100 Greatest Songs of the 90's

ledhed

Was watching this on VH1. A lot of poor choices and some really good ones though it was definitely based on the popular songs and not the best. Some artists pop hits were included whereas their magnificent songs (that were still fairly large) were not. One example is Third Eye Blind was on the list with Semicharmed Life but not How's it Gonna Be.

I'm also very upset the Blind Melon was not in the list with No Rain (or any song for that matter).

Anyone else watch this?

dkg999

They made music in the 90's ? When did that happen? Someone should of sent me a memo! I think I missed a whole decade then, damned ADD!

As the roadie said to the judge in the Jerry Garcia trial .... "your honor I would answer the question if I could, but you have to understand that there's about 5 years in there that I really can't remember what happened"

Mike682

just caught the last 1/2 hour. I can agree with the #1 song..won't say what it was here in case others want to see the entire show

Early B.

dkg999 wrote: »

They made music in the 90's ? When did that happen? Someone should of sent me a memo! I think I missed a whole decade then, damned ADD!

You didn't miss anything. I don't think you could call it music in the 90's; it was more like highly processed noise with karoke singers.

ben62670

I was watching it too. It was good at times, and very lame at others. There were some good artist in there, and plenty of bad ones. For the 90's I will have to admit that it was a pretty lame time period for music. Worth watching. Not worth setting time aside for though. I am not mad, and want the hour, and a half back I spent there.

ben62670

On again now VH1

shack

I saw 100 - 21. Maybe I'll catch the top 20 later (It's not like they won't show it a 1,000 times over the next few months). It's about the only thing that I've seen on VH1 over the last couple of years of passing over the channel as I'm clicking up and down on the remote that even comes close to resembling music.

Strong Bad

For those that don't feel like watching...

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071212/nyw025.html?.v=101


Glad to see U2 at #2 with "One." Phenominal song!


John

ledhed

I find it very interesting at least because most of it is "my music" - the music I grew up with and liked and some of the stuff I still enjoy. The #1 did deserve though the bottom 10 were pretty much garbage and most of the influential artists were thrown way back into the 30s and up.

Of course, what should I expect with all the people my age voting - of course they want to see their teen idols on top. :rolleyes:

wingnut4772

WTH???????

#3 !?!?!?!?!?!:eek:

danger boy

6. Sir Mix-A-Lot Baby Got Back

mrbigbluelight

87. Billy Ray Cyrus Achy Breaky Heart



G R O A N

bobman1235

Yeah any list purporting to be the top hits of the 90s that has the Backstreet Boys at #3 and no Pearl Jam until number 11, no Soundgarden until 25, no Smashing Pumpkins at ALL.... well let's just say it's not valid.

Also, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" ... is not a good song. Sure it introduced the world to Nirvana and grunge, but... it's not a good song. At all.

mantis

The 90's was one of the worse times for music. Not many good bands at all, Alice N Chains where great but thats about it.

Dan

SKsolutions

RICO SUAVE ? top 100? a low point in human history.

1. Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. U2 One
3. Backstreet Boys I Want It That Way
4. Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You
5. Madonna Vogue
6. Sir Mix-A-Lot Baby Got Back
7. Britney Spears ... Baby One More Time
8. TLC Waterfalls
9. R.E.M. Losing My Religion
10. Sinead O'Connor Nothing Compares 2 U
11. Pearl Jam Jeremy
12. Alanis Morissette You Oughta Know
13. Dr. Dre (featuring Nuthin' but a "G" Thang
Snoop Doggy Dogg)
14. Mariah Carey Vision of Love
15. Red Hot Chili Peppers Under the Bridge
16. MC Hammer U Can't Touch This
17. Destiny's Child Say My Name
18. Metallica Enter Sandman
19. Beastie Boys Sabotage
20. Hanson MMMBop
21. Celine Dion My Heart Will Go On
22. Beck Loser
23. Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue Whatta Man
24. House of Pain Jump Around
25. Soundgarden Black Hole Sun
26. Eminem My Name Is
27. Counting Crows Mr. Jones
28. Ricky Martin Livin' la Vida Loca
29. Vanilla Ice Ice Ice Baby
30. *NSYNC Tearin' Up My Heart
31. Radiohead Creep
32. BLACKstreet No Diggity
33. Spice Girls Wannabe
34. Third Eye Blind Semi-Charmed Life
35. Oasis Wonderwall
36. C+C Music Factory Gonna Make You Sweat
(Everybody Dance Now)
37. Green Day Good Riddance (Time of
Your Life)
38. Christina Aguilera Genie In A Bottle
39. Goo Goo Dolls Iris
40. Color Me Badd I Wanna Sex You Up
41. Spin Doctors Two Princes
42. Collective Soul Shine
43. En Vogue My Lovin' (You're Never
Gonna Get It)
44. The Fugees Killing Me Softly With His Song
45. Hootie & the Blowfish Only Wanna Be With You
46. Shania Twain You're Still the One
47. Marky Mark and The Good Vibrations
Funky Bunch
48. Matchbox Twenty 3 AM
49. Jewel Who Will Save Your Soul
50. Alice in Chains Man in the Box
51. Tupac (featuring Dr. California Love
Dre and Roger Troutman)
52. Sugar Ray Fly
53. Naughty by Nature O.P.P.
54. Joan Osborne One of Us
55. Fiona Apple Criminal
56. L.L. Cool J Mama Said Knock You Out
57. Jay-Z featuring Amil Can I Get A
and Ja Rule
58. Sophie B. Hawkins Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover
59. Weezer Buddy Holly
60. Bell Biv DeVoe Poison
61. Sheryl Crow All I Wanna Do
62. Live I Alone
63. The Notorious B.I.G. Mo Money Mo Problems
featuring Mase & Puff Daddy
64. The Presidents of the Peaches
United States of America
65. Digital Underground The Humpty Dance
66. Edwin McCain I'll Be
67. Deee-Lite Groove Is In The Heart
68. Will Smith Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
69. Korn Freak on a Leash
70. Jamiroquai Virtual Insanity
71. Arrested Development Tennessee
72. Barenaked Ladies One Week
73. Marcy Playground Sex and Candy
74. Cher Believe
75. Kris Kross Jump
76. Blues Traveler Run-Around
77. Ice Cube It Was a Good Day
78. Lenny Kravitz Are You Gonna Go My Way
79. Meredith Brooks ****
80. Right Said Fred I'm Too Sexy
81. Paula Cole I Don't Want to Wait
82. Geto Boys Mind Playing Tricks on Me
83. The Breeders Cannonball
84. Snow Informer
85. Cypress Hill Insane In The Brain
86 The Cranberries Linger
87. Billy Ray Cyrus Achy Breaky Heart
88. Duncan Sheik Barely Breathing
89. Liz Phair Never Said
90. New Radicals You Get What You Give
91. Sarah McLachlan Building a Mystery
92. Public Enemy 911 Is A Joke
93. Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories Stay
94. Fastball The Way
95. Montell Jordan This is How We Do It
96. Nelson (Can't Live Without Your)
Love and Affection
97. Prince & The New Power Gett Off
Generation
98. EMF Unbelievable
99. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott The Rain (Supa **** Fly)
100. Gerardo Rico Suave

