4 Oct 2011: It's...1999

[radical347]

AFAIK all of these are Katrinas, except for Lou Bega and maybe G Love.

For what seems like the 100th time...SOUTH SIDE IS NOT 1999!!!!!

BOS Mambo #5, but this set gets an F.

[Tinka Cat]

spot on Radical...

Take A Picture -- like the song, but we heard it maybe 6 weeks ago?

indeed: our most recent '99  set:

8/26/11- Friday! Party Like It's...1999!

 1.  Smash Mouth- All-Star
 2.  Old 97's- Murder or a Heart Attack
(News: Senate impeachment hearings/Pres Clinton)
 3.  Filter- Take a Picture
(TV: Becker)
  4.  Foo Fighters- Learn To Fly
(TV: Daily Show- Falwell vs. Teletubbies)
  5.  Euphoria- Delirium
  6.  Eagle Eye Cherry- Save Tonight
(News: Y2K/Loudon Wainwright III-Y2K/ Ad: Macintosh-Y2K)
  7.  Ben Harper- Steal My Kisses
(Movie: Office Space)
  8.  Len- Steal My Sunshine
  9.  Sixpence None The Richer- Kiss Me
(TV: Who Wants to Be a Millionare-final answer-August!)
10.  Fatboy Slim- Praise You (B.O.S!)

wow, that's even less than 6 weeks.  Thanks for doing that research.  I prefer that set over today's (and I corrected my OP to say RGMike instead of Radical, but I think we're all on the same "This set blows" page).

I think Webster gave us a sign, we just chose to ignore it:  "Up next, Ass-a- ... eh, ANNAlisa ...."

[lattegirl]

AFAIK all of these are Katrinas, except for Lou Bega and maybe G Love.

For what seems like the 100th time...SOUTH SIDE IS NOT 1999!!!!!

BOS Mambo #5, but this set gets an F.

southside was released on Moby's 1999 album, Play.   the Stefani/Moby version was recorded earlier but was supposed to be on the 1999 Play album.

[lattegirl]

My stream started breaking up so I had to bail.

I'll live.

consider yourself lucky.

[radical347]

AFAIK all of these are Katrinas, except for Lou Bega and maybe G Love.

For what seems like the 100th time...SOUTH SIDE IS NOT 1999!!!!!

BOS Mambo #5, but this set gets an F.

southside was released on Moby's 1999 album, Play.   the Stefani/Moby version was recorded earlier but was supposed to be on the 1999 Play album.

But, Gwen the version didn't get on the album until the re-release in 2000 & was not officially released until the end of 2000 & hit big in 2001.

[sundaygal]

spot on Radical...

Take A Picture -- like the song, but we heard it maybe 6 weeks ago?

indeed: our most recent '99  set:

8/26/11- Friday! Party Like It's...1999!

 1.  Smash Mouth- All-Star
 2.  Old 97's- Murder or a Heart Attack
(News: Senate impeachment hearings/Pres Clinton)
 3.  Filter- Take a Picture
(TV: Becker)
  4.  Foo Fighters- Learn To Fly
(TV: Daily Show- Falwell vs. Teletubbies)
  5.  Euphoria- Delirium
  6.  Eagle Eye Cherry- Save Tonight
(News: Y2K/Loudon Wainwright III-Y2K/ Ad: Macintosh-Y2K)
  7.  Ben Harper- Steal My Kisses
(Movie: Office Space)
  8.  Len- Steal My Sunshine
  9.  Sixpence None The Richer- Kiss Me
(TV: Who Wants to Be a Millionare-final answer-August!)
10.  Fatboy Slim- Praise You (B.O.S!)

wow, that's even less than 6 weeks.  Thanks for doing that research.  I prefer that set over today's (and I corrected my OP to say RGMike instead of Radical, but I think we're all on the same "This set blows" page).

I think Webster gave us a sign, we just chose to ignore it:  "Up next, Ass-a- ... eh, ANNAlisa ...."

Even Mr. "You are on fire" was kvetching!

[sundaygal]

10/4/11- Tuesday! A Stop in...1999!


 1.  Santana - Maria, Maria
 2.  G. Love & Special Sauce/Jack Johnson - Rodeo Clowns
(Movie: American Beauty-Lester gets his dream car)
 3.  Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
 4.  Ben Harper - Burn To Shine
 5.  Moby - Southside
 6.  Sting - Brand New Day
(TV: Daily Show/President Clinton /Monica Lewinsky)
 7.  Lou Bega - Mambo # 5 (A Little Bit...)
(News: Clinton apology speech/Monica on 20/20)
 8.  Lenny Kravitz - American Woman
(TV: 20/20 - Barbara Walters/ Monica Lewinsky)
 9.  Filter - Take A Picture
(TV: Will & Grace)
10.  Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly (B.O.S!)

