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lol... just look at these results!

 

1. Binary Finary - 1999

2. Veracocha - Carte blanche

3. Solar Stone - 7 Cities

4. Tilt - Invisible

5. Blank and Jones - Cream

good

6. Chicane ft Marie Brennan - Saltwater

7. Armand Van Helden ft Duane Harden - You dont know me

8. System F - Out of the blue

9. DJ Jurgen ft Alice Dee Jay - Better off alone

10. DJ Jean - The launch

11. Artful Dodger ft Craig David - Re rewind the crowd say bo selecta

12. ATB - 9pm (til i come)

13. Offspring - Pretty fly (for a white guy)

14. Moloko - Sing it back

15. Supergrass - Moving

16. Planet Perfecto - Bullet in the gun

17. William Orbit - Barbers adagio for strings

18. All Seeing I ft Tony Christie - Walk like a panther

19. Cardigans - Erase rewind

20. Supergrass - Pumping on my stereo

21. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Scar tissue

22. Maurio Picato - Lizard

23. Blur - Coffee and tv

24. Groove Armada - At the river

25. Shaft - Mucho mambo (sway)

26. Paul Johnson - Get get down

ok

27. Cuban Boys - Cognoscient vs intelligencia

28. Lou Bega - Mambo number 5 (a little bit of)

29. Blondie - Maria

30. Offspring - get a job

31. Melenie C - Goin down

32. Mr Hankey - Mr hankey the christmas poo

33. Christina Aguilera - Genie in a bottle

34. Tom Jones and the Cardigans - Burning down the house

35. Phats and Small - Turn around

36. Britney Spears - Baby one more time

37. Shanks and Bigfoot - sweet like chocolate

38. Sugar Ray - Every morning

39. Gouryella - Gouryella

40. Bran Van 3000 - Drinking in la

41. Anne Lee - Two times

42. Gouryella - Walhala

43. Terrorvision - Tequila

44. Blur - Tender

45. Robbie Williams - Strong

46. S Club 7 - Bring it all back

47. Ricky Martin - Livin la vie da loca

48. S Club 7 - S Club party

49. Tin Tin Out ft Emma Bunton - What i am

50. Robbie Williams - Shes the one

51. Divine Comedy - National express

52. Billie - Honey to the bee

53. Andy Williams - Music to watch girls by

54. New Radicals - You get what you give

55. Eminem - My name is

56. Basement Jaxx - Rendezvous

57. Madonna - Beautiful stranger

58. Macey Grey - i try

59. Basement Jaxx - Red alert

 

well, imho it was THE year for dance with a third of my chart being occupied by dance tracks, without which 1999 would have been a poor year.

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From your list, I like...

 

Binary Finery - 1999

Chicane feat. Maire Brennan - Saltwater

Armand Van Helden feat. Duane Halden - You Don't Know Me

DJ Jean - The Launch

Artful Dodger feat. Craig David - Re-Rewind, The Crowd Say Bo Selecta

The Offspring - Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)

Supergrass - Moving

Planet Perfecto - Bullet In The Gun

William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings

All Seeing I feat. Tony Christie - Walk Like A Panther

Cardigans - Erase/Rewind

Supergrass - Pumping On Your Stereo

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue

Mauro Picotto - Lizard

Blur - Coffee And TV

Groove Armada - At The River

Shaft - (Mucho Mambo) Sway

Paul Johnson - Get Get Down

Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5

Blondie - Maria

Melanie C - Going Down

Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle

Tom Jones & The Cardigans - Burning Down The House

Phats And Small - Turn Around

Britney Spears - Baby One More Time

Shanks And Bigfoot - Sweet Like Chocolate

Sugar Ray - Every Morning

Bran Van 3000 - Drinking In LA

Ann Lee - Two Times

Blur - Tender

Robbie Williams - Strong

Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca

Tin Tin Out feat. Emma Bunton - What I Am (is good, but still prefer the Edie Brickell original)

Andy Williams - Music To Watch Girls By

New Radicals - You Get What You Give

Eminem - My Name Is

Madonna - Beautiful Stranger

Macy Gray - I Try

Basement Jaxx - Red Alert

 

My favourites from 1999 that aren't on your list...

