why, Geit? why?
(voted Dawn Penn, btw.)
― I’ll leave the 'song' dissection to G*** and his 'disciples' (Ioannis), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 09:08 (fifteen years ago) link
OH SHIT i didn't see 'she's got that vibe'!!!!!!!!!! fuck, that would've got my vote actually. VIIIIIIBE
any answers which are not 'she's got that vibe' or 'regulate' = pitiable and wrong
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 09:09 (fifteen years ago) link
hzhz--*Geir, rather.
xp
― I’ll leave the 'song' dissection to G*** and his 'disciples' (Ioannis), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 09:10 (fifteen years ago) link
It would be a bit weird if I had voted for rap. :)"Regulate" is not at all bad though. Although it sank abit for me when I realized the catchy parts were originally from a Michael McDonald song.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 09:14 (fifteen years ago) link
lisa loeb, zero contest
― For technical assistance, please contact our Support Team (electricsound), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 09:17 (fifteen years ago) link
"Regulate" for me too.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 09:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Bit of a let-down after 1993's list. On first reading, I thought I was going to have to vote for 'Come On You Reds'. 'Regulate' and 'Streets of Philadelphia' are both good, but it's 'Let Me Be Your Fantasy' by a mile
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 10:02 (fifteen years ago) link
1. Reel 2 Real2. Prodigy3. G & Dogg4. Dawn Penn5. Corona
― They're a '90s odd couple. And an odds-on choice for laughs. (blueski), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 10:29 (fifteen years ago) link
god, that list brings back so many horrible memories, only half of them musical.
sad that the best song in that list predates all of the others by 25 years. louis by a long, long shot.
runners up, lagging way behind: r. kelly, lisa loeb.
― m the g, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 10:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Voting for Louis is surely a hueg copout but on that logic you could say much the same re Dawn Penn I guess
― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 10:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I always thought of 1994 as a step in the right direction. The quality of albums in 1994 considered incredibly from what used to be before. But the singles list here isn't particularly impressive (not that the ones from 90-93 had impressed me either)
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 10:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Grid Swamp Thing
I remember reading something about a TV-advertised ragga compilation that included this track but I've never been able to find proof :(
― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 10:40 (fifteen years ago) link
XXP The Dawn Penn one was a new and "modern" mix though, wasn't it?
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 10:40 (fifteen years ago) link
it sure sounded new.
― I’ll leave the 'song' dissection to G*** and his 'disciples' (Ioannis), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 10:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Regulate or Baby D.
― chap, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 12:00 (fifteen years ago) link
jeans ad stiltskin for me, springsteen and louis close after
― darraghmac, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 12:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Heh, I remember that Stiltskin tune prompting much music press excitement when the ad appeared ("these could be the new smashing pumpkins!") - which faded quickly when they actually saw the guy
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 12:21 (fifteen years ago) link
No Genesis-related love from Hongro tho?
― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 12:31 (fifteen years ago) link
1. Lisa Loeb - Stay
...
50. East 17 - Stay Another Day (worst song of this, possibly any other year)
― Phil Will, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 12:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I have such fond memories of 1994 that even the worst song on this list seems okay to me, except D:Ream which is just cringeworthy now but for 1997 reasons.
