#340 - "Mother's Little Helper" - The Rolling Stones - Flowers - #9/20 - "Mother's Little Helper" is a song about the unsettling trend of tranquilizer use by stressed out women during the middle of the 20th century. It's presented with great lyrics and a fantastic chorus. An interesting song that sort of resembles what it would sound like if the Rolling Stones and the Kinks merged into one band.
#339 - "Golden Years" - David Bowie - Station To Station - #4/10 - The music of Bowie in the late 70's was in a state of transition, moving from the brilliant Ziggy Stardust era towards the blah tie-wearing Bowie of the 80's. "Golden Years" was one of Bowie's few truly great songs of this era of his career, mixing disco beats with fantastic verses and one of his best choruses.
#338 - "Safe European Home" - The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope - #8/18 - Joe Strummer's song about the reality of his idealized Jamaica displays his sarcastic wit and storytelling at it's finest as he writes about how disappointed he was to find that he had "went to a place where every white face is an invitation to robbery."
#337 - "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) "- Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home - #8/15 - Dylan's contribution to Easy Rider, "It's Alright" is a rambling song with a lot of say but not a whole lot of cohesion to make it accessible to the average listener. Good, if you're not willing to pay attention, you deserve to think that Dylan is a mumbler who can't sing.
#336 - "Clint Eastwood" - The Gorillaz - Gorillaz - #1/2 - The first big hit for the "cartoon band" Gorillaz (actually a British supergroup), "Clint Eastwood" is highlighted by great verses performed by the lead singer of Blur and the raps in the middle, forming a distinct style that the Gorillaz would ride to two successful albums to date.
#335 - "Troubled Times" - The Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion - #6/6 - The best Screaming Trees song, "Troubled Times" has a great pulse to it throughout as it builds from verse to verse towards a brilliant climax of a chorus.
#334 - "Eulogy" - Tool - Aenema - #4/9 - False prophets is a common theme in the music of Maynard James Keenan and it's never been clearer than on this Tool classic about a preacher who was proclaiming himself to be MJK's salvation, even though he'd refuse to say he'd be willing to die for him.
#333 - "Pavlov's Bell" - Aimee Mann - Lost In Space - #8/8 - The highest-ranking Mann song on the list is also her most sweeping and radio-friendly song. "Pavlov's" features Mann's most powerful chorus and some of her best songwriting.
#332 - "I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea" - Elvis Costello - This Year's Model - #6/11 - Another tune from the prime era of Elvis' career, "Chelsea" is a poppy New Wave song about yet another girl from Costello's past. This song is best highlighted by it's quick pulse and outstanding chorus.
#331 - "With Or Without You" - U2 - The Joshua Tree - #9/16 - Yet another song from one of the great albums of all-time by one of the best bands of all-time, "With" was one of a trilogy of songs from the album that rocketed U2 to the top of the rock scene in the late-80's.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Top 1000 Artists #340-#331
340 - Keane - They take a lot of the same flack that Coldplay takes because their music isn't hip or edgy, but Keane (like Coldplay, but not as great) are expert songwriters who create great hooks and melodies to wrap around songs that aren't exactly groundshaking, but still entertaining.
339 - The Polyphonic Spree - Easily the largest group in the top 1000, The Polyphonic Spree use what amounts to a choir to create the backdrop for their brilliant indie pop music.
338 - Megadeth - Forever doomed to live in the shadow of Metallica, at least Megadeth wasn't nearly as good as the other big "M" metal band of the 80's, though they were definitely in the top percentile of their genre.
337 - Lily Allen - This clever songwriter uses the affectations of bubble-gum pop to mask some of the darkest and most sarcastic music ever written. Listen to "LDN" casually and then listen to it closely. You'll think it's two different songs entirely.
336 - The Transplants - At long last something good comes out of Blink 182 as this rap punk outfit from the mid 00's managed to create quite a few brilliant songs during their two album run, though how much of that is Blink 182's influence and how much was Rancid's is unknown.
335 - Supergrass - One of the less well-known of the Brit-pop invaders, Supergrass have had a lot of success producing quirky pop songs like "Alright" and "Caught By The Fuzz" and are still around to this day.
334 - The Music - I might have never heard of this band if I hadn't been invited by my brother to see them open for Incubus a few years ago. Their music is a bizarre mix of disco and punk with a lead vocalist whose chords are the spitting image of Robert Plant or Perry Farrell. Amazing stuff and still mostly anonymous.
333 - The Duke Spirit - A great band that most people have probably never heard of, The Duke Spirit has an indie sound with a tremendous lead vocalist.
332 - The Zombies - One of the biggest cases of "before their time" syndrome in the history of rock n roll, the Zombies were a big part of the British Invasion, but their music wouldn't come to be appreciated until well after they stopped making it. Classics like "She's Not There" would later be exposed when covered by artists such as Santana and other fans of the band who were ahead of the curve.
331 - Billy Bragg - A folk singer-songwriter who is most famous for teaming up with Wilco for a pair of albums, Billy is one of the best protest folk singers around and created one of the best songs of the genre in "To Have And Have Not".
339 - The Polyphonic Spree - Easily the largest group in the top 1000, The Polyphonic Spree use what amounts to a choir to create the backdrop for their brilliant indie pop music.
338 - Megadeth - Forever doomed to live in the shadow of Metallica, at least Megadeth wasn't nearly as good as the other big "M" metal band of the 80's, though they were definitely in the top percentile of their genre.
337 - Lily Allen - This clever songwriter uses the affectations of bubble-gum pop to mask some of the darkest and most sarcastic music ever written. Listen to "LDN" casually and then listen to it closely. You'll think it's two different songs entirely.
336 - The Transplants - At long last something good comes out of Blink 182 as this rap punk outfit from the mid 00's managed to create quite a few brilliant songs during their two album run, though how much of that is Blink 182's influence and how much was Rancid's is unknown.
335 - Supergrass - One of the less well-known of the Brit-pop invaders, Supergrass have had a lot of success producing quirky pop songs like "Alright" and "Caught By The Fuzz" and are still around to this day.
334 - The Music - I might have never heard of this band if I hadn't been invited by my brother to see them open for Incubus a few years ago. Their music is a bizarre mix of disco and punk with a lead vocalist whose chords are the spitting image of Robert Plant or Perry Farrell. Amazing stuff and still mostly anonymous.
333 - The Duke Spirit - A great band that most people have probably never heard of, The Duke Spirit has an indie sound with a tremendous lead vocalist.
332 - The Zombies - One of the biggest cases of "before their time" syndrome in the history of rock n roll, the Zombies were a big part of the British Invasion, but their music wouldn't come to be appreciated until well after they stopped making it. Classics like "She's Not There" would later be exposed when covered by artists such as Santana and other fans of the band who were ahead of the curve.
331 - Billy Bragg - A folk singer-songwriter who is most famous for teaming up with Wilco for a pair of albums, Billy is one of the best protest folk singers around and created one of the best songs of the genre in "To Have And Have Not".
Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Update
Inducted into my Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame in July 2008:
Fiona Apple
Bob Seger
N.W.A.
The Guess Who
Tenacious D
Inducted into my Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame in August 2008:
The Cure
The Police
Rob Zombie
Alanis Morissette
Bad Company
Fiona Apple
Bob Seger
N.W.A.
The Guess Who
Tenacious D
Inducted into my Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame in August 2008:
The Cure
The Police
Rob Zombie
Alanis Morissette
Bad Company
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Top 1000 Songs #350-#341
#350 - "Rusty Cage" - Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger - 4/11 - The breakthrough hit for one of the greatest bands of the 1990's, "Rusty Cage" was the song that brought the band from metal to the exploding grunge scene that followed Nirvana's success.
#349 - "Back In The Saddle" - Aerosmith - Rocks - #4/7 - One of the last great songs Aerosmith made before sliding into self-parody, "Saddle" was an example of the band at their baddest and it's a shame that they couldn't build on their success.
#348 - "Every Day I Write The Book" - Elvis Costello - Punch The Clock - #5/11 - The best song Costello released after his punk era ended and his songwriter phase began, "Every Day" features great songwriting and a brilliant hook in it's chorus.
#347 - "Bullet The Blue Sky" - U2 - The Joshua Tree - #8/16 - The first half of this song is one of the greatest songs of all-time as it builds up magnificently to a mid-song climax that marks the point when the song tails off into a spoken word poem sort of thing that isn't nearly as exciting as the beginning.
#346 - "Sabotage" - The Beastie Boys - Ill Communication - #1/1 - The only Beastie Boys song on the list is their most straight-forward rock song, featuring a great guitar riff and pulse-pounding lyrics.
#345 - "Them Bones" - Alice In Chains - Dirt - #3/8 - One of the best songs on AIC's breakthrough album, "Them Bones" is highlighted by a sludgy metal chorus.
#344 - "21st Century Digital Boy" - Bad Religion - Against The Grain - #1/1 - The most radio-friendly Bad Religion song, "Digital Boy"'s lyrics showed amazing foresight with it's predictions of the digital age and the disaffection it would create in the latest generation.
#343 - "Killer Queen" - Queen - Sheer Heart Attack - #3/6 - Queen's music has always been over the top, but never so much as on this burlesque showtune with it's high-pitched vocals and campy chorus.
#342 - "Patience" - Guns N Roses - GNR Lies - #3/8 - GNR was never well-known for their ballads until this song damn near reached the top of the pop charts (it was held at #2 by the dreadful Bette Midler abomination "From A Distance"). The song is famous for it's power balladry and it's widely recognized whistling solo. The song served as a bridge between the "Welcome To The Jungle" era and the "November Rain" era.
#341 - "Rock The Casbah" - The Clash - Combat Rock - #7/18 - The Clash's biggest hit (though far from their best song) actually put a punk rock song in the top 10 of the pop charts decades before Green Day would make it commonplace, "Rock The Casbah" has a great chorus and tells an excellent story about the Middle East through traditional Strummer-esque satire.
#349 - "Back In The Saddle" - Aerosmith - Rocks - #4/7 - One of the last great songs Aerosmith made before sliding into self-parody, "Saddle" was an example of the band at their baddest and it's a shame that they couldn't build on their success.
#348 - "Every Day I Write The Book" - Elvis Costello - Punch The Clock - #5/11 - The best song Costello released after his punk era ended and his songwriter phase began, "Every Day" features great songwriting and a brilliant hook in it's chorus.
#347 - "Bullet The Blue Sky" - U2 - The Joshua Tree - #8/16 - The first half of this song is one of the greatest songs of all-time as it builds up magnificently to a mid-song climax that marks the point when the song tails off into a spoken word poem sort of thing that isn't nearly as exciting as the beginning.
#346 - "Sabotage" - The Beastie Boys - Ill Communication - #1/1 - The only Beastie Boys song on the list is their most straight-forward rock song, featuring a great guitar riff and pulse-pounding lyrics.
#345 - "Them Bones" - Alice In Chains - Dirt - #3/8 - One of the best songs on AIC's breakthrough album, "Them Bones" is highlighted by a sludgy metal chorus.
#344 - "21st Century Digital Boy" - Bad Religion - Against The Grain - #1/1 - The most radio-friendly Bad Religion song, "Digital Boy"'s lyrics showed amazing foresight with it's predictions of the digital age and the disaffection it would create in the latest generation.
#343 - "Killer Queen" - Queen - Sheer Heart Attack - #3/6 - Queen's music has always been over the top, but never so much as on this burlesque showtune with it's high-pitched vocals and campy chorus.
#342 - "Patience" - Guns N Roses - GNR Lies - #3/8 - GNR was never well-known for their ballads until this song damn near reached the top of the pop charts (it was held at #2 by the dreadful Bette Midler abomination "From A Distance"). The song is famous for it's power balladry and it's widely recognized whistling solo. The song served as a bridge between the "Welcome To The Jungle" era and the "November Rain" era.
#341 - "Rock The Casbah" - The Clash - Combat Rock - #7/18 - The Clash's biggest hit (though far from their best song) actually put a punk rock song in the top 10 of the pop charts decades before Green Day would make it commonplace, "Rock The Casbah" has a great chorus and tells an excellent story about the Middle East through traditional Strummer-esque satire.
Top 1000 Artists #350-#341
350 - War - One of the funkiest rock bands of the 70's, War started out as an Eric Burdon project and eventually evolved into one of the best bands of their era, with hits like "Spill The Wine" and "Low Rider".
349 - Kittie - One of the best metal bands of the 90's, Kittie is as heavy and straight-forward as they come, though they manage to avoid slipping into self-parody with their occasional blasts of clear vocals in between the crushing wall of metal.
348 - The Charlatans - One of the more obscure Brit-pop bands, The Charlatans rode in on the wave created by Oasis and managed to carve out their own niche along the way.
347 - Amy Winehouse - The current queen of indie R&B, Amy Winehouse has made huge splashes as a trainwreck and as a bluesy singer with her acclaimed sophomore album.
346 - The Raconteurs - Talk about a band that's on their way up the charts the next time I make this list. When I wrote this list originally, The Raconteurs were coming off of a solid debut album. Their second album? Phenomenal. Possibly the best of 2008. They'll be shooting up at least 100 spots next time around.
345 - Ludacris - One of the best rappers currently in the game, Ludacris broke into the scene with "Southern Hospitality", one of the best rap songs ever written and has since released great album after great album and managed to make an enemy of Bill O'Reilly, one of the first signs that you're doing something right in any industry.
344 - Dashboard Confessional - One of the best singer-songwriter groups of the new millennium, Dashboard Confessional has been at the forefront of the emo genre for half a decade now and while the backlash has been significant, the songwriting remains far above average.
343 - Santana - While Carlos Santana is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitar players of all-time, the band around him has been unable to perform at a level worth of Santana. The band has created a lot of blues rock classics along the way, but you have to wonder what would have happened if Carlos had hooked up with a group as talented all-around as a Zeppelin or Who.
342 - Joe Cocker - Blues-rocker Joe Cocker has carved out a hell of a career improving upon some of the greatest rock songs ever written. His cover of the Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends" is one of the most iconic songs of the 1960's and a key moment at Woodstock and his covers of "The Letter" and "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" only added to his legend.
341 - Mates Of State - One of the best indie pop bands around these days, Mates Of State has released album after album of fantastic music... not that anyone has noticed.
349 - Kittie - One of the best metal bands of the 90's, Kittie is as heavy and straight-forward as they come, though they manage to avoid slipping into self-parody with their occasional blasts of clear vocals in between the crushing wall of metal.
348 - The Charlatans - One of the more obscure Brit-pop bands, The Charlatans rode in on the wave created by Oasis and managed to carve out their own niche along the way.
347 - Amy Winehouse - The current queen of indie R&B, Amy Winehouse has made huge splashes as a trainwreck and as a bluesy singer with her acclaimed sophomore album.
346 - The Raconteurs - Talk about a band that's on their way up the charts the next time I make this list. When I wrote this list originally, The Raconteurs were coming off of a solid debut album. Their second album? Phenomenal. Possibly the best of 2008. They'll be shooting up at least 100 spots next time around.
345 - Ludacris - One of the best rappers currently in the game, Ludacris broke into the scene with "Southern Hospitality", one of the best rap songs ever written and has since released great album after great album and managed to make an enemy of Bill O'Reilly, one of the first signs that you're doing something right in any industry.
344 - Dashboard Confessional - One of the best singer-songwriter groups of the new millennium, Dashboard Confessional has been at the forefront of the emo genre for half a decade now and while the backlash has been significant, the songwriting remains far above average.
343 - Santana - While Carlos Santana is widely regarded as one of the greatest guitar players of all-time, the band around him has been unable to perform at a level worth of Santana. The band has created a lot of blues rock classics along the way, but you have to wonder what would have happened if Carlos had hooked up with a group as talented all-around as a Zeppelin or Who.
342 - Joe Cocker - Blues-rocker Joe Cocker has carved out a hell of a career improving upon some of the greatest rock songs ever written. His cover of the Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends" is one of the most iconic songs of the 1960's and a key moment at Woodstock and his covers of "The Letter" and "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window" only added to his legend.
341 - Mates Of State - One of the best indie pop bands around these days, Mates Of State has released album after album of fantastic music... not that anyone has noticed.
Friday, July 4, 2008
Top 1000 Songs #360-#351
#360 - "Glory Days" - Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. - #8/11 - Springsteen paints a vivid portrait of the failed dreams of a group of people who peaked in high school and had to deal with the disappointment of knowing that their best days were behind them.
#359 - "Say It Ain't So" - Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album) - #5/5 - Weezer's greatest song features a fantastic guitar solo and their typically sharp lyrics throughout.
#358 - "Bullet In The Head" - Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - #6/12 - It's hard to believe, but Rage Against The Machine pretty much debuted as the best band in the world and this is yet another great song from their brilliant debut album.
#357 - "Blind" - Korn - Korn - #3/3 - Korn's greatest achievement, "Blind" is also their first single and one of if not the greatest nu-metal song ever written (not that this is saying much). The highlight of the song is the breakdown towards the end, which foreshadowed Korn's style for the next 10 years plus.
#356 - "Watching The Detectives" - Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True - #4/11 - Elvis' spite-filled hate letter to a former girlfriend who preferred watching television to spending time with him hides it's angry message behind a typically upbeat and pop-friendly tone that became Elvis' calling card throughout the years.
#355 - "Don't Stand So Close To Me" - The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta - #4/5 - Among the Police's best hits, "D0n't Stand" tells a vivid story of an affair between a teacher and his student and features one of the band's best choruses.
#354 - "On The Darkside" - John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band - Eddie And The Cruisers Soundtrack - #1/1 - Cafferty's Springsteen soundalike was the only hit that the band had, but it was a classic example of 80's classic rock and it's sound has been borrowed far and wide, most recently by The Arcade Fire.
#353 - "Touch Me" - The Doors - The Soft Parade - #8/10 - The weirdest of the Doors' hits, "Touch Me" was a rock song presented in a crooner style and yet it somehow worked.
#352 - "Black Velvet" - Allanah Miles - Allanah Miles - #1/1 - A dynamic vocal performance on a really well-written song led many to believe that Miles was well on her way to a long and productive career. She wasn't and though this song was outstanding she never had another hit.
#351 - "Marquee Moon" - Television - Marquee Moon - #2/3 - One of the first great alternative rock epics in the era between the Velvet Underground and Sonic Youth, "Marquee Moon" set the '77 punk scene on it's ear, introducing new styles and techniques while still maintaining a simplicity that seemed true to it's roots in the new wave.
#359 - "Say It Ain't So" - Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album) - #5/5 - Weezer's greatest song features a fantastic guitar solo and their typically sharp lyrics throughout.
#358 - "Bullet In The Head" - Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine - #6/12 - It's hard to believe, but Rage Against The Machine pretty much debuted as the best band in the world and this is yet another great song from their brilliant debut album.
#357 - "Blind" - Korn - Korn - #3/3 - Korn's greatest achievement, "Blind" is also their first single and one of if not the greatest nu-metal song ever written (not that this is saying much). The highlight of the song is the breakdown towards the end, which foreshadowed Korn's style for the next 10 years plus.
#356 - "Watching The Detectives" - Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True - #4/11 - Elvis' spite-filled hate letter to a former girlfriend who preferred watching television to spending time with him hides it's angry message behind a typically upbeat and pop-friendly tone that became Elvis' calling card throughout the years.
#355 - "Don't Stand So Close To Me" - The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta - #4/5 - Among the Police's best hits, "D0n't Stand" tells a vivid story of an affair between a teacher and his student and features one of the band's best choruses.
#354 - "On The Darkside" - John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band - Eddie And The Cruisers Soundtrack - #1/1 - Cafferty's Springsteen soundalike was the only hit that the band had, but it was a classic example of 80's classic rock and it's sound has been borrowed far and wide, most recently by The Arcade Fire.
#353 - "Touch Me" - The Doors - The Soft Parade - #8/10 - The weirdest of the Doors' hits, "Touch Me" was a rock song presented in a crooner style and yet it somehow worked.
#352 - "Black Velvet" - Allanah Miles - Allanah Miles - #1/1 - A dynamic vocal performance on a really well-written song led many to believe that Miles was well on her way to a long and productive career. She wasn't and though this song was outstanding she never had another hit.
#351 - "Marquee Moon" - Television - Marquee Moon - #2/3 - One of the first great alternative rock epics in the era between the Velvet Underground and Sonic Youth, "Marquee Moon" set the '77 punk scene on it's ear, introducing new styles and techniques while still maintaining a simplicity that seemed true to it's roots in the new wave.
Top 1000 Bands #360-#351
360 - Jimmy Buffett - If you're drunk, you probably love Jimmy Buffett's music. As a singer-songwriter, he's never been the most skilled but he has created a long string of classic bar songs and the all-time classic drunk regret song "Margaritaville".
359 - Love And Rockets - Rising from the ashes of Bauhaus, Love And Rockets never enjoyed the acclaim of that legendary band, but they did put together a string of medium-sized hits, including "Ball Of Confusion" and "So Alive".
358 - Dr. Dre - One of the founding fathers of West Coast or Gangsta rap, Dr. Dre branched out after the break-up of NWA to become rap's most prolific producers, giving the world Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent and many others, but he's also released a couple albums as an artist himself, including one of the genre's all-time high water marks "The Chronic", with it's legendary single "Nuthin' But A G Thang".
357 - Tears For Fears - One of the earliest and most successful bands in the synth-pop wing of 80's New Wave, Tears For Fears created a long line of hits with their gloomy emo-inspiring lyrics and smooth beats.
356 - Joe Walsh - Though he's probably best known from his days with the Eagles and the James Gang, Joe Walsh carved out a nice chunk of classic rock history for himself with solo hits such as "Life's Been Good" and "Rocky Mountain Way".
355 - The Animals - One of the first great rock bands, The Animals were a part of the original British Invasion and set the stage for classic rock with their bluesy cover of "House Of The Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood".
354 - Welcome To The Cinema - The best band I've seen come out of South Dakota, Welcome To The Cinema has a style that sometimes seems like the Strokes or Franz Ferdinand or Modest Mouse but always manages to adapt those elements into something brand new and exciting. The band is planning to move to Minneapolis in the near future, so someday the rest of the world might even hear about this excellent band from Brookings, South Dakota.
353 - The Verve - A late-90's alternative rock band that had a lot of great songs, but really only one major hit, "The Freshmen".
352 - Sarah McLachlan - The 90's singer-songwriter who was the major headliner of the Lillith Fair movement that was apparantly really popular around 1997, Sarah McLachlan had a series of brilliant and heart-breaking ballads that soared to the upper reaches of the charts before her career suddenly stopped in the early 21st century.
351 - Tupac Shakur - One of the most acclaimed rappers of all-time, Tupac Shakur reached the top of his genre before being gunned down by an unknown assailant in what is believed to be related to the West Coast / East Coast rapper feud of the 90's.
359 - Love And Rockets - Rising from the ashes of Bauhaus, Love And Rockets never enjoyed the acclaim of that legendary band, but they did put together a string of medium-sized hits, including "Ball Of Confusion" and "So Alive".
358 - Dr. Dre - One of the founding fathers of West Coast or Gangsta rap, Dr. Dre branched out after the break-up of NWA to become rap's most prolific producers, giving the world Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent and many others, but he's also released a couple albums as an artist himself, including one of the genre's all-time high water marks "The Chronic", with it's legendary single "Nuthin' But A G Thang".
357 - Tears For Fears - One of the earliest and most successful bands in the synth-pop wing of 80's New Wave, Tears For Fears created a long line of hits with their gloomy emo-inspiring lyrics and smooth beats.
356 - Joe Walsh - Though he's probably best known from his days with the Eagles and the James Gang, Joe Walsh carved out a nice chunk of classic rock history for himself with solo hits such as "Life's Been Good" and "Rocky Mountain Way".
355 - The Animals - One of the first great rock bands, The Animals were a part of the original British Invasion and set the stage for classic rock with their bluesy cover of "House Of The Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood".
354 - Welcome To The Cinema - The best band I've seen come out of South Dakota, Welcome To The Cinema has a style that sometimes seems like the Strokes or Franz Ferdinand or Modest Mouse but always manages to adapt those elements into something brand new and exciting. The band is planning to move to Minneapolis in the near future, so someday the rest of the world might even hear about this excellent band from Brookings, South Dakota.
353 - The Verve - A late-90's alternative rock band that had a lot of great songs, but really only one major hit, "The Freshmen".
352 - Sarah McLachlan - The 90's singer-songwriter who was the major headliner of the Lillith Fair movement that was apparantly really popular around 1997, Sarah McLachlan had a series of brilliant and heart-breaking ballads that soared to the upper reaches of the charts before her career suddenly stopped in the early 21st century.
351 - Tupac Shakur - One of the most acclaimed rappers of all-time, Tupac Shakur reached the top of his genre before being gunned down by an unknown assailant in what is believed to be related to the West Coast / East Coast rapper feud of the 90's.
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