Your favourite number 1 of 1991

pedanticpat · 22-11-2013 12:04PM #1

1991 was a great year for albums. It's without a shadow of a doubt, the best year for albums of my lifetime. The number ones of that year in Ireland, however, was patchy to say the least, with novelty singles and movie tie-ins dominating.

Anyway, here's the list.

The Christmas Number One - Zig and Zag

Sadeness - Enigma

Do The Bartman - The Simpsons

Rhythm of My Heart - Rodney Stewart

Deep Deep Trouble - The Simpsons

The Shoop Shoop Song (In His Kiss) - Cher

Light My Fire - The Doors

Any Dream Will Do - Jason Donovan

Everything I Do (I Do It For You) - Brian Adams

Hay Wrap - The Saw Doctors

Don't Cry - Guns N Roses

I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - Monty Python

The Fly - U2

Zigzagging - Zig and Zag

Black or White - Michael Jackson

Mysterious Ways - U2

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Some good songs, some awful songs, and Bohemian Rhapsody coming back to pay for enough hair dye to keep Brian May's natural look up to 2012.

stoneill · 22-11-2013 12:05PM

Was music in 1991 really that bad?

UCDVet · 22-11-2013 12:07PM

When I was younger, I used to like the first number 1 in 1991....but as I grew older, I learned to appreciate the second 1 in 1991.

Some people will say, 'They are the same!' but those people are fools.

Tazio · 22-11-2013 12:08PM

Light My Fire The Doors the 7inch single? Waaaaaay too short..... :P

pedanticpat · 22-11-2013 12:10PM

stoneill wrote: »

Was music in 1991 really that bad?

No, it was awesome, probably the best year of your lifetime.

Ten
Nevermind
Out of Time
Achtung Baby
Loveless
Use Your Illusions I and II
Blood Sugar sex Magik
Metallica
Dangerous
Screamadelica
Blue Lines
Trompe Le Monde
Gish
Temple of The Dog

JupiterKid · 22-11-2013 12:11PM

Chart music never represents the really good quality output from a given year.

If I had to pick a song from that list it would be The Fly from U2. '91 also gave us this track...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x45BtoJpoks

Duggy747 · 22-11-2013 12:12PM

Only thing I remember from 1991 the best is Terminator 2.

ruthloss · 22-11-2013 12:13PM

stoneill wrote: »

Was music in 1991 really that bad?

Scaramouche Scaramouche do the Fandango.:rolleyes:

Maximus Alexander · 22-11-2013 12:13PM

I was 5 so I don't remember. Well, actually that's a lie. I remember Bryan Adams being on the radio every time I was in a car.

the groutch · 22-11-2013 12:14PM

if I ever have to hear that Bryan Adams one again, I'll have to grab a sharp pencil and burst both my eardrums.

pedanticpat · 22-11-2013 12:16PM

the groutch wrote: »

if I ever have to hear that Bryan Adams one again, I'll have to grab a sharp pencil and burst both my eardrums.

You would give it all, you would sacrifice?

JupiterKid · 22-11-2013 12:16PM

And let's not forget Seal who had his breakthrough album in 1991.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A-hqZf7xQs

Khannie · 22-11-2013 12:17PM

pedanticpat wrote: »

The Christmas Number One - Zig and Zag

I'll tell you what I want. I want a beat!

jimgoose · 22-11-2013 12:25PM

Sadness Part I, Enigma. Love that. I used to play the pan-pipes bits on my OW-01. :cool:

Tabnabs · 22-11-2013 12:29PM

"Alive" – Pearl Jam
"Give it Away" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Bring the Noise" – Public Enemy and Anthrax
"Enter Sandman" – Metallica
"Hunger Strike" – Temple of the Dog
"Jeremy" – Pearl Jam
"Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" – Primus
"Jesus Christ Pose" – Soundgarden
"Losing My Religion" – R.E.M.
"Man in the Box" – Alice in Chains
"Outshined" – Soundgarden
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" – Nirvana
"There's No Other Way" – Blur
"Under The Bridge" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
"You Could Be Mine" – Guns N' Roses

And my guilty pleasure from 1991 - "A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"" – De La Soul

1991 sounds like the best year in music history.

jimgoose · 22-11-2013 12:32PM

Somewhat tangential, but does anyone remember RTE using this, of all things, as "filler" in-between programs in the late '70s/early '80s?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 22-11-2013 12:33PM

Sadeness - Enigma

that was an incredible album

jimgoose · 22-11-2013 12:43PM

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

Sadeness - Enigma

that was an incredible album

Still is. I only re-bought it lately on the Tunes of "i". :cool:

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 22-11-2013 12:44PM

jimgoose wrote: »

Still is. I only re-bought it lately on the Tunes of "i". :cool:

stuck it on myself shortly after posting that

been ages since I listened to it

minotour · 22-11-2013 12:46PM

"Im too sexy" stands out there and Ill tell ye why.

I was 15 and having a belter of a summer. One evening the phone rings and Me ma answers. Someone says to her "Turn on <local Radio station> now" and hangs up. Within moments my name is mentioned followed by this song attributed to a secret admirer. Sure i thought i was on fire! Sadly, when i strutted into the local disco later that night I discovered it was only some local girls taking the piss. They had a right laugh at my expense even though there turned out to be some truth in it as i shifted 3 of them that very night.

bitches be crazy!

Cee-Jay-Cee · 22-11-2013 12:53PM

I hated all of those songs so can't pick my favourite. What will I do now???

pickarooney · 22-11-2013 12:58PM

Bizarrely, I can still sing a few lines of every single one of those songs. I haven't a bull's notion of anything that's been in the charts since about 1998 though.

edit: I might struggle with the lyrics of Sadeness now that I think of it.

Badly Drunk Boy · 22-11-2013 01:37PM

jimgoose wrote: »

Somewhat tangential, but does anyone remember RTE using this, of all things, as "filler" in-between programs in the late '70s/early '80s?

Yes, indeed! What was that all about? (Not that I'm knocking it...)

jimgoose · 22-11-2013 03:14PM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Yes, indeed! What was that all about? (Not that I'm knocking it...)

You know Daft Punk, the KLF and all that Electronica lot? Well Der Kraftwerk Krautrockmaschine invented it. :cool:

RikkFlair · 22-11-2013 03:20PM

jimgoose wrote: »

You know Daft Punk, the KLF and all that Electronica lot? Well Der Kraftwerk Krautrockmaschine invented it. :cool:

Now yer talkin....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqxtBggVsi0

All aboard all aboard

Ilyana 2.0 · 22-11-2013 03:20PM

I was only born in 1991 but a there's a few of those songs I'd listen to now.

This was number 1 the day I was born though

Badly Drunk Boy · 22-11-2013 03:23PM

jimgoose wrote: »

You know Daft Punk, the KLF and all that Electronica lot? Well Der Kraftwerk Krautrockmaschine invented it. :cool:

Oh, I know. I've been into Kraftwerk properly since the late 80's, and am a big fan of electronic music of all sorts. I've only seen Kraftwerk live twice, though.