Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 3 December 2021
Just because it’s such a good song.
Crowded House: Weather With You
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Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 29 October 2021
REM in their pomp. Gloriously catchy. (That’s a silly hat Michael Stipe has on in the video though.)
REM: Shiny Happy People
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 10 September 2021
Like the good lady, in the 1990s I had a bit of a soft spot for James.
Sit Down was the band’s biggest hit.
An acquaintance of mine once complained he hated that when it came to the middle eight of this song people listening to it would start to sit down. As if it was the group’s fault.
My feeling is that artists aren’t responsible for the way people react to their creations. George Orwell couldn’t have foreseen folk saying, “it’s like 1984, isn’t it?”
James: Sit Down
This is the originally released version from 1989. It doesn’t have quite the bite of the later release and the video is a bit unimaginative.
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 13 August 2021
I would wager there haven’t been many songs written in English about the Spanish Civil War.
Still fewer have been chart hits.
This one made number 1 in the UK.
Sadly its message is even more relevant today than it was in the 90s.
Manic Street Preachers: If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 9 July 2021
The first single taken from This is Hardcore, Pulp’s follow-up album to their big breakthrough LP Different Class.
Pulp: Help the Aged
Posted in 1960s, 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 11 June 2021
One of the sounds of the nineties. Except for the strings, of course, which were sampled from a 1960s orchestral recording of The Rolling Stones’ The Last Time (which itself draws on This May be the Last Time by The Staple Singers) and were subject to a lawsuit.
The Verve: Bitter Sweet Symphony
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 7 May 2021
Well this is appropriately titled for today.
A nice piece 1992 of jingle-jangle jauntiness from The Cure.
I feel like I should preface this with the warning, “Contains flashing images.”
The Cure: Friday I’m in Love
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 26 March 2021
I’ve not had anything from The Lightning Seeds for a while, so why not?
They always had a bright, cheerful sound.
The Lightning Seeds: Change
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 19 February 2021
The track that annnounced Radiohead to most of the world.
Granted, it’s not the cheeriest of songs, but it still has a certain something.
(I must only have heard radio edits before as I don’t remember the [repeated] swear word.)
Radiohead: Creep
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 15 January 2021
This became one of my elder son’s favourite songs when it was released. (He was somewhat precocious about liking music.) It is a great joyful piece of pop.
I had heard the song myself but it was some time before I realised what the band’s name was and made the connection to To Kill a Mockingbird.
The Boo Radleys: Wake Up Boo
