May 17, 201213 yr 1. Pulp - Common People 2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 3. Suede - Stay Together 4. Radiohead - Paranoid Android 5. Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness 6. Oasis - Supersonic 7. Beastie Boys - Sabotage 8. Daft Punk - Da Funk 9. McAlmont & Butler - Yes 10. Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name 11. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony 12. Madonna - Vogue 13. Primal Scream - Loaded 14. Suede - Animal Nitrate 15. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) 16. Eminem - My Name Is 17. Weezer - Buddy Holly 18. Blur - Song 2 19. Ash - Girl From Mars 20. Green Day - Basket Case 21. Oasis - Live Forever 22. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms 23. Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye 24. Kelis - Caught Out There 25. The Verve - History 26. Warren G - Regulate 27. PJ Harvey - Down By The Water 28. Foo Fighters - Everlong 29. Blur - Girls And Boys 30. Underworld - Born Slippy 31. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy 32. Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 33. The Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance) 34. Portishead - Glory Box 35. Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow 36. Mazzy Star - Fade Into You 37. Daft Punk - Around The World 38. Julee Cruise - Falling 39. Boo Radleys - Lazarus 40. Super Furry Animals - If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You 41. The Charlatans - The Only One I Know 42. Beck - Wheres It At 43. Blackstreet - No Diggity 44. Beastie Boys - Intergalactic 45. TLC - No Scrubs 46. Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart 47. House Of Pain - Jump Around 48. Blur - For Tomorrow 49. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion 50. Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz 51. The Stone Roses - One Love 52. Nirvana - Lithium 53. Elastica - Stutter 54. Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) 55. Fugees - Ready Or Not 56. ‘Ol Dirty bast*rd - Got Your Money 57. Elliott Smith - Needle In The Hay 58. The Cure - Friday Im In Love 59. Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) 60. The Breeders - Cannonball 61. The Lemonheads - Its A Shame About Ray 62. Pearl Jam - Alive 63. Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space 64. Missy Elliott - The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) 65. U2 - One 66. Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine 67. Tricky - Hell Is Round The Corner 68. The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 69. Bjork - Hyperballad 70. Radiohead - Creep 71. Wu Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck 72. Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (Fatboy Slim Remix) 73. Sinead OConnor - Nothing Compares 2 U 74. New Order - Regret 75. Hole - Celebrity Skin 76. Primal Scream - Come Together 77. Air - Sexy Boy 78. KLF - What Time Is Love? 79. Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart 80. Beta Band - Dry The Rain 81. Ride - Vapour Trail 82. 2Pac - California Love 83. Happy Mondays - Step On 84. No Doubt – Don’t Speak 85. Sonic Youth - Sugar Kane 86. Oasis - Wonderwall 87. Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life 88. Metallica - Enter Sandman 89. Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap 90. A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It? 91. Pulp - Babies 92. Dr Dre - Nuthin But A ‘G’ Thang 93. James - Laid 94. Leftfield - Open Up 95. Guns N Roses - November Rain 96. New Radicals - You Get What You Give 97. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Who Am I? (What’s My Name) 98. Paul Weller - The Changingman 99. Black Grape - Reverend Black Grape 100. Coolio - Gangstas Paradise
May 17, 201213 yr http://www.nme.com/list/100-best-songs-of-...s/267775/page/1 No Spice Girls whatsoever. How exactly is this a bad thing? Although why Wannabee :puke2: made the top 100 from the last 16 years and not the 90s list is a bit strange.
