Music meme (from seangaffney)
Directions:
1. Grease Megamix - Olivia Newton John & John Travolta
2. Macarena - Los Del Rio
3. Maria - Ricky Martin
4. California Love - 2Pac
5. Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion (I'm not sure I know this particular song, but there's a very obvious reason why I'd hate it.)
6. I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly
7. I Finally Found Someone - Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams
8. Be My Lover - La Bouche
9. Champagne Supernova - Oasis
10. Sweet Dreams - La Bouche
11. Who Will Save Your Soul - Jewel (I'm sorry...)
12. Missing - Everything But The Girl
13. Ready To Go - Republica
14. I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan
15. Last Night - Az Yet
16. Tha Crossroads - Bone thugs-n-harmony
17. Stayin' Alive - N-Trance
18. Only You - 112
19. (Party Time) You'll Be Mine - Gloria Estefan
20. Wonderwall - Oasis
21. Killing Me Softly - Fugees
22. Betcha By Golly Wow - Prince
23. Get Together - Big Mountain
24. Daughter - Pearl Jam
25. Satellite - Dave Matthews Band
26. Name - Goo Goo Dolls
27. No Diggity - BLACKstreet
28. Set U Free - Planet Soul
29. Just A Girl - No Doubt
30. My Maria - Brooks & Dunn
31. Breakfast At Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
32. Head Over Feet - Alanis Morissette
33. Ain't Nobody - Faith Evans
34. Jealousy - Natalie Merchant
35. I Remember - Boyz II Men
36. Wonder - Natalie Merchant
37. Aeroplane - Red Hot Chili Peppers
38. Un-Break My Heart - Toni Braxton
39. What I Got - Sublime
40. Don't Speak - No Doubt
41. C'Mon Ride The Train - Quad City DJ's
42. The World I Know - Collective Soul
43. That Girl - Maxi Priest
44. One Of Us - Joan Osborne
45. Closer To Free - BoDeans
46. Where It's At - Beck
47. Change The World - Eric Clapton
48. Blue - LeAnn Rimes
49. Spiderwebs - No Doubt
50. Too Much - Dave Matthews Band
51. Forever - Mariah Carey
52. Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
53. Stupid Girl - Garbage
54. Oh Virginia - Blessid Union Of Souls
55. Ironic - Alanis Morissette
56. Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage
57. Reach - Gloria Estefan
58. Caught A Lite Sneeze - Tori Amos
59. 1,2,3,4 (Sumpin New) - Coolio
60. Heartspeak Dollarsign - Everclear
61. 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
62. Pepper - Butthole Surfers
63. DJ Girl - Katalina
64. I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis
65. Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey
66. No Woman No Cry - Fugees (The song's fine, but the Fugees? Argh.)
67. Flood - Jars Of Clay
68. The Distance - Cake
69. Old Man and Me - Hootie and the Blowfish
70. So Much To Say - Dave Matthews Band
71. Time - Hootie and the Blowfish
72. Whoever You Are - Geggy Tah
73. Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins
74. You Learn - Alanis Morissette
75. Counting Blue Cars -Dishwalla
From this we can discern that by the age of 18 I had given up on listening to commercial music radio stations, so whilst I would undoubtedly have loathed a large number of the songs I never heard, I managed to spare myself the pain. Ain't justification grand?
- Go to popculturemadness.com and find the Greatest Hits for the year you turned 18.
- Bold the ones you like.
- Strike out the ones you hate.
- Italicize the ones you are familiar with but neither like nor hate.
- Leave the ones you don't know as is.
1. Grease Megamix - Olivia Newton John & John Travolta
2. Macarena - Los Del Rio
3. Maria - Ricky Martin
4. California Love - 2Pac
5. Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion (I'm not sure I know this particular song, but there's a very obvious reason why I'd hate it.)
6. I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly
7. I Finally Found Someone - Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams
8. Be My Lover - La Bouche
9. Champagne Supernova - Oasis
10. Sweet Dreams - La Bouche
11. Who Will Save Your Soul - Jewel (I'm sorry...)
12. Missing - Everything But The Girl
13. Ready To Go - Republica
14. I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan
15. Last Night - Az Yet
16. Tha Crossroads - Bone thugs-n-harmony
17. Stayin' Alive - N-Trance
18. Only You - 112
19. (Party Time) You'll Be Mine - Gloria Estefan
20. Wonderwall - Oasis
21. Killing Me Softly - Fugees
22. Betcha By Golly Wow - Prince
23. Get Together - Big Mountain
24. Daughter - Pearl Jam
25. Satellite - Dave Matthews Band
26. Name - Goo Goo Dolls
27. No Diggity - BLACKstreet
28. Set U Free - Planet Soul
29. Just A Girl - No Doubt
30. My Maria - Brooks & Dunn
31. Breakfast At Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
32. Head Over Feet - Alanis Morissette
33. Ain't Nobody - Faith Evans
34. Jealousy - Natalie Merchant
35. I Remember - Boyz II Men
36. Wonder - Natalie Merchant
37. Aeroplane - Red Hot Chili Peppers
38. Un-Break My Heart - Toni Braxton
39. What I Got - Sublime
40. Don't Speak - No Doubt
41. C'Mon Ride The Train - Quad City DJ's
42. The World I Know - Collective Soul
43. That Girl - Maxi Priest
44. One Of Us - Joan Osborne
45. Closer To Free - BoDeans
46. Where It's At - Beck
47. Change The World - Eric Clapton
48. Blue - LeAnn Rimes
49. Spiderwebs - No Doubt
50. Too Much - Dave Matthews Band
51. Forever - Mariah Carey
52. Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
53. Stupid Girl - Garbage
54. Oh Virginia - Blessid Union Of Souls
55. Ironic - Alanis Morissette
56. Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage
57. Reach - Gloria Estefan
58. Caught A Lite Sneeze - Tori Amos
59. 1,2,3,4 (Sumpin New) - Coolio
60. Heartspeak Dollarsign - Everclear
61. 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
62. Pepper - Butthole Surfers
63. DJ Girl - Katalina
64. I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis
65. Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey
66. No Woman No Cry - Fugees (The song's fine, but the Fugees? Argh.)
67. Flood - Jars Of Clay
68. The Distance - Cake
69. Old Man and Me - Hootie and the Blowfish
70. So Much To Say - Dave Matthews Band
71. Time - Hootie and the Blowfish
72. Whoever You Are - Geggy Tah
73. Tonight, Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins
74. You Learn - Alanis Morissette
75. Counting Blue Cars -Dishwalla
From this we can discern that by the age of 18 I had given up on listening to commercial music radio stations, so whilst I would undoubtedly have loathed a large number of the songs I never heard, I managed to spare myself the pain. Ain't justification grand?