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Title: 90's Music
Post by: Finn on June 09, 2005, 12:21:15 AM
I didn't see a thread about this so redirect me if you absolutely have to. I really liked the music in the 90's. It was the time when I was growing up so I was very familiar with it. There were a lot of one-hit wonders in the late 90's like Barenaked Ladies - It's All Been Done, One Week...Natalie Imbruglia - Torn....Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home....and a lot more. I haven't heard anything from these people since then. This was right before hip hop and rap became what it is now and everything else went to crap. Enjoyed it while it lasted.
Title: Re: 90's Music
Post by: ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ on June 09, 2005, 12:29:47 AM
Quote from: Small Town LonerThis was right before hip hop and rap became what it is now and everything else went to crap.

Right before selling out sold out?

I love 90's music.  Very diverse in influences, a lot of great music came from this decade.

I'm always able to make a new mix of songs I loved from the 90's without ever repeating a band.  I have 4 full CD's, so far.  And so rarely do people not recognize the song...

The only songs some people didn't recognize were:

Silverchair - Tomorrow
Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Telephone Booth
Nada Surf - Popular
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Gamblour. on June 09, 2005, 12:30:01 AM
I talked about it more specifically in this thread: http://www.xixax.com/viewtopic.php?t=6979&highlight=

What about Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's, or Stabbing Westward or Dishwalla or Nada Surf or Butthole Surfers or Harvey Danger or Presidents of the United States of America. Damn, good stuff.
Title: Re: 90's Music
Post by: Bethie on June 09, 2005, 02:46:11 AM
QuoteBarenaked Ladies - It's All Been Done, One Week

The Old Apartment. If I Had A Millon Dollars.




Quote from: Walrus
I'm always able to make a new mix of songs I loved from the 90's without ever repeating a band.  I have 4 full CD's, so far.  And so rarely do people not recognize the song...


Awesome. A good friend of mine and I always talk about singles we remember from the 90's then we'll quickly go home to download the songs we had forgotten about. On the way home from Denny's once Counting Crows- Mr. Jones came on the radio, do I even have to tell you that we drove around a few more blocks so we could all have a sing along?

90's music is what I know. Edie Brickell- What I Am just started playing on my playlist.

Fun pop bands like Gin Blossoms and Spin Doctors. Who doesn't have a soft spot their tunes?

Crash Test Dummies- Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (whenever I went to someones house back in 10th grade I would make them download this song if only for a laugh)

Ace of Base, what? I Saw the Sign. All That She Wants.

Four Non Blondes- What's Up?
Jamiroquai- Virtual Insanity
Blessed Union of Souls- I Believe. I Wanna Be There. Let Me Be The One.
Toad and The Wet Sproket- All I Want
Mr. Big- To Be With You
Del Amitri- Roll To Me
Better Than Ezra- Good
Soul Asylum- Run Away Train

There's always your Hootie and The Blowfish, Collective Soul, And Blues Traveler. And your Salt N Peppa, En Vogue...
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Myxo on June 09, 2005, 03:05:23 AM
Wow..

Soul Asylum's "Runaway Train" brings back some memories for sure.

Same thing with the Toadies "Possum Kingdom". Anyone remember the Toadies?
Title: 90's Music
Post by: matt35mm on June 09, 2005, 08:21:33 AM
I've been listening to (and am currently listening to) "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" by Bryan Adams for a past month.  I've listened to it about 100 times.  Not because I'm crazy, but because I have to perform it.  Like an air-band performance, but solo.

That's today, actually.  So this morning I've just been playing it over and over again, getting all the random screams of love and guitar bits right.

I'm goin' all out, bros.  I've got a big jump and kick a chair in mid-air move that I've got set.  It should be good.  It's my one last hurrah before school's over.  It'll give those bastards something to remember me by.
Title: Re: 90's Music
Post by: modage on June 09, 2005, 09:18:46 AM
Quote from: Small Town LonerI really liked the music in the 90's. It was the time when I was growing up so I was very familiar with it.
then this is for you.

