Of course what is great music is purely a subjective thing. But its funny how an off hand conversation like Britney Spears' troubles can take you on a stroll down memory lane. So my girlfriend and I were talking about Britney and she mentioned her crappy new song Piece of Me and I told her I still haven't heard it. So I go to Youtube and watch it. Its not my cup of tea, but then I notice in the related videos, "Hit Me Baby One More Time". For old time sakes, I clicked on it and instantly, it took me back to high school. My sophmore year going into my junior year. I clicked on more Britney videos. I sung along to songs I have not sung to in years. But it didn't stop at Britney. Oh no, how can you have a '99 pop revue without the other 3/4 of the Big Four from that year. So I looked up N'Sync's Tearin Up My Heart. From there it was Backstreet Boys and "I Want it That Way", "Show me the Meaning of Being Lonely". And then of course, the sort of lone survivor(besides JT) from that great era, Christina Aguilera "What a Girl Wants". It all came flooding back. Samantha Mumba's "Gotta Tell You". Mandy Moore's "Candy" and LFO with "Summer Girls". Suger Ray, J-Lo's first album. I am quite sure there is a whole slew I have forgotten, not even scrathing the surface on Ricky Martin and "Livin La Vida Loca". Anyone else who happened to enjoy pop music during that time got any other faves? Or maybe you can share a year in music that was tops for you?
