Today’s compilation:
Bravo: The Hits 99 1999 Pop / Europop / House / Eurohouse / Hip Hop / Eurorap / Eurodance / R&B / Pop-Rock
Came into this German and Swiss Now That's What I Call Music!-equivalent both wanting and expecting a trip down late 90s pop memory lane and also a bunch of awful Europop tunes, and that's pretty much exactly what I got. There's a lot of good German music out there, but then there's also a lot of bad German music out there. And my god, is a lot of it really bad. But some of these bad ones you just have to appreciate for how bad, weird, and gaudy they actually are, like the dark and operatic piece of Eurodance by E Nomine called "Vater Unser" and what has to be the worst German rap song ever made, "Titelgschicht" by Subzonic. There needs to be a version of the Razzies for music or something so that these awful songs can be awarded the ugly flowers that they so deserve.
Going to divide these highlights between good and/or fun nostalgia hits, genuinely good songs that I didn't know before I heard this comp, and songs that are so bad that they need to be heard to be believed.
Highlights:
Good and/or fun nostalgia hits:
Backstreet Boys - "Larger Than Life" Ricky Martin - "Livin' la vida loca" Britney Spears - "...Baby One More Time" 2Pac - "Changes" LeAnn Rimes - "How Do I Live" Sixpence None the Richer - "Kiss Me" Blondie - "Maria" Wamdue Project - "King of My Castle" Mr. Oizo - "Flat Beat" Bloodhound Gang - "The Bad Touch"
Good songs that I didn't know beforehand:
Echt - "Du trägst keine Liebe in Dir" Cha Cha - "New Millenium (What Cha Wanna Do)" Modern Talking - "You Are Not Alone" Texas - "Summer Son"
Songs that are so bad that they need to be heard in order to be believed:
Ö la Palöma Boys - "Ö la Palöma" E Nomine - "Vater Unser" Mark 'Oh vs. John Davies - "The Sparrows and the Nightingales" Subzonic - "Titelgschicht"