Rhino to Release 7xCD 90s Box Set

Remember the 90s? If you're reading this, chances are you lived through most of it. If not, you're truly precocious; five-year-olds should not be reading Pitchfork. The 90s provided an explosion of music-- some outstanding, some less than stellar. One-hit wonders crowded the scene. Grunge happened. Kris Kross happened. Ahh, yes, I remember the 90s fondly.

Well, in cased you missed it, or haven't seen VH1's "I Love the 90s", Rhino has come to your rescue. Whatever: The 90s Pop Culture Box will be released on July 26, spanning seven (yes, seven) discs of grungy, poppy goodness.

It kicks off with a bang with MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This". Other artists include Mother Love Bone, Deee-Lite, Boyz II Men, Right Said Fred, My Bloody Valentine, Pantera, Soul Asylum, House of Pain, Duran Duran, Dinosaur Jr., Tag Team, the Posies, Pavement, Ween, Crash Test Dummies, the Flaming Lips, R.E.M., Weezer, Blues Traveler, Oasis, Jewel, Stereolab, Jamiroquai, Wilco, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sleater-Kinney, Hanson, Barenaked Ladies, and, of course, Chumbawamba. The set ends with Moby's "Natural Blues". Maybe a better title would be From Hammer to Moby in 130 Steps.

Interestingly, artists like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Madonna have been left off. But who cares about "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Vogue" when you've got "Virtual Insansity" and "Walking in Memphis"? The set will also come with an exhaustive 84-page companion book with photos galore, notes on each track, and contributions from a number of music critics, including Jim DeRogatis. The set also comes with a bag of coffee beans (no joke) and a hackey sack (joke). Here's the tracklist:

>>Disc One:
01 "U Can't Touch This" - MC Hammer
02 "Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sinead O'Connor
03 "No Myth" - Michael Penn
04 "Ladies First" - Queen Latifah (feat. Monie Love)
05 "Ball and Chain" - Social Distortion
06 "Birdhouse in Your Soul" - They Might Be Giants
07 "Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns" - Mother Love Bone
08 "Here's Where the Story Ends" - The Sundays
09 "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" - C & C Music Factory
10 "Groove Is in the Heart" - Deee-Lite
11 "Right Here Right Now" - Jesus Jones
12 "New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)" - Ice-T
13 "I Touch Myself" - Divinyls
14 "Unbelievable" - EMF
15 "Hard To Handle" - The Black Crowes
16 "O.P.P." - Naughty By Nature
17 "Walking in Memphis" - Marc Cohn
18 "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday" - Boyz II Men

>>Disc Two:
01 "Silent Lucidity" - Queensryche
02 "Into the Drink" - Mudhoney
03 "Girlfriend" - Matthew Sweet
04 "I'm Too Sexy" - Right Said Fred
05 "Calling All Angels" - Jane Siberry (with k.d. lang)
06 "Only Shallow" - My Bloody Valentine
07 "It's a Shame About Ray" - The Lemonheads
08 "Baby Got Back" - Sir Mix-A-Lot
09 "They Want EFX" - DAS EFX
10 "Jump" - Kris Kross
11 "Walk" - Pantera
12 "N.W.O." - Ministry
13 "Shitlist" - L7
14 "Absynthe" - The Gits
15 "Coattail Rider" - Supersuckers
16 "Runaway Train" - Soul Asylum
17 "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" - Spin Doctors
18 "Dizz Knee Land" - dada
19 "Nearly Lost You" - Screaming Trees

>>Disc Three:
01 "Under the Bridge" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
02 "Unsung" - Helmet
03 "Jump Around" - House Of Pain
04 "Free Your Mind" - En Vogue
05 "Rump Shaker" - Wreckx-N-Effect
06 "Informer" - Snow
07 "Connected" - Stereo MCs
08 "Detachable Penis" - King Missile
09 "Freak Me" - Silk
10 "Ordinary World" - Duran Duran
11 "If I Can't Change Your Mind" - Sugar
12 "Three Little Pigs" - Green Jelly
13 "Start Choppin" - Dinosaur Jr.
14 "The Devil's Chasing Me" - The Reverend Horton Heat
15 "Gone to the Moon" - Fastbacks
16 "My Name Is Mud" - Primus
17 "What's Up" - 4 Non Blondes

