I can’t say that 1993 can compete with 1991 and 1992 when it comes to music as a whole, but it does stand out for me as a vintage year for reggae, specifically Jamaican dancehall. One of the best CDs I bought in that year was called Reggae 93 and it is right up there […]
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1992 – Covered
March 4th, 2019 · Comments Off on 1992 – Covered · Music
Having enthused about what a good year for music 1991 was, I now have to admit that 1992 was equally good. You wait ages for a vintage year and then two come along at once!
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1991 – Gett Off
March 3rd, 2019 · Comments Off on 1991 – Gett Off · Music
Imagine for a moment that it was not an established (by me) fact that 1979 was the answer, and you were trying to decide what was the best year for popular music and 1991 would surely be one of the top contenders, even if a large part of the year saw Bryan Adams hogging the […]
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1990 – Pendant Que Les Champs Brûlent
March 3rd, 2019 · Comments Off on 1990 – Pendant Que Les Champs Brûlent · Music
Honestly, I am not trying to be wilfully obscure by having two years in a row where my track of the year is a foreign language song that never troubled the UK charts or consciousness. This is all about the songs that soundtracked my life, and my life involved a lot of dabbling in European […]
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1989 – Sidi h’bibi
February 27th, 2019 · Comments Off on 1989 – Sidi h’bibi · Music
At last – the end of the 80’s and music was starting to pick up quite a bit. There were some great singles, especially dance tunes, and some equally great albums, although my track of the year is perhaps not an obvious one.
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1988 – The Race
February 25th, 2019 · Comments Off on 1988 – The Race · Life, Music
The few years between 1988 and about 1993 are a bit of a blur for me both musically and personally. I can’t remember exactly when the wheels fell off, but by 1988 I wasn’t really married anymore. When trying to pin down music to a date one of my reference points is who I was […]
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1987 – Pump Up the Volume
February 22nd, 2019 · Comments Off on 1987 – Pump Up the Volume · Music
Another year and still the music was a bit naff, but with some signs of life and items of interest to point out while waiting eagerly for the 90’s to arrive.
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1986 – West End Girls
February 22nd, 2019 · Comments Off on 1986 – West End Girls · Music
Lets be honest, the mid-80’s were pretty dire for music, and I’ll be glad to get onto more interesting times.
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1985 – Take On Me
February 22nd, 2019 · Comments Off on 1985 – Take On Me · Life, Music
A big year for me, it was when I got married. OK so that didn’t work out brilliantly in the long term but at the time it was all looking good. The wedding also led, indirectly, to my first experience of music TV. At the time I did not have cable or satellite television and […]
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1984 – I Feel For You
February 18th, 2019 · Comments Off on 1984 – I Feel For You · Music
A year of change for me. I moved from West London to South-East London and found that it was where I really belonged. I also changed up from a bedsit to a proper flat and not only that I was co-habiting. This was all new territory for me and there was a knock-on effect on […]
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