Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 1994 poll

his song hasn't been run into the ground by nostalgia radio like some of the others

true. regulate is great, but i still hear it all the time.

Voted "Live Forever" for how I felt about it at the time. Oasis were good for the first two albums and their b-sides.

Tempted to vote for "This Is A Low" or one of the non-"Hallelujah" Buckley songs because they still have the ability to tap directly into my (mostly) latent adolescent melancholy.

I never really got that into Blur otherwise, but relistening to Parklife just now I'm reminded that this is quite a good album, and consistently so.

it is. although their various members are currently doing their best to quash any positive memories i have of having been a fan of their music.

"Interstate Love Song" because I heard it for the first time last week. great song

at the time I liked literally all of these except Zombie. would rather never hear the Oasis songs ever again by now, of course

Regulate is probably the right answer but I assume it will get plenty of love already so might vote No Good, Inner City Life or Connection

voted juicy for the time i was walking down the street and the intro to juicy wafted from a car radio and the driver immediately changed the station and i did a shocked, reflexive full-body spin to stare at the person who turned off juicy. obviously you're just sick of stuff sometimes but it was still a very de gustibus moment.

Sabotage, which still sounds fresh every time.

Interstate Love Song kind of feels like the perfect mainstream alternative rock song though. A recognizable riff that anyone can play, but an interesting chromatic progression in the verse and then a jammy bridge on top of it.

Pavement will win this

Also, unlike a lot of its competitors, Interstate Love Song is not drawn out into a pointlessly long 5+ minute death march. (See: Every Pearl Jam hit)

shut up. Black rules

I went for Regulate in the end because I think it's the only one I'd be happy to hear under literally any circumstances.

i'm sure this is the only time Stone Temple Pilots will show up in one of these lists, what timing.

I voted No Good but if Inner City Life gets 0 votes I'll feel sad

"Inner City Life" is amazing but I only heard it for the first time this year and don't trust myself to vote for it over songs I've known for a decade or two.

Protection

Prev lists stronger, too much Britpop influence here

Too much alt-rock in general. There are at most three songs here that weren't on the WHFS playlist in '94

Yeah, I'm finding this list way more of a chore to get through than the others. I hate Green Day, Weezer, and Oasis, and the last time I tried to listen to The Downward Spiral again, I couldn't get through it. I never got the cult of Jeff Buckley, and Blur were always really hit and miss for me. I like "Regulate" well enough, but I kind of get where clemenza is coming from with the "camp" comment (I actually prefer "N.Y. State of Mind").

Will let the playlist play through in the off-chance it has any surprises in store for me (I'm at "Seether" as I type), but I suspect I'll probably just end up voting for "Connection."

Waterfalls it is! Shares the throne with No Diggity in 90s R&B.

I could've swore Waterfalls was like 91, 92.

Also reminds me of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RIAdRDphdE

Just looked up TLC to see what happened and apparently in January 2015 they launched a Kickstarter campaign for a fifth & final album. The best-selling American female group of all time. Strange that many relatively obscure acts from the 70s needn't resort to begging but they do...

Hallelujah. Over played? Only because it's amazing and everyone knows it

I think the first time I ever heard Alleluia was Jason Castro singing it on American Idol

Strange that many relatively obscure acts from the 70s needn't resort to begging but they do...

TBF, they did make a public declaration regarding their lack of pride re: begging.

Also, three Jeff Buckley songs on the list but not "Lover, You Should've Come Over", wtf....

Hallelujah. Over played? Only because it's amazing and everyone knows it

Afaik, I've never heard it tbh.

I'm not being snarky. Just thought this was an amazing list:

TV Shows featuring "Hallelujah":
 
House, M.D.
Falcon Beach
The L Word
The O.C. (Jeff Buckley version twice, Imogen Heap version once)
The West Wing
Hollyoaks
Scrubs
Without a Trace
Cold Case
Criminal Minds
ER
The Shield
Nip/Tuck
Crossing Jordan
Drama and Nicole
Rescue Me
LAX
Roswell
Ugly Betty
Numb3rs
Nearly Famous
NBC’s Dateline (during the episode covering the Virginia Tech Massacre)

NBC’s Dateline (during the episode covering the Virginia Tech Massacre)

awful lol

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

We could poll best/worst use of "Hallelujah" in a TV show

If you think you can somehow beat putting the lyrics "Remember when I moved in you / and the holy dove was moving, too" over some sort of memorium to the most people killed by one gunman in US history, go right ahead.

Hallelujah is the new Imagine

^^ It's a shame Paul McCartney won't be alive the day after he dies. Would love to see his expression.

I'm not being snarky. Just thought this was an amazing list:

― pplains, Sunday, December 13, 2015 11:09 AM Bookmark

I don't even owwwwwwn a tellervizhion.

There are probably five songs on Crooked Rain Crooked Rain that would have topped this list for me, but "Cut Your Hair" and "Gold Soundz" are not among them, so I voted for "Undone" -- such a weird thing to be popular (more crooked in some ways than Pavement themselves) and it never ceases to sound strange to me all these years later. "Sabotage" will win I guess and has a good case.

ilx knows what's up with the 213

"Hallelujah" probably never needs to be covered again. I quite happily enjoyed the Buckley version for years (a cover of a cover), but every rendition after his makes me run screaming. It can be so plodding and maudlin. It's like when people play "Where Did You Sleep Last Night," but by copying the Nirvana Unplugged version precisely. Shouldn't be attempted.

gold soundz v juicy... going with juicy!

that youtube supercut is great btw :)

Monday Morning Shower Thought: So how come Left-Eye Lisa hasn't vanished from the video?

Waiting for the 1995 poll so I can vote for "Bullet with Butterfly Wings." Wish I could vote for "When I Come Around," too.

Finally decided to vote for Supergrass since there has been so much love for Gaza recently on this board. =)

Gaza = Gaz (auto correct)

The song I most associate with this year is totally Longview

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Ignore Pavement and it's an unimpeachable top 5.

I'm the only person who voted for "Hurt?" Dayum.

I think you might be overestimating the average frat dude's familiarity with Pavement.

hence "nerd"

i am surprised that zombie got a single vote, astonished that it got 2

ILM has officially turned into a white nerd frat

― you're breaking the NAP (DJP), Tuesday, December 15, 2015 9:22 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Hey, welcome to ILM. Have you read the FAQ yet?

I didn't even notice the 'Zombie' votes. Outrageous! As punishment, the complete lyrics to 'I Just Shot John Lennon':

It was a fearful night of December 8th
He was returning home from the studio late
He had perceptively known that it wouldn't be nice
Because in 1980, he paid the price
John Lennon died
With a Smith and Wesson 38
John Lennon's life was no longer a debate
He should have stayed at home
He should have never cared
The man who took his life declared:
He said, "I just shot John Lennon,
I just shot John Lennon"
What a sad and sorry and sickening sight
What a sad and sorry and sickening night.

I've heard a lot about frat nerds but never actually encountered any. I mean, the pukka bead and polo combo I occasionally saw was pretty dorky but I bet those dudes still would've mashed me for saying so.

I shared an apartment with frat nerds for a couple of years; one was an Irish fiddler and the other would have been all over that top three. I also sang with a frat nerd in college who probably would have swapped Pavement with Warren G.