Early B.

Wow. This list is incredibly depressing.

tonyb

Early B. wrote: »

Wow. This list is incredibly depressing.

.....ain't that the truth.
After the mid 80's....all downhill from there,with a few acceptions of coarse.

Poee7R

65. Digital Underground The Humpty Dance

Should of been #1.


Dave

Mike682

my list (in no specific order) of some of the best popular bands:
1. Pearl Jam
2. Alice in Chains
3. Smashing Pumpkins -Siamese Dream was excellent
4. Collective Soul -excellent lyrics
5. R.E.M
6. Oasis
7. Radiohead
8. Chili Peppers
9. Stone Temple Pilots
10. U2
11. Metallica -even though I couldn't stand the black album when it first came out. I like it more now
12. Matchbox 20
13. Nirvana

What the f*** are they thinking putting Kris Kross, Ricardo, and Vanilla Ice on that list?

Nirvana? They were good and like I said, I could see Smells Like Teen Spirit being up there because that song did influence the music industry when it came out. However, to call Nirvana our generation's Beetles is stretching it big time!

mrmusicman

This decade is almost over and the music is not any better than the 90's

ben62670

58. Sophie B. Hawkins Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover
I wanted that one

Early B.

mrmusicman wrote: »

This decade is almost over and the music is not any better than the 90's

Yep. Just think -- The best 100 songs from 2000 -2009 will be worse than the 90's. Makes ya wanna join a monastery and just monk the rest of your life away to avoid the madness.

hearingimpared

Mike682 wrote: »

my list (in no specific order) of some of the best popular bands:
1. Pearl Jam
2. Alice in Chains
3. Smashing Pumpkins -Siamese Dream was excellent
4. Collective Soul -excellent lyrics
5. R.E.M
6. Oasis
7. Radiohead
8. Chili Peppers
9. Stone Temple Pilots
10. U2
11. Metallica -even though I couldn't stand the black album when it first came out. I like it more now
12. Matchbox 20
13. Nirvana

What the f*** are they thinking putting Kris Kross, Ricardo, and Vanilla Ice on that list?

Nirvana? They were good and like I said, I could see Smells Like Teen Spirit being up there because that song did influence the music industry when it came out. However, to call Nirvana our generation's Beetles is stretching it big time!

That's more like it!

ND13

There's only about 10 songs on that list worthy of being considered "MUSIC".

shack

I never got around to watching the so called "TOP 20". I guess it is a good thing cause it would have just pissed me off.

Early B. wrote:

Wow. This list is incredibly depressing.

Early and I don't agree on much..but we are N'Sync on this one.

I suppose "Greatest" has to do with something other than "good music". :rolleyes:

Polk addict

I'm only 15... I only saw 5 artists that should be there:

1. Nirvana
2. Metallica
3. Pearl Jam
4. U2 (he sucks but whatev)
5. Britney Spears (she always sucked but everybody listened to her anyways)

wingnut4772

Mike682 wrote: »

my list (in no specific order) of some of the best popular bands:
1. Pearl Jam
2. Alice in Chains
3. Smashing Pumpkins -Siamese Dream was excellent
4. Collective Soul -excellent lyrics
5. R.E.M
6. Oasis
7. Radiohead
8. Chili Peppers
9. Stone Temple Pilots
10. U2
11. Metallica -even though I couldn't stand the black album when it first came out. I like it more now
12. Matchbox 20
13. Nirvana

What the f*** are they thinking putting Kris Kross, Ricardo, and Vanilla Ice on that list?

Nirvana? They were good and like I said, I could see Smells Like Teen Spirit being up there because that song did influence the music industry when it came out. However, to call Nirvana our generation's Beetles is stretching it big time!

You are a good man.

obieone

As dumb as that list was, The one they did for the top 100 hard rock bands was way DUMBER. Here are some of the bands they left off: Nazareth, B.T.O., Y&T, Monster Magnet, Sprung Monkey, and whole bunch of others.
You know who was on there? 'Yes'????and some friggin rap crap!!!
That's when I realized, VH1 is slightly RETAHDED!
Coniption over.
As you were.