| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 301.1 | | AYOV28::MDONNELLY | that woman has *got* to go | Mon Dec 19 1988 16:03 | 25 |
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Here's mine...
Best Album: Remote Hue & Cry
Best Single: How Men Are Aztec Camera
Most Promising Newcomer: Tanita Takarim (sp?)
Best Live Show: Hue & Cry - Kilmarnock (only one I saw!)
Biggest Hipe: Brother Beyond
Worst re-issue/re-mix: Downtown Pet Clark
Worst Cover Version: Locomotion Kylie whatsherface
Michael
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| 301.2 | Here's Mine! | SUBURB::SCOTTV | Heavy Plant Crossing | Mon Dec 19 1988 16:09 | 7 |
| Best Single : Perfect - Fairground Attraction
Best Album - (Two!) - The Innocents - Erasure
another vote for Hue and Cry
Best Newcomer - The Proclaimers
Worst Cover Version - Oh L'Amour - Dollar (because the original
is by Erasure!)
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| 301.3 | 1988 | OFFCLU::DKEATING | | Mon Dec 19 1988 17:14 | 20 |
| Best Album: GREEN R.E.M.
Best Single: not really sure...maybe that one by INXS
Most Promising Newcomer: Geff Healey.
Best Live Show: Johnny Mars Blues Band.
Biggest Hipe: U2's Rattle and Hum.
Worst re-issue/re-mix: Still can't get that C&W version of 'Mommy
kissing Santa Claus' out of my mind AARRGGHH.
Worst Cover Version: Eggwina Currie impersonating a Politican!!!
_ Dave K.
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| 301.4 | Is there life after ALL-IN-1? | COLA1::GEHLEN | | Mon Dec 19 1988 17:15 | 17 |
| 301.5 | Best of '88 | RDGENG::STODDART | | Mon Dec 19 1988 17:33 | 10 |
| Best Album: Idlewind, Strangeways, Lonely as an Eyesore
Best Single: Hey Manhattan, Orinoco Flow
Best Newcomer: Julia Fordham
Best Show: Julia Forham (Ports')
Biggest Hipe: Bros, Miss Mino.
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| 301.6 | So Here it is Merry Christmas......... | YUPPY::FELL | MAZZER | Mon Dec 19 1988 17:38 | 21 |
| Best Album: Lovesexy - Prince
Best Single: Teardrops - Womack and Womack
Best Newcomer: The Proclaimers
Best Live Show: Prince - Lovesexy Tour
Biggest Hype: Bros
Worst reissue/mix: Alexander O'Neal - Hearsay Remix Album!!!!!
(This is what I call really flogging a dead
horse!!)
Worst Cover: Kiss - Tom Jones and Art of Noise
Mazzer
P.S. A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!
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| 301.7 | And... | AYOV28::MDONNELLY | that woman has *got* to go | Mon Dec 19 1988 19:26 | 16 |
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...a category I meant to put in the basenote:-
Ones That Got Away: Cars & Girls Prefab Sprout
Deep & Wide & Tall Aztec Camera
Ordinary Angel Hue & Cry
I cannot believe these songs did not make
the top 40.
Michael
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| 301.8 | Two fat ladies...88 | 45466::OGDEN | | Tue Dec 20 1988 10:43 | 30 |
| Hello there, well here are my faves from '88 :
Best single : 'Yeke Yeke' Mori Kante
Best Album : 'Fisherman's Blues' The Waterboys
Best Gig : The Beatnigs, Michelle Shocked & Billy Bragg at
Portsmouth or John Cougar Mellencamp at the Hammy
Odeon
Best Festival : Cambridge Folk ( well, what else is there?)
Best Newcomers : Hothouse Flowers
Best Music Film/Video : Prince 'Sign of the Times'
Biggest Hype : Kylie, Brother Beyond, Bros (of course !)
And finally, a 'Good to see that they're still coming up with the
goods after so many years in the biz' award to : Lindisfarne !
Bye for now,
Johnny
P.S. All the Best for Xmas and the New Year.
