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Being Glaswegian has many downsides.![]()
*looks again at Cilla Black thread*
I think I understand

Being Glaswegian has many downsides.![]()
That's exactly it. There was certainly interest and precedent for the use of sampling - the top 10 had already had the Art Of Noise's "Close To The Edit", Depeche Mode sampling the bins being collected and Duran Duran's The ReFLE-FLE-FLE-FLE-Flex. 19 is actually a pretty funky tune and war had given Frankie Goes To Hollywood a big ol' 9 week #1 the previous year so it was a clever and effective amalgam of stuff that was in the air. Radio 1 took to it and it broke.I was far too young, but I suspect the whole package (spoken word on an electronic dance track) was pretty groundbreaking and the age message wasn't necessarily within the public consciousness. Add to the fact, the novelty of a serious topic within what had been considered a frivolous genre, I think it just gave it legs.
I'm honestly surprised they didn’t struggle more after such a punishing schedule in 1990. It really looked unrelenting. They must have been worn out - I always figured that's why they went away for a couple of years.I don’t think any of them had any breakdowns. Just Jonathan mentioning it being difficult hiding his sexuality, but he was always “the shy one” who didn’t really like performing and tagged on to accompany his brother anyway. I’m surprised he came back and stuck around in the revival tours and albums.
Apart from the financial dealing with Maurice Starr, there’s very little controversy about NKOTB. Most of them found successes elsewhere and they never fell out and seemingly are all still friends.
Donnie and I think Danny had their first children early on, and of course he launched his rather successful acting career. Joe seemed to move to Broadway and some TV films. I have no idea what Jordan did between 1994 and launching his solo album in 1999. They’re all seemingly still with their first wives apart from Donnie who moved on to that anti-vaxxer Jenny McCarthy.I'm honestly surprised they didn’t struggle more after such a punishing schedule in 1990. It really looked unrelenting. They must have been worn out - I always figured that's why they went away for a couple of years.
I'm honestly surprised they didn’t struggle more after such a punishing schedule in 1990. It really looked unrelenting. They must have been worn out - I always figured that's why they went away for a couple of years.
I was thinking more of the big break they took between late 1991 & early 1994. It always struck me as a bit odd that they went away for so long, so quickly; of course, it was all too late by the time they did return.Donnie and I think Danny had their first children early on, and of course he launched his rather successful acting career. Joe seemed to move to Broadway and some TV films. I have no idea what Jordan did between 1994 and launching his solo album in 1999. They’re all seemingly still with their first wives apart from Donnie who moved on to that anti-vaxxer Jenny McCarthy.
I think they just invested their money well and never became desperate.
That was during the lip-synching fiasco I do believe. It kind of killed their momentum even though they were mainly using just backing tracks BUT they were touring non-stop so it wasn’t unimaginable. The Milli-Vanilli thing had major waves going through the industry.I was thinking more of the big break they took between late 1991 & early 1994. It always struck me as a bit odd that they went away for so long, so quickly; of course, it was all too late by the time they did return.
Apart from the financial dealing with Maurice Starr, there’s very little controversy about NKOTB. Most of them found successes elsewhere and they never fell out and seemingly are all still friends.
Exactly this. I also remember in 1993 a backing singer accused Paula Abdul she was the one actually singing in her albums, it was all over MTV back then. She never had a big hit after that, coincidence or not.The Milli-Vanilli thing had major waves going through the industry.
I guess you're talking about struggling and personal stuff, because we can't forget the scandal that had much to do with the end of their success. In 1992 they were accused of lip-synching at their live performances, what took them to defend themselves on The Arsenio Hall Show. This drama was huge in the US, @Joseph to confirm.
I guess you're talking about struggling and personal stuff, because we can't forget the scandal that had much to do with the end of their success. In 1992 they were accused of lip-synching at their live performances, what took them to defend themselves on The Arsenio Hall Show. This drama was huge in the US, @Joseph to confirm.
Judy Cheeks - Reach b/w Can't Get Enough (1994)
I recognise his name, reading UK charts back in the day, but no idea either; it doesn't sound bad at all. I'm surprised I'm still discovering 90s music at this point.Don-E - Love Makes The World Go Round b/w Mystery (1992)
You could get them in HMV or Woolworths absolutely fine until about 1995, when Woolies stopped stocking vinyl entirely & HMV greatly reduced the shelf space in favour of CDs & cassettes. Within a year or 2 virtually nobody was releasing singles on the format at all (the only record from this period in this thread is "Rotterdam" by The Beautiful South, which was sold in a limited numbered edition as a collectors item). Oasis, Blur & a couple of others did release the odd single in the format as they had the fanbase who'd shell out the cash but it was effectively dead as a way of releasing a single by 1997.@Sardonicus I'm curious, where those 7" hard to find in the 90s, or they still sold in regular record shops like HMV? because when I started buying vinyls, in 1990, 7" they were nowhere to be seen hereI remember the first one I bought, and actually the only one in a proper music store, Poison's Unskinny bop, totally random because I saw it behind the counter and asked for it. Never saw any other one, and I got them in the only record fair we had, once a year, an years later in bargain bins in second had shops that quickly disappeared. Shame because I always wanted to have a nice 7" collection and I only have 120 or so, and totally random ones because usually it was more a case of what I could find and not what I really wanted. Oh well!
Sorry for being BEHIND but THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME is quite simply EVERYTHING
What a time to etc etc
And yes TIME TO MAKE YOU MINE is quite the PINNACLE OF FILTH