This is the complete, final list. You can vote for up to thirty tracks, and the points system is as follows...
1st - 402nd - 363rd - 324th - 295th - 276th - 257th - 24 8th - 239th - 2210 through 30 continue on as such, subtracting one point the lower you go, until 30th place, which gets 1 point. Easy enough.
I hope everyone will contribute a bit of a rave about their favorite track on the list, or a rave about each track on the list. And also, I want everyone to list ONE glaring omission from the tracks list. I'm guessing certain tracks might receive more than one vote and if one rises above the others, it will receive an honorable mention of sorts.
And now, the list (any errors, please let me know!)
Aaliyah - "Are You That Somebody?"Aaliyah - "One In A Million"ACEN _ “Trip II the Moon (Part III)Adorable – “Sunshine Smile”Christina Aguilera - "Genie in a Bottle" Aimee Mann - "Amateur"Air – “All I Need”Altern8 - Activ8Eddie Amador – “House Music”Amira – “My Desire (Dreem Teem Mix)”Tori Amos – “Professional Widow” (Armand Van Helden remix)Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy SongAphex Twin - "Windowlicker"Aphex Twin - XtalAqua – “Dr Jones”Arab Strap – “The First Big Weekend”Archers of Loaf - "The Lowest Part is Free"Archers of Loaf - "Web in front"ATB – “Till I Come”Atlantic Ocean – WaterfallAutechre: Arch CarrierThe Avalanches - "Electricity"Babybird – You’re GorgeousBackstreet Boys - "I Want It That Way"Buju Banton - "Untold Stories"Bark Psychosis - "A Street Scene"Basement Jaxx - "Rendez-Vu"Beastie Boys – “Intergalactic”Beatnuts - “Watch Out Now”Beck - "Loser"Chris Bell – “I Am The Cosmos”Belle & Sebastian - "Stars of Track and Field"Belle & Sebastian - "The State I Am In" belle and sebastian - string bean jeanJoey Beltram - "Energy Flash"Belvedere Kane - "Never Felt As Good"The Beta Band - "She's The One"Betty Boo – “Where Are You Baby?”B-52s – “Roam”Bikini Kill – “Rebel Girl”Björk - "Human Behaviour"Bjork "Hyperballad"Björk - "Jóga"Bjork – “Venus As A Boy”Black Sheep - "Similak Child"Blackstreet - "No Diggity" Blame - "2 Bad Mice Take You"Mary J. Blige - "Real Love"Blink 182 - “Dammit”Blur – “Coffee and TV”Blur - "For Tomorrow"Blur – “No Distance Left To Run”Blur - "Parklife"Blur – “Song 2”Boards of Canada – “Turquoise Hexagon Sun”Bone Thugs-n Harmony – “Tha Crossroads”Boo Radleys: LazarusBoredoms - "Super Going"The Breeders - "Cannonball"Jeff Buckley - "Hallelujah"The Cardigans – “Lovefool”Mariah Carey - "Vision Of Love"Catherine Wheel - "Black Metallic"Chaka Demus and Pliers - "Murder She Wrote"Cher – “Believe”Allen Clapp - "Something Strange Happens"Cocteau Twins - "Summerhead"Julian Cope - "Safesurfer"Cornershop - "Brimful of Asha"Corona – “Rhythm of the Night”The Cure – “Letter To Elise”The Cure - "Pictures of You"Cypress Hill - "Hand on the Pump"Daft Punk - "Around the World"Daft Punk – “Da Funk”Dead Dred – “Dread Bass”Deadeye Dick – “New Age Girl”Deee-Lite "Groove is in the Heart"De’Lacy – “Hideaway (Deep Dish mix)”De La Soul – “A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturdays”Dem 2 - "Destiny (Sleepless)" Iris Dement – No Time To CryDepeche Mode - "Enjoy the Silence"Destiny's Child - "Bills, Bills, Bills"destiny's child - say my nameDigital Underground – The Humpty DanceDinosaur Jr - "Start Choppin'"Disco Inferno - "It's A Kid's World"Disco Inferno - "Love Stepping Out"Disco Inferno - "Summer's Last Sound"Disco Inferno - "The Last Dance"Dismemberment Plan - "The City"DJ Shadow - "High Noon" DJ Tim Dj Misjah – “Access”Doop – “Doop”Dr. Dre – “Keep Their