2 Nov 2011: it's... 1998

[RGMike]

wow, seems like we were just there but it was early Sept.  

9/6/11- Tuesday! Droppin' In on...1998!!

  1.  Fastball- The Way
  2.  Harvey Danger- Flagpole Sitta
(Movie: Big Lebowski)
  3.  Barenaked Ladies- One Week
  4.  Smashmouth- Can't Get Enough of You Baby
(News: President Clinton-time to move on!)
  5.  Loreena McKennit- Mummer's Dance (B.O.S!)
(Ad: Mac vs PC)
  6.  Rufus Wainwright- April Fools
  7.  Alanis Morissette- Thank U
(Movie: Big Lebowski)
  8.  Kenny Rogers & the First Edition- Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
(Movie: Big Lebowski)
  9.  Cherry Poppin' Daddies- Zoot Suit Riot
(Movie: Big Lebowski)
 10.  Cake- Never There

[urth]

wow, seems like we were just there but it was early Sept.  

That was my immediate reaction, too: "Didn't we just do that year like three weeks ago?" Thanks for saving me the trouble of digging. I guess nearly two months since the last visit is not recent enough that we are justified in bitching.

[radical347]

From AL herself:

"I'll post the tunes I played on the last trip so we can come up w/10 solid new "old" tunes from the year"

Nice.  

& here's my wishlist:
Black Lab - Time Ago
Tori Amos - Spark
The Blenders - (I'm in Love With) the McDonalds Girl
Billie Myers - Kiss the Rain
Savage Garden - To the Moon & Back
Ben Folds Five - Brick
The Smashing Pumpkins - Perfect
Madonna - The Power of Goodbye
'N Sync - Tearin' Up My Heart
Fuel - Shimmer

[RGMike]

We've had a suggestion for "Gettin' Jiggy With it" -- would AL really play Will Smith 2 days in a row?

And will Fogheads request songs from our last '98 set even though AL posted that setlist on FB? But of course!

And AL also revealed that she's not a big Madonna fan -- which explains why we never hear Ms Ciccone in '80s sets.

[radical347]

We've had a suggestion for "Gettin' Jiggy With it" -- would AL really play Will Smith 2 days in a row?

Maybe if he breaks up

Miami would be better, imo.

[RGMike]

A Foghead with the initials SRW is on mah LAST nerve, honey!

[Big Fingers McGee]

RGM: In case you missed my comment on FB:

 ‎"Show Me Love" by Robyn and "Show Me Love" by Robin S are in fact two entirely different songs.

[sundaygal]

Loved that Ray of Light album......

I requested Wyclef Jean's "Gone Till November" and Public Enemy w/Stephen Stills "He Got Game".  The movie featured AL's boy, Ray Allen as Jesus Shuttlesworth.  Great film.

[RGMike]

RGM: In case you missed my comment on FB:

 ‎"Show Me Love" by Robyn and "Show Me Love" by Robin S are in fact two entirely different songs.

I am beyond gobsmacked!

[Here'sToYa!]

My pants are cranky today, so please take the following with a grain of salt:
The only thing worse than the late 80's on 10@10 is the late 90's, normally a wasteland of boring KFOG standards. However, Annalisa's no repeat pledge is a ray of light, if not a Ray of Light. Let's hope the pledge means no artist repeats because that would mean a change from late 90's/early 00's automatic picks like Cake, Barenaked Ladies and Smashmouth.

[Big Fingers McGee]

There does seem to be a lot of love for the "Ray Of Light" album, so maybe, just maybe..

[RGMike]

My pants are cranky today, so please take the following with a grain of salt:
The only thing worse than the late 80's on 10@10 is the late 90's, normally a wasteland of boring KFOG standards. However, Annalisa's no repeat pledge is a ray of light, if not a Ray of Light. Let's hope the pledge means no artist repeats because that would mean a change from late 90's/early 00's automatic picks like Cake, Barenaked Ladies and Smashmouth.

I agree completely. I think late '80s sets have improved under AL (vs. Dave's terminally boring ones), even if today's '88 excursion was a bad example. AL's played way more late '80s pop hits in the last 2 years than Dave did in a decade.  But I still can't get a handle on what's "permissable" in '90s sets or what DC's vision is.  I will say that late '80s pop hits are (to my ears) more memorable than, say, the endless parade of Mariah Carey, Monica, Brandy, Celine and various "Artist X feat Rapper Y" atrocities.

[radical347]

IIRC, Annalisa's late 1980s sets at the beginning were more or less as boring as Dave's, but significantly improved after the first year.

[Here'sToYa!]

My pants are cranky today, so please take the following with a grain of salt:
The only thing worse than the late 80's on 10@10 is the late 90's, normally a wasteland of boring KFOG standards. However, Annalisa's no repeat pledge is a ray of light, if not a Ray of Light. Let's hope the pledge means no artist repeats because that would mean a change from late 90's/early 00's automatic picks like Cake, Barenaked Ladies and Smashmouth.

I agree completely. I think late '80s sets have improved under AL (vs. Dave's terminally boring ones), even if today's '88 excursion was a bad example. AL's played way more late '80s pop hits in the last 2 years than Dave did in a decade.  But I still can't get a handle on what's "permissable" in '90s sets or what DC's vision is.  I will say that late '80s pop hits are (to my ears) more memorable than, say, the endless parade of Mariah Carey, Monica, Brandy, Celine and various "Artist X feat Rapper Y" atrocities.

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[urth]

My pants are cranky today...

You're fitting in well here already. That's practically an entry requirement.