massraider
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Now see, Jack is a fight to avoid. He wrecked that Von Bondies guy, as I recall.
In a fight between a heroin junkie and a cokehead, I take the cokehead.
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101 Best Songs of 1994 - #1 - Notorious BIG - Juicy (1 Viewer)
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In a fight between a heroin junkie and a cokehead, I take the cokehead.
rockaction
Footballguy
That was Nirvana's zenith, if you ask me. Nevermind had its brilliant moments, but Unplugged is the album you want for posterity. Pat Smear of The Germs joins them during that set, if I'm not mistaken.
rockaction
Footballguy
What could be number one after that? Is this like the Letterman Top Ten where the second-to-last is always the best?
massraider
Footballguy
I feel pretty lucky to have been a kid and paying attention when MTV was cool.
Was Unplugged the last time MTV did anything that was really good?
I know they lowered the nation's collective IQ by about 10 points forever by inventing reality TV, but that doesn't count as a good thing.
rockaction
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massraider
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rockaction
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massraider
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He actually might throw a curveball from the same genre that would impress the heck out of me.
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
It's the greatest album of ALL TIME for me.
And if someone would have told me in 1990 that my pick wouldn't have been in the late 60s or early 70s, but an upcoming 90s group, I would have considered them insane.
The brothers being arrogant turds much of the time doesn't change the greatness of the album.
Manster
Footballguy
And Lanegan was prone to violence. So fancy lad got pretty lucky to escape a beating.I had to google Lanegen/Liam, because I didn't know this story.
https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-truth-behind-the-mark-lanegan-and-liam-gallagher-feud
Liam really is an All-Pro at insulting people, it's a shame for him his brother is a Hall of Famer.
I find the Oasis love interesting......I guess pretentious Liam just turned me off and I never really felt like I was missing out.
Manster
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
You're not alone. I just didn't belabor the point. Oasis is best in small doses for me, and they could have left that attitude back in England for all I cared.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Assuming High Hopes by Pink Floyd isn’t #1
Manster
Footballguy
Lanegan and Cobain used to listen to Leadbelly albums when they would hang out, back in the day. They actually started a collaboration of Leadbelly songs that never came to be......"Where did you sleep last night" actually appears on Lanegans first solo album "The Winding Sheet", as well......it's a good rendition, but not as emotional. I think Kurt nails this one.
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rockaction
Footballguy
scorchy
Footballguy
Luckily for me, only one was released in '94 (Don't Turn Around). According to my research, The Sign was a huge hit in '94 but was released the year earlier and All That She Wants the year before that. For the record, I consider the latter two "pleasures" rather than "guilty pleasures."
scorchy
Footballguy
Mainly outside my wheelhouse, but the one song that I'm sure all the Pantera fans roll their eyes out is on the 1993 shortlist.
scorchy
Footballguy
Will be announced after lunch. All the rock/grunge guys should leave the thread before then.
rockaction
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ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
Both they and Lenny Kravitz were big at the time and I remember feeling like both acts had some decent songs but their overall sound was way too derivative. I mean, two of Oasis' most famous songs unapologetically lifted hooks from the Beatles.
rockaction
Footballguy
They were charged with that, but my problem with them was the pacing of their songs. Way too slow for my liking back then. Drawn out and mid-tempo at most.
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
That last line, when his voice is cracking and all he can get out is "The pines ... pines ... sun ... shines ..." gets me every time
Manster
Footballguy
I can't do Lemmy Kravitz. Fly away is so repetitive. He was more about an image, than music, always seemed like to me.
Manster
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Van Dyman
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MAC_32
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Sleestak
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ignatiusjreilly
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El Floppo
Footballguy
Lol.
The gb I mentioned who dated Pearl Jams bass player...she directed that Rusted Root video. I have no idea how she managed to score that with no background, but she's a pretty kick ### lady. She was Also somehow friends with Evan Dando who I used to see around we we hung out after college.
But damn..rusted root.
Pip's Invitation
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Pip's Invitation
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I watched Nirvana’s unplugged performance when it first aired.
<— Me after Where Did You Sleep Last Night
<— Me after Where Did You Sleep Last Night
scorchy
Footballguy
#1 - Notorious BIG - Juicy
Maybe I should have taken Kurt Cobain's advice posted on the previous page:
I live in a smallish town that straddles the Baltimore city line, about 10-15 minutes from downtown. It's kind of diverse for a suburb but no one is gonna confuse it with the westside neighborhoods just a few miles down the road either. We have a cute little main street with mom-and-pop restaurants, coffee shops, and a record store. On the side of one of the downtown buildings, there's a two-story mural depicting the crown worn by Biggie in his "King of New York" photoshoot with the opening lines from Juicy in giant letters: It was all a dream.
