November 11, 201311 yr Sometimes I wonder if you are ACTUALLY me Tony. Some brilliant choices there, particularly "Winter In July", its message being simply 'life is short don't waste it'. Loretta Heywood on vocal duties, very underrated and a lovely video to boot! Excellent. :D
November 11, 201311 yr Author DBK_B6m0_tY 01/09/1991 REM - Near Wild Heaven 2 Weeks REM doing what REM do best - jangle pop and ecstatic harmonies. Mike Mills takes the lead on this rather than Michael Stype. It's not every band that can boast two of alternative music's best voices. Mike's was always the more Beach Boys-esque of the two and Near Wild Heaven suits him down the ground. It all breezes towards that 2:26 part when it just drops back to two voices and the guitar. I actually bought this on cassette single when I was over in England in August 1991 visiting my cousins. Heaven, indeed. Top 3s 01/09/1991 1 - Near Wild Heaven - REM 2 - Winter in July - Bomb the Bass 3 - Summer Time DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince 08/09/1991 1 - Near Wild Heaven - REM 2 - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss - PM Dawn 3 - Summer Time - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
November 11, 201311 yr Author HntARyHUgng 15/09/1991 The Prodigy - Charly 3 Weeks Words fail me about how to describe the genius involved in every element of this. From the beat, to the silly vocal samples, to the bass, to the percussion parts. I've just listened to it four times in a row and it's still a pure joy. They would go on to better it - a few times at least. It wasn't their debut single but what an introduction! ....and we have another all dance top 3 on 29/09.... Top 3s 15/09/1991 1 - Charly - The Prodigy 2 - Near Wild Heaven - REM 3 - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss - PM Dawn 22/09/1991 1 - Charly - The Prodigy 2 - Near Wild Heaven - REM 3 - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss - PM Dawn 29/09/1991 1 - Charly - The Prodigy 2 - Such a Feeling - Bizarre Inc 3 - Everybody's Free - Rozalla Edited November 11, 201311 yr by AnthonyT
November 11, 201311 yr Shout out to "Such A Feeling" by Bizarre Inc. People forget that in favour of "Playing With Knives" but I love it just as much. Lovely to see the Prodigy with their first ever T40 hit - the version they played on R1 whilst this was in the chart was a totally different version IIRC. They got unfairly (IMO) blamed for the awful raft of 'rave' versions of children's TV shows "Sesame's Treet" by Smart E's and "A Trip To Trumpton" by Urban Hype however what they did at the time was totally original and really worked for me.
November 12, 201311 yr Such a Feeling is incredible and deserves way more recognition - has a fairly good run for a #13 hit too, going 28-20-14-13-15-16-25-38-57. People even seem to forget Playing With Knives in favour if 'I'm Gonna Get You' which is their most commercial (and probably weakest) single. Charly is most definitely a classic, these songs blew my mind when I first heard them in about 2004 so I can only imagine what they must have sounded to 1991 ears!
November 12, 201311 yr Author I'm Gonna Get You is awful. Playing With Knives is much better. Edited November 12, 201311 yr by AnthonyT
November 12, 201311 yr winter in july - brilliant. Charly: annoyed me a bit. The kiddie novelty angle used to push a drugs rave message (I assume) just didnt mix for me. At least E's Are Good E's Are Good was catchy.... Firstarter though...oh yes!
November 12, 201311 yr Author winter in july - brilliant. Charly: annoyed me a bit. The kiddie novelty angle used to push a drugs rave message (I assume) just didnt mix for me. At least E's Are Good E's Are Good was catchy.... Firstarter though...oh yes! But the music in Charley is so brilliant. :(
November 12, 201311 yr But the music in Charley is so brilliant. :( i'll have to re-listen, its 20 years since i heard it last... :lol:
November 13, 201311 yr Top 20 of 1990 1 Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode (1) 2 Killer - Adamski (1) 3 Elephant Stone - Stone Roses (1) 5 Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants (1) 8 What time is Love? - KLF (1) 9 Nothing Ever Happens - Del Amitri (1) 12 Shine On - House of Love (1) 13 Policy of Truth - Depeche Mode (1) 15 Roam - B-52s (1) 19 Epic - Faith No More (1) These all get the Severin seal of approval. Some of the others are ok to me but not so good. Planet of Sound and Charly are, of course, brilliant
