ReturnToRock
08.02.20 | If I missed Round 1, can I still jump in? |
Divaman
08.02.20 | 1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
2. Len - Steal My Sunshine
3. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
4. Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
5. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
6. Macy Gray - I Try
7. Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
8. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
9. Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back
10. Aqua - Barbie Girl
11. The Verve Pipe - The Freshman
12. Blind Melon - No Rain
13. Fiona Apple - Criminal
14. Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's
15. Haddaway - What Is Love
16. Semisonic - Closing Time
17. Toadies - Possum Kingdom
18. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
19. Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart
20. Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing
21. Nonchalant - 5 O'Clock
22. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
23. Tpm Cochrane - Life Is a Highway
24. New Radicals - You Get What You Give
25. The Cardigans - Lovefool
26. Electronic - Getting Away With It
27. Joan Osborne - One of Us
28. Jane Child - I Don't Wanna Fall in Love
29. White Town - Your Woman
30. Skee-Lo - I Wish
31. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
32. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
|
Divaman
08.02.20 | So what are the odds I'm the only one dumb enough to follow these rules? |
Divaman
08.02.20 | Sorry I didn't get to vote for "How Bizarre". |
DaHound
08.02.20 | 5. Ahmad - Back In The Day
20. House Of Pain - Jump Around
26. Paperboy - Ditty |
Divaman
08.02.20 | Yeah, he won't accept that, Da Hound. You've gotta vote on all of them. I was about two thirds through last night when my internet went down. |
ArsMoriendi
08.02.20 | Don't move on ithout me I wanna do this |
Dedes
08.02.20 | Can I vote Possum Kingdom against all of them |
hesperus
08.02.20 | @Return feel free!
@Dedes no |
Minushuman24
08.02.20 | hell yeah let's goooo |
Divaman
08.02.20 | Jump on in, guys. |
SlothcoreSam
08.02.20 | Working on it now, just refreshing my memory of some of the tracks.
Fuck I hate Len. |
ArsMoriendi
08.02.20 | Flagpole Sitta is so terrible, but if I mean if you're gonna match it with Macarena then I guess I have to vote for Flagpole Sitta then |
SlothcoreSam
08.02.20 | I just caught Covid from listening to Corona.
Also I haven't heard a lot of these before. They weren't his in Australia |
SlothcoreSam
08.02.20 | This is a better version of Bitch.
https://youtu.be/SBOuaFTVUnA |
dedex
08.02.20 | gotta take some time for this one |
Inoculaeted
08.02.20 | The Verve may have had only one hit but they rule. |
SlothcoreSam
08.02.20 | 1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
2. Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz - Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)
3. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
4. Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
5. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
6. Macy Gray - I Try
7. Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
8. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
9. Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back
10. Corona - The Rhythm of the Night
11. The Verve Pipe - The Freshman
12. Blind Melon - No Rain
13. Fiona Apple - Criminal
14. Dionne Farris - I Know
15. Haddaway - What Is Love
16. The Breeders - Cannonball
17. Toadies - Possum Kingdom
18. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
19. Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart
20. House of Pain - Jump Around
21. Nonchalant - 5 O'Clock
22. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
23. Tom Cochrane - Life Is a Highway
24. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
25. Ini Kamozee - Hotstepper
26. Electronic - Getting Away With It
27. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up?
