Year 2000 - Music

[redfiona99]

After I read evilgmbethy's post where she commented on one magazines best of the 00s album list, and we all agreed that it, and most of the others, were full of unlistenable hipster indie rubbish, I started thinking about what I'd call the best albums of the last decade. And then I realised that this was almost impossible, given the amount of music I've missed during this decade, so I thought, I'll do a year by year round up of albums that have had an impact on my life either by the goodness of the music, or its terribleness or just me and my friends and my memories, or on music, in terms of trends and whatnot. So here's the list. It's not a best of, or a favourites, it's just a collection, an attempt to catch the flavour of the year. Also, sorry if it's a bit Brit skewed.



No Strings Attached - N*Sync - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnkwrq39HXw#
Invincible - 5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmT7jx4kP1s

There's a reason this isn't a best of 2000. The last hurrah, for now, of the boy band in it's traditional form.

Veni Vidi Vicious - the Hives - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8RF-bm67Ak - One of the wave of low-fi indie rock acts. Probably my favourite of them.

Country Grammar - Nelly - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmT7jx4kP1s - Summer party music with a vengence.

Parachutes - Coldplay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAME8GDRTfI The start of the dreadful whine of indie bands with all the oomph of soggy lettuce. Logically I know it's not their fault that I spent too much time doing the washing up to Yellow, but I hate them anyway. I also know it's not their fault for all the copy cat whiners but I also don't car about that.

Business as usual albums for some big names:

Sing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGqq1KbrIFk

Music - Madonna - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgL3lLjELHE Don't Tell Me is actually one of my favourite Madonna tracks.

Warning - Green Day - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDBlqu6KF4k I've chosen Minority deliberately, because I don't understand the people who say American Idiot came out of nowhere and they'd never done anything overtly political before.

The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahZgsNvVA4I - Probably doing this a huge disservice lumping it in with business as usual, because the talk this caused when it was released.

The rise of garage

Born To Do It - Craig David - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG8ll9EXMOw - Okay so Craig David and Artful Dodger crashed and burnt, but the jumpy jerky thing laid the foundations for grime and Dizzee et al.

The Year of rap-rock/nu-Metal

Chocolate Starfish and Hot Dog Flavoured Water - Limp Bizkit - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWlqmc1B7EE - I don't like Limp Bizkit, and yet, if you want to get a club jumping, just throw them on and it works.

Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd9OhYroLN0 - Crawling, because it's the first LP song I heard. I still cannot make out what he's singing ;)

Come Back Albums

Light Years - Kylie Minogue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaGS3Uts704 - The video that kick started the revival.

All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykIj190mJek - While I liked 'Pop', I think there may only two other people that did. And this really did bring them back from Dad-rockville for a few months. I remember having a long debate on the merits of 'Beautiful Day' on the back of the bus home with Jenny and Ian.

Misc. Others:

Whoa, Nelly - Nelly Furtado - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv68UJLxpb0 - There was a real buzz around this, and I really liked Nelly v1, so you can imagine the shock V2 caused.




Chocolate Starfish and Hot Dog Flavoured Water - Limp Bizkit
Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park

In my defence they're both on taped copies. Which might date me quite a lot, I'm of the generation where home-taping was going to kill the music industry.

I also have a live/compilation album thing which has large chunks of Gary Numan's album from this year, which was called Pure.




Follow Me - Uncle Kracker - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URBuAvQNFcU - Like I said, I have no taste. I love this, and have it as a single. 2000 may well have been the last time I regularly bought singles because, after that, I just didn't have the disposable income.

Perfect Gentleman - Wyclef Jean - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bEZzjwFT2U - again, a huge summer hit

Bohemian Like You - Dandy Warhols - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG-FmGtj7wM - Used in the Vodafone adverts, this song was everywhere. I prefer Get Off from the same album.

It Wasn't Me - Shaggy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ4axo9rmJY Again, absolutely inescapable. Shaggy seems to have a couple of hits every few years but they're always big ones.

One Armed Sicssor - At the Drive In http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NYbojdoAQE - As hipster indie as this list is going to get. Post-punk shoutiness out of the top draw. So very sad when they split up.

Wicker Man - Iron Maiden - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRR_sphw9eE - Huge controvery when the BBC decided that this wouldn't get any airplay. Cue hoards of Maiden fans, rock fans, general music fans and the awkward squad buying copies of this so they'd have to play it.

Last Request - Papa Roach - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XJy_Pei_SA&feature=fvst - I still love the video for this, in all its woe is me nu-metal glory.

New Disease - Spineshank - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-TO-L1Escc - When, in a few years, I do my nu-metal post these are going down as the 'should have been so much bigger', by far the most easy to listen to of any of the nu-metal bands. I really don't get why they didn't take over the world.

