Top 10 songs of 1993

My faves anyway

1. Cherub Rock- The Smashing Pumpkins
2. Plush- STP
3. The Wanderer- U2 w/Johnny Cash
4. Rearview Mirror- Pearl Jam
5. Dreams (Live)- Van Halen
6. Low- Cracker
7. Pieces of the Night- The Gin Blossoms
8. Numb- U2
9. Go- Pearl Jam
10. Cryin'- Aerosmith

Top 35 songs of 1993: #21-30

My favorites.

21. Love Is Stronger Than Justice- Sting
22. Daughter-Pearl Jam
23. Today- Smashing Pumpkins
24. Fields of Gold- Sting
25. Wired All Night- Mick Jagger
26. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead- Bon Jovi
27. Stay (Faraway So Close)- U2
28. Down in a Hole- Alice in Chains
29. Hey Jealousy- Gin Blossoms
30. Ordinary World- Duran Duran

Top 35 songs of 1993 (#31-35)

My favorites.

31. Until I Fall Away- The Gin Blossoms
32. Cannonball- The Breeders
33. Creep- Radiohead
34. Dissident- Pearl Jam
35. Steam- Peter Gabriel

Top 35 songs of 1994 (#21-30)

My favorites continued...

21. Spin the Black Circle- Pearl Jam
22. Found Out About You- Gin Blossoms
23. Fell on Black Days- Soundgarden
24. Big Empty- STP
25. Mary Jane's Last Dance- Tom Petty
26. Wild Night- John Mellencamp
27. Keep Talking- Pink Floyd
28. What Do You Want From Me?- Pink Floyd
29. Streets of Philadelphia- Bruce Springsteen
30. Because the Night- 10,000 Maniacs

Top 10 songs of 1995

My favorites anyway...

1. Murder Incorporated- Bruce Springsteen

2. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me- U2

3. Say It Ain't So- Weezer

4. Misery- Soul Asylum

5. Ghost of Tom Joad- Bruce Springsteen

6. Strange Currencies- REM

7. When I Come Around- Green Day

8. Lightning Crashes- Live

9. Til I Hear It From You- The Gin Blossoms

10. Seventh Seal- Van Halen

Top 30 songs of 1996" #11-20

My faves continued...

11. Leave- REM

12. Wonderwall-Oasis

13. Tonight, Tonight- Smashing Pumpkins

14. Off He Goes- Pearl Jam

15. Humans Being- Van Halen

16. Not Only Numb- Gin Blossoms

17. Machinehead- Bush

18. Bittersweet Me- REM

19. Undertow- REM


20. Follow You Down- Gin Blossoms

The Gin Blossoms: Til I Hear It From You (1995)

The Gin Blossoms wrote this song during the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. One critic called it the perfect pop song, or at least the closest thing to a perfect pop tune. The Gin Blossoms experienced great success in the mid-90s before breaking up in 1997. They reunited in 2002, but have yet to regain the level of popularity achieved 20 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7sx32alzeE

Gin Blossoms: Until I Fall Away (1994)

Many of the bands breaking in the early 90s captured alienation and youthful frustration. The Gin Blossoms captured frustration in a different way. They were melancholy!  Here is an example. The song reached #13 on the modern rock charts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39mUEE3_xS8

The Gin Blossoms: Not Only Numb (1996)

The Gin Blossoms formed in 1987 and broke nationally in the early 90s. They called it quits in 1997. As a result, their peak lasted about four years from "Hey Jealousy" in 1993 to "Not Only Numb"in 1996. The band was omnipresent during my college years, so it is hard to hear one of their songs and not think of CMU. Their careers ended when I left school. They returned in 2006, but have yet to make an impact.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUQBj1NSy6c

920. Follow You Down by the Gin Blossoms (1996)

Gin Blossoms are a band that take me back to a specific time and place. Music has that ability! This track was a double-A side and lasted 46 weeks on the charts. The other side? "Til I Hear It From You." If they are already forever damned, then why not follow someone all the way down?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LuH0ywYVQc&ob=av2e