28. Crucial Conflict - Hay
29. Everything But the Girl - Missing
30. Skee-Lo - I Wish
31. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
32. EMF - Unbelievable
There is so much cringe here, I just gained 1000 extra wrinkles. |
Minushuman24
08.02.20 | Oh my christ the Macarena is somehow worse than I ever remembered. |
Minushuman24
08.02.20 | I had never heard Steal My Sunshine but holy fuck that song is a crime against music. Also I got a man is horrible just based off of that lyrical content |
Minushuman24
08.02.20 | Wow, FUCK No Pigeons |
neekafat
08.02.20 | I vote for Mambo No. 5 and Shawn Colvin |
SitarHero
08.03.20 | 1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
2. Len - Steal My Sunshine
3. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
4. Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5
5. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
6. Macy Gray - I Try
7. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
8. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
9. Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back
10. Aqua - Barbie Girl
11. The Verve Pipe - The Freshman
12. Blind Melon - No Rain
13. Tag Team - Whoomp! (There It Is)
14. Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's
15. Haddaway - What Is Love
16. The Breeders - Cannonball
17. Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
18. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
19. Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart
20. House of Pain - Jump Around
21. Kriss Kross - Jump
22. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
23. Tom Cochrane - Life Is a Highway
24. New Radicals - You Get What You Give
25. Ini Kamozee - Hotstepper
26. Electronic - Getting Away With It
27. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up?
28. Crucial Conflict - Hay
29. Everything But the Girl - Missing
30. Skee-Lo - I Wish
31. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
32. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
Surprised I haven't heard of some of these and some that I thought would be obvious choices didn't make the cut. :[ |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | Been working through each and every one of these songs. Nonchalant is actually amazing, god damn. |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.20 | Same, I'm up to Breakfast at Tiffany's :P |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | I'm sorry you have to listen to it lol |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | 1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
2. Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz - Deja Vu (Uptown baby)
3. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
4. Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
5. Ahmad - Back in the Day
6. Macy Gray - I Try
7. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (fuck this matchup man, c'mon)
8. Spacehog - In the Meantime (Only to stay out of trouble)
9. Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back
10. Corona - The Rhythm of the Night
11. Tal Bachman - She's So High
12. Blind Melon - No Rain
13. Fiona Apple - Criminal
14. Dionne Farris - I Know
15. Haddaway - What is Love?
16. Semisonic - Closing Time (ugh fuck this matchup)
17. Toadies - Possum Kingdom
18. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
19. Mellow Man Ace - Mentirosa
20. Jump Around - House of Pain
21. Nonchalant - 5 O'clock
22. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
23. Tom Cochrane - Life is a Highway
24. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
25. Ini Kamozee - Here Comes the Hotstepper
26. Electronic - Getting Away With It
27. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up?
28. Jane Child - Don't Want to Fall in Love (both these songs go)
29. White Town - Your Woman
30. Skee-Lo - I Wish
31. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
32. Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Well that was 4 hours of a mixed bag, I think I was becoming conditioned to bad songs.
Macarena, No Pigeons, Steal My Sunshine, Rico Suave, and Back Here were near unlistenable. |
SlothcoreSam
08.03.20 | Lol, I went through all of them this morning with my lady. And we were both saying "fuck this song" "I hate this shit" etc. Then a couple of good tracks come on, and they are against each other. 32,29,25,and especially 7.
I often found myself voting for the lesser of two evils.
Was still a heap of fun, great idea. |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.20 | A few of these are hidden gems
I forgot how good that Macy Gray song was |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | 7 and 16 were the worst to decide. But yeah it was really fun. I just wish more people would get involved, but listening to 64 songs that are mostly kinda bad is a big ask haha |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | "I forgot how good that Macy Gray song was"
Right??? I found Don't Wanna Fall in Love, Hay, Back in the Day, Your Woman, and especially 5 O'clock to be some hidden gems I've never heard prior |
evilford
08.03.20 | Flagpole sitta
Bitch |
SlothcoreSam
08.03.20 | Story time
I was walking down the street the other night and an American Muscle car drives by slowly with the windows down, and the bass pumping from the subwoofer was reverberating my insides, then the familiar vocals kicked in.........
"WHAT IS LOVE?"
I had to finish the rest of the chorus, then it's been stuck in my head ever since. Actually it's been stuck in head since it was first released. |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | Lol, it's a perfect song |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.20 | How are Kris Kross 1-hit wonders, they have 4 top 40 singles in the US |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | do they really
that's wiggidy wiggidy wiggidy wack |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.20 | Yup: Jump, Warm It Up, Alright, and Tonite's tha Night
Across 3 albums in the 90s |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | and yet The Toadies are one hit wonders.
