[Justin Scott]

Hits songs of 1998

[Rainbro Crash]

Pallet Town

[Popsicle Pete]

8th grade, one of the worst years of my life. Bittersweet symphony, indeed.

[Justin Scott]

Originally Posted by Marshall Lee

8th grade, one of the worst years of my life. Bittersweet symphony, indeed.

I'm sorry to hear that man. My teens were some of my best years. Discovering the wide world of film, losing my virginity, listening to NIN and Wu Tang until 4 am on a school night, hanging out with my best friends when we all still lived close together, playing videogames 24/7 without worrying about bills, thinking I'd live forever, and having ridiculousness goals.

[Justin Scott]

Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hand Where My Eyes Can See

[TeamCanada]

Originally Posted by Justin Scott

Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hand Where My Eyes Can See

That's on half my i-Tunes playlists

[Marv]

1998....I was 22 years-old. Man I hated Pretty Fly for a White Guy.

[Marv]

That video just proves there's always been horrible music.

[Bill the Fish]

This did the trick for me today. It's a spec sketch riffing on Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.



You can buy prints too! Too bad they're fifty bones. Jerks.

[Justin Scott]

Originally Posted by TeamCanada

That's on half my i-Tunes playlists

Early Busta Rhymes was the **** in the late 90s/early 2000s! It's sad he never really peaked. Just turned into that guy in other peoples songs.

[Justin Scott]

Originally Posted by Marv

1998....I was 22 years-old. Man I hated Pretty Fly for a White Guy.

haha, I still love Offspring to this day.

[ERotIC]

Originally Posted by Marv

That video just proves there's always been horrible music.

On the contrary, I thought that video showed how much better 90's music was than the current top 30 hits. Not great, mind you, but infinitely better.

Then again, I was 8 that year, so the nostalgia might give my earbuds a sweeter sound than yours.

[Marv]

Originally Posted by Justin Scott

haha, I still love Offspring to this day.

I like the band, just hate that song. Their older music is better though, imo.

[Marv]

Originally Posted by ERotIC

On the contrary, I thought that video showed how much better 90's music was than the current top 30 hits. Not great, mind you, but infinitely better.

Then again, I was 8 that year, so the nostalgia might give my earbuds a sweeter sound than yours.

It was definitely a trip down memory lane though...some of those songs I haven't heard in years. I mean...Robyn? I remember my buddy playing her CD to death that year, cranked while cruising around town. To be in my early 20's and stupid again...but this time single...sigh....

[Justin Scott]

Originally Posted by Marv

It was definitely a trip down memory lane though...some of those songs I haven't heard in years. I mean...Robyn? I remember my buddy playing her CD to death that year, cranked while cruising around town. To be in my early 20's and stupid again...but this time single...sigh....

After 18 we always feel this way it seems. I'm going to be 24 in nov. and I deeply miss being in my teens

[ERotIC]

Originally Posted by Marv

It was definitely a trip down memory lane though...some of those songs I haven't heard in years. I mean...Robyn? I remember my buddy playing her CD to death that year, cranked while cruising around town. To be in my early 20's and stupid again...but this time single...sigh....

What stands out to me is that, almost every single one of those songs featured artists that at least had some modicum of talent. Like the music or not, but there was at least, *gasp* instruments used, even in the pop songs.

The top 30 of 2012 would have... what, maybe one or two talented musicians? Adele, maybe?

[Justin Scott]

I forgot just how awesome Sheryl Crow was in the 90s.

[Marv]

Originally Posted by ERotIC

What stands out to me is that, almost every single one of those songs featured artists that at least had some modicum of talent. Like the music or not, but there was at least, *gasp* instruments used, even in the pop songs.

The top 30 of 2012 would have... what, maybe one or two talented musicians? Adele, maybe?

I'll give you that, yes most of the hit songs are pretty bad now. I don't listen to the radio at all as I know it will just be a barrage of crap like LMFAO. I hate to sound like a hipster, but I am pretty much a so-called hipster when it comes to the new music I listen to now.

[gilaskan]

Anyone remember these cool cats?

[gilaskan]

Originally Posted by ERotIC

What stands out to me is that, almost every single one of those songs featured artists that at least had some modicum of talent. Like the music or not, but there was at least, *gasp* instruments used, even in the pop songs.

The top 30 of 2012 would have... what, maybe one or two talented musicians? Adele, maybe?

We also live in era where many music savvy people seem to download, though. Almost everyone I know who I'd say has good taste in music tends to download the overwhelming majority of their collection without much qualm- the people I know who spend the most on their music are my 15 year old female cousin who loves the pop stars, my parents and their middle-aged friends, and upper-middle-class not-very-smart former jocks who download every new top rock and hip-hop single on iTunes.

The charts aren't as reliable in this day and age for what's "popular," or "cool," so much as they used to be. They show what's popular in more specific demographics nowadays.

[Rainbro Crash]

Originally Posted by gilaskan

Anyone remember these cool cats?

Kids only!

[Konnor]

[Freddie Quell]

Junior year of high school for me. Listened to a lot of that MOR alt rock that was popular at the time and that swing revival sh-t.

Personally, that was my favorite year of high school for me which isn't saying much since most of my classmates were douchebags and frenemies.

[Duder]

Originally Posted by Marv

1998....I was 22 years-old. Man I hated Pretty Fly for a White Guy.

Me too. Not about the age (I was 25) but about hating that song.

[Lillyvon]

Oh god I was 28 in 1998. Sigh... I had been married for 7 years by then. Seems like yesterday... kinda.

I am VERY guilty of really liking a lot of those songs - including Everybody by the Backstreet Boys! (love that clip too) I always remember it from one of the guys who is sitting on the floor while everyone else dances in that group routine near the end of the clip. Always wondered why.

[Matt the Hat]

Anybody remember this little ditty...
Cornershop with Brimful of Asha on TOTP in 1998

[Zippy]

Originally Posted by Matt the Hat

Anybody remember this little ditty...
Cornershop with Brimful of Asha on TOTP in 1998

Man, that song was massive!

[Mr Expendable 2]

Originally Posted by Bill the Fish

This did the trick for me today. It's a spec sketch riffing on Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.



You can buy prints too! Too bad they're fifty bones. Jerks.

I recognize every one of these with the exception of the guy holding the gun in the upper right corner. ?

[Sister Shotgun]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc

[Zippy]

Originally Posted by Mr Expendable 2

I recognize every one of these with the exception of the guy holding the gun in the upper right corner. ?

That's Sledge Hammer. I'm guessing you weren't watching television in the late eighties?