Top 10 Songs That Defined the 90s
The nineties were not one sound.
Lose Yourself – Eminem
A single piano note, then another, thin as a nerve.
Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses
The guitar starts like a finger exercise that forgot to stay private, a climbing figure so pretty it embarrasses the room it is about to enter.
Interview of Grace Jones (1985)
The 1985 Australian Day by Day interview meets Grace Jones in the year of Slave to the Rhythm, the Trevor Horn production that turned one song into a whole architecture, with Jean-Paul Goude still shaping the image.
Exodus – Bob Marley & The Wailers
In the first months of 1977, Bob Marley & The Wailers were in London because Kingston was no longer a safe room, and they answered the distance by making a record that walks.
Top 10 Videos That Invented a Language
Some videos did not illustrate a song.
Gloria – Patti Smith
The first line does not sing so much as it clears the room.
A Case of You – Joni Mitchell
The dulcimer starts alone, a dry, bright pattern, closer to a kitchen table than to a studio, and Joni Mitchell's voice enters as if the conversation had already been going on for an hour.
Top 10 Albums Released Ahead of Their Time
Ahead of its time is a compliment paid too late.
