Okay so we've got a bit of a steady week here and yet glancing at the top ten, I feel like we're in for a couple of shake ups soon? Let's get this show on the road starting with the top ten where yet again...unfortunately...Euphoria remain at number one with "Love You Right" but it's leaking sales and coming under significant pressure from "Saltwater" by Julian Lennon at number two which is gathering momentum to challenge.
Behind these two is "Justified & Ancient" by The KLF which climbed one spot up to number three, it pushed past "Let's Talk About Sex" by Salt 'N' Pepa which dropped one place to number four.
This left "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" by George Michael & Elton John stuck at number five and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at number six.
In some good news, "Remember The Time" by Michael Jackson climbed five places to join the top ten at number seven. Thrilled about this as the song damn great.
Stuck at number eight is "The Globe" by Big Audio Dynamite. Kind of surprised this has hung around the top ten if I am to be honest.
Also rising into the top ten is Diesel's "Tip of My Tongue" up three places to number nine. Again, another great song in the top ten, maybe 1992 is starting to look good finally?
Then bringing up the end of the top ten we have "Finally" by Cece Peniston still at number ten and really starting to clog up the chart.
Gains
So the gains this week are pretty awesome..."Dizzy" by Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff jumped from 24 to 12...YAY!
I'm also fine with "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to be a long long time)" by Kate Bush up nine spots to 14.
What thrilled me was "It's Only Natural" by Crowded House leaping from 41 to 19! AWESOME!
"I Can't Dance" by Genesis slid up seven to 30.
Losers.
So let's deal with these quickly because there's quite a few beginning with former chart topper "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred which plummeted from 35 to 49 this week while Color Me Badd's "All 4 Love" skidded down 10 places to 48.
Metallica's "The Unforgiven" hit a ten place slide to 48 as did Roxette's "Spending My Time" to 44,
Pleasingly "If You Go Away" by NKTOB suffered an eleven place drop to 42 while "Come to Me" by Diesel fell back nine to 38 (Am fine with this, it's had a really damn good run)
In good news, "I Adore Mi Amor" by Color Me Badd slumped six places to 30...can it just disappear from the chart altogether though...
Guns 'n' Roses cover of "Live and Let Die" dropped from 25 to 32 while "Ain't No Sunshine" by Rockmelons feat Deni Hines plunged eleven spots to 28 and "Black or White" by Michael Jackson dropped eight spots to 27.
"Cream" by Prince and The New Power Generation fell out of the top ten down to 16.
New Entries
46. "Get Ready for This" by 2 Unlimited
Okay, this is a bit weird. 2 Unlimited are a dance act that are comprised of two Belgian producers that created the duo in The Netherlands with this being their debut single and...it's fine? I mean, it's a good hype anthem and the rapping has a good flow and energy to it for it being 1992 and I do like how the production is toned back to suit the female vocals. It's fine enough and is better than some of the other dance cuts I've heard in 1992 so far.
39. "Again Tonight" by John Mellencamp
So I've made no secret that "Jack & Diane" is one of my favourite songs, I love the story telling in the song and there's several other songs in John Mellencamp's discography that I like as well so how's "Again Tonight"?
Honestly? I am a little disappointed, more because this feels like Mellencamp slipping into Bryan Adams impersonation mode, this song feels like a Bryan Adams song in every single sense of the word from the production to Mellencamp's crooning on the hook...geezus....if I wangted to listen to Bryan Adams, I'd listen to "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"...thanks.
37. "I Think I Love You" by Voice of the Beehive
Ahh another group I have to explain so turns out Voice of the Beehive are an American alternative pop rock trio from California with this song being the second single from their sophomore album called "Honey Lingers" and it seems they are providing us a cover of the song by The Partridge Family that was released in 1970 and peaked at number one in Australia in 1971 so we've got our cover song of the week here, folks!
Now I should warn you I don't care for the original at all...the song has always felt somewhat mediocre to me but regardless how's the cover? Well, they did something with it that's for sure, they've turned the pop song into this alt pop rock thing that's not quite as weird as it seems to want to be. The vocals really don't do much for me here either, there's some nice vocal harmonies but it does feel like something Bananarama would have done after mangling The Beatles.
34. "Alive" by Pearl Jam
Dear god...I hope I can find some quality here,...maybe with American grunge rock band Pearl Jam with this song being their debut single from the band and well...yeah, it's grunge rock which given the success of an act like Nirvana this year so far, I'm really not surprised another band would break through with sort of sound and you know what? "Alive" is really damn good.
The song is the opening song of a trilogy following the story of a young man who finds out the man he thinks is his dead father is actually his step father (geez...this blog entry turned into Maury Povitch or Jeremy Kyle pretty quick) as his mother's grief leads her to having an incestuous relationship with the son (Ew). The band's lead vocallist Eddie Vedder has said the lyrics are in part true and in part fiction...it's a gripping song (I love a song that tells a story).
The instrumentation also play up the darkness and add to the story that Vedder is telling so yeah I recommend this. Check it out.
17. "Foreplay (EP)" by Candy Harlots
I saw the title of the EP and the name of the band and instantly my stomach sunk even before I heard the song...geezus christ...really? Turns out Candy Harlots are a glam metal band that hail from Sydney and were originally known as Helter Skelter wuth this being their first thing to hit the charts...
So I'm going to keep this brief...the instrumentation is impressive with the pounding drums and a guitar solo that's not band bbut the lead vocallist sounds like he spent time listening to Bon Jovi,,,there is no power or presence in his vocal delivery. Not impressed at all, I'm dipping.
So that wraps up the week, worst of the week is going to "Again Tonight" by John Mellencamp for being disappointing. Best is going to "Alive" by Pearl Jam. Hopefully next week is much better than this...
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