A few years after I left school I went to the pub in the town I went to school and a bloke a couple years older than me came up to ma and said "You're the one who used to sing Queen and KLF at school".
It's true, that's what I was doing in 1991 and we have records from both here. KLF is a clear winner with "3AM Eternal" but Queen have to settle for 8th with "Innuendo" which is long and varied like "Bohemian Rhapsody" but much better in my opinion.
In 2nd and 3rd place we have records I got into later on in life. There's "Summers Magic" by Mark Summers which kick started the "Toytown Techno" era but putting that to one side, those beats in a chart record in January 1991 would of been quite something.
Then we have "Sensitivity" by Ralph Tresvant which I got into when I got into R&B and it was one of the stand out tracks on the "Pure Swing" album. It was the only solo Top 40 hit for the former New Edition member.
Another memory from 1991 was a vote on Children's BBC, do we prefer Andi Peters favourite song "Wiggle It" by 2 in a Room or Ed the Ducks favourite song "Do The Bartman" by the Simpsons. I didn't vote myself but you can see here that I was clearly more inclined to agree with Andi Peters choice.
Sticking with kids TV we have "Hippy Chick" by Soho which I remember then performing on Motormouth. This was more or less marking the end of the era of the Soul II Soul beat.
The 2 highest new entries in the first week were both metal tracks. Straight in at number one was Iron Maiden with "Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter" which isn't bad but too slow for an Iron Maiden record. Then at a more appropriate speed we have "Got The Time" by Anthrax which finds itself near the top.
Just below is "Dedication" by Thin Lizzy which was an old record hitting the Top 40 for the first time. Likewise we had "Good Times" by Jimmy Barnes & INXS hitting the Top 40 for the first time not long after the INXS record "Disappear" had left the Top 40 which video footage from a Christmas 1990 family party confirmed was my favourite song at the time. I do like "Good Times" but it didn't have the same impact.
There was the return of Rick Astley who had moved away from Stock Aitken & Waterman for a more mature sound. What I remember most about this comeback was that he now had long hair but I do think it's a pretty decent record too.
The same can't be said of "Someday" by Mariah Carey. This was a minor hit for her and to it's credit it isn't one of her dreary ballads. Still has her screechy voice though and wasn't only a stepping stone to her being an established chart act but also inspired some cheesy Eurodance rubbish.
Not quite as bad is "Coming Out Of The Dark" by Gloria Estefan. This was a ballad and was co-written by a then unknown Jon Secada who actually went on to do more interesting ballads.
A lot of nostalgia here then which no doubt helps with the score.
Score: 56
No comments:
Post a Comment