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in this episode of 100 favorite POP songs, we ask the questions "just how important is nostalgia?" and "will cade EVER shut up about the 80's?"
the answers? i guess we will find out.
60 - "plush" / stone temple pilots -- core (1992) track 9 - this song kicks ass. that is all i can say.
59 - "everybody knows a little bit" / king's x -- gretchen goes to nebraska (1989) track 4 - quite simply, "the greatest stereo headphone song ever recorded." don't believe me? show me one that's better.
58 - "go your own way" / fleetwood mac -- rumours (1977) track 5 - remember when stevie nicks still had a good voice? the power. the timing it's just excellent.
57 - "birdhouse in your soul" / they might be giants -- flood (1990) track 2 - finally, an ode to fire and the electric light bulb. throw in some greek mythology and we are in business.
56 - "nobody's fault but mine" / led zeppelin -- presence (1976) track 4 - i've been listening to a LOT of zeppelin lately. that said, i can't really say that any of the songs have cracked the 100 for me yet. there are so many good ones...it's just...well, it's zeppelin. it can't be contained on a list. so i put this one (which was orginally introduced to me via the 77's on 1994's drowning with land in sight.)
55 - "new york state of mind" / billy joel -- turnstiles (1976) track 4 - a collective sigh from all you joel fans out there. he's on the list. the piano man nails the feeling for those of us who have ever considered the big apple home....even if we haven't actually LIVED there.
54 - "yellow" / coldplay -- parachutes (2000) track 5 - "what is this? this is pretty good." i remember thinking to myself when i heard this song for the first time. it is number 2 of 3 songs that saved pop music in the summer of 2000. good job, coldplay.
53 - "something about you" / level 42 -- world machine (1985) track 1 - the song i searched for for years. i knew it from growing up. i knew it by heart. i could sing every word. but NO one knew who it was. finally, in college, level 42 was unveilled as the matching group. and now i love them.
52 - "soul to squeeze" / red hot chili peppers -- coneheads OST (1993) track 7 - by far, the only good thing to come out of this movie. an essentially acoustic offering from the normally plugged in l.a. group. this was one of the first songs i learned on the bass. much to my roommate's shagrin i would imagine.
51 - "until the end of the world" / U2 -- achtung baby (1991) track 4 - it's classic "the edge" guitar, doomsday optimism and metaphors galore. the album is a masterpiece, and this song makes me want to drive really, really fast.
50 - "give me strength" / over the rhine -- films for radio (2001) track 3 - a very atypical song from the ohio-ians. produced by none other than brit-songstress, dido...it shows. it's soaring and i love it.
49 - "criminal" / fiona apple -- tidal (1996) track 4 - the song that made heroin-chic popular in the suburbs. it was apple's first hit. there should have been a lot more to follow than there have been, but i digress.
48 - "disappear" / inxs-- x (1990) track 2 - with all due respect to the brilliance of their previous two albums, x or "x" as i like to call it for short, is pure cade. you know the song, i won't waste your time.
47 - "king of pain" / the police -- synchronicity (1983) track 8 - holy imagery, batman. sting somehow manages to cram more vivid paradoxes into this song than an applied geometry convention. and it works.
46 - "a million parachutes" / sixpence none the richer -- divine discontent (2002) track 13 - i am a notstalgiac person, for good or bad, at heart. if you paint a nice picture of the past in a well written song, chances are good you're gonna end up toward the top of this list (hint, hint.) as for sixpence, they capture quite well the feelings for the san francisco bay area for those (especially in my circle) who have left it.
45 - "southern cross" / crosby, stills and nash -- daylight again (1982) track 3 - the scene: january, 2003. a garden in camden, nsw, australia. me, staring up at the southern sky listening to my mp3 player. the line "when you see the southern cross for the first time / you understand now why you came this way" hits me...as i am looking at the southern cross for the first time. i am a vagabond. this is a vagabond song. pure and simple.