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| 301.9 | Here's mine | IOSG::BUTTON | | Tue Dec 20 1988 12:16 | 18 |
|
Hi Folks. Here are my choices for 88!
Best Album: Naked, by Talking Heads
Best Single: Fast Car, by Tracy Chapman
Most Promising Newcomer: Fairground Attraction
Best Live Show: The Proclaimers
Biggest Hype: Kylie
Worst Cover Version: Locomotion, by Kylie
A very merry Christmas to you all.
Jon
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| 301.10 | here,s mine | EAYV01::ADAIR | Let,s get the flock outa here | Tue Dec 20 1988 15:04 | 18 |
|
Best Album: Too many to mention but I think originallity goes to
the Proclaimers
Best Single: Real Live Kid - Deacon Blue
Most Promising Newcomer: Tikira Karim (sp?)
Best Live Show: The Proclaimers (Ayr Town Hall),WWW (SECC)
Biggest Hype: Kylie,Jason D ,Bros
Worst Cover Version: Locomotion, by Kylie
A very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.
Tony
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| 301.11 | | AYOV27::IBROCK | | Tue Dec 20 1988 15:36 | 19 |
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Here goes :-
Best Album - The House Of Love
Neil Young - This Note's For You
Best Single - Destroy The Heart - The House Of Love
Best Newcomer - The House Of Love
Live Show - Didn't See Any
Hype - Acieeed !
Worst Cover - The Swans - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Best Non-Hit - Deus - The Sugarcubes
Destroy The Heart (again)
Cars & Girls - Prefab Sprout
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| 301.12 | Who ??? | 45466::STONE | One Day, doubtless, cloudless bright | Tue Dec 20 1988 18:43 | 30 |
| Predictable I suppose :-
Best Albums - The Church - Starfish
Neil Young - This Note's For You (another vote)
Traveling Wilburys - volume 1
Green - REM (another vote)
Climax Blues Band - Drastic Steps
Midnight Oil - can't remember the title (someone
borrowed it 2 months ago and I haven't
seen it since!)
Best Single - The Church - Reptile (I know it didn't chart but?)
Best Newcomer - The Primitives
Live Show - The Church at the Marquee
The Church at the Town & Country Club
Rush at the NEC (soon to be a live album)
Hype - Bros, Kylie Monologue, Yazz & the plastic Palm Trees
Worst Cover - Salt & Peppa's (?) so called 'version' of Twist &
Shout - sacrilege !!
Best Non-Hit - See best single
Happy Xmas to you all from
Graham_the_soon_to_be_jobless_All_electric_hippy
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| 301.13 | Where's Katie Boyle when you need her? | AYOU30::PAULC | Catriona's clown | Wed Dec 21 1988 15:29 | 28 |
| 301.14 | Merry Xmas, Happy New Year | WARDER::REXLEY | I am very very very short | Wed Dec 21 1988 16:04 | 24 |
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Best Group: PSB - Deacon Blue - Hue & Cry
Best Artist Male/Female: Prince / Anita Baker
Best Single: Fools Like Us (All About Eve) & Orinocho Flow (Enya)
Best Album: Sea of Love (The Adventures) Introspective (PSB)
Best Newcomer: Keith Sweat - Will Downing
Best Video: Sign O The Times - Prince
Live Show: Prince, George Michael
Worst Show: George Benson, Alex O'Neal
Hype: SAW, Neighbours, Kylie
Worst re-issue: Downtown
Worst cover: Kylie
One that got away: Love is All That Matters - Human League
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| 301.15 | My tuppenceworth - see you after the hols :-) | AYOV28::DROBB | Here at the dude ranch above the sea | Wed Dec 21 1988 19:21 | 22 |
| Best album: Robert Cray Band "Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark" /
Prefab Sprout "From Langley Park To Memphis" /
Deacon Blue "Raintown / Riches"
Best Single: Hue And Cry "Ordinary Angel" /
Deacon Blue "Real GONE Kid" [Hi Tony! :-)] /
Womack & Womack "Teardrops"
Most Promising Newcomer: R.E.M. (sic!)
