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 Friday, 09:45 AM
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 With Kristina in heart
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I wanted to do something similar (maybe for other decade), but my rates are very strict, so the most popular marks will be from 3 to 5 out of possible 10.
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Friday, 08:27 PM
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my mind is ready for fun
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The good stuff keeps coming - five songs on the last page all made my top 10 of the year at some point in time, of which only 'Babylon' and 'Yellow' were there when I last did each year of the 2000s in 2010, but 'Porcelain' and 'Sandstorm' may have since made it back in, and 'Sunday Morning Call' is the one song that's outlived Oasis' Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants era (oops at that missing "s" in the title) for me.
Elsewhere, I did have a soft spot for 'Will I Ever' - snubbed by Radio 1 but had more weeks in the Top 10 than all the songs above bar 'Sandstorm' |
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Friday, 08:52 PM
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Say that hiss with your chest, and...
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'Beautiful' is brilliant indeed. I so associate it with the early 2002 chart that I am a little bit sad that you didn't leave it to then to review, early 2002 was still a good time for chart dance. Glad it was your top ranked track in its week in 2000 anyway.
I remember 'Beautiful' playing in an ice rink when I was younger too. Glad it eventually made the top 10 on its re-release. 'Iguana' with the buildup followed by the big 'drop' is like a precursor to more recent 2010s EDM especially the 2014 'big room house' scene. Very good track, would have really disliked it in 2000 when I disliked all hard dance music. This post has been edited by TheSnake: Friday, 09:04 PM |
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Saturday, 08:51 PM
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Batch 22 Rank:
Great: #295 15/07/2000 Matt Darey's Mash Up Presents Marcella Woods Beautiful 21 {21}-31-42-65->4 [another underrated trance classic! very strong vocal too] Good: #288 15/07/2000 Limp Bizkit Take A Look Around (Theme From M:I 2) 3 {3}-4-7-10-14-15-17-22-23-30-39-46-66->13 [this band seem to get a lot of shit but this song sounds great, very inspired interpolation of that MI theme] #291 15/07/2000 Artful Dodger And Robbie Craig Featuring Craig David Woman Trouble 6 {6}-7-14-19-25-35-36-45-59-66->10 [there seems to be zero Craig David on the version I'm listening to on Spotify though oops] #292 15/07/2000 Alice Deejay Will I Ever 7 {7}-8-9-17-22-28-38-41-60-73->10 [I like this more than Back In MY Life, though of course nothing touches Better Off Alone] Okay: #290 15/07/2000 Steps When I Said Goodbye/Summer Of Love 5 {5}-6-13-20-24-29-41-50-54-59-72->11 [top end of Okay for Summer of Love; WISG is on the opposite end of the spectrum] #287 15/07/2000 The Corrs Breathless 1 {1}-2-6-9-15-17-21-27-34-43-45-59-72->13 #298 15/07/2000 Mauro Picotto Iguana 33 {33}-58-73->3 [I may as well just be listening to 'Lizard' here, this is pretty much the same song but not half as good] #289 15/07/2000 Oasis Sunday Morning Call 4 {4}-11-18-30-46-66->6 [unfamiliar with this song so pleasantly surprised to hear Noel's vocal on it] #293 15/07/2000 Atomic Kitten I Want Your Love 10 {10}-20-26-42-74->5 #296 15/07/2000 Zed Bias Neighbourhood 25 {25}-46-67-71->4 Meh: #294 15/07/2000 Jessica Simpson I Think I'm In Love With You 15 {15}-24-34-44-53-59-64->7 #297 15/07/2000 Precious It's Gonna Be My Way 27 {27}-48-70->3 a certain highly underrated classique in that next section better be getting a very high score... |
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Saturday, 09:07 PM
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Was great to see The Corrs finally get a No.1 single with Breathless, after never managing one with the Talk On Corners singles. The parent album was mostly very glossy sounding pop, but this was a great lead single.
