The Wednesday top 10: 90's tunes.

Another Wednesday top ten, this time going back a few decades to the 90's. Often described as a decade that music forgot, its actually got quite a bad press. here's ten reasons why.

10: Daft Punk-Da Funk. A classic 90's house tune, with that kind of melody that you struggle to get out of your head for a while.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmi60Bd4jSs

9: Beastie Boys-Intergalactic. Hip Hop done properly, with the connoisseurs of  cool  blending cool vocoders and funky beats. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrbc_0Pf10Q

8: Utah Saints-Something Good. Another piece of dance music (yes I'll get to the britpop/grunge later) in that kind of massive stadium sound typical of the Bradford based duo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUxhNWDlGts

7: Loser-Beck. Beck, everyone's favourite Scientologist using his potential for non-phrases, including the wonderful "spraypaint the vegetables". Check it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE

6: Zombie Nation-Kernkraft 400. Yet more dance music, this time from German electro duo Zombie Nation. Another one for the melody, somehow entirely programmed on an akai MPC. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5LW07FTJbI

5: Oasis-Wonderwall. What, only 5th? It's fifth because there's a better Oasis song on this list, but this is still a classic. The bread and butter of crap guitar players everywhere, this is the kind of song for a karaoke at a wedding. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hzrDeceEKc

4: Tupac-California Love. By the late nineties hip hop began to lose something, the rise of RnB, big money producers and the Biggie/Tupac gang war had taken its toll on the genre. Not on this tune though, the 2nd in the list to feature a vocoder, and the last hip hop track on the list. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWbXQQG9B6c

3: Oasis-Rock n Roll Star. Here's the other Oasis track I promised, a proper good old fashioned rock tune, no more, no less. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmBvdIIQXYU

2:Nirvana-Smells Like Teen Spirit. You knew it would be on here, of course it would be. The soundtrack to dissafected youth following Thatcher and however was in charge in America, who felt the need to get at the establishment that was doing nothing for them. (I could go on about the socio-politics of this track but I have a social life) Basically, if you haven't listened to it then listen to it. If you have listen to it again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg

1: Blur Song 2. Is it what you expected? Probably not. Is it an amazing tune? Yes it is. Is it number 1 this week? Ditto. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSbBvKaM6sk