Best Live Show: Aztec Camera, Edinburgh Playhouse, June
Biggest Hype: Bros. / Kylie / Debbie / Taylor / Tiffany
Worst Re-issue/Re-mix: Temptations "Papa Was A Rolling Stone"
Worst Cover Version: Wet Wet Wet "With A Little Help...." /
Phil Collins "Groovy Kind Of Love"
Tragic Non-Hits: Hue And Cry "Ordinary Angel"
Prefab Sprout "Cars And Girls"
R.E.M. "The One I Love"
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| 301.16 | Merry Christmas !!!!! | YUPPY::ANDERSONR | | Thu Dec 22 1988 14:33 | 14 |
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Best Single : She Makes My Day - Robert Palmer
Best Album : Love - Aztec Camera
Best Live Gig : Simply Red, Wembley
Best Newcomer : Tracy Chapman
Biggest (& Worst) Hype : Stock, Aitken, Waterman
Worst Cover : Nathan Jones - Bananarama
Rob
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| 301.17 | Yo! Ho! Bum rush the snow | 45610::FIDDLERM | | Thu Dec 22 1988 19:35 | 31 |
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Best Album: If I should Fall... The Pogues
Frenz Experiment The FAll
Green REM
The My Bloody Valentine lp that I can't remember the
name of!
Best Single: Destroy the heart House of Love
Sidewalking Jesus and Mary Chain
Freak Scene Dinosaur Jr (why isn't the world
worshipping them?)
Newcomer: House of Love
Inspiral Carpets
Worst garbage: Any SAW
Biggest disapointment: Fishermans Blues Waterboys (after three
years of living with the title track
I was a touch upset at the the
standard of the lp)
Best non-hit: Dinosaur JR, House Of Love
Best Live Show: Prince
Favourite Viking: Eric
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| 301.18 | Oh no it wasn't ! | 45466::OGDEN | | Thu Dec 22 1988 19:56 | 19 |
| Re: the comment around the Waterboys lp
What rot !!
Okay, so it is a significant move away from the excellent, but very
over produced 'This is the Sea' lp. But it is one of the very few
records released this year which actually lives and breathes, 'Little
Child', 'Strange Boat' and 'A Bang on the Ear' will no doubt come
January/February become crowd favourites.
They could of so easily slid into the U2, Simple Minds et al anthemetic
main stream, but no, a backward leap towards their very 'roots'
has ensured that they will not dissapoint me for a very long time
yet !
Cheers,
Johnny (certainly not 'A Girl called Johnny')
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| 301.19 | sorry for the rat_hole!!! | OFFCLU::DKEATING | | Thu Dec 22 1988 20:21 | 23 |
| re .17,.18
I can see both your points of view. Though I think the term
'rot' might be a bit OTT. I also know of people who had been
listening to studio pre-release tapes for over the last two years
and were disappointed with the final selections. But the problem
was that somethings had to be left out. I think they were correct
in going for a 'mix' as it would appeal to a more general audience.
I to have favourite tracks from the album but overall I like the
general idea of music and mood change right through.
BTW the Waterboys are playing tonight and tomorrow night in Seapoint
here in Galway. They have played this venue at least twice before
and have given some of the best 'live' performances ever seen here
in Galway. One time they played for something like 3 hours without
loseing the 'tempo'. Tomorrow we break up here for Christmas and
instead of me going on the usual 'xmas drinking spree' I'm saving
my money for this concert. I'm going to ENJOY myself for a change
;-)
- Dave.
ps to all in here have a happy christmas and a peaceful new year.
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| 301.20 | And a bang on the ear? | 45610::FIDDLERM | | Thu Dec 22 1988 20:23 | 16 |
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Sorry to drift away from the base topic, but..
I didn't mean that the Waterboys lp is actually bad, but it sounds
'over produced', it seems to lack a little sparkle, having seen
tham live a few times, and having a live performance of Fishermans
Blues on video for three years, I was upset wit the record. Perhaps
I just expected too much. Many of the songs wiil no doubt be brilliant
in a live/raucous environment, and I shall be first in the queue
for tickets in the new year! It still rates as one of my favourite
lps of the year, but not the best.