 

George Michael & Mary J Blige - As

Whitney Houston - It's Not Right, But It's Okay

Cher - Strong Enough

Stereophonics - Just Looking

Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away

TLC - No Scrubs

Catatonia - Dead From The Waist Down

Manic Street Preachers - You Stole The Sun From My Heart

Travis - Writing To Reach You

Shania Twain - That Don't Impress Me Much

Westlife - Swear It Again

Stereophonics - Pick A Part That's New

Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now

Cast - Beat Mama

Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy, Hey Girl

Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me

Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way

Shed 7 - Disco Down

Travis - Driftwood

Five - If Ya Gettin' Down

Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love

Madness - Lovestruck

Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love

Semisonic - Secret Smile

Smash Mouth - All Star

Savage Garden - The Animal Song

Manic Street Preachers - Tsunami

TLC - Unpretty

Stereophonics - I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio

Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing At All

Texas - Summer Son

Travis - Why Does It Always Rain On Me?

Chemical Brothers - Let Forever Be

Mercury Rev - Goddess On A Hiway

Britney Spears - (You Drive Me) Crazy

Bob Marley vs Funkstar Deluxe - Sun Is Shining

Gabrielle - Sunshine

Sting - Brand New Day

Five - Keep On Movin'

R Kelly - If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time

Jennifer Lopez - Waiting For Tonight

Westlife - Flying Without Wings

Savage Garden - I Knew I Loved You

Backstreet Boys - Larger Than Life

Eurythmics - I Saved The World Today

Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly

Moby - Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad

Len - Steal My Sunshine

Melanie C - Northern Star

Celine Dion - That's The Way It Is

Groove Armada - I See You Baby

DJ Luck & MC Neat - With A Little Bit Of Luck

 

For me the best years for dance tracks would be between 1993 and 1999.

 

These years saw the brilliant Techno, Hardcore, Rave, and Progressive House.

This came mainly from mainland European countries of Germany, Holland, Belgium & Switzerland.

 

Acts such as:

 

2 Unlimited - Culture Beat - U96 - Scooter - Jam & Spoon - Marusha - DJ Paul Elstak - Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo - Blumchen - Aquagen - Twenty 4 Seven - Captain Hollywood Project - 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor - Dune - Ice MC - DJ Visage - Future Breeze - Brooklyn Bounce - Mr. President - E-Type - Members Of Mayday - Prince Ital Joe - Mark'oh - Interactive - Intermission - Pharao - Maxx - X-Perience - MoDo - SQ1 - DJ Taucher - Kai Tracid - Blank & Jones - Komakino - Das Modul - DJ Bobo - Haddaway - Imperio - Masterboy - Music Instructor - Red 5 - Squeezer and many more...

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Len - Steal My Sunshine

 

omg...i missed that?... that would rate as 'good'.

 

no doubt ive missed several over the years, mainly minor hits.

1999 the year of Trance..??? Mate, you're about 7/8 years late on that one... Remember the KLF's "Last Train to TRANCE-central......" :P :lol: :lol:

 

There were also other really good early 90s Trance Techno/Ambient Trance acts such as Future Sound of London, The Drum Club, The Orb, System 7, heck even The Shamen were pretty Trancey with stuff like "Boss Drum", "Move any Mountain", "Hyper-real" and "Re:Evolution".... :rolleyes:

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1999 the year of Trance..??? Mate, you're about 7/8 years late on that one... Remember the KLF's "Last Train to TRANCE-central......" :P :lol: :lol:

 

There were also other really good early 90s Trance Techno/Ambient Trance acts such as Future Sound of London, The Drum Club, The Orb, System 7, heck even The Shamen were pretty Trancey with stuff like "Boss Drum", "Move any Mountain", "Hyper-real" and "Re:Evolution".... :rolleyes:

 

sometimes i think you just gob off for the sake of it... <_<

 

if you had been following my seriese youd know that the shamen and klf got their just recognition earlier in the 90's... however if you care to actually LOOK at this list of MY favs (not a definitive list) from 99 youll see that theres the greatest numbers of trance tracks in this list then in any other!

 

and whilst they may well have been the originators of the genre, it moved on, youll not find any klf or shamen on any 'best of trance' compilations.... i wonder why? the style evolved and it became most popular 97-02 reaching its chart zenith in 99 when the 'ibeefa' scene was also at its peak (according to my m8 who was a dj in ibeefa 95-01 )

 

so whatever way you want to pick fault... 1999 WAS my PERSONAL favourite year for trance...

sometimes i think you just gob off for the sake of it... <_<

 

if you had been following my seriese youd know that the shamen and klf got their just recognition earlier in the 90's... however if you care to actually LOOK at this list of MY favs (not a definitive list) from 99 youll see that theres the greatest numbers of trance tracks in this list then in any other!

