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Post by jp on Mar 24, 2023 19:43:01 GMT
So 1991 finished on a slightly disappointing 3 stars meaning our 1990s leaderboard currently looks like this... 1990 - 3.75 1991 - 3 a pretty exciting battle i'm sure you agree. this week we are going to be looking at...1992!!! 1992 for me instantly brings to mind the Barcelona Olympics. It's the first one I remember watching and I had Olympic Gold on my Master System and played it religiously.  Another sporting memory of 92 is England's terrible Euros though I'm sure Meinby will be along soon with a 5 star rating for Denmark. It also saw the beginning of the end of football with Premier League taking over. 1992 also saw arguably the greatest Royal Rumble match of all time. I had it on vhs and would watch that event over and over. My top 3 albums of 1992 would be... Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray Sonic Youth - Dirty In fact it was a really good year musically with loads of other great albums like Going Blank Again, Bizarre Ride II Pharcyde, Mecca and the Soul Brother, Honey's Dead etc  Film wise Reservoir Dogs and Wayne's World are the big standouts. Now obviously I didn't see Reservoir Dogs until many years later but I remember borrowing the VHS of Wayne's World and Home Alone from my cousin in 92 and them both changing my life. I probably wasn't massively into films before this point but they both had a huge impact on me. In terms of what I was actually watching and listening to around this time, I think I was fairly obsessed with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at this point. 1992 was also the debut of a cult UK tv classic that I absolutely loved... GAMESMASTER. I also remember my uncle getting married and 7 year old JP writing about it at school the following week. I wrote that "we all covered his car in condoms" and my teacher called my Mum in for a "chat"   All in all I'd have to give 1992 another 4. |
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Post by eddiemurphy on Mar 25, 2023 13:53:11 GMT
top 3 albums - your arsenal (morrissey) - generation terrorists (manics) - automatic for the people (REM) favourite film - home alone 2 lost in new york (saw it at the cinema) watching/listening that year - gladiators/gamesmaster/TCOTU's burning/the bill/noel's house party dangerous from mj had a now 23 compilation tape that was played to death with crap like this on it favourite song of the year - has to be ebeneezer goode (shamen) memories of the year - went to scotland/hastings for summer hols (wore a really bad shell suit) me dad got an interim payment (3 grand from his compensation claim) plenty of playing pool in pubs while me dad sat there getting pissed sitting in the working men's club watching monday night footy (with the same old fella's in the corner ) |
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Post by mahoney on Mar 26, 2023 3:02:25 GMT
Royal Rumble 92 was incredible. Well, the actual royal rumble. I'd imagine anyone would be hard stretched to remember much else on that card other than perhaps Roddy Piper vs the Mountie. I went into school & everyone was really pissed off that Hogan got screwed, I wound people up for weeks  . Incredible times. Of course 92 had the Wembley stadium SummerSlam with the legendary Bulldog/Bret match + the LOD motorcycle entrance. Surprised I didn't beg my parents to go to that. They really shit the bed not doing Hogan/Flair at wrestlemania though. Heard many different reasons for this not happening over the years but still, what a fucking shame. Most of my 1992 was spent with stuff released in 1991. I bought my first CD with my own money, Nevermind from Woolworths. It would have been around the time they did the MTV awards and Krist hit himself in the head with his bass Played the thing to death. Also had Metallica's Black album but I remember only liking the big singles where as Nevermind I was playing pretty much daily. Other than that, still just listening to 80s Alice Cooper + Guns n Roses. This was the year of their famous Paris gig that was broadcast live on TV (not sure what channel showed it?). Taped it and watched it over and over again. I'm sure seeing GNR in a small club in the late 80s would have been as good as it gets, but that Paris show, still do this day it'd be one of half a dozen gigs I'd love to go time travel and attend. Shout out to Canada's greatest artist of all time, SNOW, informer was such a banger & probably the first rap song I remember liking. Rented Terminator 2 & it blew my mind. Not sure how we acquired a copy, whether it was a good bootleg or an ex rental copy from Blockbuster but either way, I watched it about once a week. I don't think any other film could come close to it in terms of the times watched it over and over. My mum took me to the cinema to see Wayne's World, still my