Justice for The Toadies |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.20 | I mean Soundgarden didn't have a US Hot 100 single until 2010
Pop charts are stupid |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | Not even Black Hole Sun?? That's actually shocking |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.20 | It charted on the US Alt and Rock charts, but not the main pop charts, oh and it charted in the UK and Canada
US Pop is the worst |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | True |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.20 | Yet Audioslave had 7 Hot 100 singles lol |
SlothcoreSam
08.03.20 | Black hole sun charted at number 6 in Australia. Spoonman was 23 and Pretty Noose 22 . Outshined, Rusty Cage, My Wave, Fell On Black Days, Burden in my hand, Blow up the outside world and black rain all top 100 tracks. So all up 10 songs in the charts |
SlothcoreSam
08.03.20 | Audioslave didn't get close, only 3 in the top 100 of the main charts. |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | God Soundgarden is so good.
Audioslave.... Not so much... |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.20 | Australia puts US to shame with the pop charts, yeah |
SlothcoreSam
08.03.20 | Yeah, Soundgarden>>>>>>>>>> Audioslave.
Albums and live. |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | I always skipped seeing soundgarden because “I’ll catch them next time”. Then they played a buttrock fest with a few other great bands and I decided “I’ll catch them next time” and that was their last show. Sigh. |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.20 | I saw them on the King Animal tour and they were good live
Cornell ranted for like 2 minutes about how weed should be legal at one point though which made 16 year old me roll my eyes |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | Lmao that sounds like a you thing |
SlothcoreSam
08.03.20 | Chumbawumba are way more than a one hit wonder.
Danbert Nobacon, one of the vocalists and founder, just released a new album last month, and it is so good. Caberet punk.
https://open.spotify.com/album/1LpGVkULMe6HoxdsD9HNO7?si=Ep2BkWvlTduBSfMLP8epNA |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.20 | I think the comp is being US centric about hits
WAIT, there's a song called Whoot There It Is too? Not just Whoomp (There It Is) and they're both hits from 1993???????? wtf |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.20 | 1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
2. Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz - Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)
3. Positive K - I Got a Man
4. Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5
5. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
6. Macy Gray - I Try
7. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
8. Spacehog - In the Meantime
9. Tracey Lee - The Theme (It's Party Time)
10. Corona - The Rhythm of the Night
11. Tal Bachman - She's So High
12. Blind Melon - No Rain
13. Fiona Apple - Criminal
14. Dionne Farris - I Know
15. Haddaway - What Is Love
16. The Breeders - Cannonball
17. Toadies - Possum Kingdom
18. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
19. Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart
20. House of Pain - Jump Around
21. Nonchalant - 5 O'Clock
22. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
23. Duice - Dazzey Duks
