"The Message" xp
― for the next throbbing minutes (corey), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 17:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Had never heard Juicy before...don't really see the fuss but I know it's considered canon.
― seandalai, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
"It Takes Two" xp
Love the Velvets and Biggie to pieces(though I didn't vote for these songs)
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
"Heroin" is another one I voted for. It's placed too low here. "Juicy" is nice to see, though there are several other tracks I prefer off of Ready to Die (maybe the best album of the 90's).
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link
true that (the Ready To Die bit)
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link
96. BOB DYLAN "Tangled Up in Blue" (1975) [1,268 points, 11 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwSZvHqf9qM
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Blood on the Tracks is probably my favourite Dylan album, so yay. Voted for "If you see her, say hello" rather than this, though.
― seandalai, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
amazing no doubt. Big fan, but still avoided Dylan on my ballot
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I put "If You See Her, Say Hello" on a break-up mix I sent to a girl who dumped me once. SMOOVE.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe people are at lunch.
I like the idea that ILM is something you do during office hours only.
(not quite your point, I know)
― seandalai, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, woah at the concept of "break-up mix".
― seandalai, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I know, right? Fortunately, we're still friends. Not too long ago, she read the tracklist for the cd to me and a) I didn't remember half of the songs and b) cringed at the half I did remember. I wasn't going for quality, just randomly putting anything on there that had a "you squished my heart" sentiment.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
94. (TIE) NIRVANA "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991) [1,275 points, 12 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Terrible, but I guess inevitable.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost Yeah I was going to say a break up mix is an interesting idea. Was the compilation meant to win her back or just show how much you were hurting?
I'm not really a Dylan fan at all but Tangled Up In Blue is a really good song.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm glad to see "Smells Like Teen Spirit" here (I voted for it), though huge overplay has significantly hurt its impact today. Still a great song though.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, it was a totally self-indulgent self-pitying mix to show her I was a broken man. Not my finest hour. xp
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
do you remember the tracklist?
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
― Tuomas, Tuesday, November 30, 2010 6:10 PM (4 minutes ago)
Is this a reaction to Nirvana being in the list or the low position?
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
image of dave grohl & his kit on that youtube frame is astounding, want to paint it like 8x12
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
True story: when she was a teen, a friend of mine made a friend of hers a mixtape after she'd broken up with a boyfriend, and on that tape every other track was "Everybody Hurts" by REM. Like, first it had some sad song, then "Everybody Hurts", then some other sad song, then "Everybody Hurts" again, etc.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
(at the concept, not at her heartbreak)
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
"here. if you don't feel bad enough about your breakup, you might try listening to this tape."
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I've already forgotten it again, but I do remember putting "I Know You Love Me" by Smoking Popes on there. WHAT A PRESUMPTUOUS MOVE.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:21 (thirteen years ago) link
breakups are a key ingredient for a transcendent listening experience
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link
This next track is SOLID FUCKING GOLD...
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:23 (thirteen years ago) link
sadly true
― skip, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
94. (TIE) CAMEO "Word Up" (1986) [1,275 points, 12 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZjAantupsA
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
YES!!!
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
― seandalai, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
hell yes. first song i voted for to show today (though i voted for others songs by some of those artists)
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Didn't actually vote for it, but it's a monster and it' making me feel real good about this list
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost I remember making a tape for a friend who had their heartbroken when I was younger. I can remember it started with Speedway Morrissey then had Mellow my Mind by Neil Young and somewhere on there it had Holocaust by Big Star. Looking back it seems I just wanted to make her feel worse, I should have gone for the everything's going to be okay angle.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
So good to Cameo make it. If anyone hasn't already heard it the whole album is ridiculously good. I actually might like the follow up single Candy more.
Word Up is my fourth choice to appear after The Beach Boys, Prince and Kate Bush.
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Yay!! Voted this. Strangely even though I have much love for it I have never felt compelled to search out any other Cameo stuff except 'Single Life'(?)
― Hey Christian, Poulsen Sugar On Me (pandemic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh no I meant Candy is the only other Cameo I've heard.
― Hey Christian, Poulsen Sugar On Me (pandemic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
This is the first one to show up that I feel genuine regret not voting for. Just didn't notice it on the nomination list.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
hoping we'll get something, anything, from the first half of the century
― a nan, a bal, an anal ― (abanana), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Not sure they had music back then.
― seandalai, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
musical butter churns and shit
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
the world wasn't even in color back then
― for the next throbbing minutes (corey), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
93. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL "Fortunate Son" (1969) [1,276 points, 14 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0XKhAHR5I
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't think I ever realized how short this song is until I looked at the lengths on the youtube videos. Could anyone get away with a 2:18 single these days?
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
if it's as good as this, hell yeah
― gospodin simmel, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I voted Big Mama Thornton, Duke Ellington and Claude Debussy... not sure if there were any other pre-1950s on my ballot. Starting to lose hope of seeing them around here but anything could happen.
― Moka, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
they sure pack a ton of storytelling and emotion into that 2:18 too.
― skip, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I actually might like the follow up single Candy more.
"Candy" is a better song IMO, but yeah that entire album! "Back and Forth" is also a monster of a song.
― Yeezy reupholstered my pussy (DJP), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Have never knowingly listened to CCR, mainly because I loathe the name, but that was excellent :)
― Hey Christian, Poulsen Sugar On Me (pandemic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
xxpost: It makes no sense to me why we aren't going back to 2 minute singles. What's the point of having pop songs that run over 3 minutes? All the new generations including mine have the attention span of a housefly and whatever you're going to sing in 4 minutes I'm sure you could reduce it by half and it wouldn't lose any of its catchy banality.
― Moka, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Voted Creedence, but not this one, still happy to see it though.
― State Attorney Foxhart Cubycheck (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link