91. Pearl Jam - Immortality (1994) MP3 MySpace
Pearl Jam is my band. I own them, their songs, lyrics, personalities, everything! Immortality belongs to their third album called Vitalogy. The album on a whole didn't gel well and to be honest I never listen to it all in one sitting anymore. However there are four brilliant tracks on there. Cordoury, Better Man, Nothingman and this track Immortality. I can't stress enough that I love songs with a message. Enjoy!
92. Counting Crows - I Wish I was a Girl (1999) MP3 MySpace
I have a few guilty pleasures in my top 100. Counting Crows....best bar band until The Hold Steady appeared on the scene! I have all their albums and I think their double live CD Across a Wire is a great compilation of great tunes. They are playing Dublin soon but I'll be in Wales then. Their back catalogue of music is amazing. Worth checking out are tunes like Anna Begins, Round Here, Hanging Around, American Girls, Miami, Rain King, A Murder of One and A Long December which is the video clip below. I Wish I Was a Girl is from the album This Desert Life. Again it's an anthem, great tune, messages about how to improve your life and a killer singalong chorus.
93. The Frames - Angel at my Table (1996) MP3 MySpace
In 1996 the great hope for Ireland's music industry was a ginger haired young man called Glen Hansard and his band The Frames. The Cranberries and of course U2 showed The Frames that it was possible to break America and "make it". There's only so much revenue to be made from our population of less than half of NYC. Angel at my Table from their impressive debut album is surrounded by other Frames classics such as Revelate, Fitzcaraldo, Red Chord, Monument, Your Face and Say it to me Now which was the first song Glen plays in the movie Once!
94. Slowdive - Allison (1993) MP3 Band Website
Slowdive are an amazing band in their own right. I'm sure they were influenced by such artists like Joy Division, Jesus & Mary Chain, The Cure but the comparisons to My Bloody Valentine will always be made. I discovered Slowdive before MBV and I still think their 1993 album Souvlaki is a classic in melodic alternative pop. I love the mood this song sends me into. Reminds me of chilling in my bedroom on a warm summers day lisening to this album. Bliss.
95. Tracy Chapman - Open Arms (1992)MP3 MySpace
Funny funny funny....on researching the video clip sites to find clips for the songs I have posted I did find a clip that uses I Wish I was a Girl but it included dodgy scenes from The L Word. Now to be honest, the research was fun. I pop in Tracy Chapman and Open Arms into youtube and here is the song being used for clips from a movic called Loving Annebelle about a student teacher lesbian relationship! Am I getting some message here! I love this song. If i were to make a come down after sex mixtape where you hold your lover all night long I'd include this song!
100. Jawbreaker - Want (1990)Link
99. David Ford - I Don't Care What You Call Me (2006)
98. Ben Harper - Glory & Consequence (1997)
97. The Stereophonics - Maybe Tomorrow (2003)
96. The Black Crows - Remedy (1992)
1 comments:
Although i'd wish you'd picked 'when the sun hits' it is really great to see Slowdive getting a mention. They were unspeakably great.
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