gb10@gte.COM (Gregory Bossert) (06/28/91)
from rec.music.misc: > this is the top 250 of wdre (92.7, long island)'s top 500 countdown > of "modern rock" or whatever stupid phrase you want to use. > > note the inclusion of bananarama, among others. sometimes, i think > alternative meant "not played on top 40 stations at the time"... > [...] > 1 smiths - how soon is now > 2 u2 - bad (live) > 3 cure - just like heaven > 4 soft cell - tainted love > 5 alphaville - forever young > 6 joy division - love will tear us apart > 7 depeche mode - just can't get enough > 8 modern english - i melt with you > 9 new order - blue monday > 10 u2 - pride > [...] > 17 sinead o'connor - nothing compares 2 u > [...] > 75 10000 maniacs -like the weather > [...] > 100 martha & muffins - echo beach <!> > [...] > 122 kate bush - running up that hill *sigh* footah! -greg -- gb10@gte.com -- "a woman drew her long black hair out tight and fiddled whisper music on those strings and bats with baby faces in the violet light whistled, and beat their wings" -- T.S. Eliot