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Post by davyboyb on Apr 29, 2019 8:55:52 GMT 1
I'm not sure 'grudgingly' is quite the right word but never mind....
I happened to hear "The One and Only" by Chesney Hawkes twice over the last few days and it got me thinking...at the time (although I secretly quite liked it) it seemed like a typical piece of style-over-substance throwaway pop that would be forgotten as quickly as it had arrived.
28 years later, time has been very kind to it, and I'd say it has come to be regarded as a bit of a 90s pop great. But at the time you would have struggled to imagine people would still be listening to it after the best part of 3 decades.
So what other songs fit into this category? Stuff you would have quite happily thrown away at the time but which has somehow stuck around and been rightly reappraised as a classic?
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Post by Shireblogger on Apr 29, 2019 9:57:50 GMT 1
I'd put Take That's "Back For Good" into this category. And for me, Atomic Kitten's "Whole Again" is also a classic that few people would be keen to acknowledge.
Its just a matter of time. These days, there are few people who will dispute the songwriting genius of Benny and Bjorn, yet Abba's song were dismissed as lightweight pop by the critics of the day. Similarly, new romantic classics such as Don't You Want Me, True, The Look Of Love and Rio now all get plaudits, but were assuredly not acclaimed when they first appeared.
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Post by rubcale on Apr 29, 2019 12:50:43 GMT 1
Have loved Atomic Kitten's Whole Again from release - it would have made a great UK Eurovision entry.
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Post by o on Apr 29, 2019 12:59:26 GMT 1
Are we missing the word cheese from all this?
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Post by Roo. on May 2, 2019 3:04:43 GMT 1
Back For Good is brilliant - "in the twist of separation, you excelled at being free" is one of those lines that always sticks with me if I hear it.
I'd also add, in the vein of boybands, I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys. People seem far fonder of MMMBop now than they did at the time, too.
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