Saturday, October 31, 2015

My Top 5 Songs for 1990


We made it to 1990, woohoo!  Let's start the decade off with Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire.
Billy Joel Made the list for 1980 and now 1990 with a very different sound.


Next, M.C. Hammer's U Can't Touch This.  There was loads of rap hits this year - when rap was still fun and before it turned gangsta.  This is a great example.


B-52s's Love Shack is another tune where I don't really know why I'm including it, other than it's just goofy fun.  It's a great party song.


Tom Petty's Free Fallin'. I like the song as is, but there was also a memorable duet that Tom Petty did with Axel Rose with this tune.


Lastly, I felt I had to include Madonna's Vogue.  The song wasn't my personal favorite, but it created a huge craze and has shown great staying power.


Honorable mention:
Wilson Phillips.  Hold On. #1 for 1990 and deservedly so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbXvaE39wM

Vanilla Ice.  Ice Ice Baby.  One of the more polarizing figures from this period.  Most either liked him or hated him and he was hard to like.  Good song though, even if the beat may have been stolen from "Under Pressure" which is a great song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE

Janet Jackson.  Rhythm Nation.  It's Janet Jackson!  I had to include her somewhere.
Snap.  The Power.  One of the funner dance songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm6DO_7px1I

Jon Bon Jovi.  Blaze Of Glory.  I believe this went with the movie Young Guns 2.  I liked the song better than the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfmYCM4CS8o

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