Ladies and gentlemen....the 1990s ILX SINGLES POLL RESULTS

what because you think something that's ACTUALLY NOT THAT DIFFERENT SOUNDING FROM THEM AT ALL is so much better?

There are no britpop heavies! You are all alone at night.

Really? I guess we'll see.

Yeah, I went there with this single and I stand by it. It may not be their "most loved single" (I mean their most loved single is probably fucking "Song 2" -- this obv means nothing, "most loved" often means most easily hateable with Blur), but Modern Life Is Rubbish is their finest hour and "For Tomorrow" is MLIR in a song.

see you tomorrow when i have to WADE THROUGH 1000 UNREAD POSTS - largely complaining about britpop/pulp/tokenism etc.

you know i love you

i know i'm over-reacting but either back up such statements by suggesting something 'better' and explaining why you think, or just leave it.

surely ilm can do better than the 'yes it is, no it isn't' that tends to dominate some threads (a lot of dance ones, cos so many of us are trying to stamp our authority and knowledge down in an endless game of dick-waving oneupmanship)

the inevitable (because i will start it if no-one else does) 'post your own top 100 of the 90s' thread is gonna be fun...

damn these boots are starting to hurt...

1. Common People - Pulp
2. Groove is in the Heart - Deee-Lite!
3. Regulate - Warren G
4. Cannonball - The Breeders
5. Hyperballad - Bjork
6. Regret - New Order
7. Soon - My Bloody Valentine
8. Paranoid Android - Radiohead
9. Mind Playing Tricks on Me - Geto Boys
10. Windowlicker - Aphex Twin

#10

BJORK - "Hyperballad" (619 points, 30 votes, 1 first place vote)

http://www.abc.se/~m8996/bjork/disco/realsize/576154-2.jpg

" "Hyper-ballad" is my favourite at the moment. Odd that I used to think her lyrics were moronic. Their haiku-like genius eluded me until this."
-- sundar subramanian

i didn't expect everyone to agree of course - but when they disagree i get irked and take it as a criticism that i don't know what i'm talking about, heh - carry on

xpost Hyperballad's bloody ace

RADIOHEAD - "Paranoid Android" (620 points, 31 votes, 3 first place votes)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000006TCH.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I don't like this one as much as some of their others, personally, but this is a fine tune. Search engine's slow here, any other comments?

Tyree

It’s drastic.It’s all weird and spooky. It’s horrible. I don’t know how anyone could listen to it. That’s the first time I’ve heard anything by her.
Bin It!

Katrina

It’s crap. There is no tune and she doesn’t have a good voice enough for it. She can’t sing at all. I’ve never even heard of her.
Bin It!

Lisa

It’s too weird. I don’t like her voice. The beat is alright, it’s just Bjork herself and her music.
Bin It!

Ciara

Bjork scares me. She’s really, really weird. So is her music. It’s a bit too slow.
Bin It!

Anyway, "Loser" is most absolutely Beck's finest moment, and if one non-"Web in Front" song had to represent the golden age of american indie rock, "Loser" is probably the best to do it. The genius of that song hasn't aged a second in the last decade. I think I had it at #10 on my list.

haha, "Paranoid Android" at #9. Wow.

at least two spaces left i can't think what can occupy

I mean I'm not taking the list THAT seriously, its not about to make or break my day or something, but if i'm going to waste my time posting on a message board i'm going to damn well do what I enjoy doing (in this case, complaining).

And I DO appreciate the list bcuz it gives me something to talk about! And again, thanks to Gear! for compiling all this shit.

Cannonball (not so sure anymore)
Mind Playing Tricks on Me (was the campaigning not enough, perhaps?)
Regulate (Given trends on the list, I think chances are pretty good)
NMH (still can't underrate their clout with the indie crowd--remember "Letter From an Occupant"!)
DI (what song, though?)
Windowlicker
Chime (????)

APHEX TWIN - "Windowlicker" (626 points, 39 votes, 3 first place votes)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000I8U7.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

"Windowlicker - Still as seductive and deadly as the day I first heard it, 3 years ago!"
-- K-reg

Windowlicker excites, amuses and maybe even infuriates ('accident vs intention, how do we know?') - all hallmarks of a modern classic. little did we know a couple of years later all pop would sound like this.

"Windowlicker" at #8 is pretty cool. It just missed making my top 30.