Tuesday, November 4, 2014

A nice mixture of reverence and skepticism

On today's trip to the American Airlines Center for Celtics vs. Mavericks, I was back on Sirius XM Channel 9 and '90s music.
Sponge, "Plowed", 1995, 4,300.
Salt-N-Pepa, "Shoop", from 1993, 3,100, no make it 3,400.
Joan Osborne, "One of Us", a nice mixture of reverence and skepticism: "What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us." and "Nobody calling on the phone. 'Cept for the pope maybe in Rome." 1,900. I forget to record the year but I'm pretty sure it was 1995 or later.
Fatboy Slim, "Praise You", 1999. 3,200. It had some good keyboards and a lot of engineering effects, probably too many. The producer pretty much had his way with it.
Roxette, "Dangerous", 1990. I don't know much about Roxette. They were around for a while, so they must have something going for them. I don't think "Dangerous" was particularly their best, I'd say on the low side of 4,500.
From '94, "Tootsie Roll" by 69 Boyz. 4,000. It's kind of catchy. In later years, the same idea kind of morphed into the one that had "cha cha real slow now." Looked it up; it's "Cha Cha Slide".
Duran Duran, "Come Undone Breath After Breath", 1993. Not one of their best efforts. 4,800.
The Real McCoy, a 1995 remake of "Come and Get Your Love," and not a very good remake. I don't think Luke McCoy would be beaming with joy. 4,750.
Extreme, and this is their greatest hit, "More Than Words" from 1991. It's a ballad with acoustic guitar and pretty good lyrics. 2,100.
Montell Jordan from 1995, "This Is How We Do It." 4,150, no 3,950. It's not just the same old beat and the same old rap, he actually sings some of it.
The Cure, "Friday I'm in Love" from '92. I never got into The Cure. I think Philip kind of liked them, but about the only time I paid attention to them was when Robert Smith was on "South Park" fighting the giant Barbra Streisand robot that threatened the earth. 4,200.
Eleven more. I have to pick up the pace. Maybe not drive home when I'm too tired to listen.


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