Truly AWFUL results in this one.

The usual over-rated Britney/Xtina pap at the top.

And did people REALLY put the Backstreet Boys and S Club 7 in the top 35 but have Lauryn Hill, Baz Luhrmann, Blur, and the New Radicals in the bottom?

 

Waiting For Tonight? f***ing hell. It's hardly worth voting in these, the results will always be full of $h!te, overrtated female solo artists no matter whether their song is one of their best, worst, or average. Awful!

Truly AWFUL results in this one.

The usual over-rated Britney/Xtina pap at the top.

And did people REALLY put the Backstreet Boys and S Club 7 in the top 35 but have Lauryn Hill, Baz Luhrmann, Blur, and the New Radicals in the bottom?

 

I'm gutted that New Radicals didn't make it even to the top 35...that song defined 1999 for me...and its by far the song I hear most now out of the 50 on the shortlist

 

I put it 8th in my list...and I never even liked it that much when it first came out...so the fact that it has grown on me so much 10 years later proves what an enduring classic it is

Truly AWFUL results in this one.

The usual over-rated Britney/Xtina pap at the top.

And did people REALLY put the Backstreet Boys and S Club 7 in the top 35 but have Lauryn Hill, Baz Luhrmann, Blur, and the New Radicals in the bottom?

 

I'm not sure how old the average BJ member is...I'm 21 almost and I would assume that is a lot higher than average...so a lot of people voting may only have been about 6 or 7 years old in 1999 so Britney/Xtina would have stood out a lot more than Blur and Lauryn Hill to a 7 year old

I'm not sure how old the average BJ member is...I'm 21 almost and I would assume that is a lot higher than average...so a lot of people voting may only have been about 6 or 7 years old in 1999 so Britney/Xtina would have stood out a lot more than Blur and Lauryn Hill to a 7 year old

I'm 17, 18 in a few months, so I was 9 at this time. So yeah, I was all into this Britney/Xtina thing at the time and the only Lauryn Hill song I knew was "Doo Wop (That Thing)" which I voted for in the other game. I wasn't fond of it at the time, but I am now.

 

What I'm saying is our age at the time might not be the only excuse. I mean, I might not have been interested in Lauryn Hill or Blur at the time, but there was nothing stopping me from discovering them as I got older. To this day I only recognise that one song from Lauryn Hill, apart from 'Killing Me Softly' with the Fugees.

 

I know this is close minded but I wouldn't recognise the Blur, Foo Fighters, Baz Luhrmann or Armand Van Helden songs. I just don't think they would be the sort of songs I would be interested in, just as the others would rather scratch their nails down a blackboard than listen to Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera or Jennifer Lopez.

I know this is close minded but I wouldn't recognise the Blur, Foo Fighters, Baz Luhrmann or Armand Van Helden songs.

 

Exactly my point :D These were all really popular at the time especially Baz and Armand

 

so its not that people are voting for Britney/Xtina because they think they are the better songs, moreso because they haven't heard of some of the other songs from the year which don't still get regular airplay in 2008...I haven't heard Blur's Tender on the radio since its time of release...

 

in the same way, if we had a record of 92 game I would probably pick Snap! and Shakespear's Sister over more respected songs which I haven't heard of...

You have to remember most people were really young when the first songs first came out.

According to music fans of buzzjack, Eiffell 65 is better than Basement Jaxx. :unsure:

 

I agree, what is it with people here obsessing over generic rubbishy pop songs by semi-talented female singers? J-Lo, Britney? :puke2:

 

Moloko is a pleasent surprise though!

Edited March 27, 200817 yr by ScottyEm

I thought some of you might be interested to compare with the previous year's ROTY Games and see as it helps show from these Top10's how musically BuzzJack has changed.... some might say for the better, others might say for the worse (remember back early in BuzzJack's history Embrace's Natures Law was the BuzzJack Personal Charts #1, can you imagine another indie/alternative/rock track topping the BuzzJack Personal Charts now).......

 

2006

ROTY 1999 Top 10

 

10th Blur - Coffee & TV 137

9th TLC - Unpretty 139

8th Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) 141

7th Armand Van Helden - You Don't Know Me 143

6th New Radicals - You Get What You Give 145

5th Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle 164

4th Britney Spears - Baby One More Time 168

3rd Madonna - Beautiful Stranger 183

2nd Macy Gray I Try 186

1st DJ Jurgen ft. Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone 198

 

 

 

2007

ROTY 1999 Top 10

 

10 DJ Jurgen ft. Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone 184

9 Blur - Coffee & TV 188

8 Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee) 215

7 TLC - No Scrubs 223

6 Blondie - Maria 240

5 Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much 258

4 Madonna - Beautiful Stranger 293

3 Jennifer Lopez - Waiting For Tonight 306

2 Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle 344

1 Britney Spears - Baby One More Time 369

 

 

Now that I've dug these old results out on my PC, I will look to post the equivalent information for the future ROTY Games....

I loved Embrace's Nature's Law...made No.2 in my chart and I usually can't stand the band...

 

I'm gutted that Alice Deejay and New Radicals have fallen so much out of favour in two years :( Both of those songs are at least 100x better than Britney's You Drive Me Crazy...fair enough Baby One More Time doing well as its a 'classic' pop song but Crazy was like a poor mans version of that song...

Damn missed this one. Glad Britney won though

Edited March 27, 200817 yr by The 411.

1.Fatboy Slim - Praise You

2.Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me

3.New Radicals - You Get What You Give

4.TLC - No Scrubs

5.Blur - Tender

6.Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like A Woman!

7.ATB - 9pm (Till I Come)

8.Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl

9.Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue

10.Macy Gray - I Try

11.S Club 7 - Bring It All Back

12.Celine Dion - That's The Way It Is

13.Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)

14.Emilia - Big Big World

15.Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away

16.Blur - Coffee & TV

17.Jennifer Lopez - Waiting For Tonight

18.Steps - Tragedy

19.Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love

20.Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle

I thought some of you might be interested to compare with the previous year's ROTY Games and see as it helps show from these Top10's how musically BuzzJack has changed.... some might say for the better, others might say for the worse (remember back early in BuzzJack's history Embrace's Natures Law was the BuzzJack Personal Charts #1, can you imagine another indie/alternative/rock track topping the BuzzJack Personal Charts now

 

Not unless Britney Spears formed a death metal duo with Christina Aguilera no.

 

You're right, it's changed but completely for the worst. The shallow female pop princess pap has COMPLETELY taken over at the expense of everything else.