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1990s in Songs Bracket

Discussion in 'Music Forum' started by phaynes12, Oct 31, 2022.

  1. phaynes12

    https://expertfrowner.bandcamp.com/ Prestigious

  2. phaynes12

    https://expertfrowner.bandcamp.com/ Prestigious

    10. Tom Petty - You Don't Know How it Feels
    9. Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper
    8. Nirvana - Sappy
    7. Soundgarden - Outshined
    6. Smashing Pumpkins - Soma
    5. Oasis - Acquiesce
    4. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
    3. Outkast - Rosa Parks
    2. Oasis - Champagne Supernova
    1. Nirvana - Drain You
     
  3. OhTheWater

    Let it run Supporter

    Pat obsessing over Oasis for years on this site and then not picking any of their top 3 songs for the list is WILD
     
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  4. iCarly Rae Jepsen

    run away with me Platinum

    Willing to form an alliance because I can't decide between Waterfalls and No Scrubs
     
  5. Craig Manning

    @FurtherFromSky Moderator

    I gave up while trying to make this list for the Pitchfork poll. Will try again, I suppose.
     
  6. soggytime

    Trusted

    1. Sublime - Badfish
    2. Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise
    3. Oasis - Live Forever
    4. Nirvana - All Apologies
    5. 2pac - Keep Ya Head Up
    6. My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes
    7. Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feet
    8. Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
    9. Nas - The World is Yours
    10. Third Eye Blind - Motorcycle Drive By
     
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  7. OhTheWater Oct 31, 2022
    (Last edited: Nov 1, 2022)
    OhTheWater

    Let it run Supporter

    Hard list to cut down.

    1. Powerline - I2I
    2. The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
    3. Smashing Pumpkins - Mayonaise
    4. Pearl Jam - Black
    5. Wu Tang Clan - Bring Da Ruckus
    6. Tupac - Changes
    7. Nas - Life's a Bitch
    8. 4 Non Blondes - What's Up
    9. Robin S. - Show Me Love
    10. Notorious BIG - Mo Money, Mo Problems

    Plus:
    American Football - Never Meant
    Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
    Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
    The Cranberries - Dreams
    Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
    Weezer - Across the Sea
    Janet Jackson - Together Again
    At the Drive-in - Star Slight
    Nirvana - All Apologies
    Neil Young - Harvest Moon
    blink 182 - Dammit
    Green Day - JAR
    Korn - Got the Life
    Limp Bizkit - Faith
    Rob Zombie - Dragula
    Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
    Snap! - Rhythm is a Dancer
    Corona - Rhythm of the Night
    Blind Melon - No Rain
    Boyz II Men - It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday
    Sinead O’Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
    Michael Jackson - Will You Be There
    Third Eye Blind - Motorcycle Drive By
    Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
    Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me
    Amber - If You Could Read My Mind
     
  8. AgonizingFir

    Currently Distracted Supporter

    I feel like this decade is gonna be the most varied yet. Stoked to see what everyone comes up with
     
  9. Garrett Oct 31, 2022
    (Last edited: Nov 1, 2022)
    Garrett

    i tore a hole in the fabric of time Moderator

    1. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
    2. Celine Dion - Water from the Moon
    3. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
    4. Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
    5. Matchbox 20 - 3am
    6. Cher - Believe
    7. Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like A Woman
    8. Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
    9. Boyz II Men - End of the Road
    10. Destiny's Child - Say My Name

    My initial list was about 40 songs longer than this and still felt incomplete.

    Edited to add Whitney.
     
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  10. Thrillcollinz

    Try to stay afloat

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  11. heartchapel

    Regular

    10. Beastie Boys- Sabotage
    9. Lucinda Williams- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
    8. Tori Amos- Me and a Gun
    7. Tupac- Keep Ya Head Up
    6. Rage Against the Machine- Freedom
    5. Sinead O'Connor- Nothing Compares 2 U
    4. Public Enemy- By the Time I Get to Arizona
    3. Lisa Loeb- Stay
    2. Tori Amos- Cornflake Girl
    1. Rancid- Radio


    HM:
    Natalie Imbruglia- Torn
    Counting Crows- A Long December
    Mazzy Star- Fade into You
    Gin Blossoms- Hey Jealousy
    Green Day- Basketcase
    Outkast- Rosa Parks
    Alanis Morissette- You Oughtta Know


    Way too many songs to fit into a top 10 though
     
  12. Thrillcollinz

    Try to stay afloat

    10. Counting Crows - Round Here
    9. Rage Against The Machine - Know Your Enemy
    8. Modest Mouse - Trailer Trash
    7. Fugees - Ready or Not
    6. Oasis - Champagne Supernova
    5. Third Eye Blind - Motorcycle Drive-by
    4. Pearl Jam - Corduroy
    3. Pulp - Common People
    2. Weezer - Across The Sea
    1. American Football - Never Meant
     