>>Disc Four:
01 "Thunder Kiss '65" - White Zombie
02 "Whoomp! (There It Is)" - Tag Team
03 "Broken Hearted Savior" - Big Head Todd and the Monsters
04 "Trust Me" - Guru with N'Dea Davenport
05 "Here Comes" - Velocity Girl
06 "Gepetto" - Belly
07 "Eye to Eye" - The Muffs
08 "Gentlemen" - Afghan Whigs
09 "Leafy Incline" - Tad
10 "Dream All Day" - The Posies
11 "Hey Jealousy" - Gin Blossoms
12 "My Sister" - The Juliana Hatfield Three
13 "Whatta Man" - Salt-N-Pepa
14 "Back & Forth" - Aaliyah
15 "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)" - Me'Shell Ndegéocello
16 "Freedom of '76" - Ween
17 "Cut Your Hair" - Pavement
18 "God" - Tori Amos
19 "MMM MMM MMM MMM" - Crash Test Dummies
20 "Possession" - Sarah McLachlan

>>Disc Five:
01 "Shine" - Collective Soul
02 "Far Behind" - Candlebox
03 "You Gotta Be" - Des'ree
04 "Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon" - Urge Overkill
05 "She Don't Use Jelly" - The Flaming Lips
06 "m.i.a." - 7 Year Bitch
07 "21st Century (Digital Boy)" - Bad Religion
08 "Sugar Free Jazz" - Soul Coughing
09 "Mockingbirds" - Grant Lee Buffalo
10 "What's the Frequency Kenneth?" - R.E.M.
11 "Revolve" - Melvins
12 "Buddy Holly" - Weezer
13 "Here and Now" - Letters to Cleo
14 "Good" - Better Than Ezra
15 "Run-Around" - Blues Traveler
16 "I'll Be There for You" (Theme From "Friends") - The Rembrandts
17 "Tomorrow" - Silverchair
18 "Not a Pretty Girl" - Ani DiFranco
19 "Carnival" - Natalie Merchant

>>Disc Six:
01 "Wonderwall" - Oasis
02 "Birthday Cake" - Cibo Matto
03 "Cumbersome" - Seven Mary Three
04 "One of Us" - Joan Osborne
05 "Caught by the Fuzz" - Supergrass
06 "Sweet 69" - Babes In Toyland
07 "Breakfast at Tiffany's" - Deep Blue Something
08 "Photograph" - The Verve Pipe
09 "In the Meantime" - Spacehog
10 "Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check" - Busta Rhymes (Feat. Rampage the Last Boy Scout)
11 "Who Will Save Your Soul" - Jewel
12 "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand" - Primitive Radio Gods
13 "Cybele's Reverie" - Stereolab
14 "Capri Pants" - Bikini Kill
15 "What I Got" - Sublime
16 "Kung Fu" - Ash
17 "Virtual Insanity" - Jamiroquai
18 "Naked Eye" - Luscious Jackson
19 "Outtasite (Outta Mind)" - Wilco

>>Disc Seven:
01 "itszoweezee (hot)" - De La Soul
02 "LoveFool" - The Cardigans
03 "Radiation Vibe" - Fountains Of Wayne
04 "The Impression That I Get" - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
05 "Turn It On" - Sleater-Kinney
06 "Bitch" - Meredith Brooks
07 "MMMBop" - Hanson
08 "Brian Wilson" (live) - Barenaked Ladies
09 "Brick" - Ben Folds Five
10 "Sex and Candy" - Marcy Playground
11 "Walking on the Sun" - Smash Mouth
12 "Tubthumping" - Chumbawamba
13 "6 Underground" - Sneaker Pimps
14 "Lullaby" - Shawn Mullins
15 "Slide" - Goo Goo Dolls
16 "Kiss Me" - Sixpence None the Richer
17 "Steal My Sunshine" - LEN
18 "What It's Like" - Everlast
19 "Natural Blues" - Moby

