (4 weeks # 1)

 

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Lita Rossana Ford is an American rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, who was the lead guitarist for The Runaways in the late 1970s before embarking on a solo career in the 1980s.

 

Following the breakup of The Runaways, Ford set about launching a solo career. Her debut solo album, entitled Out for Blood, was released in 1983 and was a commercial disappointment. Her next release, 1984's Dancin' on the Edge achieved moderate success and Ford's popularity began to rise, due largely to her sex appeal with the largely male heavy metal audience. Dancin' on the Edge included the single "Fire In My Heart", which reached the Top 10 in several countries outside the US. The follow-up single, "Gotta Let Go", was a bonafide hit for Ford.

 

"Shot of Poison" is the first single from her fifth studio album"Dangerous Curves", released in 1991. Though it was a popular release and received heavy video rotation on MTV, the album was not as successful as it's predecessor as musical tastes were shifting towards alternative rock in late 1991. The album charted on both the US and UK charts in 1992 and the single, "Shot of Poison" (# 63 in UK Singles Chart), was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance - Female in 1993. This was Lita Ford's second Grammy nomination since 1984's "Dancin' On The Edge".

Edited December 5, 201311 yr by AlexRange

I know, that my grammar is not good. English language is very different in compare with my main language (Russian). In Russian language we use only 3 tenses : Present, Past, Future (Indefinite Tenses in English), don't have any analogues of Continuous and Perfect Tenses. Adverbial modifiers is the very hard thing in English grammar for me. In Russian language we don't have a strict order for them and I usually forgot about right order of these modifiers in my English phrases. Basically I can read on English, my vocabulary is not very narrow, but I have many problems with English grammar. :)

 

 

Interesting stuff, Alex, though I wouldn't worry about it, your grammar is charming. The younger generation I observe (English people) wouldnt have the faintest idea what the structure of language is...

 

 

(they just use it like, they hear others, like, dood, like using words, innit, and I was like "Oh my gaaaarrrrd" and she was like" what's she texted" and he was like" Oh it's all, like, over Facebook".)

 

You do well, at least I can understand your English!

Edited December 4, 201311 yr by popchartfreak

 

01.02.1992 : Belinda Carlisle - Half The World (4 weeks # 1)

 

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"Half the World" is the third single from Belinda Carlisle's "Live Your Life Be Free" album, released in December 1991.

 

This was the first of Carlisle's albums not to chart in the United States and the last album of hers to produce a U.S. Billboard Hot 100 single ("Do You Feel Like I Feel?", number 73). The album fared better in the UK, where it peaked at number seven.

 

# 35 in UK Singles Chart.

Edited December 5, 201311 yr by AlexRange

 

07.03.1992 : Amy Grant - Good For Me (3 weeks # 1)

 

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"Good for Me" is a 1992 single by Christian music singer Amy Grant. It was released as the sixth single from the "Heart In Motion" album, but only the fourth song from the album released as a pop radio single. Its melody, lyrics, and rhythm make it the most comparable song on Heart In Motion to "Baby Baby". It was her fourth consecutive Top Five Adult Contemporary single and Top Ten Hot 100 single in United States, reaching #4 and #8, respectively, but only matched the lukewarm success of her previous single, "That's What Love Is for" in UK, peaking at #60.

 

Two music videos exist for "Good for Me". In the original video clip, Amy Grant frolicks and dances with another female, who was meant to be portrayed as a childhood friend of Grant's. However, once the video was completed, Grant reportedly felt that her intended message was lost and that the video had been edited in a way to make it appear as though she and her friend were lovers. Thus, Grant enlisted the help of actor/model Jme Stein, who had played her boyfriend in the video for "Baby Baby," to shoot a new video clip for "Good for Me". The second version depicts Grant dealing with her boyfriend's popularity with women. The original "Good for Me" video did appear on first pressings of the companion VHS video compilation to "Heart In Motion", but only the second video was featured on the 2004 DVD collection "Greatest Videos 1986-2004".

Edited December 5, 201311 yr by AlexRange