44 - "sick of myself" / matthew sweet -- 100% fun (1995) track 1 - one part great tune. one part memory association. songs that spark specific memories for me are usually gonna last for quite a while.
43 - "airbag" / radiohead -- ok computer (1997) track 1 - "in an album full of fantastic songs, how do you go with the lesser, first one?" easy, it sets the tone for what is to follow. i know that when i hear airbag, chances are good the next hour or so is gonna be alright.
42 - "underground" / ben folds five -- ben folds five (1995) track 6 - love it or hate it. it started my audiophillic love affair with mr. folds. besides, who doesn't want to party with officer friendly's mohawk-donning little boy?
41 - "21 things i want in a lover" / alanis morissette -- under rug swept (2002) track 1 - honestly, a tough call for me. many know that alanis is a favorite of mine. and there are obviously more pertinent and deserving songs, but this one is just too damn much fun.
in this episode of 100 favorite POP songs, we ask the questions "just how important is nostalgia?" and "will cade EVER shut up about the 80's?"
the answers? i guess we will find out.
60 - "plush" / stone temple pilots -- core (1992) track 9 - this song kicks ass. that is all i can say.
59 - "everybody knows a little bit" / king's x -- gretchen goes to nebraska (1989) track 4 - quite simply, "the greatest stereo headphone song ever recorded." don't believe me? show me one that's better.
58 - "go your own way" / fleetwood mac -- rumours (1977) track 5 - remember when stevie nicks still had a good voice? the power. the timing it's just excellent.
57 - "birdhouse in your soul" / they might be giants -- flood (1990) track 2 - finally, an ode to fire and the electric light bulb. throw in some greek mythology and we are in business.
56 - "nobody's fault but mine" / led zeppelin -- presence (1976) track 4 - i've been listening to a LOT of zeppelin lately. that said, i can't really say that any of the songs have cracked the 100 for me yet. there are so many good ones...it's just...well, it's zeppelin. it can't be contained on a list. so i put this one (which was orginally introduced to me via the 77's on 1994's drowning with land in sight.)
55 - "new york state of mind" / billy joel -- turnstiles (1976) track 4 - a collective sigh from all you joel fans out there. he's on the list. the piano man nails the feeling for those of us who have ever considered the big apple home....even if we haven't actually LIVED there.
54 - "yellow" / coldplay -- parachutes (2000) track 5 - "what is this? this is pretty good." i remember thinking to myself when i heard this song for the first time. it is number 2 of 3 songs that saved pop music in the summer of 2000. good job, coldplay.
53 - "something about you" / level 42 -- world machine (1985) track 1 - the song i searched for for years. i knew it from growing up. i knew it by heart. i could sing every word. but NO one knew who it was. finally, in college, level 42 was unveilled as the matching group. and now i love them.
52 - "soul to squeeze" / red hot chili peppers -- coneheads OST (1993) track 7 - by far, the only good thing to come out of this movie. an essentially acoustic offering from the normally plugged in l.a. group. this was one of the first songs i learned on the bass. much to my roommate's shagrin i would imagine.
51 - "until the end of the world" / U2 -- achtung baby (1991) track 4 - it's classic "the edge" guitar, doomsday optimism and metaphors galore. the album is a masterpiece, and this song makes me want to drive really, really fast.
50 - "give me strength" / over the rhine -- films for radio (2001) track 3 - a very atypical song from the ohio-ians. produced by none other than brit-songstress, dido...it shows. it's soaring and i love it.
49 - "criminal" / fiona apple -- tidal (1996) track 4 - the song that made heroin-chic popular in the suburbs. it was apple's first hit. there should have been a lot more to follow than there have been, but i digress.
48 - "disappear" / inxs-- x (1990) track 2 - with all due respect to the brilliance of their previous two albums, x or "x" as i like to call it for short, is pure cade. you know the song, i won't waste your time.
