‘In the New Hampshire primary in 1992, she knowingly lied about her husband’s uncontainable sex life and put him eternally in her debt’ – Christopher Hitchens
Dad’s ‘Pick of the Year’ tapes were always a firm family favourite where he would make a compilation cassette of his favourite songs form that year. He stopped in 1992 however, when music got a bit too modern for him. It’s something over the years I’ve tried to carry on, and did for a while but, no one listens to CDs anymore and they don’t have the same impact as mp3 playlists. I’ve often thought about restarting it all from 1982 on my blog though just so I have somewhere to put them all for prosperity sake.
The first rule of POTY is DON’T TALK ABOUT PICK OF THE YEAR, sorry, that’s the illegal underground fight club i’m part of.
The first rule of POTY is that you can only pick songs that charted in the top 75 in the UK. The second rule of POTY is that you can only pick enough songs that would fit onto an old C120 cassette (between 30-40 tracks). The final rule, one which I’ve imposed myself, is that you must include that year’s Christmas number 1 (highlighted in green)
- Simply Red – For Your Babies
- Nirvana – Come As You Are
- The Cure – Friday I’m in Love
- Brian May – Too Much Love Will Kill You
- Jimmy Nail – Ain’t No Doubt
- En Vogue – My Lovin
- Richard Marx – Take This Heart
- Ptty Smyth & Don Henley – Sometimes Love Just Aint Enough
- Snap – Rhythm Is A Dancer
- Richard Marx – Hazard
- Boyz II Men – End of the Road
- Doctor Spin – Tetris
- Genesis – I Can’t Dance
- Bon Jovi – Keep The Faith
- Guns N Roses – November Rain
- Kriss Kross – Jump
- Jon Secada – Just Another Day
- Ugly Kid Joe – Everything About You
- Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy Breaky Heart
- Shakespeares Sister – Stay
- Firehouse – When I Look into Your Eyes
- Dr Alban – It’s My Life
- George Michael – Too Funky
- Michael Jackson – Remember the Time
- Arrested Development – People Everyday
- Undercover – Never Let Her Slip Away
- Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite
- Def Leppard – Let’s Get Rocked
- Bryan Adams – Thought I’d Died and Gone to Heaven
- Metallica – Nothing Else Matters
- Lightning Seeds – Life of Riley
- Charles & Eddie – Would I Lie to You
Oh gosh this takes me back! I’ve been reminiscing on 90s music recently too. We must be about the same age!