The Sound of 1998: Reviewing "Now That's What I Call Music Vol. 1" (with Seth Zarate)

Hopefully this season of Stoop Kidz! has helped you get into the 1998 mood! To get us the rest of the way there, we’re taking an episode to reminisce about one of the heavy-hitting tastemakers of the compact disc-based, pre-streaming age: Now That’s What I Call Music! The first U.S. volume of Now came out the same year as season 3 of Hey Arnold!, so we invited friend of the show and pop music fan Seth to go track-by-track through the sound of 1998. We recall memories associated with these songs, all the hits, all the misses, and then pick our favorites and least favorites from the whole volume. Songs discussed in this episode: Janet Jackson - “Together Again” The Backstreet Boys - “As Long as You Love Me” Fastball - “The Way” Harvey Danger - “Flagpole Sitta” The Spice Girls - “Say You’ll Be There” K-Ci & JoJo - “All My Life” All Saints - “Never Ever” Tonic - “If You Could Only See” Hanson - “MMMBop” Cherry Poppin’ Daddies - “Zoot Suit Riot” Imajin - “Shorty (You Keep Playin’ With My Mind) (feat. Keith Murray)” Brian McKnight - “Anytime” Aqua - “Barbie Girl” Radiohead - “Karma Police” Everclear - “I Will Buy You A New Life” Lenny Kravitz - “Fly Away” Marcy Playground - “Sex & Candy” Wanna see more Hey Arnold! stuff? How about some fun, goofy posts? Follow us on https://twitter.com/stoopkidzpod and www.instagram.com/stoopkidzpod/ between episodes for more fun stuff from the Kidz! While you’re at it, rate us on Apple or Spotify and leave us a review if you love the show – not only does it help us grow, we read every single one! All Stoop Kidz show art is created by our own Emily Csuy (https://www.instagram.com/emilycsuy/). Intro music: “Hey Arnold! Theme” by Jim Lang. Outro music: “Stompin’” by Jim Lang.