90s countdown

[sadchild]

Good 4
Okay 5
Bad 4
? 17

BEST I RECOGNIZE
20 18 John Mellencamp - Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)

WORST I RECOGNIZE
03 05 Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart

26 24 Bryan Adams - Let’s Make a Night to Remember

I don't recognize this by name but I'm willing to bet it's boring as fuck. After Waking Up the Neighbours (which itself is a mix of good rock with mediocre power ballads), his music turned to shit with shmaltz like "All For Love", "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman" and the unbearable "Please Forgive Me". Hell, he even teamed up with Barbra Streisand for some song like "I Found Someone" or something like that. How the mighty had fallen...

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

3 good/ok for 1996:

29 23 Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
25 21 Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars (completely forgot about this one)
11 12 Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy

 

[scotchandcigar]

4 for this countdown.

29 23 Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
25 21 Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars (thanks IRBS)
16 15 Eric Clapton - Change the World
11 12 Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy

I would've thought the Alanis song would be your "best", but anyway, this is a pathetic list of songs for this awesome year in rock. Here are the 1996 bands I have in my favorites list in Scotch Sampler:

Eels
Nada Surf
K's Choice
Cat Power
Alice in Chains
Soundgarden
Beck
Sheryl Crow (covered here)
Dave Matthews Band
Tori Amos
Tracy Bonham
Salt
Sublime
Fiona Apple
Sneaker Pimps
Patty Griffin
Cake
Pearl Jam
Bell & Sebastion

 

[sadchild]

I have "You Oughta" as an ok, mostly because of Flea and the line "go down on you in a theater". I I remember the first time I heard it, I had a reaction I often have and said it out loud to my friend who was there: "I can see how other people could like this one."

But it's her best song by far. Everything she put out after that to me was bad (I can enjoy "Ironic", but the concept is stupid).

 

[sadchild]

Oh and here's what I picked as my favs back at the end of 1996. The list would be different today, but this is how I felt back then:

1996
1 Rage Against the Machine “People of the Sun”
2 Stabbing Westward “Shame”
3 Willie Nelson “She is Gone”
4 Counting Crows “Angels of the Silences”
5 Bob Carlisle “Butterfly Kisses”
6 The Cure “Mint Car”
7 My Own Victim “Nothing Left to Gain”
8 Reel Big Fish “Everything Sucks”
9 LL Cool J “Loungin’”
10 Definition of Sound “Mama’s Not Coming Home”
11 Sublime “What I Got”
12 Bone Thugs ‘n Harmony “Tha Crossroads”
13 Patti Rothberg “Inside”
14 Paul Westerberg “Love Untold”
15 Primitive Radio Gods “Standing Next to a Broken...”
16 Beck “Where it’s At”
17 Peter Wolf “Rosie”
18 My Own Victim "Nothing Left to Gain"
19 Savatage “Not What You See”
20 Hootie and the Blowfish "Tucker's Town"

 

[scotchandcigar]

I have "You Oughta" as an ok, mostly because of Flea and the line "go down on you in a theater". I I remember the first time I heard it, I had a reaction I often have and said it out loud to my friend who was there: "I can see how other people could like this one."

But it's her best song by far. Everything she put out after that to me was bad (I can enjoy "Ironic", but the concept is stupid).

I like most of the album, but anyway, I have it under 1995 in Scotch Sampler. I guess it spilled-over into '96.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I have "You Oughta" as an ok, mostly because of Flea and the line "go down on you in a theater". I I remember the first time I heard it, I had a reaction I often have and said it out loud to my friend who was there: "I can see how other people could like this one."

But it's her best song by far. Everything she put out after that to me was bad (I can enjoy "Ironic", but the concept is stupid).

Is it ironic that nothing in her song is ironic?

And what do you have against someone going down on you in a theatre? Aside from losing focus on the plot of the movie, there is no downside.

 

[scotchandcigar]

And what do you have against someone going down on you in a theatre? Aside from losing focus on the plot of the movie, there is no downside.

I, too, am unclear as to whether he views this lyric as a positive or a negative.

 

[sadchild]

And what do you have against someone going down on you in a theatre?

Absoulety nothing! I was pointing out the two things I like best about the song, bringing it up to the level of ok (as opposed to her other stuff which gets filed under bad)

 

[HecticArt]

Kinda two.

