Now That's What I Call A Music Poll! Vol. 1 (US)

Ok THESE songs pretty much all blow.

I completely forgot that Fastball ever existed.

who the fuck is fastball? it is 'All My Life' in a walk. then Backstreet Boys and toss the rest for scrap.

i take that back i like mmbop a little and i miss everclear man's voice

"Karma Police".

Although the first Now, That's What I Called Music was actually with Culture Club, Paul Young, Duran Duran, Kajagoogoo, Heaven 17, Human League etc.

That's why I specified US...I think someone did a poll for the first UK volume a while ago though.

ahhhhhhhhhhh...nostalgia. The soundtrack to my early years.

Like every other boy, I pretended to hate "MMM Bop," but deep down, I loved it. "All My Life" was my slow jam...both "The Way" and "Flagpole Sitta" made me feel cool. I always skipped Imajin and Radiohead...But my answer?

"Never Ever" forever.

I thought "Flagpole Sitta" was so edgy. And 10 years later I finally get the whole "when I'm feeling naughty/I run it up the flagpole" line.

'Flagpole Sitta' and 'Sex & Candy' are surprisingly solid (compared to the indie and alt-rock hits of 1998)

Tempted to vote for "Zoot Suit Riot."

Zoot Suit Riot is a severe pain in mah balls.

MAN 10 YEARS AGO SUCKED

brilliant poll.
"barbie girl" is about bubble gum as bubble gum will ever get... so i'm with that.

"Together Again"'s retro thing has somehow aged terribly, but it still got my vote of this lineup.

Guilty pleasure: "Anytime."

"Anytime" is tremendous. No guilt needed. So dark and ambient and haunting. It's "All My Life"'s creepy ( and less played-out) cousin.

<i>Still have your picture in the frame
Hear your footsteps down the hall
I swear I hear your voice driving me insane
Oh how I wish that you would call</i>

Gets my vote, anyway.

2. "Say You'll Be There"
3. "Flagpole Sitta"
4. "All My Life"
5. "Together Again"

Damn tags.

I always skipped Imajin and Radiohead

The two token "not hits but let's tack them on anyhow" tracks. I was listening to the radio pretty obsessively in 1998 and I cannot for the life of me remember hearing either of those songs. All the other ones though...I can still sing them backwards and forwards.

the Imajin song's OK in a "didn't have to hear it too often and it broke up the monotony when it did play" way

Hold on, there was a band called "Cherry Poppin' Daddies" which even had a hit song?!! How did that happen?!

These threads should be great

I'm excited about the vol. 2 thread!

Hold on, there was a band called "Cherry Poppin' Daddies" which even had a hit song?!! How did that happen?!

we would never tolerate such silly band names in Europe.

this album is tremendous until the last few songs!

Ok THESE songs pretty much all blow.

no YOU blow

"Karma Police" did sell, but obviously to different people than the ones who usually bought singles, so I guess the kids weren't into it much.

Loads of students bought singles and liked Radiohead and bought Radiohead singles.

Vol.4 had the Eiffel/Sonique one-two punch

god all this is bringing back horrible memories

Vol 2 is the FIRST CD I EVER BOUGHT so I am pretty jazzed for it too.

COME ON HANSON LET'S GO CAMPING

karma

fucking cunt shit fuck 1998 fuck that fuckin bullshit i hate the fuckin faggot shitty 90s fuck

I actually really like the s/t Marcy Playground album.

Karma Police was a video hit, and it did ok on Modern Rock radio (peaked @ #14 and IIRC it had some staying power)

Karma Police was a buzz clip on MTV, which were played often for a month or 2 at a time. There was a time when lots of kids would come home from school, turn on MTV, and see Thom Yorke sitting in the back of a car. It wasn't just a dream; this really did happen.
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My ranking, based on terrible memory:
All Saints - "Never Ever"
Hanson - "MMMBop"
K-Ci & JoJo - "All My Life"
Harvey Danger - "Flagpole Sitta"
Fastball - "The Way"
Janet Jackson - "Together Again"
Radiohead - "Karma Police"
Spice Girls - "Say You'll Be There"
Everclear - "I Will Buy You A New Life"
Brian McKnight - "Anytime"
Marcy Playground - "Sex and Candy"
Imajin - "Shorty (You Keep Playing With My Mind)"
Cherry Poppin' Daddies - "Zoot Suit Riot"
Aqua - "Barbie Girl"
Backstreet Boys - "As Long As You Love Me"
Lenny Kravitz - "Fly Away"
(blank space)
Tonic - "If You Could Only See"

TS: All Saints: "Never Ever" v. Lil' Jon/Eastside Boyz: "Neva Eva"

"MMMBop" for me. Thank gawd I was old enough at the time so I didn't have to pretend to hate it.

I have never understood the love for "Never Ever." What am I missing?

You can comb my hair... undress me anywhere...

Come on Barbi, let's go party! Ooo. Ooo. Ooo. Ooo.

It's the only song (besides Mmmbop) on that list that I remember the lyrics and tune to. Thus, it gets my vote.

several semi-classics there, and "mmmbop" is indisputable. but i voted for "the way" because a.) catchy as hell and b.) i never understood what the hell happened in that song. parents abandoning their kids? it's like the psycho inverse of "she's leaving home."

I heard "Karma Police" a LOT on the radio. For some reason, I got the feeling that a large chunk of the station's listeners were into Radiohead, and were latching on to the one song off OK Computer that was actually getting play. I like "Karma Police" and all, but it's not what I want to hear on the radio.

ok what is it with songs from 5-10 years ago suddenly coming back to haunt me: http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/radiotalk/entries/2007/07/10/78_most_spun_ou.html

"Together Again" and "The Way" hold up pretty well.

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ROCKISTS

I'm not so surprised that I was the only one to vote for "Anytime", but only one vote for "All My Life"?

"barbie girl">>>>>>"mmmbop" :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

No, that's not true at all, and I don't even like "Mmmbop".

(Actually, now that I think of it, I haven't heard "Mmmbop" since it was a hit, so judgment reserved on that one.)

also, thoughts on whether "barbie girl" is just freaky/nasty or a disguised feminist joint?

the only way I would ever be happy with this poll is if all the options received 0 votes

It's funny how almost every post in the thread is about how one is definitely not going to vote for "Karma Police" and then, most of us (well, I mentioned it upthread) just vote silently for "Karma Police" anyway ;)

also, thoughts on whether "barbie girl" is just freaky/nasty or a disguised feminist joint?

Lene's solo debut single was hardly very feminist at least.

It's funny how almost every post in the thread is about how one is definitely not going to vote for "Karma Police" and then, most of us (well, I mentioned it upthread) just vote silently for "Karma Police" anyway ;)

those were other people, you see

I can't even remember what my vote was for, but I don't think it was Karma Police. Probably the Spice Girls.

revive

Tonic - "If You Could Only See" 0

hate/love this song, hard 2 explain