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September 29, 2005

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Music Meme: 1990, when R&B reigned (and sucked)...

Inspired by ‘s meme-of-late, I thought I’d partake as well:

1. Go to .
2. Enter the year you graduated from high school in the search function and get the list of 100 most popular songs of that year.
3. Bold the songs you like, strike through the ones you hate and underline your favorite. (Do nothing to the ones you don’t remember (or don’t care about.)
My goodness this was a bad year for music. Yikes! I’m really surprised by how many people had multiple hits in 1990, though (like Paula Abdul, Phil Collins, Michael Bolton, etc.)...

  1. Hold On, Wilson Phillips
  2. It Must Have Been Love, Roxette
  3. Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O’Connor
  4. Poison, Bell Biv Devoe
  5. Vogue, Madonna
  6. Vision Of Love, Mariah Carey (Yeah, I thought she was going to be somethin’.)
  7. Another Day In Paradise, Phil Collins
  8. Hold On, En Vogue
  9. Cradle Of Love, Billy Idol
  10. Blaze Of Glory, Jon Bon Jovi
  11. Do Me!, Bell Biv Devoe
  12. How Am I Supposed To Live Without You, Michael Bolton
  13. Pump Up The Jam, Technotronic
  14. Opposites Attract, Paula Abdul
  15. Escapade, Janet Jackson
  16. All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You, Heart
  17. Close To You, Maxi Priest
  18. Black Velvet, Alannah Myles (It was something different, anyway.)
  19. Release Me, Wilson Phillips
  20. Don’t Know Much, Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
  21. All Around The World, Lisa Stansfield
  22. l Wanna Be Rich, Calloway
  23. I Remember You, Skid Row
  24. Rub You The Right Way, Johnny Gill
  25. She Ain’t Worth It, Glenn Medeiros Featuring Bobby Brown
  26. If Wishes Came True, Sweet Sensation
  27. The Power, Snap
  28. (Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection, Nelson
  29. Love Will Lead You Back, Taylor Dayne
  30. Don’t Wanna Fall In Love, Jane Child
  31. Two To Make It Right, Seduction
  32. Sending All My Love, Linear
  33. Unskinny Bop, Poison
  34. Step By Step, New Kids On The Block
  35. Dangerous, Roxette
  36. We Didn’t Start The Fire, Billy Joel
  37. I Don’t Have The Heart, James Ingram
  38. Downtown Train, Rod Stewart
  39. Rhythm Nation, Janet Jackson
  40. I’ll Be Your Everything, Tommy Page
  41. Roam, B-52’s
  42. Everything, Jody Watley
  43. Back To Life, Soul II Soul
  44. Here and Now, Luther Vandross
  45. Alright, Janet Jackson
  46. Ice Ice Baby, Vanilla Ice
  47. Blame It On The Rain, Milli Vanilli
  48. Have You Seen Her, M.C. Hammer
  49. With Every Beat Of My Heart, Taylor Dayne
  50. Come Back To Me, Janet Jackson
  51. No More Lies, Michel’le
  52. Praying For Time, George Michael
  53. How Can We Be Lovers, Michael Bolton
  54. Do You Remember, Phil Collins
  55. Ready Or Not, After 7
  56. U Can’t Touch This, M.C. Hammer
  57. I Wish It Would Rain Down, Phil Collins
  58. Just Between You and Me, Lou Gramm
  59. Something Happened On The Way To Heaven, Phil Collins
  60. Black Cat, Janet Jackson
  61. Can’t Stop, After 7
  62. Janie’s Got A Gun, Aerosmith
  63. The Humpty Dance, Digital Underground
  64. I’ll Be Your Shelter, Taylor Dayne
  65. Free Fallin’, Tom Petty
  66. Giving You The Benefit, Pebbles
  67. Enjoy The Silence, Depeche Mode
  68. Love Song, Tesla
  69. Price Of Love, Bad English (Come on, I’m a lay-over Journey fan, afterall.)
  70. Girls Nite Out, Tyler Collins
  71. King Of Wishful Thinking, Go West (Wishing for some good music, that is.)
  72. What Kind Of Man Would I Be?, Chicago
  73. Get Up! (Before The Night Is Over), Technotroic
  74. Here We Are, Gloria Estefan
  75. Epic, Faith No More (The winner!)
  76. Love Takes Time, Mariah Carey (Beginning to have my doubts about her.)
  77. Just Like Jesse James, Cher
  78. Love Shack, B-52’s
  79. All Or Nothing, Milli Vanilli
  80. Romeo, Dino
  81. Everybody Everybody, Black Box
  82. I Go To Extremes, Billy Joel
  83. Whip Appeal, Babyface
  84. Oh Girl, Paul Young
  85. C’mon and Get My Love, D-Mob With Cathy Dennis
  86. (It’s Just) The Way That You Love Me, Paula Abdul
  87. We Can’t Go Wrong, Cover Girls
  88. When I’m Back On My Feet Again, Michael Bolton
  89. Make You Sweat, Keith Sweat
  90. This One’s For The Children, New Kids On The Block
  91. What It Takes, Aerosmith
  92. Forever, Kiss
  93. Jerk Out, Time
  94. Just A Friend, Biz Markie (Hey, he was friends with the Beastie Boys!)
  95. Whole Wide World, A’me Lorain
  96. Without You, Motley Crue
  97. Swing The Mood, Jive Bunny and The Mastermixers
  98. Thieves In The Temple, Prince
  99. Mentirosa, Mellow Man Ace
  100. Tic-Tac-Toe, Kyper
Unfortunately, I remember every one of those…unfortunate songs. And, keep in mind that today I can appreciate some of the songs I didn’t like back then (like Prince, for one), and I can’t stand some of the songs I did.

As you can see from the note above, Faith No More (at #75 on the charts) wins my “favorite song” award with, “Epic” — and I stil love to rock out the song today (“It’s it! What is it? It’s it! What is it?).

Posted at 2:21 pm

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Comments (5):
Now don’t front, Tim. You know you like “Blame it on the Rain.” Mwahahaha!

wheat () (URL) - September 30, 2005 at 07:33 am

Tim, this was a fabulous post. For my particular year within the 100 in 1988 was “Together Forever” by Rick Astley. I used to love his songs but now I got it in my head and I can’t get rid of it. Thanks, bro. :(
I guess I’ll try to get that one out of my mind by replaying “Never Goin’ To Give You Up” by Rick Astley in my mind. That is a better song (although still cheesy) :)
Just having fun.

DH () - September 30, 2005 at 4:36 pm

P.S. my winner for my year 1988 was “Sweet Child of Mine” by Guns and Roses. I didn’t realize this came out in 1988. Shocking surprise. :)

dh () - September 30, 2005 at 4:37 pm

Tom Petty, Depeche Mode, Billy Joel and Tesla. I still love all those guys.

dennisthemenace () - October 01, 2005 at 11:13 am

oh and Mariah Carey and Faith no More… Yeah, i’m wierd. I remember Mariah Carey was the first non-metal thing i thought was good. I still have her first record on CD. Faith no More? ha. Their best stuff is after this record. They were amazing, live.

dennisthemenace () - October 01, 2005 at 11:16 am

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