That DJH performance was an absolute shocker.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 12 June 2021 07:10 (two years ago) link
MBV on the R1 chart rundown was Tommy Vance. “Incredible atmosphere on that record” he said. I took my AM/FM Walkman with me to David Collett Hall just to hear it (koogs will know that place).
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 12 June 2021 07:30 (two years ago) link
I'm surprised that the isn't anything eps didn't at least scrape the charts.
railway children and Julian cope deserve a mention. the Xpansions not so much.
(never got any nearer to david collett than the library, despite being in elvyn richards for 3 years - every place i had reason to go to was in the other direction)
― koogs, Saturday, 12 June 2021 08:45 (two years ago) link
(I had a poke around campus on Google the other day - much of it has changed, and some of it (which must have been there in the early '90s) didn't seem familiar. Students Union doesn't look how I remember it at all).
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 12 June 2021 09:15 (two years ago) link
Get out of town Xpansions is a banger, Railways Children so boring.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 12 June 2021 09:31 (two years ago) link
The Chart Show played the video for "Swallow"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSR0-X6nwpA
it's odd when you think how there were only four TV channels and a very limited amount of music programmes at this point, that this got the playout over something more conventional
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 12 June 2021 10:47 (two years ago) link
And on a Saturday lunchtime too.
― nashwan, Saturday, 12 June 2021 11:02 (two years ago) link
Living Colour - what happened to them? I only remember this one songN-Joi - woo!Neds Atomic Dustbin - they look bad and it's a totally forgettable song. I saw them about a month after this in Kilburn (because my best friend was a big fan of them), but they never really did it for me (though I will confess to buying Kill Your Television)
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Thursday, 24 June 2021 21:31 (two years ago) link
NAD always one of those bands where the name was far more memorable than the music.
― chap, Thursday, 24 June 2021 23:14 (two years ago) link
'The One And Only' written by Nik Kershaw apparently as 'one of those songs he had to get out of his system'.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 25 June 2021 19:06 (two years ago) link
Why did they miss number 11 out of the chart run down? Some kind of Gulf War censorship (like 'Massive' instead of 'Massive Attack')? Anyone know what it was?
Anyway, Ride and the Happy Mondays. I'm keeping this one.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Friday, 25 June 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
It's 'All Right Now' by Free.https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19910310/7501/
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 25 June 2021 19:36 (two years ago) link
That's weird. They'd played it in three previous weeks and then decided to pretend it didn't exist.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Friday, 25 June 2021 19:37 (two years ago) link
if it’s the week where Ride’s “Unfamiliar” was at 14 and Happy Mondays’ “Loose Fit” at 25, it was the remix of The Free’s “All Right Now” at 11.
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Friday, 25 June 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
ha
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Friday, 25 June 2021 19:41 (two years ago) link
I really could have happily lived the rest of my life without being reminded of Hale & Pace doing the Stonk.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Friday, 25 June 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
they were only listing the new entries and climbers in the charts for some reason
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 25 June 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
28/03/1991 - With Dannii Minogue, James and Chesney Hawkes.
04/04/1991 - With Inspiral Carpets, N-Joi and Chesney Hawkes.
I'd forgotten how Chesney Hawkes was fucking everywhere for a few months in 1991.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 2 July 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
[insert obvious joke]
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Friday, 2 July 2021 18:01 (two years ago) link
number one for 5 weeks, wasn't it?
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 2 July 2021 18:05 (two years ago) link
In late 1991 I was reading a review in a computer magazine of a particular high end laptop. The reviewer was really enthusiastic and said that if they had the money they'd buy one straight away. However they then talked themselves out of it because 'in six months it'll be just another Chesney Hawkes amoung computers'.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 2 July 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
It would be the one and only?