* Rhino: http://www.rhino.com/
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Gamblour. on June 09, 2005, 10:24:46 AM
Hmm i think they should've stopped focusing on being ecelectic and focused on good music, like Butthole Surfers - Pepper or Presidents of the...- Peaches. That is essential.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Myxo on June 09, 2005, 11:00:23 AM
That Rhino 90s box set is worthless without Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Maybe they couldn't get the rights to the music or something, but those are two bands that defined a generation of music in the early 90s. Also absent is anything from Radiohead or the Beastie Boys. What about Public Enemy? Those guys spawned hundreds of present day rappers.

(https://xixax.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.amazon.com%2Fimages%2FP%2FB0000024IE.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg&hash=5a275d77597b54a3a6d0f67dce4d4bc0bea3f4e5)

Just a lame list.

:yabbse-thumbdown:
Title: Re: 90's Music
Post by: MacGuffin on June 09, 2005, 11:29:28 AM
Quote from: BethieEdie Brickell- What I Am just started playing on my playlist.

1988
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Pubrick on June 09, 2005, 11:29:38 AM
that set just gave me a massive mid-90s flashback. they've still managed to miss out on the semincal classics:

the real 90s artist-song
Dr Alban - Sing Hallelujah
East 17 - House of love / Deep / Alright / west end girls
EYC - Express Yourself Clearly
Real McCoy - Another Night / run away
BABYLON 5 - SPACEMAN!!!!!
White Town - (i could never be) "your woman"
Twenty 4 Seven - slave to the music
Snow - informer
Culture Beat - mr vain
2 Unlimited - No Limit
Sonia  Dada - you don't treat me no good
DOOP - DOOP
ace of base - (as bethie said) the sign / all that she wants (first song)
OMC - HOW BIZARRE (new zealand group i assume went global with this hit)
boyz II men - end of the road
Sukiyaki - 4am
Bone thugs n Harmony - tha crossroads
Seal - kiss from a rose
K's Choice - i'm not an addict
Meatloaf - i would do anything for love
The KLF - 3AM ETERNAL / (and) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (featuring tammy wynette)
Jordi - "Dur Dur D'Etre Bebe" (pas u should know this one)
New Kids on the Block - dirty dawg (their last big hit)
Taylor Dayne - can't get enuff of ur love
Crystal Waters - 100% pure love
Tevin Campbell - can we talk? (for a minute, girl i waaaant to knooow ur name)
Inner Circle -  sweat (a la la la la long)
Warren G & Nate Dogg - regulate
Big Mountain - baby i love your way
UB40 - can't help falling in love
Del the Funkee Homosapien - Mistadobalina

that's about 10% of the best of the early 90s.

seriously, i would defend the 90s to tbe bitter end. a true 90s fan would not just list what's good now. the early 90s were a magnificent period of discovery and experimentation in pop sensibilities. almost all of these experiments failed, in retrospect, but dammit i LUFFED them.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Raikus on June 09, 2005, 12:19:18 PM
Check out "The Buzz" CD set. It's got a great 90's mix of mellow rock and alternative.

And everyone neglects "Standing Outside a Phone Booth..." when they talk about great 90's rock.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: RegularKarate on June 09, 2005, 01:17:45 PM
Quote from: Raikus
And everyone neglects "Standing Outside a Phone Booth..." when they talk about great 90's rock.

Because it was kind of a shit song.
This was when they decided they needed a more radio-friendly trip-hop sound.  The album was even worse (yes, I had the album).

Why are all these lists full of shit bands?  The Gin Blossums?  SilverChair?  I thought only little kids liked that crap.

Nirvana, PJ, RHCP, Radiohead, NIN, Portishead, Rage, Dre.... these are all givens.

Does anyone remember Headbanger's Ball?  That and the good hip-hop was where the early nineties was at.

