90s countdown

[HecticArt]

Ate.

30 RE Natalie Merchant - Carnival
29 29 Seal - Kiss from a Rose
25 16 Pearl Jam - I Got Id
24 23 Hootie & The Blowfish - Only Wanna Be With You (Cue Ted with "A-E-I-O-Uoooo")
09 04 Coolio ft. L.V. - Gangsta’s Paradise
08 12 Joan Osborne - One of Us (CAN'T STAND THIS ONE! It's down there with Crash Test Mmm Mmmm Puke)
06 09 Goo Goo Dolls - Name
05 06 Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany’s
04 10 Everything But the Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix)

 

[scotchandcigar]

5 good/ok from 1996:
24 23 Hootie & The Blowfish - Only Wanna Be With You
09 04 Coolio ft. L.V. - Gangsta’s Paradise (thanx to Weird Al)
08 12 Joan Osborne - One of Us
06 09 Goo Goo Dolls - Name
05 06 Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany’s

I thought we discussed Carnival by Natalie Merchant; that you like it but don't recognize the name. No?

 

[scotchandcigar]

08 12 Joan Osborne - One of Us (CAN'T STAND THIS ONE! It's down there with Crash Test Mmm Mmmm Puke)

Mrs. Scotch can't stand it either. So I'll never leave it on the radio if she's around. But I'm hooked on that chord progression.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I thought we discussed Carnival by Natalie Merchant; that you like it but don't recognize the name. No?

That is entirely possible. If that is the case I have forgotten again.

Listening it to it now, it does seem vaguely familiar. It is not bad. It might make my ok list if my mood was right. I think it may have been a different one of her songs we discussed.

 

[HecticArt]

Mrs. Scotch can't stand it either. So I'll never leave it on the radio if she's around. But I'm hooked on that chord progression.

Like Morrissyy, I can't let play long enough to search for redeeming qualities.

 

[sadchild]

08 12 Joan Osborne - One of Us (CAN'T STAND THIS ONE! It's down there with Crash Test Mmm Mmmm Puke)

Fun fact: written by Eric Bazilian of the Hooters

 

[HecticArt]

I’d be kinda curious to hear what it would have sounded like if the Hooters recorded it. They had such a great sound.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Fun fact: written by Eric Bazilian of the Hooters

You mean a guy invented the "Sensitive Female Chord Progression"?

 

[HecticArt]

Sounds like a demo.

I would have liked an All You Zombies take on it.

It was written sort of as a dare.

 

[sadchild]

January 26th, 1991:

30 19 Whitney Houston - I’m Your Baby Tonight
29 DE AC/DC - Moneytalks
28 DE After 7 - Heat of the Moment
27 DE Black Box - I Don’t Know Anybody Else
26 DE Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
25 DE Mariah Carey - Someday
24 17 UB40 - The Way You Do the Things You Do
23 DE Timmy T - One More Try
22 15 Wilson Phillips - Impulsive
21 29 Pebbles - Love Makes Things Happen
20 27 L.L. Cool J - Around the Way Girl
19 13 Winger - Miles Away
18 24 Celine Dion - Where Does My Heart Beat Now
17 23 Warrant - I Saw Red
16 12 D.N.A. ft. Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner
15 20 INXS - Disappear
14 08 Stevie B - Because I Love You (The Postman Song)
13 10 Bette Midler - From a Distance
12 16 Keith Sweat - I’ll Give All My Love to You
11 18 Whitney Houston - All the Man That I Need
10 14 Cathy Dennis - Just Another Dream
09 11 Will to Power - I’m Not In Love
08 09 Nelson - After the Rain
07 07 Vanilla Ice - Play That Funky Music
06 02 Madonna - Justify My Love
05 03 Damn Yankees - High Enough
04 05 Ralph Tresvant - Sensitivity
03 06 C&C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
02 01 Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
01 04 Surface - The First Time

 

[sadchild]

Good 7
Okay 2
Bad 7
? 14

BEST I RECOGNIZE
29 DE AC/DC - Moneytalks
26 DE Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
20 27 L.L. Cool J - Around the Way Girl
16 12 D.N.A. ft. Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner
03 06 C&C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

WORST I RECOGNIZE
30 19 Whitney Houston - I’m Your Baby Tonight

19 13 Winger - Miles Away
17 23 Warrant - I Saw Red
05 03 Damn Yankees - High Enough

I put these 3 as bad. They're not awful - but I don't like 'em. This is when hair band ballads were getting even cheesier, to the point of annoying. Though I do like the acoustic version of "I See Red", it works better than the regular hard rock version.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

3 good/ok from 1991:

29 DE AC/DC - Moneytalks
26 DE Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
16 12 D.N.A. ft. Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner

 

[HecticArt]

A couple of "Meh" in the mix, but about 7.

