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triumphs, controversies and sad
moments in" 1990.
Roger Waters, former frontman
and bassist for Pink Floyd, remained
true to his word in 1990.
He had said he would not perform
the complete production of "The
Wall" until the Berlin Wall came
down. In July, hundreds of thousands
of people from around the
world were able to see "The
Wall," cardboard bricks, flying
pigs and all, on the former site of
one of the greatest dividers in the
western world.
This year was also a year of
controversy in music. First, Two
Live Crew's album As Nasty Xs
They Wanna Be was banned in a
number of-statcs. The band was arrested
in Florida and charged on
numerous obscenity charges. They
were cleared of all charges during
their trial.
Another controversy involved
the cover art for Jane's Addiction's
album Ritual de lo Habitual,
which featured three plaster-ofmric
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sponding to protests over the album
cover, the band replaced the
art with the First Amendment
printed on a plain white
background.
The biggest controversy of 1990
revolves around charges of lipsyncing.
Milli Vanilli's produce^
admitted that the Grammy-winning
band was not only lip-syncing in
concert, but the two members of
the band had not actually sung the
songs on the album.
The year 1990 had its share of
sad moments, too. Brent Mydland,
keyboardist for the 1960s' legend
The' Grateful Dead, was found
dead in his swimming pool at his
home in California.
The saddest moment faced by
music fans in a long time was the
death of blues guitarist Slevie Ray
Vaughn. He died after his helicop
tcr crashed into the side of a
mountain after playing with other
greats such as Eric Clapton and
Robert Cray. Vaughn played with
a style that could make a person
happy to cry.
Those were the '90s, the stuff
that shapes generations.
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When 1990 began, politici
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dieted it would be the yeai
peace. The war on'drugs w(
end because Noriega was 4
tured. There would be no 1
taxes thanks to President Bi
and world peace would be ine
able because the Berlin Wall
torn down.
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Persian Gulf, Milli Vanilli, Si
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Twin Peaks and Mother Eai
getting votes.
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Memorable Moment of t
Year had international politic
events dominating student opi
ions. The invasion of Kuwait a
the ensuing Gulf Crisis were
far voted the most mcmorat
moments of 1990, with mo
than 50 percent of the voles.
At second place was the fall
the Berlin Wall and the ensuii
reunification of East and We
Germany.
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morable Moment included
na. Bush's flip-flop on taxes, the
>o- reunification of the Four Horse
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rth beating UNC.
The third category, Best Song
jst of the Year, was characterized
he by rappers who can dance and
:al female artists. The top tune of
in- 1990 was M.C. Hammer's "U
nd Can't Touch This." Vanilla Ice,
by who opened for Hammer on his
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>re tour, was a close second with his
hit "Ice, Ice Baby."
of Bctte Midler's recently reng
leased "From a Distance" tied
;st with Madonna's Blonde Ambition
tune "Vogue" for third place.
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as music in 1990 with Mariah Cae
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O'Connor's "Nothing Compares
to You" and the Black Crowes'
"Hard to Handle."
Best Movie of the Year, according
to USC students, was
Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze
and Demi Moore. Ghost beat
out Julia Robert's vehicle to starj
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Red October and the Kevin Costner
film Dances with Wolves.
There were a wide variety of
movies suggested, including such
disparate films as Flatliners, Mo'
Better Blues and Presumed
Innocent.
The last category was Best
Television Show,and again students
selected many different answers.
The winner, however, was
far and away The Simpsons. The
animated series received ten
votes more than the nearest competition,
In Living Color. This is
bad news for the big networks
because both shows are on Fox.
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other shows received a large
number of votes except for A
Different World, which came in
fourth.
Other vote-getters included
LA. Law, The Cosby Show, Murphy
Brown and The Wonder
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When all the votes were
counted, there were a surprising
number of events and personalities
that remained forgotten. The
resignation of James Holderman,
Earth Day and the release of Nelson
Mandela all dominated the
news for several weeks, but received
little attention in our
survey. Roger Maplethorpe, Jim
Henson, Sammy Davis Jr. and
Leonard Bernstein all made significant
differences in American
culture but received few votes.
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