As RG would say, "Y & S".  Fo realz.

[RGMike]

As RG would say, "Y & S".  Fo realz.

yeesh, sheesh and cheeze Louise.  It looks like that G Love/Jackoff Johnson abomination was a bustout, FWIW.

[radical347]

This evening I was doing homework and needed something fairly boring and steady to listen to.  I knew just the station to turn to...  

...and in that context, the set, this evening, didn't sound too bad.  Or at least it didn't start off that way.  Until Sting (w/ a song I otherwise like, actually) killed the momentum.  The clips for this set, otoh, were very good and somewhat sardonic.  Rodeo Clowns > "Dream Car" > Last Kiss = brilliant.

But what made this set an absolute tragedy, in my opinion, aside from the fact that it included not one, but two of the worst remakes of all time, was that the entire set was play it safe interchangeable borderline AAA/Alt standards, except for Sting, which was not on the correct side of the line for this set, and Lou Bega, which was not the right solo pop standard for a set like this.  She really needed something more poppy, or with more electro...like Cher, or Britney, or better yet...all 3!

Looks like the Santana is also a bustout.  To her credit, she hasn't played "Smooth" in a 1999 set yet.  So is Lenny's version of AW.
We've hit 1999 5 times.  Here's how many times we've heard what:

3
Filter- Take A Picture
Ben Harper- Burn To Shine
Moby & Gwen Stefani - Southside
Old 97's - Murder (Or a Heart Attack)

2
Sting- Brand New Day
Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly
Len- Steal My Sunshine
Guster- Barrel Of A Gun
Sinead Lohan- Whatever It Takes
Travis- Why Does It Always Rain On Me
Fatboy Slim- Praise You
Blur - Coffee & TV

1
Santana - Maria, Maria
Santana feat Dave Matthews- Love Of My Life
Santana - (Da Le) Yaleo
G. Love & Special Sauce/Jack Johnson - Rodeo Clowns
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss (also heard in Dave's remakes from hell set :X)
Lou Bega - Mambo # 5 (A Little Bit...)
Lenny Kravitz - American Woman
Ben Harper - Steal My Kisses (+1 in 2000)
Smash Mouth - All Star
Euphoria- Delirium
Eagle Eye Cherry- Save Tonight
Sixpence None The Richer- Kiss Me
Collective Soul- Run
Pretenders- Pop Star
Pretenders - Human
Moby- Porcelain
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers- Beautiful Day
Widespread Panic- Bears Gone Fishin'
Macy Gray- I Try
Loudon Wainwright III - Y2K
Bruce Cockburn - The Last Night of the World
Tom Waits - Hold On

[RGMike]

This evening I was doing homework and needed something fairly boring and steady to listen to...  

rad, that was an extraordinary analysis. Seriously.  And sadly, most '90s sets (give or take) tend to me more like this than not. Nobody's asking for 10 pop-chart bustouts, but one per set (the equivalent to "Let the Music Play" last week) surely wouldn't make the target demo run screaming from the room, would it?

[sundaygal]

This evening I was doing homework and needed something fairly boring and steady to listen to...  

rad, that was an extraordinary analysis. Seriously.  And sadly, most '90s sets (give or take) tend to me more like this than not. Nobody's asking for 10 pop-chart bustouts, but one per set (the equivalent to "Let the Music Play" last week) surely wouldn't make the target demo run screaming from the room, would it?

To be honest, I don't think AL is really all that familiar with Top 40 hits.  She had never heard "Let the Music Play" prior to playing it last week, which was a Billboard Top 10 hit back in '83.  When you're charting unfamiliar territory, you just don't know what's cool/good/pop, as opposed to bad/crappy/pop.  It all basically sounds the same, especially when there's no nostalgic factor.

I still can't believe she has mad love for the Foo Fighters.  I don't get that at all.  Other than that, she's the queen of the late 70s/early 80s alt stuff.  I'd love to check out her record collection sometime!

[RGMike]

This evening I was doing homework and needed something fairly boring and steady to listen to...  

rad, that was an extraordinary analysis. Seriously.  And sadly, most '90s sets (give or take) tend to me more like this than not. Nobody's asking for 10 pop-chart bustouts, but one per set (the equivalent to "Let the Music Play" last week) surely wouldn't make the target demo run screaming from the room, would it?

To be honest, I don't think AL is really all that familiar with Top 40 hits.  She had never heard "Let the Music Play" prior to playing it last week, which was a Billboard Top 10 hit back in '83.  When you're charting unfamiliar territory, you just don't know what's cool/good/pop, as opposed to bad/crappy/pop.  It all basically sounds the same, especially when there's no nostalgic factor.

True, and I suppose that was Dave's late '80s/early '90s problem too.