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[Alex]

Rolling Stones-Anybody Seen My Baby

[hypehat]

I will say that I revisited Be Here Now recently and though it is not my favourite Oasis by a long shot and it is overproduced and could be scaled back, it is not the failure that it is widely made out to be today. It's still a good album and it contains some great songwriting. The problem is that it was so overhyped that it was nearly impossible to meet anyone's standard at the time and then the myth grew that it was a terrible record.

Maybe I'll try it again, but I do remember back in the days even when I was a pretty big Oasis fan I never put Be Here Now on - Stand By Me got some play, I think. The sheer hubris of All Around The World is pretty funny. 'What if Hey Jude changed key three times?! *wipes nose obsessively*

The thing that sort of sums it up its essential bluster and OTT noise is that whilst Oasis always 'borrowed' certain things, Do You Know What I Mean is essentially the chords to Wonderwall. They ripped off themselves!

Plus, Cablegeddon, you represent the retro critical consensus in that you think this record is amazing!

[Rocker]

Rolling Stones-Anybody Seen My Baby

Yeah, I liked that song. But I think most of the album is terrible ("Bridges to Babylon")

[Loaf]

Kula Shaker - singles released in 1997: Hey Dude, Govinda, Hush.

Has anyone mentioned Radiohead - OK Computer yet?

[Alex]

Has anyone mentioned Radiohead - OK Computer yet?

A little overrated. Half good songs, half well-made filler, enough suckers were convinced there was some sort of a "concept", and Radiohead have been "important" and pretentious ever since.

[Loaf]

Has anyone mentioned Radiohead - OK Computer yet?

A little overrated. Half good songs, half well-made filler, enough suckers were convinced there was some sort of a "concept", and Radiohead have been "important" and pretentious ever since.

Them's fightin' words round 'ere.

[Rocky Raccoon]

Has anyone mentioned Radiohead - OK Computer yet?

A little overrated. Half good songs, half well-made filler, enough suckers were convinced there was some sort of a "concept", and Radiohead have been "important" and pretentious ever since.

No.

[Ron]

1997 was right in my wheelhouse, I was 19.  This thread reminds me of how bad the music was, though... I liked some of those songs, but they bring up bad memories of bad relationships and such... so I looked over the top 40 (probably a bad idea) and here's a couple I remember fondly.

Robyn - Do you know


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4n6ymEMQmk

I always liked this chick.  I don't know why, I can't verbalize it, but this song (and her other big hit) always struck me as very cool.  Love her.  My favorite part is the "I'll..... give you everything....."


Sister Hazel - All for you


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MMcLEdkY68

I once went to a private party, on a private golf course on a private island in the middle of some big hubbub deal I was working at.  There were like 200 people there, and it was headlined by Hootie and the Blowfish... anyways, some pro golfer came out with his band, and did a version of this song, but rewritten to have golf lyrics "It's hard to play, when it rains," etc.  Pretty funny.  I had a really great time being a snob for two hours with all these rich people.  So this song always has a special place in my heart.

Paula Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPR108kwNo4

Unabashedly un-feminist.  Loveeeee it. 

Sheryl Crow - If It Makes You Happy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyihQtBes1I

Sheryl being great like she often is.  This is the same album "Everyday is a Winding Road" is on. 

Aqua - Barbie Girl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyhrYis509A

Pretty funny

Erykah Badu - On & On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CPCs7vVz6s

Good stuff.  I remember she was so cool when she came out, but I didn't want to admit it because everybody else was so into her, lol.

[Alex]

Has anyone mentioned Radiohead - OK Computer yet?

A little overrated. Half good songs, half well-made filler, enough suckers were convinced there was some sort of a "concept", and Radiohead have been "important" and pretentious ever since.

Them's fightin' words round 'ere.

Then let's go! I prefer Pablo Honey, believe it or not.

[alf wiedersehen]

To the people who were teenagers and discovered OK Computer and Nevermind when they came out, they are very important albums.

To the rest of us, definitely not to the same extent.

In my personal experiences, at least.

[pixletwin]

Zaireeka. 4 CD's that you must synchronize with 4 CD players to hear the album. 

[Gabo]

Can't stand Radiohead... their music is so cold and alienating.

[Summer_Days]

1997. Hmm, well, there was the Fleetwood Mac reunion concert The Dance, there was Elliott Smith's classic Either/Or album, Bob Dylan coming back strong with Time Out of Mind, Paul McCartney rode on a Flaming Pie and John Fogerty put out a really kickass album called Blue Moon Swamp.

[ontor pertawst]

And that is a shame. I mean, sh*t, some people have a problem with DISCO.

