― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Monday, 8 November 2004 18:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Monday, 8 November 2004 20:18 (nineteen years ago) link
I guess we still have "Babies," "Disco 2000" and "Common People" at least to go before the list's end. We might only have "He's on the Phone" left from St. Etienne, at least.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Monday, 8 November 2004 21:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― danh (danh), Monday, 8 November 2004 21:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Monday, 8 November 2004 21:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Monday, 8 November 2004 21:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― gearatworkslacking, Monday, 8 November 2004 22:10 (nineteen years ago) link
Is this definitely in praise of 'Cherub Rock'.
I've read this way back on the thread and I'm still laughing...
oh, and yes, Alba, it was in praise of "Cherub Rock" (though in a dysfunctional kind of way). I completely forgot I wrote this, but I stand by it.
― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Monday, 8 November 2004 22:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 8 November 2004 22:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 01:03 (nineteen years ago) link
MAZZY STAR - "Fade Into You" (351 points, 26 votes)
http://www.mattscdsingles.com/acatalog/mazzy%20star%20fade%20gatefold%20promo.jpg
classic, if only for the fact that fade into you is my favorite song of all time -- V
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 01:07 (nineteen years ago) link
AALIYAH - "One In A Million" (356 points, 15 votes)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00018QJ88.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
The original Aaliyah "One in a Million" changed the face of American pop music. Since its release it has been on my top ten. I remember freaking all my Berkeley friends out listening to it (granted, it was about 1000 times in a row and they were used to hearing MBV blaring). -- Spencer Chow
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 01:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 01:13 (nineteen years ago) link
WHITE TOWN - "Your Woman" (356 points, 19 votes)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000761I.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
I just wonder if Momus sat sulking in the ICA cafe the day White Town hit no.1 with 'Your Woman' ? -- flannery culp
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 01:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 01:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 01:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 01:49 (nineteen years ago) link
Fukkit.
― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 01:53 (nineteen years ago) link
When the Aaliyah track came out, it seemed like US R&B, an incredibly popular yet seemingly closed (even moribund) system of production, had completely reinvented itself. The arrangement was totally unique, showcasing Timbaland's almost drum n bass approach to drum programming (although he denies having heard any dnb prior to recording this track). The eerie almost sci-fi sonics and slow bass with double time snare and hat fills directly influenced countless R&B and then hip-hop and pop releases. Aaliyah's later tracks are denser and more immediate, but "One In a Million" was quite a shot in the dark and made me reconsider R&B completely. I still think it's one of the 10 sexiest songs ever - actually it's just pure sex music of the highest order. It's also a kind of key to a clearer understanding of subsequent Timbaland productions.
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:02 (nineteen years ago) link
you're really unbelievable sometimes, Deej. Do you have any idea how unorthodoxly high a placement #48 is for a song like "One in a Million"? I'm shocked it even made it at all--I've never seen it make a 90s poll like this.
I swear, if Breaking Atoms was nominated and made #7 on the list, you'd be bitching about how it should've been top five.
I didn't vote for either "One in a Million" or "Fade Into You" (though I did vote for "Are You That Somebody?") but I'm very pleased to see both of them so high. They certainly deserve it. And "Your Woman" is still only sort of a good song.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:36 (nineteen years ago) link
I guess it's not fair to judge based on this, but I hate that smile face he uses. It's the kind that appears on forums with "avatars" and for some reason it always has the effect of getting me mad when someone uses it to try to be concilatory. Anyway, he was even on EMI briefly. How about that?
― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:42 (nineteen years ago) link
MY BLOODY VALENTINE - "To Here Knows When" (357 points, 19 votes, 2 first place votes)
http://imusic.artistdirect.com/showcase/rock/photos/mybloodyvalentine.gif
This one right here is the tune that SOLD me on MBV, after several years of denial.
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 02:56 (nineteen years ago) link
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - "Stars of Track and Field" (365 points, 22 votes)
http://www.lazylinepainterpage.hpg.ig.com.br/imagens/waking2.jpg
comments here?
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:03 (nineteen years ago) link
R.E.M. - "Losing My Religion" (369 points, 26 votes)
http://www.swr3.de/__pix/cover/500x435/2502.jpg
As for Losing My Religion.. it's by far their best single, and the one that will probably be remembered best fifty years from now--may pang
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:10 (nineteen years ago) link
MBV were pretty. That song is amazing.
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:15 (nineteen years ago) link
I think I lost my ballot, somewhere.
― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:17 (nineteen years ago) link
THE ORB - "Little Fluffy Clouds" (372 points, 23 votes, 1 first place vote)
ihttp://www.shima.iplus.to/img/mx/mx028732.jpg
"...what really got me, 'Little Fluffy Clouds'. You can't imagine, or maybe you can, what hearing that for the first time, under the covers in the dark with my headphones on, sounded like."-- Alba
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:20 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.shima.iplus.to/img/mx/mx028732.jpg
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― john'n'chiacago, Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:29 (nineteen years ago) link
THE MAGNETIC FIELDS - "100,000 Fireflies" (380 points, 21 votes)
http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/phoenix/2000/2000-01-20/pics/magnetic_claudia.jpg
comments?
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:33 (nineteen years ago) link
Are you crazy "Renegade Snares (Foul Play VIP Mix)",“The Hitman”, “RIP”, “Dread Bass”, “Open Your Mind”, "Activ-8", "Lords of the Null Lines", "Euphoria (Nino's Dream)", "Bombscare", "Anasthasia" were on my list and I KNOW I cut a bunch of other ones!
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:35 (nineteen years ago) link
BLUR - "Coffee and TV" (387 points, 24 votes)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000JJY6.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
" "Coffee and TV" alone was better than anything off of parklife or modern life is rubbish."--Felcher
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:45 (nineteen years ago) link
ICE CUBE - "It Was A Good Day" (387 points, 25 votes)
http://www.hiponline.com/artist/music/i/ice_cube/ice_cube-bio_tile.jpg
Ice Cube's last great moment, maybe?
― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― danh (danh), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 03:51 (nineteen years ago) link