 

and whilst they may well have been the originators of the genre, it moved on, youll not find any klf or shamen on any 'best of trance' compilations.... i wonder why? the style evolved and it became most popular 97-02 reaching its chart zenith in 99 when the 'ibeefa' scene was also at its peak (according to my m8 who was a dj in ibeefa 95-01 )

 

If you ask me, the style actually regressed rather than evolved.... I thought the early 90s stuff was far more challenging and inspiring.... Most of the late 90s early 00s stuff was just cheesy chart fodder as far as I'm concerned, and funnily enough, it was round about this time that I lost interest in "Trance" or mainstream Dance music and became more interested in the underground Industrial Dance/Cyber/EBM stuff coming out of Scandinavia, Germany, etc....

 

Leaving out The Shamen, KLF and FSOL from Best Of Trance compilations, is, in my view, as ridiculous as a Punk compilation leaving out The Clash or The Sex Pistols or a Metal Compilation leaving out Black Sabbath or Led Zep.....

sometimes i think you just gob off for the sake of it... <_<

 

Jeez man, and you accuse me of not being able to take a joke......

 

I'm sorry mate, but speaking as an old "Rave-Head" who was doing the circuit and going to illegal raves back in '90/91, I get extremely amused when I hear about people banging on at how '99 or Y2K was the "Year Of Trance ", like it'd just been invented then.... And all these grotty post Y2K "trance" compilations come out which just airbrush the likes of The Shamen, KLF and others out of the show.....

 

Can you say the word "revisionism"....? :rolleyes:

 

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Jeez man, and you accuse me of not being able to take a joke......

 

I'm sorry mate, but speaking as an old "Rave-Head" who was doing the circuit and going to illegal raves back in '90/91, I get extremely amused when I hear about people banging on at how '99 or Y2K was the "Year Of Trance ", like it'd just been invented then.... And all these grotty post Y2K "trance" compilations come out which just airbrush the likes of The Shamen, KLF and others out of the show.....

 

Can you say the word "revisionism"....? :rolleyes:

 

i know you were, and i first heard the term 'trance' back in the early 90's, it wasnt invented in 99...no one i know thinks that! its just that its evolution from rave and rock, through electro became something else by the end of the decade.

 

now i wasnt there, ive never been to ibeefa, and my interest is somewhat retrospect, but it is apparent by the reprisentaion it had in the late 90's charts, plus the testimonies from others i know who WERE there, that trance as a sub genre of dance peaked in 99-00... and from MY perspecive, in MY PERSONAL listings it WAS the 'year of trance'.

i know you were, and i first heard the term 'trance' back in the early 90's, it wasnt invented in 99...no one i know thinks that! its just that its evolution from rave and rock, through electro became something else by the end of the decade.

 

now i wasnt there, ive never been to ibeefa, and my interest is somewhat retrospect, but it is apparent by the reprisentaion it had in the late 90's charts, plus the testimonies from others i know who WERE there, that trance as a sub genre of dance peaked in 99-00... and from MY perspecive, in MY PERSONAL listings it WAS the 'year of trance'.

 

Same thing's happened with Indusrial and EBM though... So many of the "cyber" kids today think Industrial = Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein or Marilyn Manson, when it actually began in the mid/late-70s with German acts like Throbbing Gristle, Einsturzende Neubauten and Can, and continued through the 80s with Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Pigface, etc, NIN were much later in 89/90.... Similarly with EBM, which, again, the kids believe all began with VNV Nation and Apoptygma Berzerk, when in fact, "Electronic Body Music" was a term first coined by Belgian band Front 242 in the early 80s, and continued in the late 80s with the likes of fellow Belgians Suicide Commando....

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Same thing's happened with Indusrial and EBM though... So many of the "cyber" kids today think Industrial = Nine Inch Nails, Rammstein or Marilyn Manson, when it actually began in the mid/late-70s with German acts like Throbbing Gristle, Einsturzende Neubauten and Can, and continued through the 80s with Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Pigface, etc, NIN were much later in 89/90.... Similarly with EBM, which, again, the kids believe all began with VNV Nation and Apoptygma Berzerk, when in fact, "Electronic Body Music" was a term first coined by Belgian band Front 242 in the early 80s, and continued in the late 80s with the likes of fellow Belgians Suicide Commando....

