THE WORST SINGLES OF THE 90s

Wait, wait...this might be tricky since the top 100 (at least the last 14) hasn't been nailed down yet.

Blimey! tvcream has been updated some time in the last 2 years!

http://tv.cream.org/arktrib.htm

The Clock Tower v The Terrapin Hut is wonderful -- doubtless you'll all find it v twee and indulgent nostalgia, nevertheless i found that particular TnT quite affecting.

also:
that Friends theme song
was AM Radio by Everclear from 99 or 2000?
something from Midnite Vultures
Anthem for the Year 2000, Silverchair
Fly Away, Lenny Kravitz
She Talks to Angels/Jealous Again/Hard to Handle, the Black Crowes

That said some sort of love it/hate it article or blog format is a good idea, and some of these records could well show up there.

(I don't think Maura was hatin' - just pointing out that 190 new answers is proof that list-making 'works'. I can't remember any Article Response thread getting this much.)

A list is meant to encourage debate otherwise what's the point and this one has certainly done that.

whoever suggested "my sister" ought to be ashamed, tho.

Dear Someone With Lots Of Time On Their Hands,

Please poll this motherfucker. Preferably so we get to vote for the worst.

Lots of love,

"A Change (Will Do You Good)" Sheryl Crow

passantino ^^DOLLAR^^^STORE^^^

62. the heights, ?how do you talk to an angel?

I have never heard this but the title is hilarious. Please tell me this is some sort of post-Soul Asylum/proto-Nickelback doing their Big Sensitive Ballad.

7. oasis, ?champagne supernova?

Not a single.

it was in the States and/or Europe i think (had a video)

oh my god this list makes me want to fucking kill

34. tortoise, ?djed?

lol i know jess suggested this in reactionary second-guessing/self-hating mode & i also know its one of his favorite singles of the 90s

haha the only song on that list i had an immediate NO WAY reaction to was "the scatman"

its funny seeing all the stuff that was lazy critic punching bags back in 2002

these are all okay/good/great:

26. snow ?informer?
31. digable planets ?rebirth of slick?
33. the lemonheads, ?mrs. robinson?
37. lisa loeb ?stay?
42. michael jackson ?black or white?
43. meredith brooks ?bitch?
45. jamiroquai ?virtual insanity?
47. urge overkill ?girl, you?ll be a woman soon?
50. chumbawamba ?tub thumping?
52. silk ?freak me?
55. scatman john ?the scatman?
56. us3 ?cantaloop?
58. eels ?mr. e?s beautiful blues?
59. beastie boys ?bodymovin (fatboy slim remix)?
66. soundgarden, ?black hole sun?
74. vanessa williams ?save the best for last?
78. radiohead ?creep?
83. weezer ?buddy holly?
84. ll cool j ?doin it?
85. no doubt ?just a girl?

is there any excuse for hating dear mama or make em say ungh

WHERE IS STEREOPHONICS 'A THOUSAND TREES'?

I predict the Lex likes at least 15 of these songs.

I think that was one of mine!

The choice that makes me saddest now is #55. He brought pleasure to so many and who were we to deny it?

dear mama = too cloying/trite? u wouldn't tolerate it from anyone other than a gangsta rapper? (this might be a good thing i dunno!)

bweee ba ba bada bo

'scatman' has great pathos

RIP scatman

I'd like to think there's a direct correlation between their placing on this list and the Rednex putting themselves up for sale on Ebay.

Also Scatman John = voice of Blurr in Transformers the Movie. Virtually everyone in that film is dead now.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/75/Scatmancd01.jpg/200px-Scatmancd01.jpghttp://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:yxeC2uLZoUsJXM:http://www.comixconnection.com/uploaded_images/hal.jpg

This is about 25% stuff I still haven't heard, 25% stuff I like now and 50% stuff I still hate. I was complaining about "I Feel You" by Depeche Mode just the other day. "Yes dear" said the wife as she changed my bedpan.

In 1999, he released his third and final album as Scatman John, Take Your Time. It was later revealed that he had been battling ill health since late 1998. He continued work on the album despite being told to take it easy from his substantial workload. He was later diagnosed with lung cancer and soon went into intensive treatment. He maintained a positive attitude throughout, declaring that "whatever God wants is fine by me... I've had the very best life. I have tasted beauty." He died in his Los Angeles home on December 3, 1999.

In a 1996 interview, he commented that "I hope that the kids, while they sing along to my songs or dance to it, feel that life is not that bad at all. Even for just a minute."

that's a popular myth re Scatman John and Blurr, Matt, but it's not actually true.

56. us3 ?cantaloop?

^^ i regularly listen to this

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/Scatultraman.jpg