The Toadies had good shit going on at the time... The Burden Brothers keep the same shit going today.

And why?  why? why would anyone ever bring up Walking in Memphis again?  oh fuck, I thought I had that out of my head forever... so terrible.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: mogwai on June 09, 2005, 04:06:31 PM
Quote from: RegularKarateDoes anyone remember Headbanger's Ball?  That and the good hip-hop was where the early nineties was at.
i miss headbanger's ball. we had the european one with the hot chick called vanessa warwick. she had these boring three hour specials about death metal bands you'd give a rats ass about. one time she had a exclusive pearl jam interview. an interview that was the only one they had granted at the time. they were going through so tough times then. the american was okay but i don't remember the host's name. um, ricki rachtman? i also miss the rap show. dr dre and fab five. aw man, those were the days!
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Myxo on June 09, 2005, 05:32:41 PM
Quote from: PubrickThe KLF - 3AM ETERNAL / (and) JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT (featuring tammy wynette)

Wow. Totally. I remember just blasting this song in my bedroom..

Another band left off that list.

Metallica "Metallica".

That's a huge miss.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: cron on June 09, 2005, 06:05:46 PM
you gotta lick it
before we kick it
you gotta get it soft and wet
so we can kick it

boom, badararara, boom, badararara
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Tryskadekafobia on June 09, 2005, 06:28:04 PM
Quote from: RegularKarateThe album was even worse (yes, I had the album).

I still have a small spot in my heart for the song "Motherfucker."

Quote from: RegularKarate
Does anyone remember Headbanger's Ball?  That and the good hip-hop was where the early nineties was at.

Add 120 Minutes and I agree wholeheartedly.

Quote from: RegularKarateAnd why? why? why would anyone ever bring up Walking in Memphis again? oh fuck, I thought I had that out of my head forever... so terrible.

Ah!  My first experience with the ill-fated of curse of "Best New Artist Grammy" jinx.  I wonder whatever happened to that guy?
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Gamblour. on June 09, 2005, 06:49:24 PM
Ahh 120 minutes. With Matt baldy what's his name. You know. He knew his friggin shit.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Pubrick on June 10, 2005, 12:03:46 AM
Quote from: RegularKarateWhy are all these lists full of shit bands?
admittedly, i was listing out of nostalgia. i was a little kid in those years.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Ghostboy on June 10, 2005, 12:19:12 AM
Yeah - when I was 13 and that Primitive Radio Gods song came out, I thought it was some deep stuff (never got the album, though). That and The Cranberries 'No Need To Argue.'

Then I discovered the Smashing Pumpkins and NIN and that's all I listened to until I was eighteen, more or less.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Myxo on June 10, 2005, 02:28:53 AM
Quote from: GhostboyYeah - when I was 13 and that Primitive Radio Gods song came out, I thought it was some deep stuff (never got the album, though). That and The Cranberries 'No Need To Argue.'

Then I discovered the Smashing Pumpkins and NIN and that's all I listened to until I was eighteen, more or less.

I listened to Smashing Pumpkin's "Infinate Sadness.." double album over and over again while I was working as a cook. It was a 2 mile walk from my home and for a good 2-3 months I just listened to that album.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Pas on June 10, 2005, 07:24:05 AM
White Town - (i could never be) "your woman" is a great choice P I had totally forgotten this song and am now enjoying it's listen.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Thrindle on June 10, 2005, 09:25:20 AM
Boy George - The Crying Game

and does anyone remember the song Sleeping Satellite by Tasmin Archer?
Title: 90's Music
Post by: RegularKarate on June 10, 2005, 12:59:38 PM
I keep forgetting you guys are all a little younger than me (a few years makes a big difference when you're in the 10-20 range).  I wasn't really referring to your lists anyway... mainly 90s lists in general.

