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This is the thread where we construct a canon of things from "outside the mainstream" which gained critical and/or mass-cult acceptance but didn't ever fully infect the mainstream. Probably mainly latin.

Girl From Ipanema
Ricky Martin
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
etc.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 03:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Nena's 99 Luftballons and Trio's Da Da Da infiltrated the international pop world in about 1982, thus giving Germany's frequently magnificent Neue Deutsche Welle sound to, er, countries other than Germany. All good, all good - search FSK, incidentally: http://www.subup.com/fsk/artists.html

― Charlie (Charlie), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 03:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Buena Vista Social Club to thread!

― Jody Beth Rosen, Tuesday, 1 October 2002 04:00 (twenty-two years ago)

La la la la bamba.

― bnw (bnw), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 04:47 (twenty-two years ago)

the macarena

― charlie va, Tuesday, 1 October 2002 05:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"Cotton Eye Joe"? Do hoedowns count?

― charlie va, Tuesday, 1 October 2002 05:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Australian comedy records (Shaddap You Face, that Austen Tayshus track..)

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 05:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Suddenly by Angry Anderson?

― Charlie (Charlie), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 05:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Bob Marley ?

― stevo (stevo), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 06:50 (twenty-two years ago)

La Bamba ---> Twist n Shout (mainstream infected)

― bham, Tuesday, 1 October 2002 08:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Falco

― Underclocked, Tuesday, 1 October 2002 09:03 (twenty-two years ago)

stevo beat me to it!!

kindofbluealovesupreme

manu dibango

"o superman"

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 09:04 (twenty-two years ago)

surely latin and bossa nova as has been said

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 09:13 (twenty-two years ago)

laurie anderson

― jon (jon), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 09:42 (twenty-two years ago)

"Poi E"

― Ess Kay (esskay), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 09:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Enya?

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 12:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Nusrat Fetah Ali Khan

― Rockist Scientist, Tuesday, 1 October 2002 12:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Gypsy Kings.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 14:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Ravi Shankar

― sundar subramanian, Tuesday, 1 October 2002 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Ofra Haza, Youssou N'Dour. Maybe Laura Nyro.

― Underclocked, Tuesday, 1 October 2002 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Maybe Laura Nyro.

She didn't, but her songs did.

― Jody Beth Rosen, Tuesday, 1 October 2002 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

for undie ppl, public enemy.

*runs away*

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 1 October 2002 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

sir how many albums nusrat made. i want to have the details of all the albums of nusrat fateh ali khan in CESSATES, AUDIO CDs, IN video cd, and in dvd

― sheraz, Wednesday, 7 April 2004 12:30 (twenty-one years ago)

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