Lotus
04-21-2005, 09:21 PM
And so we continue...
80. Daniel Bedingfield- Gotta Get Through This (May 2002): Everything else by this guy is fucking horrible, but this one is a gem and a half. In a time when I hated just about everything on commercial radio, this song kept my ear to it (oh, and for the most part, I still do hate a lot of commercial shit. But I'm no underground Nazi anymore).
79. Smashing Pumpkins- Bullet Butterfly with Wings (1996): Back in the mid-90s, these dudes were hella tight. I'm not sure if they're still together anymore or not, well actually I'm pretty sure they're not since Billy Corgan joined that Zwan group, that sucked my cock at midnight. But anyways, this song is great. Beautiful. Also, this song goes down as having one of the best music videos. It's hella tight, and this was a fixture on Daisy Fuentes' Top 20 Countdown on MTV on Saturday mornings. Hell yeah, that was a great show. I'll make a topic about that show later. But Smashing Pumpkins ruled. This isn't the only time you will hear from them on the countdown.
78. Tupac- Dear Mama (1998 or 1999): This song went from being in like the Top 50 3 years ago, to being completely knocked off of it a few months ago, until I remembered how good this song was a couple of months after that. Great slow beat, and I've always been a fan of appreciation songs. I'm tired of that "woe is me, everything in my life sucks" bullshit. This song was far from that. Maybe that's another reason why I listen to house music, no gothic (in the South Park sense) bullshit. Plenty more Pac to come.
77. De La Soul ft. Redman- Ooh (Fall 2000): The music video for this song is like some Wizard of Oz shit, it's pretty tight. I wish I could get a hold of video (expect a Limewire search later tonight). Anyways, the video is what attracted me to the song. The song just hella hypnotized me, and I have been in love with the song ever since. De La had another song come out around this time (Fall 2000) that also made the countdown because the music video attracted me to the song. So more to come from these classic artists.
76. Brotha Lynch Hung- Rest In Piss (Fall 2000): This song is one of a kind. I don't know how to put it any other way. I mean, everything else Brotha Lynch has done has been decent, but I haven't heard any song by him that can touch this. It is one of the nastiest songs I have ever heard lyrics-wise. I mean, this is true hardcore rap, I guess. He makes 50 Cent's "Piggy Bank" seem like a song made for children in the womb. I always laugh at something new I hear in the song every time I play it. It's crazy. Seriously, there is something wrong with this guy. In addition to the lyrics on this song, he has called himself a cannibal and has a CD out entitled "Return of the Baby Killer". He also got his sister pregnant. Yeah. Strange guy.
75. Eminem- Hailie's Song (May 2002): There probably should be more of Eminem on my countdown; I think there's only 2 songs. Yeah, that will change, perhaps. Anyways, I used this song in an English Paper I wrote Sophomore year; a paper on what my personal "theme song" was, and I chose this one. Now, I'd probably choose another song that happens to be on the countdown (I'll let you know when we get there). Eminem should do more sing, based on the notes he blows on this one. Shit, his singing was tight on this song- chorus and the first two verses- GEMS. And the rapping in the 3rd verse was good too, mainly because it was not restricted to 16 bars (usual length for a verse in a rap song), so he could really go off on the subject. "Whoooooo!", as Em says at the end of this one.
74. Tupac- I Get Around ft. Digital Underground (1998): I Get Around (yuh, yuh--yuh yuh-yuh, yuh-yuh!). This song has a badass beat, and the rapping in the song is pretty tight. Money B and Shock G hold their own on this track as well.
73. I-Cue- Ghetto Fabulous (Fall 2000): This is the first of two trip-hop tracks on the countdown. I was in Tower Records one day listening to the music they had at the "Techno" station, and one of the CDs happened to be "This is Jungle Sky Volume 7: Jungle in America is Here" (but the Jungle in America is Here was abbreviated to JAH, for all you Rastafarians out there). So anyways, this song happened to be on it, and I fell in love with it the first time I heard it at the Listening Station. After I realized that I couldn't find the song on Napster, I went back to Tower to buy the CD, which is a classic as far as all forms of Electronica go. Anyways, back to the song. There really isn't any rapping, just an MC (I-Cue) saying the same shit over and over again. But since it's a Trip-Hop song, it sounds hella tight. Thus, it's #73, up from the #88 slot I had it at 3 years ago.
72. Stardust- Music Sounds Better (Fall 2000, I presume): Why this song is so low on my countdown, I don't know. Because this is a classic house song, and anyone who knows this song knows that it's a classic. The melody in the song is so relaxing and the singing over it is very soothing as well. Just and all-around, kick-ass song. I swear, the next time I come out with a countdown (2-3 years from now), this song will AT LEAST make the Top 60. I really shortchanged this song. The music sounds better with you, uh uh- duh duh duh- I feel right, something something better. Uh.
71. Soundgarden- Pretty Noose (Summer or Fall 1996): The guitars in this song are awesome. I mean, seriously. The riff is tight, and Cornell sings it up on this one. Uhhh. This is the song that really kicked me into a "rock phase" I had at the summer before and beginning of 4th grade. Lasted all of about 8 months, but this song had a lot do with that phase. "Down on the Upside" was such a kick-ass CD, I should give it a listen sometime again, but this was the CD's hit song, back when "hits" in rock music actually kicked ass, and lead singers didn't sound like crack-pot pussies. This shit was real rock music.
You'll probably see one up tomorrow or Saturday, and one definitely on Sunday.
