Posted March 27, 200916 yr right..... this wont take long! :lol: but just wait until 1990... 1. The Adventures - Broken land 2. Timelords - Doctorin the tardis good 3. Kim Wilde - Four letter word 4. Eighth Wonder - im not scared 5. Johnny Hates Jazz - Heart of gold 6. Vanessa Paradis - Joe le taxi 7. Echo and the Bunnymen - People are strange 8. Kim Wilde - Never trust a stranger ok 9. Bangles - Hazy shade of winter 10. INXS - Need you tonight 11. Kylie and Jason - Especially for you 12. Inner City - Good life 13. George Michael - Father figure 14. Desireless - Voyage voyage 15. Voice of the Beehive - Dont call me baby 16. Fairground Attrection - Find my love 17. Guns n Roses - sweet child 'o mine 18. Freiheight - Keeping the dream alive 19. Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign your name 20. Prefab Sprout - The king of rock n roll 21. Jane Weidlin - Rush hour 22. Mice Paris - My one temptation 23. D Mob ft Gary Haisman - We call it acieed 24. Tanita Tikaram - Twist in my sobriety 25. INXS - New sensation 26. Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka 27. Primitives - Crash 28. Hothouse Flowers - Dont go 29. Kylie Minogue - I should be so lucky 30. Fairground Attraction - Perfect 31. S Express - Them from s express 32. Belinda Carlisle - Circle in the sand 33. Yazz and the Plastic Population - The only way is up 34. Phil Collins - In the air tonight 35. Harry Enfield - Loadsamoney (doin up the house) 36. Womak and Womak - Teardrops 37. Phil Collins - A groovy kinda love 38. Wee Papa Girl Rappers - We rule 39. Art of Noise ft Tom Jones - Kiss 40. Enya - Orinoco flow well the rot really has set in, but how far will it sink?... continued next week!
March 27, 200916 yr The ones from your list that I like... The Adventures - Broken Land Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi INXS - Need You Tonight Inner City - Good Life George Michael - Father Figure Desireless - Voyage Voyage Voice Of The Beehive - Don't Call Me Baby Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine Freiheit - Keeping The Dream Alive Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign Your Name Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock N Roll Jane Wiedlin - Rush Hour Mica Paris - My One Temptation Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety INXS - New Sensation Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky Fairground Attraction - Perfect S Express - Theme From S Express Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand Yazz & The Plastic Population - The Only Way Is Up Womack And Womack - Teardrops Phil Collins - A Groovy Kind Of Love Enya - Orinoco Flow Not on your list, but I like... Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now Joyce Sims - Come Into My Life Cher - I Found Someone Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart Luther Vandross - Give Me The Reason Aswad - Don't Turn Around Pet Shop Boys - Heart Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything) Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere Salt N Pepa - Push It Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart Maxi Priest - Wild World Elton John - I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That Tracy Chapman - Fast Car Everything But The Girl - I Don't Wanna Talk About It Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana Tanita Tikaram - Good Tradition INXS - Never Tear Us Apart U2 - Desire The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother Whitney Houston - One Moment In Time Bill Withers - Lovely Day Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy Erasure - A Little Respect Michael Jackson - Another Part Of Me Cliff Richard - Mistletoe And Wine Phil Collins - Two Hearts Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices George Michael - Kissing A Fool Status Quo - Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again) Deacon Blue - Real Gone Kid Beach Boys - Kokomo Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - 1-2-3 Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care
March 27, 200916 yr 1. The Adventures - Broken land....This was a good track 2. Timelords - Doctorin the tardis :) 3. Kim Wilde - Four letter word 4. Eighth Wonder - im not scared :wub: 5. Johnny Hates Jazz - Heart of gold 6. Vanessa Paradis - Joe le taxi :cheer: 7. Echo and the Bunnymen - People are strange 8. Kim Wilde - Never trust a stranger 9. Bangles - Hazy shade of winter 10. INXS - Need you tonight :) 11. Kylie and Jason - Especially for you 12. Inner City - Good life 13. George Michael - Father figure 14. Desireless - Voyage voyage 15. Voice of the Beehive - Dont call me baby 16. Fairground Attrection - Find my love 17. Guns n Roses - sweet child 'o mine 18. Freiheight - Keeping the dream alive 19. Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign your name 20. Prefab Sprout - The king of rock n roll :cheer: 21. Jane Weidlin - Rush hour 22. Mice Paris - My one temptation 23. D Mob ft Gary Haisman - We call it acieed 24. Tanita Tikaram - Twist in my sobriety 25. INXS - New sensation 26. Sinead O'Connor - Mandinka 27. Primitives - Crash 28. Hothouse Flowers - Dont go 29. Kylie Minogue - I should be so lucky 30. Fairground Attraction - Perfect 31. S Express - Them from s express 32. Belinda Carlisle - Circle in the sand :dance: 33. Yazz and the Plastic Population - The only way is up 34. Phil Collins - In the air tonight :) 35. Harry Enfield - Loadsamoney (doin up the house) :lol: 36. Womak and Womak - Teardrops 37. Phil Collins - A groovy kinda love :) 38. Wee Papa Girl Rappers - We rule 39. Art of Noise ft Tom Jones - Kiss :) 40. Enya - Orinoco flow....................I thought you didn't like Enya ;)
