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

OL' DIRTY BASTARD (FEATURING KELIS) - "Got Your Money" (447 points, 27 votes, 1 first place vote)

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"Got Your Money is just about the best song ever, which is saying quite a lot - do you know how many songs there have been? I'll tell you, a lot."
-- Ally

and I think people are ignoring how diverse this list has been. Poppin' a hernia everytime an indie track comes along and looking the other way when Biggie flies by.

I agree, but to me "Sour Times" should have been #1 or #2 and "All Mine" should have at least made the top 100.

Why do people insist on pretending they only have one criterion for what makes good music, or even a good party?

(For a lot of us, the 1990s represented our teenage years. To be a British teenager in the 1990s, I gather, meant having an opinion about Pulp. To be an American teenager in the 1990s meant it just never came up, and while we may have later sought out 90s British acts, we have nothing to be nostalgic for.)

Yeah I guess it's possible but I think James' reputation hasn't exactly held up. No one talks about them anymore except in a nostalgic or "what were we thinking?" context. Great song, though--should've been top 100, though I'd say top 30 is a bit strong.

people who get upset that there is ANY indie rock in the chart >>>>>>>> people who voted for indie rock

Damn - I nominated Brooklyn Zoo and Shimmy Shimmy Ya. Guess they're not showing up.

UNDERWORLD - "Born Slippy NUXX" (462 points, 28 votes)

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"I think it was really quite unconventional and not quite traditional given its style and approach. using the Underworld formula but transporting it into the mainstream i thought was bizarre. it was a success but i remember being quite amazed when 'born slippy' went in at number 2, despite the Trainspotting connection - i think Underworld were really out on their own with their tracks then because no-one else was using lyrics like that with hard techno-based dance music and drawing parallels and joining the dots in observing, describing and defining life experiences previously only talked about in rock/punk/indie/jazz/rap/whatever but now contextualised within modern music designed to dance to and so technology-reliant"
-- stevem

that's just ODB wandering into the lobby

So true. "WTF IF RADIOHEAD OR WILCO MAKE THIS LIST IM GOING TO KILL MYSELF"

"Got Your Money" making it and "Born Slippy (Nuxx)" being #28 = all bets are off for the rest of the list.

27 Ol' Dirty Bastard - Got Your Money (actual: 29)

that's as close as i've come

The original version on the single is 100 X better, of course.

(xpost)

TRICKY - "Black Steel" (463 points, 22 votes, 1 first place vote)

http://www.moon-palace.de/pics/tricky/bsposter1a.jpg

comments?

the original born slippy is actually quite different. no lyrics at all. different synth sounds etc. (i like the original better)

"Black Steel" now. I look like a total fucking jackass.

The original version on the single is 100 X better, of course.

Completely, totally, eternally OTM.

SAINT ETIENNE - "He's On the Phone" (471 pts, 23 votes, 1 first place)

http://www.saint.etienne.net/ec/Hes_On_The_Phone.3.jpg

" "He's On the Phone" was St. Etienne's big "upmarket" single. There is no reason why that couldn't have been a massive hit. Its unabashed lack of indie cred is the best thing about it. "
-- Barry Bruner