Saturday, March 12, 2005
reminiscing...
came across my "bush - swallowed" mp3 and decided to give it a listen after many years...and wow, it's much better than I remembered...cuz now it has the memories/impressions of '97 with it (I know I'm really dating myself now)...that song had the fastest rise to number 1 on the MUCHMUSIC countdown that I know of (I followed religiously around 96-01)..it went to number 1 in just its fourth week. I guess that was partly why I didn't like the song too much..its reputation was too well ahead of its actual quality. It debuted at 19, which is also the highest debut I know of (or did U2's discotheque debut at 18..). On its second week it was at 11, third week 7, and fourth week #1..which also broke the record (as far as I know) for the biggest jump to 1 (second was alanis morissette's ironic, which went to #1 from the sixth spot...if my memory serves me well..she went on to stay at 1 for four weeks...the longest stretch at number 1 by any song in my books). anyway, those were the golden years of the muchmusic countdown...things changed around the turn of the century and the countdown started getting watered down by all this hype-driven hiphop stuff. or I dunno. at least recently there's been a decent rock/alt resurge by the likes of billy talent, sum41 and green day. but nothing can ever replace the five year stretch for the ages of the mm top30 countdown...filled with record-setting chart trends, quality videos, memorable songs, and now intertwined inextricably with my wistful recollections of adolescence..
