Flop pop acts from the 90s and 00s.

[mousey]

Little Boots still releases music, in fact her latest single came out today!

My specialist subject is flop acts of the early 2010s, where it was a lot harder to get a hit and the market started to get saturated as streaming was juuuuust on it's way in. But I was really into finding up and coming acts, who then ineviabtly flopped as there was little to no interest, favourites include...

Soundgirl


Cover Drive


Parade


Girls Can't Catch



I can't add any more videos but also Oh My, A*M*E, Twenty Twenty, Luminites, I could go on... It's a very small section of time that I look back on fondly haha

 

[AshMay]

Oh wow had completely forgotten about that Confusion Girl song, used to love that!

@mousey Aww I loved cover drive and twenty twenty!

 

[bowtiesarecool]

Ben has still got it!!! Hahaha
Their last uk album make it good was really good. They were a underrated band to be honest. A head of their time back in 1999

Make it Good is still one of my favourite albums ever (Learn to Fly and If I Don't Have You are just ), I saw them at Durham Gala Theatre when that album was first released (I was in college, so about 2001/2002 ish) and it was the best gig I saw, so intimate with just them and an actual band.

 

[Kate1970]

YES!!!! What was the TV show called??!

Going Live I think?

 

[Knight of Galador]

Also, "Why Can't I?" by Liz Phair.

Liz Phair going from a hugely respected indie artist to a mainstream middle of the road pop/rock act was one of the biggest self owns in music history. She never really recovered and seemed to go off in the most bizarre directions.

 

[PollyPerks]

Also around the same time (2009) anyone remember little boots? She had a couple of really catchy songs 'Remedy' and 'new in town' then totally disappeared...

She didn’t disappear! She’s released three albums and several EPs, and has a new album out soon. I saw her live in 2015. She may not get much radio airplay but is very much still active!

 

[CherryAcid]

Guys im finally gonna hook up my old vcr ths afternoon so I can watch my tape of recorded totp 94/95 years.

 

[~vix~83~]

Make it Good is still one of my favourite albums ever (Learn to Fly and If I Don't Have You are just ), I saw them at Durham Gala Theatre when that album was first released (I was in college, so about 2001/2002 ish) and it was the best gig I saw, so intimate with just them and an actual band.

Yes I can happily listen to that album. It hasn’t dated at all. I kinda lost Intrest by the tour, had meet my now husband at the time so was in my own world haha clearly ben wasn’t gonna knock at my door!
after seein them at rhe boys are backtour me n my mum wanted to see them again then covid hit!

 

[Pesky Tarian]

Guys im finally gonna hook up my old vcr ths afternoon so I can watch my tape of recorded totp 94/95 years.

Please let us know what's on it !!!

Can I place a bet on Alex Party - Don't give me your life

 

[~vix~83~]

Make it Good is still one of my favourite albums ever (Learn to Fly and If I Don't Have You are just ), I saw them at Durham Gala Theatre when that album was first released (I was in college, so about 2001/2002 ish) and it was the best gig I saw, so intimate with just them and an actual band.

I’ve quoted you again lol I’m listening to make it good whilst I clean Such a good album on this ain’t what love is about. Paul’s vocals really come through on the album, I love their other albums but they were pure cheese lol

 

[CherryAcid]

Please let us know what's on it !!!

Can I place a bet on Alex Party - Don't give me your life

I know for a fact that is on it, ill update you when i finish work!

 

[Gym&Tonic]

Does anyone remember a girl band from about 2002/3 called Lemonscent? They had a song called Beautiful which used to get played on Magic TV all time time, but I can find no trace of it anyway. The video was set in a castle and had medieval vibe to it. Please tell me I didn’t imagine this?

 

[Phoenix Lazarus]

Does anyone recall a song from about 2003 that was a dance number sung by a dark-haired young woman and had the lyric 'it just won't do, without you' and had a long bit with her going 'lalalalalalala' over and over. It had a recurrent horn riff. The video showed young woman on a beach knocking a large ball over a net.

 

[Blair-Waldorf]

Little Boots still releases music, in fact her latest single came out today!

My specialist subject is flop acts of the early 2010s, where it was a lot harder to get a hit and the market started to get saturated as streaming was juuuuust on it's way in. But I was really into finding up and coming acts, who then ineviabtly flopped as there was little to no interest, favourites include...

Soundgirl


Cover Drive


Parade


Girls Can't Catch



I can't add any more videos but also Oh My, A*M*E, Twenty Twenty, Luminites, I could go on... It's a very small section of time that I look back on fondly haha

God echo and louder are absolute bangers I’ve just put them on my Spotify cleaning playlist

 

[Insta$hite]

Does anyone recall a song from about 2003 that was a dance number sung by a dark-haired young woman and had the lyric 'it just won't do, without you' and had a long bit with her going 'lalalalalalala' over and over. It had a recurrent horn riff. The video showed young woman on a beach knocking a large ball over a net.

Yep this was Tim deluxe feat Sam obernik....don't know how you share the video sorry !! Loving this thread !!

 

[Blair-Waldorf]

It’s 2010 so a bit late for this thread but still

 

[Phoenix Lazarus]

Yep this was Tim deluxe feat Sam obernik....don't know how you share the video sorry !! Loving this thread !!

 

[MrsBsDayOff]

Yep this was Tim deluxe feat Sam obernik....don't know how you share the video sorry !! Loving this thread !!

Loved that song

Remember John Alford from London Burning had a brief pop career?

The album only made number 171!

 

[leapinlizards]

Loving this thread! One of my fave topics
Anyone remember Next of Kin? I think they were brothers billed as the UK answer to Hanson

 

[MrsBsDayOff]

Loving this thread! One of my fave topics
Anyone remember Next of Kin? I think they were brothers billed as the UK answer to Hanson

Yep I remember them, had totally forgotten them. I also remember another band called The Moffatts who were riding the Hanson wave, I don't think they were a complete flop but they seemed to disappear quite quickly