– “First song that made me cry in a food court.” #57: “Du Hast” – Rammstein (1997) – “Jerome’s mom walked in during this. She asked if we were ‘summoning something.’ We said yes.” #42: “Bittersweet Symphony” – The Verve (1997) – “They lost every penny of royalties. The song still won.”
– “The song every outsider needed. Radiohead hated it. So did we, at first. Then we realized: that was the point.” top hundred songs of the 90s
I closed the lime-green binder. Outside, the world was gray and wet. But in my lap, the 1990s were still arguing, still dancing, still discovering that “What Is Love” was funny and “Torn” was heartbreaking and that a hundred songs could never hold a decade. – “First song that made me cry in a food court
I opened the binder. The first page was handwritten in Sharpie, the ink bleeding through the paper: Radiohead hated it
#98: “Torn” – Natalie Imbruglia (1997) #97: “Steal My Sunshine” – Len (1999)