I'd say Liberty X and S Club 7's singles were quite critically acclaimed actually... Aqua less so though! :D

At what point did I say everyone on this board was a Kylie fan ?

 

I was just stating that in general its a big fan favourite.

Yes I know you were, but what has that got to do with anything? Kylie fans would probably like A Night Like This as it's a good example of a typical Kylie song, at least 00s-wise. But people who don't like her might hate it for the exact same reason. That was what I was trying to get across.

 

Personally I can't stand those kind of Kylie songs - the ones I like are generally the ones that are a bit more interesting/different...

 

Caught In The Middle is NOTHING like their early cheesy crap. It's an acoustic mid-tempo pop song, and was widely regarded as being a huge and excellent departure for them at the time. I often see it pop up in 'guilty pleasure' countdowns, but imo it's only a 'guilty pleasure' because of their reputation - had a new singer/songwriter come out with it there'd be no issue over its quality.

 

A number of normally 'cheesy' acts have come out with one off critically acclaimed singles over the year - S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin', Liberty X - Just A Little, Aqua - Turn Back Time, Boyzone - No Matter What...

:o Cheek! Be The First To Believe is a late 90s cheese classic!

 

Don't forget Viva Forever - the one song even the most rampant Spice Girls hater seems to be able to admit is actually QUITE GOOD.

 

I'd also say Five's Keep On Movin' but I'm not sure how positively received that was. I know that I adore it anyway :D

 

I'd say Liberty X and S Club 7's singles were quite critically acclaimed actually... Aqua less so though! :D

Liberty X were supposed to be a cooler version of Hear'Say, yes, a bit like All Saints to the Spice Girls - hence why at the start of their career they slipped into the garage sound that was big at the time. Although over the years they got less and less credible and by the end of their career they were putting out $h!tty covers of 80s songs and doing terrible pop-rap songs :lol:

+15 Daft Punk – One More Time

+12 Kylie Minouge – On a Night Like This

+10 S Club 7 – Reach

+08 Sonique – Sky

+06 Zombie Nation – Kernkraft 400

+05 Sweet Female Attitude – Flowers

+04 Donnell Jones – U Know What’s Up

+03 Moloko – The Time is Now

+02 Robbie Williams & Kylie Minouge – Kids

+01 True Steppers & Dane Bowers feat Victoria Beckham – Out Of Your Mind

 

-02 Westlife – What Makes a Man

 

Caught In The Middle is NOTHING like their early cheesy crap. It's an acoustic mid-tempo pop song, and was widely regarded as being a huge and excellent departure for them at the time. I often see it pop up in 'guilty pleasure' countdowns, but imo it's only a 'guilty pleasure' because of their reputation

I've always hated the term 'guilty pleasure' in music, implying that you should feel embarrassed to like certain songs. Why?

I like lots of songs which alot of people would class as 'guilty pleasure', but surely this says more about there own hang-ups than anything else.

 

Bray's quote regarding A1 also shows up what is wrong with the general record buying public. They either assume that a song is bad because it's by a certain act, or vice versa, that a song is going to be brilliant because it's by an act such as Lady GaGa before they've even heard it. I really do not understand this way of thinking. Sure you can be excited by new material on the horizon by your favourite artist but that does not automatically mean it's going to be good.

 

Also if you've not heard some of the tracks listed in this list it doesn't take long to check them out on YouTube. I couldn't remember a good number of the 2000 No.2's and hadn't even heard or could recall the Sweet Female Attitude track but I still gave it a listen.

15pts Samantha Mumba – Gotta Tell You

12pts Robbie Williams & Kylie Minouge – Kids (Completely underrated)

10pts True Steppers & Dane Bowers feat Victoria Beckham – Out Of Your Mind

8pts S Club 7 – Two In A Million/You’re My Number One

6pts S Club 7 – Reach

5pts Kylie Minouge – On a Night Like This

4pts Sweet Female Attitude – Flowers

3pts Blink 182 – All The Small Things

2pts Sonique – Sky

1pt Baha Men – Who Let The Dogs Out

 

-2pts Bomfunk MC’s – Freestyler

 

+15 Artful Dodger - Movin Too Fast

+12 Blink 182 - All The Small Things

+10 Daft Punk - One More Time

+08 Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers

+06 S Club 7 - Two In A Million

+05 S Club 7 - Reach

+04 Moloko - The Time Is Now

+03 Samantha Mumba - Gotta Tell You

+02 Martine McCutcheon - I'm Over You

+01 Sonique - Sky

 

-02 Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out

15. Kylie Minogue - On a Night Like This :heart: I would love to know why Daniel always types Kylie 'Minouge' :angel:

12. Daft Punk – One More Time Amazed they're doing very well in this game

10. Blink 182 – All The Small Things Unforgettable video ^_^

8. Sash! – Adelante Dance masterpiece. Love the spanish words :wub:

6. Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue – Kids

5. Zombie Nation – Kernkraft 400

4. S Club 7 – Reach

3. S Club 7 – Two In A Million/You’re My Number One

2. Baha Men – Who Let The Dogs Out

1. Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson – Movin Too Fast

 

 

-2. Moloko – The Time is Now :puke2: Boring as hell, hate her annoying voice

Edited June 9, 201114 yr by Jason

I'd say Liberty X and S Club 7's singles were quite critically acclaimed actually... Aqua less so though! :D

 

Well it was critically acclaimed to the point that people were shocked that it was from the same band that were behind Barbie Girl and Doctor Jones! :lol:

 

Don't Stop Movin' and Just A Little definitely got a lot of good press in surprising places at the time, I remember that much!

