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Q Magazine's Top 20 Songs of the Past 20 Years...
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| delobbo |
just something to consider.
1. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana, 1991
2. "Hey Ya!" OutKast, 2003
3. "Sweet Child O' Mine" Guns N' Roses, 1987
4. "Unfinished Symphony" Massive Attack, 1991
5. "One" U2, 1991
6. "Live Forever" Oasis, 1994
7. "Bitter Sweet Symphony" The Verve, 1997
8. "Common People" Pulp, 1995
9. "There She Goes" The LA's, 1990
10. "7 Nation Army" The White Stripes, 2003
11. "Song 2" Blur, 1997
12. "Crazy" Gnarls Barkley, 2006
13. "Angels" Robbie Williams, 1997
14. " . Baby One More Time" Britney Spears, 1999
15. "Personal Jesus" Depeche Mode, 1990
16. "Like A Prayer" Madonna, 1989
17. "Firestarter" The Prodigy, 1997
18. "Brimful of Asha" Cornershop, 1997
19. "Stan" Eminem, 2000
20. "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" Arctic Monkeys, 2006 |
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| delobbo |
my standouts in red...
my super-fav's in yellow...
| quote: | Originally posted by Rasidel Slika
just something to consider.
1. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana, 1991
2. "Hey Ya!" OutKast, 2003
3. "Sweet Child O' Mine" Guns N' Roses, 1987
4. "Unfinished Symphony" Massive Attack, 1991
5. "One" U2, 1991
6. "Live Forever" Oasis, 1994
7. "Bitter Sweet Symphony" The Verve, 1997
8. "Common People" Pulp, 1995
9. "There She Goes" The LA's, 1990
10. "7 Nation Army" The White Stripes, 2003
11. "Song 2" Blur, 1997
12. "Crazy" Gnarls Barkley, 2006
13. "Angels" Robbie Williams, 1997
14. " . Baby One More Time" Britney Spears, 1999
15. "Personal Jesus" Depeche Mode, 1990
16. "Like A Prayer" Madonna, 1989
17. "Firestarter" The Prodigy, 1997
18. "Brimful of Asha" Cornershop, 1997
19. "Stan" Eminem, 2000
20. "I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor" Arctic Monkeys, 2006 |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by UWM
That list is awful. |
I just felt that this really, really needed to be emphasized. |
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| UWM |
| I think that list has inspired me to try and come up with my own. |
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| delobbo |
| hah.. its done the same 2 me as well lol - but I dont think the list is "awful". there are some contenders on it. the list is quite cookie-cutter though, perhaps that is what you are referring 2. |
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| Inconspicuous |
| quote: | Originally posted by delobbo
7. "Bitter Sweet Symphony" The Verve, 1997
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Always loathed it.
...even if they're going for the most popular & memorable, it's still a bad list. |
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| delobbo |
| whats funny is, i absolutely HATED that song when it was out. i didnt realize i now liked it until about a year ago, when I randomly heard it playing somewhere. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by UWM
I think that list has inspired me to try and come up with my own. |
Same - Also, about halfway through trying to "rank" these 1-20, I realized I couldn't do it and really feel comfortable - So these are really no order. It was hard enough to pick 20 tunes from the last 20 years that I thought were REALLY my 20 favorites, ranking them would have been near impossible.
20. Blur - Mellow Song
19. Beastie Boys - Get it Together
18. Gang Starr - Work
17. Medeski, Martin, & Wood - Partido Alto
16. Phish - Born Under Punches (Talking Heads Cover)
15. Black Star - Thieves in the Night
14. Beastie Boys - Super Disco Breakin'
13. Phish - You Enjoy Myself
12. Stardust - The Music Sounds Better With You
11. Starkid - Crayons
10. Pearl Jam - Daughter
09. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World (Bowie Cover)
08. OutKast - Elevators
07. The Talking Heads - Take me to the River*
06. Parliament - Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
05. Ice Cube - It was a Good Day
04. Nirvana - Plateau (Meat Puppets Cover)
03. A Tribe Called Quest - Bustas Lament
02. Talib Kweli - Good Mourning
01. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
*I really love "Take me to the River," but picking a Talking Heads tune was very difficult given the 20 year limit - Please see "Naive Melody (This must be the place)" and "Slippery People" :) |
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| bogartgreens |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
Same - Also, about halfway through trying to "rank" these 1-20, I realized I couldn't do it and really feel comfortable - So these are really no order. It was hard enough to pick 20 tunes from the last 20 years that I thought were REALLY my 20 favorites, ranking them would have been near impossible.
20. Blur - Mellow Song
19. Beastie Boys - Get it Together
18. Gang Starr - Work
17. Medeski, Martin, & Wood - Partido Alto
16. Phish - Born Under Punches (Talking Heads Cover)
15. Black Star - Thieves in the Night
14. Beastie Boys - Super Disco Breakin'
13. Phish - You Enjoy Myself
12. Stardust - The Music Sounds Better With You
11. Starkid - Crayons
10. Pearl Jam - Daughter
09. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World (Bowie Cover)
08. OutKast - Elevators
07. The Talking Heads - Take me to the River*
06. Parliament - Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
05. Ice Cube - It was a Good Day
04. Nirvana - Plateau (Meat Puppets Cover)
03. A Tribe Called Quest - Bustas Lament
02. Talib Kweli - Good Mourning
01. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
*I really love "Take me to the River," but picking a Talking Heads tune was very difficult given the 20 year limit - Please see "Naive Melody (This must be the place)" and "Slippery People" :) |
thats a nice list, some very memorable tunes :)
heard under the bridge live just a coupla months ago as an encore...what a moment.. |
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| UWM |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
Same - Also, about halfway through trying to "rank" these 1-20, I realized I couldn't do it and really feel comfortable - So these are really no order. It was hard enough to pick 20 tunes from the last 20 years that I thought were REALLY my 20 favorites, ranking them would have been near impossible.
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OK you are a big jerk for stealing 3 of my tracks in my preliminary list. :(
And I think I'm going to make a "Top 25 from the past 25" because one of the tracks I really want to include is more than 20 years old. :)
| quote: | Originally posted by delobbo
the list is quite cookie-cutter though, perhaps that is what you are referring 2. |
Well, there are some right awful songs in that last. Britney Spears and Gnarls Barkley in the top 20 tracks in the past 20 years? Give me a break really. But yes, there are some damn fine tunes in there as well. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by UWM
OK you are a big jerk for stealing 3 of my tracks in my preliminary list. :(
And I think I'm going to make a "Top 25 from the past 25" because one of the tracks I really want to include is more than 20 years old. :)
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1. Which 3?
2. No fair, I had to exclude a LOT of my favorite tunes because of the 20 year rule :p |
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