THE WORST SINGLES OF THE 90s

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.

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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

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i never understand why people hate(d) 'Informer'.

i don't understand ironic love for it either (beyond Snow's nerdy appearance)

You know what the fines b-side ever is?

"Crazy with love" by Guy Mitchell.

That's it. Over.

a poll of these would be interesting -- i would have a really tough time deciding which of these i hated most

Tom what percentage of these have you played a bosh version of at Poptimism? I can think of at least three off the top of my head.

steve trying to save lisa loeb is MADNESS

What's with "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon" being on the list? Oh, now I see -- IT'S AN IRONIC COVER AND IT WAS IN PULP FICTION. Oh the horror.

-- Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, November 2, 2002 10:10 AM

Was it ironic? That's sort of a shame. I always saw it as quite a faithful cover, and I love their version.

UP AGAINST THE WALL, LISA LOEB

she was hott

i could've listed more i loved at the time but have to let them go like teh suck they are i guess

being an impressionable teen in the 90s - worse than being an impressionable teen in the 80s? YES

5. whitney houston ?I will always love you?

you know, I heard this the other day and didn't know why I hated it so much at the time. Okay, so she does the trademark wibbly at the end of the line thing, but other than that its a pretty respectable version. I remember thinking Dolly Parton's version pissed all over it from a great height, but listening again, Dolly's version just sounds a little...hammy...whereas Whitney actually sounds like she means it.

being an impressionable teen in the 90s - worse than being an impressionable teen in the 80s? YES

- blueski, Friday, May 25, 2007 1:45 PM (14 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

ohhh...the 90s get FAR too much grief round here. the 80s on the other hand - be grateful you never had an A Flock Of Seagulls haircut or any of those trousers with the flecky bits in that seemed to make a horrible comeback for a bit last year.

shouldn't Shania Twain be on that list at least twice? Or was she this decade?

plus there's all the 80s hits we've conveniently forgotten about - the Elaine Pages and Marillions and so forth

xp

at least the FOS hairstyle wasn't boring. pretentious > boring. and i wore some equally bad trousers.

the Elaine Pages and Marillions and so forth

both have at least 2 good songs lol

Flock of Seagulls >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shawn Mullins

at least the FOS hairstyle wasn't boring. pretentious > boring. and i wore some equally bad trousers.

-- blueski, Friday, May 25, 2007 1:49 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

I still HAVE all my 90s trousers.

Joe Bloggs?

you know, I heard this the other day and didn't know why I hated it so much at the time. Okay, so she does the trademark wibbly at the end of the line thing, but other than that its a pretty respectable version. I remember thinking Dolly Parton's version pissed all over it from a great height, but listening again, Dolly's version just sounds a little...hammy...whereas Whitney actually sounds like she means it.

Whitney is flat every time she belts the long note in the chorus.

That's kind of immaterial to whether or not she means it though, isn't it?

Yeah Whitney was knee-jerk dumbness on my part (if it was on my part) - it's not right but it's OK.

depends if she means it to be flat

Hasn't been mentioned yet, but...

"Oh What A Night" is the worst single of the 1990s.

With "Rockabye" by Shawn Mullins as a close contender for second, "Pepper" a distant third", and everything else is OK.

Joe Bloggs?

-- braveclub, Friday, May 25, 2007 1:54 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

I think Joe Bloggs was a late 80s horror. It just lingered into the 90s.

Hasn't been mentioned yet, but...

"Oh What A Night" is the worst single of the 1990s.

late december, back in '63?

So if something is now considered "ironically bad/good/kitsch" it's not going to be on here?

being an impressionable teen in the 90s - worse than being an impressionable teen in the 80s? YES

- blueski, Friday, May 25, 2007 1:45 PM (14 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

YES! Being a young impressionable teen in the 90s resulted in the following:

- I LOVED "Everything About You" by Ugly Kid Joe and thought the lead singer was hot.
- I bought a Wilson Phillips CD
- I had a poster of Nelson at one point
- I was a member of *cringe* the Soul Asylum Fan Club. They sent me Christmas cards.

Luckily I kind of figured things out around 16/17 but still . . .

what a pointless poll.

but, more importantly, it's not a very good selection. too many of these tracks are, by any measure, too good to be seriously considered.

polls with more than a dozen options don't really work i think

also polls that arent polls

YES! Being a young impressionable teen in the 90s resulted in the following:

- I LOVED "Everything About You" by Ugly Kid Joe and thought the lead singer was hot.
- I bought a Wilson Phillips CD
- I had a poster of Nelson at one point
- I was a member of *cringe* the Soul Asylum Fan Club. They sent me Christmas cards.

Luckily I kind of figured things out around 16/17 but still . . .

-- ENBB, Friday, May 25, 2007 2:07 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

noooo...

- I bought a Big Fun record
- I actually found one of them attractive
- I don't know who Nelson is, but I had a pic of Nic Kershaw

Still reckon the 90s were worse??

yeah, if there was a worst ten singles poll, then you might see some agreement. as it is, i can't even vote because i'm annoyed at the gratuituous inclusion of about thirty or forty pretty ace tunes.

I was wondering who was going to go to bat for "Mambo No. 5"...

I was wondering who was going to go to bat for "Mambo No. 5"...

surely not the 90's?