A seminal musical year for me, but at least half of this list is lackluster compared to other stuff that was released in '91. I think it'll have to be MBV for me, which feels weird because that's not really representative of what I was listening to at the time.
― Puddin' Taint (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 November 2015 15:45 (eight years ago) link
xpost Yeah, Dirt was '92.
― Puddin' Taint (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 November 2015 15:46 (eight years ago) link
where is Amy Grant's "Every Heartbeat"? Natural Selection's "Do Anything"?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 November 2015 15:50 (eight years ago) link
Acclaimed Music's full list indicates depth of the bench not necessarily reflected by the top 40.
LFO LFO The Source feat. Candi Staton You Got the Love DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Summertime The KLF Justified and Ancient De La Soul Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) Michael Jackson Remember the Time Shanice I Love Your Smile Bizarre Inc. Playing with Knives Ce Ce Peniston Finally Sounds of Blackness Optimistic
― thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Thursday, 12 November 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
you ready for a post very much in character
it's either To Here Knows When or Good Morning Captain
/character
― avant-garde, sissy bounce, zombie rave, aquacrunk, warlock, oceangrunge, (imago), Thursday, 12 November 2015 16:08 (eight years ago) link
frankly gobsmacked that either After The Flood or New Grass aren't in here though
― avant-garde, sissy bounce, zombie rave, aquacrunk, warlock, oceangrunge, (imago), Thursday, 12 November 2015 16:10 (eight years ago) link
papua new guinea
― nxd, Thursday, 12 November 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link
xpost Taphead would be my laughingstock choice, tho of course anything from that record would get my vote
Maybe the prob is there's no consensus focal track on that album
― banned on ixlor (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 12 November 2015 16:38 (eight years ago) link
were they singles?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 November 2015 16:44 (eight years ago) link
Not everything here is a single!
Will vote THKW because imo GMC is maybe the third or fourth best track on its (six-track) album. TJKW vs Don, Aman would be muuuch harder
― avant-garde, sissy bounce, zombie rave, aquacrunk, warlock, oceangrunge, (imago), Thursday, 12 November 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link
Some of the things wrong with this list: no "Iesha", no "New Jack Hustler", no Karyn White or Vanessa Williams. No "Love...Thy Will Be Done"!!!! (maaaaaybe my favorite song of the year). No Soundgarden.
― Puddin' Taint (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 November 2015 16:53 (eight years ago) link
I love To Here Knows When but Loveless is just such a capital-A Album to me that it'd never occur to me to vote for a single track off of it as a standout (of either the album or the year).
― Fetty Wap Is Strong In Here (cryptosicko), Thursday, 12 November 2015 17:54 (eight years ago) link
not sure Dylan counts as a '91 song since it's from '83 but great all the same
so many good songs on this list!
will probably go with bonnie raitt
― niels, Thursday, 12 November 2015 18:08 (eight years ago) link
THIS IS SCENARIO
IT IS ALWAYS SCENARIO
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 12 November 2015 18:10 (eight years ago) link
i sit alone in my four cornered room starin at candles
― billstevejim, Thursday, 12 November 2015 18:13 (eight years ago) link
hmm... maybe it's scenario...
― niels, Thursday, 12 November 2015 18:24 (eight years ago) link
The Choice Is Yours
― Modern French Music from Failure to Boulez (askance johnson), Thursday, 12 November 2015 18:31 (eight years ago) link
drain you
― flappy bird, Thursday, 12 November 2015 18:33 (eight years ago) link
'Unfinished Sympathy'
Obviously.
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:24 (eight years ago) link
scenario easy
― balls, Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link
lol Britshes vs Americans
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
I can understand voting Unfinished Sympathy or The Choice Is Yours but there is actually correct answer here and it is "Scenario"
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:43 (eight years ago) link
I can understand voting Scenario but the correct answer here, and there is one, i... hang on, NO, not going down that route, it'll just end up turning into some version of "Duck Season! No, Wabbit Season! No, Duck Season!" etc. Hehehehe! :P
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:48 (eight years ago) link
(...s 'Unfinished Sympathy')
― Turrican, Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:49 (eight years ago) link
lol
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 12 November 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link
here we go yohere we go yolike a soul without a mindlike a body without a heart
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 November 2015 20:00 (eight years ago) link
it's either To Here Knows When or Good Morning Captain/character
These are my two likeliest candidates as well. Maybe one of the Nirvana songs could compete.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Thursday, 12 November 2015 20:03 (eight years ago) link
Not a fan of this list either. Where's the KLF?! Still, a few great tracks though. I'm still undecided between "Unfinished Sympathy" and "Papua New Guinea", both of which are wonderful!
