People that were popular in the 1980s and 2000s but not in the 1990s

3. Ozzy Osbourne

4. Flavor Flav

Fuck, this is just going to be a list of reality TV stars, isn't it?

5. Ronald Reagan

Kylie Minogue, in the U.S.

Patrick Swayze and Kurt Russell.

Er, that's 7. and 8.

Kylie Minogue, in the UK.

But she had "Where the Wild Roses Grow" and "Confide in Me" in the 90s, didn't she?

Nobody bought those!

(This is pretty much everyone who was popular or cool in the 80s except maybe The Smiths and Sonic Youth and REM, isn't it?)

(Yes I am aware I nixxed Kylie and then mentioned Sonic Youth but its all relative levels of popularity innit?)

Er, according to Wikipedia "Confide in Me" was number 2 and "Where the Wild Roses Grow" number 11 on the British charts.

Also, Kylie Minogue was number 4 on the UK album chart.

9. Jose Canseco

10. Jesus

Okay Tuomas my point is that there was still a significant dip in Kylie's popularity in the 90s, especially by the time of that 1997 album.

Anyway:

11. The Republican Party

12. Morrissey

Vauxhall And I was a number one album in '94.

13. Pete Burns

14. Paul Simon

15. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan

16. Diego Maradona

(Outside England, obv)

yes this list is just about comeback victims isn't it.

Paul Robinson from Neighbours

Doctor Who

Kate Bush?

'The Red Shoes' was 1993.

yes, and?

it's just 'less popular' as opposed to 'not popular' i guess, as with Kylie

Soulja Boy

I think The Red Shoes actually did better in the charts than Aerial.

And certainly Aerial didn't have a hit song like "Rubberband Girl" was in 1993. So it oculd be said that among non-fans like me, Kate Bush was more popular in the 90s than in the 00s.

dude stop, you are wrong

'king of the mountain' was a #2 hit, probably only sold as many as 'rubberband girl' and the albums they were from probably sold around the same too in the end.

maybe it's all based on the fact that indie bands weren't covering her songs then like they are now.

sorry make that #4 hit. now ONWARDS.

12 Kate Bush Rubberband Girl Sep 1993
4 Kate Bush King Of The Mountain Nov 2005

I think that's that "argument" settled.

Kylie was extremely popular in the first half of the nineties.

Don't get me wrong, I agree with you (blueski) in the main part. (But then I would contend that distinctions like 80s and 90s aren't necessarily split on the basis of being 198* or 199*)

Considering the number the singles sold today, it could easily be that "Rubberband Girl" actually sold more copies than "The King of the Mountain". Also, according to Wikipedia The Red Shoes sold more than 3 million copies worlwide. I can't find the current sales for Aerial (according to Wikipedia it sold 1,1 million worlwide during the first five months after its release), but I doubt they're much higher than the 3 million of the previous album.

I wonder if Kylie will have a #1 in the 10s (as in next decade). Re-issue of 'Word Is Out' perhaps.

tuomas you don't need to keep quoting wikipedia as if we're somehow not aware or capable of doing it ourselves.

also bear in mind people couldn't download albums for free 15 years ago.

I think downloads are now counted as sales, are they not?

what, even the huge number of illegal ones? enough already!

I guess you're right, my point was just that I can't see any obvious jump in popularity between The Red Shoes and Aerial.

She's certainly more name-dropped/credible in the 00s than the 90s though.

I think most of the people who bought Aerial were long-time Kate Bush fans, most of whom probably bought The Red Shoes as well. I doubt she gained a much bigger new audience in the 00s.

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Jonathan Ross.

Bruce Forsyth.

i was thinking Ross but he's barely 80s. and how could you forget his plum role presenting Gagtag?

And The Big Big Talent Show

how popular were Dylan and Santana in the 80s?

not very

How popular are Santana now?

(oh please...)

Sylvester Stallone

Joy Division

maybe it's all based on the fact that indie bands weren't covering her songs then like they are now.

CHINA DRUM.

I mean um er I wouldn't know anything about that, no.

Yeah, and Josef K.

Willie Donaldson.

Iron Maiden

11. The Republican Party

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Dude, 1994.

People that were popular in the 1970s and 1990s but not in the 1980s

People that were popular in the 1990s and 2010s but not in the 2000s

I forgot I started this thread! Good thing the UK contingent took care of it for me.

Jon Cryer?

Better: Patrick Dempsey!