stands in pop enthusiast (don't put yourself down, LJ) party corner with LJ. IOW, where the fun is.
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
13. Ironic, Alanis Morissette
Ahhhhhhh! t runs from room
Right behind Jon.
Thanks, msbelle.
Stupid music, especially stupid music that makies me remember middle school in a vague, pleasant, nostalgia-drenched way, is too much fun to be snobbish about. (I do have a much higher threshold for "would buy" than for "would listen to" -- I think Oasis and Smashing Pumpkins are the only bands on that list I've ever paid money for an album by.)
13. Ironic, Alanis Morissette
Ahhhhhhh!
See, I loathed Alanis when I was 17. Now I kind of respect her for doing her own thing, even if I wouldn't call the thing that is her own actually *good,* and that makes me tolerant of her music.
I'd listen to about half of those, but even if not, I can't judge. I listed "I Touch Myself", you know? I have no cred. Except that it's not "My Ding-a-Ling" And I'm totally living in the wrong era, anyway. Still like "Ironic", too.
God, 'ruined, quiet dignity' is a stunning description of Bubs.
This just needed to be said twice.
Misha, that dress is gorgeous!
I was going to do the high school songs thing, but I realized I would listen to about half of them in the same way I would watch a car wreck, so it didn't seem a true test.
It's All Coming Back To Me Now, Celine Dion (The ONE Celine song I can stand, seriously. It's just sexy somehow.)
I rather like this one, too. Produced by Jim Steinman, so the bombast of the vocals and the bombast of the instrumentals balance each other out.
But I also think Dion made a mistake in giving up the up-tempo songs.
Whoa. I only know about 20% of the songs from 1998. Ones that would not immediately cause me to change the radio station:
3. You're Still The One, Shania Twain
5. How Do I Live, LeAnn Rimes
14. Gettin' Jiggy Wit, Will Smith
20. Adia, Sarah McLachlan
22. Everybody (Backstreet's Back), Backstreet Boys
25. This Kiss, Faith Hill
28. Sex And Candy, Marcy Playground
35. Tubthumping, Chumbawamba
37. I Want You Back, 'N Sync
51. One Week, Barenaked Ladies
75. Ray Of Light, Madonna
79. Bitter Sweet Symphony, The Verve
83. The Mummers' Dance, Loreena McKennitt
87. Foolish Games / You Were Meant For Me, Jewel
I have a far greater tolerance for silly pop songs now than I did in high school, since only 3 or 4 of those would have made the list at the time.
Also,
39. They Don't Know, Jon B.
Jon B.! You've been holding out on us.
edited for formatting, duh.
Thank you. My descriptive sense soaks up the props.