21. James- Laid
22. Ramones- I Wanna Be Sedated
23. R.E.M.- Losing My Religion
24. The Clash- Train in Vain
25. Too Much Joy- Crush Story
26. Talking Heads- Psycho Killer
27. Indigo Girls- Closer to Fine
28. R.E.M.- The One I Love
29. Counting Crows- Mr. Jones
30. Morrissey- Every Day is Like Sunday
31. The Cure- Let's Go to Bed
32. The Offspring- Come Out and Play
33. Peter Gabriel- Solsbury Hill
34. Radiohead- Creep
35. U2- Sunday Bloody Sunday
36. Talking Heads- Burning Down the House
37. Squeeze- Tempted
38. Pearl Jam- Daughter
39. U2- Pride (in the Name of Love)
40. Depeche Mode- Policy of Truth
41. The Clash- Rock the Casbah
42. Peter Murphy- Cuts You Up
43. B-52's- Rock Lobster
44. XTC- Dear God
45. New Order- Bizarre Love Triangle
46. Cranberries- Linger
47. Simple Minds- Don't You Forget About Me
48. Beck- Loser
49. R.E.M.- Radio Free Europe
50. Midnight Oil- Beds are Burning
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Tuesday, November 10, 2015
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Bonus: WHFS' top 99.1 songs of 1991
As I mentioned in a previous post, I have a close personal connection to WHFS. Before I moved to the Bay Area, it was my station of choice. Unfortunately, I was too young to have been listening during alternative rock's peak period of popularity, so I've always been curious about what the station sounded like in those days. For the longest time, my resource for that kind of thing has been Rocklists.com, which has year-end countdowns from several important modern rock stations, including KROQ in L.A., 91X in San Diego, Live 105, and yes, even HFS.
This site contains the year-end list for 1992, as well as every year from 1994 to 2004 (The station became defunct in 2005, but has resurfaced on at least two occasions and can currently be heard on 104.9 in Baltimore.) While it is great to see what the station was like musically each year, the lack of 1993 is disappointing as is the lack of any year before '92 (especially 1991, the year that Nirvana's Nevermind catapulted alternative into the mainstream). To make matters worse, Rocklists.com hasn't updated with any new lists since 2008, so I don't know how active it still is.
The good news? I recently came across a site called Einstein's Legacy, which features downloadable files of every one of HFS' year-end countdowns from 1991 to 1999. From its selection of songs to the various IDs, deejays, and commercials, it truly is a wonderful throwback for those who experienced HFS in the '90s and a great curio for anyone who just wants to know what it was like. Now the 2 lists I always wanted to see on Rocklists.com can be found on the Internet. If you want to experience the tapes in all their glory, I strongly suggest going over to Einstein's Legacy. If you just want to see what songs made the list in text form, you've come to the right place. I'll be posting the 1993 list tomorrow.
(Songs are in reverse order.)
1. Jesus Jones- Right Here, Right Now
This site contains the year-end list for 1992, as well as every year from 1994 to 2004 (The station became defunct in 2005, but has resurfaced on at least two occasions and can currently be heard on 104.9 in Baltimore.) While it is great to see what the station was like musically each year, the lack of 1993 is disappointing as is the lack of any year before '92 (especially 1991, the year that Nirvana's Nevermind catapulted alternative into the mainstream). To make matters worse, Rocklists.com hasn't updated with any new lists since 2008, so I don't know how active it still is.
The good news? I recently came across a site called Einstein's Legacy, which features downloadable files of every one of HFS' year-end countdowns from 1991 to 1999. From its selection of songs to the various IDs, deejays, and commercials, it truly is a wonderful throwback for those who experienced HFS in the '90s and a great curio for anyone who just wants to know what it was like. Now the 2 lists I always wanted to see on Rocklists.com can be found on the Internet. If you want to experience the tapes in all their glory, I strongly suggest going over to Einstein's Legacy. If you just want to see what songs made the list in text form, you've come to the right place. I'll be posting the 1993 list tomorrow.
(Songs are in reverse order.)
46. Erasure- Chorus
28. U2- The Fly
14. James- Sit Down
6. Seal- Crazy
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