24. New Radicals - You Get What You Give
25. The Cardigans - Lovefool
26. Paperboy - Ditty
27. Joan Osborne - One of Us
28. Crucial Conflict - Hay
29. White Town - Your Woman
30. Skee-Lo - I Wish
31. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
32. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.20 | Notes part 1/2:
-Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix) - Abysmally corny song about a lady proudly cheating. 1.5/5
-Flagpole Sitta - Shitty pop punk. 2/5
-Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) - Okay hip hop, forgettable. 2.5/5
-Steal My Sunshine - Absolutely hideous voice. 2/5
-I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - Kinda cute, kinda lame. 3/5
-I Got a Man - Genuinely funny and well made. 4/5
-Mambo No. 5 - Dumb, but fun. 3/5
-Counting Blue Cars - Generic as hell. 2.5/5
-I'm Too Sexy - Hilarious. 3.5/5
-Back in the Day - Shitty voice, nostalgia BS. 2/5
-I Try - Genuinely touching and pretty with a unique voice. 4.5/5
-No Pigeons - Pointless reaction to TLC’s far superior No Scrubs. 2.5/5
-Tubthumper - Exists so drunk Englishmen can sing in a pub to something easy. 2.5/5
-Bitter Sweet Symphony - Way more boring than I remembered. 3/5
-Ice Ice Baby - Damn boring, why would anyone listen to this over Under Pressure? 2.5/5
-In the Meantime - Good enough flashy alt rock. - 3.5/5
-Baby Got Back - Nicki Minaj sampling this ruined this song for me. 2.5/5
-The Theme (It's Party Time) - So boring and generic, but it doesn’t remind me of Minaj. 2.5/5
-Barbie Girl - Kitsch incarnate. 3/5
-The Rhythm of the Night - Would be fun as hell in a club, don’t lie. 3.5/5
-The Freshmen - Bad post-grunge. 2/5
-She’s So High - I forgot this song existed, haha. Bland. 2.5/5
-Bitch - Boring Alanis knock off. 2.5/5
-No Rain - Iconic and enjoyable. 4/5
-Whoomp! (There It Is) - Exists so drunk Americans can sing in a bar to something easy. 2.5/5
-Criminal - I can’t imagine anyone voting for Whoomp! over this. Not even Tag Team themselves. 5/5
-Breakfast at Tiffany's - At least we have this super minor thing in common! Let’s stay together. 2.5/5
-I Know - Cool guitar, reminds me of Beck. 3.5/5
-Rico Suave - Sounds like a holdover from the 80s, and annoying. 2/5
-What is Love - Really boring, but I guess it’d be fun at a club, maybe. 2.5/5
-Closing Time - Always found this to be generic. 2.5/5
-Cannonball - Kim Deal got the Hot 100 hit she deserved. 4.5/5 |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.20 | Notes part 2/2:
-My Own Worst Enemy - Pop punk sucks. 2/5
-Possum Kingdom - Good grunge song, but far from amazing or anything. 3.5/5
-Sex and Candy - Fun and chill as all hell, let’s be real here, this rules. 4.5/5
-Knockin’ Boots - Pretty decent actually, too bad it’s against a big one. 3.5/5
-Groove Is in the Heart - Fun, and lively. 4/5
-Mentirosa - This is boring as hell. 2.5/5
-Jump Around - Classic sample. Pretty fun, but not my thing really. 3/5
-Barely Breathing - Man, why are half of these rock songs so damn formulaic. 2.5/5
-Jump - How are these guys 1-hit wonders? They have 4 top 40 singles in the US. 3/5
-5 O’Clock - This one’s pretty nice. 3.5/5
-Save Tonight - So bland. 2.5/5
-Back Here - This dude released this single 3 times over the course of 3 years. Boyband wannabe. 2/5
-Life Is a Highway - This is so lame. I hate the term “boomer,” but this is so boomer. 2/5
-Dazzy Duks - I feel like I’m at a hetero strip club while listening to this.
