1994: The Year That Rocked

This is coming a little late, but I still wanted to mention it. One thing of the things that I enjoyed most about my winter break was listening to Q101. Those that know me best are aware that I rarely listen to the radio station of my youth. Usually my radio is tuned to either NPR or WXRT. Well, one time of the year that I do listen to Q101 is during the final couple of the weeks of December. For the past few years, Q101 has played the top 101 songs for each year of their existence. After playing all of the years, there is a listener vote that determines the greatest year, which is replayed on New Year's Day. The winning year has been 1994 each time they have held this competition.

It was a total blast hearing the music from that year, my freshman year in high school. It seems like each song is a classic and has influenced today's music, even though modern musicians have yet to equal the creativity and excellence of their predecessors. The list included  such favorites as "Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows, "Big Empty" by Stone Temple Pilots, "Stay" by Lisa Loeb, "About A Girl" by Nirvana and "Elderly Woman" by Pearl Jam to name a few. Anyways, here's a link to the list from 1994 if you want to take a trip down memory lane.