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Post by josh on Jun 26, 2015 17:47:54 GMT -5
bubble butt is so good :'( :'( :'(
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Post by surfy on Jun 26, 2015 17:58:01 GMT -5
WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONGEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!! <3
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Post by Sean on Jun 27, 2015 6:45:06 GMT -5
"Let It Go", "You're Still The One", and "Stronger" already?! This list is destined for greatness! Thoroughly enjoying this so much!!!! <3
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Post by H. on Jun 27, 2015 9:13:42 GMT -5
Great list so far!
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Post by Mikey on Jun 27, 2015 23:59:14 GMT -5
"Bubble Butt" :o :o :o
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jun 28, 2015 0:09:53 GMT -5
Hit 'Em Up Style is underrated and these days under-appreciated.
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Post by mamooshka on Jun 29, 2015 21:53:13 GMT -5
Almost forgot about "So Alive". That is one very sexy track.
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Post by popstop on Jun 30, 2015 1:11:06 GMT -5
Got to this a little later than I meant to today. I think since I seem to have a hard time doing this on weekends, that I will do six songs during the weekdays to make up for it.
#165 - The Finer Things - Steve Winwood | 1987 | The golden dance life could be.The final single from Steve Winwood's late-career comeback album, and what a bright, poppy number it was. The song speaks to trying to tackle everything about life while you've got life within you to live. The 80s seemed to have this echo period where 60s artist hit big again - Aretha Franklin, the Beach Boys, Cher, Tina Turner - ageism was less of a thing in the 80s. | |
#164 - Time Is Running Out - Muse | 2003 | I won't let you murder it.This song was my introduction to Muse, and what an introduction - the soaring falsettos, the obsessive lyrics, the drums - all result in a cacopony of ache and pain over the ending of a relationship. The lyrics are vaguely threatening. WHat a great portent of things to come from this band. I've loved everything that's come from them since. Popstop's Chart - #1 (4 weeks) - May 2003
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#163 - I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis | 1996 | You've got the most unbelievable blue eyes I've ever seen.For the longest time, I thought this was a Paula Abdul song. And it would have been such great timing for her to have a hit as her career would have pretty much faded by this time, but no so much that a hit like this couldn't revive it. I remember this song came on the radio as I finished a great first date with a guy who had beautiful blue eyes - it just seemed so perfect. Unfortunately, while this has endured as a favorite, Mr. Blue Eyes did not. | |
#162 - Dare - Gorillaz | 2006 | | |
#161 - Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit - Gina G | 1997 | Every night makes me hate the daysHaha, this song just screams 90s club. Gina G oohs and aahs her way through this silly, trashy song brought to us through the Eurovision contest. This song fared bettered than nearly every other song from the contest, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100. For me, it's one of the first songs I can definitely remember being on the radio - I remember one instance where it was on the radio as I was being driven to school, and that I loved it - it may be one of my first radio obsessions. So this ranking is for the 9 year old in me. | |
#160 - My Type - Saint Motel | 2015 | I'm a man who's got very specific taste.I'm always hesitant about where to place the most recent songs that make my list because they don't have the distance in time to assess where they rank in the canon, but for now, I'll rank this just a hair higher than Gina G. I'm a sucker for horns in a song - especially songs that begin with big ol' blaring ones, and My Type has that in spades. I don;t know if I'll ever chart a Saint Motel song again, but I do see a future of shouting "You;re just my type!" in my car for months to come. Popstop's chart - #1 (1 week) - May 2015 | |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2015 1:15:23 GMT -5
Muse at #164.
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Post by popstop on Jun 30, 2015 1:18:47 GMT -5
bubble butt is so good :'( :'( :'( I am not ashamed of my intense love for Bubble Butt! Hit 'Em Up Style is underrated and these days under-appreciated. It really is. If I can't think of a song to sing at karaoke, I just pic this one. It's such a great song! Muse at #164. YASS, this is one of those I wish I didn't have the one song per artist limit, Because Panic Station deserved to be here too.
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Post by H. on Jun 30, 2015 8:25:13 GMT -5
Great for Muse and Saint Motel!
