what song is that from

BUMP

While writiing a PM to Gnome, I started thinking about great records of the previous decade... so ...

RM's top 14 albums of the 90's, in no particular order. And for no particular reason, other than I feel like it and wanted to bump this thread so that Darkstar wouldn't forget about us poor slobs when he returns.

At first it was my top 5, but then I thought of more so I went for top 10, but then I couldn't leave out the ... and then the ... so now its top 14. It was 15 but I crossed REM off the list.

#1. Alanis Morissette -- Jagged Little Pill
#2. Seal -- second one (1994)
#3. Live -- Throwing Copper
#4. Moby -- Play
#5. Pearljam -- Ten
#6. Nirvana -- Nevermind
#7. Stone Temple Pilots -- Core
#8. Beck -- Odelay
#9. Joan Osborne -- Relish
#10. Blues Traveler -- Four
#11. Sarah McLachlan -- Fumbling towards Ecstasy
#12. Tori Amos -- Little Earthquakes
#13. Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Blood Sugar Sex Magik
#14. Rage Against the Machine -- RATM

In retrospect, the first 7 up there are definitely my top 5.

I think I'll have another glass of this Wild Turkey Rare Breed. Damn good shit.

RM

Nice list RM, agree with some, and totally agree in taking off REM, ifyou count the 90's releases, they had some hit and miss, but in the grand scheme of things, the 80's stuff is tops in my book.

One I would say you dropped the ball on is neglecting to include Achtung Baby in the top albums. IMO its the best of the best U2 ever put out

#5 Lita Ford Dressed to Kill

mole wrote:
Good point Mole, but sorry to say that U2 has never really impressed me, probably because I've never really liked Paul David Hewson's voice (are you listening Gnome, tee hee?). Instead, to round out my top 15 above, I should have included Radiohead's "OK Computer". I don't think it ever really hit it big in the US for some reason, but WOW it shoulda. Not that anybody but you and me cares.

Lita Ford? The goil who did that duet with Ozzy? Hmmm. Calling her "chick-rock" might be a bit of a stretch, I think her stuff was sort of heavy metal, right? Do you remember that silly band with her and Joan Jett (blech) back in the 70s called The Runaways? Remember "Cherry Bomb"?

Ok Sir Darkstar ...

Here we sit like Birds in the Wilderness,
Birds in the wilderness, birds in the wilderness.
Here we sit like Birds in the wilderness,
Waiting for the next set.

At your convenience, of course, we know you're busy.

RM

Maybe showing my age but really both 80's and 90's didn't do anything for me. The 70's will never be beaten, what with Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath etc.... Will David Bowies "Aladdin Sane" ever be forgotten, the epic anthems of Queen. The list could go on forever.
And don't forget us ELP fans for Tarkus, Brain Salad Surgery etc... and Very Heavy, Very Humble by Uriah Heep with the classic track Gypsy.

I was only seven-teen
I fell in love with a gypsy queen
She told me: "Hold on"
Her father was the leading man
Said: "You're not welcome on our land"
And then as a foe, he told me to go

He took me to a little shack
And put a whip across my back
Then told her: "Leave me"
I was out for quite a time
Came back with her on my mind
Sweet little girl
She means all the world

Oh, I want my qypsy queen
Will she still be torn between
Her father and lover
One day I will go to him
Strong enough to fight and win
The kind of a man
That he'll understand

ok ok ok

1 - Evanescence - My Immortal (ramblin'man)
2 - Sandi Thom - I Wish I was A Punk Rocker (Esteban)
3 - Rob Thomas - Ever the same (ramblin'man)
4 - The Mamas and The Papas - California Dreamin' (nopoop)
5 - Lita Ford - Dressed to Kill (mole)
6 - Kim Wilde - Cambodia (Esteban)
7 - The Gambler - Kenny Rodgers (nopoop)
8 - Smokie - If You Think You Know How To Love Me (mole)
9 - Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf (nopoop)
10 - AC\DC - Jailbreak (dazzle)

ok here are some more to keep you entertained

1 - Whats wrong with you, I wish I knew, you say time will tell, I hope thats true, There's more to life than blues and reds, I say, I know how you feel, now your friends are dead.

2 - Pizza party at your house, I went just to check it out, nineteen extra larges, What a shame, no one came.

3 - Seems like yesterday we used to rock the show, I laced the track, you locked the flow, So far from hangin on the block for dough

4 - Between the walls, well hey, We’re just too small to make a fuss about it, Did something fall, well hey, What is the point in losin’ sleep about it.

5 - This morning I looked out my window and found, a blue bird singing but there was no one around, at night I lay alone in my bed, with the image of you going around in my head.

6 - American Girls and American Guys, We’ll always stand up and salute, We’ll always recognize, When we see Old Glory Flying, There’s a lot of men dead, So we can sleep in peace at night, When we lay down our head

7 - And she was lying in the grass, And she could hear the highway breathing, And she could see a nearby factory, She's making sure she is not dreaming

8 - Somewhere out in the back of your mind, Comes your real life and the life that you know, It seems like it was the creation of some of those same old things, It seemed to be the only thing left out in the light

9 - Sit yourself down, Bang out a tune on that grand piano, Sit yourself down, Lay languidly down upon that sofa

10 - You got me steamin at a hundred degrees, Each time I see you I go weak at the knees, You bring me undone, bring me undone, With words you said, words you said, but best of all, all those, you gimme head

some are legendary Aussie bands and I am unsure of their world wide sales so good luck and NO googling!!!!!!!

