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Post by Good Old Days on Jun 9, 2023 11:17:49 GMT 1
Do you dislike / hate or like 90s big dance hits (for sample - No Limit, It's My Life, Rhythm Is A Dancer, Mr. Vain, What Is Love e.t.c.) ?
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Post by greendemon on Jun 9, 2023 11:21:17 GMT 1
'Love' is a strong word but even as a casual-at-best dance fan, I have to admit the 90s were arguably the golden age of dance music. I'm much more likely to be found listening to Sash!, Darude, ATB, Planet Funk (OK I pretty much just mean 'Chase The Sun' but still, what a tune!) than I am more recent dance hits.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jun 9, 2023 11:34:38 GMT 1
Maybe every genre has its best music and a load of bandwagon jumpers? And what was commercially successful doesn't always match what was the best.
When it was just a loop, often of something sampled from a lesser known disco song, then it was often terrible.
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Post by TheThorne on Jun 9, 2023 11:44:16 GMT 1
It depends there are loads of brilliant dance and Eurodance songs but nearly all the acts milked their sound to death. You can see this in current TOTP reruns, did anyway even remember all these Rosalia, Haddaway and Crystal Waters songs.They all had one big song , we didn’t need multiple carbon copies than are worse and worse.
But I love me dance anthems not dance filler or dance dross.
I was a DJ after all and ran student nights in the early 00s so I played and loved a lot of them. 2 Unlimited never really a fan of mind you.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jun 9, 2023 11:47:02 GMT 1
With acts who had one big hit then lots of smaller ones that sounded similar, I always wonder what would have happened if the others had been released first.
Do we like the biggest hit because it's the one we heard first so it sounded fresh, or was it really their best song?
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Post by TheThorne on Jun 9, 2023 11:49:34 GMT 1
With acts who had one big hit then lots of smaller ones that sounded similar, I always wonder what would have happened if the others had been released first. Do we like the biggest hit because it's the one we heard first so it sounded fresh, or was it really their best song? For some it is Using the examples I gave ‘Crystal Woman’ love it or hate it was unique, it stood out from the pack, none of the rest did. Same for Haddaway but Rozalla she was a big enough talent that you could have changed the order of her hits.
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Post by Earl Purple on Jun 9, 2023 11:56:09 GMT 1
From those 3 only Haddaway was Euro-based, Rozalla was African (Zimbabwe) and Crystal Waters American, but I think you are just referring to 90s dance-orientated music, much of which was also British (Shamen, Stereo MCs, but then Britain is part of Europe, and back then was even still in the EU).
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Post by TheThorne on Jun 9, 2023 12:04:06 GMT 1
From those 3 only Haddaway was Euro-based, Rozalla was African (Zimbabwe) and Crystal Waters American, but I think you are just referring to 90s dance-orientated music, much of which was also British (Shamen, Stereo MCs, but then Britain is part of Europe, and back then was even still in the EU). Yes I am just being general but ok we are talking Gala, Snap, culture Beat then. Snap are the exception as they did change their style and lasted way longer than anyone expected. Culture Beat were pretty awful and Gala was a one hit wonder. But the same thing applies diminishing returns for nearly all of them. Also think about The Shamen once an underground left wing indie electro band and they turned in euro pap in 3 years. We can’t just blame the continent.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 9, 2023 13:54:13 GMT 1
Yeah i love it, was some of the first CDs i owned, I have a playlist that's a mix of euro pop and euro dance {90s and 00s}, think i have most of the songs covered here, always adding to it if there are any notable omissions
