2003 marked the start of the ‘real’ 00s, with more and more electro and 80s influences in commercial music, in dance music, and also in semi alternative music like the new hyped stuff from Franz Ferdinand and others. The lounge trend seemed almost dead in 2004, seemed to be too light hearted after 9/11.
Fashion followed a similar route in 2003, with all those 80s inspired pointed shoes and neon pink jewelry.
In the clubs, meanwhile, it was a trend to mix everything with everything (if the final result sounded o.k.). People in The Netherlands called it ‘urban eclectic’.
This was also The Neptunes’ best era, chartwise.
* = dance music, about 120 bpm and upwards
*** = guilty pleasures
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Top 14 of favorite songs (1/3 of the 41 songs):
- Johnny Dangerous – King of clubs *
- Athena – For real
- Kerri Chandler – Back to the raw *
- Julien Delfaud, Alex Gopher and Etienne de Crécy – Fast track *
- Chemical Brothers – Galvanize
- KT Tunstall – Black horse and the cherry tree
- Jentina – Bad ass strippa
- Leki – Breakin’ out
- Golden Boys – Berimbau
- Jerome Sydenham & Dennis Ferrer – Sandcastles *
- David Lafore – Babines
- Armand van Helden/Cerrone – Je suis music (Club Mix) *
- Didier Sinclair – Heavenly *
- Marco V – Automanual *
My other favorites:
- Air – Alpha beta gaga
- Air – Surfing on a rocket
- Akasha – 21 century boy (Simon Ratcliff Remix) *
- Alcazar – This is the world we live in */***
- Augustus Pablo – King Tubby meets rockers uptown
- Beastie Boys – Ch-check it out
- Black Eyed Peas – Let’s get it started
- Britney Spears – Toxic ***
- Daft Punk – Robot rock
- David Guetta – Stay */***
- DJ Mingo – La vakera ***
- DJ Sneak – Que pasa *
- Freestylers – Push up *
- Girls Aloud – Love machine ***
- Gregor Salto ft. Nando Venin – La diosa misteriosa (Turn It Up Remix) *
- High Contrast – The basement track *
- High Contrast – Racing green *
- KT Tunstall – Suddenly I see
- Lyszak – Dick for brains (Dub Mix) *
- Michael Gray – The weekend *
- Niamaj And Kero One – Yagotta (Raindrops Remix)
- Porno – Music power */***
- Roman Flugel – Geh’s noch? *
- Shapeshifters – Lola’s theme *
- Skool Bastards vs. Telephone – Ca, c’est vraiment toi *
- Snoop Dogg ft. Charlie Wilson And Justin Timberlake – Signs
- Sporto Kantes – Lee
* = dance music, about 120 bpm and upwards
*** = guilty pleasures
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Top 28 of favorite songs (1/2 of the 55 songs):
In some other lists (1988-recent) just 1/3 is in chart order; but there are relatively more top favorites below.
- Kelis – Trick me
- The White Stripes – Seven nation army
- Thievery Cooperation – The richest man in Babylon
- Outkast – The way you move
- Moloko – Forever more *
- Outkast – Hey ya!
