When Rap guru and #1 Neighbours fan The Martorialist unveiled his 101 best non-Rap singles of the 1990s list, it had awoken stuff in the basement for me. The nineties was a pivotal decade for many a Gen X'er; going from school, to college, to university and then onto career - that would leave a mental imprint on anyone. The music of the era became a soundtrack to a particular time in my life; some songs I remember fondly, while other tunes make me cringe with regret.
The task of compiling a list of 101 singles was arduous to begin with: for one, Rap music was way more prominent to me than any other genre, so selecting other music was much tougher than I initially realised; secondly, a lot of songs which I may have liked back then, have either aged poorly, or have been played to death. Always loathed the term 'guilty pleasure', but I'm not sure whether that's hypocritical, or not with some of my picks. I do love the songs, regardless. Blame nostalgia, I guess.
Been
tinkering with this list for a far too significant amount of time, to the point I'm dizzy. It hasn't
changed too drastically from its earliest incarnation; a few new songs here or there, I did find myself
swapping song, but keeping the same artist more than just a couple
of times, however. Think it's more than about time to just let it go now.
Kind of broke the fundamental rule of 'singles' by including Iron Maiden's Fear of the Dark, since it was never released officially as a single, at least, not the studio version, but it is perhaps one of their best songs, IMO. They were always an album band, anyway. A last hurrah for traditional metal, by my reckoning.
Hated Britpop with a passion back in the day, but I've certainly mellowed to it over the years. Elastica and Oasis wouldn't have even gotten a look-in by my younger self back then, but I genuinely feel some of the Britpop has aged better in comparison to some of the non-listed songs I used to bump back in the day.
Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun is probably one of the few songs out of Seattle I like that isn't by Jimi Hendrix or Sir-Mix-Alot. Still loathe Grunge to the nth degree, though.
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Eagerly awaiting the tribute post to Diana Dors' cameo in Steptoe & Son Ride Again.
Think she might be the actress that's cropped up the most times in some of my fave Brit flicks. Her, or Joan Collins at least.
Her TV stuff near the end of her life was quality, too.
I read Thatcher inspired Diana Dors' character in The Worm That Turned. Might be her one positive contribution to British culture.
One of the few films she was in that she liked was Deep End. Still get flashbacks of that scene whenever George Best's name gets mentioned.
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