This week was busy in more ways then one, multiple new entries across the board and plenty of changes to our top ten...just not right at the top where "All For Love" by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting remained at number one for another week thanks to a decent sales margin, it handily held up over our new number two "Shoop" by Salt 'N' Pepa which climbed one place this week as it seemed to gain more momentum, it just remains to be seen if it can take number one,.
Cut 'n' Move continues to move on up with their cover of KC and The Sunshine Band's "Give It Up" up three places to number three, this is a cover I actually don't mind, it's a bit of fun and the band didn't mess with the key melodies too much.
All of this saw "Boom! Shake the Room" by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince slide down two places to number four as it slowly makes it way out alongside "Please Forgive Me" by Bryan Adams as it slipped one to number five and "Moving On Up" by M People down one to number six.
Stalled at number seven is "Hero" by Mariah Carey. This song just stuck right now and it remains to be seen if it can get any kind of real traction to move up.
Moving up is "Slave to the Music" by Twenty 4 Seven feat. Stay-C and Nana up one to number eight while "Asshole" by Denis Leary is one of the big gainers of the week by jumping from its debut at 30 to number nine this week, this song has some very real momentum and it will be interesting to see if it can make a play for numnber one.
Finally defeating my prediction from last week "Got to Get It" by Culture Beat remains stubbornly at number ten.
Losers
One of 1993's biggest hits looks like it's spending it's last week in the top 50, "Dreamlover" by Mariah Carey plummeted from thirty three to fifty this week while non starter "Where is the Love" by Rick Price and Margaret Urlich stumbled ten places to forty five.
"Soul to Squeeze" by Red Hot Chili Peppers slipped eleven places to forty while "Maximum Ovcrdrive" by 2 Unlimited stumbled six places to thirty eight and "Lemon" by U2 lost it's juice down from twenty six to thirty three.
Finally "All About Soul" by Billy Joel collapsed from thirty four to forty eight this week.
Gains
I mentioned "Asshole" by Denis Leary joining the top ten earlier but there were a couple of other noteworthy gains this week starting with "Tears of a Clown" by Caligula which climbed from thirty nine to thirty one and interestingly "Feelin' Alright" by EYC jumping from forty two to twenty six
New Entries
Alright so because we have plenty of new entries I am going to aim to keep my reviews brief this week, starting with.
44. "Estranged" by Guns 'n' Roses
Well, starting off with a nine minute song from a 1991 Guns 'N' Roses album sure is a wild way to start the week's new entry reviews but it is their second longest song overall and lead singer Axl Rose said that the song is about acknowledging estrangement and how it all works aft the estrangement has happened, it's supposed to be a continuation of "November Rain".
The song is fine, I do like the instrumentation but why are Axl's vocals so weirdly produced ? He sounds so tinny here. This song isn't for me but if you are curious, check it out.
39. "Will You Be There (In the Morning)" by Heart
So Nancy Wilson takes the lead vocal on this song and serves as the lead single from their album "Desire Walks On" and yeah, this is not the best song I have ever heard from Heart, I do like the piano that underpins the melody but I am not a fan of the weirdly pitchy vocals here at all, it just sounds like a Wilson Phillips song with a rock edge. Next!
37. "Who I Am (What's My Name0" by Snoop Doggy Dogg
Now for some hip hop, this time coming from American rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg, he appears to be a prodigy of producer Dr Dre with this song being Dogg's first single and well...I think I love this. Dre has give Snoop Dog just this perfect West Coast G funk groove for him to just absolutely kill it as he raps about finding his true identity and where he sits within hip hop and broader life. Definitely a good song. Check it out!
34. "Now and Forever" by Richard Marx
Oh god, you know when you see a song title and absolutely know what you are going to get? Yeah, that was the case with this song from Richard Marx and my expectations and thoughts going in were thoroughly met, this is a corny "I will be your man not just now but forever" over guitar that is very reminiscent of Bryan Adams at his most treacly sweet and that high note on the bridge is willowy as all hell. Yuck yuck yuck.
29. "Dirty Dawg" by NKOTB
Oh so we have a previously unreleased track from New Kids on the Block's greatest hits album...and dear god this reeks of trying to leap onto nineties hip hop trends that NKOTB cannot remotely do and the production just buries their vocals which might be as well considering the lyrics are pretty terrible as well where he is whining about this girl not treating him right and leaving him cold which doesn't even begin to make sense but than he accuses her of cheating on the bridge and outright calls her a "Dirty Dawg" on the hook...like that's classy, my guy.
Nope, add this one to the filth to toss aside.
27. "Daughter" by Pearl Jam
Trigger Warning: Child abuse
Second single from the second studio Pearl Jam album entitled "Vs.", also I really need something truly excellent to end the week and you know what? I think I got what I was after with this song, nice scathing guitar riffs bounce off the wall with this song and Eddy Vedder's vocals are immaculately produced and he sounds incredible in the mix, The content of this song is incredibly dark, a little girl with learning disabilities the parents of this child don't understand, they get angry and frustrated abd abuse the little girl only after pulling down the shades so the neighbours don't see and can't report the abuse. which is just heavy and devastating content especially for a song in 1994. Yeah, this song is great but if you are struggling with issues from childhood abuse...might be a song to avoid.
"Daughter" by Pearl Jam is easily best of the week. The worst of the week also easily falls out..it's going to "Dirty Dawg" by NKOTB
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