Posts from 30th August 2009

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Aug 09

JIM DIAMOND – “I Should Have Known Better”

Tom • FT + Popular • Pop • 61 comments • 7,114 views

#541, 1st December 1984, video

This song marks a minor turning point in Popular: it’s the very last which I had absolutely no memory of ever hearing when I started the project. Plenty of later ones are forgettable – even more forgettable than poor Jim – but this is my final “here be dragons”.

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SIX LEGS GOOD EIGHT LEGS BAD: Why giant spider movies aren’t scary
1 Sep 2002 Spiders: creepy, crawly little critters which seem up to no good – hanging in the corner of your room, leaving webs around just to make a mess – definitely with their own agenda. Not the most obvious creature to base a film on. Yet Hollywood returns to the theme of spiders every ten years or […]

The New Adventures of Tarkus
24 Jul 2002 Tarkus vs The Strokes

Pop World Cup 2018 Group E Match 1
25 Jun 2018 No, you’ve not missed any matches. We’re putting this year’s games up as we get the entries in, and so it’s a big thankyou to the prompt Group E gaffers of Serbia, Brazil, Switzerland and Morocco. It’s a group of veteran pop managers in the dugout this match, but only two can progress beyond the […]

LOW – Christmas
24 Dec 1999 Low’s Christmas tree is a simple one, with eight plain wooden baubles. The band write four tracks themselves, offer interpretations of two carols and crooners’ favourite “Blue Christmas”, and nobody’s bothered to take credit for “Taking Down The Tree” (but it sounds like one of Low’s own). The record is packaged – beautifully – like […]

stick with the beasts we got plz #1
3 Mar 2005 stick with the beasts we got plz #1: the CENTAUR centaurs are classically portrayed as noble and amazing (if occasionally super-horny): but i have always found em ANNOYING!! i. look at them they are top-heavy at the front = when they gallop they will fall on their faces ii. they have TOO MANY LIMBS = […]

PET SHOP BOYS – “Always On My Mind”
4 May 2010 #601, 19th December 1987, video In the comics series Phonogram, there’s a scene in which the – kind of horrible – pop DJ Seth Bingo and his indie collaborator Silent Girl are struggling to work a recalcitrant dancefloor into life. Their solution? “Play the Blondie!” – a copy of “Atomic” which literally glows as it’s […]

Are you local?
13 Feb 2000 England is DIFFERENT (or SPECIAL if you want to be polite) to everywhere else for many reasons, but one is because our music “industry” (it’s not an industry – making baked beans is an industry, and nobody does THAT in their spare time, writes fanzines about it or has them poured over themselves at weddings. […]

ELTON JOHN – “Candle In The Wind ’97” / “Something About The Way You Look Tonight”
27 Mar 2014 #774, 20th September 1997 Every Popular entry starts with the same question: why this record? This time it’s especially loud. “Candle In The Wind ‘97” is the highest-selling single of all time in the UK, almost 2 million clear of its nearest competitor. This is as big as pop gets. But “why?” might strike you […]

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Which Of The Number One Hits Of 1997 Would You Have Given 6 Or More To?
- TORI AMOS - "Professional Widow (It's Gotta Be Big)"
- WHITE TOWN - "Your Woman"
- BLUR - "Beetlebum"
- LL COOL J - "Ain't Nobody"
- U2 - "Discotheque"
- NO DOUBT - "Don't Speak"
- SPICE GIRLS - "Who Do You Think You Are"/"Mama"
- THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - "Block Rockin Beats"
- R KELLY - "I Believe I Can Fly"
- MICHAEL JACKSON - "Blood On The Dance Floor"
- GARY BARLOW - "Love Won't Wait"
- OLIVE - "You're Not Alone"
- ETERNAL ft BEBE WINANS - "I Wanna Be The Only One"
- HANSON - "MMMBop"
- PUFF DADDY AND FAITH EVANS - "I'll Be Missing You"
- OASIS - "D'You Know What I Mean"
- WILL SMITH - "Men In Black"
- THE VERVE - "The Drugs Don't Work"
- ELTON JOHN - "Candle In The Wind 97"/"Something About The Way You Look Tonight"
- SPICE GIRLS - "Spice Up Your Life"
- AQUA - "Barbie Girl"
- VARIOUS ARTISTS - "Perfect Day"
- TELETUBBIES - "Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh!"
- SPICE GIRLS - "Too Much"
- None Of Them!
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