DoofDoof: 1991: Doof's Top 10 Songs

DoofDoof 03.11.21	This was a bit less fun to do than yesterday because this one has stayed very similar for decades for me...
zakalwe 03.11.21	A good year in general. Was at Wembley when Gazza scored that free kick against Arsenal. Music became ‘real’ 4 is 1
DoofDoof 03.11.21	4 is probably 1 if we took personal meaning out of it - but that top 3 mean more to me now. 'Unfinished Sympathy' probably meant most to me in 1999 away from home the first time, but back in 1991 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' would definitely have been 1 for me - then probably 'The Unforgiven' by Metallica or something like that. Hopefully not 'Under the Bridge' lol
JohnnyoftheWell 03.11.21	1 is an easy 1, but this is a great list Wouldn't have seen Planet of Sound landing so high, esp when the Jesus Lizard, Drive Like Jesu and Oxbow all had stronger noisy records that that year, but it's a good jam
Pheromone 03.11.21	check nirvana - nevermind underground gem edit - didnt clock 5 rip me
fogza 03.11.21	Didn't pick you for a PJ fan. Hunger Strike gets me all angsty.
DoofDoof 03.11.21	Johnny - 'Gladiator' by the Lizard would make a top 15 for sure EDIT: correction that's 1992
JohnnyoftheWell 03.11.21	Mmm lovely pick. Probs my favourite from those three too
DoofDoof 03.11.21	I think it'll just squeak the cut for 1992...there's always a lot of competition for the 'number 10' spot on these lists is what I'm finding It's currently fighting for that number 10 spot with the very different: Nine Inch Nails 'wish' Ministry 'just one fix' Uncle Tupelo 'sandusky' Neil Young 'harvest moon' Jonathan Richman 'that summer feeling' I wanted to keep these lists to 10 though to make it this difficult
JohnnyoftheWell 03.11.21	Oh yikes yep, 1991 was Goat. Forgot those two were just a year apart lol And yeah, similar lists I've made have been like that - soon as you've gotta draw the line, everything gets sketchy lol
Pheromone 03.11.21	When You Sleep is probably my no.1
DoofDoof 03.11.21	Loveless my top 2 are Sometimes and Soon...then When You Sleep, Only Shallow and I Only Said Sometimes is still top despite the Bill Murray associations everyone now has...
Pheromone 03.11.21	When You Sleep is just the most transcendent song maybe ever / hyperbolic maybe idk
DoofDoof 03.11.21	'Sometimes' is part of a trio of 'Frittering' by Mercury Rev and 'Mayonaise' by the Pumpkins of very similar songs I can't resist Strangely 'Sometimes' is my least favourite of the three but there's not a lot in it
Pheromone 03.11.21	lol weirdly enough i would make a 3 of 'when you sleep', 'chasin' a bee' from that rev album and then 'mayonaise' from pumpkins we're so close
Pangea 03.11.21	when you sleep would def my loveless pick
DoofDoof 03.11.21	Phero you might be right...I slightly prefer Frittering but Chasin might be the closer match
Egarran 03.11.21	Shonen Knife did the impossible and improved When You Sleep
JohnnyoftheWell 03.11.21	DOOO DO DO DOOOO < 3 Sometimes is ez the best song on Loveless, list has it woke
ReturnToRock 03.11.21	Um...wasn't 1991 the year THIS happened? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg Instant #1 is instant.
DoofDoof 03.11.21	ReturnToR - yeah, in 1991 that would have been number 1 for me but now I prefer 'Lounge Act' and a whole lot of stuff from 91 means more to me. That was the one back in the day though
zakalwe 03.11.21	When it comes to 1 there was a bird who lived on the same road who was an absolute out and out bombshell. Window open blaring it to impress back in ‘91, it must’ve done something as not too long after her cousin who was also alright once flashed her tits at me. I have no doubt whatsoever she probably resembles 9 now.
zakalwe 03.11.21	And when I say 1 I mean Unfinished Sympathy not Captain lol
DoofDoof 03.11.21	If you'd have blared Captain you'd have just got an asbo
zakalwe 03.11.21	Did anyone actually listen to that back then? Did they fuck.
DoofDoof 03.11.21	Never heard of them until about 2001?
zakalwe 03.11.21	Yeah mid 2000s for me, maybe even late 2000s Amazing stuff though.
DoofDoof 03.11.21	Most played albums in 91 were Nevermind, Metallica black album, Blood Sugar Sex Magic, Use Your Illusion 1 and 2 - was still just into rock music really, and didn't buy many albums 1993, about 13 or 14 years old was when I really got obsessed with music Then 1994 happened which was just a great album out every other week
zakalwe 03.11.21	‘92 was complete obsession with Ten, Nevermind and Blood Sugar. Nevermind is the reason I’m on this site talking bollocks.
DoofDoof 03.11.21	Nevermind was the main one for getting obsessed with music Ok Computer was the main one for getting obsessed with talking/reading/writing about music
ReturnToRock 03.11.21	'Nevermind is the reason I’m on this site talking bollocks.' [2] Didn't get into it until '94 though (I already owned my boombox, so it might even have been '95. I know I was 9 or 10.) '91 jams for me were mostly kiddie albums and whatever my parents put on - mostly because I was 5/6 lol
ReturnToRock 03.11.21	1994 me: 'WITH THE LIGHTS OOOOOUT, IT'S LESS DANGEROOOOUS!' 1995 me: 'SHOW BUSINESS, THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES!' 1996 me: 'YOUR LOVE, IS LIKE BAAAAAD, MEDICIIIIINE!' And it went on from there.
zakalwe 03.11.21	lol Come to think of it there’s endless moments. The enjoyment has waned slightly and music on the whole is without question more shit than it used to be but the most important thing is them moments. I still get ‘em.
theBoneyKing 03.11.21	Top 3 are life-changing tunes
DoofDoof 03.11.21	in the correct preference order boney?
ArsMoriendi 03.12.21	Hunger Strike is the worst song on Temple of the Dog's album tbh It's all about All Night Thing
ArsMoriendi 03.12.21	Love 3 and 8 though
WatchItExplode 03.12.21	Now we are getting into it.
Yotimi 03.12.21	Nice. Sometimes is my #1 and frittering is my #2
DoofDoof 03.12.21	great picks Yotimi
tectactoe 03.12.21	I’d pick the same #1 and argue that it’s also one of the best songs of the entire decade. Nice to see New Grass, too- I see most people preferring After the Flood but New Grass is tops for me. Nice list Doof!
CaliggyJack 03.14.21	Where the absolute fuck is Enter Sandman by Metallica?
DoofDoof 03.14.21	I prefer The Unforgiven :0