47 - "king of pain" / the police -- synchronicity (1983) track 8 - holy imagery, batman. sting somehow manages to cram more vivid paradoxes into this song than an applied geometry convention. and it works.
46 - "a million parachutes" / sixpence none the richer -- divine discontent (2002) track 13 - i am a notstalgiac person, for good or bad, at heart. if you paint a nice picture of the past in a well written song, chances are good you're gonna end up toward the top of this list (hint, hint.) as for sixpence, they capture quite well the feelings for the san francisco bay area for those (especially in my circle) who have left it.
45 - "southern cross" / crosby, stills and nash -- daylight again (1982) track 3 - the scene: january, 2003. a garden in camden, nsw, australia. me, staring up at the southern sky listening to my mp3 player. the line "when you see the southern cross for the first time / you understand now why you came this way" hits me...as i am looking at the southern cross for the first time. i am a vagabond. this is a vagabond song. pure and simple.
44 - "sick of myself" / matthew sweet -- 100% fun (1995) track 1 - one part great tune. one part memory association. songs that spark specific memories for me are usually gonna last for quite a while.
43 - "airbag" / radiohead -- ok computer (1997) track 1 - "in an album full of fantastic songs, how do you go with the lesser, first one?" easy, it sets the tone for what is to follow. i know that when i hear airbag, chances are good the next hour or so is gonna be alright.
42 - "underground" / ben folds five -- ben folds five (1995) track 6 - love it or hate it. it started my audiophillic love affair with mr. folds. besides, who doesn't want to party with officer friendly's mohawk-donning little boy?
41 - "21 things i want in a lover" / alanis morissette -- under rug swept (2002) track 1 - honestly, a tough call for me. many know that alanis is a favorite of mine. and there are obviously more pertinent and deserving songs, but this one is just too damn much fun.
posted by cade at 11:19 AM
7 Comments:
60. Plush - I like the acoustic version better. For some reason I think it kicks more ass than the album version, something about the singer's rough voice coming out more...
59. Haven't heard that one yet, but the full intro to "Money for Nothing" is the ultimate stereo-testing song, IMHO. It's right up there with "Carmina Burana". Yeah, all 45 minutes of it.
58. - Nice. I like also like Lindsay Buckingham's supporting vocals on that one.
57. - Friggin' A.
55. - Wow. Wouldn't have picked that one, but I understand why you would. It's more than the music on this song, isn't it?
53. - Hell yeah.
52. - My favorite bass line, and everyone else's...
49. - The title song from Extraordinary Machine's pretty sweet. Somehow I married a huge Fiona Apple fan.
47. King of Pain - I'd put this higher, but that's me. You're you, in case anyone asks.
46. A Million Parachutes - Exactly.
44. Sick of Myself - Beautiful song, in a 90s kind of way.
42. Underground - I know just where you're coming from. It's industrial. Work it.
Anyone who even acknowledges King's X on a top 100 (especially something from "Nebraska") has scored mega respect points with me.
And btw, King's X is the best thing to ever come out of TX. Although they were immigrants from Missouri I think.
b- "gretchen" is one of the best albums...ever...in ANY genre. who knows? maybe another cut for it will turn up in the next few days.
d- i'm just now getting into fiona's new one. i really like it. i was skeptical because i just plain-ole didn't like the first singel from it. still don't, but the rest of the album is pretty good.
Continuing from your previous comments, I'm great. I'm getting married, if you haven't heard. Pffft.
I've got a hankerin' to see Snakes on a Plane. Interested?
Ok, no. I can't even joke about that.
Disappear... is that with the OLD Inxs or the NEW Inxs?
falalahahaha..
Technically, "Shadowboxer" was Fiona Apple's first hit, I think. Or maybe it was just the first one to be heard on the radio. Her vocals blew me away the first time I heard them. She's in the wrong era, man.
shadowboxer was the first to get radio play, but criminal was the hit.
becky, you know very well that there IS no new inxs.
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