March 27, 200916 yr The ones I liked from 1988, the list is definately getting shorter................ Adventures - Broken Land Aztec Camera - Somewhere in my heart Belinda Carlise - I get weak Belinda Carlise - Circle in the sand Climie Fisher - Love changes (everything) Danny Wilson - Mary's prayer Deacon Blue - Dignity Deacon Blue - Real gone kid Echo & Bunnymen - People are strange Eighth Wonder - I'm not scared Erasure - A little respect Fairground Attraction - Perfect Julia Fordham - Happy ever after Inxs - Need you tonight Iron Maidon - Can I play with madness Johnny Hates Jazz - Heart of gold Tom Jones & Art of noise - Kiss Morrisey - Suedehead Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi Pet Shop BOys - Heart Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing Pet Shop Boys - Left to my own devices Prefab Sprout - Cars and girls Prefab Sprout - The king of rock ' n ' roll Scritti Politti - Oh Patti )don't feel sorry for lover boy) Stranglers - All day and all of the night Transvission Vamp - I want your love Travelling Wilbury's - Handle with care Kim Wilde - You came
March 28, 200916 yr The ones I liked from 1988, the list is definately getting shorter................ Adventures - Broken Land Aztec Camera - Somewhere in my heart Belinda Carlise - I get weak Belinda Carlise - Circle in the sand Climie Fisher - Love changes (everything) Danny Wilson - Mary's prayer Deacon Blue - Dignity Deacon Blue - Real gone kid Echo & Bunnymen - People are strange Eighth Wonder - I'm not scared Erasure - A little respect Fairground Attraction - Perfect Julia Fordham - Happy ever after Inxs - Need you tonight Iron Maidon - Can I play with madness Johnny Hates Jazz - Heart of gold Tom Jones & Art of noise - Kiss Morrisey - Suedehead Vanessa Paradis - Joe Le Taxi Pet Shop BOys - Heart Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing Pet Shop Boys - Left to my own devices Prefab Sprout - Cars and girls Prefab Sprout - The king of rock ' n ' roll Scritti Politti - Oh Patti )don't feel sorry for lover boy) Stranglers - All day and all of the night Transvission Vamp - I want your love Travelling Wilbury's - Handle with care Kim Wilde - You came I was going by Rob's proviso that this charted higher in 1994...it's one of my all-time favourites.
March 28, 200916 yr Jesus that really doesn't do 1988 justice at all. Without even going near the indie charts (genre or label), here is a list of good records from 88 (of course in my opinion!) Classics/All time faves Burn It Up - Beatmasters Bring the Noise - Public Enemy Mandinka - Sinead O'Connor Victoria - The Fall Alphabet Street - Prince Welcome to the Jungle - Guns n Roses Sweet Child O Mine - Guns n Roses Beat Dis - Bomb the Bass Tower of Strength - The Mission Suedehead - Morrissey Circle in the Sand - Belinda Carlisle Peek-a-Boo - Siouxsie and the Banshees Crash - The Primitives Theme from S'Express - S'Express Sidewalking - Jesus and Mary Chain Every Day Is Like Sunday - Morrissey Great I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany Heatseeker - AC/DC Need You Tonight - INXS Broken Land - The Adventures Wild Hearted Woman - All About Eve I Want Your Love - Transvision Vamp I Wanna Be a Flintstone - Screaming Blue Messiahs I Don't Mind at All - Freiheit Dominion - Sisters of Mercy I Get Weak - Belinda Carlisle Love is Contagious - Taja Seville How Men Are - Aztec Camera That's the Way I Wanna Rock n Roll - AC/DC I Need a Man - Eurythmics Im Nin'Alu - Ofra Haza Don't Go - Hothouse Flowers Don't Call Me Baby - Voice of the Beehive Moonchild - Fields of the Nephilim You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart - Eurythmics Lucretia My Reflection - Sisters of Mercy Never Tear Us Apart - INXS Fiesta - The Pogues Superfly Guy - S'Express A Wiah Away - The Wonder Stuff Martha's Harbour - All About Eve I Say Nothing - Voice of the Beehive The Race - Yello 500 Miles - The Proclaimers Desire - U2 I Don't Want Your Love - Duran Duran Acid Man - Jolly Roger Good Sign Your Name - Terence Trent D'Arby Behind the Wheel - Depeche Mode New Sensation - INXS Jennifer She Said - Lloyd Cole Give All Your Love - Whitesnake Hazy Shade of Winter - Bangles Heaven Knows - Robert Plant When We was Fab - George Harrison These Dreams - Heart Can I Play With Madness - Iron Maiden Syat on These Roads - A-Ha Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac Push It - Salt n Pepa Every Angel - All About Eve Beyond the Pale - The Mission Out of Reach - The Primitives Somewhere in My Heart - Aztec Camera Voyage Voyage - Desireless Don't Believe the Hype - Public Enemy Glam Slam - Prince Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin Harvester of Sorrow - Metallica Make Me Laugh - Anthrax Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi Charlotte Anne - Julian Cope Nothin' At All - Heart In Your Room - Bangles What Kind of Fool - All About Eve Edited March 28, 200916 yr by grebo69
March 28, 200916 yr Author 40. Enya - Orinoco flow....................I thought you didn't like Enya ;) i dont, but that one squeezed in the 'ok' bracket as it was her first and at the time 'new'.
