Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 16 September 2022
Given the events of this week this song’s title* could be the most appropriate for the sentiments we have witnessed being expressed.
O’Connor most well-known hit by far. (Even if it was written by Prince/TAFKAP/Symbol.)
Just to be different, this is a live version.
Sinéad O’Connor: Nothing Compares 2 U
*I do of course deplore the text-speak in that title.
Posted in 1990s, Events dear boy. Events, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 22 July 2022
I saw in the Guardian earlier in the week that Paul Ryder of the Happy Mondays had died.
The band never actually bothered the charts overmuch but I was aware of them.
This was their second top ten hit.
Happy Mondays:- Kinky Afro
Paul Anthony (Horse) Ryder: 24/4/1964 – 15/7/2022. So it goes.
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 1 July 2022
This is simply because my youngest son used to like it.
Semisonic: Secret Smile
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 13 May 2022
Republica’s biggest UK hit, a number 7 in 1997. An exemplary pop song.
Republica: Drop Dead Gorgeous
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 8 April 2022
This is apparently regarded as trip hop though the group seemingly do not like their sound being described that way.
To my mind there’s more than a bit of psychedelia about it. It’s a good enough description for me.
Portishead: Glory Box
Here is the band playing Glory Box live on Later:-
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 4 March 2022
I don’t suppose there are many pop songs which have referenced a poem by T S Eliot. But this one did.
Crash Test Dummies: Afternoons and Coffee Spoons
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 28 January 2022
I think I noticed this subliminally at the time but it wasn’t till a week or so ago when I heard this again that I consciously realised that the chords under the spoken intro here, not to mention the chorus, resemble the most well-known tune to which the hymn Amazing Grace is sung.
I must also add that of course I do not like the pronunciation of the letter ‘Z’ as ‘zee’ in the first verse. I know that it’s to provide a rhyme and a contrast with the pronunciation ‘zed’ in the second iteration. But still.
All Saints: Never Ever
Posted in 1990s, Music, Something Changed at 12:00 on 7 January 2022
I have never been a fan of Madonna; I think she has a very thin voice. This, however, written for the Mike Myers film Austen Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me is a very good attempt to capture a certain sound of the 1960s. And I’m a sucker for that.
Madonna: Beautiful Stranger
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
