I was just iTunes and saw that "Now, That's What I Call Music" volume 45 was just released. And I remember when the first "Now" CD was released in American in 1998, because they were originally from the U.K.
Seeing that they're still making them in 2013, I wanted to compare and contrast the styles of music fifteen years go, to now.
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| 1998 version "Together Again" - Janet Jackson "As Long as You Love Me" - Backstreet Boys "The Way" - Fastball "Flagpole Sitta" - Harvey Danger "Say You'll Be There" - Spice Girls "All My Life" - K Ci & Jo Jo "Never Ever" - All Saints "If You Could Only See" - Tonic "MMMBop" - Hanson "Zoot Suit Riot" - Cherry Poppin' Daddies "Shorty" - Imajin "Anytime" - Brian McKnight "Barbie Girl" - Aqua "Karma Police" - Radiohead "I Will Buy You a New Life" - Everclear "Fly Away" - Lenny Kravitz "Sex & Candy" - Marcy Playground |
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| 2013 version "Live While We're Young" - One Direction "I Cry" - Flo Rida "Die Young" - Ke$ha "Let Me Love You" - Neyo "Don't Stop The Party" - Pitbull "Sweet Nothing" - Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch "Hall Of Fame" - The Script Featuring "Daylight" - Maroon 5 "Home" - Phillip Phillips "The A Team" - Ed Sheeran "We Are Never Ever Getting Back" - Taylor Swift "Catch My Breath" - Kelly Clarkson "Try" - Pink "Feel Again" - One Republic "It's Time" - Imagine Dragons "Cruise" - Florida Georgia Line "Don't Look Book" - Born Cages "In The End" - Black Veil Brides "Anna Sun" - Walk Th Moon "Safe And Sound" - Capitol Cities |
The difference between the '98 and 2013 version is the good, solid alternative rock music the 90's had; something this music industry misses. Now the alternative rock music of this age is indie. Which is still good -- but the the alternative the 90's produced can't be touched.
Although, the '98 playlist could've been a lot better than what you see.
The 2013 playlist has, really, two good songs. Neyo's "Let Me Love You" and Phillips Phillips' "Home". That's it. The rest are overrated music that's sold by the beat and not the voice.
Every Flo Rida song is liked by the beat -- his voice doesn't sell the song. That makes him highly overrated, to me.
Same goes to Ke$ha -- she sings in autotune. She's not a true, vocal singer. Katy Perry is better than Ke$ha.
The '98 list is not even that great and it still worth listening to than the '13 list. It's tough to beat K Ci & Jo Jo's "All My Life" and Lenny Kravitz's "Fly Away", by itself. Those two are classics.
Some people would say: "Why is 90's music so good?" My answer to them would be: It's because everything was good. Meaning: Rock was good. Pop was good. R&B was good. Hip-Hop was good. Every music genre was in it's peak. It was time in the 90's when you listen to every genre, because the music was so damn good. 1990's music can't be topped, in my opinion. You can argue the 80's could've been better than the 90's because of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album.
So, before I end this piece, I ask you (the reader) a question: If you're about to go on a four-hour road trip, and you only had to choose one of these playlist on your iPod or iPhone, which one would it be?
