1. Corina "Temptation" (Cutting Records) 2. Lisette Melendez "A Day In My Life (Without You)" (Fever) 3. Enigma "Sadeness" (Charisma) 4. Naughty By Nature "O.P.P." (Tommy Boy) 5. Shonen Knife "Lazy Bone" (Rockville) 6. Sandee "Love Desire" (Fever) 7. Mysterious Art "The Omen" 8. Geto Boys "Mind Playing Tricks On Me" (Rap-A-Lot) 9. Ce Ce Peniston "Finally" (A&M) 10. R.E.M. "Losing My Religion" (Warner Bros.)
I was a complete chump for not voting for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "How I Could Just Kill A Man." My excuse on the latter was that it came out late in the year and I hadn't fully absorbed its brilliance. Also, it scared the shit out of me. (It scored #5 in 1992's poll.) My excuse on the former isn't very good: I was so full of utter resentment at the triumph of "alternative" over so much better music that I wasn't willing to acknowledge that it had produced a great song.
I still haven't finished unpacking from moving, so I don't know what box Sandee and the Mysterious Omen and Shonen Knife are hiding in - therefore don't know if they belong, or were basically overrated by me in order to defeat Nirvana. If I hadn't voted for them I might have voted for "Unbelievable" or Mylene Farmer's "Psychiatric" or Yo-Yo's "Stompin to the '90s" just to keep Nirvana off.
Anyway, the top three songs of 1991 ("A Day In My Life Without You," "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Temptation") could well be the top three songs of the DECADE, though I might sneak "Lollipop (Candyman)" or "Nann" or "...Baby One More Time" or "Violet" or "Doll Parts" ahead of "Temptation."
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I was a Complete Chump for not voting for "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Date: 2006-10-16 02:02 pm (UTC)2. Lisette Melendez "A Day In My Life (Without You)" (Fever)
3. Enigma "Sadeness" (Charisma)
4. Naughty By Nature "O.P.P." (Tommy Boy)
5. Shonen Knife "Lazy Bone" (Rockville)
6. Sandee "Love Desire" (Fever)
7. Mysterious Art "The Omen"
8. Geto Boys "Mind Playing Tricks On Me" (Rap-A-Lot)
9. Ce Ce Peniston "Finally" (A&M)
10. R.E.M. "Losing My Religion" (Warner Bros.)
I was a complete chump for not voting for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "How I Could Just Kill A Man." My excuse on the latter was that it came out late in the year and I hadn't fully absorbed its brilliance. Also, it scared the shit out of me. (It scored #5 in 1992's poll.) My excuse on the former isn't very good: I was so full of utter resentment at the triumph of "alternative" over so much better music that I wasn't willing to acknowledge that it had produced a great song.
I still haven't finished unpacking from moving, so I don't know what box Sandee and the Mysterious Omen and Shonen Knife are hiding in - therefore don't know if they belong, or were basically overrated by me in order to defeat Nirvana. If I hadn't voted for them I might have voted for "Unbelievable" or Mylene Farmer's "Psychiatric" or Yo-Yo's "Stompin to the '90s" just to keep Nirvana off.
Anyway, the top three songs of 1991 ("A Day In My Life Without You," "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Temptation") could well be the top three songs of the DECADE, though I might sneak "Lollipop (Candyman)" or "Nann" or "...Baby One More Time" or "Violet" or "Doll Parts" ahead of "Temptation."