Cricketers Songs

[Richard]

It was a hit in 1996, right at the height of Britpop, the last time I was really 'into' new music I suppose. Not the sort of thing I'd rush out and buy but it was quite a catchy tune.

Return Of The Mack isn't Britpop though - it's bonafide '90s dance!

I'm highly fond of copious amounts of both in a nostalgic way (the tune has to be right, obviously, but I love both styles) but, while I'll very happily listen to the two simualtaneously (to pick a couple from 1994 and 1995: Saturday Night by Whigfield and Wake Up Boo by Boo Radleys), I couldn't call one the other!

 

[stumpski]

Return Of The Mack isn't Britpop though - it's bonafide '90s dance!

I'm highly fond of copious amounts of both in a nostalgic way (the tune has to be right, obviously, but I love both styles) but, while I'll very happily listen to the two simualtaneously (to pick a couple from 1994 and 1995: Saturday Night by Whigfield and Wake Up Boo by Boo Radleys), I couldn't call one the other!

I didn't say it was Britpop, but it was in the mix with all the Britpop bands, making it hard to ignore even if I'd wanted to. David Soul had number 1 records at the height of punk, didn't make him one.

I think the Boo Radleys 'Wake Up' might have been the last new album I bought on vinyl.

 

[Richard]

Ah right, I see what you'z on about.

I never even knew vinyl still existed in 1995. It was all about these new "CD" thingies.

 

[stumpski]

It was certainly difficult to get new releases on vinyl by then, don't know why I made that particular purchase in that format. I'd had a CD player for 2 or 3 years.

I used to buy a lot of new releases on cassette to listen to on my walkman while commuting to work - can you even buy cassettes any more?

 

[Richard]

I can't believe singles (and albums) are still released on cassette. Can get them easily in charity-shops, but I've not seen a new release on tape since about 2001 (might've been still available for a little while after that).

My first few purchases were all cassettes and all the listening I did before I started buying was on cassette (mostly home-recorded from my Dad's vinyl and new-fangled CDs). I've never bought a piece of vinyl in my life (hardly ever buy hard copies any more at all - mostly download these days) but have only started using walkmans fairly recently. Got me a CD-walkman in about 2004, which I've never used massively, and have had a cassette walkman on the go since about 1994, which has been used on and off all my time of having it (and still gets used occasionally) but my MP3-player, which I got just over a year ago, is the thing, and that's increased my on-the-go listening 100-fold.