2 Brothers On The 4th Floor - Come Take My Hand 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor - Dreams (Will Come Alive) 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor - Fairytales 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor - Never Alone 3 Steps Ahead - Drop It A Touch Of Class - Around the World (La La La La La) A Touch Of Class - I'm In Heaven (When You Kiss Me) A Touch Of Class - My Heart Beats Like A Drum (Dam Dam Dam) Ace of Base - All That She Wants Ace of Base - Always Have, Always Will Ace of Base - Beautiful Life Ace of Base - Cruel Summer Ace of Base - Don't Turn Around Ace of Base - Life Is a Flower Ace of Base - Lucky Love Ace of Base - The Sign Ace of Base - Wheel of Fortune Alcazar - Crying at the Discoteque Alcazar - Not A Sinner Nor A Saint Alcazar - Sexual Guarantee Alcazar - Stay The Night Alcazar - This Is The World We Live In Alex Party - Don't Give Me Your Life Apache Indian - Boom Shack-A-Laa Aqua - Around The World Aqua - Cartoon Heroes Aqua - Doctor Jones Aqua - Good Morning Sunshine Aqua - Happy Boys & Girls Aqua - Heat Of The Night Aqua - Lollipop (Candyman) Aqua - My Oh My Aqua - Roses Are Red Aqua - Turn Back Time Aqua - We Belong To The Sea Aswad - Shine Berri - Sunshine After The Rain Black Box - Ride on Time C.J. Lewis - Sweets For My Sweet Cappella - Move On Baby Cappella - U Got 2 Let The Music Captain Hollywood Project - Flying High Captain Hollywood Project - More And More Cascada - Bad Boy Cascada - Because the Night Cascada - Evacuate The Dancefloor Cascada - Everytime We Touch Cascada - How Do You Do Cascada - Miracle Cascada - Truly Madly Deeply Cascada - What Do You Want From Me Cascada - What Hurts The Most CeCe Peniston - Finally Chaka Demus & Pliers - Twist And Shout Corona - Baby Baby Corona - The Rhythm of the Night Corona - Try Me Out Culture Beat - Mr. Vain D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better D:Ream - U R The Best Thing DJ Magical - Rush Hour DJ Paul - Luv U More DJ Paul - Rainbow In The Sky DJ Sammy - California Dreamin' DJ Sammy - Heaven DJ Sammy - Sunlight DJ Sammy - The Boys of Summer Dancing DJs - Fading Like A Flower Double You - Dancing with an Angel Dr. Alban - It's My Life - Radio Edit Dr. Bombay - Calcutta (Taxi, Taxi, Taxi) Dr. Bombay - Rice & Curry Dr. Bombay - S.O.S. (The Tiger Took My Family) E-Rotic - Fred Come to Bed E-Rotic - Fritz Love My Titz E-Rotic - Gimme Good Sex E-Rotic - Help Me Dr. Dick E-Rotic - Max Don't Have Sex with Your Ex E-Rotic - Willy Use a Billy..Boy Eric Prydz - Fading Like A Flower Flamman & Abraxas - Good To Go Gala - Freed From Desire Gigi D'Agostino - L'Amour Toujours Groove Coverage - God Is a Girl Groove Coverage - Poison Günther - Ding Dong Song (feat. the Sunshine Girls) Günther - Famous (feat. the Sunshine Girls) Günther - Golddiggers (feat. the Sunshine Girls) Günther - Like Fire Tonight (feat. the Sunshine Girls) Günther - Sun Trip (feat. the Sunshine Girls) Günther - Teeny Weeny String Bikini (feat. the Sunshine Girls) Günther - Touch Me (duet with Samantha Fox) Günther - Tutti Frutti Summerlove (feat. the Sunshine Girls) Haddaway - Life - Radio Edit Haddaway - Rock My Heart Haddaway - What Is Love Hit'n'Hide - Space Invaders Ini Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotstepper La Bouche - Be My Lover La Bouche - Sweet Dreams Lasgo - Alone Lasgo - Something Livin' Joy - Don't Stop Movin' Livin' Joy - Dreamer Masterboy - Feel the heat of the night Mr. President - Coco Jamboo Mr. President - I Give You My Heart N-Trance - Forever N-Trance - Set You Free N-Trance - Stayin' Alive Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On No Mercy - D'Yer Mak R No Mercy - Missing No Mercy - Please Don't Go No Mercy - Where Do You Go Pandora - Come on and Do It Pandora - Don't You Know Pandora - It's Alright Pandora - Love Is a Stranger Pandora - No Regrets Pandora - One of Us Pandora - Runaway Pandora - Tell the World Pandora - Trust Me Party Animals - Aquarius Party Animals - Hava Naquila Party Animals - Have You Ever Been Mellow Real McCoy - Another Night Real McCoy - Come and Get Your Love Real McCoy - Love & Devotion Real McCoy - One More Time Real McCoy - Run Away Reel 2 Real - I Like to Move It Reel 2 Real - Jazz It Up Rozalla - Everybody's Free SNAP! - Rhythm Is A Dancer SNAP! - The Power Scooter - Aiii Shot The DJ Scooter - Back In The U.K. Scooter - Call Me Mañana Scooter - Endless Summer Scooter - Fire Scooter - Friends Scooter - How Much Is The Fish? Scooter - Hyper Hyper Scooter - I'm Raving Scooter - Jumping All over the World Scooter - Move Your Ass! - Video Edit Scooter - Nessaja Scooter - Posse (I Need You On The Floor) Scooter - The Logical Song Scooter - The Question Is What Is the Question? Scooter - Weekend! Shaft - (Mucho Mambo) Sway Solid Base - Mirror Mirror Solid Base - This Is How We Do It Special D. - Come With Me Strike - U Sure Do T-Spoon - Sex On The Beach Technohead - I Wanna Be A Hippy The Original - I Luv U Baby The Tamperer - Feel It (feat. Maya) The Tamperer - Hammer to the Heart The Tamperer - If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better) Toy-Box - Best Friend Toy-Box - Superstar Toy-Box - Tarzan & Jane Toy-Box - The Sailor Song Ultra Naté - Free Ultrabeat - Pretty Green Eyes Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! Vengaboys - We Like To Party Vengaboys - We're Going To Ibiza!