― Mark G, Saturday, 3 July 2021 12:47 (two years ago) link
Rolling Stones doing a strong entry in the "vague protest songs that are about nothing really" subgenre I discussed above.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 5 July 2021 09:42 (two years ago) link
The Wonderstuff's 'Size Of A Cow' - guaranteed to cause chaos on the dancefloor of the twice weekly student night in your nearest town's 'free entry with student ID all drinks 50p all night' toilet club.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 9 July 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
I’d totally forgotten Lana Pillay was on this Gary Clail track! A small highlight.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 9 July 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
cheesy wotsit
― koogs, Friday, 9 July 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
two more very skippable shows. but the charts are strangely full of things they still play - losing my religion, sit down (never liked this), whole of the moon...
hate the holes in the chart rundown though
― koogs, Saturday, 10 July 2021 05:43 (two years ago) link
Why holes?
― Mark G, Saturday, 10 July 2021 07:57 (two years ago) link
they are only reading out the new entries and climbers
― koogs, Saturday, 10 July 2021 08:09 (two years ago) link
Oh right, ta
― Mark G, Saturday, 10 July 2021 09:46 (two years ago) link
Nicky Campbell just read out ZZ Top which was a non mover this particular week.
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Friday, 16 July 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
still not doing fallers though
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 16 July 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
You forget Blur were new on when Delasoul were up to “Ring ring ring” and the KLF were on the Train to Trancentral etc
― Mark G, Friday, 16 July 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link
Oh Propaganda are on!
(Sky arts)
― Mark G, Friday, 16 July 2021 19:25 (two years ago) link
Hah, just caught “Duel”… Claudia Brucken seemed a bit nervous and unsure, but still a delight to stumble across.
― mike t-diva, Friday, 16 July 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
whilst also single handedly destroying the ozone layer
(lol 80s hair)
― koogs, Friday, 16 July 2021 20:16 (two years ago) link
psycho candy era Mary chain too, from the tube. nice matt black guitar Jim has, unplayed.
some talk from Ian Mac, and now the cocteaus...
― koogs, Friday, 16 July 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
is that one of fuzzbox playing with klf? and Harold from the Halifax?
― koogs, Friday, 16 July 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
That's Cressdia who was married to Jimmy Cauty at the time.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 17 July 2021 08:26 (two years ago) link
Haha, wow, that Frances Nero song - I was totally convinced it was a cover of Sister Sledge Thinking of You to begin with. A bigger rip-off you could not find.
― Chewshabadoo, Saturday, 17 July 2021 08:48 (two years ago) link
gosh yes! it's that song with 90s naffcore production and a load of 60s motown elements (strings, horns, backing vox). i do vaguely like it, but it is kind of awful. don't thing i've ever seen a bargain bin without a copy?
― disraeli grinds my gears (NickB), Saturday, 17 July 2021 09:14 (two years ago) link
Frances Nero's line "Faith hope and charity, love is the greatest of the three" had the distinction of being quoted in Private Eye's "Colemanballs" column!
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 17 July 2021 10:39 (two years ago) link
It's an Ian Levine production, by the way, hence the tinniness (he was known for it).
― mike t-diva, Saturday, 17 July 2021 10:40 (two years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Levine
his wikipedia is peak "wrote their own page" material
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 17 July 2021 10:52 (two years ago) link
Was that horrible Eurovision song Samantha Janus' first glimpse of fame?
― chap, Saturday, 17 July 2021 11:45 (two years ago) link
think so. aged 11 I did not grasp quite how crass and stupid it was but it's shocking now
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 17 July 2021 11:58 (two years ago) link
I have no memory of it from the time.
― chap, Saturday, 17 July 2021 12:06 (two years ago) link
Yeah, let's rewrite a Phil Collins song, but not as good.
― Mark G, Sunday, 18 July 2021 08:28 (two years ago) link
Thanks to the link to the Ian Levine wiki for alerting me to the existence of the single 'Doctor in Distress'. 😱
― Piedie Gimbel, Sunday, 18 July 2021 08:40 (two years ago) link
When I started buying second gand Hi-NRG records a few years ago, Ian Levine was the first producer I would recognise to be very careful to listen to before buying the records. Not to say he didn’t do a few good ones, but…
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 19 July 2021 08:18 (two years ago) link