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Good. Great set of cuts for my ballot. Jewel's song was my last. The other can follow the same path.
Women of the 90s | Countdown | Winner Revealed ["It should win the Best Video Award"]
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You Were Meant for Me is probably in my Top 5 songs of all time (it was always my potential X Factor audition song, and because I first heard it as an angsty teen, I *really* overidentify with the lyrics), so I'm just not going to speak to any of you for the forseeable. Heathens!
Can cope with these last few going. Surprised at How Do I Live being out already though. That song was everywhere, even than 7 year old me in 1998 can remember that!
I bought How Do I Live and Kiss The Rain but can't say I'm too upset to see them go.
The main thing is that Amber lives to see another day.
The main thing is that Amber lives to see another day.
Make sure you don't jinx it already!
And next out...!
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While she didn’t find a spot in my top 40, Billie Myers will always have a spot in my Hall of Fame.
However, that’s not because of anything that she herself did.
My understanding of pop history is that another version of “Kiss The Rain” led to one of the biggest musical comebacks of the 20th century (citation not needed because I know I am right and will absolutely fight you for it).
You see, somebody heard
and thought they would be the perfect choice to do
which led to half a decade of high quality club mixes for anyone who was anyone.
Thank you Billie Myers, you walked so the rest of us could run...onto the dancefloor to get our lives for many years.
If I ever had a TED Talk, this would be its topic.
However, that’s not because of anything that she herself did.
My understanding of pop history is that another version of “Kiss The Rain” led to one of the biggest musical comebacks of the 20th century (citation not needed because I know I am right and will absolutely fight you for it).
You see, somebody heard
and thought they would be the perfect choice to do
which led to half a decade of high quality club mixes for anyone who was anyone.
Thank you Billie Myers, you walked so the rest of us could run...onto the dancefloor to get our lives for many years.
If I ever had a TED Talk, this would be its topic.
I had never heard this! It works well, even if the "angst" of the original is lost a little bit...and amazing that it inspired other remixes! I wonder if I can get it played in the remix slot at my local nitespot...
Kiss The Rain - 5. This was more of a re-discovery then a discovery. I knew it when it came out, but was maybe too young to understand it properly. I've heard it a few times since, and grown to really like it, but listening to it for the rate raised it up in my consciousness. It helped that it was raining heavily, and I could imagine going out and doing exactly what the lyrics told me to do. Now I love it. I can see that some wouldn't like the tone of Billie's voice, but she can definitely sing, puts a lot of emotion into her performance, and makes you feel her fear and frustration.
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MollieSwift21
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How Do I Live is very pretty. Definitely interesting that the two versions were very popular at the same time. I saw Leann a few years in concert and she sounded even better on the song. A bit crazy she was only around 15 when she recorded it.
This Kiss should have done much better!
This Kiss should have done much better!
Fixed that for you.
'You Were Meant For Me' reminds me of having chicken pox... during my first year of uni. Just before my first lot of exams, too. Ddd.
Why? Because it was on heavy rotation on radio during the week I spent in bed with the 'pox... using my (cassette) Walkman for entertainment, mostly listening to the radio with it.
Put on my PJ's and hop into bed
I'm half alive but I feel mostly dead
summed up my predicament perfectly.
Why? Because it was on heavy rotation on radio during the week I spent in bed with the 'pox... using my (cassette) Walkman for entertainment, mostly listening to the radio with it.
Put on my PJ's and hop into bedI'm half alive but I feel mostly dead
summed up my predicament perfectly.
londonrain
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It was certainly audacious for the Con Air soundtrack team to be like “no, LeAnn is too young to be singing this, so let’s give it to someone else to sing... and release it AT THE SAME TIME.”
Trisha’s version was either never released as a single or was pulled from sale (I can’t remember which) because the label wanted to goose sales of Trisha’s greatest hits, which had just been released with How Do I Live as a new track. That’s a big part of why Trisha’s version didn’t have the same chart success as LeAnn’s.
I've never heard this remix before, amazing! I love a poppers o'clock remix and would have hammered this back in the day had it been on the UK CD single. Thunderpuss were so good at what they did (but more on that much, much later hopefully).
Still a bit shocked about How Do I Live's very early elimination to be honest, a rate of shocks already this.
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I hate How Do I Live, really glad to see it disappear early on. Give me Can't Fight The Moonlight instead