2002: The Good Old Days? - June

When I got into rave in the 90s I wanted to trade my guitar for some turntables. A few years later I finally got some turntables it quickly became apparent it would be an expensive hobby and I was a poor student. With vinyl costing around a fiver each it would cost another £100 to buy enough vinyl to play the same set everytime. Basically my DJing never truly got underway and I concentrated my efforts on my band instead.

What's this got to do with the charts in 2002? Well this was the last time I tried to give the DJing another go and I bought 2 of the records that feature this month on vinyl. These were "Be Cool" by Paffendorf and "The Logical Song" by Scooter. The latter made Scooter a household name in this country but they had been going since the mid-90s and had a few minor hits over here back then too.

Dance music was the most prolific genre this month and the majority of the dance records get at least half a point. It also gives us the best record which is "Love Story" by Layo & Bushwacka. This was the original instrumental version and therefore the better version.

However dance music also gives us the worst record which is "Get Over You" by Sophie Ellis-Bextor. I thought her providing vocals to "Groovejet" was bad enough, but her solo career took it to another level.

Not so good on the rap front this month. Eminem did his traditional piss take lead single of his upcoming album with "Without Me" but that concept had worn thin by this record so gets not points. Busta Rhymes is normally reliable for points but having P Diddy feature on "Pass The Courvoisier - Part II" put me off and The Neptunes production made me think otherwise. In reality it's not a very good tune. Then we have "Hot In Herre" by Nelly, far too pop for my liking. The only points come from Ludacris with "Rollout (My Business)" which is OK.

R&B is a mixed bag. We have the only decent record from Ms Dynamite with "It Takes More" whilst I do quite like "Roll On / This Is How We Do It" by Mis-Teeq even if they we better doing garage. We also have the only Top 40 hit from a British singer called Rhianna. She's nowhere near as bad as the singer from Barbados but still not great.

A particularly good record that deserves a mention is "Jump On Demand" by Spunge. They were a rare example of a British punk band in the 21st century who managed to break through to the mainstream. They are still going but have to work day jobs to pay the bills, perhaps a lesson that my dreams of being super rich via my own punk band were never going to happen even if we did made it big.

Here's a list of the records with the best on top, worst at the bottom and the good ones in green, OK ones in amber and rubbish ones in red (and in no particular order):

Score: 23%

Here's a look at the chart:

The same score as June 03 so now it's up to May to deliver.