- Louie Vega ft. Anane – Mon amour (Dj Gregory Remix) *
- Outkast – Roses
- Shauna Solomon – I wanna be (White Label Mix) *
- Audio Bullys – Turned away (Audio Bullys Remix) *
- Felix da Housecat – Sinnerman (House Vox Mix) *
- Robert Randolph & The Family Band – I need more love
- Cassius – Till we got you and me *
- Dave Clarke – Way of life *
- Gus Gus – David *
- Gary Jules – Mad world
- Despina Vandi – Gia (Dj Gregory Mix) *
- Koby Israelite – Saints and dates
- Senor Coconut vs. Kocani Orkestar – Usti, usti baba
- Java – Samba do Jerusalem
- Buscemi – Seaside
- Salif Keita ft. Martin Solveig – Madan *
- Kelis – Milkshake
- Audio Bullys – Snake
- Sean Paul – Get busy
- Pharrell ft. Jay-Z – Frontin’
- Dave Gahan – Dirty sticky floor (Junkie XL Remix) *
- Missy Elliott ft. Ludacris – Gossip folks (Norman Cook Remix) *
My other favorites:
- Alexkid ft. Lissette Alea – Come with me *
- Amp Fiddler – You Bring Me Vibes (Theo Parrish Ugly Edit)
- Audio Bullys – Real life *
- Audio Bullys – The things (Audio Bullys Janitor Remix) *
- Audio Bullys – We don’t care *
- Avia – Why should I cry
- Basement Jaxx – Plug it in *
- Black Eyed Peas – Hey mama
- Clipse – Hot damn
- Danny Breaks – A new dimension
- Dizzee Rascal – Fix up, look sharp *
- Girls Aloud – Jump ***
- The Infamous MC – The ex files
- Man With Guitar – Man with guitar *
- Michelle Weeks – The light *
- Moloko – Cannot contain this *
- Moloko – Familiar feelings (Timo Maas Remix) *
- Novastar – Never back down
- Science Fiction – Carousel
- Snoop Dogg ft. Pharrell – Beautiful
- Spektrum – Kinda new (Tiefschwarz Remix) *
- Stacie Orrico – Stuck ***
- Sugababes – Hole in the head
- T. Raumschmiere – Monstertruckdriver *
- Tosca – Fluss
- Tosca – Wonderful
- Treble – Ramaganana ***
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The selection of 2012 is just an alphabetic list at the moment, not in chart order yet, but everything on that page belongs to category 1 or 2.
About the year of release/on which page you can find the tracks I add: I see the 'oldest' year of release I can find, after searching Discogs and maybe other sources, as right. Also if it became a hit one/two/more years later. I'm very consequent when it comes to that, very clear.
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I'm listening to pop music since 1990, starting with my fathers cds/lps, with pop/rock oldies, some classical music, some 70s compilations with music like Boney M and Luv, and some typical Dutch stuff like BZN; some people would call it corny. No modern pop/dance yet (the Dutch children act Kinderen Voor Kinderen not counted; officially, KVK part 11 was my first cd).
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Besides links to my webradios, this site is filled with lots of songs to try. They are in the narrow bar on the left.
As long as I like it: everything (no purist talk here, when it comes to specific genres...), but in practice there's an emphasis on sound instead of lyrics. Expect lots of funky drums, grooves, riffs, horns, bleeps, chords and exotic instruments.
And in general, I like a natural feel (also when it's in fact 100 % electronic) and a dynamic sound, lacking obvious loudness wars. And forced hipness is simply not my cup of tea. But there will always be exceptions, with an undefinable 'x-factor'.
To add or not to add? There are three levels of 'very nice', when it comes to the track selection:
1) The absolute TOP favorites, in other words: potential 'personal all time top 500' stuff. On this site marked with **** (1940-1987), or high in the lists (1988-2011).
2) The sub top, still outstanding, and played frequently enough to add to this site. NOT marked with **** (1940-1987), or lower in the lists (1988-2011).
3) Tracks I also like, and play from time to time; just not enough to add to this site. That's still a huge amount of tracks.
The selection of 2012 is just an alphabetic list at the moment, not in chart order yet, but everything on that page belongs to category 1 or 2.
About the year of release/on which page you can find the tracks I add: I see the 'oldest' year of release I can find, after searching Discogs and maybe other sources, as right. Also if it became a hit one/two/more years later. I'm very consequent when it comes to that, very clear.
ABOUT MYSELF
I'm born in 1981, Dutch and female. My personal music history, because it's relevant on a site like this:
I'm listening to pop music since 1990, starting with my fathers cds/lps, with pop/rock oldies, some classical music, some 70s compilations with music like Boney M and Luv, and some typical Dutch stuff like BZN; some people would call it corny. No modern pop/dance yet (the Dutch children act Kinderen Voor Kinderen not counted; officially, KVK part 11 was my first cd).
...click to read the rest of the text.
OLD WEBSITES
- Click this link to view old websites, from 2000 till halfway 2008, warning: huge load and much horizontal scrolling.
- And click this link to view more old websites, from halfway 2008 till June 2011, also huge load and much horizontal scrolling.
(In case you are interested in the history of my sites.)
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