It's Thursday, it's midday, and time as always to continue our look back at all the big UK chart hits from the turn of the millennium with The Story of Pop: 2000. This week: the third and final chart topper for a future assistant to the Time Lord... It's strange to think that with all … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 21)
We have a small confession to make, dear readers. Regular viewers of our retro pop series of posts titled The Story of Pop: 1999 (back this Thursday at midday as always) will remember we featured a lovely if lesser recalled top 10 hit from Catatonia two weeks ago. The reason for this might have seemed … Continue reading ‘Thank ABBA for the Music’ at 20: a defining pop moment of 1999
ARTIST: Billie Piper SONG: Last Christmas It's amazing what happens in the space of a few years. When we wrote about Wham's evergreen festive classic 'Last Christmas' back in 2015, it was in a playlist of what we believed to be the best five contemporary takes on the song. Since that time, one half of them sadly … Continue reading Christmas Song Advent Calendar 2018: Day 7
If you're fancying yourself a reminder of some of the biggest chart hits from this week in the last 25 years, then it's clear you need our ever reliable series every Tuesday on this little corner of the web, otherwise known as #ThrowbackTunesday. Before we get to this week's retro slice of pop perfection, let's … Continue reading #ThrowbackTunesday: Episode 38
Hello all! Time once again for #ThrowbackTunesday, and boy, we've got some corkers on the playlist - and for our featured song - on this week's edition. So let's see what five UK chart smashes from the last 25 years in this exact week we've got today... 1993: 4 Non Blondes - What's Up 1998: … Continue reading #ThrowbackTunesday: Episode 24
Afternoon all! And a hearty welcome to December on my blog! I do realise it has been something of a very long while since I last wrote an entry (a month. That's usual, I know). Once again, feet of blame must rest firmly at the door of 'real life shit', and it's only now things … Continue reading #CrazyStupidPlaylist: ‘Last Christmas’
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