see you tomorrow when i have to WADE THROUGH 1000 UNREAD POSTS - largely complaining about britpop/pulp/tokenism etc.
you know i love you
― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:05 (nineteen years ago) link
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)
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― tricky (disco stu), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:17 (nineteen years ago) link
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...
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:25 (nineteen years ago) link
damn these boots are starting to hurt...
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― tricky (disco stu), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:33 (nineteen years ago) link
1. Common People - Pulp2. Groove is in the Heart - Deee-Lite!3. Regulate - Warren G4. Cannonball - The Breeders5. Hyperballad - Bjork6. Regret - New Order7. Soon - My Bloody Valentine8. Paranoid Android - Radiohead9. Mind Playing Tricks on Me - Geto Boys10. Windowlicker - Aphex Twin
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:34 (nineteen years ago) link
#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
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:37 (nineteen years ago) link
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
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:38 (nineteen years ago) link
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?
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:42 (nineteen years ago) link
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!
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:54 (nineteen years ago) link
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.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 17:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:02 (nineteen years ago) link
at least two spaces left i can't think what can occupy
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:03 (nineteen years ago) link
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.
― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link
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 (????)
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:10 (nineteen years ago) link
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
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:12 (nineteen years ago) link
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.
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link
"Windowlicker" at #8 is pretty cool. It just missed making my top 30.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:51 (nineteen years ago) link
At least two, counting mine.
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:54 (nineteen years ago) link
WARREN G - "Regulate" (643 points, 33 votes, 3 first place votes)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000024I7.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
"i love this song. yes, it is quite possibly the best song ever. there are several reasons why: 1)it's mega mega mega funky 2)it's completely un-self-conscious and ernest - that's why some of you might find it embarrassing or cheesy, but i find it really endearing 3)nate dogg: so cool, warren g: such a nerd...yet they come together and create exhilirating g-funk, funked out with a gangster twist."
-- minna
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 18:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 19:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 19:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― :| (....), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 19:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― pete b. (pete b.), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 19:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 19:10 (nineteen years ago) link
NEW ORDER - "Regret" (647 points, 36 votes, 1 first place vote)
http://staff.niagara.edu/rpk2/New_Order/graphics/regret.jpg
" "Regret" works as more of a mood setter that just also happens to be a really fucking great song." --The Good. Dr. Bill
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 19:12 (nineteen years ago) link