but a lot of the bad ones are funny at least
― billstevejim, Thursday, 2 August 2012 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
Silver lining!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 August 2012 23:30 (eleven years ago) link
As Ned mentioned earlier, My Bloody Valentine's "Soon" is the best song ever recorded, and so it's definitely the best thing to come out in 1990.
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 2 August 2012 23:32 (eleven years ago) link
after Janet Jackson's "Escapade."
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 August 2012 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
my additional nominations
ride - vapour trailfugazi - merchandisegalaxie 500 - summertimereplacements - nobodysuperchunk - slack motherfucker
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 August 2012 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
Public Enemy - Brothers Gonna Work It Out, Welcome To The Terrordome
― Sun? Sun? It's your cousin, Marvin Ra (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 3 August 2012 00:36 (eleven years ago) link
Sisters of Mercy, "More"? Kinda goofy but catchy
― LimbsKing, Friday, 3 August 2012 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
I wish there was a radio format that only played pop music from 1989 to 1991.. i have a spotify playlist for this but radio is more unpredictable.
― billstevejim, Friday, 3 August 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
as long as Calloway's "I Wanna Be Rich" isn't on that list.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
here check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1990
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
90 "This One's for the Children" New Kids on the Block
what the hell song is this
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
would you like me to hum it for you
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
it's on their christmas album. unavoidable if you were 10 in 1990
― billstevejim, Friday, 3 August 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FRI5Eatbas
― i invented steampunk (askance johnson), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
I always figured "So Close" by Hall & Oates was a higher charting song but it's not in that hot 100 list.
― billstevejim, Friday, 3 August 2012 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
oh what fresh hell is this
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
are we at the point when we can just post songs that haven't been mentioned yet, even if they're not the best song of 1990?
― billstevejim, Friday, 3 August 2012 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
I have the "Suicide Blonde" cassingle.
it hit #11 (their last top 40 hit) and my local radio station played it a lot into 1991.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:24 (eleven years ago) link
(the version I prefer beefed up up by Jon Bon Jovi, of course)
Happy Mondays "Step On"Mother Love Bone "Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns"Guns N Roses "Civil War" (i forget why this is technically 1990)LL Cool J "Around The way Girl" (this was on the radio a lot more in '91 but album version is '90)Red Hot Chili Peppers "Show Me Your Soul" (pretty woman soundtrack)Don Henley "The Heart Of The Matter" (guilty pleasure)Technotronic "Get Up (Before The Night Is Over)"
― billstevejim, Friday, 3 August 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
the don henley song has a mike campbell co-write credit like "the boys of summer" so no big deal
― billstevejim, Friday, 3 August 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
not a bad song but I prefer "The Last Worthless Evening"
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
man "Step On" and "Loose Fit" briefly changed my life, loved those songs so much
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
did Tyler Collins' "Girls Night Out" change your life too?
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiF6l-LCLm8
― billstevejim, Friday, 3 August 2012 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
I had never heard "Girls Night Out" before this very moment
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
did it change your life?
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
well, I'm now listening to the entirety of College Dropout for the first time in years so... maybe?
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 3 August 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
Nirvana / Sliver/Dive - SP073. Released: September 1, 1990
― Nate Carson, Friday, 3 August 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
"Holy Wars" and "Seasons In The Abyss" are pretty outstanding.
― billstevejim, Friday, 3 August 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
Pixies "Velouria"Teenage fanclub "Everything Flows"Dino Jr "The Wagon"
― billstevejim, Friday, 3 August 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
also "Blowin It"/"I Live For That Look"
But I might personally have to go with "Dust Cake Boy" from Babes in Toyland Spanking Machine.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 3 August 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
Blur "She's So High" !!
― billstevejim, Friday, 3 August 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
Whitney Houston "I'm Your Baby Tonight"
― billstevejim, Friday, 3 August 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
Londonbeat "I've Been Thinking About You" would be my favorite guilty pleasure from this year (didn't chart in US until 1991 though)
― billstevejim, Friday, 3 August 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
Officially released in fall of 1990 although didn't hit it big til next year... "Man in the Box" by Alice in Chains. The rest of the album isn't great but "Dirt" and "Jar of Flies" are.
― LimbsKing, Friday, 3 August 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
yeah sometimes I put "Man In A Box" after "Girl In A Box" on 1990 related mix things
― billstevejim, Friday, 3 August 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
too bad "Living in a Box" wasn't 1990
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Friday, 3 August 2012 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
'Roam' by The B-52s. Still sounds very fresh to my ears now.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Friday, 3 August 2012 20:09 (eleven years ago) link
...and "Deadbeat Club"
― LimbsKing, Friday, 3 August 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
Probably "Little Fluffy Clouds" or "Humpty Dance".
― o. nate, Friday, 3 August 2012 23:28 (eleven years ago) link
Welcome To The Terrordome
the single came out summer '89
― Listen to this, dad (President Keyes), Saturday, 4 August 2012 00:45 (eleven years ago) link
Oh man 'I've been thinking about you' is so rad!
― Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Saturday, 4 August 2012 02:20 (eleven years ago) link
xp Really? Weird, I remember it coming out in early '90. Richard Roeper (of Ebert & Roeper "fame") wrote a column in the Chicago Sun-Times where he excoriated PE for (I shit you not) their "bad grammar" on that song.
― Sun? Sun? It's your cousin, Marvin Ra (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 4 August 2012 02:59 (eleven years ago) link
you're right--i was thinking about "fight the Power"
― Listen to this, dad (President Keyes), Saturday, 4 August 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
The top tens of 1990, ranked.
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 00:49 (five years ago) link
For once, I agree almost completely. On the money.
Then I saw that BBD Poison is listed as meh, and realized that this is a list from some alternate universe that is almost exactly like ours except for 1 detail.
― enochroot, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 01:00 (five years ago) link
Leaden sexism. Didn't even need it then, not when his New Edition bros released comparable hits and BBD wrote and produced Another Bad Creation and the first Boyz II Men album.
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 01:13 (five years ago) link