 

well i guess you call call it 'euphoric trance' as opposed to simply 'trance', but whatever, the genre evolved away from its rather rock n rave orientated origins and this is splitting hairs over a trivial matter as it was only MY chart, no a definitive discussion.... so take the spirit in which i posted.

1999 the year of Trance..??? Mate, you're about 7/8 years late on that one... Remember the KLF's "Last Train to TRANCE-central......" :P :lol: :lol:

 

There were also other really good early 90s Trance Techno/Ambient Trance acts such as Future Sound of London, The Drum Club, The Orb, System 7, heck even The Shamen were pretty Trancey with stuff like "Boss Drum", "Move any Mountain", "Hyper-real" and "Re:Evolution".... :rolleyes:

 

Your word against an overwhleming majority.

 

1999 was indeed the year of trance. But house music was also doing wonders thanks to Stardust the following year, which reinjected confidence into the old dog.

 

Veracocha "Carte Blanche" is defo up there is my personal list of 99, if I had one.

These are the only ones I would listen to Rob, never heard hardly any of the rest, and never was a fan of Robbie,Britney or............Sclub7 :lol:

 

15. Supergrass - Moving

20. Supergrass - Pumping on my stereo

21. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Scar tissue

23. Blur - Coffee and tv

29. Blondie - Maria

34. Tom Jones and the Cardigans - Burning down the house

44. Blur - Tender

51. Divine Comedy - National express

54. New Radicals - You get what you give

55. Eminem - My name is

57. Madonna - Beautiful stranger

 

51. Divine Comedy - National express

 

Could never quite get my head around that one - a bit of thoughtful geniusnous or...? Most of the time I tend toward the latter :P

 

And though I've been resisting it for a while, I'm gonna have to say now a big :puke2: to ATB - 9pm Til I Come...almost as bad as Fragma with Toca's Miracle and Wamdue Project's King Of My Castle. I think those were responsible for the beginning of the end for the dominance of dance music.

My favourites from this year....

 

Blondie - Maria

Bryan Adams - When your gone

Blur - Tender

Blur - Coffee & TV

David Bowie - Thursday's child

Catatonia - Dead from the waist down

Cher - Strong enough

Divine Comedy - National Express

Eminem - My name is

Fatboy Slim - Praise you

Fatboy Slim - Right here right now

Foo Fighters - Learn to fly

Garbage - When I grow up

Garbage - The world is not enough

Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

Tom Jones & Cardigans - Burning down the house

Lenny Kravitz - Fly away

Len - Steal my sunshine

Madness - Lovestruck

Madonna - Beautiful Stranger

Manic Street Preachers - You stole the sun from my heart

Manic Street Preachers - Tsanami

New Radicals _ You get what you give

Pretenders - Human

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue

Semisonic - Secret Smile

Sixpence none the richer - Kiss me

Sixpence none the richer - There she goes

Suede - She's in fashion

Suede - Electricity

Supergrass - Moving

Supergrass - Pumping on your stereo

Texas - In our lifetime

Texas - Summer son

Travis - Driftwood

Travis - Why does it always rain on me

Travis - Turn

Shania Twain - That don't impress me much

Rob , I was a bit bored last night so I quickly checked how many songs from your lists I liked per year & decade and came up with the following analysis. Roughly what I thought, that I would like some of your 1960's, most of your 70's, a lot of your 80's, and not a lot of your 90's, and thats just about how it turned out.

 

Average 1960's 29%

 

High Year 1966 36%

Low Year 1960 21%

 

 

Average 1970's 38%

 

High Year 1978 47%

Low Year 1971 21%

 

 

Average 1980's 39%

 

High Year 1981 46%

Low Year 1988 25%

 

 

Average 1990's 25%

 

High Year 1995 33%

Low Year 1992 13%

 

The only surprise was that 1992 was the lowest, I thought it would be 1998 or 1999. B)

 

lol..i like trivia like this! the surprise for me is the recent years, 2000-2005, and how they fared very well beating even the top years from the punk era!. i know i liked 60's, i know i liked 'punk era', but hadnt much idea just how much in comparison to more recnt years.

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