Will I Ever was 3/3 for me from Alice Deejay, I was obsessed with it for weeks. But I don't like it as much as the first two. Beautiful reminds me more of 2002, an epic track indeed. I've always quite liked When I Said Goodbye, but it was basically an H and Claire vehicle before they split off into a duo. Summer Of Love is a much better track, great chorus. I had forgotten all about Neighbourhood until I heard it again a few months ago, now it's always in my head. The first three Atomic Kitten singles were all perfectly servicable teenage pop, and this had a great sample, but I didn't love them until their middle of the road rebirth and with the addition of Jenny... ...who enhanced It's Gonna Be My Way for Precious with one of her legendary spoken middle eight contributions. I bought this one on single and loved the summer vibe to it. Very different to Say It Again and Rewind. The single mix of Woman Trouble was removed from Spotify some time ago, the album version is much more bloated but the radio edit is pretty good. The better Craig doesn't add much to it but his 'bubblin' from the left...' contribution makes it sound more like a hit. This post has been edited by gooddelta: Saturday, 09:09 PM |
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Monday, 09:54 PM
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Here we’re covering the 2 weeks where “Life Is A Rollercoaster” was the biggest selling song, though in the second it ceded the #1 spot due to a rule infringement. Aaliyah is comfortably the class of the field though.
9 Aaliyah Try Again A US #1 and her biggest hit to date, with a fabulous boundary pushing electronic RnB track with mesmerising production 8 Ronan Keating Life Is A Rollercoaster 866th #1: this is far and away Ronan's finest solo moment before he becomes a crooner, with a charming upbeat pop record 8 Placebo Taste In Men This is excellent, with a very effective relentless riff and some interesting instrumental effects, and an engaging angry vocal 7 Destiny's Child Jumpin', Jumpin' Another really effective and infectious RnB song from them; their last in this style before they move more into power pop 7 Chicane No Ordinary Morning/Halcyon A really well thought out double A side: "No Ordinary Morning" is a sweet electronic ballad and "Halcyon" a strong club track 7 Jonah Sssst (Listen) Only hit for this DJ with a quite simple but very effective club track with a slightly menacing rumbling tune that builds up 6 David Bowie Seven I feel rude to not be giving this a score that matches its name: not a classic but a sweet and charming acoustic guitar ballad 6 De La Soul Featuring Redman Oooh Their first Top 40 hit since 1993: this feels like a really old school hip hop song in style but is enjoyable and well performed 6 Lucy Pearl Dance Tonight Debut hit for this mixed sex US RnB group: slightly repetitive but I do enjoy it and it's different from other hits of its genre 5 Christina Aguilera I Turn To You Her 3rd hit with a rather lowly peak but it's a very sweet and simply performed ballad with good lyrics: not exciting though 5 Marc Et Claude I Need Your Lovin' (Like The Sunshine) Effectively a dance cover of "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime": not essential but I think it comes together quite nicely 5 *NSync I'll Never Stop A decent heartfelt pop song here delivered very competently, but I don't think it offers anything that their other hits don't 4 Cleopatra Come And Get Me Their last hit and it's a fairly dynamic call and response style song competently performed but doesn't have enough sparkle 4 Ultra Nate Desire Her last solo Top 40, and a decent song in itself but nothing new and like a weaker version of "Free" in a very similar style 3 Savage Garden Affirmation This is pleasant enough to listen to but musically it's quite basic and the inspirational lyrics are intriguing but on the naff side 3 Bleachin' Peakin' Only hit with this credit and it samples Fleetwood Mac's "Big Love" adding rap verses: quite intriguing but not really a keeper 2 Louise 2 Faced Her highest peaking hit and it's quite cleverly put together but I find the teenage girls in the playground theme very tiresome 2 Five And Queen We Will Rock You 867th #1: the idea of building some rap into the Queen song isn't so bad but they come across almost like a gang of thugs 1 Shanks And Bigfoot Sing A Long Their only follow up hit to "Sweet Like Chocolate": a laughably naff and banal song and maybe they shouldn't have bothered 2000 Weeks 31 and 32: #318 05/08/2000 Craig David 7 Days 1 {1}-2-3-7-8-11-18-29-36-44-52-58-65-68-74R(2)->15 #319 05/08/2000 Bomfunk MC's Freestyler 2 {2}-4-4-6-7-9-16-20-26-29-33-54->12 #320 05/08/2000 Santana Featuring The Product G&B Maria Maria 6 {6}-12-12-14-21-27-33-42-56->9 #321 05/08/2000 Point Break You 14 {14}-32-34-46-65->5 #322 05/08/2000 Scooch For Sure 15 {15}-30-36-44-60-68->6 #323 05/08/2000 Moloko Pure Pleasure Seeker 21 {21}-37-41-48-68->5 #324 05/08/2000 Different Gear Vs The Police When The World Is Running Down 28 {28}-43-62->3 #325 05/08/2000 Morcheeba Rome Wasn't Built In A Day 34 {34}-49-68->3 #326 05/08/2000 Macy Gray Why Didn't You Call Me 38 {38}-62-74R(2)->3 #327 12/08/2000 Robbie Williams Rock DJ 1 {1}-2-3-4-6-11-14-20-23-28-34-42-50-70-70-75-71-72R(2)-66-60->20 #328 12/08/2000 Storm {DE} Time To Burn 3 {3}-6-8-9-13-21-32-37-49-66->10 #329 12/08/2000 Mansun I Can Only Disappoint U 8 {8}-25-39-53-67-75->6 #330 12/08/2000 Wookie Featuring Lain Battle 10 {10}-19-18-30-35-52-74->7 #331 12/08/2000 Reef Set The Record Straight 19 {19}-42-52-69-72->5 #332 12/08/2000 Josh Wink And Lil' Louis How's Your Evening So Far 23 {23}-43-65->3 #333 12/08/2000 Spoiled And Zigo More And More 31 {31}-46-69->3 #334 12/08/2000 Richie Dan Call It Fate 34 {34}-49-73->3 #335 12/08/2000 Metallica I Disappear 35 {35}-45-70->3 |
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Monday, 10:13 PM
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Agreed that Life Is A Rollercoaster is actually a decent tune. Some of Ronan's other records could have been used as a form of torture at Guantanamo though.
