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Sunday, August 24, 2008
#1 Crush
Inspired by Tom let's take a look at all the songs that hit number one during my birthday (June 28th) since my birthday. Alas, I would like to go on about "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward but a memes got to have rules. I don't know if I will comment on all of these but at least this allows me to write something of a meaty post.
THE 2000s
2008 ... "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay
I do like Coldplay but I haven't really heard this song. I know Brian Eno produced their newest record. That's interesting.
2007 ... "Umbrella" by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
2006 ... "Do I Make You Proud" by Taylor Hicks
2005 ... "Inside Your Heaven" by Carrie Underwood
2004 ... "Burn" by Usher
2003 ... "This Is the Night" by Clay Aiken
Goodness, my birthday seems to be prime real estate for American Idol singers. I don't even watch that show but I know of these people because magazines are forced to write articles about them and radio DJs are forced to talk about them. I can just imagine some poor DJ who got into the biz because he loved spinning ZZ Top and Allman Brothers now having to talk about who did the best rendition of "I Will Survive" with some peroxide blonde who can barley read the news. Why morning radio talent isn't the job the with the highest suicide rate I don't know.
2002 ... "Hot in Herre" by Nelly
2001 ... "Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink
2000 ... "Be with You" by Enrique Iglesias
THE 1990s
1999 ... "If You Had My Love" by Jennifer Lopez
1998 ... "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy & Monica
1997 ... "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans featuring 112
I was thinking about this the other day. I love sampling if it's done the way The Bomb Squad did it for Public Enemy of The Dust Brothers did it for The Beastie Boys. If it's the grounds for new sounds and new compositions that's awesome. But if it's fucking karoke like this and that new Kid Rock song? That's just cynical, uncreative marketing disguised as pop.
1996 ... "Tha Crossroads" by Bone thugs-n-harmony
I do dig this song. I guess this is the first song I really like that's appeared on the list.
1995 ... "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams
1994 ... "I Swear" by All-4-One
1993 ... "That's the Way Love Goes" by Janet Jackson
1992 ... "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot
Along with the printing press and the space shuttle, this represents one of man's greatest accomplishments.
1991 ... "Rush Rush" by Paula Abdul
1990 ... "Step by Step" by New Kids on the Block
THE 1980s
1989 ... "Baby Don't Forget My Number" by Milli Vanilli
New Kids on the Block and Milli Vanilli back to back? People get dumb in the summer.
1988 ... "Dirty Diana" by Michael Jackson
You don't really hear this one, do you? Me, I like to imagine Michael Jackson was replaced by a Skrull soon after the release of Thriller.
1987 ... "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston
1986 ... "On My Own" by Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald
1985 ... "Heaven" by Bryan Adams
1984 ... "The Reflex" by Duran Duran
1983 ... "Flashdance ... What a Feeling" by Irene Cara
Oh God. This ended up being a lot more depressing than I thought it would. I only like two of those songs. I could live with "The Reflex" but still, that's asking a lot. I try to be as egalitarian as I can when it comes to pop music but looking at this list just fills me with sadness. Bryan Adams had two #1 hits ten years apart? How was he even allowed to have one? Ugh...
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Comments:
Man, I kept waiting for the list to get good, but then it abruptly ended in '83. Damn your youth!!! As always.
# posted by Tom the Dog : 6:38 PM
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