-Nothing Compares 2 U - Generic ballad Prince cover. Holy shit, this song feels endless. 2.5/5
-You Get What You Give - Oh my god this song. It’s actually pretty cool. 3.5/5
-Here Comes the Hotstepper - Super fun stuff. 4/5
-Lovefool - Iconic, catchy, fun, and with heavy Blondie vibes. 5/5
-Getting Away With It - Another 80s holdever, featuring Smiths and New Order members. 2.5/5
-Ditty - This has a nice groove to it. Not really my thing in general though. 3/5
-One of Us - Her voice is prettier than I remembered it. Unique idea too. 4/5
-What’s Up? - This is a meme for a reason. My god those vocals. 2/5
-Don’t Wanna Fall in Love - “You make the knife feel good.” No. 2/5
-Hay - This sounds like a mess production wise, but it’s okay otherwise. 2.5/5
-Missing - The definition of Adult Contemporary pop. 2.5/5
-Your Woman - Sounds like Gorillaz, but before Gorillaz, but not like Blur. 4/5
-Show Me Love - Clubby as all hell, but also boring. 2.5/5
-I Wish - I kinda like how he’s just trying to be relatable instead of bragging. 3.5/5
-Sunny Came Home - Pleasant folk rock. 3/5
-Whoot There It Is - This is better than the other There It Is song, but still meh. 2.5/5
-Unbelievable - This is musically fun, but those vocals are unenthusiastic as hell. 3/5
-Torn - Overplayed, but still fairly nice. 3.5/5 |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | Weird takes as usual |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.20 | I want Lovefool to win, but Criminal, I Try, and Cannonball winning would all make me happy too |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | My money is on No Rain |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | Also I didn’t know there was two “there it is” songs and I really don’t know which one I knew? |
SlothcoreSam
08.03.20 | Grove is in the heart, is my choice for the win. It is ageless, and ahead of its time in the same breath.
It transcends genres and generations.
|
ArsMoriendi
08.03.20 | I think the Whoomp one was the more famous one, but it's also the worse one |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | I don’t like this confusion.
I voted for mentirosa, and I’m honestly not sure why. That was a bad take on my part |
SlothcoreSam
08.03.20 | The film clip is great for Dee-Lite |
Divaman
08.03.20 | There were way too many match-ups where I said, "God I have to vote for one of these? They both suck!" And then there were a couple of match-ups where I said, "God, I have to vote against one of these? They're both good." But there were a lot less of the second than there were of the first. |
dedex
08.03.20 | 1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
2. Len - Steal My Sunshine
3. Positive K - I Got A Man
4. Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5
5. Ahmad - Back in the Day
6. Macy Gray - I Try
7. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
8. Spacehog - In the Meantime
9. Tracey Lee - The Theme (It's Party time)
10. Corona - The Rhythm of the Night
11. Tal Bachman - She's So High
12. Meredith Brooks - Bitch
13. Fiona Apple - Criminal
14. Dionne Harris - I Know
15. Haddaway - What Is Love
16. The Breeders - Cannonball
17. Toadies - Possum Kingdom
18. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
19. Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart
20. House of Pain - Jump Around
21. Nonchalant - 5 O'Clock
22. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
23. Tom Cochrane - Life Is a Highway
24. New Radicals - You Get What You Give
25. The Cardigans - Lovefool
26. Paperboy - Ditty
27. Joan Osborne - One of Us
28. Crucial Conflict - Hay
29. White Town - Your Woman
30. Skee-Lo - I Wish
31. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
32. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
There were some cool stuff, some unmemorable stuff and some absolutely shit stuff. Had loads of fun jamming this mixed bag. |
Minushuman24
08.03.20 | I want Flagpole Sitta to win because I legitimately love it, but more importantly because it would make ars very upset |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.20 | Death to pop punk |
Sinternet
08.03.20 | some very tough ones and some super easy ones lol
1. Flagpole Sitta
2. Steal My Sunshine (whitest pick ever but I actually love this song)
3. I Got a Man
4. Counting Blue Cars (one's generic and the other disgracefully appropriates a culture for misogynistic womanising, easy choice)
5. Back in the Day
6. I Try (easy)
7. Bittersweet Symphony
8. In the Meantime (free choice)
9. The Theme (never heard it before but its pretty good)
10. The Rhythm of the Night (v hard)
will post rest later |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
08.03.20 | If I had to choose a contender for worst one hit wonder of all time it would likely be tubthumping. That song fills me with a deep indescribable rage |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
08.03.20 | Oh damn, steal my sunshine is on here too that one actually nearly matches tubthumper in how much fury it invokes in my soul |
Sinternet
08.03.20 | if it makes it any better it was supposed to be dumb shit to prove they could get a hit by pandering, their anarcho-punk stuff is pretty good |
Minushuman24
08.04.20 | No pigeons is garbage incel music that doesn’t even sound great. Steal my sunshine is only slightly better.
