Comments on: CHART ATTACK!: 10/19/91 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-101991/ your daily dose of pop culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CHART ATTACK!: 11/3/73 | Popdosehttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-101991/comment-page-1/#comment-43440 CHART ATTACK!: 11/3/73 | Popdose Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:31:22 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=32228#comment-43440 [...] I’ll be the first to tell you that our last CHART ATTACK! was just a little depressing. Marky Mark? Ugh! Color Me Badd? Ugggggh! Bryan Adams? Uggggggghhhh!  [...] [...] I’ll be the first to tell you that our last CHART ATTACK! was just a little depressing. Marky Mark? Ugh! Color Me Badd? Ugggggh! Bryan Adams? Uggggggghhhh!  [...]

]]> By: Rayhttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-101991/comment-page-1/#comment-51732 Ray Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:53:47 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=32228#comment-51732 "Diet Prince"... love it! Totally remember hearing "Do Anything" a lot during my final semester before graduating from NIU. Was definitely catchy but I pretty much had them pegged as a "one-hit wonder" at that point.<br><br>If I have a favorite "Diet Prince" tune, it would be "In A Mood" by Fabulon. Came out a couple years later, don't think it ever charted on any singles chart but I remember it getting a lot of airplay on (of all places) alternative radio back in the summer of '93. “Diet Prince”… love it! Totally remember hearing “Do Anything” a lot during my final semester before graduating from NIU. Was definitely catchy but I pretty much had them pegged as a “one-hit wonder” at that point.

If I have a favorite “Diet Prince” tune, it would be “In A Mood” by Fabulon. Came out a couple years later, don't think it ever charted on any singles chart but I remember it getting a lot of airplay on (of all places) alternative radio back in the summer of '93.

]]> By: Rayhttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-101991/comment-page-1/#comment-39663 Ray Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:53:47 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=32228#comment-39663 "Diet Prince"... love it! Totally remember hearing "Do Anything" a lot during my final semester before graduating from NIU. Was definitely catchy but I pretty much had them pegged as a "one-hit wonder" at that point.<br><br>If I have a favorite "Diet Prince" tune, it would be "In A Mood" by Fabulon. Came out a couple years later, don't think it ever charted on any singles chart but I remember it getting a lot of airplay on (of all places) alternative radio back in the summer of '93. “Diet Prince”… love it! Totally remember hearing “Do Anything” a lot during my final semester before graduating from NIU. Was definitely catchy but I pretty much had them pegged as a “one-hit wonder” at that point.

If I have a favorite “Diet Prince” tune, it would be “In A Mood” by Fabulon. Came out a couple years later, don't think it ever charted on any singles chart but I remember it getting a lot of airplay on (of all places) alternative radio back in the summer of '93.

]]> By: Rayhttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-101991/comment-page-1/#comment-39648 Ray Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:53:47 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=32228#comment-39648 "Diet Prince"... love it! Totally remember hearing "Do Anything" a lot during my final semester before graduating from NIU. Was definitely catchy but I pretty much had them pegged as a "one-hit wonder" at that point.<br><br>If I have a favorite "Diet Prince" tune, it would be "In A Mood" by Fabulon. Came out a couple years later, don't think it ever charted on any singles chart but I remember it getting a lot of airplay on (of all places) alternative radio back in the summer of '93. “Diet Prince”… love it! Totally remember hearing “Do Anything” a lot during my final semester before graduating from NIU. Was definitely catchy but I pretty much had them pegged as a “one-hit wonder” at that point.

If I have a favorite “Diet Prince” tune, it would be “In A Mood” by Fabulon. Came out a couple years later, don't think it ever charted on any singles chart but I remember it getting a lot of airplay on (of all places) alternative radio back in the summer of '93.

]]> By: twostepcubhttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-101991/comment-page-1/#comment-39589 twostepcub Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:55:30 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=32228#comment-39589 oh and also I think the Martika's Kitchen album is really good considering the period oh and also I think the Martika's Kitchen album is really good considering the period

]]> By: twostepcubhttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-101991/comment-page-1/#comment-39588 twostepcub Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:54:30 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=32228#comment-39588 nice job, Jason!<br><br>BTW Niki Haris is on the dance charts right now with a remake of the disco hit "This Time Baby". If you Youtube it, there's a performance from Palm Springs that's A-1 ....<br><br>Hole Hearted was my favorite song from that week. Harmonies rule!<br><br>I know one of the CMB guys was in a Vh1 reality show, but forget which one.<br><br>And Ishouldn't have had that ice cream, I'll be having "Paranormal Activity" slash Aaron Neville mole mashup dreams!<br><br>Ernie<br>twostepcub nice job, Jason!

BTW Niki Haris is on the dance charts right now with a remake of the disco hit “This Time Baby”. If you Youtube it, there's a performance from Palm Springs that's A-1 ….

Hole Hearted was my favorite song from that week. Harmonies rule!

I know one of the CMB guys was in a Vh1 reality show, but forget which one.

And Ishouldn't have had that ice cream, I'll be having “Paranormal Activity” slash Aaron Neville mole mashup dreams!

