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24. WARREN G AND NATE DOGG – “Regulate”
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— 19 Nov 1999 Tom Comment

Tom Ewing’s Top 100 Singles Of The 90s
Pop sociology cliche of the decade has to be the one about how urban black kids got rich on the rawness and lyrical violence of gangsta rap because suburban white kids got off on the rawness et cetera, tut[…]

24a. BARRY ADAMSON – “Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Pelvis”
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— 18 Nov 1999 Tom Comment

Tom Ewing’s Top 100 Singles Of The 90s
“…Haven’t you heard? My name rhymes with Elvis.” So this Cocker-worded romp wins its place for the opening lines alone. What about the rest – well, where to begin? Barry Adams[…]

25. FUTURE BIBLE HEROES – “Lonely Days”
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— 17 Nov 1999 Tom 1 comment

Tom Ewing’s Top 100 Singles Of The 90s
There are certain songs I’ve been dreading writing about, and this is one of them, because there are certain songs which turn me back into a slightly confused fifteen-year-old writing lyrics out on h[…]

26. MASSIVE ATTACK – “Teardrop”
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— 16 Nov 1999 Tom Comment

Tom Ewing’s Top 100 Singles Of The 90s
Every decade finds its mood music, records where the design aesthetic is paramount, records whose use-value lies in the invocation of a particular lifestyle and outlook. The easiest way to locate this musi[…]

Music Of The Millennium – Find Out What It Means To Me
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— 14 Nov 1999 Tom 1 comment

Music Of The Millennium, Channel 4, 13th November 1999
Bob Geldof was unhappy. So was Courtney Pine, so was Miranda Sawyer. Courtney, plumply likeable in a snug hat, looked politely bemused. Miranda looked annoyed and uneasy, but Bob’s face was[…]

27. SMOG – “Ex-Con”
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— 14 Nov 1999 Tom Comment

Tom Ewing’s Top 100 Singles of the 90s
“Whenever I get dressed up, I feel / Like an ex-con trying to make good” Not coincidentally, the most ingratiating thing Bill Callahan’s ever done, and the most awkward. “Ex-Con&#82[…]

28. NOISE FACTORY – “Skinteeth”
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— 13 Nov 1999 Tom Comment

Tom Ewing’s Top 100 Singles of the 90s
Writing about the moment that makes “Skinteeth” so transcendent feels like giving away a secret, but then again it’s hardly as if any of you are going to hear it off your own bat. Yes, it[…]

The Wedding Present – Seamonsters
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— 12 Nov 1999 Tom Comment

What Becomes of The Broken Hearted?
Glamour is a pop critic’s fatal weakness. A bit of spangle and the dreariest band gets to count the raves on a hundred adoring hands, even if their records are then roundly ignored. Of course there’s no[…]

29. SAINT ETIENNE – “He’s On The Phone”
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— 12 Nov 1999 Tom 1 comment

Tom Ewing’s Top 100 Singles of the 90s
Of course it would take this supremely thoughtful pop group to realise the naive potential of handbag house and then alchemise it into a single which is both their and handbag’s most ravishing five m[…]

30. JO – “Apollo 9”
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— 11 Nov 1999 Tom Comment

Tom Ewing’s Top 100 Singles of the 90s
The only thing I ever read about Jo was that she was 18 and lived in Brixton. I’ve made half-hearted enquiries since but to be honest I like her anonymous and unheralded: if I found out she ended up […]

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