Talk:1989 in British music

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Whats the thinking of making separate "year in music" pages for each country? Doesn't "1989 in music" cover everything? If not, isn't easier to just add to that article? Audiori 02:31, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

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Baggy & Madchester?
Why is there no mention of the Manchester scene with likes of The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays in particular having big chart hits with the likes of 'Fools Gold' and 'Hallelujah (Madchester Rave On EP)' they even took over Top of the Pops at the tail end of the year too.

This 'Madchester' sound was quite piviotal in '89 and eventually give rise to things like 'Baggy' and the Indie/Dance scene's that became increasingly popular in the early '90's.

Even from a more dancier side of things Manchester was leading the way with A Guy Called Gerald's, 'Voodoo Ray' which was a #11 hit that year, 808 State who had a Top 10 with Pacific 707 and a successful debut album for ZTT 'Ninety' and Factory Records stalwarts New Order having a #1 selling album with 'Technique' off the back of successful chart singles 'Fine Time' and 'Round & Round'.

As much as they aren't thought as much these are '80's hits just as much as what is considered classic in that decade and 'Madchester' was a very noticeable change in the British music scene that began to hit big in '89 in my opinion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.79.209.49 (talk • contribs) 08:16, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree with you that it was a crucial musical style of the year, but to be honest, the "summary" section in all of these years in British music is just unsourced original research, and should really be deleted entirely, for every year. Richard3120 (talk) 13:15, 1 July 2021 (UTC)