A Fantastic Voyage and an insult to the Stones

More from Nov. 7, written on Nov. 30 and finally posted here.
I have been doing some good work on the database, and have now completed the '70s.

On our way back from Charleston, S.C., where we celebrated Thanksgiving and my sister Margaret’s (M-NY’s) birthday.

As part of the celebration my brother-in-law, Neal, put together a playlist from dates significant in her life. Some good entries from 1954, ’72, ’76, ’77, ’79 and ’81. Many of those I’m sure I’ll be reviewing before too long.

Getting back to what I’ve heard before on Sirius XM, we have Coolio, “Fantastic Voyage,” 1994, 3,650.

Semisonic, “Closing Time,” maybe 1998. The great line in there is “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” 1,200.

Robyn S., “Show Me Love, ’93. I guess Robyn R. wasn’t available. The longer I listened to this, the worse in got. 4,910.

Sheryl Crow, “Every Day Is a Winding Road,” sometime after ’95. I really like Sheryl Crow because musically she does well and she also writes her lyrics. But whoever does, she has some really thought-inducing lyrics. In this one there’s “I’m a stranger in my own life,” and “Had a daughter named Easter. She was born on a Tuesday night.” (Check the exact lyrics.) In contrast with the earlier song, I kept going up with the ratings for this one. 1,200.

Arrested Development, but not the TV show, “Mr. Wendal” from ’92. It does have some message in there and they did throw some music in around the constant beat. I’ll give them some credit for both of those things. 4,350.

Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” not sure of the year because I’m in Samantha’s car that doesn’t have the whole display for longer titles. It seems to me that grunge was kind of the precursor to general alternative music, which to me was the highlight of the ‘90s. Butt-head called them “Nivarna.” 550.

En Vogue, “My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It),” not sure of the year. I think they did a good job mixing it up. 3,400.

Spin Doctors, “Two Princes”, late ‘90s. I like this one. The Spin Doctors were good, but limited. They didn’t do a lot. 900. I like the syncopation especially.

Janet Jackson, “Rhythm Nation”. I think I was too depressed to see the date. I’m guessing even half of Janet’s fans couldn’t remember many of the crappy songs she put out during the ‘90s, not to mention that someone in her entourage left us with a turd called wardrobe malfunction. 4,600.

Melissa Etheridge, “Come to My Window”. I could see only the 9 in the date. I’m not a big fan of Melissa’s, she’s too country for me. It’s not even the best windows song. 4,100.

Tag Team with “Whoomp (There It Is)”. It’s hard to imagine why there was a time that this song and the other one, “Whoot (There It Is)” were ruling the pop culture. They were quite of equivalent of a little later time when you might have known all of the dance moves to “Macarena”.

The Offspring, “Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)”. The ‘90s were a bad time to listen to music on this radio because they had so many long titles with parentheses. 2,700.

Taylor Dayne, “Heart of Stone”, 1990. I think the Stones were insulted that she borrowed their title. 4,600.
About that time I had to put up the tray table and put away the computer. A little more to come from Nov. 7, and I'll be moving forward from there.