Tubthumping slams bruh
And I found I got a man to be kind of uh... creepy, I dunno if it’s an attempt at social commentary cause it was the 90s, but that shit sucks |
ArsMoriendi
08.04.20 | @Minus: I Got a Man was definitely him making fun of creepy persistent men, which I thought was effectively funny
|
Minushuman24
08.04.20 | WELL that's good. The early 90's isn't the easiest to decipher what is satire and what is genuinely dated garbage.
I'm Gonna Be is still better |
Divaman
08.04.20 | >Oh damn, steal my sunshine is on here too that one actually nearly matches tubthumper in how much fury it invokes in my soul
Two good songs. |
Divaman
08.04.20 | I hate Macy Gray's voice with a passion. Kills me that I had to vote for her. |
DavidYowi
08.05.20 | Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
Len - Steal My Sunshine
The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5
Ahmad - Back in the Day
Macy Gray - I Try
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
Spacehog - In the Meantime
Tracey Lee - The Theme (It's Party Time)
Corona - The Rhythm of the Night
The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen
Blind Melon - No Rain
Fiona Apple - Criminal
Dionne Farris - I Know
Haddaway - What Is Love
The Breeders - Cannonball
Toadies - Possum Kingdom
Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart
House of Pain - Jump Around
Kris Kross - Jump
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Tom Cochrane - Life Is a Highway
New Radicals - You Get What You Give
The Cardigans - Lovefool
Electronic - Getting Away With It
4 Non Blondes - What's Up?
Jane Child - Don't Wanna Fall in Love
Everything But the Girl - Missing
Skee-Lo - I Wish
Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
EMF - Unbelievable
I'm gunning for either New Radicals, Spacehog, or Blind Melon to win. Sorry Meredith Brooks, if it wasn't against Blind Melon I would've voted for Bitch. Tracey Lee and Ahmed really surprised me, I haven't heard either song |
Minushuman24
08.05.20 | I’m so upset that steal my sunshine is advancing |
EoinCofa
08.05.20 | Metallica - Enter Sandman |
ArsMoriendi
08.05.20 | "Metallica - Enter Sandman"
"Until It Sleeps" charted higher
They have 7 US Top 40 singles overall too, 5 of which are from the 90s |
Minushuman24
08.05.20 | Lmao until it sleeps charted higher, how?? |
ArsMoriendi
08.05.20 | Until It Slees hit 10, Enter Sandman hit 16
US pop charts are dumb, what can I say?
Truth is though: often a big breakthrough album don't usually have a band's biggest hit, often the one that follows does due to hype |
Sinternet
08.05.20 | finishing off a few
11. She's so High (like this song a fair bit)
12. No Rain (boring vocals with good instrumentation beats the reverse)
13. Criminal (I actually like old florida bass scene a fair bit but yeah no contest)
14. I Know (forgot this track it bangs)
15. What Is Love (overplayed and people way overhype it but its good)
16. Cannonball (oof Closing Time is great but no chance)
17. My Own Worst Enemy (nostalgia maybe?, never really liked the Toadies track, generic post-grunge)
18. Sex and Candy (neither really comes out on top tbh, this one is more tolerable)
19. Groove Is in the Heart (one of the greatest tracks of all time)
20. Jump Around (haha no way this doesn't reach the final, honestly 19 and 20 should be the two finalists) |
neekafat
08.05.20 | "Breakfast at Tiffany's - At least we have this super minor thing in common! Let’s stay together"
that's the joke |
neekafat
08.05.20 | Oh yes I also vote for "Torn" |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.05.20 | 14. Breakfast at Tiffany's
29. Missing
will hopefully check a few more
"The definition of Adult Contemporary pop. 2.5/5"
as if we needed further proof that ars' taste is a pubescent bubble trapped in a psychedelic digestive tract somewhere in the clueless end of the 70s |
Minushuman24
08.05.20 | jesus johnny lmao |
ArsMoriendi
08.05.20 | Yeah Johnny has been mean to me lately
Maybe because I called him a weeb |
Egarran
08.05.20 | this is torture I can't |
dedex
08.05.20 | hop on the last few rounds then Eg |
Egarran
08.05.20 | ok I'll try to summon courage for some days |
SlothcoreSam
08.05.20 | I agree with you Sint on Groove is in the heart. Sooooo good. |
