― the next grozart, Thursday, 3 May 2007 11:02 (sixteen years ago) link
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― acrobat, Thursday, 3 May 2007 11:10 (sixteen years ago) link
― blueski, Thursday, 3 May 2007 11:11 (sixteen years ago) link
― acrobat, Thursday, 3 May 2007 11:11 (sixteen years ago) link
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― blueski, Thursday, 3 May 2007 11:13 (sixteen years ago) link
― BenTyler, Thursday, 3 May 2007 11:17 (sixteen years ago) link
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― acrobat, Thursday, 3 May 2007 11:34 (sixteen years ago) link
― stephen, Thursday, 3 May 2007 13:18 (sixteen years ago) link
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 3 May 2007 14:15 (sixteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 3 May 2007 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
― The Reverend, Friday, 4 May 2007 02:20 (sixteen years ago) link
― Jeff Treppel, Friday, 4 May 2007 02:44 (sixteen years ago) link
― I eat cannibals, Friday, 4 May 2007 04:58 (sixteen years ago) link
― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 4 May 2007 07:02 (sixteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 4 May 2007 08:24 (sixteen years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 4 May 2007 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
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― Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, 5 May 2007 06:56 (sixteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 5 May 2007 22:31 (sixteen years ago) link
― edde, Sunday, 6 May 2007 17:12 (sixteen years ago) link
― Just got offed, Sunday, 6 May 2007 17:19 (sixteen years ago) link
― tylerw, Sunday, 6 May 2007 17:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Didn't anyone like the Portishead album? I was just re-listening to that, and wondered if I should have rated it higher way back when.
Then got on a kick and brought these out:
Laika - Sounds of the SatellitesArto Lindsay - Mundo Civilizado Finley Quaye - Maverick A StrikeRichard Horowitz & Susan Deyhim - MajounLabradford - Mi Media NaranjaSixteen Horsepower - Low EstateOrang' - Fields And WavesHelium - The Magic City Built To Spill - Perfect From Now OnRoni Size - Reprazent: New FormsMouse On Mars - Autoditacker
Most of it sounds good, there's definitely much more good music than what was mentioned. What a trip, I hadn't listened to some of these albums in over five years.
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 6 October 2008 05:00 (fifteen years ago) link
'97 = super for singles
semi-charmed life, everlong, bittersweet symphony, triumph, elektrobank, u make me wanna, put your hands where my eyes could see, volcano girls, hypnotize, if your girl only knew/one in a million, miss modular, deadweight
― billstevejim, Monday, 6 October 2008 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link
― internet person, Monday, 6 October 2008 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Hate to say it, but 97 for me remains:
― tony orlando and dawng (PappaWheelie V), Monday, 6 October 2008 21:00 (fifteen years ago) link
along with this:
― tony orlando and dawng (PappaWheelie V), Monday, 6 October 2008 21:05 (fifteen years ago) link
i am nostalgic for 1997 70s nostalgia.
― internet person, Monday, 6 October 2008 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link
1997, like the two years before it, was an excellent year. 1994-97 was the best part of the 90s, due to a lot of great Britpop and Britpop-ish music being influenced and becoming successful then.
― Geir Hongro, Monday, 6 October 2008 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
geir, if you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends...
― I write in different languages. The music you heard is not what (PappaWheelie V), Monday, 6 October 2008 22:03 (fifteen years ago) link
So I made a sequenced Spotify playlist of 120+ tracks from 1997:http://open.spotify.com/user/seaworthyset/playlist/7stpSWSBIVaFri3GchWGaq
Not hugely comprehensive on a broad scale, but I think it's a good representation of what I was listening to (or aware of) at the time, along with a smattering of songs I've discovered since. Probably could use more R&B...
My favorite album of the year, btw, remains Dots and Loops.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 13:14 (eleven years ago) link
Of course, I had to omit a number of songs not on Spotify: Dismemberment Plan, Broadcast, Jim O'Rourke, Future Bible Heroes, Flaming Lips, Arto Lindsay, Timbaland and Magoo, Mark Morrison, Sonic Youth, Pulsars, etc.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/article/did-1997-contain-worst-two-weeks-music-history-258568?utm_content=Main&utm_campaign=SF&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing
― "Celebration" encourages the listener to celebrate good times. (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:10 (six years ago) link
I kept up with pop radio much more closely then than now, and my general recollection (plus a quick skim through Billboard Top 100s for the two weeks highlighted in the article above) is that it was a year like any other--positive feelings about the Spice Girls and "MMMBop" and "Your Woman" and Third Eye Blind and "Tubthumping" and lots else. Seems like a rather capricious premise.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
I specifically remember during the summer of '97 thinking that pop music was taking a turn for the worse.
― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 18:36 (six years ago) link
Every year has good and bad music, but 1997 particularly sticks out to me as one of those years that had a large amount of good stuff.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 18:41 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZPQdZLyHYE
Freak Nasty's "Da Dip" single handedly makes 1997 an awesome year for music
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link
and that video is 20 years ahead of its time
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 22:29 (six years ago) link
VR View Masters
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 22:30 (six years ago) link
"there’s probably someone who would say that The Mollusk alone redeems these two weeks."
It truly does. Or at least it saves them from worst-two-weeks-ever-status
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 10 August 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 1997 poll
i think our results were pretty OTM, still can't believe "Song 2" got no votes. these days my favorite albums from 1997 is either Perfect for Now On., Attack of the Grey Lantern or Radiator. of course Homework also come out this year.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 10 August 2017 01:46 (six years ago) link