Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics
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Author on #DianaRoss + British SubCulture. Music: #90s #80s #70s #60s Classics - #Soul #House #Reggae #Rock #Dance #Motown #Indie #Ska + Classic TV/Movies📺📽
Videos
Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry - 7 Seconds (1994) Classic duet by Senegalese singer-songwriter Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry. The song, written by the two of them, was recorded for N'Dour's seventh album, The Guide (Wommat). Top 10 hit in many countries inc UK and #1 France.
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Phats & Small - Turn Around (#TOTP 1999) The debut single by the British house duo. Prominently sampling Tony Lee's 'Reach Up' and 'The Glow of Love' by Change (which famously features a lead vocal by Luther Vandross), the classic track climbed to #2 in the UK Singles Chart.
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics45,315 次观看 • 3 天前
Faithless - Insomnia (Live on Later With Jools Holland - 1997) This was THE club anthem at the time. Came out when I was 16. Apparently Maxi Jazz wrote the spoken-word lyrics in under an hour! It first became a UK Top 30 hit but flew to #3 when reissued in late 1996.
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics34,816 次观看 • 3 天前
The Young Doctors - A young Russell Crowe (1977) Ha who remembers this Aussie soap which ran from 1976 -1982? Used to be on ITV over 30 years ago. Ran for nearly 1400 episodes & set in the Albert Memorial Hospital. Check out the young Russell Crowe in a very early role!
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Armand Van Helden - You Don't Know Me (1999) Used to love this. Only 19 at the time, so happy young memories. The lead single from his third album, Van Helden once said he'd created a looping track composed of various music samples. A chart-topper in the UK and #2 in the US.
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics20,735 次观看 • 3 天前
The La's - There She Goes (1990) One of those tracks you can't believe wasn't a #1 hit. Written by the group's frontman, Lee Mavers, the classic song had first been released in 1988 but following a reissue it climbed to #13 in the UK Singles Chart. They only released one album.
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics32,712 次观看 • 5 天前
Massive Attack - Angel (1998) This should have been a far bigger hit than its peak at #30 in the UK Chart! The third extract from their third album, Mezzanine, the track featured vocals of Horace Andy and is partially based on Horace Andy's 'You Are My Angel'. #Legends
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics29,312 次观看 • 6 天前
House of Pain - Jump Around (1992) Legendary hip-hop classic produced by DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill and a top 10 hit in both the UK and US. NME and VH1 included the track in their lists of the Best Songs of the 90s, the latter also adding it to the Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics30,246 次观看 • 7 天前
Only Fools and Horses - Uncle Albert's funniest scene Well it is for me anyway. 😂Uncle Albert's been told to act shocked by Del Boy but he keeps getting the timing wrong. 😂😂 Classic Scene with David Jason, Buster Merryfield, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Tessa Peake-Jones.
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics35,298 次观看 • 8 天前
Diana Ross & Jamiroquai - Upside Down (Live at the 1997 Brit Awards) This was brilliant. Jamiroquai joins Diana Ross for a rendition of her #1 hit disco classic. It was Jay Kay who initiated this with the Queen of Motown, declaring himself a huge, life-long fan. Still rocks!❤️
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics25,852 次观看 • 7 天前
R.E.M. - Orange Crush (#TOTP 1988) The lead single from their sixth album, Green, and became their first UK Top 30 entry. Should have gone much higher than its #28 peak. The accompanying video was directed by Matt Mahurin which won the band their first MTV Video Award. #Legends
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics18,381 次观看 • 5 天前
De La Soul - Say No Go (1989) Anti-drug song from their classic debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising. Using a vocal sample from Hall & Oates' hit 'I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)', the track was produced by Prince Paul and climbed to #18 in the UK Singles Chart. #HipHopLegends
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics21,430 次观看 • 7 天前
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance (1988) The title refers to an attitude to get by and survive inner-city life. The lead single from her debut album, Raw Like Sushi, the song was co-written by Cherry. Produced by Tim Simenon and Mark Saunders, it hit the top 3 in both the UK & US.
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics53,123 次观看 • 19 天前
Gimme Gimme Gimme - Millennium Special Tom (James Dreyfus) & Linda (Kathy Burke) are stuck in for the night together on New Year's Eve and have been on the punch all night. 😂😂 Hilariously outrageous and classic Jonathan Harvey comedy. Still makes me laugh every time!
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics60,621 次观看 • 23 天前
Harry Enfield & Friends - The opening of new supermarket 😂😂Brilliant sketch featuring all of Harry Enfield's comic creations in one. Kathy Burke's as hilarious as ever in this as Waynetta, the slap-dash check-out girl 🤣plus Paul Whitehouse.
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics59,804 次观看 • 23 天前
The Two of Us - Opening of first episode (1986) 40 years ago! Hit LWT/ITV sitcom starring Nicholas Lyndhurst and Janet Dibley as a young unmarried couple("living in sin" was still relatively controversial then) living in a basement flat. Spanned four series & 32 episodes.
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics29,505 次观看 • 13 天前
Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle (1974) Social commentary on alcohol abuse which Scott-Heron said he drew inspiration from observing and talking to alcoholics outside a liquor store. The soul-jazz classic became an underground and cult hit, climbing to #15 on the US Soul Chart.
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics26,815 次观看 • 12 天前
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (1970) Formerly lead singer of soul group The Impressions, 'Move On Up' is a classic from Curtis Mayfield's debut album, Curtis. Sunny, upbeat, feel-good anthem. Those Swinging horns & propulsive drums! The single went on to climb to #12 in the UK.
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics28,837 次观看 • 13 天前
Olive - You're Not Alone (1997) One of the top 90s dance classics of all time! Haunting and captures an ethereal lead vocal by Ruth-Ann Boyle. Originally released in '96, it was then remixed by Paul Oakenfold and Roni Size and catapulted to #1 in the UK Singles Chart.
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics21,694 次观看 • 10 天前