hansoloshotfirst
08.05.20 | 1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
2. Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz - Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)
3. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
4. Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5
5. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
6. Macy Gray - I Try
7. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
8. Spacehog - In the Meantime
9. Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back
10. Corona - Rhythm of the Night
11. Tal Bachman - She's So High
12. Blind Melon - No Rain
13. Fiona Apple - Criminal
14. Dionne Farris - I Know
15. Haddaway - What Is Love
16. The Breeders - Cannonball
17. The Toadies - Possum Kingdom
18. Marcy Playground - Sex And Candy
19. Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
20. House of Pain - Jump Around
21. Nonchalant - 5 O'Clock
22. Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
23. Duice - Dazzey Duks
24. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
25. The Cardigans - Lovefool
26. Electronic - Getting Away With It
27. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up
28. Crucial Conflict - Hay
29. White Town - Your Woman
30. Skee-Lo - I Wish
31. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
32. EMF - Unbelievable
uff... |
Minushuman24
08.05.20 | Get's a bit rough don't it? |
hansoloshotfirst
08.05.20 | yeah , I'd managed to forget quite a number of them but unfortunately I couldn't resist...
oh and fuck Post-Grunge |
SlothcoreSam
08.05.20 | Fuck len |
hesperus
08.05.20 | @DavidYowi your ballot is missing matchups 23, 26, and 28. plz amend or you won't be counted |
hansoloshotfirst
08.05.20 | Fuck Len [2] |
Minushuman24
08.05.20 | Fuck len [3] |
ArsMoriendi
08.06.20 | Yeah that Len song has awful vocals |
DavidYowi
08.06.20 | @hesperus amended |
Divaman
08.07.20 | "Steal My Sunshine" rocks! |
neekafat
08.07.20 | when we doing a 2000s round |
Sinternet
08.07.20 | 21. 5 O'Clock (both kinda suck)
22. Save Tonight (never heard the other one before and I see why)
23. Dazzey Duks (neither are good, this one has energy though)
24. Nothing Compares 2 U (love both, this edges it though)
25. Lovefool (two great tracks, only one winner here though of course)
26. Getting Away With It (always found this project fairly weak but it's decent enough)
27. One of Us (yeah no what's up is shite)
28. Don't Wanna Fall in Love (never heard the other before but it was actually great too, tough pick)
29. Missing (both great, clear winner though)
30. Show Me Love (absolute classic)
31. Sunny Came Home (another tough choice tbh)
32. Torn (one of the greatest covers ever done) |
ArsMoriendi
08.07.20 | Torn is a cover??? Looking up the original right now
EDIT: the original by Ednaswap is pretty mediocre |
Sinternet
08.07.20 | yeah original is so lame and middle of the road 90s, i don't know why she chose to cover that song but holy shit she made it her own |
NickelbackFTL
08.07.20 | 1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
2. Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz - Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)
3. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
4. Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
5. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
6. Macy Gray - I Try
7. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
8. Spacehog - In the Meantime
9. Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back
10. Corona - The Rhythm of the Night
11. Tal Bachman - She's So High
12. Meredith Brooks - Bitch
13. Fiona Apple - Criminal
14. Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's
15. Haddaway - What Is Love
16. The Breeders - Cannonball
17. Toadies - Possum Kingdom
18. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
19. Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the HEart
20. House of Pain - Jump Around
21. Kris Kross - Jump
22. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
23. Duice - Dazzey Duks
24. New Radicals - You Get What You Give
25. Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper
26. Electronic - Getting Away With It
27. 4 Non Blondes - What's UP?
28. Jane Child - Don't Wanna Fall in Love
29. Everything But the Girl - Missing
30. Skee-Lo - I Wish
31. Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
32. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn |
dedex
08.07.20 | > when we doing a 2000s round [2] |
BroFro
08.07.20 | 1. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
2. Len - Steal My Sunshine
3. The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
4. Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
5. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy
6. Sporty Thievz - No Pigeons
7. Chumbawamba – Tubthumper
8. Spacehog - In the Meantime
9. Sir Mix-a-Lot - Baby Got Back
10. Aqua - Barbie Girl
11. The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen
12. Blind Melon - No Rain
13. Fiona Apple – Criminal
14. Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's
15. Haddaway - What Is Love
16. Semisonic - Closing Time
17. Toadies - Possum Kingdom
18. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
19. Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart
20. House of Pain - Jump Around
21. Kris Kross – Jump
22. Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
23. Tom Cochrane - Life Is a Highway
24. New Radicals - You Get What You Give
25. Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper
26. Paperboy – Ditty
27. Joan Osborne - One of Us
28. Crucial Conflict – Hay
29. White Town - Your Woman
30. Skee-Lo - I Wish
31. 95 South - Whoot, There It Is
32. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
unironically like a lot of these lol
|
hesperus
08.08.20 | gonna give this til tomorrow evening, then we’ll move on |
Divaman
08.08.20 | Here are some other alt rock one-hit wonders I remember from the '90s. This is more from memory than from research, so some could have had more than one hit, and in some cases, I'm stretching the definition of the word "hit". But they feel to me that they fit right in with these songs. (Please don't give me the breakdown on why any/all of these don't belong. I don't care that much if I got any wrong.) But if you liked this list, you might like some of these.
Michael Penn - No Myth
Lisa Loeb - Stay (I Missed You)
Patti Rothberg - Inside
Martin Gore - Compulsion
Bettie Serveert - Ray Ray Rain
Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me
Divinyls - I Touch Myself
Dada - Dizz Knee Land
The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends
The La's - There She Goes
The Presidents of the United States of America - Peaches
Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)
Jesus Jones - Right Here Right Now
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Veruca Salt - Seether
Donna Lewis - I Love You Always Forever |
hesperus
08.09.20 | Round finished, winners decided. Round 3 will be up soon! |
Divaman
08.09.20 | Wow, "No Myth" was actually released in 1989. Who knew? Well, anybody that looked it up, I guess. |
bgillesp
08.09.20 | How the heck did Chumbawamba lose?! I love them so much |
Divaman
08.09.20 | I know, right? |
ArsMoriendi
08.09.20 | @Diva: Sixpence None the Richer had 2 hits: Kiss Me and There She Goes, incedently, the latter is a cover of that song by The La's you listed |
Divaman
08.09.20 | "Kiss Me" is the only one I remember. Looks like the La's cover only got to # 32. |
ArsMoriendi
08.09.20 | I mean that's higher than Cannonball did and that's in the tourney so idk
(also it's better than the La's original chart-wise) |
Divaman
08.09.20 | Well like I said, it's not like I researched a lot of those suckers. They're just the ones I remember hearing at the same time as those others. |
SlothcoreSam
08.12.20 | Lisa Loeb - stay, is my number 1 one hit wonder from the 90s. Such a great song.
Side note, I thought she was so beautiful, wanted her to be Mrs sloth! |
Divaman
08.12.20 | I saw her live a couple of years ago. She's pretty talented. |
SlothcoreSam
08.12.20 | What is her new stuff like Diva??
Might need to check it out. |
random
08.13.20 | Sporty Thievz had a few response records, "No Pigeons" being their most famous. They also had ones for Destiny's Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills," and "Independent Women". |