May 17, 201213 yr Surely if you were talking about a 90's list, Robert Miles - Children would be in there? And I agree about the Spice Girls, "Wannabe" should pretty much be in a lot of all-time lists. Ground-breaking song, whether you find it annoying or not~
May 17, 201213 yr I always loved Womack & Womack's Teardrops. Me too :heart: Also, I can't argue with this: 03. The Smiths – “How Soon Is Now” 02. Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” 01. New Order – “Blue Monday”Three of the greatest songs ever written. 2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 11. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony 12. Madonna - Vogue 17. Weezer - Buddy Holly 18. Blur - Song 2 21. Oasis - Live Forever 23. Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye 24. Kelis - Caught Out There 28. Foo Fighters - Everlong 31. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy 32. Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 45. TLC - No Scrubs 49. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion 52. Nirvana - Lithium 54. Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing) 55. Fugees - Ready Or Not 58. The Cure - Friday Im In Love 59. Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) 60. The Breeders - Cannonball 62. Pearl Jam - Alive 65. U2 - One 66. Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine 68. The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl 75. Hole - Celebrity Skin 79. Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart 84. No Doubt – Don’t Speak 86. Oasis - Wonderwall 87. Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life 95. Guns N Roses - November Rain 100. Coolio - Gangstas Paradise At least now we know where they are going wrong in the last 15 years list. Those are the only ones I approve off. I'd probably include more Pearl Jam (Jeremy, Even Flow) Hole (Malibu) Jeff Buckley (Grace, Last Goodbye should be bumped to top 10), Alice in Chains (Would), Placebo (Every You, Every Me), Smashing Pumpkins (Disarm, Tonight Tonight),No Doubt (Just a Girl) and Nirvana (Come as you Are) On top of that I would add more dance. Surely if you were talking about a 90's list, Robert Miles - Children would be in there? And I agree about the Spice Girls, "Wannabe" should pretty much be in a lot of all-time lists. Ground-breaking song, whether you find it annoying or not~ The NME rarely acknowledge pure dance. The Prodigy is about as far as they go. To have a 90s list without dance music, crazy. Children is like the hymn of Acid House Edited May 17, 201213 yr by Paramore
May 17, 201213 yr Author what sort of ground did Wannabe break? The list contradicts their 'Last 15 Years List'. Plus any 90s list that doesn't include Enjoy the Silence is deeply questionable.
May 17, 201213 yr what sort of ground did Wannabe break? The list contradicts their 'Last 15 Years List'. Plus any 90s list that doesn't include Enjoy the Silence is deeply questionable. I'm guessing that they think of it as an 80s record.
May 17, 201213 yr Author There isn't enough dance music in it either. And that New Raddicles song is shite.
May 17, 201213 yr There isn't enough dance music in it either. And that New Raddicles song is shite. One man's Cure is another man's Poison. #80srockjoke
May 17, 201213 yr How the holy f*** does Robert Miles deserve inclusion? Nothing more than Jean Michel Jarre for the rave generation. Absolutely dire. And the only thing ground breaking about Wannabe is it ushered in a whole new age of bland insipid boy and girl bands. Oh and I don't find it annoying, just bloody shit.
May 17, 201213 yr Author How the holy f*** does Robert Miles deserve inclusion? Nothing more than Jean Michel Jarre for the rave generation. Absolutely dire. And the only thing ground breaking about Wannabe is it ushered in a whole new age of bland insipid boy and girl bands. Oh and I don't find it annoying, just bloody shit. plus 1
May 18, 201213 yr How the holy f*** does Robert Miles deserve inclusion? Nothing more than Jean Michel Jarre for the rave generation. Absolutely dire. And the only thing ground breaking about Wannabe is it ushered in a whole new age of bland insipid boy and girl bands. Oh and I don't find it annoying, just bloody shit. I'd say Robert Miles being derivative of someone that great isn't a bad thing? A lot of bands and singers draw copious amounts of inspiration from great artists yet still receive acclaim . On it's own however that track was a phenomenon, because of the concept of what it was to be used for and how it unified a generation of people at the time. I don't think it should be shooed away on the grounds that it's a dance track, it's hardly generic trash. But in a publication like this it wouldn't fit. Spice Girls were ground-breaking because it was a controversial, abrasive, and new - yet despite mixed reviews at the time is looked back with positive reviews across the board - which is the case for a lot of famous 'credible' bands whose recognition is awarded on nostalgic principle. Spice Girls were a revolution that is looked back on fondly, and not sneered at like one would expect. Tbf, it doesn't matter about if it's included in something like this - NME are one of the most back-and-forth when it comes to staff lists. Songs and artists they TRASHED are now at the forefront of their lists because they're all about cliché, nostalgic choices / the shocking ironic entries. They just seem to alter their decisions whenever they feel like to appear like they know the trends of the people, even if it goes against their previous thoughts.
