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Saturday 30 August 2014

The Chart Show

The Chart Show was more or less the only place to watch videos in the late 80s and early 90s, MTV being the preserve of the well off. Every week it had a specialist chart, indie, dance or metal and was required viewing, often with a hangover and a day with no responsibilities in front of you. So, make yourself a cup of tea, sit back and slip back in time...

...to October 1989's dance chart with Electribe 101 and De La Soul...



... and to the indie chart in April 1991, with New Fast Automatic Daffodils and The Shamen, showing dance's influence on indie...



...and from a few years later, February 1994, this top ten run down has the mighty Inspiral Carpets and Mark E Smith collaboration and Suede...



No metal charts here I'm afraid but there's plenty more where these clips came from if you look at the Youtube sidebar.


2 comments:

Walter said...

I followed your recommend, made me a cup of coffee and watched these chart rundowns. Not the worst kind to start into Saturday.

Echorich said...

Late 89! One last artistic gasp from a decade that started out so promising, but got lost up it's own musical ass by 1986... Thank goodness for House! It would get me through the 90's...