Blasts from well past

Evening chums. While listening in the car to a selection of "Now" Cds, which were being flogged off cheap at the shameful price of £1 each, I paused to think two things. 1) Now 34 is definitely worth more than a pound, 2) Said Now record was released in 1996 when I was 11 or 12, and for all the shite that is on it, and shite there indeed is in bucket loads (Peter Andre - Mysterious Girl, Gina G - Ooh Ah, Just a Little Bit), there are also some cracking tunes that actually did well in the charts (remember them?). I found myself thinking that it is quite sad that, when I am old and crusty and lamenting to the underpaid carer who has to change my nappy that music you hear on the radio these days is shit in comparison to in my day, the 'my day' I will be referring to is at the age of 12, not 26. While there are some decent tunes to be found on the radio these days, none are ever as big as the following were. I guess what all this boils down to is this: these tunes were good, and they made it big, like really big. It's sad that thanks to Mr Simon Cowell and his music industry chums, that doesn't happen any more, todays next big thing is tomorrows celebrity big brother fodder.

So, without any more further rambling, I give you The 90s ladies and gentlemen. I remember it fondly.