I finished watching the greatest 100 songs of the 90s - as per VH1 - somewhere during the last week of Dec 07. Luckily I have DVR, so could "save" the program and view it later ; not just that I can fast-forward during the ads as well. Nice hugh ! As per VH1 the songs were selected by the viewers themselves. I did not vote, but that does not stop me from providing a commmentary on it does it ? Shockingly Bon Jovi did not appear anywhere on the countdown. And for Asian fans, another shocker - no MLTR. What no MLTR ? No "Sleeping Child" no "Thats why.." no "Actor" no "25 minutes" - all of these are potential top 100 songs ! Well, the viewers were American so can we Asians really complain ? For those who have never heard of MLTR, MLTR stands for Micheal Learns to Rock. Its a Danish band and is extremely popular in Asia. I purchased "Paint my Love" somewhere in 97 (it sells for around 50$ on Amazon.com) and still listen to it very often. Both my wife and I enjoy singing along as we know most of the lyrics.
Overall I had heard around 40 percent of the songs and most these songs I really liked. But the order of some of these songs and the omission of certain artists, I found really surprising. Shania's "Youre still the one" was 46 on the list - which I think should have been in the top 10. Faith Hill did not even make it in the countdown. Many of the songs made me wonder - "who listens to this trash ?".
But in the end, I am glad the number one song was not a r-a-p with a capital C song. I like Nirvana am okay with them taking the number 1 spot. Long live rock !

Wow, what a year ! In addition to visting Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Disneyland I also visited London and most importantly Liverpool and other Beatle sites in London. I purchased Rubber Soul, Abbey Road, Magical Mystery Tour by the Beatles. I even went to a concert by the Rolling Stones and Sir Paul playing a ton of Beatle tunes. So what year is it ? If you are thinking of some date in the 60's or 70's you are wrong, the year is 2005. In fact 2005 ends in about a week. This month marked the 25th death anniversary of John Lennon. Lennon was shot dead by some crazy fan in 1980. The Beatles split somewhere in 1970 which is around 45 years back. But you know what, their music is still the best and my guess is it will stay that way....forever !

As a tribute to the Beatles I have build this Photo Album listing the sites in Liverpool and London. Hope you enjoy it. Oh and have a great 2006 !