90. Sheryl Crow — “I Shall Believe” — I think this song was played during romantic moments on every WB show in the late-’90s. But to me, it’s Max and Liz’s song. I turn off other shows if this song pops up in reference to a different couple.
89. Bruce Springsteen — “Hungry Heart” — Certainly the most beautiful song ever about a family man going out for a gallon of milk and never coming back.
88. Butch Walker — “Hot Girls in Good Moods” — Again, Butch sings about the things that matter in life. It goes from good to great because of how he says “B-b-b-b-baby” and “G-g-g-g-give” and “C-c-c-c-can.”
87. Buffalo Tom — “Under Milkwood” — The ideal song to listen to on a rainy, lonely night.
86. Oasis — “Don’t Look Back in Anger” — It’s hard to believe this song came out in the late-’90s. It seems like it should’ve been written at the very beginning of pop music.
85. The Shins — “Know Your Onion!” — I can’t understand a word of this song (except “Locked out of my favorite records/ Lying in wait at the Birmingham mall”), but I still think it’s pretty.
84. Jewel — “Hands” — Miss Kilcher boils it all down to six beautiful words: “In the end, only kindness matters.”
83. Darius Rucker — “History in the Making” — I’d rather listen to Hootie songs, but I can’t deny that catchy country licks come naturally to Darius.
82. Bruce Springsteen — “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day” — Aren’t we all, Bruce. Aren’t we all.
81. Baltimora — “Tarzan Boy” — The only good part of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III” is that they randomly included this great ’80s dance-pop cut from the Italian one-hit wonders on the soundtrack.
Comments
86 and 85…# Posted By chance | 7/26/10 3:48 PM
Kind of a random Sheryl Crow track but thats cool. She’s pretty hit and miss with me but I love Run Baby Run off that first disc. She’s a single artist thats for sure. There are a couple of tracks on each disc I always like but the albums as a whole never do it for me. She does a cover of I Want You Back on her new disc and her vocals sound so much like MJ’s. i’m always down for Buffalo Tom although I normally favor the Janovich sung ones. And that Darius song is the bomb son# Posted By Matt | 7/26/10 6:39 PM
To me, it’s not random at all. It’s really the only Sheryl Crow track I’ve ever loved. She has a few singles you can tip your hat to, but this is the only song of hers I’d describe as great. The nice thing about Buffalo Tom is that the two lead vocalists trading off tracks works really well for the flow of the albums. One is a little huskier and one is a little higher pitched, so you get a nice contrast of moods. Darius is a tough one. Whenever I listen to his disc, I follow it up by popping in a Hootie disc because he just sounds better with a rock band behind him and singing less contrived lyrics. But if you’re gonna craft a country song, it might as well be “History in the Making.”# Posted By John Hansen | 7/28/10 12:27 AM