29 DE AC/DC - Moneytalks (Meh)
26 DE Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
16 12 D.N.A. ft. Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner
15 20 INXS - Disappear
06 02 Madonna - Justify My Love (Another one that if the studio version is the same as the club version, I like it.)
05 03 Damn Yankees - High Enough (Meh)
03 06 C&C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

 

[scotchandcigar]

January 26th, 1991:

two

16 12 D.N.A. ft. Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner
03 06 C&C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)

 

[sadchild]

Been so busy I haven't made time to do the 90s and 2K countdowns. Here's last week's:

February 20th, 1993:

30 DE Kenny G - Forever in Love
29 23 Toad the Wet Sprocket - Walk on the Ocean
28 22 PM Dawn - I’d Die Without You
27 29 Positive K - I Got A Man
26 DE Shai - Comforter
25 DE Boy Krazy - That’s What Love Can Do
24 27 Paperboy - Ditty
23 14 Madonna - Deeper and Deeper
22 16 Bobby Brown - Good Enough
21 13 Restless Heart - When She Cries
20 15 En Vogue - Give It Up, Turn It Loose
19 12 Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer
18 26 Bon Jovi - Bed of Roses
17 09 Wreckx-N-Effect - Rump Shaker
16 19 Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
15 21 Snow - Informer
14 18 Bobby Brown - Get Away
13 17 Jade - Don’t Walk Away
12 25 Dr. Dre - Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang
11 11 Portrait - Here We Go Again!
10 20 Naughty By Nature - Hip Hop Hooray
09 06 Boyz II Men - In the Still of the Nite (I’ll Remember)
08 08 Prince and the New Power Generation - 7
07 03 Shai - If I Ever Fall in Love
06 07 Arrested Development - Mr. Wendal
05 04 Shanice - Saving Forever For You
04 10 Whitney Houston - I’m Every Woman
03 05 Duran Duran - Ordinary World
02 02 Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle - A Whole New World (Aladdin’s Theme)
01 01 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You

 

[sadchild]

Good 11
Okay 3
Bad 4
? 12

BEST
28 22 PM Dawn - I’d Die Without You
27 29 Positive K - I Got A Man
15 21 Snow - Informer
12 25 Dr. Dre - Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang
06 07 Arrested Development - Mr. Wendal
03 05 Duran Duran - Ordinary World

WORST
04 10 Whitney Houston - I’m Every Woman

15 21 Snow - Informer

Not sure if I already said this, but it's not "lick your boom boom/bum bum". Here's what I think he's saying:

“Informer. Y'know say daddy me Snow me I go blam. A leak, he boom-boom down”.

Meaning this. “Hey, informer (aka snitch). You know I (Snow) am going to gun you down (blam).” Then speaking in the third person about himself – “A leak (snitch), he (referring to himself in the third person) boom-boom (gunshots) down”.

 

[scotchandcigar]

One

03 05 Duran Duran - Ordinary World

 

[sadchild]

My mid 70s are 1 or 2 likes where yours are a dozen.

My mid 90s are a dozen and yours are 1 or 2.

I blame birthdates!

 

[HecticArt]

Six in various shades of like.

29 23 Toad the Wet Sprocket - Walk on the Ocean (They have better, but…)
28 22 PM Dawn - I’d Die Without You
16 19 Digable Planets - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat) (This or Mr WendAl are the best ones in the list.)
12 25 Dr. Dre - Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang
06 07 Arrested Development - Mr. Wendal
03 05 Duran Duran - Ordinary World

 

[scotchandcigar]

My mid 70s are 1 or 2 likes where yours are a dozen.

My mid 90s are a dozen and yours are 1 or 2.

I blame birthdates!

You're well aware that there are a ton on 90s songs I love. In fact, 1995 was the year of my musical rebirth. But in the early 80s, Billboard's new rock music categories fractured what Top 40 meant. And so there was a divergence - which really started with post-punk in the 70s - and I took the alternative path. And ever since then, the paths have just gotten further and further apart. But I have never stopped listening to new music.

I feel like once we get to the late 90s, into the 00s, your tastes also diverge from what they played on the top 40 stations.