Ok I thought you all covered the best stuff with your selections. I would have to underscore Fake plastic trees as probably my favorite song of the decade, if not period. Since most of us picked this song we must be a pretty pathetic bunch, but there you have it. I would have added Oasis Live forever, from definately maybe. If you dont know it , it is pure unadulterated youth that somehow still rings true to my aged body. Finally I would add Losing my religion - REM.
Theses last 2 picks are mainstream enough that they could have made it. Like Brian I could pick a bunch from Yo la Tango, Red House Painters, Bjork, etc......, but none likely to make the list.
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