May 18, 201213 yr Tbf, it doesn't matter about if it's included in something like this - NME are one of the most back-and-forth when it comes to staff lists. Songs and artists they TRASHED are now at the forefront of their lists because they're all about cliché, nostalgic choices / the shocking ironic entries. They just seem to alter their decisions whenever they feel like to appear like they know the trends of the people, even if it goes against their previous thoughts. The other important thing to remember is all NME list are done by either the staff or the readership. These are two constantly changing entities so it stands to reason that there will be variety in the list. Time also changes individuals views on songs. I'm not overly defending the NME as I've always seen it as a pretentious load of tosh but inconsistent lists aren't really an issue for me. As for Robert Miles, yes it was a big hit but so was Bryan Adams' Everything I Do and that isn't seen as being anything other than a bland, self important nonentity either. When I think of 90s dance music Children is was down the list. And Wannabe was a hugely important and signifigant track that did help to define the 90s and beyond. It was a fresh sound and spawned a load of imitators. Much like Kylie's I Should Be So Lucky ten years before. That doesn't stop it from being crap, lightweight fluff marketed almost exclusively at impressible pre-teen girls. It was only the girls forceful personalities and clever media savvy that stopped them going the way of Milan or 21st Century Girls
May 18, 201213 yr I'd say Robert Miles being derivative of someone that great isn't a bad thing? A lot of bands and singers draw copious amounts of inspiration from great artists yet still receive acclaim . On it's own however that track was a phenomenon, because of the concept of what it was to be used for and how it unified a generation of people at the time. I don't think it should be shooed away on the grounds that it's a dance track, it's hardly generic trash. But in a publication like this it wouldn't fit. Spice Girls were ground-breaking because it was a controversial, abrasive, and new - yet despite mixed reviews at the time is looked back with positive reviews across the board - which is the case for a lot of famous 'credible' bands whose recognition is awarded on nostalgic principle. Spice Girls were a revolution that is looked back on fondly, and not sneered at like one would expect. Tbf, it doesn't matter about if it's included in something like this - NME are one of the most back-and-forth when it comes to staff lists. Songs and artists they TRASHED are now at the forefront of their lists because they're all about cliché, nostalgic choices / the shocking ironic entries. They just seem to alter their decisions whenever they feel like to appear like they know the trends of the people, even if it goes against their previous thoughts. Wannabe - shocking abrasive and new! It was just perfectly marketed! So a triumph for the fat cat who was managing them and not much artistic merit at all. The only thing it started was the perfect blueprint for a lot of the shit we've had in the intervening 16 years. The Spice Girls should not be celebrated, they should be vilified. And I don't think you quite understood my point about JMJ - being derivative of someone who was awful is not great. And don't give me that guff about JMJ being a synth pioneer. Kraftwerk and others were there first. Populizer yes, pioneer no. I have nothing against dance records - in fact one of the most glaring omissions for me in the 80s list was Stakker Humanoid - but Children did not unify a generation of people it unified a group of people and as such does not represent much to a great many people other than what was that bland thing that was just on TOTP. Oh was that it, what's next?
May 18, 201213 yr Author Wannabe is only abrasive if you were into Enya. Children is not exactly on a par with Paul Van Dyk's For an Angel when it comes to emotional, commercial trance music. The way I see it is - if NME claim to be inclusive of the best of all popular genres they have done 90s dance a disservice. The inclusion of What Time Is Love? is warranted but they sure as hell could have included Out of Space or some other rave track that has stood the test of time well. The ignored trance altogether, which was not an insignificant dance genre and takes a lot of musical skill to master. It's no less worthy than big beat or whatever the Chemical Brothers/Fat Boy Slim went under in the late 90s.
May 21, 201213 yr I've had enough of complaining about NME lists for a lifetime. I will say that I'm pleased to see The KLF & The Beta Band in there and very disappointed to see The Verve continue to reach the high positions...but good that the Oasis obsession seems to have subsided somewhat.
May 21, 201213 yr I would replace U2's "One" with "The Fly" - probably the last interesting song they released.
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