No good music was ever produced except between 1962-73 by bands whose names began with the letter B, or by musicians deeply influenced by or reminiscent of those bands' music of that time, or by those bands outside of that time (when they were not trying to do different types of music than what they did during that time). I mean, that is an obvious fact.

“I’d spend hours in HMVs, Virgin Megastores and second-hand record shops staffed by greasy-haired 40-year-olds dressed as 20-year-olds, listening to contemporary music of every genre – Britrock, heavy maiden, gang rap, brakebeat. And I came to a startling but unshakeable conclusion: no genuinely good music has been created since 1988. The relief was, as Americans say, freaking awesome. The death of music on or before the release of Arthur 2: On the Rocks meant I was freed from the obligation of keeping up to date with contemporary music trends.”
― Alan Partridge

[SMiLE Brian]

Nu-metal from this era killed rock and roll.

[JK]

Spiritualizeds Ladies & Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space is a good 1997 album.

Agreed! I'd add Exile by Gary Numan.

As for singles, there's the aforementioned "Tubthumping" and the original version of "You Might Need Somebody" by Shola Ama (a generally overlooked gem).

As I was well out of my teens in '97, my knowledge of that year's music is limited, to say the least. :=)

[Alex]

Savage Garden, Matchbox 20, Third Eye Blind, Jewel, Spice Girls, Bridges to Babylon era Stones, Chumbawamba, Hanson, Jamiroquai, Paula Cole, Fiona Apple, the Wallflowers, White Town, Meredith Brooks, Shawn Colvin, Blues Traveler, Alanis Morrisette, Fleetwood Mac reunion, last Bee Gees record... Lots of childhood nostalgia for me. However I`ll keep some of that stuff back in `97 where it belongs. And no, my 11 year old self did not know about Radiohead or OK Computer at that point in time, mostly because VH1 didn`t play their videos (I preferred VH1 to MTV even as a kid!)

[Sunflowerpet]

Don't forget "Life Thru A Lens" by Robbie Williams, a terrific album highly influenced by Oasis and early brit-pop sound.

[Domino]

David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPVrFIP0CMs

[TimeToGetAlone]

According to my iPod...

Sway - Bic Runga
Fly - Sugar Ray
Anybody Seen My Baby? - The Rolling Stones
Saint of Me - The Rolling Stones
Everything I Need - The Wilsons
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Walkin' on the Sun - Smash Mouth
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
Karma Police - Radiohead
No Surprises - Radiohead
Lucky - Radiohead
Something About the Way You Look Tonight - Elton John
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day

[Aum Bop Diddit]

"Mel" by East River Pipe came out in 1996 but I listened to it all through 1997.  As well as today.

[bluesno1fann]

Rolling Stones-Anybody Seen My Baby

That is probably the worst Rolling Stones song of all time

[Catbirdman]

For me 1997 was the year of the Bunnymen reunion. "Nothing Lasts Forever" truly is a gem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPJHA4TgtlM

Favorite album from that year is Spiritualized's Ladies and Gentlemen... Backstage at the 2004 Smile debut in London, I was very fortunate to meet Jason Pierce and thank him personally for that album (and others).

Of course, Dylan had a late career-defining album in 1997. I have a soft spot for Duran Duran's Medazzaland. Still don't understand how "Electric Barabarella" never became a smash. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK1g5dMYR3s

Looking through iTunes for other favorites, filtering on year...

"Believe" by GusGus - killed me for some reason. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gjmAXWeBAE
Lamchop "Hey Where's Your Girl" (East River Pipe cover) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kketkgBHjUA
"Paranoid Android" - say what you want about Radiohead, but to me that's a MONSTER song and the video was striking. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E_TXQMWdDw
"Blood Red Bird" by Smog - for my more morose side. Like Neil Young's "Helpless" written by a non-idealist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ownhDz4MVcg
"Miss Modular" by Stereolab - Dots and Loops still my fave of theirs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb5T-BT68ZU
"An Awful Shade of Blue" by Tarnation. Spaghetti western, haunting, beautiful stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-8dsWrjC5U
The only Third Eye Foundation album I ever got into - Ghost - but I was IN to it at that time. Hard to pick a single track. Maybe "The out sound from way in." Very disturbing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmHGQl35ZJ0
"Bathtime" by Tindersticks (the previous album of theirs is in my top 20 all time). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxSCBrRAr-s
"Deeper Into Movies" by Yo La Tengo - that's still my favorite album by them too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzTIi3pDOmk
Oh, and off that same album! My favorite Beach Boys cover ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPXwbiknoRs

[Alex]

In response to bluesno1fann, my defense for liking Anybody Seen My Baby is that I was only 11 when it came out. There`s no accounting for taste at that young of an age.