March 28, 200916 yr Author Jesus that really doesn't do 1988 justice at all. maybe not, but its my personal chart and as you know, i didnt like the flavour/style of music from the mid 80's until the mid 90's very much. from my perspective, your chart doesnt change my mind! :P
March 28, 200916 yr 1988, the year house music entered the mainsteam but I wll rate 1989 far higher. Those that are pro-rock amongst us may disagree as 88 being a bloody good year... I'll rule off my favorites. Inner City - Big Fun Inner City - Good Life Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance Joyce Sims - Come Into My Life Nitro Deluxe - Let's Get Brutal Beatmasters - Rock Da House 8th Wonder - I'm Not Scared Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis S Express - Theme From S Express Prince - Alphabet Street Funky Worm - Hustle To The Music Coldcut & Yazz - Doctorin' the House Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing D-Mob - We Call It Acied The Jungle Brothers - I'll House You Raze - Break 4 Luv Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday And the guilty pleasures... Bananarama - I Want You Back Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who
March 28, 200916 yr 1988, the year house music entered the mainsteam but I wll rate 1989 far higher. Those that are pro-rock amongst us may disagree as 88 being a bloody good year... I'll rule off my favorites. Inner City - Big Fun Inner City - Good Life Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance Joyce Sims - Come Into My Life Nitro Deluxe - Let's Get Brutal Beatmasters - Rock Da House 8th Wonder - I'm Not Scared Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis S Express - Theme From S Express Prince - Alphabet Street Funky Worm - Hustle To The Music Coldcut & Yazz - Doctorin' the House Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing D-Mob - We Call It Acied The Jungle Brothers - I'll House You Raze - Break 4 Luv Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday And the guilty pleasures... Bananarama - I Want You Back Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart Hazell Dean - Who's Leaving Who Buffalo Stance peaked in 1989, so Rob might include it there - it will certainly be in my list for 1989 :D
March 29, 200916 yr maybe not, but its my personal chart and as you know, i didnt like the flavour/style of music from the mid 80's until the mid 90's very much. from my perspective, your chart doesnt change my mind! :P Seems more like you gave up on music! ^_^ I mean - Loadsamoney as one of your favourite tunes of the year? Funny at the time, sure. And that acid house rip off/opportunism D-Mob :puke2: I wasn't even going to bother to try changing your mind but I had to present another opinion on what was actually not a bad year. And all my choices were top 40 hits instead of including my usual indie tunes that about 4 people originally heard!
March 29, 200916 yr Seems more like you gave up on music! ^_^ I mean - Loadsamoney as one of your favourite tunes of the year? Funny at the time, sure. And that acid house rip off/opportunism D-Mob :puke2: I wasn't even going to bother to try changing your mind but I had to present another opinion on what was actually not a bad year. And all my choices were top 40 hits instead of including my usual indie tunes that about 4 people originally heard! I certainly "gave up on music" at that time. After I Should Be So Lucky...which is still a decent pop song...when the charts became dominated by Kylie/Jason and all their soundalikes...I just gave up. Mind you, it was also around the time of my A-Levels/uni too - so maybe it was more that studying took over - I can't rightly recall. As for Loadsamoney, I hated it at the time and still do!