Merry Crimble to all.
Mike
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| 301.21 | | RDGENG::KEDMUNDS | But I haven't got an fm2r... | Thu Dec 22 1988 20:47 | 4 |
| Please - 1988 summaries in this topic; other subject matter
elsewhere.
Keith
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| 301.22 | not a vintage year, but good | LEROUF::MERRICK | it ain't why, it just is | Fri Dec 23 1988 13:22 | 19 |
| Good Things...
Julia Fordham
Mica Paris - So Good
Hall & Oates - Oooh yeah
John Hiatt - Slow Turning
Mory Kanye - Akawba Beach
Randy Newman - Land of dreams
Robbie Robertson
Prefab Sprout - From Langley Park to Memphis
Sanatnna - Viva!
the substance releases from Factory
Bad things...
Stock Aitken and Waterman, daytime tv, most remixes of old songs,
no new Rosie Vela album, lack of sucess for Roachford, buying Rattle
and Hum, christmas music played in November
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| 301.23 | | WELMTS::GREENB | Reality? Civilisation? Where....? | Fri Dec 23 1988 14:36 | 34 |
| Good things for me this year...
REM, Green. Also discovering more of their earlier stuff.
Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years and Big Time. Also getting hold of
a lot of his earlier records.... I love this guy!!
Lloyd Cole - Mainstream. Played it to death when it came out
David Bowie - 'obtaining' a load of *really* early stuff Cheers
Dougie ;^)
Julia Fordham - *good* voice!
Walker Brothers - all their records.
Pogues - If I should Fall... finally I've got to love this band
As you can see, a lot of this stuff is not new, like -.1 said, not
a vintage year...
Single of the year - er, um......
Video of the year - Saw a good one by Shriekback, very psychedelic.
Is it called Get Down Tonight?
Live performance of the year - Bob Green [by default, I didn't go
and see anyone else! 8^)]
Worst Cover - Philthy Collins, Kylie's Locomotion
Hype of the year - the poll tax, yet more privatisations....
See ya
Bob
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| 301.24 | in the blue corner.... | CHEFS::IMMSA | Is there life after breakfast? | Fri Jan 06 1989 16:08 | 9 |
| Best albums - Land of dreams - Randy Newman
Slow Turning - John Hiatt
Get rhythm - Ry Cooder
No comments on other categories
Andy
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| 301.25 | chop that tree down..... | JGO::ENGVENRPT | | Tue Jan 10 1989 18:15 | 29 |
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Sorry guys,I have to dissapoint you all.The one and only lp,single,
whatsoever chart '88 ,according to my opinion,is:
Best Album:Toto,Seventh One
Best Single:Hithouse,Jack to the sound of the underground.(meltdown mix)
Most Promising Newcomer:Ellert Driessen (when the night begins) RCA label
Best Live Show:I'm sorry,haven't seen any
Biggest Hipe:Kylie...who else??
Worst re-issue/re-mix:Todd Terry,Weekend (the old Class Action hit)
Worst Cover Version:Songs by The Communards,Kylie...(can,t get the words
out of my mouth).
P.s. can anybody help us getting our hands on an oldy by
Rick astley: whenever you need somebody, only the SET IT OFF MIX.
---------------
RECORD NO: TT41568R ON RCA label, please,please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+
Donna Summer: BAD GIRLS the SINGLE SIDED 12" er on CASABLANCA label.
pls contact 7889-529292 at the JGO PLANT NIJMEGEN
Mark & Jan
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| 301.26 | Burning Up for your love... | SHAPES::BROWNM | | Tue Feb 14 1989 19:41 | 14 |
| Best single - Touched by the hand of god - New Order
- A Little Respect - Erasure
Best LP - The Innocents - Erasure
Best Newcomer - Fairground Attraction
Hype - Micael Jackson, Bros and acid being
different from house.
Best artist ever - Madonna, New Order, Sting
Best Song ever - Burning Up - Madonna, Sexual Healing
- Marvin Gaye
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