Heads Ringin’ “Dr. Dre – “Nuthin’ But A G Thang”Dubstar - "Stars"Eminem - "My Name Is"Eno / Cale - "Cordoba"En Vogue – “Free Your Mind”Everything but the Girl - "Walking Wounded"Eyeless In Gaza - "To Cry Mercy"Fatboy Slim - 'Santa Cruz'Fat Pat - "Ghetto Dreams"Five - "Keep On Moving"Folk Implosion - "Natural One"The Foo Fighters - "Everlong"Foul Play – “Open Your Mind”Fountains of Wayne - "Radiation Vibe"Freak Nasty – Da DipThe Future Sound of London - "Papua New Guinea"Diamanda Galas - Gloomy SundayGalaxie 500 – “4th of July”Gang Starr feat. Nice n Smooth - "DWYCK"Geto Boys - "Mind Playing Tricks on Me"Gin Blossoms – “Hey Jealousy”Ginuwine - "Pony"Grooverider - Hardstep Selection IIGrupo Niche: "Cielo de Tambores"Guided By Voices - Echos MyronGuided by Voices - "Game of Pricks"Guided by Voices - Motor AwayKeiji Haino - 'Affection'Hanson - “Mmmbop”Happy Mondays – “Kinky Afro”Hardfloor - AcperienceHeavens To Betsy, "My Red Self"The Hit Parade – AutobiographyHootie and the Blowfish – “Hold My Hand”The House Crew, "Euphoria (Nino's Dream)"House of Pain – “Jump Around”Huggy Bear - "Her Jazz"Hyper-on Experience - "Lords of the null lines"Ice Cube - "It Was A Good Day"Ice Cube - "The Nigga You Love To Hate"IO - ClaireIsolee - “Beau Mot Plage”Jam & Spoon feat Plavka - "Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)"James – “Laid”Jay-Z - "Big Pimpin'"Jeru the Damaja - "Come Clean"Jeru the Damaja - 'You Can't Stop The Prophet'Jones & Stephenson - The First RebirthJon Spencer Blues Explosion - "Full Grown"Jordan Knight - "Give It To You"Jude – “I Know”The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu – “It’s Grim Up North (Pt 1)”Kelis - “Get Along With You”R. Kelly feat. Keith Murray - "Home Alone"Kitchens of Distinction - The Death of CoolKLF and Tammy Wynette - "Justified and Ancient"The KLF - "Last Train to Trancentral"Kula Shaker – “The Sound of Drums”Kyuss "El Rodeo"Laika - "Sugar Daddy"Lamb - "Gorecki"Leftfield - Open UpLilys - "Ginger"LL Cool J - "Around The Way Girl"LL Cool J - "Mama Said Knock You Out" Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - "Matador"Love Inc. - R.E.S.P.E.C.T.The Lyte Funky Ones – “Summer Girls”Madonna – “Deeper & Deeper”Madonna - "Ray of Light"Madonna - "Vogue"The Magnetic Fields – Dancing In Your Eyesmagnetic fields - the luckiest guy on the lower east sideMagnetic Fields - No One Will Ever Love YouMagnetic Fields - "100,000 Fireflies"Manic Street Preachers - 'Faster'Manic Street Preachers - "Stay Beautiful"Mano Negra – “King Kong Five”Marvelous Cain – “The Hitman”Massive Attack – “Angel”Massive Attack - "Karmacoma"Massive Attack - "Unfinished Sympathy"The Mavericks – “Dance the Night Away”Mazzy Star - "Fade Into You"Lisette Melendez - "A Day In My Life (Without You)"Mercury Rev - "Car wash hair"Meshuggah - New Millennium Cyanide ChristGeorge Michael – “Fast Love”Kylie Minogue - "Better the Devil You Know" Missy Elliott - "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"Mobb Deep – Shook Ones Pt IIMogwai – “Mogwai Fear Satan”Monaco - "What Do You Want From Me?"Montell Jordan - "This is How We Do It"Mark Morrison - "Return of the Mack"Mos Def - "Universal Magnetic" The Mountain Goats - "Going to Georgia"My Bloody Valentine - "Soon"My Bloody Valentine - "To Here Knows When"My Bloody Valentine "When You Sleep" Naughty By Nature - "OPP"Neutral Milk Hotel - "Two-Headed Boy"New Order - "Regret"New Radicals - "You Get What You Give" Next – “Too Close”Nightmares on Wax – “I’m For Real”Nirvana - Drain YouNirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"Nirvana – “The Man Who Sold the World”N-Joi – “Live in Manchester pt.1”Noreaga - SuperthugNotorious BIG - "Hypnotize"Notorious BIG - "Juicy"Notorious BIG f/ Puffy and Ma$e - "Mo Money Mo Prolems"Notorious BIG - "Things Done Changed"The Notwist – “Puzzle”Oasis – “Live Forever”Sinead O'Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U"Ol' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn ZooOl' Dirty Bastard - "Got Your Money"Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" Old 97s - TimebombOMC, "How Bizarre"Omni Trio - "Renegade Snares (Foul Play VIP Mix)"The Orb – Little Fluffy CloudsOrbital - "Belfast"Orbital - "Chime"Orbital - "Halcyon"Orlando - "Contained"Orlando - "Just for a Second"Joan Osbourne - "Right Hand Man"Palace Music - “New Partner”Paris Angels - "All On You (Perfume)"The Pastels - Speeding MotorcyclePavement – Shady LanePearl Jam – “Smile”Pepe Braddock - "Deep Burnt"Pet Shop Boys - Being BoringPet Shop Boys - "Can You Forgive Her"Pharoahe Monch - "Simon Says"Photek - Ni-Ten-Ichi-RyuPiano Magic - "Wrong French"Pinback - "Loro"Pixies - "Alec Eiffel"Pizzaman - 'Trippin' On Sunshine'Placebo - "Pure Morning"Portishead - "All Mine"Portishead - "Sour Times"Pram - "Chrysalis"Prince - "Gett Off"The Prodigy - Break & EnterThe Prodigy – BreatheThe Prodigy - Everybody IN the PlaceThe Prodigy – PoisonPUFF DADDY - I'LL BE MISSING YOUPulp - "Babies"Pulp - "Something Changed"Pulp - "Common People"Pulp - "Disco 2000" Pulp – “do you remember the first time”Pulp – “This Is Hardcore”Quad City DJs - "C'Mon Ride It (The Train)" Radiohead - "Airbag"Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"Radiohead – “The Bends”Raekwon feat. Ghostface Killah & Nas - 'Verbal Intercourse'Red House Painters - "Have You Forgotten?"Red House Painters – “Japanese To English”Reel 2 Real - "I Like to Move It"R.E.M. - "Losing My Religion"Remarc - “RIP”Ride – “Close My Eyes”Right Said Fred – “I’m Too Sexy”Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth - "T.R.O.Y. (They Reminisce Over You)"Rocketship - "Your New Boyfriend"Royal Trux "I'm Ready"Rufige Kru - 'Terminator'Ed Rush, Optical, and Fierce – “Alien Girl”Sabres of Paradise – “Wilmot”Saint Etienne – “Avenue”Saint Etienne - "He's on the Phone"Saint Etienne - "Like a Motorway"Saint Etienne – “Nothing Can Stop Us”Saint Etienne – “You’re In A Bad Way”Scarlet - "Independent Love Song"Shampoo - "Bouffant Headbutt"Shanice - "I Love Your Smile"Shellac - "Doris"Talvin Singh ft. Amar - "Jaan"Sixpence None The Richer - "Kiss Me"69 - RushedSkeleton Key - "Wide Open"Sleater-Kinney – “Call the Doctor”Sleater-Kinney - "Get Up"Slowdive - "Allison"Slowdive - "Avalyn"Smashing Pumpkins - "Cherub Rock”Snap – “Rhythm Is A Dancer”Sneaker Pimps - "Spin Spin Sugar (Armand's Dark Garage Mix)" Snoop Dogg - "Murder Was The Case"Soho – “Hot Music”Sonic Youth - "The diamond sea"Sonic Youth – “Four”Sonic Youth - "Skip Tracer"Sonic Youth – “Wish Fulfillment”Sonz of a Loop Da Loop Era – “Far Out”Soul Asylum - "Somebody to Shove"Souls of Mischief - '93 'Til InfinityThe Source feat. Candi Staton – “You Got the Love (remix)”Britney Spears - "Baby One More Time"Spinanes - "Hawaian Baby"Stardust - "Music Sounds Better With You"Stereolab - "Crest"Stereolab - "French Disko"Suede - "Film Star"Sugar Ray - "Someday"superchunk – “question is how fast”Superchunk - "Slack Motherfucker"Supergrass – “Caught By the Fuzz”Swervedriver - "Never Lose that Feeling"SWV - Right HereTeenage Fanclub - "The Concept"Teenage Fanclub – “December”This Ascension - "August Rain"TLC - "Creep"TLC - "No Scrubs"T99 - AnasthasiaTom Waits - "Who Are You"Tony Toni Tone - "If I Had No Loot" Tortoise, "Djed"TQ - "Westside"A Tribe Called Quest - "Award Tour"A Tribe Called Quest - "Electric Relaxation"A Tribe Called Quest – “Luck of Lucien”A tribe called quest- “scenario”Tribe Of Issachar featuring Peter Bouncer - "Junglist"Trick Daddy feat. Trina - "Nann Nigga"Tricky – “Black Steel”Tricky - "Christiansands" Tricky - "For Real"Shania Twain - "Any Man of Mine"2 Bad Mice - "Bombscare"2Pac feat. Dr. Dre – “California Love”2Pac - "Dear Mama"2Pac – “How Do You Want It?”Underworld - "Born Slippy NUXX"Underworld - CowgirlUnderworld - "Jumbo"Underworld - "King of Snake" Unique 3 - "The theme"U.N.K.L.E. f/ Thom Yorke - "Rabbit in Your Headlights" Urban Cookie Collective - 'The Key, The Secret'Utah Saints - "Something Good"Vangelis feat. Stina Nordenstam – “Ask the Mountain”VANILLA ICE - ICE ICE BABYVelocity Girl - "My Forgotten Favorite"Vengaboys - "We Like To Party"Ricardo Villalobos - "808 the Bassqueen"Violent Femmes- "I Held Her In My Arms"Warren G feat. Nate Dogg - "Regulate"White Town – “Your Woman”Windy and Carl – “Antarctica”World of Twist - "Sons of the Stage"Wu-Tang Clan - “C.R.E.A.M.”Wu-Tang Clan – “Shame on a Nigga”Wu-Tang Clan - "Triumph"Yo La Tengo - Autumn SweaterYo La Tengo - "Moby Octopad"Yo La Tengo - Nowhere NearYo La Tengo - "Tom Courtenay"Zombie Nation - "Kernkraft 400"
― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 11 September 2004 08:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 11 September 2004 09:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 11 September 2004 09:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― cºzen (Cozen), Saturday, 11 September 2004 10:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 11 September 2004 10:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― cºzen (Cozen), Saturday, 11 September 2004 10:52 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 11 September 2004 10:54 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Saturday, 11 September 2004 11:22 (twenty-one years ago)
this should be on the albums list.
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Saturday, 11 September 2004 12:07 (twenty-one years ago)
this one, as well.
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Saturday, 11 September 2004 12:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Saturday, 11 September 2004 12:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 11 September 2004 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 11 September 2004 16:40 (twenty-one years ago)
On the nominating thread, RJG said: I can't change my "say my name" nomination but can I swap "autumn sweater" for the lyte funky ones' "summer girls"?
You have "Summer Girls" on the list, but you've forgotten to delete "Autumn Sweater."
― jaymc (jaymc), Saturday, 11 September 2004 16:42 (twenty-one years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Saturday, 11 September 2004 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Saturday, 11 September 2004 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 11 September 2004 16:48 (twenty-one years ago)
Ken, you better be putting them at #1.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Saturday, 11 September 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)
Wait a minute. Is this supposed to be our favourite track not on the shortlist, or a track that we think would have made the top 100 if only it had been nominated? Cause there's a big difference...
