UK TOP 40 POLL

Icky Martin? 8-)

Back to the late 90s, because that's all ILM actually cares about

Icky Martin? 8-)

-- Rob M v2, Friday, 14 March 2008 13:16 (18 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

You try deleting all the shit that chartstats.com leaves when you C+P one of its top 40s.

Sweet Like Choclate!!!!! One of the best pop songs of the last decade.

Fair enough. I'll vote for A1, because I always thought it was a great opening single to a dead end career.

As anyone who knows me will know, I'll be taking the trail laid out on my father's map with this poll

because i'm sad i often do this by pitting #1 vs #40, #2 vs #39 and so on

No Scrubs vs Fenerbache in the final

26. The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris {1999}

^^^This really is one of the least defensible songs ever

I hope none of those weirdos who rep for semisonic turn up on this thread.

17. Gouryella - Gouryella

HOLY SHIT WAS THIS IN THE CHARTS

No fuckin contest

15 i like here, generously including Will Smith (Cartman remix) and Shania

I hope none of those weirdos who rep for semisonic turn up on this thread.

Such weirdos exist and are permitted internet access by their carers?

I hope that weirdo who reps for Gomez turns up in this thread.

#9, just because, well, it made me feel best at the time... ;-)

'Nothing Left' = HUEGly underrated in Orbital's catalogue tho I forgot it was ever a single

Such weirdos exist and are permitted internet access by their carers?

most o_O thread on ilm:
i quite like all the semisonic songs i've heard (c/d, s/d)

so why DID they call (slack/skank) girls Pigeons?

I dunno, but I do know they need to go home and fucking babysit

went for Blur.

Major disapp: That Baz Lurhman, the b-side has 'lead vocal: Lee Perry' so I thought OK, I have to get one! But no, it's not that Lee Perry. Oh well, 10p wasted at Sue Ryder.

"No Scrubs" easily. NOTHING else in this chart is any cop that I remember. I'd forgotten about the existence of Lolly, ugh.

fuckit i'm voting for L Boogie

I philosophy
Possibly speak tongues
Beat drum, Abyssinian, street Baptist
Rap this in fine linen
From the beginning
My practice extending across the atlas
I begat this
Flippin' in the ghetto on a dirty mattress
You can't match this rapper / actress
More powerful than two Cleopatras
Bomb graffiti on the tomb of Nefertiti
MCs ain't ready to take it to the Serengeti
My rhymes is heavy like the mind of Sister Betty
L. Boogie spars with stars and constellations
Then came down for a little conversation
Adjacent to the king, fear no human being
Roll with cherubims to Nassau Coliseum
Now hear this mixture
Where hip hop meets scripture
Develop a negative into a positive picture

I missed out Adam Rickitt from that Tory poll as well.

Depressed by lack of Shanks & Bigfoot love so far.

I'm sure it'll get plenty of votes.

Shanks & Bigfoot just pipped by "My Love Is Your Love".

If this were "best video", though: who could forget that wuvable lil' ol' milk carton?

The late 90s were one of the worst era for music ever.

GREAT CHART.

Shania, obviously.

'Nothing Left' = HUEGly underrated in Orbital's catalogue tho I forgot it was ever a single

-- DJ Mencap, Friday, March 14, 2008 1:24 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

^^^ this

'no scrubs' was in another dom poll about a week ago. there were only 52 weeks in 1999 -- at this rate, we'll have to move on to, i dunno, 1997 or summat.

'this' as in 'this is an amazing piece of music'

Voted Madonna, since apparently none of Travis' many excellent 1999 hits were in this particular chart.

Ahhh...this is a fucking awful chart. Maybe I'll go with "No Scrubs" cuz it's funny.

Hard to hate these songs as I was 17 and having an awesome drunken summer,
even though objectively it was really weak.

compared to what?

The other late 90s charts in recent polls seem better than this. I remember 2001 being a pretty good year too. 2000 onwards seemed to have more RnB, more good hip hop, more post-garagey stuff, more electroish stuff. '99 on the whole wasn't a very good year for chart pop, imo.

The singles lists got slightly better from around 2002-2003 onwards, as the amount of R&B and hip-hop decreased then and the boy/girl band genre was dead. The album lists did of course get better already around 1999-2000, with Travis and Coldplay becoming huge.

: /

It's between Icky Martin, Madonna and Backstreet for me. I went with Icky just 'cause.

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s236/mezxspectrum/littlegeirbot.jpg I'm agreeing with Geir on this. Awful times.
"Beautiful Stranger" was my pick.

I mean, unless you like cynical behind-moneyguys who know exactly which buttons to push to make the kids go out and buy records. Regardless of whether they like that kind of music themselves or not.

26. The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris {1999}

^^^This really is one of the least defensible songs ever

-- Dom Passantino, Friday, March 14, 2008 6:21 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

so wrong

Really, 19 of these are good. When are you going to get that in 2008.

This is a terrific top 40, from an era I didn't think I had that much affection for.

My Love Is Your Love, If You Had My Love, Coffee And TV, Everything Is Everything, Hey Boy Hey Girl and No Scrubs. Yikes.

BSB 4eva

Also, Shania Twain in her pomp.

Sweet Like Choclate!!!!! One of the best pop songs of the last decade.

Narrowly pipped by Coffee & TV for me.

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waaaaaht im sure i voted for orbital, which is like >>>>>> fkn any other song ever.

you musta ticked the Manics "by mistake"