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101 Best Songs of 1994 - #1 - Notorious BIG - Juicy (2 Viewers)
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Long Ball Larry
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anyone who likes this list and isn't aware, the entire collection of 120 minutes is online:
The 120 Minutes Archive
The 120 Minutes Archive
rockaction
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Oh god, I wasn’t correcting you, I was typing out Nate Dogg’s career summation. Lol. That was really an abstract comment on my end. But yeah, featuring, I guess.
heh.
Regulate is my go to jam....my kids can sing along and have known every word since they were 8.....don't judge me...a jam that stands the test of time....
rockaction
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Van Dyman
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Kim "plays" bass.
(I'm the only Pixie fan I know of who thinks her replacement is a much-needed upgrade.)
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otb_lifer
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scorchy
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#9 - Hole - Doll Parts
Someday you will ache like I ache
Released just a week after Kurt Cobain's suicide*, Hole's Live Through This can't help but be evaluated through the lens of tragedy, but it's a classic solely on its own merits. Marking a huge evolution from 1991's Pretty on the Inside, it was named the album of the year by Rolling Stone, Spin, the LA Times, and the Village Voice. Along with The Downward Spiral and Definitely Maybe, it's my co-favorite record of 1994.
Doll Parts was the second single from Live Through This (two more were released the following year, giving me more ammo for the 1995 countdown). The title of the song and the lyrics refer to a hookup between Courtney and Kurt in 1991, after which, she sent him a heart-shaped box containing a porcelain doll. According to Courtney:
Doll Parts reached #4 on the Modern Rock charts in late 1994. Rolling Stone ranks it as the 208th best song of all time.
Doll Parts
* and two months before the overdose-related death of bassist Kristen Pfaff.
Someday you will ache like I ache
Released just a week after Kurt Cobain's suicide*, Hole's Live Through This can't help but be evaluated through the lens of tragedy, but it's a classic solely on its own merits. Marking a huge evolution from 1991's Pretty on the Inside, it was named the album of the year by Rolling Stone, Spin, the LA Times, and the Village Voice. Along with The Downward Spiral and Definitely Maybe, it's my co-favorite record of 1994.
Doll Parts was the second single from Live Through This (two more were released the following year, giving me more ammo for the 1995 countdown). The title of the song and the lyrics refer to a hookup between Courtney and Kurt in 1991, after which, she sent him a heart-shaped box containing a porcelain doll. According to Courtney:
Doll Parts reached #4 on the Modern Rock charts in late 1994. Rolling Stone ranks it as the 208th best song of all time.
Doll Parts
* and two months before the overdose-related death of bassist Kristen Pfaff.
scorchy
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rockaction
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Also, I know she played bass for The Pixies, but I didn't know both her and Kim were guitartists for the band and Josephine Wiggs was the bass player until I looked that up.
Still can't tell the difference, other than where their hands would go on the guitar and I haven't watched their "Cannonball" or other video again. Kelley is lead, so that should be easy to spot if they're pantomiming.
Okay, I just did. Problem resolved. The Deal sisters are great in my book.
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El Floppo
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rockaction
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I love Celebrity Skin. That's a really good album.
Live Through This? Okay, if it bore Celebrity Skin.
I remember being really sour on Hole because their "Rehab Girl" 7" was a blatant rip-off of Green River's "Rehab Doll," at least if IIRC. It ripped the melody line. They were really just starting out, but to either badly parodize or steal from that song seemed uncouth at best. So I was down on Hole and Courtney Love pretty early.
Then I wound up loving that album, so...
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Bogart
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My 13 yo daughter has been in competitive cheer for three years now (in fact she's in Orlando right now competing in The Worlds). Last year her team name was Regulators (because Texas and every team has to be cowboy/gun related) and they would even move into their start position with "5,6,7,8...Regulators, Mount Up!"
At every competition, the audio guy will play 20-30 seconds of a song as the teams take the floor, some kind of generic pop/dance hype song. Its a full day of just the worst teen bop bull####. At two of the competitions though, the audio guy had the quick mind, to pull out Regulate as her team took the floor, and I think every parent in the building was grooving with the track. Was a pretty cool moment for the girls.
rockaction
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Pipes
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Is your name Brian by chance? This is his go to jam as well. Stunned people don't like this song as it's one of the most iconic song, not just rap song, from the 90s. Kids today know this song. My college age kids, who don't really like rap, know and love this song. I see tik toks with this song, remixes of this song all the time.
rockaction
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I was gonna place a 
at Rolling Stone’s 208th best song but figured I’d spin it positive. Herewith the negativity.