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Post by Whitneyfan on Jun 9, 2023 15:41:29 GMT 1
All of Rozalla's songs from her first 2 albums were great. 'Are you ready to fly' is my favourite.
'Everybody's Free' is probably only about my fourth or fifth favourite.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 9, 2023 15:52:29 GMT 1
All of Rozalla's songs from her first 2 albums were great. 'Are you ready to fly' is my favourite. 'Everybody's Free' is probably only about my fourth or fifth favourite. good shout, 'Are you ready to fly' is a banger, I will check some more out
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 9, 2023 15:56:10 GMT 1
Ha just noticed that playlist on spotify has 353 likes lol, which is more than every other one combined
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 9, 2023 16:50:33 GMT 1
Also noticed there is an enhance feature that suggests other similar songs
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Post by Shireblogger on Jun 9, 2023 17:16:32 GMT 1
Yeah i love it, was some of the first CDs i owned, I have a playlist that's a mix of euro pop and euro dance {90s and 00s}, think i have most of the songs covered here, always adding to it if there are any notable omissions Funny how taste varies. There is some really brilliant stuff on that playlist, and (in my opinion) some of the worst music ever played on the radio, starting with Vengaboys. From my own interpretation of the genre, the most notable omission is Clock. (British, I think, but definitely EuroDancePop.) Whoomph! There It Is - a cheesey floorfiller par excellence. Other possibilities, although you may consider them outside the bounds of your playlist categorisation:- Alice Deejay, ATB, Bizz Nizz (Don't Miss The Party Line), Dance 2 Trance (Power Of American Natives), Hellogoodbye, Iio, Infernal, Las Ketchup, London Boys, Rage (Run To You), Riva, Sash!, Wamdue Project
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Post by vastar iner on Jun 9, 2023 18:39:37 GMT 1
Eurodance is to music what King Herod was to babysitting.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 9, 2023 19:35:49 GMT 1
Yeah i love it, was some of the first CDs i owned, I have a playlist that's a mix of euro pop and euro dance {90s and 00s}, think i have most of the songs covered here, always adding to it if there are any notable omissions Funny how taste varies. There is some really brilliant stuff on that playlist, and (in my opinion) some of the worst music ever played on the radio, starting with Vengaboys. From my own interpretation of the genre, the most notable omission is Clock. (British, I think, but definitely EuroDancePop.) Whoomph! There It Is - a cheesey floorfiller par excellence. Other possibilities, although you may consider them outside the bounds of your playlist categorisation:- Alice Deejay, ATB, Bizz Nizz (Don't Miss The Party Line), Dance 2 Trance (Power Of American Natives), Hellogoodbye, Iio, Infernal, Las Ketchup, London Boys, Rage (Run To You), Riva, Sash!, Wamdue Project After watching a Venga Boys tribute act in Benidorm i have a new found appreciation for the actual Venga Boys talents lol
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Post by greendemon on Jun 9, 2023 19:41:40 GMT 1
Eurodance is to music what King Herod was to babysitting. Disagree, but I lol'ed.
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Post by Whitneyfan on Jun 10, 2023 11:49:27 GMT 1
In the words of Sheryl Crow - If it makes me happy, it can't be that bad!
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Post by Mic1812 on Jun 12, 2023 15:04:31 GMT 1
Liked most of it especially Scooter
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Post by Good Old Days on Jun 12, 2023 19:58:30 GMT 1
I hate early 90s big hits and dance music is not my thing.
From Eurodance acts only Rollergirl had some hits in my chart, "Superstar" spent three weeks at # 1.
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