Ernie
twostepcub

]]> By: twostepcubhttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-101991/comment-page-1/#comment-39587 twostepcub Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:50:04 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=32228#comment-39587 Well, he DID release "My Name Is Prince" as a single! Well, he DID release “My Name Is Prince” as a single!

]]> By: kingofgriefhttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-101991/comment-page-1/#comment-39575 kingofgrief Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:12:55 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=32228#comment-39575 As essential as "Tell It Like It Is" may be to a balanced diet, I've never been a fan of Aaron Neville's take on "Everybody Plays the Fool". That intro you're so fond of was not meant to be sung. The Main Ingredient version takes us back to that diet I mentioned two sentences ago (as does "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely").<br><br>I was the singles manager for the "record" shop I worked at when these tunes were hits. I remember re-ordering the "Do Anything" cassingle (THERE'S a word I haven't typed in over a decade) on a regular basis but I don't think I ever heard it more than maybe twice on any of Houston's Top 40/AC stations. I've downloaded it for the inevitable Class-of-'92 reunion party I'll be hired for one day, even if I think Ms. Harris' vocals are mixed too loud. That said, I too am looking forward to artlessly dropping the line "Make it smooth to the groove like sandwich bread" into conversation. As essential as “Tell It Like It Is” may be to a balanced diet, I've never been a fan of Aaron Neville's take on “Everybody Plays the Fool”. That intro you're so fond of was not meant to be sung. The Main Ingredient version takes us back to that diet I mentioned two sentences ago (as does “Just Don't Want to Be Lonely”).

I was the singles manager for the “record” shop I worked at when these tunes were hits. I remember re-ordering the “Do Anything” cassingle (THERE'S a word I haven't typed in over a decade) on a regular basis but I don't think I ever heard it more than maybe twice on any of Houston's Top 40/AC stations. I've downloaded it for the inevitable Class-of-'92 reunion party I'll be hired for one day, even if I think Ms. Harris' vocals are mixed too loud. That said, I too am looking forward to artlessly dropping the line “Make it smooth to the groove like sandwich bread” into conversation.

]]> By: Michael Burkehttp://popdose.com/chart-attack-101991/comment-page-1/#comment-39573 Michael Burke Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:10:16 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=32228#comment-39573 "By the way, don’t be surprised if this song is in your head all day. I keep singing it to myself, but I replace the word “love” with random one-syllable words, like “scones” and “balls.”"<br><br>He totally does this, with everything. There is not a song lyric that Jason can not substitute obscene or scatlogical words for, instantly. It's a weird form of genius. Because of Jason, I can never again hear the actual words of "Hip To Be Square" (e.g. "I can tell what's goin' on") but can instead hear only Jason urging the listener to fellate him. <br><br>I blame his father for this. It would make sense if you have met him. <br><br>I LOVE Everybody Plays the Fool, always have. It's an early example of "God damn this chorus is amazing, just make up some dumb verse on the spot so we can start selling it!"<br><br>Hole Hearted is TOTALLY a rip off of Give a Little Bit. Nice call. <br><br>Had never seen the Mark Wahlberg thing before. I can hear you doing that voice. “By the way, don’t be surprised if this song is in your head all day. I keep singing it to myself, but I replace the word “love” with random one-syllable words, like “scones” and “balls.””

He totally does this, with everything. There is not a song lyric that Jason can not substitute obscene or scatlogical words for, instantly. It's a weird form of genius. Because of Jason, I can never again hear the actual words of “Hip To Be Square” (e.g. “I can tell what's goin' on”) but can instead hear only Jason urging the listener to fellate him.

I blame his father for this. It would make sense if you have met him.

I LOVE Everybody Plays the Fool, always have. It's an early example of “God damn this chorus is amazing, just make up some dumb verse on the spot so we can start selling it!”

Hole Hearted is TOTALLY a rip off of Give a Little Bit. Nice call.

Had never seen the Mark Wahlberg thing before. I can hear you doing that voice.

]]> By: Jlowry24http://popdose.com/chart-attack-101991/comment-page-1/#comment-39571 Jlowry24 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:34:45 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=32228#comment-39571 That would be me - Grade 11 in the fall of '91, and my friends were just starting to get their licenses, so these are the kind of songs we'd hear on the radio. I really can't defend Color Me Badd or Marky Mark, but I feel like I have to stand up for 1991. There was lots of fun dance/pop music around (C&C Music Factory, Londonbeat, CeCe Peniston, etc.), along with new jack swing...none of that mopey flannel stuff yet. Not to mention U2, EMF, Jesus Jones, Seal, Guns 'n Roses - I would actually argue that 1991 was a pretty good year for music! That would be me – Grade 11 in the fall of '91, and my friends were just starting to get their licenses, so these are the kind of songs we'd hear on the radio. I really can't defend Color Me Badd or Marky Mark, but I feel like I have to stand up for 1991. There was lots of fun dance/pop music around (C&C Music Factory, Londonbeat, CeCe Peniston, etc.), along with new jack swing…none of that mopey flannel stuff yet. Not to mention U2, EMF, Jesus Jones, Seal, Guns 'n Roses – I would actually argue that 1991 was a pretty good year for music!

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