Booooo!
at Rolling Stone’s 208th best song but figured I’d spin it positive. Herewith the negativity. Booooo!
scorchy
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Fourth best song of '94 according to RS. So maybe a bit overrated... Honestly, the overall list is crap, but it worked for me this year.I was gonna place a
Gr00vus
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Grace is an incredible album. Hallelujah is near the bottom of the list of tracks I enjoy most from it. I'm tired of the (total sum of all versions, not solely the Jeff Buckley version) song in general - it's become something like a cliche used any time a movie, show, event needs some kind of staged, overbearing poignant moment. I'd be happy not hearing it, in any form, for quite some time.
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DocHolliday
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Doll Parts is a good pop rock song and I love it more than I should. Having it ranked as the 208th best song seems like a real stretch. It’s a fun listen in any case. Absolutely belongs on this list.I was gonna place a
Booooo!
scorchy
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I'm not doubting you in the slightest, but I guess I just don't experience many poignant moments. I don't know the last time I've heard Jeff Buckley anywhere other than my own stereo.
Gr00vus
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I don't mean the Jeff Buckley version, I mean some other version of the song, often horribly rendered. The oversaturation of the tune in all its forms overall makes me not really want to hear the Buckley version either.
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Ramsay Hunt Experience
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scorchy
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#8 - Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World
Normally, I wouldn't consider a live album to be eligible but the greatness of Nirvana MTV Unplugged deserves an exception, at least for the non-Nirvana songs (no additional spotlighting, please). The show was recorded in late November 1993 and aired a few weeks later, just months before Kurt Cobain's suicide. The record itself was released November 1, 1994 and debuted at #1, selling 300,000 copies in its first week.
Nirvana famously didn't want to play much from Nevermind (much to MTV's chagrin) and nearly half the songs were covers. To make matters worse for producers, bands typically spent a lot of time rehearsing beforehand and even replaying/reshooting songs during the show, yet Nirvana barely rehearsed nor had they developed a full setlist. Despite major concerns, they pulled off a legendary performance. Krist Novoselic said this about their Bowie cover:
The Man Who Sold The World
Normally, I wouldn't consider a live album to be eligible but the greatness of Nirvana MTV Unplugged deserves an exception, at least for the non-Nirvana songs (no additional spotlighting, please). The show was recorded in late November 1993 and aired a few weeks later, just months before Kurt Cobain's suicide. The record itself was released November 1, 1994 and debuted at #1, selling 300,000 copies in its first week.
Nirvana famously didn't want to play much from Nevermind (much to MTV's chagrin) and nearly half the songs were covers. To make matters worse for producers, bands typically spent a lot of time rehearsing beforehand and even replaying/reshooting songs during the show, yet Nirvana barely rehearsed nor had they developed a full setlist. Despite major concerns, they pulled off a legendary performance. Krist Novoselic said this about their Bowie cover:
The Man Who Sold The World
scorchy
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John Maddens Lunchbox
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Lucky you wrote this.
The Bowie cover is magnificent. I was pimping Nirvana at the time something ferocious to my friends. Most were older and just dismissed it as noise. The MTV unplugged album shut their voices right up as their talent, skills and performances werent drowned out in a sonic assault.
John Maddens Lunchbox
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Fraser is one of the most unheralded artists of all time. Such an amazing voice. Her version of Song to the Siren under the “This Mortal Coil” banner sends shivers down my spine every time.
Leroy Hoard
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Even though it's not a Nirvana song, it's probably my favorite Nirvana song. They absolutely nailed it.
El Floppo
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everything she touched was made better by a ton. I love the band Felt... but her backing vocals on Primitive Painters took them and that song to places the rest of their catalogue coudn't go.
John Maddens Lunchbox
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Nobody did. They named an album after Poo. Thing is they still shouldnt be taken seriously, but the music from American Idiot is outstanding. The politics dont bear close scrutiny as the guys arent bright enough to do anything but scream at the system. Its 100% righteous indignation, frustration and annoyance which resonated so well with audiences. Almost every interview i saw had them pushed hard on their politics, but they were in over their heads. 100% loved their passion on it though. Most people cant argue their way out of a paper bag, so they did well to establish basic credibility.