25 21 Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars

01 01 BLACKstreet ft. Dr. Dre - No Diggity

 

[Aaron]

1…
29 23 Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

 

[sadchild]

01 01 BLACKstreet ft. Dr. Dre - No Diggity

Came up on my radio (via my biggest playlist of 'everything') on my drive home from band practice last night. Listened to half of it, then moved on. Giving it an "ok" was an accurate rating.

 

[HecticArt]

1…
29 23 Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know

I missed that one. That puts me at kinda three.

 

[scotchandcigar]

I missed that one. That puts me at kinda three.

How ironic.

 

[sadchild]

November 24th, 1990.

30 23 Maxi Priest - Close to You
29 DE Information Society - Think
28 DE Donny Osmond - My Love Is A Fire
27 27 David Cassidy - Lyin’ to Myself
26 DE Bell Biv DeVoe - B.B.D. (I Thought It Was Me)?
25 15 Janet Jackson - Black Cat
24 DE Ralph Tresvant - Sensitivity
23 13 Pebbles - Giving You the Benefit
22 30 Jon Bon Jovi - Miracle
21 25 2 in a Room - Wiggle It
20 26 George Michael - Freedom
19 24 D.N.A. ft. Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner
18 22 Damn Yankees - High Enough
17 18 Heart - Stranded
16 09 James Ingram - I Don’t Have the Heart
15 19 Wilson Phillips - Impulsive
14 16 Soho - Hippychick
13 17 UB40 - The Way You Do the Things You Do
12 14 Daryl Hall & John Oates - So Close
11 06 Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
10 11 Candyman - Knockin’ Boots
09 12 Tony! Toni! Toné! - Feels Good
08 02 MC Hammer - Pray
07 10 Bette Midler - From a Distance
06 07 Poison - Something to Believe In
05 08 Stevie B - Because I Love You (The Postman Song)
04 04 Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart
03 05 Whitney Houston - I’m Your Baby Tonight
02 03 Alias - More Than Words Can Say
01 01 Mariah Carey - Love Takes Time

 

[sadchild]

Good 10
Okay 5
Bad 5
? 10

Same countdown as last year this week. Just checked and my good/bad's haven't changed.

BEST I RECOGNIZE
30 23 Maxi Priest - Close to You
19 24 D.N.A. ft. Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner
14 16 Soho - Hippychick
12 14 Daryl Hall & John Oates - So Close
11 06 Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
06 07 Poison - Something to Believe In
04 04 Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart

WORST I RECOGNIZE
03 05 Whitney Houston - I’m Your Baby Tonight

30 (01) Maxi Priest - Close to You
Yes that's Daryl Hall singing backups at the end

29 (28) Information Society - Think
Talk about a forgotten hit! It was on the radio every day for weeks. Don't think it's been aired since!

25 (01) Janet Jackson - Black Cat
The cassingle has two non-LP versions. Side A has guitar from Nuno Bettencourt (of Extreme). Side B has guitar from Vernon Reid (of Living Colour). Original guitar was by some dude named Dave Barry.

19 (05) D.N.A. f/ Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner
Fascinating story

14 (14) Soho - Hippychick
Heavily uses a sample of Smiths "How Soon Is Now"

07 (02) Bette Midler - From a Distance
My room mate at the time got laid off and signed up for food stamps. We used to sing our own version of this song as "Food Assistance".

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

4 good/ok (mostly ok) for 1990:
20 26 George Michael - Freedom
19 24 D.N.A. ft. Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner
18 22 Damn Yankees - High Enough
06 07 Poison - Something to Believe In

 

[scotchandcigar]

4, kinda.

20 26 George Michael - Freedom
19 24 D.N.A. ft. Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner
14 16 Soho - Hippychick
13 17 UB40 - The Way You Do the Things You Do

 

[HecticArt]

Eight.

Maxi, D.N.A., Soho, & Deee top the list for me.

30 23 Maxi Priest - Close to You
25 15 Janet Jackson - Black Cat
20 26 George Michael - Freedom
19 24 D.N.A. ft. Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner
18 22 Damn Yankees - High Enough
14 16 Soho - Hippychick
13 17 UB40 - The Way You Do the Things You Do
04 04 Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart