The 500 Greatest Songs Of The 1990s
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – Number One: Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
a malaise, a nothingness
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 10 to 2
oh no, I’ve said too much
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 20 to 11
the outsiders took over and everyone wanted in
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 40 to 31
“Seriously, that guitar liftoff at the end is exhilarating.”
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 50 to 41
All I wanted to do was grieve for him and celebrate his life.
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 60 to 51
a generation of getting-crazy-with-the-Cheese-Whiz stoners and slackers
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 70 to 61
I’d felt like Tom Petty when I wrote the song
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 80 to 71
Damage! Damage!
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 90 to 81
a Texas venue literally pulled the plug on their sound system rather than allow her to reach a vocal climax
100 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 100 to 91
snotty brattishness
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 110 to 101
furious and pensive, sloppy and pointed
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 120 to 111
absolute rush of techno euphoria
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 130 to 121
That idea is in a lot of my songs
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 140 to 131
Gave poignancy to the alcohol related lyrics
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 150 to 141
the possibility that utopia can be found on the dance floor
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 160- 151
from a sardonic social commentary to a personal need for sex
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 170 – 161
a bewildering but beguiling mix of bizarre samples
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 180 – 171
a propulsive, rollicking groove that sweeps the listener along like a gospel river
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 190 To 181
Scary, brilliant, and beautiful
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 200 To 191
a musical cry for help
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 210 to 201
“I just went back to the early Beatles”
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 220 to 211
the #5 best Boy Band song
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 230 to 221
compared to Eartha Kitt, Nina Simone, and Edith Piaf
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 240 to 231
a side door that leads into an alluringly destructive abyss
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 250 to 241
his songs are all shtick
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 260 to 251
This is what a hero sounds like
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 270 to 261
it came out just exactly as it is now. It was just there, and it was my first song
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 280 to 271
a song about slowly losing connection
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 290 to 281
the vulnerable one
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 300 to 291
Things are going to be gone
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 310 to 301
could be an ex-lover or an A&R man
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 320 to 311
a tale of young love, tinged with sadness
The Greatest 500 Songs of the 1990s – 330 to 321
“I hate you so much right now”
The Greatest 500 Songs of the 1990s – 340 to 331
completely resigned to romantic failure
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 350 to 341
a bit of an epic
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 360 to 351
omnipresent sense of laid-back cool
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 370 to 361
a simple statement of insecurity
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 390 to 381
three minutes of sparkly, ABBAesque disco
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 400 to 391
splashed vibrant colors onto punk
The 500 Greatest Song of the 1990s: 410 to 401
a band that never played background music
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 420 to 411
somber tale of a long suffering cuckold
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 430 to 421
98% of Texas is either barren or covered with strip malls and fast food joints. That other 2% is worth the exploration.
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 440 to 431
a peak of bombastic ridiculousness in pop music, but still way too fun to dismiss
The Top 500 of the 1990s: 450 to 441
“if you’re interested in who he became as he grew up, you can’t skip this”
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 460 to 451
exquisite and grotesque, claustrophobic and free
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 470 to 461
“I wanted to write a song with ‘na-nas’ in it, ’cause I love the Ramones”
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s: 480 to 471
“That song is the gift that keeps on giving”
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1990s – 490 to 481
Smith wrote the raps with some assistance from an uncredited Nas