1 post from May 2007

Hello, neglected music bloggy thing.

Today I come bearing 1990s Top 40 adult contemporary pop/rock!  Anyone who knows me knows that I am in love with 80s music, but I also profess a deep fondness for this stuff, being as this was what I grew up with.  Really, I am in love with nostalgia.  And who knows, maybe you haven't heard this in years, and the memories will warm the cockles of your crispy, blackened, jaded 20-something hearts.  :)

(All else aside, I am bored, and this is mostly an excuse to dig out my Spice Girls CD.)
I was lazy and didn't bother with album art, sorry.

Ready? Okay!

01.  Hootie & the Blowfish
I don't understand the eyerolling that usually follows a mention of Hootie.  I like Hootie.

• Only Wanna Be With You [rcsa]
• Old Man and Me [rcsa]
  

02. New Radicals
Fronted by Gregg Alexander, who later went on to write "The Game Of Love," performed by Santana and Michelle Branch.  It won a Grammy!  Also, he is cute.

• Mother We Just Can't Get Enough [rcsa]
• You Get What You Give [rcsa]
  (According to Wikipedia:  In a Time Magazine interview, U2 lead guitarist The Edge is quoted saying "You Get What You Give" is the song he is most "jealous of." "I really would love to have written that," he stated.)

03. Spice Girls
Look, it was catchy, and I was 14, and while I was drawing smiley faces and peace signs on everything, I totally bought into the GIRL POWER! thing.

• Wannabe [rcsa]
  I still remember the first time I heard this, which...is scary.
  
• Stop! [rcsa]

04. Fastball
My favorite band when I was 15.  Had such a crush on the drummer, him and his awful haircut.

• The Way [rcsa]
• Sooner or Later [rcsa]

05. Dare I?  ...Yes.
HANSON.  Oh, how long did I spend trying to draw that logo...

• MMMBop [rcsa]
• Where's the Love [rcsa]

06. The Verve

• Sonnet [rcsa]
• Bittersweet Symphony [rcsa]

07. The Verve Pipe
Not to be confused with #06.

• The Freshmen [rcsa]

(By this point I am getting lazy.)

08. The Presidents of the United States of America

• Peaches [rcsa]

09. Ace of Base
I STILL love Ace of Base.  I'm not ashamed.  Most of what I have is remixes, but they're pretty good anyway.

• The Sign (Extended Remix) [rcsa]
  
• Living In Danger (D-House Mix) [rcsa]

10. Harvey Danger

• Flagpole Sitta [rcsa]
  When I was 14, my then-best friend and I went to Gettysburg College for my brother's soccer tournament, and it was HOT HOT OH MY GOD HOT and we just wandered around aimlessly and all we had to entertain us was a mini-cassette player on which I had taped this song and a few others and we just played this over and over at high speeds so it sounded like a chipmunk.

11. Marcy Playground

• Sex and Candy [rcsa]

12. Marvelous 3

• Freak of the Week [rcsa]

13. Primitive Radio Gods

• Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand (whew) [rcsa]

14. Savage Garden
HAHA, I FORGOT ALL ABOUT THIS BAND.

• I Want You [rcsa]
  ...like a chicka-cherry cola!  Oh My God.
  

15. Sugar Ray

• Every Morning [rcsa]

16. Soul Coughing

• Circles [rcsa]
• Rolling [rcsa]

17. The Wallflowers

• One Headlight [rcsa]

18. Gin Blossoms
What an awesome band.

• As Long As It Matters [rcsa]
  
• Follow You Down [rcsa]
• Til I Hear It From You [rcsa]
• Hey Jealousy [rcsa]

These last few will have to wait.  SLEEPYTIME, check back tomorrow.

ETA: Sugar Ray, Wallflowers, and OH YEAH, Gin Blossoms.

Your mandatory disclaimer:  These are for sampling/nostalgia purposes only, go out and buy the music, la la la.