friday random ten, 1999 edition

1. Ol' Dirty Bastard, "Got Your Money." Rudy Ray Moore, R.I.P.

2. Apollo 440, "Stop the Rock." Choose your spelling.

3. Sisqó, "Thong Song." I spent more time trying to decide whether to use the "ó" in the artist's name than I did trying to figure out something interesting to say about his career.

4. Dr. Dre, "Forgot About Dre." Snoop and Eminem are better known than Dre for the raps that appear on Dre's own albums.

5. Lou Bega, "Mambo No. 5." Let's all play America's favorite game show, "Catchy or Annoying?"

6. Madonna, "Beautiful Stranger." One of the best things to ever come from the Austin Powers phenomenon.

7. Moby, "Honey." Let's all play America's favorite game show, "Catchy or Annoying?"

8. Backstreet Boys, "I Want It That Way." At some point, you get old enough to allow yourself to like stuff you "shouldn't." This isn't a guilty pleasure, because you're too old to feel guilty about liking something. I like this song.

9. Destiny's Child, "Say My Name." Between the time the record was made and the time the video was made, two members of Destiny's Child were replaced. The fired singers claimed they found out they'd been dumped when they saw the new people in the "Say My Name" video.

10. Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, "Tony Adams." At some point, you get old enough to allow yourself to like stuff you "shouldn't." This isn't a guilty pleasure, because you're too old to feel guilty about liking something. I think Joe Strummer liked Tony Adams.

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