John Maddens Lunchbox
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I can imagine. Ive only had a passing interest in her when she kept popping up under different guises. Often the material was inferior, but her voice lifted some utter dross.
rockaction
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Establishing the “correct” position without a philosophical framework could be seen not as a first step, but merely a sign of hubris that one thinks allows one to shout to the heavens about potential necessities to preserve justice.
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rockaction
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I should clarify. It depends what you view as correct. Which part of the system did they dissent from? The bourgeois disposable income that led to their successes and riches and platform? Disposable income inextricable from the system they were railing against?
I’d love to see how Green Day was anywhere near on the right path. Maybe if they were to take a New Bomb Turks approach and write probably the smartest song I’ve ever heard about art as commodity, then I’d back off and cede their politics. As it is, zero credit given.
I’d love to see how Green Day was anywhere near on the right path. Maybe if they were to take a New Bomb Turks approach and write probably the smartest song I’ve ever heard about art as commodity, then I’d back off and cede their politics. As it is, zero credit given.
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Van Dyman
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Hmm. Wikipedia says Song to the Siren was written by Tim Buckley, father of one Jeff Buckley who made this list.
John Maddens Lunchbox
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John Maddens Lunchbox
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Mate, you are 10 times smarter than me, but my point is essentially the same. They couldnt credibly sustain an argument on the topic. That said their passion was admirable. Even if its shouting at the wind. Compared to the irrational political discussion these days though, Green Day were Shakespeare.
zamboni
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You can add The Man Who Sold The World to this list, although I would stop short of saying it topped Bowie. I’d give it equal treatment for sure.
TripItUp
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#12 - Nine Inch Nails - Hurt - Meh, never liked as much as the critics, but would make my top 100
#11 - Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah - Meh, good, but not great for me.
#10 - Warren G and Nate Dogg - Regulate - Epic, about where I'd rank it
#9 - Hole - Doll Parts - a little high for me, would never have it over some of the AIC and STP songs already listed, but would have it top 50.
#8 - Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World, Arguably the best cover in the history of rock n roll as far as I'm concerned. The unplugged album solidified Nirvana as an all time great band for me. This would probably make my top 5.
#11 - Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah - Meh, good, but not great for me.
#10 - Warren G and Nate Dogg - Regulate - Epic, about where I'd rank it
#9 - Hole - Doll Parts - a little high for me, would never have it over some of the AIC and STP songs already listed, but would have it top 50.
#8 - Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World, Arguably the best cover in the history of rock n roll as far as I'm concerned. The unplugged album solidified Nirvana as an all time great band for me. This would probably make my top 5.
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rockaction
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I disagree with the boldface font, but your points are fair enough. I certainly don't want to derail a thread with disagreements about politics. Your points about passion and modern political discourse are taken. Apathy is indeed a problem and modern discourse leaves a lot to be desired. For sure.
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rockaction
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Sorry about that interlude. Maybe I was writing just to write. Pardon me.
scorchy
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scorchy
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Seven of the last eight entries have been touched by the grim reaper. Starting to feel like Winona Ryder in Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Pip's Invitation
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Leroy Hoard
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I knew a woman who was a huge CT fan. She used to have this song on repeat.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sDTiyR339Mw
shader
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Amazing thread and I'm quite annoyed I just saw it for the first time. This was my junior/senior year of high school so every song has meaning.
"Someday you will ache like I ache" is a great line - but she repeats it ad nauseum. Not my favorite Hole song by a long stretch, but what memories it brought back just listening to it
shader
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foxco
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Bowie had to tell many a young "fan" after his shows that he was not, in fact, covering a Nirvana song.
massraider
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I'm reminded of my first college apartment. Our next door neighbor was this guy Russell, who dabbled in selling pills. Buddies and I met him first week, he had this little harem, the whole crew all black and purple velvet, 80 degrees out. The hot goth girls definitely did not hang out with Russell.
However, he had an unlimited supply of muscle relaxers, and after an evening that starts with me scratching up my Definitely Maybe CD case, we always had need for them in the house. His goth harem all HATED us, he would walk over to make a quick stop, and we would have him there for hours. Then they found out that we called him Russell Melaxer, ending any chance of them being friendly with us.
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