9 Jan 2014: it's... 2001

[RGMike]

First 3 tracks are bustouts!   

It shouldn't be that hard... 2001 has been visited only a handful of times.

It shouldn't be, but with mid-90s sets and later it seems to be anyway.  For instance, AL's 3rd 97 set had 7 repeats from her first two. 

and we can blame DC  and BP for some of that, but generally there is a much smaller pool because most pop and soul hits are not in the mix, sadly -- unlike '60s/'70s/early-'80s when anything that charted appears to be fair game. (I notice this with The Peak's '90s sets too -- they'll never play Hanson in a '97 set, for example, and avoid rap altogether).

[Big Fingers McGee]

Good/Necessary
Semisonic:    B/D (even though it’s the first time I’ve heard this on the radio, there was nothing special about it)
Strokes:    B/B+
BRMC:      A-/A
Shins:      A-/A-
Jack Johnson:   B/D
No Doubt:   B/D
Nickelback:   C/C
Staind:      C/C (I really don’t get the extreme hate for the last two)
Natalie Merchant: B/C
Gary Jules:   A/INC (it really belongs in a later year)

[RGMike]

Gary Jules:   A/INC (it really belongs in a later year)

I'm happy to slam RR for "wrong year"-itis, gawd knows this happens all the time, but the Donnie Darko sndtk is from late 2001, even if the song didn't chart until 2003.

[Big Fingers McGee]

Gary Jules:   A/INC (it really belongs in a later year)

I'm happy to slam RR for "wrong year"-itis, gawd knows this happens all the time, but the Donnie Darko sndtk is from late 2001, even if the song didn't chart until 2003.

Noted, although I didn't hear it at all til about January 2004.

[RGMike]

Gary Jules:   A/INC (it really belongs in a later year)

I'm happy to slam RR for "wrong year"-itis, gawd knows this happens all the time, but the Donnie Darko sndtk is from late 2001, even if the song didn't chart until 2003.

Noted, although I didn't hear it at all til about January 2004.

you, me and most everybody. As I recall, some British DJ started playing it, it got released over there and became the "Chistmas #1" in 2003 and the rest of the world followed.

[dischead]

1/9/14 - Thursday!  It's 2001

1. Semisonic - Jet
2. The Strokes - Someday
3. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Spread Your Love
4. The Shins - New Slang
5. Jack Johnson - Flake
6. No Doubt - Underneath It All
7. Nickelback - How You Remind Me
8. Staind - It's Been Awhile
9. Natalie Merchant - Just Can't Last
10.Gary Jules - Mad World (BOS)