― 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)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000005K1K.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
"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)
http://www.saint.etienne.net/ec/Avenue.jpg
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)
http://www.saint.etienne.net/ec/Youre_In_A_Bad_Way.jpg
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)
http://www.saint.etienne.net/ec/Nothing_Can_Stop_Us.c.jpg
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
― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link
JEFF BUCKLEY - "Hallelujah" (304 points, 18 votes)
http://www.liquidgnome.com/JeffBuckley/images/hall.jpg
"First time I listened to it I was lying in bad with the flu at 3 in the morning. It's just TOO lovely, and made the feel even worse than I did at the time, which was pretty bad!"
- Johnney B
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:09 (nineteen years ago) link
The UK issue was like this:
http://www.saint.etienne.net/ec/Nothing_Can_Stop_Us.jpg
but less blurry.
― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:09 (nineteen years ago) link
-- Kevin Gilchrist (KevinGil14...), November 7th, 2004.
a single that doubles as a tampon?
xpost
― amateur!!st, Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:10 (nineteen years ago) link
Uh, is that a joke? "Escargot, my car go" ring a bell?
― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:18 (nineteen years ago) link
PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH - "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" (307 points, 13 votes, 2 first place votes)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002H84.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg(from the album Mecca and the Soul Brother)
"pete rock & cl smooth created a subgenre with "they reminisce over you" which is a perfect marriage of elegiac rhymes and muted horns..."
- fred solinger
"nothing sadder in the world than Pete Rock & CL Smooth's "TROY (They Reminisce Over You)" "
- M Matos
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nag! Nag! Nag! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:23 (nineteen years ago) link
ORBITAL - "Halcyon" (322 points, 17 votes)
http://www.paulstephenson.freeserve.co.uk/orbital_singles/orb_raddico_us12.jpg
"Halcyon is one of the most glorious bizarre and fantastic tracks around."
- Ronan
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:31 (nineteen years ago) link
(xpost)
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:32 (nineteen years ago) link
LL COOL J - "Mama Said Knock You Out" (323 points, 19 votes)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000024II.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
"And you thought the word "damn" had lost its power..."
- Anthony Miccio
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:42 (nineteen years ago) link
MISSY ELLIOTT - "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (326 points, 25 votes)
http://www.thehumangenomeproject.com/missy/rain.jpg
"Supa Dupa Fly remains her shining, most coherent, razzle-dazzling moment."
- Vic
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:55 (nineteen years ago) link
xpost "The Rain" rules too. I love that Ann Peebles song too.
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Sunday, 7 November 2004 20:56 (nineteen years ago) link