7 -Talking Heads -And she said(I think thats the name)
10 -The Radiators -You gimme head

backfootbob wrote:
Whoa. Uriah Heep. Flashbacks galore. Whoa. <pause> Bob I think they were bigger in England than the US, almost a "one hit wonder" in the US with Gypsy in fact. Given their progressive (at the time) style I can see how they fit in with the other great bands you mention. Deep Purple -- yeah baby yeah. Pre-Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore ... and I've always been a big Ian Gillen fan, he was a much better Jesus (Jesus Christ Superstar) than Ted Neeley IMRO. And of course I grew up on Sabbath, LZ, PF, ELP, etc. Perhaps bands like Blue Oyster Cult and Yes appeared on your turn-table as well my friend? Or was it an 8-track?

I agree with you on the 80s, except for perhaps a double handful of bands/artists. But ... I started paying more attention with the very beginning of the 90s and the whole "Madchester" guitar rock thing. Then Grunge and Nirvana and Pearljam and STP came along and pulled me back, yadda yadda yadda and I loved the 90s as I mentioned before. There might be some things you'd like if you haven't heard them before, e.g. the group "Live" was probably not very popular in the UK, and that album I mentioned up there is simply mind-boggling.

Its interesting, because SD and I are the same age but he loves the 80s the best if I remember correctly.

Speaking of which ... lest he think I'm drifting his thread again and whips out his scythe ... the latest set. Yikes. Great Horny Toads. SD is pulling out the big guns now, I can only add a couple.

#1. Sir Paul and the Wings -- Medicine Jar
#5. Traveling Wilburys -- Congratulations. Not sure which one of them wrote the song (Orbison, Dylan, Petty, Harrison, blah blah blah).
#9. Lou Reed -- Ride Sally Ride (great song!).

For #6, it sounds like something EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN US FLAG-WAVIN' STEEL-GUITAR-TWANGIN' COUNTRY SINGER would write. When they're not writing about their women leaving, or their daddy's in prison, or their truck, or their dog, or their momma who's been working too hard, or the horror of 9/11. Of course I could be wrong ...

RM
(does not do Country)(nor Western)
(yes ladies and gentlemen The Blues Brothers is one of the greatest movies of all time)

Ok I guess that proves it, Ill let this thread die.

1 - Wings - Medicine Jar (RM)
2 - Weird Al Yankovic - A Complicated Song
3 - Puff Daddy - I'll Be Missing You
4 - Underworld - Underneath the Radar
5 - Traveling Wilburys - Congratulations (RM)
6 - Toby Keith - Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue
7 - Talking Heads - And she was (dazzle)
8 - Stevie Nicks - Rooms on Fire
9 - Lou Reed - Ride Sally Ride (RM)
10 - The Radiators -You gimme head (dazzle)

well done you guys and a BIG THANKS to everyone who has supported this thread for so long

another era come to an end.......................

Geeez...why do I always seem to arrive just as the party's ending? It's not my party but I'll cry if I want to ...... Oh well better start scanning the room for the drunk,lonely chicks...usually my only chance of getting any

dazzle wrote:
Heh heh, you, too? I betcha S_D is boning some babe right now...!

= )~

agnomenamedgrimblekrumble wrote:

Yeah,probably right there Grimble.Why is it chicks seem to prefer the tall,dark, handsome types over us short,hairy guys?So many seem uninformed about what a great sex aid a beard can be...not sure who's responsible for this oversite,but I've made it my lifes mission to find out and come the revolution they'll be the first against the wall

ok there is a few of the old crowd floating around so lets have another go and see what happens.

same rules, no googling, have a guess and see what happens.

1 - in the event that of something happening to me, there is something that I would liek you all to see.

2 - May god bless and keep you always, may your wishes all come true, may you always do for others and let others do for you.

3 - Up so early feel so bright, Didn't get much sleep last night, Freight train rattled through my head, Whistle blowing love is dead

4 - I'm back again on a higher stage, Listen to the party beat and get in range, ´cause you know when I flow and I show you so, Which way is better which way you got to go

5 - I get so scared inside, and I don't really understand, Is it love that's on my mind, or is it fantasy?, Heaven, Is in the palm of my hand, and it's waiting here for you, What am I supposed to do with a ****hood tragedy?

6 - I will come for you at night time, I will raise you from your sleep, I will kiss you in four places, As I go running along your street

7 - lets go back, back to the begining, Back to when the earth, the sun, the stars all aligned.

8 - I was so young when I was born, my eyes could not yet see.

9 - Me and Fast got the gats; we're out to rob a bank. We got Steve outside and he's carrying a full pack. Now everything's cool and everthing's smooth.

10 - Well, I don't care if it rains or freezes, Long as I have my plastic Jesus, Riding on the dashboard of my car

Number 1 is the Bee Gees - New York Mining Disaster (1941?)

No. 9 is a repeat and the only one I can get by the look of things. It's the fun lovin criminals - scooby snacks