Daveportivo's Cultural Evaluation Facility

Don't act like you don't love it. Ah yes it's the latin pop revival/sensation of the late ninities, so what if J-lo and Ricky Martin were a war crime and offensive to all five senses, this was a mamoth tune and still sounds refreshing even if it does have a rather pugnant wiff of fromage.

From one iconic 90s pop song to another, granted this one is of superior vintage and greater quality. I've always thought Madonna and her influence were highly overated, but for cultural imapact there is none greater than Madge and especially Vogue. So go ahead, strike a pose, don't feel bad about it, I know you want to.

"Oh Make Me Over / I'm All I Wanna Be / A Walking Study / In Demonology" Coutrney always was better when it came to image, sloganeering and generally acting like an Icon than actually writing iconic music. However in Celebrity Skin she managed to bring everything together perfectly for her biggest, best and most defining single.

So after the dad rock-arrific balladry of Automatic For The People, REM remember they liked to rock, but not too hard of course, big soaring chorus was a must have but REM reminded us this was a band with a rhythem section.

Another nineties pop smash and another cover this time it was World Party's She's The One that would get the mainstream make over and become and huge glorious anthem, it proved a wise choice for Mr. Williams.

This is how you make an impact if your a new rapper. Busta burst on the scene with the insanely inane and unbelievably brilliant Woo-Hah! suddenly it seemed like all the laid back rap of the 90s had been in black and white and Busta was in glorious technicolour. Like Creep for Radiohead he'd have to spend the rest of career over coming the expectation set by this track.

Dance was so huge in the late ninities it's remarkable to think how pitiful and pathetic it is these days with the likes of Casacad dominating the mainstream. Thankfully back in 1999 we had the gorgeous Rendez-Vu.

Alanis Morrisette looked to be a special talent back in the mid 90s she never quite lived up to the potential or escaped the confines of her trademark sound but thankfully before she disappeared into irrelevance she gave us You Oughta Know.

This sound couldn't have been any huger in the 90s and to be fair it's still great and probably deserves a higher placing, regardless enjoy, an absolutely killer baseline.

Whatever your opinions of Nirvana (Rock Gods or Overated Scenesters) it doesn't really matter they concured the world on the strenght of a serious of mamoth singles and few were finer than the gorgeously gloomy Come As You Are.

"Libaries gave us power!" As unique and powerful and opening line as there has ever been in rock history. This song secured the Manics rightful place as rock legends.

What to say about Beck he's been a chameloen throughout his career but it will always be Odelay that will define his career and for most this will be his trade mark track. Beck was always at his best when he was goofing off.

It's amazing to think now but back in 1997 Foo Fighters' trademark sound was actually refreshing come big american rock that had balls and agression but wasn't cronically depressed. Now it's just sickeningly generic but back then the Foos were thrilling.

Ah RATM the king of the one trick ponies, great fun without doubt but over a two hour set and multiple albums it all wore a bit thin. However this track never got old because the sentiment "Fuck You I Won't Do Want You Tell Me!" never gets old.

One of the huge hits from Urban Hymns Lucky Man was utterly irresistable with its honest sentiment and its charming melody, who could resist, not I.

Dave Grohl's best songwritting moment, Taylor's best drum loop, and a song that for some reason sucks balls live.

Undoubtably Pearl Jam's best anthem, enough said.

Primal Scream have always striven to be creative, fresh and new. This normally leads to mediocre music that gets labelled "brave" but in the awesome Swastika Eyes they hit the creative jackpot.

While Trip Hop was still on the horizon Massive Attack were already pioneering and few tracks have the beauty and the power of Unfinished Symphony.