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Post by vya on Apr 7, 2024 20:24:04 GMT 1
10 - Village People - Y.M.C.A. 09 - Ian Dury & Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 10 - Blondie - Heart Of Glass 08 - Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive 10 - Bee Gees - Tragedy 07 - Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes 09 - Tubeway Army - Are "Friends" Electric 08 - Blondie - Sunday Girl 03 - Anita Ward - Ring My Bell 10 - Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays 09 - Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore 10 - Gary Numan - Cars 09 - Police - Message In A Bottle 10 - Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star 04 - Dr Hook - When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman 01 - Lena Martell - One Day At A Time 07 - Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Part II 08 - Police - Walking On The Moon
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Post by vya on Apr 5, 2024 22:19:33 GMT 1
03 - 3T – Anything 06 - Bluetones - Slight Return 07 - Robert Miles - Children 05 - Mark Snow - The X-Files 09 - Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life 02 - Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx - Mysterious Girl 10 - Underworld - Born Slippy 05 - Robbie Williams - Freedom 06 - Los Del Rio - Macarena 05 - 3T featuring Michael Jackson - Why 05 - George Michael - Spinning The Wheel 04 - Kula Shaker - Hey Dude 06 - East 17 featuring Gabrielle - If You Ever 08 - Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
That Robbie Williams version of "Freedom" is almost painful to listen to, compared to the genius of the original... Shai obviously outclass East 17, too.
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Post by vya on Jan 21, 2024 21:52:36 GMT 1
05 - Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) 06 - No Mercy - Where Do You Go 03 - Warren G - I Shot The Sheriff 07 - Sash - Encore Une Fois 04 - Kula Shaker - Hush 05 - Boyzone - Isn't It A Wonder 06 - Supergrass - Richard III 07 - Blur - Song 2 08 - Robbie Williams - Old Before I Die 08 - Cardigans - Lovefool 04 - George Michael - Star People '97 09 - Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli - Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro) 08 - Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony 07 - Sash featuring Rodriguez - Ecuador 10 - Gala - Freed From Desire 06 - Boyzone - Picture Of You 10 - Chumbawamba - Tubthumping 07 - George Michael - You Have Been Loved 06 - Dario G - Sunchyme 08 - Oasis - Stand By Me 06 - Sash featuring La Trec - Stay 04 - Warren G featuring Adina Howard - What's Love Got To Do With It 06 - Fugees - No Woman No Cry 10 - Natalie Imbruglia - Torn 06 - Boyzone - Baby Can I Hold You
How astonishly, vastly, superior to the 1998 selection, dodgy cover versions notwithstanding....
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Post by vya on Jan 21, 2024 18:34:37 GMT 1
09 - Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls 06 - Keith Michell - Captain Beaky 03 - Rainbow - All Night Long 05 - Sky - Toccata 08 - Roxy Music - Over You 08 - Korgis - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime 09 - Specials - Rat Race 08 - Gary Numan - We Are Glass 07 - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could You Be Loved 08 - Kate Bush - Babooshka 10 - Roxy Music - Oh Yeah (On The Radio) 09 - Hazel O'Connor - Eighth Day 09 - Diana Ross - My Old Piano 07 - David Bowie - Fashion 07 - Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short 06 - Police - De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
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Post by vya on Nov 24, 2023 16:18:44 GMT 1
02 - Bamboo - Bamboogie 03 - Backstreet Boys - All I Have To Give 06 - Natalie Imbruglia - Big Mistake 04 - Busta Rhymes - Turn It Up / Fire It Up 07 - Madonna - Ray Of Light 06 - Mousse T vs Hot 'N' Juicy - Horny 05 - Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine 09 - Fat Les - Vindaloo 07 - Pras Michel featuring ODB introducing Mya - Ghetto Superstar That Is What You Are 05 - Will Smith - Just The Two Of Us 06 - Puff Daddy featuring Jimmy Page - Come With Me 06 - Sash featuring Tina Cousins - Mysterious Times 06 - Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You 07 - Steps - One For Sorrow 05 - Five - Everybody Get Up 03 - T-Spoon - Sex On The Beach 08 - Beautiful South - Perfect 10 04 - Brandy featuring Mase - Top Of The World 03 - 911 - More Than A Woman 05 - George Michael - Outside 02 - E-17 - Each Time 04 - Five - Until The Time Is Through 04 - Boyzone - I Love The Way You Love Me 06 - Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
Clearly the era of the Boy Band in Decline (and of the above-par artist putting out sub-par singles too: and of the sometimes skilfully, sometimes excessively, repurposed sample also). That was a stuggle to get through, although the union of the (expelled from) public school and the public house clearly came out on top for me.
