Showing posts with label third eye blind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label third eye blind. Show all posts

Friday, May 8, 2015

Mix Tape of the Day: May 8, 2015 - The Best of 1997


Heck yes, 1997! I remembered it was "cool" to dislike Hanson at the time, but I remembered it was even "cooler" to secretly admit you liked them.

Perfect for your '90s roadtrip!

The '90s were a simpler time.  By which I mean, crazy and absurd.

Life.

I remember having a conversation with a friend about "that other Spice Girls song."  We spent the longest time trying to come up with the song that wasn't "Wannabe" or "Spice Up Your Life."  The mystery has finally been solved.

Wow, Sheryl Crow was all over the '90s.  Good for her!

Aww, this is a nice sweet song.  I knocked "My Baby Daddy" off the list for this one.

Is this song...suitable for all ages?

The best Blues Traveler song that isn't a Blues Traveler song.

So, all of Latin music's biggest names at the time got together to record this classic cover and it took nearly 3 years for us to acknowledge it!  It's so great!

Oh man, I nearly overlooked this one!  I had no idea this song was this song.

Same with this one.  1997 music was so good!

Technically, this song was released in 1992 but that was the original acoustic version.  This is the one we know and love.  I miss you, 1997!

Friday, April 17, 2015

Mix Tape of the Day: April 17, 2015 - The Best of 2000

This is a first.  All of my favorite songs from 2000 were actually from 1999 or before, technically.  Well, there is one that I could have used, but we're going to listen to that one tomorrow.  For now, it's Y2K all over again.


I used to think this was deep and/or technically impressive, what with it's jumbled and indecipherable lyrics.  Then, thanks to a recent history lesson, I learned that it was just dumb, poorly translated Europop.  It's still amazing.

Speaking of European club tracks, how about this one.  Thanks to my high school techno rave class, I learned about all these great tunes.

Let's keep grooving to this beat.

This is the song of the year 2000 for me.  Thanks to the constant "Now That's What I Call Music" ads I saw every day after school, I remember seeing the chorus of this song over and over again.

Faith Hill sure loves love.

Did you know that the actress who played Jack's teacher in Francis Ford Coppola's critically-acclaimed film Jack is the performer behind this song?!

Where would we be without Enema of the State?  Probably acting our age.

I lied last week.  Here's more Creed.  Sorry.

I used to think they were saying "Don't turn your back on me, baby," instead of "Until you're back here, baby" until today.

Why has it taken me so long to feature a Third Eye Blind song?!

I kicked off Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved You" for this one.  I hadn't really paid it much attention to it until today, but it's a great love song in a year full of them.

Some songs you just really connect to, you know?

Maybe it's due to the proximity in which I first heard them, but I always consider this to be a companion piece to Enya's "Only Time."  I love listening to both in the same sitting.  One takes me to a lush, relaxing, wet forest full of life while the other takes me to a dry, mystical, colorful desert filled with emptiness.