Disposable Teens - Marylin Manson - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH4UEcDnbms - This was huge, there's a reason why this or 'Beautiful People' is the first song I think of when someone says Marylin Manson.

Ms. Jackson - Outkast - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpsXiOLIJbw First Outkast song I ever heard. I loved it for the music, and my Nan loved the video.

RIP - Gary Numan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evAxXsDuwbI

Independent Women - Destiny's Child - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9NgtAYaLxc - Later in the year than the summer hits, but just as inescapable.

Masses Against the Classes - Manics - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDg9TmsqUPQ Gloriously loud and shouty. And first number one of 2000. I <3 my band.

Rise - Gabrielle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuCyRLm3HIw

Never Be The Same Again - Mel C - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANA6VOG4unQ - First, and only, number one I can think of with a probably non-accidental lesbian subtext. Seriously, this is a thousand femmeslash fics come to life.

It was also a really good year for dance music.

Freestyler - Bombfunk MCs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXnT5NnHYEQ - this is despite me mis-hearing the main refrain as 'cheese-strings from the top of my dome'.

Toca's Miracle - Fragma - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQLxNezK8tk

Sandstorm - Darude - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSYxT9GM0fQ

Comments

[kindoftrouble.livejournal.com]

Aww, memories. You have inspired me to do my own post. This is an epic post, it reminds me so much of being at school and summer holidays. Especially Shaggy. Which is now in my head. Dammit.

I agree with Get Off being a better song than Bohemian Like You. Which I enjoy but it got so overplayed. I'd forgotten about it being on the Vodafone adverts!

(I will also admit to owning Follow Me by Uncle Kracker. It also might be in my most listened to playlist.)

Edit: Okay, wow, I missed it the first time I read this post but Freestyler? TOTALLY SOUNDS LIKE CHEESESTRING. I actually refer to the song as that. It's one of the few injokes I have between me and my sister.

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

I'm in favour of other people posting because I get to listen to other music.

>>Which is now in my head. Dammit.<< And it will not leave.

I'm so glad it's not just me that 1) has Follow Me as a single and 2) hears that as cheesestring.

[pyroyale.livejournal.com]

Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd9OhYroLN0 - Crawling, because it's the first LP song I heard. I still cannot make out what he's singing ;)

CRAAAAAAAAAAWLIN' IN MY SKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN. THESE WOOOOOOOOOOOUNDS THEY WILL NOT HEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL.

I get lost after that part. I'm not going to lie - I played that album to death when it was first released and still kinda like it now. Everything I've heard from them since has been rubbish.

Wicker Man - Iron Maiden - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRR_sphw9eE - Huge controvery when the BBC decided that this wouldn't get any airplay. Cue hoards of Maiden fans, rock fans, general music fans and the awkward squad buying copies of this so they'd have to play it.

Oh, I remember that (Iron Maiden Fan Club member here ^_^). The 'feud' between Maiden and the BBC goes back years though, ever since Top of the Pops completely screwed up their Sanctuary performance in 1980. They refused to do the show again until 1995/6, despite getting a No. 1. Maiden fans are CRAZY loyal and yes, I count myself in that!

New Disease - Spineshank - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-TO-L1Escc - When, in a few years, I do my nu-metal post these are going down as the 'should have been so much bigger', by far the most easy to listen to of any of the nu-metal bands. I really don't get why they didn't take over the world.

I can't remember for the life of me what the album this was from was called but I remember it being very good. They never really did take off which was a shame as they were so much better than most of their peers who outsold them. I bet I've still got this CD boxed away somewhere. Probably next to the Linkin Park album XD

Masses Against the Classes - Manics - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDg9TmsqUPQ Gloriously loud and shouty. And first number one of 2000. I <3 my band.

I know I have my copy of this somewhere. I remember being full of fangirlish squee after hearing it the first time because it was so *Manics* and I'd been pretty disappointed with their previous few releases.

I should do something like this *thinks*

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

>>CRAAAAAAAAAAWLIN' IN MY SKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN. THESE WOOOOOOOOOOOUNDS THEY WILL NOT HEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL.<< LOL You're already doing better than me, because I hear it as 'these roots they will not heal' which meant I did wonder why they were singing about trees.

I suspected there might be backstory to the whole Maiden v the BBC thing.

Yay! Spineshank were just fun.

I also have a copy of Masses, if it hasn't been thrown out by other people. It was that first guitar chord.

I'd love to see your list, because that way I get to hear new (to me) music.

[wwhyte.livejournal.com]

Good call on "Don't Tell Me".

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It's an odd Madonna track because even her quiet ones are normally quite strong in terms of the protagonist, but this is quiet and has quite a passive protagonist.