80. Daniel Bedingfield- Gotta Get Through This (May 2002): Everything else by this guy is fucking horrible, but this one is a gem and a half. In a time when I hated just about everything on commercial radio, this song kept my ear to it (oh, and for the most part, I still do hate a lot of commercial shit. But I'm no underground Nazi anymore).
79. Smashing Pumpkins- Bullet Butterfly with Wings (1996): Back in the mid-90s, these dudes were hella tight. I'm not sure if they're still together anymore or not, well actually I'm pretty sure they're not since Billy Corgan joined that Zwan group, that sucked my cock at midnight. But anyways, this song is great. Beautiful. Also, this song goes down as having one of the best music videos. It's hella tight, and this was a fixture on Daisy Fuentes' Top 20 Countdown on MTV on Saturday mornings. Hell yeah, that was a great show. I'll make a topic about that show later. But Smashing Pumpkins ruled. This isn't the only time you will hear from them on the countdown.
78. Tupac- Dear Mama (1998 or 1999): This song went from being in like the Top 50 3 years ago, to being completely knocked off of it a few months ago, until I remembered how good this song was a couple of months after that. Great slow beat, and I've always been a fan of appreciation songs. I'm tired of that "woe is me, everything in my life sucks" bullshit. This song was far from that. Maybe that's another reason why I listen to house music, no gothic (in the South Park sense) bullshit. Plenty more Pac to come.
77. De La Soul ft. Redman- Ooh (Fall 2000): The music video for this song is like some Wizard of Oz shit, it's pretty tight. I wish I could get a hold of video (expect a Limewire search later tonight). Anyways, the video is what attracted me to the song. The song just hella hypnotized me, and I have been in love with the song ever since. De La had another song come out around this time (Fall 2000) that also made the countdown because the music video attracted me to the song. So more to come from these classic artists.
76. Brotha Lynch Hung- Rest In Piss (Fall 2000): This song is one of a kind. I don't know how to put it any other way. I mean, everything else Brotha Lynch has done has been decent, but I haven't heard any song by him that can touch this. It is one of the nastiest songs I have ever heard lyrics-wise. I mean, this is true hardcore rap, I guess. He makes 50 Cent's "Piggy Bank" seem like a song made for children in the womb. I always laugh at something new I hear in the song every time I play it. It's crazy. Seriously, there is something wrong with this guy. In addition to the lyrics on this song, he has called himself a cannibal and has a CD out entitled "Return of the Baby Killer". He also got his sister pregnant. Yeah. Strange guy.
75. Eminem- Hailie's Song (May 2002): There probably should be more of Eminem on my countdown; I think there's only 2 songs. Yeah, that will change, perhaps. Anyways, I used this song in an English Paper I wrote Sophomore year; a paper on what my personal "theme song" was, and I chose this one. Now, I'd probably choose another song that happens to be on the countdown (I'll let you know when we get there). Eminem should do more sing, based on the notes he blows on this one. Shit, his singing was tight on this song- chorus and the first two verses- GEMS. And the rapping in the 3rd verse was good too, mainly because it was not restricted to 16 bars (usual length for a verse in a rap song), so he could really go off on the subject. "Whoooooo!", as Em says at the end of this one.
74. Tupac- I Get Around ft. Digital Underground (1998): I Get Around (yuh, yuh--yuh yuh-yuh, yuh-yuh!). This song has a badass beat, and the rapping in the song is pretty tight. Money B and Shock G hold their own on this track as well.
73. I-Cue- Ghetto Fabulous (Fall 2000): This is the first of two trip-hop tracks on the countdown. I was in Tower Records one day listening to the music they had at the "Techno" station, and one of the CDs happened to be "This is Jungle Sky Volume 7: Jungle in America is Here" (but the Jungle in America is Here was abbreviated to JAH, for all you Rastafarians out there). So anyways, this song happened to be on it, and I fell in love with it the first time I heard it at the Listening Station. After I realized that I couldn't find the song on Napster, I went back to Tower to buy the CD, which is a classic as far as all forms of Electronica go. Anyways, back to the song. There really isn't any rapping, just an MC (I-Cue) saying the same shit over and over again. But since it's a Trip-Hop song, it sounds hella tight. Thus, it's #73, up from the #88 slot I had it at 3 years ago.
72. Stardust- Music Sounds Better (Fall 2000, I presume): Why this song is so low on my countdown, I don't know. Because this is a classic house song, and anyone who knows this song knows that it's a classic. The melody in the song is so relaxing and the singing over it is very soothing as well. Just and all-around, kick-ass song. I swear, the next time I come out with a countdown (2-3 years from now), this song will AT LEAST make the Top 60. I really shortchanged this song. The music sounds better with you, uh uh- duh duh duh- I feel right, something something better. Uh.
71. Soundgarden- Pretty Noose (Summer or Fall 1996): The guitars in this song are awesome. I mean, seriously. The riff is tight, and Cornell sings it up on this one. Uhhh. This is the song that really kicked me into a "rock phase" I had at the summer before and beginning of 4th grade. Lasted all of about 8 months, but this song had a lot do with that phase. "Down on the Upside" was such a kick-ass CD, I should give it a listen sometime again, but this was the CD's hit song, back when "hits" in rock music actually kicked ass, and lead singers didn't sound like crack-pot pussies. This shit was real rock music.
You'll probably see one up tomorrow or Saturday, and one definitely on Sunday.