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Post by popstop on Jun 30, 2015 10:31:18 GMT -5
I apologize for all the quirky songs in advance
#159 - Keep Your Hands to Yourself - The Georgia Satellites | 1987 | That's when she told me that story about free milk and a cow.A horny, yet unlucky Southern rocker has the misfortune to date a chaste, 50s-era values virgin in the freewheeling 80s. Despite his many, many pleas, and offers of compromise - hey, we could just move in together! - that bee is not going to get any of her honey unless he truly commits. Surely, the shotgun wedding isn't worth it! Awesome Southern rock backs up the whole story. It's really too bad they never had another hit. | |
#158 - Trouble is a Friend - Lenka | 2008 | ...and no matter what I feed him, he always seems to grow.If there's anyone in recent years that I wish had hit it bigger, it's Lenka. She reminds me of a less acerbic Lily Allen, with a chipper, lilting voice that, at least in this song, betrays an underlying pain. This song had a strong appearance in Grey's Anatomy back when that show was a musical tastemaker - her song was front and center over a collage of Grey's drama. She actually just released a new album a couple weeks ago - you all should check it out. Popstop's Chart - #2 (2 weeks) - December 2008/January 2009
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#157 - Missile Tow - The Mosquitos | 2005 | I want to spend Chanukah with you even though you went to Sunday school.No, this isn't the band that bizarrely wound up on Gilligan's island for an episode. Instead, it's an obscure New York group that blended Brazilian pop with indie sensibility. They only existed for a few years at the beginning of the 2000s, but they managed to produce this delightful Chrismukkah tune of an interfaith couple celebrating each other's holidays. This song actually came out in 2003, but it didn't make my chart for two years following that. When it did, it became the most successful holiday song to ever appear on my chart, and the only one to make an appearance in the year-end top 10. Popstop's chart - #1 (4 weeks) - December 2005 | |
#156 - Things That Make You Go Hmmmm... - C + C Music Factory | 1991 | I wonder who bought him those BVD's.Apparently, this was inspired by an Arsenio Hall comedy bit where Arsenio would muse about oddities on things that don't quite make sense. C + C took this idea and ran with it - your girlfriend's baby looks a little bit like your best friend? Hmmm.... Your girl claims you're the first, but then wonders why guys always ask her if she's a virgin? Hmmm... The dancy, bubbly, poppy background music backs up this song's zaniness. | |
#155 - Change - Churchill | 2012 | To make you want me, I can fabricate the truthChurchill is a local Denver band, and this song broke here months before it made it to the alternative Billboard's chart. There's a complicated dynamic depicted in the relationship here - the protagonist realizes that she is trying to fit the image of what her boyfriend wants her to be. But fitting in with her boyfriend's truth is destroying her. "You want me to change," the refrain states over and over, but there's no intention to leave and every intention to continue co-dependently. EDIT: Oh dear, it appears the broke up following the success of this song. Too bad. Popstop's chart - #1 (7 weeks) - April-June 2012 | |
#154 - That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings | 2008 | They call me 'her'.The flaw in this song is that Katie White is no wallflower, even though this song depicts her as being just that - shy and blending into the scenery. Apparently, she is so pissed off internally at being dismissed so readily, she chants "That's not my name!" defiantly and repeatedly. Popstop's chart - #1 (1 week) - August 2008 | |
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Post by mamooshka on Jun 30, 2015 20:01:07 GMT -5
Hold up ... "Ooh Aah" isn't silly OR trashy ! Ok, so she was Ginger's doppelgΓ€nger and yes, her vocals were not much better ... but that doesn't mean anything. Attachment Deleted
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Post by H. on Jun 30, 2015 20:23:04 GMT -5
Great #159
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2015 22:15:30 GMT -5
#155!
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Post by Mikey on Jun 30, 2015 23:00:09 GMT -5
The Ting Tings!! <3
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Post by popstop on Jun 30, 2015 23:04:36 GMT -5
The club I went to on Saturday night played Wrong Club by them. I just about lost my mind.
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Post by Mikey on Jun 30, 2015 23:10:35 GMT -5
The club I went to on Saturday night played Wrong Club by them. I just about lost my mind. at the pun
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Post by popstop on Jul 1, 2015 10:36:59 GMT -5
I think I will post and update the list in the OP as we go, so people can see the entire list in one place.
#153 - Hand In My Pocket - Alanis Morrisette | 1995 | ...and the other one is giving the peace sign.There's no way I couldn' include a song from one of the biggest albums of all time. But "You Oughta Know" is a tad too bitchy for me, and Ironic is too full of things that aren't ironic for me to appreciate it. This one spoke to me the best - those feelings throughout my life where my internal drama was of constant conflict - thrill, yet dread at being a parent; exhilaration, yet timidity at graduating college; content yet unsettled in my current job. This song speaks to all those moments when we aren't quite sure how to process our emotions. | |
#152 - And She Was - Talking Heads | 1985 | She isn't sure where she's gone.The Talking heads were known for their intellectualism, and this song has an unusual topic. Whoever see is - she is experiencing OBE, and the imagery couldn't be more perfect - she can hear the highway, she can see the lights of her neighbors house, and she rises above the earth. Through it all, she feels a contentment of being at peace. So, a rather odd topic for a pop song - but maybe not so strange when you read that it was inspired by a woman who sought this kind of transcendence through drugs and Yoohoo soda.
