1995: A Pretty Crappy Year for Music

So, it’s nearly midnight KL time, I can’t sleep due to somebody’s coughing (actually, due to both Gene and my coughing together) and yet, I can’t shiv the cause of this insomnia. Since I can nap tomorrow and Gene can’t, here is a very interesting meme-whatchamacallit that I stole from another site:

1) Go to www.musicoutfitters.com and type in the year you graduated from high school in their search feature.

2) Copy and paste the “Top 100 Hits” list for that year

3) Bold the songs you like, strike through the songs you really hate

4) Consider doing this for the year you were born instead because – HELLO? Hotel California! and HELLO again? Rumours! and HELLO one more time? 1995 music suuuucked.

Top 100 Songs for 1995

1. Gangsta’s Paradise, Coolio (it’s not that I especially liked this song, but I have fond memories of driving around Muncie, IN with my sorority sister Dana and a few other Tri Deltas with this song on full blast. The car was a dark green old old old Buick and we were badass)
2. Waterfalls, TLC
3. Creep, TLC (really? Two TLC songs in a row?)
4. Kiss From A Rose, Seal (wasn’t this from the Batman movie where George Clooney played Batman? mmmm)
5. On Bended Knee, Boyz II Men
6. Another Night, Real McCoy (who?)
7. Fantasy, Mariah Carey
8. Take A Bow, Madonna
9. Don’t Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days), Monica
10. This Is How We Do It, Montell Jordan
11. I Know, Dionne Farris
12. Water Runs Dry, Boyz II Men (more Boyz II Men? And was I the only loser who inexplicably thought that perhaps the band was named Boys IL Men, as in Boys EYE-ELL Men?)
13. Freak Like Me, Adina Howard
14. Run-Around, Blues Traveler (ecccch, I hated all that crap)
15. I Can Love You Like That, All-4-One
16. Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?, Bryan Adams
17. Always, Bon Jovi
18. Boombastic/In The Summertime, Shaggy (again, it’s not so much that I liked or have even heard of this song, but I have fond memories of talking about Shaggy with Brandy while walking down to the Jr. Food Mart near her house)
19. Total Eclipse Of The Heart, Nicki French
20. You Gotta Be, Des’ree
21. You Are Not Alone, Michael Jackson (was this the song with the video that included scenes of Michael Jackson cavorting with Lisa Marie Presley? If the whole he’s a child molester thing wasn’t enough to earn him the Almighty Strikethrough, that video is)
22. Hold My Hand, Hootie and The Blowfish (okay, there are better Hootie songs but I think this is the only one without a lyric in there to make you scratch your head, a la “Every time I look at you I go blind”, etc)
23. One More Chance-Stay With Me, Notorious B.I.G.
24. Here Comes The Hotstepper, Ini Kamoze (why yes, I am the lyrical gangster, and why yes, this is in the actual Top 25-ish songs on Gene’s and my shared iPod, AND why yes, I thought this was another Shaggy song)
25. Candy Rain, Soul For Real
26. Let Her, w Hootie and The Blowfish
27. I Believe, Blessid Union Of Souls
28. Red Light Special, TLC
29. Runaway, Janet Jackson
30. Strong Enough, Sheryl Crow (I remember having to explain the chorus to my incredibly naive high school boyfriend, who couldn’t grasp the importance of Sheryl promising to believe even when lied to)
31. Colors Of The Wind, Vanessa Williams
32. Someone To Love, Jon B.
33. Only Wanna Be With You, Hootie and The Blowfish (yeah, this Hootie song is redeemed by the Bob Dylan “Tangled up in Blue” shoutout)
34. If You Love Me, Brownstone (???)
35. In The House Of Stone And Light, Martin Page (okay, this is ridiculous – I just gave this the boldfaced seal of approval because I don’t remember actively hating this song)
36. I Got 5 On It, Luniz
37. Baby, Brandy
38. Run Away, Real McCoy
39. As I Lay Me Down, Sophie B. Hawkins
40. He’s Mine, Mokenstef
41. December, Collective Soul
42. I’ll Be There For You-You’re All I Need To Get By, Method Man-Mary J. Blige
43. Shy Guy, Diana King
44. I’m The Only One, Melissa Etheridge
45. Every Little Thing I Do, Soul For Real
46. Before I Let You Go, BLACKstreet
47. Big Poppa/Warning, Notorious B.I.G.
48. Sukiyaki, 4 P.M.
49. I Wanna Be Down, Brandy
50. I’ll Make Love To You, Boyz II Men (creepiest prom song EVER)
51. Dear Mama/Old School, 2Pac
52. Hold On, Jamie Walters
53. Keep Their Heads Ringin’, Dr. Dre
54. The Rhythm Of The Night, Corona
55. Roll To Me, Del Amitri (same nausea inducing problem as Blues Traveler)
56. Scream/Childhood, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
57. Freek’n You, Jodeci
58. I Wish, Skee-lo
59. Believe, Elton John
60. Carnival, Natalie Merchant
61. You Don’t Know How It Feels, Tom Petty (remember the video for this one? It was filmed all in one awesome shot and had a bunch of circus freak types in it)
62. Back For Good, Take That
63. Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz (I remember this one from all 5 of the frat parties I went to at BSU)
64. You Want This-70’s Love Groove, Janet Jackson
65. Tell Me, Groove Theory
66. Can’t You See, Total
67. All I Wanna Do, Sheryl Crow (this was the song to play on my floor at the girls’ dorms at college)
68. This Lil’ Game We Play, Subway
69. Come And Get Your Love, Real McCoy
70. This Ain’t A Love Song, Bon Jovi
71. Secret, Madonna
72. Player’s Anthem, Junior M.A.F.I.A.
73. Feel Me Flow, Naughty By Nature
74. Every Day Of The Week, Jade
75. The Sweetest Days, Vanessa Williams
76. Short Dick Man, 20 Fingers Featuring Gillette
77. Brokenhearted, Brandy
78. No More “I Love You’s”, Annie Lennox
79. You Used To Love Me, Faith Evans
80. Constantly, Immature
81. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, U2 (or was THIS the song from the Batman movie with George Clooney as Batman? Either way, mmmmm)
82. 100% Pure Love, Crystal Waters
83. Ask Of You, Raphael Saadiq
84. Sugar Hill, Az
85. Good, Better Than Ezra
86. Brown Sugar, D’angelo
87. Turn The Beat Around, Gloria Estefan (I still shimmy in my chair when this song comes on the Muzak at work)
88. ‘Til You Do Me Right, After 7
89. 1st Of Tha Month, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
90. Like The Way I Do If I Wanted To, Melissa Etheridge
91. I Live My Life For You, Firehouse
92. Dream About You-Funky Melody, Stevie B
93. Cotton Eye Joe, Rednex (ick ick ick)
94. Thank You, Boyz II Men
95. I’ll Stand By You, Pretenders
96. I Miss You, N II U
97. Give It 2 You, Da Brat
98. Best Friend, Brandy
99. Misery, Soul Asylum
100. Can’t Stop Lovin’ You, Van Halen