 

:o Cheek! Be The First To Believe is a late 90s cheese classic!

 

Don't forget Viva Forever - the one song even the most rampant Spice Girls hater seems to be able to admit is actually QUITE GOOD.

 

I'd also say Five's Keep On Movin' but I'm not sure how positively received that was. I know that I adore it anyway :D

 

:lol: When I say cheesy crap, read that this always means that I love it! Listening to it 12 years on though, and especially comparing it to their material just 3 years later, it's rather cringetastic!

 

I knew I'd forgotten about a few, although Spice Girls weren't AS hated by the cool press as S Club 7/Steps and the like, I think a lot of people can agree on the merit in songs like 2 Become 1 and Viva Forever.

 

Keep On Movin' is definitely Five's most well known hit so it must have some sort of critical acclaim to still get played on the radio over a decade later.

 

I've always hated the term 'guilty pleasure' in music, implying that you should feel embarrassed to like certain songs. Why?

I like lots of songs which alot of people would class as 'guilty pleasure', but surely this says more about there own hang-ups than anything else.

 

Bray's quote regarding A1 also shows up what is wrong with the general record buying public. They either assume that a song is bad because it's by a certain act, or vice versa, that a song is going to be brilliant because it's by an act such as Lady GaGa before they've even heard it. I really do not understand this way of thinking. Sure you can be excited by new material on the horizon by your favourite artist but that does not automatically mean it's going to be good.

 

Also if you've not heard some of the tracks listed in this list it doesn't take long to check them out on YouTube. I couldn't remember a good number of the 2000 No.2's and hadn't even heard or could recall the Sweet Female Attitude track but I still gave it a listen.

 

Oh I completely agree with you, 50% of the music I listen to I probably shouldn't be as a man in his early 20s :lol: I've never personally used the term 'guilty pleasure' as I like what I like and quite honestly couldn't care less what anybody else thinks about it. If somebody else is too embarrassed to admit that they like a song by S Club 7 and have to use this awful term to cover up their 'shame' then more fool them for not having the confidence to openly enjoy the music that they like.

I've always hated the term 'guilty pleasure' in music, implying that you should feel embarrassed to like certain songs. Why?

I like lots of songs which alot of people would class as 'guilty pleasure', but surely this says more about there own hang-ups than anything else.

 

Bray's quote regarding A1 also shows up what is wrong with the general record buying public. They either assume that a song is bad because it's by a certain act, or vice versa, that a song is going to be brilliant because it's by an act such as Lady GaGa before they've even heard it. I really do not understand this way of thinking. Sure you can be excited by new material on the horizon by your favourite artist but that does not automatically mean it's going to be good.

 

Also if you've not heard some of the tracks listed in this list it doesn't take long to check them out on YouTube. I couldn't remember a good number of the 2000 No.2's and hadn't even heard or could recall the Sweet Female Attitude track but I still gave it a listen.

It would be nice but I guess it's a lot to ask for some people. I mean, if you only know five tracks, then that's 14 tracks you have to look up, which would take you at least 45 minutes to 1 hour. I looked up the ones I didn't know in the 1980s rate but then that was only a few each time, not that many, so I can understand it in that respect.

 

The Sweet Female Atttitude song is very forgotten in terms of radio play, but it still pops up on an awful lot of garage and urban compilations. Likewise Donell Jones, which I own on about three different R&B compilations off the top of my head, as well as some of his follow-ups.

 

Adelante is also very much overlooked in favour of some of Sash!'s other #2s (Stay, Encore Une Fois, Mysterious Times...), and Martine is probably the most forgotten of all :(

 

12. Daft Punk – One More Time Amazed they're doing very well in this game

Really? I'd say it was very obvious it was going to do well here - well-liked song by a popular and still relevant band that hasn't dated much at all and still gets a lot of airplay - so I'm not surprised if it's running away with it like I suspect it is. I just hope it doesn't win the whole thing. I used to love it but I long lost any joy I could get out of it and it's now a tad on the tedious side (although it's still a decent enough record, but that's not enough for points off me in a year like 2000!).

 

:lol: When I say cheesy crap, read that this always means that I love it! Listening to it 12 years on though, and especially comparing it to their material just 3 years later, it's rather cringetastic!

 

I knew I'd forgotten about a few, although Spice Girls weren't AS hated by the cool press as S Club 7/Steps and the like, I think a lot of people can agree on the merit in songs like 2 Become 1 and Viva Forever.

 

Keep On Movin' is definitely Five's most well known hit so it must have some sort of critical acclaim to still get played on the radio over a decade later.

Yeah, cringetastic but it was appropriate at the time. Just like three years later it was standard for the last generation of pop acts to slightly mature a bit. They were hardly the worst act at that time for that though - wasn't Viva La Radio in the charts around the time it was released? :lol:

 

Re:Spice Girls - I think it depended on the song really. Wannabe was critically panned but that's not too surprising as it must have sounded ridiculously novelty at the time - I mean, a cheesy pop song with a rap bridge in it, and all this at the height of guitars in the charts? :heehee: And Spice Up Your Life ditto. Their ballads were definitely their most well-received singles in general though. I'd argue they were quite hated more for what they represented (i.e. being so obviously manufactured at a time when it wasn't so common), and then criticisms about their (lack of) singing ability followed them throughout their career - which makes it somewhat ironic their ballads were so well-received, as they're surely almost entirely about the voice. They were still amazing anyway. I'm pretty sure The Saturdays would kill for even 10% of their natural chemistry and personality - it might even help them get that #1 :lol: