OK, a more recent year (just keeping in with the rules of Retro). Was 1999 a better year for music than '85 or '86?

 

Here's my pick of the year. Couldn't narrow it down to 12 I'm afraid:

 

1. Semisonic - Secret Smile

love this track!

 

2. ATB - 9pm...Till I Come

my holiday song for that year. Absolutely love it!

 

3. Chicane - Saltwater

Can't believe this is nearly 10 years old. Classic trance

 

4. Babybird - Back Together

Beautiful track. Shame it only got to #22

 

5. Len - Steal My Sunshine

Great use of Andrea True sample. Great summer tune - though I think it came out in December!

 

6. William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix)

Perfect

 

7. Humate - Love Stimulation

quite a few dance tracks in this list, this is one of the best

 

8. Hepburn - I Quit

Long forgotton girl band. Good pop song though.

 

9. Lucid - Stay With Me Till Dawn

Great cover. Deserved better than it's peak of #25

 

10. Blink 182 - What's My Age Again

Love this!

 

11. Eminem - My Name Is

Hated this at first, but it grew on me, thanks to my brother flogging it to death on holiday. Love it now. Regardless of anyone's feelings about him, he was a breath of fresh air in hip hop as well as the pop world, in my opinion.

 

12. Manic Street Preachers - Tsunami

Quite an euphoric rock track. My favourite of theirs.

 

13. Placebo - Every You Every Me

Again, my favourite of theirs. Superb track.

 

14. Shanks And Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate

OK, it's silly, but again nostaglic memories mean I still love this!

 

I narrowed it down to 14. Although Mr Oizo - Flat Beat and 702 - You Don't Know just missed the cut.

 

Don't know about worst track of the year. There was a lot of c**p, but none I felt total hatred for. I suppose The Millenium Prayer is a contender for worst of the year. Along with Westlife - Flying Without Wings. How about guilty pleasures of the year? - I actually really liked A1 - Be The First To Believe and Adam Rickitt - I Breathe Again at the time :lol:

 

 

 

OK, a more recent year (just keeping in with the rules of Retro). Was 1999 a better year for music than '85 or '86?

 

Here's my pick of the year. Couldn't narrow it down to 12 I'm afraid:

 

1. Semisonic - Secret Smile

love this track!

 

2. ATB - 9pm...Till I Come

my holiday song for that year. Absolutely love it!

 

3. Chicane - Saltwater

Can't believe this is nearly 10 years old. Classic trance

 

4. Babybird - Back Together

Beautiful track. Shame it only got to #22

 

5. Len - Steal My Sunshine

Great use of Andrea True sample. Great summer tune - though I think it came out in December!

 

6. William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix)

Perfect

 

7. Humate - Love Stimulation

quite a few dance tracks in this list, this is one of the best

 

8. Hepburn - I Quit

Long forgotton girl band. Good pop song though.

 

9. Lucid - Stay With Me Till Dawn

Great cover. Deserved better than it's peak of #25

 

10. Blink 182 - What's My Age Again

Love this!

 

11. Eminem - My Name Is

Hated this at first, but it grew on me, thanks to my brother flogging it to death on holiday. Love it now. Regardless of anyone's feelings about him, he was a breath of fresh air in hip hop as well as the pop world, in my opinion.

 

12. Manic Street Preachers - Tsunami

Quite an euphoric rock track. My favourite of theirs.

 

13. Placebo - Every You Every Me

Again, my favourite of theirs. Superb track.

 

14. Shanks And Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate

OK, it's silly, but again nostaglic memories mean I still love this!

 

I narrowed it down to 14. Although Mr Oizo - Flat Beat and 702 - You Don't Know just missed the cut.

 

Don't know about worst track of the year. There was a lot of c**p, but none I felt total hatred for. I suppose The Millenium Prayer is a contender for worst of the year. Along with Westlife - Flying Without Wings. How about guilty pleasures of the year? - I actually really liked A1 - Be The First To Believe and Adam Rickitt - I Breathe Again at the time :lol:

 

was 99 worse then 85?... tbh imho no! because there was some classic trance out in 99, which i rate higher then anything from 85. i fukkin LOVE veracocha 'carte blance' (my ringtone!) more then anything from 82 onwards. plus uk garage was bursting onto the scene.

 

a good choice there... ill consider my 99 album shortly!

 

was 99 better then 86?... close call tbh... 86 was the best year IMHO since 81 and until the late 90's..

1. Semisonic - Secret Smile

 

 

5. Len - Steal My Sunshine

 

10. Blink 182 - What's My Age Again

 

11. Eminem - My Name Is

 

12. Manic Street Preachers - Tsunami

 

Again, these are the only ones I liked, 1999 is a bit of a blank for me

All of it.

 

 

 

 

Except Westlife :P As I've said before this is my favourite year EVER for music, and the CD single was at its absolute peak, the entire top 20 of the year sold over half a million and it was just before mp3s spoiled all the fun.

 

Here's ten of my favourites:

 

Britney Spears - Baby One More Time

Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much OR Man I Feel Like A Woman

New Radicals - You Get What You Give

Dope Smugglaz - Double Double Dutch (so underrated!!)

DJ Jurgen presents Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone

Ann Lee - 2 Times

DJ Sakin - Protect Your Mind

System F - Out of The Blue

Gouryella - Gouryella

William Orbit - Barber's Adagio for Strings (Ferry Corsten remix)

Almost as good as the amazing year 2000 :D

my joint favourite year for music (along with 1998)...my favourite tracks from it were:

 

1. DJ Jurgen/Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone

2. The Corrs - Runaway (Tin Tin Out Remix)

3. Alice Deejay - Back In My Life

4. ATB - 9PM (Till I Come)

5. Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)

6. Ann Lee - 2 Times

7. The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind

8. ATB - Don't Stop

9. Jewel - Down So Long

10. Thunderbugs - Friends Forever

 

also loved: Precious - Say It Again, Texas - In Our Lifetime, New Radicals - You Get What You Give, TLC - Unpretty, Cher - All Or Nothing, DJ Jean - The Launch, Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle, Britney Spears - Sometimes and tons more...

i make no appologies for the dance orientation of my choices as 99 was one fukkin good year for dance/trance :)

 

Veracocha - Carte Blanche

ill always be singing the praises of this CORKING good trance track, one of the best ever.

 

Binary Finary - 1999

as above, utterly brilliant, a genre defining track and the last track to be played on radio 1 last centuary!

 

Armand van Helden - You Dont Know Me

unusual as im not keen on american dance, but this was superb!

 

Offspring - Pretty Fly For a White Guy

imho the best rock track from 99

 

System F - Out OF The Blue

another top dance track

 

Chicane ft Marie Brennan - Saltwater

chicane were excellant, another top dance track, love it!

 

DJ Jurgen ft Alice Dee Jay - Better off Alone

no apologies for this excellant, uplifting commercial dancs track

 

D J Jean - The Launch

fond memories of this whilst tripping! :lol:

 

Artfull Dodger ft Craig David - Re Rewind the Crowd Say Bo Selecter

the odd saying that spawned a great comedy prog, the first big uk garage hit.

 

Mr Vegas - Heads High

the oddest of tracks.... but i like it for that!

 

for me, 1999 was the best year for music since '86.

 

1999 was the year I got into music properly on the whole. Before I was just interested in the Spice Girls really. I have a box with loads of cassettes from this year that I can't use today, but I refuse to throw them out. I'd like to say my favourites from this year are cheesy pop rubbish because I was nine years old at the time, but I still like most of them today.

 

1. Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle

I vaguely remember writing down my own favourite songs every week and thinking this was the best song ever at the time. I don't think it's as good as most of her later work now, but it's a decent debut single.

 

2. Martine McCutcheon - Perfect Moment

As far is I remember, this is the song that got me into listening to the charts and stuff as I was listening to hear where "Tiffany from Eastenders" was gonna get with her single. :lol: I think I had an unhealthy obsession with her back then, I think I've gone into it on here before. It's a bit of a guilty pleasure now but I still like it.

 

3. Mariah Carey - Heartbreaker

I was obsessed with this too and I loved the video with the fight in the toilets. :lol: These days I'm more into early and current Mariah but this is still one of my favourites from her. This was pretty much the last really good single she had until 2005 in my opinion.

 

4. TLC - Unpretty

At the time I think this was a bit grown up for my tastes, I much preferred 'No Scrubs', but I still bought this on cassette and I thought it was alright for them. Now I think it's probably my favourite single of theirs, though 'No Scrubs' and 'Waterfalls' are really close. I think this is just a really beautiful, lovely, song. :wub:

 

5. Destiny's Child - Bills, Bills, Bills

This was either very catchy or very annoying and it was the former for me and it got me singing along. :lol: I don't think this is remembered quite as well as the rest of their singles but they weren't as big here when it was released and it didn't stick around for long.