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#151 - Heliopolis - Banco De Gaia | 1994 | ***Instrumental music***I think there's six or seven instrumental that made this list - and most of them are EDM like this one, albeit early EDM. The song's title invites you to imagine a glistening, bright sun; there's even an eerie vocal here and there to imagine an ancient worshipper of the sun. I love this period of EDM (not sure if that's what it was called then) - not only because I think it's aged well, but I know, at that time, it wasn't as onmipresent as today. | |
#150 - Chewing Gum - Annie | 2005 | Is that a new boy stuck on your shoe?I'm still puzzled that I've ranked this so low! What a fantastic song - somehow they've managed to craft a dance song that sounds as elastic and bubble-popping as chewing gum, but the lyrics are about disposable men! Annie's gone through a string a of men - "new bubbles to blow" - and isn't up for commitment. Apparently, her current beau thought they really had something, but Annie quickly dismisses that idea - "I think you think you're chocolate, but you're chewing gum!" This was released in 2004, but it would take a year to peak on my chart. Popstop's chart - #2 (3 weeks) - August-September 2005 | |
#149 - Miss You Much - Janet Jackson | 1989 | That's the end??? NOUnfortunately, by the time I started my chart, Janet's most amazing years were behind her. This song served as the launching for the Rhythm Nation 1814 album that would lead to seven top five singles. She'd follow that up with Janet, which would also yield seven top five singles! No one has ever repeated this feat, yet Janet did it twice. There's really so many Janet songs I could pick, but I choose this one because it captures her at the beginning of that zeitgeist, as Janet was becoming a star, and because that whole off-kilter driving beat in the song is everything! EDIT: OK, so she didn't have back to back albums with seven top 5 hits. Rhythm Nation had 7 top 5 songs, and her follow-up, Janet had six top 10s over all, with five of them making the top 5. That allows Janet to join her brother as the only people to have had two albums chart six top ten singles back to back. I believe she is also the only person to have three albums in a row each yield five top 10 songs. Eat your heart out, Katy Perry! Additional songs to chart:
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#148 - Blank Space - Taylor Swift | 2015 | *CLICK* - And I'll write your name.Not sure who here is a huge Taylor fan, but in my opinion, Blank Space is the best thing Taylor's ever done. So many of Taylor's song up until this point were more simple - songs of unrequited love, faulty guys who ruined relationships, selfie pop - but this one is a little bit more dark and complex - Taylor paints herself as a demented, obsessive, and self-involved lover, and even with that set-up, she still manages to reel you in and decide that it might be worth it after all. I realize Taylor wrote this as a send-up of herself, but it really works better when if it's acknowledged that we all have those moments where we are not proud of ourselves in how we are handling a relationship. Popstop's chart - #2 (2 weeks) - January 2015 | |
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Post by H. on Jul 1, 2015 10:38:23 GMT -5
ALANIS!
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Post by surfy on Jul 1, 2015 17:55:12 GMT -5
Keep Your Hands to Yourself, That's Not My Name, and BLANK SPACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by mamooshka on Jul 1, 2015 20:14:13 GMT -5
Love it. Your comments are spot on. :) 'Hand' is the best track on 'Jagged Little Pill' (rain on your wedding day may be lucky, but not ironic). 'Miss' is a great choice, if you had to pick only one Janet single. But I gotta axe .... did 1993's janet. really yield seven Top-10s, let alone Top-5s? Attachment Deleted
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Post by popstop on Jul 1, 2015 21:39:21 GMT -5
Love it. Your comments are spot on. :) 'Hand' is the best track on 'Jagged Little Pill' (rain on your wedding day may be lucky, but not ironic). 'Miss' is a great choice, if you had to pick only one Janet single. But I gotta axe .... did 1993's janet. really yield seven Top-10s, let alone Top-5s? Oh wow, I misread the discography. What I thought was the 7th top ten was from a different album (Runaway from Design of a Decade). And even if you count that, that would make "only" 6 top 5s. I will correct what I wrote! Also wanted to say thank you for commenting and watching this so closely! It's nice to know there is interest in the countdown! :)
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Post by popstop on Jul 2, 2015 15:26:35 GMT -5
OP has been updated!