  13. phaynes12

    https://expertfrowner.bandcamp.com/ Prestigious

    not having champagne supernova as a top 3 oasis song is a you problem, not a me one
     
  14. Meerkat

    human junk drawer Prestigious

    I didn’t realize that there were two Show Me Love’s by singers with the same name (albeit spelled differently) until a month or so ago
     
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  15. PolarBlare

    Regular Supporter

    1. Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
    2. Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
    3. Tom Petty - Learning To Fly
    4. New Radicals - You Get What You Give
    5. R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
    6. Tal Bachman - She’s So High
    7. Radiohead - Creep
    8. Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
    9. Semisonic - Closing Time
    10. The Cranberries - Dreams
    A lot of tough omissions but I'm posting it before I change my mind again
     
  16. David87

    Prestigious Prestigious

    Woof this is gonna be hard
     
  17. the rural juror Oct 31, 2022
    (Last edited: Oct 31, 2022)
    the rural juror

    carried in the arms of cheerleaders

    Brutally tough

    1. Pulp - Common People
    2. The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
    3. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
    4. Foo Fighters - Everlong
    5. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
    6. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
    7. Modest Mouse - Dramamine
    8. Pavement - Summer Babe (Winter Version)
    9. Refused - New Noise
    10. Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike

    Honorable mentions:

    Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
    My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
    Outkast - Rosa Parks
    Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
    Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
    Third Eye Blind - Motorcycle Drive-By
    Ride - Vapour Trail
    Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
    Weezer - Say It Ain't So
    Smashing Pumpkins - Zero
    Oasis - Champagne Supernova
    Portishead - Sour Times
    Elliott Smith - Waltz #2
    Counting Crows - Omaha
    Archers of Loaf - Web in Front
    Mazzy Star - Fade into You
    Blink-182 - Dammit
    Four Non-Blondes - What's Up?
     
  18. phaynes12

    https://expertfrowner.bandcamp.com/ Prestigious

    when did it switch from disco 2000 to common people being pulp’s best? not even arguing just always felt like that was the consensus until like five years ago
     
  19. the rural juror

    carried in the arms of cheerleaders

    When William Shatner brought it to the youth
     
  20. iCarly Rae Jepsen

    run away with me Platinum

    when Jarvis rhymed college with knowledge
     
  21. iCarly Rae Jepsen

    run away with me Platinum

    I will probably change this

    1. Smashing Pumpkins- 1979
    2. Soundgarden- Black Hole Sun
    3. Notorious BIG- Juicy
    4. TLC- No Scrubs
    5. Shania Twain- Man I Feel Like A Woman
    6. Sheryl Crow- If It Makes You Happy
    7. Nine Inch Nails- Hurt
    8. Britney Spears- Baby One More Time
    9. Alanis Morissette- You Oughta Know
    fuck it 10. Spice Girls- Wannabe
     
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  22. Meerkat

    human junk drawer Prestigious

    I’ve whittled it down to 25. I know only the 10 would count but I may post the additional 15 for this decade
     
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  23. George

    Trusted Prestigious

    1. Bjork - Hyperballad
    2. Pulp - Common People
    3. Refused - New Noise
    4. Faye Wong - Dreams
    5. Sonic Youth - Dirty Boots
    6. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt (Lost in His Work)
    7. Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
    8. Elliott Smith - Angeles
    9. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
    10. Alanis Morissette - Thank U

    11. Paul Simon - The Obvious Child
    12. The Sugarcubes - Leash Called Love
    13. Counting Crows - Round Here
    14. Kate Bush - Eat The Music
    15. Sigur Ros - Ny Batteri
    16. Billy Bragg - Sexuality
    17. Godspeed You Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues
    18. Tom Waits - Come On Up To The House
    19. Cap'n Jazz - Oh Messy Life
    20. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Mistakes and Regrets

    Hyperballad is my favourite song ever - first song I have any conscious memory of listening to, and specifically wanting to listen to again and again.
     
  24. George

    Trusted Prestigious

    Common People has always felt like their most iconic song, at least in the UK. That'd be the one that most people know, and the one you still hear all the time.
     
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  25. SpyKi

    You must fix your heart Supporter

    1. Radiohead - Let Down
    2. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
    3. American Football - Never Meant
    4. Bjork - Hyper-Ballad
    5. Eminem - As the World Turns
    6. Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland 1945
    7. Bjork - Pluto
    8. Bjork - Play Dead
    9. The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends
    10. The Cranberries - Linger