Recent content by old spice

LOVE THIS!

Thank you for this recommendation. Turns out, I unknowingly lied - I have definitely listened to Foxbase Alpha before. And I liked it! Recognise the cover, some of the tracks, and recall enjoying 'Nothing Can Stop Us' as well as 'Only Love...'! Problem is it was recommended by an old colleague...

Not only did I get myself lips aplenty, but I also became way too sexy for my shirt, so I well and truly won the long game against mother dearest there. :disco: (Tho in hindsight, she was right about that tee.) Also, I went and found 'I'm Too Sexy' en español thinking that it was bound to be a...

Umm, I thought you were meant to be my fellow Tribe stan round here @funky ? :( Please explain why you'd wish to puncture my already-maimed heart by snubbing them from 1991's top tens. Despite your cruelty, I thank you for introducing me to the Driza Bone, Sounds of Blackness, and K-Klass tunes...

I too have kept an eye on these 'greatest ever' lists over the years. Much more so in my youth tbh, when I was hungry to have an opinion about everything that others considered great (I can be a mouthy cunt). I also found them pretty helpful in terms of building pathways + figuring out where my...

LOL. Well, I was referring more to the fact that funky's thread seems to be a very welcoming space for Moopy minorities (POC, heterosexuals, etc.), to the point where I'd ordinarily wonder if our esteemed guide was a straight Black man himself! But this bizarre fixation with Amy Grant tells me...

I had no idea that 'The Promise' wasn't included on the box set proper (had to look this up!). Weird, cos it's on the Spotify Tracks album. Bit cheeky of him to not only fleece the diehards, but subsequently TROLL them by not giving them the 'Promise' they want, LOL. I'm so grateful that he gave...

Nice summary for 1992, funky! I approve of the stuff that's in the upper echelons for once: 'Finally', 'Mysterious Ways', '2 Legit 2 Quit'! 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' is the best of them and it's weird to me that what's possibly the defining song of the decade made it to number six, but I...

I've never been one to switch off from engaging with the news even when it's at its most doom-laden, but I'm finding myself increasingly distressed by these daily narratives of ICE repeatedly and tyrannically overstepping their boundaries and I've struggled to really articulate why. I think it's...

I'd have guessed that someone of your taste would be a Bruce Springsteen fan, FetchFugly - but to be a next-level nerd who listens to disc three of Tracks? :disco: I would force you to shake my hand IRL. Incidentally, I went and listened to the entirety of Tracks right after my last post...

It took me a helluva long time to warm to Nirvana. Felt like every other kid had their hoodies at school to the point where they became a lazy byword for 'glum middle-class teen wants to rebel', and I hated how the entire music establishment was in such thrall to them during the 00s. I'm...

Omg we have a Bruce Springsteen thread?!! :disco: Did you ever get around to this? His consistency through the 70s and 80s was remarkable so it's hard to go wrong with such a strategy. The two Born albums hoover up all the attention - and they're both great, esp Born to Run, so that's not a...

I wish I could love this more. Bon Iver has been the main soundtrack to my many descents and tumults of recent years, so I'm wondering if there's something inside me that's stubbornly resistant to this tonal shift into optimism. Unsurprisingly, I prefer the sparse gloom of SABLE, to the lush...

Everything about this has been such an unexpected treat. I'm going to conveniently ignore my having been less than enthused by the most recent albums from other 90s-defining British bands (hi Radiohead, Blur, Suede...*) and prematurely declare this THE comeback of 2025. My body is so very ready...

For some reason, I have a vivid childhood memory of watching these guys being interviewed on breakfast TV while promoting this song and the hosts declaring them 'Britain's second favourite band' - which I found most confusing as I'd never heard of them at that stage. Young spice, who was far...