favourite comedy to this day. The T1000 making an appearance was without a doubt my favourite scene. Home Alone 2 & Beethoven I also saw at the pictures. Games, I think I still only had my NES as well as playing Atari ST & Amiga around friends houses. Gamesmaster was essential viewing & made me really want a mega drive This is possibly the year I threw a conker across the netball court at school and it hit a dinner lady in the head I panicked and sat down and started thumbing through my WWF cards whilst people surrounded the diner lady in shock. She was off work for a few days then came back with this huge conker sized lump on her head. I've lived with the guilt ever since. Hendry became world champion, beating poor Jimmy White. Was really into my snooker by now. We had this small table at home that I had to set up on top of the kitchen table and would play against myself whilst watching snooker and eating WWF Superstars cereal. Glorious times. I don't remember much football wise, I don't think I barely watched any of the euros and other than the occasional televised FA cup match wasn't watching. Remember a couple of Benn's victories from the year. Have decent memories of Wimbledon. Never been big on Tennis but man did I love Goran Ivanišević. When he would ask for the same ball after serving an ace, I thought that was so cool for some reason was gutted when Agassi beat him in the final. Possibly my favourite album ever It's a Shame About Ray came out in 92. Other favs include Going Blank Again, Tom Waits Bone Machine, Weller's solo debut & Henry's Dream. shout out to Insecticide (don't think I would have got this until the following year) & Turns Into Stone. I want to say The Stairs debut too, but I've not listened in years, get it on spotify FFS. Films Wayne's World A Tale of Winter Bad Lieutenant Basic Instinct Man Bites Dog Home Alone 2 Glengarry Glen Ross Lessons of Darkness Lethal Weapon 3 Simple Men Unforgiven White Men Can't Jump & of course Reservoir Dogs are all wonderful. |
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Post by jp on Apr 2, 2023 13:48:32 GMT
After only receiving 2 replies to this thread, JP's back to the 90s is dead.
We shall not be discussing 1993.
I tried, guys.
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Post by chuze on Apr 2, 2023 14:58:07 GMT
I recently discovered Rialto's 1998 self-titled album. I love it. Do you like Rialto's 1998 self-titled album?
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Post by tucker on Apr 2, 2023 17:41:49 GMT
Make a thread, chuze.
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Post by tucker on Apr 2, 2023 17:42:37 GMT
After only receiving 2 replies to this thread, JP's back to the 90s is dead. We shall not be discussing 1993. I tried, guys. Go on, take your doorbells and fuck off. JP's 90s thread is the true bloodline of the board these days & batteries are not required! |
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Post by mahoney on Apr 2, 2023 23:00:47 GMT
I don't think the chief moderator of this board should be pocking fun and celebrating the sad & pathetic decline of JP's 90's utopia.
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Post by tucker on Apr 3, 2023 9:20:28 GMT
Actually I was laughing at you hanging the future of The Soapbox on JP's threads. I'll admit, it was a great idea and I applaud JP's creativity, but it never had legs. It required too much hard thinking to really take off and get people involved. Meanwhile, the doorbell cunts thread is easy-going and requires minimum effort to enjoy, even with low-quality images.
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Post by mahoney on Apr 3, 2023 13:38:56 GMT
If I lived closer to your house I'd come around and smash your doorbell into smithereens you god damn sorry ass SOB
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Post by tucker on Apr 3, 2023 14:28:33 GMT
Me and you, Wrestlemania 40, Bob Pollard on a pole match.
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Post by mahoney on Apr 3, 2023 14:56:24 GMT
As if he's getting up the pole with his bad hip
No, I propose an I QUIT match, but saying I quit or submitting won't do! the only way to quit is to press the doorbell button and become a CUNT for eternity! We'll have to have it on the West coast and go on early so it isn't dark & the image gets ruined. I'm putting my death list championship up for grabs, if you lose, the forum ownership goes back to Bobatron.
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. Incredible times. Of course 92 had the Wembley stadium SummerSlam with the legendary Bulldog/Bret match + the LOD motorcycle entrance. Surprised I didn't beg my parents to go to that. They really shit the bed not doing Hogan/Flair at wrestlemania though. Heard many different reasons for this not happening over the years but still, what a fucking shame.