Now, as much as I like Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, etc., I can't imagine there are too many murals (aside from maybe in their hometowns) dedicated to their lead singers popping up on suburban buildings. Yet here, 220 miles from Cardoza Queens, we have a monument to one of the greatest rags-to-riches tales ever put on wax.
When I first started putting together my list, I knew Juicy had to end up at #1. I also knew that lots of folks would grumble
. I was shocked when doing some background research that Rolling Stone actually agreed, ranking Juicy as the 31st best song of all time, the highest placement of any song from 1994. Lots of other publications felt similarly:
So with that, here's the #1 song of 1994. It's such a perfect testimony that I don't even mind Puff Daddy talking in the background throughout.
Juicy
Maybe I should have taken Kurt Cobain's advice posted on the previous page:
I live in a smallish town that straddles the Baltimore city line, about 10-15 minutes from downtown. It's kind of diverse for a suburb but no one is gonna confuse it with the westside neighborhoods just a few miles down the road either. We have a cute little main street with mom-and-pop restaurants, coffee shops, and a record store. On the side of one of the downtown buildings, there's a two-story mural depicting the crown worn by Biggie in his "King of New York" photoshoot with the opening lines from Juicy in giant letters: It was all a dream.
Now, as much as I like Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, etc., I can't imagine there are too many murals (aside from maybe in their hometowns) dedicated to their lead singers popping up on suburban buildings. Yet here, 220 miles from Cardoza Queens, we have a monument to one of the greatest rags-to-riches tales ever put on wax.
When I first started putting together my list, I knew Juicy had to end up at #1. I also knew that lots of folks would grumble
. I was shocked when doing some background research that Rolling Stone actually agreed, ranking Juicy as the 31st best song of all time, the highest placement of any song from 1994. Lots of other publications felt similarly:So with that, here's the #1 song of 1994. It's such a perfect testimony that I don't even mind Puff Daddy talking in the background throughout.
Juicy
massraider
Footballguy
I'm gonna smoke a fattie later, and add some ones that would have made my top hundred later.
Great job!
Great job!
fatguyinalittlecoat
Footballguy
Thanks for the thread scorchy good stuff.
rockaction
Footballguy
Nice finish, scorchy! I'd pen a soliloquy about how this moves me, but I'll just let it ride. I could have sworn this would be Dr. Dre and "Let Me Ride," but I may have the year wrong. This is much better. East Coast represent.
Remember Rappin' Duke/duh-hah duh-hah
You never thought that hip hop would take it this far...
Remember Rappin' Duke/duh-hah duh-hah
You never thought that hip hop would take it this far...
scorchy
Footballguy
I loved Rappin' Duke so much when I was 12. I heard it first at the roller-rink and found a 12". I don't even need to google the lyrics so I'm going for memory:
So ya think your bad, with your rap
Well I'll tell ya pilgrim I started the crap
While you were in diapers and wetting the sheets
I was at the Ponderosa rappin' to the beat
rockaction
Footballguy
Did you listen to Dr. Demento? It was a syndicated show featuring musical humor. He played this all the time.
rockaction
Footballguy
Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin let me rock you let me tell you what I'll do 'Retha Franklin
Aretha Franklin let me rock you let me tell you what I'll do 'Retha Franklin
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
Somehow I totally missed out on Biggie. I could blame that partly on the fact that I was out of the country from '95-'98, but obviously that doesn't explain my ignorance of a song that came out in '94.
I do remember Puffy's insipid tribute song after he died (that one was inescapable, even in Eastern Europe) and by the time I returned to the States in '98, Puffy was cashing in on his association with Biggie like a homeless guy who found a winning lottery ticket.
But during Biggie's actual prime, I was totally clueless. That's on me, so I'm certainly not going to criticize your choice, but for me, the list ends with Nirvana.
Great job putting this all together!
I do remember Puffy's insipid tribute song after he died (that one was inescapable, even in Eastern Europe) and by the time I returned to the States in '98, Puffy was cashing in on his association with Biggie like a homeless guy who found a winning lottery ticket.
But during Biggie's actual prime, I was totally clueless. That's on me, so I'm certainly not going to criticize your choice, but for me, the list ends with Nirvana.
Great job putting this all together!
fatguyinalittlecoat
Footballguy
For what it’s worth I think Sabotage would have been my #1 from the list but Juicy is a good call.
scorchy
Footballguy
At the time, I didn't. Not sure if it was on in my town. But Bob The Dragon would play his homemade tapes a lot freshman year. It's how i first heard Leonard Nimoy's Bilbo Baggins and some bizarre ode to Hyapatia Lee.
rockaction
Footballguy
Once in a while, you run across a phrase or string of words which has likely never been expressed in human history. This is one of those times. Well-done, sir!
rockaction
Footballguy
This slipped by. Is there a Pantera fan that would roll his eyes at a song off of Vulgar?
I think I know which one it is. That's still a (probably too intensely macho) good song, though Anselmo's preening takes on a different meaning these days. It's sorta ugly.
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