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Post by vya on Nov 24, 2023 0:53:35 GMT 1
09 - Blondie - Rapture 06 - Coast To Coast - (Do) The Hucklebuck 08 - Headgirl - Please Don't Touch 06 - Landscape - Einstein A Go-Go 06 - Champaign - How 'Bout Us 01 - Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad - Ossie's Dream (Spurs Are On Their Way To Wembley) 07 - Duran Duran - Girls On Film 10 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Joan Of Arc
OMD were just putting out one extraordinary record after another at this time
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Post by vya on Oct 5, 2023 23:39:11 GMT 1
0 - Another Level ft Ghostface Killah - I Want You For Myself 0 - Terrorvision - Tequilla 7 - Corrs - Runaway 4 - Blur - Tender 3 - Steps - Better Best Forgotten 1 - Cartoons - Witch Doctor 5 - Phats & Small - Turn Around 5 - Eminem - My Name Is 6 - Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now 7 - Offspring - Why Don't You Get A Job? 6 - Geri Halliwell - Look At Me 3 - Wiseguys - Ooh La La 8 - Madonna - Beautiful Stranger 7 - Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love 1 - Will Smith ft Dru Hill - Wild Wild West 4 - Steps - Love's Got A Hold On My Heart 9 - Alice DeeJay - Better Off Alone 0 - Five - If Ya Gettin' Down 8 - Shaft - (Mucho Mambo) Sway 7 - DJ Jean - The Launch 6 - S Club 7 - S Club Party 4 - Ann Lee - 2 Times 5 - R Kelly - If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time 7 - Tin Tin Out ft Emma Bunton - What I Am 2 - Will Smith - Will 2K 6 - Artful Dodger ft Craig David - Re-Rewind The Crowd Say Bo Selecta
Had Emma Bunton teamed up with the New Bohemians that would have been a solid 10. Can't say that all of those were exactly an enjoyable listen.
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Post by vya on Oct 4, 2023 21:14:09 GMT 1
09 - Meat Loaf - Dead Ringer For Love
10 - Japan - Ghosts
07 - Bananarama with Fun Boy Three - Really Saying Something
08 - Tight Fit - Fantasy Island
05 - Scotland World Cup Squad - We Have A Dream
08 - Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
09 - Shalamar - A Night To Remember
09 - Imagination - Music And Lights
09 - Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss
05 - Kids From Fame - Hi-Fidelity
10 - ABC - All Of My Heart
06 - Shalamar - There It Is
09 - Dexy's Midnight Runners - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
08 - Clannad - Theme From Harry's Game
09 - Madness - Our House
What a (mostly) magnificient set of songs. The Scottish World Cup song was better than the main English one that year, anyway.
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Post by vya on Aug 6, 2023 19:24:46 GMT 1
07 - Bananarama - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye 08 - Elton John - I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues 09 - Tears For Fears - Pale Shelter 08 - Heaven 17 - Come Live With Me 06 - Ryan Paris - Dolce Vita 08 - Public Image Limited - This Is Not A Love Song 08 - Adam Ant - Puss 'N Boots 07 - Madness - The Sun And The Rain
One of these tracks would get a 9 for the musical part and 1 or 2 for the vocal part, if they could be separated....
