Amy: A Life in Music
2000 – La Ley – Uno
Okay, Beto Cuevas now looks like a grown man who doesn’t want to grow up, but La Ley’s last surge in popularity cemented this Chilean band as one of the best bands in Latin America. Plus, you know how awesome it was to pay only $50USD to be in the first row and have Beto Cuevas practically sing to me? And the opening band that time was Libido, so that’s like killing two birds with one stone.
Warner Music Mexico won’t let me embed: head over to YouTube.
Runner-up: NSYNC – No Strings Attached. Please, I was and still am a crazy boyband lady. I still know all the dance steps to Bye Bye Bye, and by the way, it’s great for exercising.
2001 – Alejandro Sanz – MTV Unplugged
This is the most beautiful that Alejandro Sanz’ voice has ever sounded. To this day, I created my theory that a lot of Latin music went down after the MTV Unplugged Latino curse. LOL
Runner-up: La Ley – MTV Unplugged. This is my fave year for MTV Unplugged Latino.
2002 – Dixie Chicks – Home
Since falling in love with that one tune, Without You, which I downloaded from Napster — yes, I get it. I’m that old — I was a Dixie Chicks fan. Home, to me, is the best Country album that the Chicks have ever put out… yes, even better than Taking the Long Way. The song Traveling Soldier brought tears to my eyes, it’s just so guh! But then again, some of those country songs do that to me — Whiskey Lullaby and When I Get Where I’m Going, anyone?
2003 – Pink – Try This
This was the least popular Pink album, at least States-side, while I think it’s the best Pink has ever done. Unlike its predecessor, Missundaztood, which was half party, half serious issues, Try This did a better fusion of both dark and light subjects with songs like Save my Life, which took a little getting used to. The album is both cathartic and fun, and was good support around the time with all these changes going on in my life at that time.
Runner-up: Blink 182 – Blink 182, sorry I was a very emotional person at the time.
2004 – Bjork – Medulla
The first time I heard Oceania at the 2004 Olympics opening, I was in awe. Especially during that incredible scream that only Bjork (okay, and maybe Salyu) can pull off. Later that year, I was in Hong Kong when I bought Medulla and it was just an experience. Remember what I told you about knowing when you’re listening to pure awesomeness? It happened again with Medulla.
I’m also eagerly waiting for Bjork’s new album.
Runner-up: Seo Taiji (서태지) – Issue
Okay, my shame is out there. Never has been so public, at least the people that read my blog didn’t know me. Now? Now it’s official…
@amy, Isn’t it scary? I know my brother will get it cus I have thought him about music. But he is going to be “Where’s the Beatles on this list”
Btw, I owe the Rebelde Way album, the very first one. I love it to death, wanted to add it to my list but I couldn’t handle the shame…….
@Julili, yours is not as shameful as mine. LOL
But no way in hell did I grow up with GNR xD I even had to leave out Bjork’s Debut. There was a lot of “nooooooo, i canNOT take this album out!!!” going on, and it took me forever.
@amy, Two months due. Two months and me obsessing about it everyday. I had to check every single album I own. Do you have any idea how many albums I own? JFC&M.
GNR I didn’t get to love until I moved to Sweden but that album… gaaaah I have it hard and sloppy for 80’s glam rock. I was this close to add Europe hahahaha
Aw god, I also wanted to add the Dangerous album cus “Remember The Time” is also a song and MV that changed me forever. God how I love it!
Dude, Salserin? Hahah I laugh at your shame. I did listen to them and I remember the hysteria. My cousins that lived in Peru were so nuts about them.
@Julili, I laugh at your weakness for not showing your true self xD.
I was a pre-teen girl in a world pre-internet, any girl would be lying if they didn’t tell you that they weren’t into Salserin. Pretty sure it was at that time that Servando and Florentino got in trouble with that concert from hell they did.
I also liked Los Adolescent’s Orquesta buahaha. I was on a cab, and the driver was listening to a salsa station, when I heard this typical thing they do in the winds section. It struck me as familiar, and then I heard it – Adolescent’s! LOL I started giggling.
Salsa music sounds so similar to me now.
The only ones from your list that I really wanted to use were the MJ albums, especially Dangerous.
I knew you would use Salserín and I’m not so surprised… but Torbellino? Lulz. Greatest thing Torbellino did was introduce Vanessa Terkes. :)
@Rodrigo, Dangerous had Will You Be There – OMG, the spoken bit makes me sad more than ever! MJ sounds so deeply hurt in that.
Salserin is sooooo obvious if you were a teen girl in South America, while I was reading about it for this, found that they apparently they did a concert last year in Lima with 10,000 people? Did you hear about it? Because I didn’t…
I was researching music to add in the earlier years, and when I heard Torbellino – LOL, I still remember the lyrics. The other day I was cruising Miraflores, and saw an ad promoting Stephanie Cayo’s debut album? xD
You have… no public shame.
@ghost, oh shut up. It’s just more official now. I had blogged about my shames before, just in a more “anonymous” way. Not like my blog is any less anonymous, but no one I knew was reading it…
Dude… I’m gonna beat you up! You picked like three or four of the albums that I wanted to put on my list… HaHa. Just shows that we both have great taste in music, I suppose. I guess I’ll have to get creative and out-list you… HaHa.
@Camiele, You’re planning to do a Life in Music article? Osm!
@Julyssa Diaz, You’re next on my ass-kickin list! You picked like five albums that I was gonna choose.
But, yes, to answer your question, I’m doing a Life in Music thingy-majiggy. :P
@Camiele, I wish I could post a pic as an answer but since I can’t: *MERONG*
And yay! Going to be interesting to read your list!