Bonus Countdown: All-Time Top Alternative Songs (ca 2013) (Part 1)

Gorillaz

As you read this, I am in a van driving to Disney, Florida. I hope you are having a great Saturday so far and I hope this episode makes it better! You should go for a drive, too. Let's sync up our experiences! I'll try to put this on around noon (when it posts) as long as I think of it.

So in 2013 Billboard celebrated 25 years of our beloved Alternative Songs (nee Hot Modern Rock Tracks) chart. We celebrated by listening to the first Top Ten. Now we're going to spend the next two weeks counting down the Top 20 on this list that is just over 2 years old. I don't know how the past two years have affected things and I guess we won't know until 2038, when the chart celebrates 50 years ;-) (jk. I'm sure that there'll be something to commemorate the 30th anniversary)

So enjoy Part 1 of 2 Bonus Countdowns!


All-Time Top Alternative Songs (ca 2013) (Part 1)

***Featuring***
Audioslave
Gorillaz
Green Day
Lit
Live
Love and Rockets
Nickleback
Nirvana
Oasis
Staind
U2

Throwback Thursday: 2001

This was the year I graduated from high school and started college!!

10. Jay-Z - Izzo (H.O.V.A)
9. Enrique Iglesias - Hero
8. Blu Cantrell - Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)
7. Staind - It's Been a While

If you knew Staind from before this song or "Outside" were huge, you know what a tremendous change this song (and the album it was on, Break the Cycle) was for the band. 

Matter of fact, here's the video for the first song I ever heard by them. Listening to it now, it doesn't seem all that hard, but at the time, it was the hardest thing I listened to.

6. Whitney Houston - The Star Spangled Banner
5. Jagged Edge with Nelly - Where the Party At
4. Ginuwine - Differences
3. Mary J. Blige - Family Affair
2. Alicia Keys - Fallin'
1. Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule - I'm Real

Flashback Countdown #3: Week of June 2, 2001

My sister graduated from high school 2 days ago. It got me thinking about the songs that were popular when I was graduating. This isn't a countdown from the week I graduated back in '01. This is from this week in '01. So I was doing things like taking finals and stuff, probably. It was a fun trip down memory lane to make this. I hope you enjoy it!

Flashback Countdown #3

***Featuring***
American Hi-Fi
Blink-182
Incubus
Limp Bizkit
Linkin Park
Saliva
Staind
Tantric
Tool
Weezer