corvus albus 38,031 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Not just a career-making song, the Max Martin-helmed debut single from Britney Spears was a watershed in pop music; like similar game changers from MJ or The Beatles, there is pop prior to "…Baby One More Time," and there is pop thereafter. Minimalist in composition yet maximalist in delivery, instantly memorable yet endlessly listenable, "Baby" is a shotgun wedding between lithe funk-pop and the Swedish music machine. It's everything that absolutely should not work, yet it somehow tracks as dangerous, bold and visionary. "Baby" was also born at the right time. Aside from Mariah, the pop titans of the '80s were never really matched during the '90s, a decade defined by alt-rock and hip-hop's ascendance. The American market was long overdue for new blood to arrive and assume the crown -- or at least throw down the gauntlet in an MTV-documented bloodbath for TRL supremacy. And with her calculated mixture of teenage naïvete and Lolita coquettishness oozing through the mic (not to mention the visual, whose concept Spears fought her director over, insisting it take place in high school vs. outer space), Britney knew exactly how to take that throne. Twenty years later, those three piano notes are embedded in the brains of anyone who's ever come near a radio; Max Martin has left an impact on pop that rivals any studio auteur of prior generations; and Britney is still Britney, bitch. And us? Well, we still believe (still believe!). -- J. Lynch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilMonst3r 5,544 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 I was 2 years old at that time, Sometimes I wish I could experience these musical era's as they happened. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 117,729 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Flush of nostalgia So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme More 35,408 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 ...Baby One More Time is pop perfection it deserves to be the best song of 1999! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirrion Rizzons 11,607 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 5 minutes ago, myluis617 said: I was 2 years old at that time, Sometimes I wish I could experience these musical era's. I was -3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvus albus 38,031 Posted April 8, 2019 Author Share Posted April 8, 2019 Just now, Mirrion Rizzons said: I was -3 6 minutes ago, myluis617 said: I was 2 years old at that time, Sometimes I wish I could experience these musical era's. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahkeenasitka 1,995 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Dude. Bjork. All Is Full Of Love is #29?????????????? Lauryn Hill. Everything is Everything is #59?????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This list is bull-f*cking-sh*t Such pop garbage. Bjork and/or Lauryn Hill should be #1. Baby One More Time. Vomit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.peter 3,555 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 man 99 was it. That was also the best VMAS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahkeenasitka 1,995 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 11 minutes ago, myluis617 said: I was 2 years old at that time, Sometimes I wish I could experience these musical era's. 1999 was the year I turned 20. I was in college. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joemayzin 4,028 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 i was 10 years old and my little gay ass was bopping to it def deserves the number 1 spot, it was HUGE in 99 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Ambition 47,805 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 I sometimes wish I was older so I could have experienced Britney's first era in full. Her debut album is still my favourite to this day, I bought the cassette back in the day She was the first person I ever stanned ▌│█║▌║▌║ before I am Canadian, I am Chromatican ║▌║▌║█│▌ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas P 18,479 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 37 minutes ago, myluis617 said: I was 2 years old at that time, Sometimes I wish I could experience these musical era's as they happened. I was -2YO, so tell me about it I’m a simple guy to please, if you like Melodrama, we chill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaLa 19,703 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 I was 13 in '99, WHAT A YEAR... so many of these songs were my jam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOVEDRUG 10,779 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 I was -4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adarsh Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 I was 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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