I like it! Particularly since it doesn't really sound like anything else from that period apart from the lyrical preoccupations - - it kind of cuts through the mix in a given playlist, yknow?
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 17 May 2012 17:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, I've never thought of it that way.
There was this "Britpop" dj night I used to go to in the mid-nineties (does that concept sound weird to UK ppl or was that a thing there, too?) anyways, it was a long walk from my place to the club and invariably i had to pee by the time i got there. on more than one occasion i walked in while that song was playing. somehow it made even waiting in line for the men's room seem like a cool thing to be doing. also the video of course justifies the existence of music videos
― dell (del), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
NME thinks there are 78 better songs than "Groove Is In The Heart?!"
― nicky lo-fi
Yeah, that's totally fucking crazy.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy)
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah the list screams out some kind of pathology at work, i'm just not sure what to properly label it
― dell (del), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
went with "fade into you" & also considered "unfinished sympathy"
― teledyldonix, Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
torn between girls and boys/fade into you/bittersweet symphony, girls and boys is so massive it's just hard to argue with. and even though i greatly prefer opal to mazzy star, fade into you is undeniably good
of course the other fifty contains all the real gems
― dell (del), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
There are totally 78 songs better than Groove Is In The Heart, it's just the NME hasn't picked any of them.
― Goodbye 20th Centipede (NickB), Thursday, 17 May 2012 20:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Jump Around" is overplayed - but it's objectively probably the best song on this list, so I voted for it.
― o. nate, Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
Objective schmobjective.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
There's no such thing.
It's totally objective! I imagined I was someone else and asked myself which song was the best, and the answer was still "Jump Around".
― o. nate, Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm hard-pressed to name a song on the list that isn't better than tori fuckin' amos.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
if you're someone who privileges jump around above "i missed the bus" then i don't even know what to say to you
― dell (del), Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
say again?
― Mark G, Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was being hyperbolic but that song is way better than jump around, which is something from the nineties that like "the heights" i'm still trying to forget
― dell (del), Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
if someone says "word to your moms/ i came to drop bombs" they should probably be on a lot of lists, but best of the nineties is not one of them
― dell (del), Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
"jump around" is fine and good, but yeah top 100 of the decade is pushing it... especially since the list contains no nas and no biggie.
― billstevejim, Friday, 18 May 2012 04:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
I imagined I was someone else and asked myself which song was the best, and the answer was still "Jump Around".
That's such a weird way of looking at it.
― Get wolves (DL), Friday, 18 May 2012 08:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yeah, it would have been more productive if he imagined he was someone else and asked the other person which song was the best.
― Mark G, Friday, 18 May 2012 09:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
I imagined I was my mum and she said she didn't like Jump Around at all.
― Get wolves (DL), Friday, 18 May 2012 09:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
I imagined I was me and Jump Around was still shit.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 18 May 2012 09:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
I imagined I was God, and it did offend mine ears, and I smoted with a great smite all those responsible for such an abomination.
― the fey monster (ledge), Friday, 18 May 2012 09:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
whoever i imagine i am, "jump around" remains overplayed
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Friday, 18 May 2012 09:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Who'd have known House Of Pain were so existential?
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Friday, 18 May 2012 09:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Good Riddance" is hilarious, i would like to think even the worst US publications know better to pick that as the best Green Day song of the 90s
In fairness they put Basket Case a lot higher and that objectively is the best Green Day song of the 90s, by which I mean ever.
― Homosexual Satan Wasp (Matt DC), Friday, 18 May 2012 13:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Welcome To Paradise is better, you johnny come lately ;-)
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Friday, 18 May 2012 13:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
2,000 Light Years Away ftw
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 18 May 2012 17:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
GREEN DAY SINGLES POLLWORST Single By Green Day or the Offspring
jump around" is fine and good, but yeah top 100 of the decade is pushing it... especially since the list contains no nas and no biggie.
I'm not saying it's better than Nas or Biggie - just better than the other stuff on this list. I'd rather have voted for a Cypress Hill track - but they're not on here either.
― o. nate, Friday, 18 May 2012 18:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
that's going insane..
― Mark G, Friday, 18 May 2012 19:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
Of these, 'Da Funk'
― Pacific Trash Vortex (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 18 May 2012 23:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
Regulate!
― crüt, Friday, 18 May 2012 23:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 21 May 2012 00:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
only 19 hours left til I find out that I was the only one who voted for Ash
― billstevejim, Monday, 21 May 2012 04:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
only a kid at the time, but i reckon 'still life' is by far the best suede track. i think 'common people'... not only the best song of the 90's, it seems to perfectly put its finger on that kind of vulgar class tourism that alot of folk seemed to be indulging in the latter part of that decade. i reckon daydreamer by menswear should be on the list.
no YOU fuck off.
― dextor ellis bextor, Monday, 21 May 2012 05:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
i think 'common people'... not only the best song of the 90's, it seems to perfectly put its finger on that kind of vulgar class tourism that alot of folk seemed to be indulging in the latter part of that decade.
this is the most exquisite 'valuable new poster' post to date I think
― cissémanwhore (DJ Mencap), Monday, 21 May 2012 08:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
I would actually like some clarification wrt that statement. What vulgar class tourism are you refering to, dex?
― azaera, Monday, 21 May 2012 08:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
this is the posh kids in dufflecoats/ tony blair and his everlasting glottalstop thing. Azaera, read/listen to the lyrics of Common People, it's a clearer explanation than anything you'll get here.
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 21 May 2012 09:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
See, irony does not work terribly well in a post..
― Mark G, Monday, 21 May 2012 09:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
See, I am half asleep and hadn't yet read the, uh, context. anyone join me for a coffee? I fucking need it.
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 21 May 2012 09:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'm having one now. Cheers. (blk, no sug)
― Mark G, Monday, 21 May 2012 09:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 00:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
Pretty boring answers ILM, non? Where's the challops?
Ps biggups to the four of you who also voted Lazarus
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 00:15 (11 months ago) Permalink
BORING
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 05:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
I didn't realize "Where It's At" was in there until now.