10. XTC -- Garden of Earthly Delights
I've spoken
before about my XTC love. So I guess there's not much left to say.
9. Electronic -- Get the Message
Back in college, I had a friend who bought this entire CD. I recorded (onto cassette) two of my favorite songs. This was one of them. It's not quite as earth-shattering to me now (could it be?), but it's still a pretty good song.
8. The Fugees -- Recharge
I bought this CD back in the day on the strength of "Vocab" and "Nappy Heads." I thought the rest of the disc was just okay. Now when I listen to it again, my original review still stands, but now it also sounds 'old' -- almost primitive. Ah, back in the day...
7. Madonna -- Nobody's Perfect
I didn't really start buying Madonna albums until the '90s with "Ray of Light." This song is from "Music" which is also a pretty good disc. Except for this song, which kind of sucks.
8. Mark Snow -- The X-Files Theme
Yes.
Again 6. Beck -- E-Pro
Beck is Back (well, at least he was last year). I have the majority of his albums and I usually like them. This is a good song, though, no matter how you look at it.
5. Outkast/Big Boi -- The Way You Move
I liked this two-CD set (Speakerboxx/The Love Below) a lot more than I thought I would. I liked Big Boi's disc waaay more than I thought I would. This was one of the big radio songs, but I'm not entirely sick of it yet...
4. Big Audio Dynamite -- C'mon Every Beatbox
BAD doesn't get much respect. Sure, it's not what you'd expect from a former Clash-member, but so what? They make some damn fine, catchy pop songs (like this one). And there's nothin' wrong with that.
3. ABC -- One Better World
ABC are unjustly overlook, IMHO, and made some really good songs that hold up welll after all these years. This, unfortunately, isn't one of them...
2. Outkast/Big Boi -- Bust
Okay, after I spent all that time praising this CD, along comes this song, which is okay (and kind of spooky, in a way), but not that great and not one of my faves.
1. XTC -- One of the Millions
Okay, now
this is getting ridiculous.
Because of all the repeat-song weirdness (I have nearly 3,000 songs on my MP3 player, I swear!), I'm going to add some more. And you can't stop me
.75 Santa Esmeralda -- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
From the "Kill Bill" soundtrack, this isn't a bad song, but it is about 6 minutes too long. I read somewhere that Nina Simone was very unhappy with The Animals' version of this song that was very personal to her. I wonder how she felt about this 10-minute disco version...
.50 Mike Doughty -- Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well
This is such a good song, I couldn't resist. Apparently it was played on "Gray's Anatomy," but I like it 'cuz it's a great song from the Soul Coughing guy. I also got it free from
amazon, but I'm not sure it's still available.