November 13, 201311 yr Such a Feeling is incredible and deserves way more recognition - has a fairly good run for a #13 hit too, going 28-20-14-13-15-16-25-38-57. People even seem to forget Playing With Knives in favour if 'I'm Gonna Get You' which is their most commercial (and probably weakest) single. Charly is most definitely a classic, these songs blew my mind when I first heard them in about 2004 so I can only imagine what they must have sounded to 1991 ears! It was in the chart at the same time as "Such a Good Feeling" (which had a similar chart run IIRC and made it slightly confusing) but looking back it is quite amazing how a song like that managed to stay inside the Top 20 for well over a month. Though, I grant you that acid house was popular at the time - "Playing With Knives" was a lot more commercial and as a result was a new entry inside the Top 10 (rare at that time) only a few weeks later. OoKPZMYtqIo Looking forward to Oct/Nov '91 Tony, hopefully an appearance for Congress "40 Miles" coming up! :D
November 14, 201311 yr Author WI42hQHfbi8 06/10/1991 Rozalla - Everybody's Free 1 Weeks And the Queen of Rave makes it to number 1 for a solitary week. Uplifting, soaring, and that breakdown!!! Classic rave synth and house-piano. I had the pleasure of hearing her do this live at Pride Waterford two years ago. I was the only person going mental at the front. She hugged me afterwards. Top 3 06/10/1991 1 - Everybody's Free - Rozalla 2 - Charly - The Prodigy 3 - Such a Feeling Bizarre Inc
November 14, 201311 yr Author QES-eQ4lR5U 13/10/1991 Erasure - Love to Hate You 3 Weeks Back with a second number 1 from Chorus - Love to Hate You was the biggest selling of the four singles released from Chorus despite peaking lower than the title-track. Very much influenced by ABBA and I Will Survive, this is superbly camp. Top 3s 13/10/1991 1 - Love To Hate You -Erasure 2 - Everybody's Free - Rozalla 3 - Such a Feeling - Bizarre Inc 20/10/1991 1 - Love To Hate You -Erasure 2 - Everybody's Free - Rozalla 3 - Such a Feeling - Bizarre Inc 27/10/1991 1 - Love To Hate You -Erasure 2 - This House - Alison Moyet 3 - Everybody's Free - Rozalla Edited November 14, 201311 yr by AnthonyT
November 14, 201311 yr Author Dy5aAQktE68 03/11/1991 Alison Moyet - This House 1 Weeks A minor number 40 hits in the UK - a dramatic and haunting song about loss showcasing Alison's towering vocals. Top 3 03/11/19911 1 - This House - Alison Moyet 2 - The Show Must Go On - Queen 3 - Caribbean Blue - Enya
November 14, 201311 yr This House! I adore that track, such a pleasant surprise to see it here. Love To Hate You was my favourite song for months, even though it's my least favourite of the Chorus singles in retrospect.
November 14, 201311 yr Author 5Y1YFH9A3Bw 10/11/1991 U2 - The Fly 3 Weeks Now here's a band that I have a very mixed relationship with. They spent the 90s being quite interesting and all it started here. It's quite creditable for a band who had left us with the one dimensional, bluesy Rattle and Hum to come back with such a risky, non-U2 sounding song. It was jagged, distorted, utterly modern and frankly must have been quite alarming for the casual fan. Again, I didn't appreciate it at the time. The solo is an all time favourite of mine. Keeping the staggeringly accomplished Fall At Your Feet at number 2 was quite a feat also. Top 3s 10/11/1991 1 - The Fly - U2 2 - Fall At Your Feet - Crowded House 3 - This House Alison Moyet 17/11/1991 1 - The Fly - U2 2 - Fall At Your Feet - Crowded House 3 - It's Grim Up North The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu 24/11/1991 1 - The Fly - U2 2 - It's Grim Up North The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu 3 - Fall At Your Feet - Crowded House Edited November 22, 201311 yr by AnthonyT
November 14, 201311 yr Author This House! I adore that track, such a pleasant surprise to see it here. Love To Hate You was my favourite song for months, even though it's my least favourite of the Chorus singles in retrospect. I think it's actually my favourite of the 4 singles from Chorus now.
November 14, 201311 yr Author HwtSdJaPCSI 01/12/1991 The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - It's Grim Up North (Part 1) 3 Weeks We're into a decade-high sales period now. It's Grim Up North overhauls a still-mammoth-performing The Fly while Fall At Your Feet outperforms most number 1s come the year end. Even though It's Grim Up North is the least catchy of any single issued by a KLF incarnation it is the most sophisticated. The detail is phenomenal. The sound is huge. The addition of Jerusalem at the end couldn't be anything less than glorious. I've said it before but I can hear Underworld and the Chemical Brothers here, years before their time. Top 3s 01/12/1991 1 - It's Grim Up North The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu 2 - The Fly - U2 3 - Fall at Your Feet - Crowded House 08/12/1991 1 - It's Grim Up North The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu 2 - The Fly - U2 3 - Fall at Your Feet - Crowded House 15/12/1991 1 - It's Grim Up North The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu 2 - Am I Right? - Erasure 3 - Silent All These Years - Tori Amos Edited November 14, 201311 yr by AnthonyT
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