EMINEM - "My Name Is" (271 points, 21 votes)
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Slim Shady does not give a fuck what I think.
- David Sim
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 01:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:05 (nineteen years ago) link
DESTINY'S CHILD - "Say My Name" (272 points, 19 votes)
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Is there a DC track more perfect and succinct than this? Maybe, but they're not here and this is. And right now it sounds like the best thing they ever did. It's pretty much Beyonce's show as usual and typically her strength is not really deployed until the end - the music not really rising with her though, preferring to remain in it's regimented but bounceable sync-pop groove, comfortable as it is. As pure Summery modern pop with soul tones it's flawless in conception and execution.
-- the neurotic awakening of s
Taken from comments on the '00s poll, this song knows not the boundaries of millenia.
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:11 (nineteen years ago) link
NAUGHTY BY NATURE - "O.P.P." (276 points, 14 votes)
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One band that I think history's given a rough deal to is Naughty By Nature. I still think that their biggest trick- using lyrical themes to contrast their always-so-damn-obvious samples, not as a gesture of subversion per se, but to give the songs some *conflict*- is pure genius. It's there on "O.P.P." of course, the exuberant innocence of The Jackson Five vs. the sly evil of the subject matter...
- Daniel_Rf
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:19 (nineteen years ago) link
BASEMENT JAXX - "Rendez-Vu" (278 points, 18 votes)
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"'Rendez-Vu' = immediate satisfaction."
- Eric H
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Wooden (Wooden), Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:28 (nineteen years ago) link
OASIS - "Live Forever" (282 points, 16 votes)
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"I finally brought myself to buy Definitely Maybe today for the first time, guiltlessly, while reminiscing 'bout those wonderful times once upon a time ago, back in the fifth grade. IT IS STILL BRILLIANT. They will live forever, a pox on you!"
-- Francis Watlington
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:40 (nineteen years ago) link
xpost - thanks Gear.
― Wooden (Wooden), Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:45 (nineteen years ago) link
MY BLOODY VALENTINE - "When You Sleep" (284 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002LRJ.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpgfrom Loveless
"Today I was listening to Loveless and when "When You Sleep" came on, I couldn't stop imagining Prince singing it. And then I started clapping on the backbeat, and really wanted to dance."
-- A.V. Alexandre
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Sunday, 7 November 2004 02:53 (nineteen years ago) link
THE CURE - "Pictures of You" (286 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)
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"Personally, I am ecstatic that I live in a society where people think that the lyrics "Looking so long at these pictures of you/But never held on to your heart/Looking so long for the words to be true/But always just breaking apart my pictures of you" can sell digital cameras."
-- Dan Perry
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 03:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mike O. (Mike Ouderkirk), Sunday, 7 November 2004 03:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Sunday, 7 November 2004 03:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Sunday, 7 November 2004 03:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Sunday, 7 November 2004 03:22 (nineteen years ago) link
NOTORIOUS B.I.G. featuring PUFF DADDY and MASE - "Mo Money, Mo Problems" (290 points, 21 votes)
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"citizen kane's ideology = mo money mo problems."
-- nnnh oh oh nnnh nnnh oh
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 03:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― cinniblount (James Blount), Sunday, 7 November 2004 03:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 04:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Sunday, 7 November 2004 04:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Hurting (Hurting), Sunday, 7 November 2004 04:55 (nineteen years ago) link
And the low scores for "Belfast" and "Like a Motorway" are more than a little shocking. I thought the latter would almost definitely be top 20. And does "Belfast"'s low placing mean that "Chime" didn't make it at all? Oh well.
"O.P.P." making it is good stuff though.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Sunday, 7 November 2004 06:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 7 November 2004 07:31 (nineteen years ago) link
I don't even remember sending comments, but I know I could've done a whole lot better than that. I should at least mention that the fuzzy friction of the last chord in the flamenco's four-chord progression in the intro is like pulling what you think is a pubic hair out of your mouth and discovering it's pull-n-peel red licorice.
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Sunday, 7 November 2004 09:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Sunday, 7 November 2004 09:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― m. (mitchlnw), Sunday, 7 November 2004 10:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Sunday, 7 November 2004 14:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 7 November 2004 19:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 19:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 19:21 (nineteen years ago) link
SAINT ETIENNE - "Avenue" (291 points, 14 votes, 2 first place votes)
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Search: Nearly everything, but especially "Avenue". It is not only my single of the 90's, I think it might just be my favorite single of all time full stop. I don't really have any rational explanations of why, it just is. St. Etienne are magical.
- Nicole
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 19:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 19:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 7 November 2004 19:30 (nineteen years ago) link
It was 7th on mine!
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Sunday, 7 November 2004 19:33 (nineteen years ago) link
SAINT ETIENNE - "You're In A Bad Way" (294 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote)
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1.Saint Etienne - “You’re In A Bad Way”
"This is how retro should be done. This is how kitsch should look, and sound. It should bounce like a space-hopper and be mixed like abeautiful cocktail. Sipped by a girl of dubious-origin on a beach,while a ropey porn-movie plays in the background."
- hobart paving
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 19:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 7 November 2004 19:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Josh Love (screamapillar), Sunday, 7 November 2004 19:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Sunday, 7 November 2004 19:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Sunday, 7 November 2004 19:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 7 November 2004 19:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:01 (nineteen years ago) link
SAINT ETIENNE - "Nothing Can Stop Us" (297 points, 14 votes, 2 first place votes)
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The first single to feature Sarah Cracknell, unless I'm mistaken, and still one of their best cuts. Not sure about the cover art, though!
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:02 (nineteen years ago) link