March 29, 200916 yr I certainly "gave up on music" at that time. After I Should Be So Lucky...which is still a decent pop song...when the charts became dominated by Kylie/Jason and all their soundalikes...I just gave up. Mind you, it was also around the time of my A-Levels/uni too - so maybe it was more that studying took over - I can't rightly recall. As for Loadsamoney, I hated it at the time and still do! I don't understand why anyone would give up on music. Give up on chart music sure but there is always so much more around than just whatever is in the Top 10. If that was true I would have given up on music in 1985. And then again in 1999. And I went to Uni in 1987 and if anything I was exposed to even more music than before. One of my favourite memories is experiencing The JAMMS on a battered old cassette and being utterly blown away. Edited March 29, 200916 yr by grebo69
March 30, 200916 yr Author Seems more like you gave up on music! ^_^ I mean - Loadsamoney as one of your favourite tunes of the year? Funny at the time, sure. And that acid house rip off/opportunism D-Mob :puke2: I wasn't even going to bother to try changing your mind but I had to present another opinion on what was actually not a bad year. well yes in many ways i did give up on music in the late 80's. after the heady days of punk where there was so much inovative and exciting new music, i found the late 80's very very uninspiring. i didnt like rap, i didnt like house, i didnt like indie (although i should have done a guitar groups are my traditional favs, but tbh i just found the style rather bland after punk) and i detested the new 'pop'...lol... in the late 80's i was discovering lost/forgotten tracks from the 60's which was an era i obviously favour. as for d mob and harry enfield..... along with alot of other tracks in my charts, sometimes they are there for nostalgia value only. music is a multi facetted media, i like it on several levels and nostalgia IS one level that a 'crap' track can score highly...like 'saturday night' for eg. my 'all time favs' are usually tracks that score highly on all levels, creative, nostalgia, meaningful, and just plain great sounds! I don't understand why anyone would give up on music. Give up on chart music sure but there is always so much more around than just whatever is in the Top 10. If that was true I would have given up on music in 1985. And then again in 1999. And I went to Uni in 1987 and if anything I was exposed to even more music than before. One of my favourite memories is experiencing The JAMMS on a battered old cassette and being utterly blown away. ...... and again, there we have it. this era was YOUR era, 99% of music fans think that 'their' era was the best... ive heard it from old teddyboys, 60's fans, hippies, ageing glamrock fans, punks, skins, ska and two tone, and in 20 years time todays teens will cite the 00's indie scene as the 'best ever'. the reasons stated are always the same ones.... 'they dont make music like that anymore', 'todays music is utter crap' (and that mantra has been around as long as i can remember...early 60's at least) ........... it is of course all subjective. i was 30 in 87, married with 1 , 2 year old daughter... hardly the target audience for 'the jamms', ive always maintained that pop music should be youth lead, if oldies also like it then fair enough, but by the late 80's music was starting to be lead by old men... no wonder then that young people at uni had their own 'underground' music scene. as my seriese will probabally show, it wasnt until britpop and trance that my contemporary musical tastebuds were re-ignited. britpop because it drew heavily on the 60's, and trance because it was a whole new sound, and one that by 99 became a firm favourite.
March 30, 200916 yr ...... and again, there we have it. this era was YOUR era, 99% of music fans think that 'their' era was the best... ive heard it from old teddyboys, 60's fans, hippies, ageing glamrock fans, punks, skins, ska and two tone, and in 20 years time todays teens will cite the 00's indie scene as the 'best ever'. the reasons stated are always the same ones.... 'they dont make music like that anymore', 'todays music is utter crap' (and that mantra has been around as long as i can remember...early 60's at least) ........... it is of course all subjective. i was 30 in 87, married with 1 , 2 year old daughter... hardly the target audience for 'the jamms', ive always maintained that pop music should be youth lead, if oldies also like it then fair enough, but by the late 80's music was starting to be lead by old men... no wonder then that young people at uni had their own 'underground' music scene. as my seriese will probabally show, it wasnt until britpop and trance that my contemporary musical tastebuds were re-ignited. britpop because it drew heavily on the 60's, and trance because it was a whole new sound, and one that by 99 became a firm favourite. Every year since about 1978 has been my era and I could easily get 90-100 tracks from every year because I NEVER GAVE UP ON MUSIC even though I am now 40 years old. I suppose the big difference is I have never had kids but I am a responsible adult with a time consuming job. There are always good records around, even in the fallow years (for me!) of 1999 and 2000, I just had to look harder.
March 30, 200916 yr Author Every year since about 1978 has been my era and I could easily get 90-100 tracks from every year because I NEVER GAVE UP ON MUSIC even though I am now 40 years old. I suppose the big difference is I have never had kids but I am a responsible adult with a time consuming job. There are always good records around, even in the fallow years (for me!) of 1999 and 2000, I just had to look harder. well i looked harder, into retro! :lol: i also went into world music, folk and classical... so i didnt give up on music per se... just current music that simply wasnt to my taste. i think doing the whole marriage 2.4 kids thing nearly lost me my interest in music, i nearly became arrested in 'my era' as so many people do. i had the 60's, i had the punk era, from my perspective the late 80's simply didnt measure up.
March 30, 200916 yr I think this does happen to a lot of people. My inspiration was John Peel and if he could look into new areas and find good stuff then so could I. That being said I did also look back at times to find "new" retro stuff. I went into Krautrock and Ambient House and electronica took my interests outside run of the mill indie.
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