This flick through the Brit awards mag of 25 years ago is a glimpse into another world
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Except there was another new music format also about to take pop by storm. THE DIGITAL COMPACT CASSETTE!! pic.twitter.com/6T4xmNU3IS
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
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(Sidenote: how many of these shops do you reckon still exist?) pic.twitter.com/Dv28dxXknR
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
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Cheers Cliff! pic.twitter.com/KHJdsZOe8u
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
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Here’s a short list of songs that went straight in at Number One, before basically every song went in at Number One, before basically no songs went in at Number One. pic.twitter.com/J693zJ2H6x
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
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Here’s how fashion’s leading edge looked 25 years ago. pic.twitter.com/OEQLrhqQUE
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
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With hindsight this was perhaps quite a bold way for Epic to launch a new artist. #awardspending pic.twitter.com/x5SJOGZYUO
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
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And finally here are some pop picks from the year’s biggest stars, and Piers Morgan, who takes the opportunity to demonstrate the true breadth of his passion for music. pic.twitter.com/fmtSdC1Sb0
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
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Anyway. This might all seem like it’s from another planet, and it might seem funny, and some of it might even seem quite sad. But 25 years from now people will think exactly the same thing about today’s pop and tonight’s Brits. THE END
— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) February 21, 2018
PS
And if you’re still wondering about that Our Price ad.
The only Brit (Britt Ekland) you can’t pick up at Our Price. So, they’re saying – in a really impenetrable way – that all the Brit winners’ releases are available at Our Price.
It’s like one of the questions off 3-2-1
— John Eccleston (@JohnEccleston) February 21, 2018
Nah, still doesn’t work.