Try Again is excellent. How tragic that we never got to see what might still have been to come from Aaliyah. 
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Monday, 10:16 PM
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Say that hiss with your chest, and...
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Try Again is a good track, the second most well known Aaliyah hit I would say.
The Marc et Claude track is wonderfully ambient and I really like it, more than any other song that samples EGTLS. Life Is A Rollercoaster is a good song, was meant to be a New Radicals single originally. |
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Monday, 10:35 PM
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I would have said Try Again was Aaliyah's best remembered, what would you rank above it Snake?
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Monday, 10:36 PM
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Say that hiss with your chest, and...
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QUOTE(My... WAP?? @ 6th May 2024, 11:35 PM)  I would have said Try Again was Aaliyah's best remembered, what would you rank above it Snake? More than A Woman, her #1 UK hit? |
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Monday, 10:40 PM
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Ah, despite being a #1 that has never felt that well known to me.
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Tuesday, 08:49 AM
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 I wanna keep all of your charm in a canister
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Friday's batch:
None of the bottom 7 in your ranking were my thing but then I turned a corner with 'Woman Trouble'  it's not quite as iconic a team-up between Artful Dodger and Craig David as 'Re-Rewind' but I do remember this one well too. Craig's quick-fire hook is pretty addictive and Robbie Craig gives a soulful performance throughout. As mentioned elsewhere in the thread, it's a shame that the radio edit with Craig David isn't on streaming, only a 7 minute version.'Sunday Morning Call' isn't a huge Oasis favourite for me but I am enjoying the continued psychedelic production choices running throughout this era. |
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Tuesday, 08:59 AM
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Aaliyah's Try Again is another Florida holiday track 9/10 from me, and she seemed to be going places in music and film. Life Is A Rollercoaster easily Ronan's jewel in a patchy crown, courtesy of Gregg Alexander of New Radicals, his songs were usually excellent uplifting pop tunes. 10/10. Taste In Men just got a 3/10 from me, expect I heard it once or twice and never again.
Jumpin' Jumpin' 7/10 as they continued to be big in the USA, and on the rise. Chicane passed me by, Jonah ditto, but hooray Bowie's Seven was an 8/10 31 years into his career. De La Soul was another blank from me, surprisingly as I am generally a fan, but they would be back later in the year. Dance Tonight I liked, as per for US r'n'b, 7/10, but Christina's ballad I was not a fan of, 2/10. Marc Et Claude, well I love The Korgis original so I gave them a credit and called it a 9/10 cover. *NSync I usually rated a lot on Martin/Pop stuff so no exception here on 9/10 I'll Never Stop - though I dont remember it like I do Its Gonna Be Me and Bye Bye Bye or I want You Back. Cleopatra still coming atcha, but not at me, blank on this. Ultra Nate always tickles my fancy, and Desire is no exception, a solid 9/10 from moi. Affirmation kept Savage Garden going on with an 8/10 (but prob really a 7) after their massive quality double-chart-topper debuts in '98 but they got more tedious as they went on. 2 faced was one of Louise's decent tracks, 8/10, Shanks & Bigfoot a reasonable 5/10, and Five & Queen got a compensation 7/10 for We Will Rock You not being an A side 9/10 back in the day (but really its pretty rubbish in comparison). |
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Tuesday, 10:07 PM
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Sunday Morning Call is good stuff but my easy pick for standout track from SOTSOG is the fantastic, moody and atmospheric album track Gas Panic!
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