The chart geeks among you might be interested by the above clip, which some intrepid YouTube user put together as a salute to the last 50 years of songs that were sitting pretty on the Billboard charts come Feb. 29. While it’s making me a little wistful to think about what songs were already in the pantheon that Flo Rida’s “Low” has just been added to–”Father Figure,” “Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay,” shoot, even “Theme From S.W.A.T.“!–it’s also kind of neat to watch the way this clip serves as a broad-stroke picture of what musical trends were at American culture’s forefront, from the Beatles’ early-’60s dominance to the arena-rock highs of the early ’80s to the late ’90s/early ’00s slow, slow sink into adult-contemporary treacle. (Savage Garden and Lonestar in 2000. Yipes.) [YouTube]
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@Poubelle: Yeah. Mainstream radio in the 90s was… difficult.
Thosuh I still have a special place in my heart for Mr. Big.
Nilsson!
I’ve somehow never heard “Low.” After hearing the 7 second clip at the end of that video, I think I’ll take a pass.
@Halfwit: As I remember it, “More Than Words” begat “To Be With You,” which begat . . . Saigon Kick? Sigh.
@tigerpop: do not front on saigon kick.
@Maura Johnston: From now on, whenever I hear The Cult’s “Lil’ Devil,” I hear Ian Astbury singing “She came on with a Saigon Kick/Hey there baby, you don’t ever miss.”
I actually just had to look up the real lyrics, for chrissakes. Eh. Fuck it. It’s not like “cyclone kiss” makes any more sense.
soooo…. that means Flo Rida is as good as the Beatles, right?
Pink Floyd and Gordie Howe, together at last!
I never thought I’d be relieved to hear Usher.