almost voted for "All the Small Things" for being very 1999 yet not inspiring rabid hate unlike many of the other tracks, but "Learn to Fly" is by far the most listenable.
― skip, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
My #1 in '99 was the Vengaboys' "We Like to Party!" Not modern, not rock--in fact, thoroughly ridiculous. I loved it.
― clemenza, Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:45 AM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It's OK. I fucking love that song.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
This is Lit by a country mile. It's a tune and it's really fun to sing on Rock Band - just FYI. The rest of these are fucking awful.
Oh all the small things isn't awful but I'm still voting Lit.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
Lit was my vote too. It's been kind of tarnished by cheap, easy needledrops in bad movies, but so have the Isley Brothers.
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
"All The Small Things" is totally awful, come on
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
guys stop misspelling the titleo f "All The Small Theengs"
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
hahaha
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
idk. I have a soft spot for most Blink singles.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
'My Own Worst Enemy'... although, I'd rather not hear any of these again anytime soon.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
It's not awful! It's . . . catchy?
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
Blink seems like a band that would be fun to hang out with for controlled amounts of time but I would consider jumping into traffic if they made me listen to too much of their music
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
the idea that you can't find ten singles she released during that time period that aren't better than "Beautiful Stranger" is laughable
It's not, DJP--not if you think it's as incredible as I do, and it did finish fourth in P&J that year. (Being John Fogerty's birthday yesterday, it's a perfect time to mention how CCR-like "Beautiful Stranger"'s musical track is.)
― clemenza, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
i'm okay with this list -- "learn to fly" is one of the best modern rock songs either, and i loved that lit song when i was 11 and heard it this weekend for some bizarre reason and still loved it! "every morning" and "all the small things" aren't nearly my favorite singles by either sugar ray or blink, but still pretty dope -- and hey, i like "scar tissue". i was in middle school once, too
1. learn to fly2. my own worst enemy3. every morning4. all the small things5. scar tissue
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
either = ever*
I just can't stand the vocals on My Own Worst Enemy. he sounds like he has a good voice but he is going all out Alanis with the weird vowel pronunciations.
― skip, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
Some notable, nearly-there #2 hits from 1999 include Fatboy Slim's "Praise You," Smash Mouth's "All Star," and Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss."
Close call.
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
also this list is waaaaaaay better than 98, and maybe even with 97
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
This list does make me crazy nostalgic, despite not having liked the songs at all then and not having warmed up to them since.
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
his syllable emphasis is also atrocious - cig-a-RETTE, SLEEPing WITH my CLOTHES on, CAME in THROUGH the WINdow. And that sleazy riff.
― skip, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
I was arguably happiest in my whole life so far in 1999.
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
LOL
― skip, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
"and i loved that lit song when i was 11"
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
brb, ending it all now
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
These would have been my top 3 if they were in the poll, with "Last Kiss" taking it.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
The chorus of All the Small Things is pretty huge, but the verses grate.
― how's life, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
the problem for me with these songs is that they never went away. I heard them, especially the punky stuff, all through college. Horrible
― skip, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
If What's My Age Again had been on here, I might've voted for that.
― Look at how funky he is! (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
these are all pretty terrible but i have a soft spot for every morning b/c there was an "undeclared" episode in which this girl drove her roommate bonkers by playing it constantly
― dell (del), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
"what's my age again" is one of the best songs
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
"What's My Age Again" and "I Miss You" are the only Blink songs that don't make me want to jump out of a window, and "I Miss You" still has that horrible "DON'T WASTE YOUR TOIME ON MEEE HEE HAW HEE HAW" part
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
I don't really like What's My Age Again. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
I like "Adam's Song" a lot.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
― dell (del), Tuesday, May 29, 2012 12:00 PM (3 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
haha wasn't that OMC's "How Bizarre"? they do have kind of similar guitar riffs, now that i think of it. "How Bizarre" >>>>>>> "Every Morning" though
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
his syllable emphasis is also atrocious - cig-a-RETTE, SLEEPing WITH my CLOTHES on, CAME in THROUGH the WINdow.
yeah, as someone alluded to upthread, i think it's just that stephan jenkins school of vox.
― dell (del), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
"What's My Age Again" is good, kinda weirded me out that i totally didn't recognize the "Dammit" band when it first came out, though, even though those songs had the same lead singer
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
oh god this is worse than I remembered
YORAL READY THE VOICE INSIDE MYEAD
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
some dude that is funny b/c when i first watched the episode i assumed it was how bizarre.... but then for some reason i convinced myself tha it was in fact every morning
― dell (del), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
<3 Dammit.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
all this time i thought Sugar Ray was trying to blatantly rewrite "Fly" when they were actually trying to blatantly rewrite "How Bizarre"!
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
I thought he was trying to blatantly rewrite "Are You Jimmy Ray."
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
Okay, didn't recognize the Lit song until I listened to it just now. I guess it would have to take this poll by default, but calling it the best anything of 1999 just underscores what a pathetic year for music this was. I really need to crack the archives and confirm that it wasn't all so terribly meh.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
(t)he(y)
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
I really liked "M&Ms" and owned that CD...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZs88WWGDoo&ob=av2e
― skip, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
Also, had no recollection of Creed emerging from the depths of heaven this early.
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
haha
― dell (del), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
great 1999 albums (some of which I only got into retroactively):
Underworld - Beaucoup FishBasement Jaxx - RemedyThe Roots - Things Fall ApartTLC - FanmailMoby - Play
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
creed had an album/song before that one that got some radio play too! "my own prison" iirc
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
Swap Moby for the Chems' album that year, and you've pretty much got my playlist.
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
God, I'm not going to get out of this day without making a Spotify playlist, am I?
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 16:15 (twelve years ago) link