Boardsies Greatest Irish No.1 of the 90s

HildaOgdenx

Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
The Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap
Pet Shop Boys - Go West
The B-52's - Love Shack

Necro

New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough

The Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap

Pet Shop Boys - Go West

The B-52's - Love Shack

Omackeral

Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.
Its chipper.

Abstain

Pet Shop Boys - Go West
For the country accented parody and the football chants.

No Mercy - Where Do You Go
Tactical vote more than anything.

cee_jay

New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough
George Michael - Jesus to a Child
U2 - One
The B-52's - Love Shack

Collie D

Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life Vs New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough
George Michael - Jesus to a Child Vs The Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap
U2 - One Vs Pet Shop Boys - Go West
The B-52's - Love Shack Vs No Mercy - Where Do You Go

Irish Aris

New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough
George Michael - Jesus to a Child
U2 - One
The B-52's - Love Shack

Also Starring LeVar Burton

New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough

George Michael - Jesus to a Child

U2 - One

The B-52's - Love Shack

ari101

Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
Abstain
U2 - One (but I also have a soft spot for the other one )
No Mercy - Where Do You Go - serious cheesie 90s tune, time to turn up the volume!

partyguinness

The first half of the 90s was great- very diverse. It did go rapidly downhill from mid '96 onwards with the odd exception and TBH I am not sure if it has really recovered.

Now, I have gone to great lengths and scanned through every year to pick my stand outs. It does not say how many so I have started off by picking 2 from each year and narrowing it down to 1. Not necessarily my favourites but the stand out tunes from that year IMO from my recollection of those years. No re releases or covers.

1990
Honourable Mention- “Nothing Compares 2 You” Sinead O’Connor (..and straight off the bat I have put in a cover...)
Winner: It has to be- “Put ‘em Under Pressure”- that Enya intro still gives me goosebumps 31 years later

1991
Honourable Mention: Bryan Adams –“Everything I do…blah blah”
Winner: U2- The Fly- purely for knocking off Bryan Adams.

1992
Honourable Mention: Snap “Rhythm is a Dancer”
Winner: Shakespears Sisters “Stay”

1993
Honourable Mention: Four Non Blondes “What’s Up”
Winner: 2 Unlimited “No Limit”

1994
Honourable Mention: ” Whigfield “Saturday Night” – utter drivel but stand out
Winner: Bill Whelan “Riverdance”

1995
Honourable Mention: Coolio “Gangsta’s Paradise”
Winner: Scatman John “Scatman”

1996
Honourable Mention: The Prodigy “Breathe”
Winner: Spice Girls “Wannabe”-

1997
Honourable Mention: Hanson “MmmBop” (God I hate that song(
Winner: Aqua “Barbie Girl”

1998
Honourable Mention: Celine Dion “My heart will go on”
Winner: Cher “Believe”

1999
Honourable Mention: Westlife “Flying without wings”
Winner: Britney Spears “Baby one more time”

It defo becomes harder from 1997 onwards -so much rubbish to shift through. I cannot emphasis enough that the above are not necessarily personal favourites- in fact most are not.

But I’m going to take it back and pick “Put ‘em Under Pressure”- The ROI Football Squad. You cannot beat it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5PT65I2ny8

ChannelNo5

Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life Vs New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough
George Michael - Jesus to a Child Vs The Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap
U2 - One Vs Pet Shop Boys - Go West
The B-52's - Love Shack Vs No Mercy - Where Do You Go

Sawduck

Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
The Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap
U2 - One
The B-52's - Love Shack

Declan A Walsh

partyguinness wrote: »

It has to be- “Put ‘em Under Pressure”- that Enya intro still gives me goosebumps 31 years later


But I’m going to take it back and pick “Put ‘em Under Pressure”- The ROI Football Squad. You cannot beat it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5PT65I2ny8

It was actually her older sister Moya Brennan of Clannad!

partyguinness

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

It was actually her older sister Moya Brennan of Clannad!

Well, knock me down with a feather.

Kolido

Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life 7 Vs 5 New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough
George Michael - Jesus to a Child 6 Vs 5 The Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap
U2 - One 7 Vs 4 Pet Shop Boys - Go West
The B-52's - Love Shack 7 Vs 1 No Mercy - Where Do You Go

Kolido

The following songs have qualified for Round 1

U2 - Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Bon Jovi - Always
Eric Clapton - Tears In Heaven
Simply Red - Fairground
Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
Take That - Never Forget
Def Leppard - When Love & Hate Collide
The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
Macy Gray - I Try
Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca
Dustin - 32 Counties
Fool's Garden - Lemon Tree
The Doors - Light My Fire
Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
East 17 - Stay Another Day
U2 - Sweetest Thing
Westlife - I Have a Dream"/"Seasons In The Sun
The Steve Miller Band - The Joker
Guns N' Roses - Don't Cry
Westlife - If I Let You Go
The Bluebells - Young at Heart
Shaggy - Oh Carolina
Oasis - All Around the World
Liam Harrison & The GOAL Celebrities - Give It A Lash Jack
The Prodigy - Breathe
Perez Prado - Guaglione
Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean?
Guns N' Roses - Knockin' on Heaven's Door
TLC - No Scrubs
Snow - Informer
Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own
Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
East 17 - It's Alright
Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life
George Michael - Jesus to a Child
U2 - One
The B-52's - Love Shack

Best loosing QR songs

U2 - Mysterious Ways
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Sash! - Encore Une Fois
New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough
The Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap

That leaves 1 place remaining in R1.

Kolido

Please vote for 1 song from these to qualify for R1, voting closes at 7pm. You can vote on tread. If there is a tie, I will vote.

Scatman John - Scatman
Boyzone - Father and Son
Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams - I Finally Found Someone
Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All
Enigma - Return To Innocence
Pet Shop Boys - Go West

Collie D

Enigma

Necro

Gonna go Ronan Keating here. The best of a very poor bunch.

Pet Shop Boys

partyguinness

As I had Scatman on my list I will have to put it forward.

Declan A Walsh

Kolido wrote: »

Please vote for 1 song from these to qualify for R1, voting closes at 7pm. You can vote on tread. If there is a tie, I will vote.

Scatman John - Scatman
Boyzone - Father and Son


Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams - I Finally Found Someone


Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All
Enigma - Return To Innocence
Pet Shop Boys - Go West

I don't think I heard this song before. It's much better than the other options and is quite a pleasant easy-listening love song. I like it for the moment anyway!

cee_jay

Enigma - Return To Innocence

ChannelNo5

Go West - pet shop boys

HildaOgdenx

Pet Shop Boys - Go West

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Scatman John - Scatman

Purgative

Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All

ari101

Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All

Arghus

Some real muck there.

Scatman John - Scatman.

Irish Aris

Pet Shop Boys - Go West

(Ronan Keating would be a close second, mainly because I love Notting Hill)

quickbeam

Go West