so if i had gotten my act together a few hours ago - this post would look/read much differently. but the truth of the matter is, i stumbled upon something that changed my day...i caught something on tv too good to even compete with the week's worth of tv currently stored on my dvr - vh1's 100 greatest songs of the '90s.
i could definitely do a post per song but i'll spare you that for now. instead i'll just focus on the last few that stick out....
linger, the cranberries - i was fascinated by their accents and remember wondering if they actually spoke like that or just sounded that way while singing, sorta like billie joe from green day (i'm right...). it wasn't til college, that CHANDLER explained to us late one night (substances?) that she felt the song was really about "passing gas" and now, well i feel like i know the hidden truth. every time ABN and i waited in the security line at logan airport we'd hear the song and i'd share my theory. i thought that it had greater meaning that we always heard the same song at the same place, but now that i work in retail i realize that at the airport they probably have a soundtrack too. i feel bad for the people who work there.
never said, liz phair - no doubt i was a huge liz phair fan. i felt like she said all the things i wanted to say but wasn't daring enough to even think about. she had a dirty mouth, often dressed in all pink - totally complex. she was sorta part of my whining women stage but she didn't whine. do you remember flower? in college i liked to play it in the background of our friday night get-togethers and see if anyone noticed.
it hasn't happened yet, and i've held out from googling to find out, but i would put money on the fact that smells like teen spirit is #1...that just seems like common sense to me. although if mine was the only voice that counted, i'd probably go with under the bridge. i just remember it being like the first "cool" cd i had. oh but before i had the cd i totally copied a babysitter's cd on to a tape...but it must have been before i really knew how to make a mix tape. i definitely put my little boombox in front of a cd player and pressed record. you could hear me whispering on my copy. and the song was about drugs.
your greatest song of the 90's?
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