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Post by vya on Aug 6, 2023 0:16:53 GMT 1
01 - New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough 10 - Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U 08 - Kylie Minogue - Tears On My Pillow 06 - Beats International featuring Lindy Layton - Dub Be Good To Me 04 - Snap - The Power 10 - Adamski - Killer 05 - Madonna - Vogue 07 - Englandneworder - World In Motion 06 - Elton John - Sacrifice 00 - Partners In Kryme - Turtle Power 00 - Bombalurina - Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini 05 - Steve Miller Band - The Joker 08 - Maria McKee - Show Me Heaven 09 - Beautiful South - A Little Time 09 - Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody 02 - Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby 06 - Cliff Richard - Saviour's Day
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Post by vya on May 8, 2023 12:49:30 GMT 1
04 - Shakin' Stevens & Bonnie Tyler - A Rockin' Good Way 07 - Style Council - My Ever Changing Moods 06 - Phil Fearon & Galaxy - What Do I Do 05 - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Locomotion 05 - Evelyn Thomas - High Energy 08 - Bob Marley & The Wailers - One Love - People Get Ready 09 - Style Council - Groovin' (You're The Best Thing) 07 - Ollie & Jerry - Breakin' ... There's No Stopping Us Now 09 - Laura Branigan - Self Control 04 - Elton John - Passengers 07 - Cars - Drive 06 - Shakin' Stevens - Teardrops
Truly a (not amazing) soundtrack from a lost world. Great shots of mid-80s London in that Galaxy video, even if the song is not up to much, musically they really were as smooth as the chocolate. Overall though the videos are the best part of quite a few of the tracks here, minor works of art in their own right...
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Post by vya on May 7, 2023 23:47:52 GMT 1
08 - Iron Maiden - Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter 08 - Enigma - Sadness Part 1 08 - Queen - Innuendo 08 - KLF featuring The Children of The Revolution - 3AM Eternal 00 - Simpsons - Do The Bartman 05 - Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go 00 - Hale & Pace & The Stonkers - The Stonk 06 - Chesney Hawkes - The One And Only 07 - Cher - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) 02 - Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up 01 - Jason Donovan - Any Dream Will Do 03 - Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You 10 - U2 - The Fly 05 - Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff - Dizzy 03 - Michael Jackson - Black Or White 04 - George Michael with Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 09 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Interesting mix, there.
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Post by vya on Dec 19, 2022 0:09:25 GMT 1
08 - Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday 03 - Go West - We Close Our Eyes 09 - David Grant & Jaki Graham - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love 05 - Steve Arrington - Feel So Real 07 - Animotion - Obsession 08 - Gary Moore & Phil Lynott - Out In The Fields 01 - Marti Webb - Ben 06 - Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire 08 - Marillion - Lavender 04 - Madonna - Angel 03 - Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme 07 - Aled Jones - Walking In The Air 07 - Madonna - Dress You Up
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Post by vya on Dec 15, 2022 1:40:49 GMT 1
02 - Wet Wet Wet - Goodnight Girl 08 - Shakespears Sister - Stay 07 - Right Said Fred - Deeply Dippy 01 - KWS - Please Don't Go 06 - Erasure - Take A Chance On Me 05 - Snap - Rhythm Is A Dancer 06 - Jimmy Nail - Ain't No Doubt 06 - Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode 05 - Boyz II Men - End Of The Road 09 - Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Satellite 08 - Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie To You 07 - Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
Better than 1993 but far from great
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Post by vya on Sept 18, 2022 22:48:32 GMT 1
