the 90sMy 100 favourite songs of the 90's. Since this list has a lot fewer singles than the 60's and 70's list I've dispensed with the Billboard chart position business.
1. Nirvana " 'My girl, My giiiirrrrl' Matt has excellent taste. This is a great #1 pick. It's weird; I often, and for no reason, find myself wondering what the world would be like today if Kurt Cobain were still in it?"--Gerlinda Grimes, Weaklazyliar "Not to disagree with the love of my life (Gerlinda), but, while Kurt was talented, the post mortem mythologizing of him is undeserved. "In Utero" was not much different from "Nevermind" and chances are, had Nirvana even stayed together much longer, they would have faded from the limelight just as Pearl Jam has. The world would be pretty much the same, except maybe there might be fewer mediocre bands trying to sound like Pearl Jam. But that's just my opinion."--Paul Melancon
2. DNA featuring Suzanne Vega "This song is high on the list of my personal "guilty pleasure" awards, a list that includes, amongst others, "Its A Mistake" by Men At Work and anything off the first two Tears For Fears records.)"--Rob Crow, Optiganally Yours
3. Pulp
4. Hole
5. Belle & Sebastian
6. Radiohead
7. Magnetic Fields
8. Sleater-Kinney
9. Elastica "I was worried that I would have to thing about this stupid song every time I listened to Wire's "Pink Flag", but that album is so fucking good that not even this bunch of pretentious twits cant ruin it."--Rob Crow
10. Joan Osborne
11. Cat Power
12. Pulp
13. White Town
14. Portishead
15. Madonna
16. Fantastic Plastic Machine
17. Aimee Mann "Just as much Jon Brion's record as Aimee's. Not the best song from it but still good. One of the CDs I'd save from a house fire."--Paul Melancon
18. Radiohead
19. Throwing Muses
20. Sebadoh
21. Sinead OConnor
22. PJ Harvey
23. Blur
24. Belle and Sebastian
25. Kristin Hersh
26. Nirvana
27. Suzanne Vega
28. Oasis
29. Deee-Lite "This song reminds me of when I first went gay, back when I thought that label had great relevance to my life. It reminds me of dancing very badly in clubs full of people trying to impress each other. Being now old and cynical, when I hear this song, I switch off the radio."--Gerlinda Grimes
30. Bjork
31. Mary J Blige
32. Chemical Brothers
33. Letters To Cleo
34. Erykah Badu
35. Magnetic Fields
36. Lush
37. Saint Etienne
38. Everything But The Girl
39. Cranberries
40. Gin Blossoms
41. Dar Williams
42. Air
43. Beth Orton
44. Renderers
45. Len
46. Arrested Development
47. Pavement
48. Bjork
49. Soul Coughing
50. Dismemberment Plan
51. Britney Spears
52. Madonna
53. Roots
54. Mary Lou Lord
55. PJ Harvey "I possess many regrets and disappointments about the barren void of despair that is my life (I am living out my remaining years under official protest), chief among them is the fact that I have yet to experience a profound and lasting relationship with a woman (specifically, one who likes me back)--and while my expectations sink in that regard, I do, in a taciturn way, have a profound and lasting relationship with the work of female artists--real ones like Joan Armatrading or Joni Mitchell, not the pink People Magazine confections of someone like Jewel. What are we talking about? Oh yes, PJ Harvey, I truly feel that the deep pleasure I take in her music, specifically the stuff from "Dry" and this song, which is so honest and passionate, makes up a little bit for the absense of a real-life feminine influence in my life. The child-bearing hips, the ruby lips, I just can't imagine what the problem is with the guy she sings the song to--what is he thinking? I crave the pillows, for the love of God."--Robi Lyle, Atlanta, GA
56. Tindersticks
57. Sarah McLachlan
58. Lauryn Hill
59. REM
60. Frente!
61. Belly
62. Black Heart Procession
63. TLC
64. Kristin Hersh
65. Green Day "I sometimes comfort myself with the thought that, if John Lydon weren't so busy whoring himself out these days to whoever will pay and pretending it's some sort of post-modern statement against capitalism, he'd kick Billy Jo's ass into the ground, in a way that I would really enjoy."--Paul Melancon "Since when did punk become synonomous with 'rich jock kid with short dyed hair driving a giant truck around that his mom bought him'?"--Rob Crow
66. U2
67. Primitive Radio Gods
68. Luna
69. Tori Amos "I'm sorry, I'm getting awfully mean in my reviews. I apologize. But, really, I have never understood the allure of her. Buy "Hounds of Love" and eliminate the middleman."--Paul Melancon
70. Janet Jackson
71. Jewel
72. Nine Inch Nails
73. Fatboy Slim
74. Ash
75. Throwing Muses
76. Hefner
77. New Order
78. Portishead
79. Sundays "The first time I heard this song was on the cassette I'd bought of "Blind", and as it turned out the tape had a glitch so that when Harriet sings "treat you unkind" near the end, it sounds like she's hiccupping, so something like "treat you un-HIC-kind". Now when I hear the song, without the hiccup, it sounds wrong. The same goes for "Lay It Down" by RATT. If I don't hear the hiccups during "if you give me just one chance, to prove myself in love", it all sounds off."--Charles Christiansen, Boston, MA
80. Christina Aguilera
81. Liz Phair
82. Richard Thompson
83. Eleanor McEvoy
84. Rancid
85. Cardigans
86. Gay Dad
87. Edwyn Collins
88. L7 "Boring."--Rob Crow
89. Smashing Pumpkins
90. Talking Heads
91. Garbage
92. Dimitri From Paris
93. Moby
94. Bis
95. Lemonheads
96. Elliott Smith
97. Blackstreet
98. Everclear
99. Cure
100. Outkast |
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