#147 - Bruce Lee - Underworld | 2000 | Muscular but thin like springs.I honestly have no idea what to make of the lyrics. I just had a vague idea they were in homage to Bruce Lee, but there's a lot of drinking from a box, and sucking of life, so anyhow, it's unclear. The spoken part is a little more directly about Bruce Lee, and I think that was enough for my adolescent self to go with it. With Underworld, I don't think it's ever been about lyrics anyhow - they work really great as background club music with their pulsating beats and dark, incomprehensible lyrics. My brother had an earlier album of theirs, dubnobasswithmyheadman, which for a few years there, would have tracks that would regularly feature in my playlist. Popstop's chart - #1 (4 weeks) - March 2000Additional songs to chart: Mmm Skyscraper... I Love You | |
#146 - Cold War - Janelle Monae | 2010 | You better know what you're fighting forJanelle Monae has hit #1 twice on my chart - "Dance or Die" and "Dance Apocalyptic," but this as become the most played Janelle song in her arsenal. This song applies to any situation in which one is fighting against the odds - fighting against the elite - there's the self-doubt that goes with it, questioning if the pain is worth it, and the consistent reminder to keep the end goal in mind. Janelle keeps the whole piece moving with a rapid-fire lyrics and machinery-like music that doesn't pause to take a breath. Popstop's chart: #3 (3 weeks) - October 2010 Additional Songs to chart: Dance Apocalyptic - #1 (2 weeks) - October 2013
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#145 - Kids - MGMT | 2009 | Control yourself. Take only what you need from it.The children's playground and warped nursery school music at the beginning of this song set the tone for how the rest of the song plays out. I think the lyrics are vague and open to interpretation, but it's clear to me that MGMT isn't directing this song towards children's behavior - it's towards adults who act like kids - cautioning moderation over addiction, avoiding rash thought, and trying to grow while contending with the haze of memory. Popstop's Chart - #3 (3 weeks) - April 2009 | |
#144 - Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford | 1988 | I didn't get laid. I got in a fight.I'm guessing this song doesn't have the teeth it did when it came out in the 1980s because it seems to be more of a karaoke staple today. But, holy fucking shit, Lita - she seems to be a unicorn of the era - a solo female heavy metal act, She was one of the original Runaways, along with Joan Jett so it's not like she didn't have the pedigree to back it up. Lita was pushing 30 by the time this song peaked, and for what it's worth, it's a bit juvenile for someone of that age, especially when we're talking about "borrowing ten bucks from my old man." But obviously 30 year olds were not the target audience - this was for the teens of the 80s - either the rocker chicks who wanted be Lita, or the horny boys who wanted to be inside Lita.
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#143 - Low - Flo Rida featuring T-Pain | 2008 | The whole club is looking at her...Flo is at a club watching some shawty wearing boots with fur, smacking her bottom, and getting low, and just cannot. So, he decides to lay down three grand and because women are apparently like that, she is on him like white on rice - he's letting "rover" out and folding her up like a pornography poster. So, you can see I chose this song for its deep, insightful lyrics. The truth is Flo could have reading the phone book, but with his cadence, those drums, and that note sequence, I still would have loved it. Popstop's chart - #1 (4 weeks) - January 2008 | |
#142 - Black Horse & the Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall | 2006 | I can't quite get there 'cause my heart's forsaken me.The fact that this song made such a big splash shows how music was starting to change in 2006. After years of hip-hop domination, pop songs were starting to reassert themselves. Whether this was for the better or not may be up for debate, but it did result in pop gems like this getting attention. It was helped in part by an appearance on American Idol, but once it got that initial notice, it did well on its own. KT apparently gets proposed to a big black horse. Now that could be a pretty obvious metaphor, but it's basically about making critical decisions and living with those choices - which for someone who became a father the year before seemed awfully appropriate. Popstop's chart - #1 (4 weeks) - April 2006 | |
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Post by H. on Jul 2, 2015 15:27:42 GMT -5
Yessssssssssssss for Kids, Janelle, and Low!
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jul 2, 2015 15:54:22 GMT -5
omg KT! Black Horse slayed me that year like neigh!
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Post by surfy on Jul 2, 2015 17:55:53 GMT -5
YAS @ Low and Black Horse & The Cherry Tree!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2015 18:12:52 GMT -5
#148 and #143!
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Post by mamooshka on Jul 2, 2015 21:39:19 GMT -5
Yayyyy @ MGMT !!! Wasn't it tough having to pick between 'Electric Feel' and 'Kids'?
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