 

6. Tin Tin Out feat. Emma Bunton - What I Am

I remember this release week so well. It was Emma vs Geri for the #1 spot and I was really backing Emma to do it so I was so disappointed when this got to #2 behind Geri. -_- I think I still have a slight vendetta against 'Lift Me Up' to this day. :lol:

 

7. Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much

I think this might have been the first single I bought with my own money. I remember this was in the top 10 for what seemed absolutely ages. I really liked this but I'm not that mad for it now.

 

8. The Honeyz - Never Let You Down

Like AH Gold said about Hepburn, I think these are a long forgotten girl band. I think I only remember them because their album was the first album I bought with my own money. I think this is a very good single from them but I prefer their singles which sandwiched this year. "The End Of The Line" and "Finally Found" from 1998 and "Won't Take It Lying Down" from 2000. They still sound good to this day I think.

 

9. Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love

This list really doesn't get any less embarrassing as it goes on. I remember thinking how beautiful this woman was. :lol: But other than that I think it was really catchy and I still love it.

 

10. George Michael & Mary J. Blige - As

I hated this at the time because the video annoyed me mostly, but also because I didn't like either artist that much. But I really like Mary J. Blige now and I just tolerate George Michael on this. Now I love it so it's definitely something that sounds better to me than it did at the time.

 

11. Britney Spears - Sometimes

This is another song I was mad on at the time. It pales in comparison to most of her later material now, but it's still decent.

 

12. Beverley Knight - Greatest Day

As they say, save the best for last. This really doesn't seem to fit in with the rest of 1999 as it's not cheesy pop, garage, dance or trance. I didn't know of Beverley or this song at the time, I thought it was a song by a different artist from something like the 80s until I bought all her albums in the first quarter of this year - the same with her other 1999 single "Made It Back 99". (though I didn't know it had the 99 in the name of course :lol:) This is probably my favourite song from 1999 and the one I think I'm least ashamed of liking from my list. It should have been bigger than it was.

 

I know my list is rubbish but it's what I was, and mostly still am, into. -_-

I know my list is rubbish but it's what I was, and mostly still am, into. -_-

 

lol.. fair play dude :) you like your female vocalists dont yer!

 

tbh i liked 'genie in a bottle', it was, and still is IMHO her best. strangely enough i feel the same for that j lo track, its my fav by her.

I used to like Greatest Day as well, my favourite Beverley Knight single, reminds me of summer 99 :wub:

 

my favourite 99 Honeyz single was Love Of A Lifetime :heart:

Almost as good as the amazing year 2000 :D

 

Nah, I prefer 1999 - largely because (a) I was in Spain for about a quarter of the year and (B) we didn't have 43 chart-toppers in 1999.

lol.. fair play dude :) you like your female vocalists dont yer!

 

tbh i liked 'genie in a bottle', it was, and still is IMHO her best. strangely enough i feel the same for that j lo track, its my fav by her.

What makes you say that? :teresa:

 

It's true though, I'm not really proud of it but I'd say about 95% of my iTunes library is compiled of songs that feature mostly female vocals. It's not very often that a song led by a male will grab my attention and I don't know why. I can appreciate that men have contributed a lot to music, probably more than women, but it's not what I'd choose to listen to.

 

I think 'Genie In A Bottle' was good for it's time, but it hasn't dated that well which is why I'm looking forward to hearing the full upgrade she's giving it as an extra track on her Greatest Hits. It's about in the middle for me in terms of her singles, I think she has better but she also has worse. I can see why you'd think it's J'Lo's best track though, it is one of her best I think, possible the best.

 

I used to like Greatest Day as well, my favourite Beverley Knight single, reminds me of summer 99 :wub:

 

my favourite 99 Honeyz single was Love Of A Lifetime :heart:

It's becoming one of my favourite singles from her too, or at least her best top 40 singles. :lol:

 

There were only two 99 singles by the Honeyz. :lol: I did find it hard to pick between them though. I liked all five of their top 10s to be honest. ^_^

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Dope Smugglaz - Double Double Dutch (so underrated!!)

 

I loved this!!! Forgot all about it :dance:

8. The Honeyz - Never Let You Down

Like AH Gold said about Hepburn, I think these are a long forgotten girl band. I think I only remember them because their album was the first album I bought with my own money. I think this is a very good single from them but I prefer their singles which sandwiched this year. "The End Of The Line" and "Finally Found" from 1998 and "Won't Take It Lying Down" from 2000. They still sound good to this day I think.

