She Sells Hearts... 1992

1992... ah what a year for me, I was a young man, my drinking was heavy, my mates were cool, my music love was as strong as it ever had been, I was dabbling with drugs... now I will never advocate the use of drugs for people, I have always been an experimental person... testing my mind with substances to see how far I can push it...

I'm not a normal person, my ability to abuse myself with anything that can alter the state of mind has always been there, I started drinking before any of my friends, I did grow up in a pub, this didn't help, as most people did I started with weed, I enjoyed it, I carried on... what people would see as a bad trip, was an interesting ride for me, I have been known to have in-depth 4 hour conversations with brick wall ls... I have to date always walked away, in the morning, always been myself...

but the music that shaped this year, yes I still had that grunge ethic of the previous year.. but 2 songs helped me move forward again to another direction,


the first one was Creep, I was in Carnival records on Ashley Road, and going through the singles, and saw this... 50p bought it, took it home it blew me away... I took it into the 6 form common room, turned off the fantasia mix that was playing, told people to listen... everyone loved it, Radiohead re-released it shortly afterwards, and the rest is history.


The Second was My Insatiable One - Suede, the b-side to the Drowners, this made me re-visit my love of Bowie, which I was forgetting in the mire of the guitars of Seattle, this may have started my Dad thinking I may be a gay, which I am not I hasten to add, but having the lyrics blasting out of my room constantly, may have seemed a bit strange to him... I couldn't be more opposite to my older brother (he is an Arsenal fan), and finding a bottle of poppers in my fridge may not have helped.


The Number Ones

25 Jan 1992 Wet Wet Wet Goodnight Girl
22 Feb 1992 Shakespears Sister Stay
18 Apr 1992 Right Said Fred Deeply Dippy
9 May 1992 KWS Please Don't Go
13 Jun 1992 Erasure Abba-esque EP
8 Jul 1992 Jimmy Nail Ain't No Doubt
8 Aug 1992 Snap Rhythm Is A Dancer
19 Sep 1992 Shamen Ebeneezer Goode
17 Oct 1992 Tasmin Archer Sleeping Satellite
31 Oct 1992 Boyz II Men End Of The Road
21 Nov 1992 Charles & Eddie Would I Lie To You
5 Dec 1992 Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You


The Singles Of The Year Deep Cover - Dr Dre feat Snoop Doggy Dogg (download)

This has to be included, not only is it a great song, but it features the first collaboration between Snoop and Dre. This song helped launch the career of Snoop.

It Was A Good Day - Ice Cube (download)

My Favourite Ice Cube track, this song makes me want to ride in a drop top caddy, and just cruise.

My Drug Buddy - Lemonheads (download)

I was the biggest Lemonheads fan, from seeing Evan in a lovely red coat on TOTP which swayed it, if I had to be honest.. This song reminds me of an old friend, someone I love dearly and am sad she doesn't live in Brighton so I can see her all the time.

Creep - Radiohead (download)

for the reasons I have mentioned before, if you have to ever make a break-up compilation this song has to be on it, as an aside when I worked in the Woodman in Poole, one of the regulars was the boyfriend of the girl this song was written about.

Metal Mickey - Suede (download)

This song is about KatieJane Garside front woman of Daisy Chainsaw/Queen Adreena... my housemate Mason loves her. its also after My Insatiable One (download) my favourite Suede song.

My Birthday Number One

Rythym is a Dancer - Snap


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