There's a pretty huge gulf between No Good/Regulate/Baby D and everything else though. Went for No Good in the end.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 September 2008 12:58 (fifteen years ago) link
― The Slash My Father Wrote (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 11:40 Bookmark
http://www.discogs.com/release/396557 http://i14.ebayimg.com/03/c/01/a3/22/ab_7.JPG
― aye it's me (onimo), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 13:52 (fifteen years ago) link
well it does have that little "well alright watch out" vocal snippet in caribbean accent plus another similar one (could never make out the words)
― They're a '90s odd couple. And an odds-on choice for laughs. (blueski), Tuesday, 30 September 2008 13:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 9 October 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Stiltskin, you mean? :)
Well, the song is OK, and Ray Wilson's voice fits better for that style than it ever did as a Genesis singer. But best of these 50? Oh no! :)
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 10 October 2008 00:04 (fifteen years ago) link
GOLD: DOOPSILVER: MMM MMM MMM MMMBRONZE: THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER
― Eazy, Friday, 10 October 2008 05:26 (fifteen years ago) link
For your consideration...DOOP
― Eazy, Friday, 10 October 2008 14:49 (fifteen years ago) link
POOP MORE LIKE
― Annoying Display Name (blueski), Friday, 10 October 2008 14:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh these are all cringe-inducing. I'm so glad I was too young for music those days (but then... 1999 was far worse)
― Moka, Friday, 10 October 2008 22:42 (fifteen years ago) link
wow every single one of these songs is unlistenable crap
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 10 October 2008 22:45 (fifteen years ago) link
its kind of a breathtaking mountain of shittiness
All 50 of them? Unless you only like really extreme avant garde stuff, noise or extreme metal, I cannot quite see how all 50 of these songs would be cringe-inducing
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 10 October 2008 22:46 (fifteen years ago) link
lolz remember when Nirvana changed everything?
I was in college at this point, listening almost exclusively to indie rock, hip hop, and various British stuff so yr analysis is (shockingly!) once again completely wrong
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 10 October 2008 22:48 (fifteen years ago) link
I mean I guess I gotta give it to Regulate, altho I certainly didn't like it at the time.
I also find that this is not the strongest list of songs there is (as my original comment also indicates), but there is always something good in the hitlists. At least in the British ones, which are usually more musically eclectic than the Billboard ones (all AOR in 1980, all R&B today)
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 10 October 2008 22:50 (fifteen years ago) link
oh is this a British list? that would explain a lot.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 10 October 2008 22:56 (fifteen years ago) link
nice photo though.
Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman I Like To Move It
anyone who doesnt vote this is a sucker
― joe 40oz (deej), Friday, 10 October 2008 22:57 (fifteen years ago) link
They just sound so.... dated. I know a huge number of chart hits never age particulary well, but this ones... There's too much ugly synth-work and rubbish production. Pretty sure that asides 'dawn penn' and 'louis armstrong' I would surely skip every single one of these after the 15 second mark... yet, those two sound completely out of place with the rest of the list... I wasn't even aware this were from 1994.
― Moka, Friday, 10 October 2008 22:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 10 October 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
oh fuck off
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 10 October 2008 23:02 (fifteen years ago) link
That's a damn good top 5!
― Tuomas, Friday, 10 October 2008 23:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Doop doop doobah doobah doo doo doo
― Eazy, Friday, 10 October 2008 23:13 (fifteen years ago) link
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/715485.jpg
― Eazy, Friday, 10 October 2008 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Sweden's answer to Modern Talking in getting more votes than ILM favourite Nate Dogg shocka. :)
― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 11 October 2008 00:41 (fifteen years ago) link
shakey mo, official parade rainer onner.
― ian, Saturday, 11 October 2008 03:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I rank the top ten!
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 March 2019 00:44 (five years ago) link
The video for the brian Adams/sting/rod 3 musketeers song is pretty funny
― brimstead, Monday, 18 March 2019 00:48 (five years ago) link
funnier than the song
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 18 March 2019 00:49 (five years ago) link
Amazing how much better nearly all this stuff is compared to the ~90 percent garbage of 89-92. Even some of the no-votes stuff like Real McCoy, Maxx, Enigma and The Grid is great.
― Siegbran, Monday, 18 March 2019 08:33 (five years ago) link
Indeed. I actually wouldn't mind hearing some of these again.
― pomenitul, Monday, 18 March 2019 08:40 (five years ago) link
no way cantaloop is meh, alfred. otherwise solid.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 18 March 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link
Ace of Bass almost single-handedly drove me away from pop radio in '94.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Monday, 18 March 2019 19:14 (five years ago) link