 

I loved this too. They were quite a good girl group, with some great pop songs: Finally Found, Love Of A Lifetime, I Don't Know (think that's what it was called - it was their last Top 40 hit in 2001). Shame they've been overlooked compared to say, All Saints and The Spice Girls

Nah, I prefer 1999 - largely because (a) I was in Spain for about a quarter of the year and (B) we didn't have 43 chart-toppers in 1999.

 

so what did you like?

lol that reason was ridiculous. You didnt have 43 chart toppers in 1999 but you had like 41. Hardly a big difference. Anyway, I guess 2000 will always be my favourite, doubt it'll ever change with the way music is heading.

Almost as good as the amazing year 2000 :D

 

so why dont you submit your top 12 of 1999?

I loved this too. They were quite a good girl group, with some great pop songs: Finally Found, Love Of A Lifetime, I Don't Know (think that's what it was called - it was their last Top 40 hit in 2001). Shame they've been overlooked compared to say, All Saints and The Spice Girls

Well it can be understood that they have been forgotten compared to them, the majority of their singles were #1, while the Honeyz had 5 top 10 hits and 2 top 30 hits. But you're right, they were a good girl group that are generally forgotten now.

1999 My Top 12:

 

1. Aimee Mann - Wise Up - Taken from the truly fantastic & deeply challenging movie Magnolia. This track became a huge cult anthem in America for the critics & her musical peers darling Aimee Mann, whom the public stubbornly refused to appreciate until this track. One thing is certain a better pre-millenium anthem than that appalling Robbie Williams song.

 

2. New Radicals - You Get What You Give - What a glorious power pop one hit wonder anthem.

3. TLC - No Scrubs - A proper Girl Power anthem that makes The Spice Girls seem like The Saturdays in comparison.

4. Groove Armada - At The River - Such a brilliant chill out dance anthem.

5. Blur - Coffee & TV - A Graham Coxon showcase, perhaps more famous for that milk carton video.

6. Semisonic - Secret Smile - I still get very angry thinking how the Rolling Stones took this band to the cleaners for being found guilty of ripping off their Miss You track.

7. Travis - Driftwood - Taken from their best selling The Man Who album, this track has not faded through over familiarity that hurt Why Does It Always Rain On Me?

8. Britney Spears - Baby One I More Time - What a tune, what a video. In retrospect the birth of an icon.

9. Macy Gray - I Try - The Marge Simpson soundalike was paleatable with a song as good as this.

10. Blondie - Maria - Such an unexpected and delightful return to the chart for Deborah Harry & co.

11. Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly - My favourite track to date by Dave Grohl's band which coincided with their most famous video.

12. Madness - Lovestruck - Another return to the chart for the Nutty Boys scoring their first Top 10 hit in 16 years, again featuring a typically Madness style video.

1999 My Top 12:

 

1. Aimee Mann - Wise Up - Taken from the truly fantastic & deeply challenging movie Magnolia. This track became a huge cult anthem in America for the critics & her musical peers darling Aimee Mann, whom the public stubbornly refused to appreciate until this track. One thing is certain a better pre-millenium anthem than that appalling Robbie Williams song.

 

2. New Radicals - You Get What You Give - What a glorious power pop one hit wonder anthem.

3. TLC - No Scrubs - A proper Girl Power anthem that makes The Spice Girls seem like The Saturdays in comparison.

4. Groove Armada - At The River - Such a brilliant chill out dance anthem.

5. Blur - Coffee & TV - A Graham Coxon showcase, perhaps more famous for that milk carton video.

6. Semisonic - Secret Smile - I still get very angry thinking how the Rolling Stones took this band to the cleaners for being found guilty of ripping off their Miss You track.

7. Travis - Driftwood - Taken from their best selling The Man Who album, this track has not faded through over familiarity that hurt Why Does It Always Rain On Me?

8. Britney Spears - Baby One I More Time - What a tune, what a video. In retrospect the birth of an icon.

9. Macy Gray - I Try - The Marge Simpson soundalike was paleatable with a song as good as this.

10. Blondie - Maria - Such an unexpected and delightful return to the chart for Deborah Harry & co.

11. Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly - My favourite track to date by Dave Grohl's band which coincided with their most famous video.

12. Madness - Lovestruck - Another return to the chart for the Nutty Boys scoring their first Top 10 hit in 16 years, again featuring a typically Madness style video.

 

a good selection m8... theres only tlc that i dont like.