05 - Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief 07 - Whitney Houston - How Will I Know 05 - James Brown - Living In America 06 - Survivor - Burning Heart 04 - Jim Diamond - Hi Ho Silver 07 - Real Thing - You To Me Are Everything (Remix) 03 - Grange Hill Cast - Just Say No 06 - Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love 06 - Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Run The World 06 - Amazulu - Too Good To Be Forgotten 09 - A-ha - Hunting High And Low 07 - UB40 - Sing Our Own Song 10 - Gwen Guthrie - Ain't Nothing Goin' On But The Rent 09 - Eurythmics - Thorn In My Side 05 - Nick Kamen - Each Time You Break My Heart
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Post by vya on Sept 18, 2022 22:15:53 GMT 1
06 - 2 Unlimited - No Limit 05 - Shaggy - Oh Carolina 07 - Bluebells - Young At Heart 07 - George Michael & Queen with Lisa Stansfield - Somebody To Love (Five Live ep) 06 - Ace Of Base - All That She Wants 06 - UB40 - (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You 07 - Gabrielle - Dreams 07 - Take That - Pray 07 - Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own 06 - Culture Beat - Mr Vain 02 - Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room 08 - Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) 07 - Take That featuring Lulu - ReLight My Fire 00 - Mr Blobby - Mr Blobby 01 - Take That - Babe
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Post by vya on Feb 2, 2022 21:00:19 GMT 1
03 - Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe 08 - Celine Dion - Think Twice 00 - Outhere Brothers - Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle) 05 - Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton - Love Can Build A Bridge 09 - Take That - Back For Good 07 - Oasis - Some Might Say 08 - Livin' Joy - Dreamer 00 - Robson & Jerome - Unchained Melody 00 -Outhere Brothers - Boom Boom Boom 09 - Take That - Never Forget 06 - Blur - Country House 03 - Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone 08 - Shaggy - Boombastic 06 - Simply Red - Fairground 07 - Coolio featuring LV - Gangsta's Paradise 00 - Robson & Jerome - I Believe 01 - Michael Jackson - Earth Song
A mix of the sublime and the ridiculous, albeit not enough of the sublime
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Post by vya on Feb 2, 2022 20:58:15 GMT 1
08 - Wet Wet Wet - Angel Eyes (Home And Away) 09 - Cher - I Found Someone 06 - Beatmasters featuring The Cookie Crew - Rok Da House 06 - Elton John - Candle In The Wind (Live) 09 - Primitives - Crash 09 - Morrissey - Suedehead 04 - Natalie Cole - Pink Cadillac 09 - A-Ha - Stay On These Roads 07 - Bananarama - I Want You Back 08 - Desireless - Voyage Voyage 07 - Pasadenas - Tribute (Right On) 08 - Maxi Priest - Wild World 08 - Tracy Chapman - Fast Car 07 - Transvision Vamp - I Want Your Love 05 - S Express - Superfly Guy 03 - Julio Iglesias featuring Stevie Wonder - My Love 05 - Iron Maiden - The Evil That Men Do 02 - Jason Donovan - Nothing Can Divide Us 04 - Art Of Noise featuring Tom Jones - Kiss 06 - Status Quo - Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again)
That A-ha track, especially, is really superb.
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Post by vya on Jan 23, 2022 21:04:44 GMT 1
I really don't know if I can bring myself to watch these. The new format is crap, most of the Top 40 music at this point (even before the TOTP 1992 filter, and addition of non-chart heavily promoted dross, is applied) at this point in time is crap, it's all on a downward slide for a while now.....
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Post by vya on Dec 3, 2021 23:59:07 GMT 1
07 - Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy 08 - Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon 09 - Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler - Keep On Moving 08 - Cure - Lullaby 04 - Edelweiss - Bring Me Edelweiss 08 - Neneh Cherry - Manchild 06 - Madonna - Express Yourself 07 - Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings 07 - Pet Shop Boys - It's Alright 08 - Martika - Toy Soldiers 08 - Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love 03 - Tina Turner - The Best 06 - Living In A Box - Room In Your Heart 05 - Madonna - Dear Jessie
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