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Iscreamer1

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 04:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What song would you pick for each contestant if the genre was 90's Pop?

Ketchuplover

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 06:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have no idea. I can't think of a single song:(

Texannie

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 06:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I must be horribly old or else very distracted, but I can't think of a 90's song either! LOL

Hermione69

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 06:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Where's Deej? She could do this!

Texannie

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 06:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I know, Herm..she said she wasn't posting..hope she didn't mean at all!!!

Hermione69

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 06:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'll leave her a note and beg.

I LOVE "Sex and Candy" by Marcy Playground, but don't quite see that being sung on AI!

Iscreamer1

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 08:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, you guys are in the same bag as me. Let's try 60's Rock and Roll!

Walker

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 08:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
still thinking

Wcv63

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 02:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I still listen to my Clash, U2, Tears For Fears and Squeeze albums.

I listen to the radio of course but most songs just wash over me. I like Creed, Three Doors Down, Lenny Kravitz, Train, Incubus, Puddle of Mud, Norah Jones etc. I guess they all had songs in the 90's.

I had babies in the 90's....so I guess I listened to a lot of twinkle, twinkle and Old McDonalds.

Djgirl5235

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 05:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay - I'm glad to know I'm wanted around here!!!

Here goes:

Kim C: Alanis Morrisette - Hand In My Pocket
Carmen: LeAnn Rymes - Blue
Kim L: Jann Arden - Insensitive; or Good Mother
Trenyce: Maria Carrey - butterfly

Clay: U2 - Where the Streets Have no Name
Josh: Garth Brooks - The Thunder Rolls
Ruben: Peabo Bryson - Soul Provider

Hermione69

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 06:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Good picks Deej! That "Hand in My Pocket" would be great for Kim C! I love that song! I love "Where the Streets Have No Name" as well, but what "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" or "With or Without You"? Or is that late 80s?

Who could sing Lenny Kravitz "Stand By My Woman" or "It Ain't Over 'Til Its Over"? Love both those!

How about Mary Chapin Carpenter "Passionate Kisses"??

Djgirl5235

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 06:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Herm - all great choices... With or Without you definitely late 80's... 88 I think.

Passionate Kisses - Carmen for sure!

Lenny - I don't know who would do those songs justice... maybe Ruben but I think he'd put a real R&B feel to them - might sound really good though!

Hermione69

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 06:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
GOOD MORNING, DEEJ!

I love early 90s alternative rock, but don't think I will see anyone doing "Basket Case" by Green Day or "Interstate Love Song" by Stone Temple Pilots!!!

Hermione69

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 06:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Or "Zombie" by the Cranberries!!

Weenerlobo

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 06:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Like your picks, DJGirl and I totally agree.

Djgirl5235

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 06:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you very much everyone!!!!

Texannie

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 08:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am SO old...I don't know ANY of these songs!!!!!!!! LOL

Marymc

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 11:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
annie...i'm with you and wc....i had my baby in 1990. i can name you a couple Raffi songs, but i don't think i got my brain cells back til very recently....though now that my baby's entering puberty, i think i'm gonna lose 'em again!

Djgirl5235

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 11:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Mary & Annie - you're only as old as you feel, and right about now I'm feeling about 16

Texannie

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 11:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I feel really young till I read these posts! LOL

Djgirl5235

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 11:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
lol, Annie! I grew up during the 90's so I remember all them music, it's what has formed my musical repetoire... Now, ask me in 10 more years what was hot in the '00's, and I won't have a clue!

Ketchuplover

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 01:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think they should group sing "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road" :)

Wcv63

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 02:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
"Blister in the Sun" would be a cool group sing. I think Violent Femmes might not fit the "family" theme though.

My formative music years were the late 70's and 80's. I'm definitely a child of the English punk/alternative rock era.

I think Clay could sing Marshall Crenshaw beautifully.

Ketchuplover

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 02:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
"I'm already there" for Clay

"They're coming to take me away" for Carmen

"Cry a little for me" Kim Caldwell

Donut

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 08:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Blister in the Sun sure would be a nice change...
i would love to see them stretch and do something really different for them..
My mind goes blank the minute i try to think of songs (or anything for that matter).. but i will try for some possibiities:
Clay- Thunder Road (Springsteen)
Joshua- Love Shack(B52s)
Kimberly L- Crazy on You (Heart)
Ruben DoesThe Ramones:I Wanna be Sedated
(hmmm.. i think i am getting stuck in the 80's
Trynece-I Think I'm Turning Japanese (Vapors)
Carmen-I Want to F You Like an Animal (Nine Inch Nails)
Kimberly C- It's Not Easy Being Green (Kermit the Frog)

Calamity

Friday, April 11, 2003 - 04:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I haven't seen enough of AI to pick a suitable 90's pop song for each contestant but here's a few I thought of that could probably fit the show (and they're not all ballads! Do they always sing ballads or do I just tune in at the wrong times?).

"Freedom 90" - George Michael
"Wonderwall" - Oasis
"Who Will Save Your Soul?" - Jewel
"Walking in Memphis" - Marc Cohn
"Life is a Highway" - Tom Cochrane
"Truly Madly Deeply" - Savage Garden

This was kinda hard since pop was overshadowed in the US by alternative and rap for most of the '90's.

I've gotta drag out my Smashing Pumpkins, NIN, and Jeff Buckley cds when I get home! I'm feeling major nostalgia for the mid-90's. Plus U2! "Angel of Harlem"! That's from '88 though. But who cares?! :)

Jbean

Friday, April 11, 2003 - 07:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
it would be funny to see one of the girls do a paula abdul song. lol.

here are my picks:

kim c. - one way or another (blondie)
kim l. - can't let go (mariah)
clay - when i see you smile (bad english)
carmen - you were meant for me (jewel)
trenyce - queen of the night (whitney)
josh - check yes or no (george strait)
ruben- the power of love (luther vandross)

and if rickey was still there ( :( ) i would want to hear him sing "the way you make me feel" by mj (i know that's from the late 80's, but i think that would be a good one for him)

great idea for a thread, iscreamer!