Apologies to those of you who rightly assume that I’ve just been mining a rich vain of 1995 tracks. I actually got a “Dance Tip ‘95″ cd for christmas one year (1995 would seem logical). Cotton Eye Joe was one of the tracks on that very Dance Tip ‘95 CD.
I never really liked it, but […]
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Barcelona Olympics 1992 - Queen and Opera
Posted in 1990s, Music, Personalities, Sport on Jul 25th, 2008
Freddie Mercury died before he could perform at the opening of the Barcelona Olympic Games but his favourite opera singer, Montserrat Caballe went onto perform a spine-tingling live version of the theme penned by Queen:
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Posted in 1990s on Jul 24th, 2008
Vanilla Ice in hindsight seems laughably unfashionable, but I’m reasonably certain that at the time Ice Ice Baby came out and took the world by storm, the old V dog was pretty cool.
The baseline was stolen (out of court settlement apparently) from Queen’s “Under Pressure”, and apparently it might be questionable whether, er, Ice himself […]
The Thompson Twins released this classic anti-drugs rant in 1985, but aside from its important message to the kids, it is a classic tune, with the most instantly catchy and incredible base-line - ooh ooh ooh ooh ow ooh ooh ooh ow.
He’s not one for sympathy though, old Doctor Dream, so don’t mess with him. […]
Barbie Girl by Aqua was a huge success, and despite the slightly silly words and light hearted look of the video, this is an incredibly catchy and was really a la mode at the time it came out in the mid-late 90s.
Even the mums and dads liked Barbie Girl. Dads particularly enjoyed the video on […]
The year was 1998. A good vintage for Bordeux. A very good vintage musically, for this was the year the world woke up and realised they had ears: every single piece of recorded or live music they had heard up until the point The Cartoons released Witch Doctor would soon be akin to white noise.
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The sound quality isn’t the best on this video, but I chose it because it showcases the best of sixties and seventies style. How did she get her hair so big? And check out the guy twisting around in the stripy tank top. Are those chops I spot? The flares and the silly dancing are […]
Was it 1995? Or was it 1996? I really can’t remember. Who gives a Jacob’s cracker anyhow, if a Scatman can do it, so can you.
Where’s the Scatman?
Scatman John surprisingly didn’t seem to want to hang around for long. If memory serves, he only released one other (popular) single - […]
What can I possibly say about the lyrical genious that is Eiffel 65 Blue. Not much. Just listen to it, enjoy the video, and remember what you were doing during the latter half of the 1990s!
I’m blue too!
A Big Long History of the Summer Olympics 1896 - 2008
Posted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Art & Design, Australia & New Zealand, Before my time, Rest of World, Sport, UK & Ireland, US & Canada on Jul 23rd, 2008
1896 ATHENS, Greece
Dates: from 6 to 15 April 1896.
Participants: 14 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), 43 events, 241 athletes (men only).
Officially opened by: King George I.
The Games of the Olympiad in Athens were financed by a donation of approximately one million drachmas from a rich businessman, Georges Averof, and by the sale of souvenir stamps and […]
Rugrats
Posted in 1990s, 2000s, Cartoons, US & Canada on Jul 23rd, 2008
Tommy, Chuckie, Phil and Lil battle it out with Angelica in the sandpit. My abiding memory of Rugrats is that everyone used to know how to play the theme tune on the piano. Angelica also got on my nerves. The babies talked in silly toddler speak with lots of missing teeth and spittal - getting […]
Mona Lisa the film was nominated for an Oscar and Bob Hoskins performance won many other awards. It tells the tale of a man released from prison who is given a job as a driver for an up-market prostitute. It’s very London - though, the seedy side thereof. The film is well shot and shows […]
Cassius Clay - Bygone Olympics
Posted in 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Sport, Sports Personalities on Jul 22nd, 2008
The only other outstanding memory outside of the Olympic athletics was in the boxing stadium with the victory of a young heavyweight - a boxer from the United States called Cassius Clay. We all later knew him as Mohammed Ali. He later lobbed this gold medal into a river in protest against the treatment of […]
Abebe Bikila - Bygone Olmpics
Posted in 1960s, Sport, Sports Personalities on Jul 21st, 2008
I remember Abebe Bikila winning the 1960 Rome Olympics men’s marathon - barefoot! My image of him is just how slight he was and wondered where the energy came from to do what he was doing. He was the first person to win two Olympic marathons, winning the Tokyo in 1964. In between these two […]
Al Oerter - Bygone Olympics
Posted in 1950s, 1960s, Sport, Sports Personalities on Jul 19th, 2008
Al Oerter was an gold medal winning discus thrower from 1956 to 1968. He was among a group of gigantic shot put throwers and discus throwers who were nearly seven feet tall and very impressive to a young boy of seven! Al sadly passed away in 2007.
Steve Haywood is a personal trainer in West and […]