― daavid, Thursday, 12 November 2015 21:38 (eight years ago) link
Not gonna vote for it, but I always liked that Bonnie Raitt song, especially the outro.
― billstevejim, Friday, 13 November 2015 02:51 (eight years ago) link
"Summertime" is so much better than that Billy Bragg or Crowded House songs.
― billstevejim, Friday, 13 November 2015 02:54 (eight years ago) link
I'm going to go off the beathen path here and vote for "Higher Than the Sun." Mainly for how many times I heard the song while high in 1991.
― the future is now, Friday, 13 November 2015 15:02 (eight years ago) link
le spotify playlist:https://play.spotify.com/user/cryptosicko/playlist/73Ghp6seiWeXMMMbdRAIps
Missing: Primal Scream, P.M. Dawn, De La Soul
― Fetty Wap Is Strong In Here (cryptosicko), Friday, 13 November 2015 15:38 (eight years ago) link
Nice,thanks.
― Bee OK, Friday, 13 November 2015 17:37 (eight years ago) link
songs i loved that i don't think i have ever heard before, "1952 Vincent Black Lightning," "I Can't Make You Love Me" and "Papua New Guinea." and the oh yeah moment went to "The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)" as it was, so that the name of that song.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 14 November 2015 02:43 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 16 November 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link
finally decided to vote for "The Concept." often wondered if that part where it slows down in the middle of the song was a mistake or on purpose.
― Bee OK, Monday, 16 November 2015 15:04 (eight years ago) link
I have way more affection for Enter Sandman than I probably should...
― too young for seapunk (Moodles), Monday, 16 November 2015 15:28 (eight years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 16 November 2015 15:32 (eight years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 00:01 (eight years ago) link
:D
― avant-garde, sissy bounce, zombie rave, aquacrunk, warlock, oceangrunge, (imago), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 00:03 (eight years ago) link
wow, was not expecting that. <3 ILM
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 02:08 (eight years ago) link
How could you NOT expect this?
― thread of getting sw0le and lena jokes (Eric H.), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 02:50 (eight years ago) link
Is there anything from Loveless that could have been on the list that *wouldn't* have won?
Not trolling, mind you (i love that album as much as anyone), but I was really expecting something a little more single-y to win, ya know?
― Fetty Wap Is Strong In Here (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 02:53 (eight years ago) link
i know Loveless is huge as it should be. saw the Loveless tour, two times in three nights in Hollywood back in 1991. i just expected a well known single to take this and not two tracks from My Bloody Valentine. so a pleasant surprise.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 02:59 (eight years ago) link
or what cryptosicko said.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 03:00 (eight years ago) link
that's cool that a 1991 richard thompson song got 5 votes
― brimstead, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 03:01 (eight years ago) link
Me, at the beginning of this thread: "Would be hard for me to vote against "Unfinished Sympathy," so I likely won't. The P.M. Dawn and Richard Thompson songs are deserving of more love than they'll prob get though."
The results:
27 1885 My Bloody Valentine - To Here Knows When 831 2156 Slint - Good Morning Captain 78 576 My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow 739 2720 Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning 516 777 Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks on Me 53 50 Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy 438 2554 Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) 423 1763 P.M. Dawn - Set Adrift on Memory Bliss 317 1067 Bob Dylan - Blind Willie McTell 320 1346 A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario 31 2 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 36 495 Pavement - Summer Babe 32 44 R.E.M. - Losing My Religion 336 2523 Teenage Fanclub - The Concept 3
[. . .]
― Fetty Wap Is Strong In Here (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 03:16 (eight years ago) link
pretty sure i went with slint. had i changed my mind and chose geto boys, they would be tied for 3rd and MBV would have owned the top 2.
― billstevejim, Monday, 23 November 2015 03:30 (eight years ago) link