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 11 September 2004 18:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― Gear! (Gear!), Saturday, 11 September 2004 18:12 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 11 September 2004 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 11 September 2004 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 11 September 2004 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 11 September 2004 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)
― artiste (artiste), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:06 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:19 (twenty-one years ago)
― jed_ (jed), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:24 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― jed_ (jed), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:29 (twenty-one years ago)
― jed_ (jed), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:30 (twenty-one years ago)
― jed_ (jed), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:37 (twenty-one years ago)
And a few other things, if you take the concept of indie-dance more loosely.
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:39 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:40 (twenty-one years ago)
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:41 (twenty-one years ago)
I guess Screamdelica is there to represent all the Primal Scream stuff.
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― artiste (artiste), Saturday, 11 September 2004 19:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 11 September 2004 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)
No they can't, though...
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Saturday, 11 September 2004 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)
― keith m (keithmcl), Saturday, 11 September 2004 22:42 (twenty-one years ago)
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 11 September 2004 22:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Saturday, 11 September 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)
― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Sunday, 12 September 2004 00:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― artiste (artiste), Sunday, 12 September 2004 00:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― Frank Kogan (Frank Kogan), Sunday, 12 September 2004 00:53 (twenty-one years ago)
― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Sunday, 12 September 2004 01:08 (twenty-one years ago)
― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Sunday, 12 September 2004 01:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― Midnite_Vulture, Sunday, 12 September 2004 01:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 12 September 2004 08:15 (twenty-one years ago)
1990s POLL - TRACKS and ALBUMS (revised)
― jed_ (jed), Sunday, 12 September 2004 11:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 12 September 2004 17:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― reo, Sunday, 12 September 2004 20:10 (twenty-one years ago)
To get the Gin Blossoms and the Geto Boys onto some sort of best-of poll.
― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Sunday, 12 September 2004 20:34 (twenty-one years ago)
sent my list off for this and the albums today.easier to do than i thought.having a strangely gapped list to choose from made it far less difficult to pick out and order my 30.
― rentboy (rentboy), Sunday, 12 September 2004 23:46 (twenty-one years ago)
― scott pl. (scott pl.), Monday, 13 September 2004 01:38 (twenty-one years ago)
― Melissa W (Melissa W), Monday, 13 September 2004 02:34 (twenty-one years ago)
oh man that song is impossibly great.
― rentboy (rentboy), Monday, 13 September 2004 09:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 13 September 2004 10:33 (twenty-one years ago)
So, er, thanks Gear!, I guess :)
― Jeff W (zebedee), Monday, 13 September 2004 10:44 (twenty-one years ago)
My explanation:
If you look back, when I nominated it, I wrote:
Chris Bell-"I Am The Cosmos" (Is this okay?)
I knew it was an "old" song (as Bell had died in the 70s!) but I was pretty sure it was first on an album in the 90s. I did not know it was a single back in 77. Anyway, I am totally fine with it being withdrawn but I assume Gear or whoever compiled the list decided it was okay and included it.
So don't NOT vote for it just because you think it should have been excluded...
Anyway, what ARE the rules no single artist compilations?
I guess reissues in general are out ? Even something that makes "sense" out of a mess, like Star Time?
What about album 2-fers? Like the Radio City / #1 Record Big Star album? If / When we get to the 70s will we have to vote for these albums separately even though 90%+ of people who own them have the two-pack?
What about bonus / extra tracks unreleased until the boxset came up? does it matter when they were recorded or when they were released?
Or bootlegs (not 'stolen' studio tapes, but "classic" live shows like Neil Young's solo show 5/16/74 bootleg released as Citizen Kane Junior Blues, see http://www.ogctheatre.com/oldgreycat/csny/neilcitizen.htm ) ?
anyway, back to bell -- sorry to cause such a "debacle"
― Matt Sab (Matt Sab), Monday, 13 September 2004 13:09 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Monday, 13 September 2004 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)
― jed_ (jed), Monday, 13 September 2004 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jamie Fake (the pirate king), Monday, 20 September 2004 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)