Members TrickyBoy Posted May 17, 2013 Members Share Posted May 17, 2013 I don't know why, but in my boredom I tripped upon VH1's greatest lists. And I looked at their top songs for the decade of the 2000's and it was: 1. Beyonc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted May 17, 2013 Members Share Posted May 17, 2013 yep. i'm old too... ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TrickyBoy Posted May 17, 2013 Author Members Share Posted May 17, 2013 Which, BTW brings to mind the point of "Why are bands still playing songs that came out 25 years ago?" Answer: Because the average 25-year old likes them better then current stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted May 17, 2013 Members Share Posted May 17, 2013 Interesting list. Clearly that's the top 20 80s song NOW but not at the time. I think if you found the list of the top 20 best selling singles of the decade, it would be very different. That reads like a typical classic rock band set list. I think we've all help create that list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TrickyBoy Posted May 17, 2013 Author Members Share Posted May 17, 2013 guido61 wrote: Interesting list. Clearly that's the top 20 80s song NOW but not at the time. I think if you found the list of the top 20 best selling singles of the decade, it would be very different. That reads like a typical classic rock band set list. I think we've all help create that list! Very likely true. It's a lot easier to make a list 20 years later than it is in the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted May 17, 2013 Members Share Posted May 17, 2013 Yep. And I don't think "Jessie's Girl" would have been on anybody's top 20 list in 1990 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jimiv Posted May 17, 2013 Members Share Posted May 17, 2013 TrickyBoy wrote: I don't know why, but in my boredom I tripped upon VH1's greatest lists. And I looked at their top songs for the decade of the 2000's and it was: 1. Beyonc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackbird 13 Posted May 17, 2013 Members Share Posted May 17, 2013 TrickyBoy wrote: I don't know why, but in my boredom I tripped upon VH1's greatest lists. And I looked at their top songs for the decade of the 2000's and it was: 1. Beyonc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted May 17, 2013 Members Share Posted May 17, 2013 guido61 wrote: Yep. And I don't think "Jessie's Girl" would have been on anybody's top 20 list in 1990 Thank God for that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sventvkg Posted May 17, 2013 Members Share Posted May 17, 2013 TrickyBoy wrote: I don't know why, but in my boredom I tripped upon VH1's greatest lists. And I looked at their top songs for the decade of the 2000's and it was: 1. Beyonc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted May 18, 2013 Members Share Posted May 18, 2013 Guido's list is about the same, quality-wise, as the 00s list to me. A couple of killer, timeless tunes, some fun sugar-rush stuff, and a good bit of fluff. I seem to remember feeling the same way about lists from the 60s and 70s--there's a Herman's Hermits for every Beatles and a Tony Orlando for every Zep. In the next decade or two , there'll be a Forrest Gump/Big Chill/Dazed and Confused type movie to tell us what we remember about the 00s, and it will seem like a golden age through the lens of artificial nostalgia. I predict "Crazy", "Poker Face" (or the perfect "Bad Romance", which should be on the list) and "Hey Ya" make the cut from that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted May 20, 2013 Moderators Share Posted May 20, 2013 It's funny to read that someone thinks Nirvana's Nevermind stinks. I was never particularly a Nirvana fan by any stretch and even I know that that is a pivotal rock album. Hearing Teen Spirit for the first time absolutely blew me away. It's the kind of album where you don't necessarily have to love the music to appreciate the beauty and power of its artistry. When Leonard Bernstein cited the Beatles as serious musicians, the serious musical community was shocked. But I never took this to mean that Leo was sitting around with phones on smoking dope and listening to sgt. peppers lonely hearts club band. Only that he could recognize the greatness. Nevermind has that same kind of impact on musical genres that you would never imagine respecting or liking that type of music. As a non-fan I still can't dismiss Kurt Cobain as being lucky. He was an artist and that album is a great album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TrickyBoy Posted May 21, 2013 Author Members Share Posted May 21, 2013 Lee Knight wrote: It's funny to read that someone thinks Nirvana's Nevermind stinks. I was never particularly a Nirvana fan by any stretch and even I know that that is a pivotal rock album. IDK, stinks might be the wrong word. But so too is pivotal IMO. To me it's a lot like the movie Caddie Shack. People who saw it when it came out think it's histerical. I've tried to have lots of 20-somethings watch it and they miss the whole movie. It's one of those "you had to be there" movies. Nevermind is the same thing to me. Teen Spirit is a transcendant song, but the rest of the album is very average IMO. I think because we were comparing it to Ugly Kid Joe and the rest of the drival that was coming out at the end of the 80's it seemed so much better than it actually was. In retrospect, I find 10 by Pearl Jam to be an infinitely better album. YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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