Some other officially 90s bands:
-The Cranberries: "Zah-hombies Zah-hombies Zah-hombee-ya-ee-ya-ee-ya"
-The Offspring (Christ, I hated these guys, but in retrospect, they had a couple catchy ones before they went to total shit)
-Faith No More... brought so much to the table... get's almost no respect now.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Myxo on June 10, 2005, 01:16:32 PM
Quote from: RegularKarateI keep forgetting you guys are all a little younger than me (a few years makes a big difference when you're in the 10-20 range).  I wasn't really referring to your lists anyway... mainly 90s lists in general.

I was 13 (8th grade I think) in 1990 so that entire decade is pretty easy to talk about..

I know it's unrelated to the topic of music in the 90s, but who remembers the first Gulf War on TV?
Title: Re: 90's Music
Post by: Bethie on June 11, 2005, 12:57:40 AM
Quote from: MacGuffin
Quote from: BethieEdie Brickell- What I Am just started playing on my playlist.

1988

ohhh you...

thanks dj
Title: Re: 90's Music
Post by: MacGuffin on June 11, 2005, 02:42:52 AM
Quote from: Bethieohhh you...

thanks dj

Sorry, but 80's music is what I know. 80's are a friend of mine. And 90's, you are no 80's.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: The Perineum Falcon on June 11, 2005, 03:26:57 AM
I was hoping to be black for about half this decade.
That never came to fruition.
Before that I was listening to my parents' music and country.
But I do recall 94/95 being a stellar year for music.
Perhaps my years are off, my ears certainly were.
So, I've lately been catching up ever so slowly with all the bands that I've missed.
I do, however, think I've learned my lesson and my tastes have vastly improved and they suit me perfect now (with some aid from xixax).
Title: Re: 90's Music
Post by: ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ on June 11, 2005, 11:26:17 AM
Quote from: MacGuffinAnd 90's, you are no 80's.

That's quite a compliment to the 90's.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: cron on June 11, 2005, 11:31:56 AM
SIGH
Title: 90's Music
Post by: tpfkabi on June 11, 2005, 10:29:32 PM
oddly enough, a friend an i were talking about this yesterday.
we did some trivia - quoting a lyric and then have the other give the band/song title. pretty fun.

i don't necessarily stand by these songs, but they missed:
collective soul - the one with "heaven let your light shine down" or December
the tony rich project - nobody knows
the eels - novacaine for the soul
live - lightning crashes
stone temple pilots - big empty/interstate love song/plush/creep
snoop doggy dogg - what's my name?
i don't think Ice Ice Baby was on there, but i don't want to reread it.
there's a few.

it seems they missed alternative rock/grunge for the most part.
i actually thought Walking in Memphis was a new song. i never heard it until i started my job 2 years ago. they keep the radio on the adult contemporary station.

oh yeah. what about:
"life is a highway.......i wanna ride it all night long."
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Thrindle on June 11, 2005, 10:47:39 PM
Quote from: bigideas"life is a highway.......i wanna ride it all night long."
I just hauled out my Canadian pride on this one.

By the way, Bethie, you beat me to it.  Barenaked Ladies are absolutely NOT one hit wonders (in Canada they've been around forever).
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Stefen on June 11, 2005, 10:48:26 PM
haha i remember that life is a highway song. I was a little kid when it came on MTV and I remember getting scared at the scorpion in that video cause it took place in the desert. That video was so dated, and strangely enough it has the look of current country videos.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: tpfkabi on June 11, 2005, 10:57:17 PM
you mentioning the desert reminded me of Aerosmith.
those videos starring Alicia Silverstone and Liv Tyler were all the rage.

here was one of the trivia questions i gave my friend:

"you say, i only hear what i want to"

no cheating and searching for the lyrics online.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Thrindle on June 11, 2005, 11:50:57 PM
Quote from: bigideas
"you say, i only hear what i want to"

no cheating and searching for the lyrics online.
Being facetious?  (Stay.  Lisa Loeb. Video directed by Ethan Hawke)
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Finn on June 12, 2005, 12:35:53 AM
Quote from: Thrindle
Quote from: bigideas
"you say, i only hear what i want to"

no cheating and searching for the lyrics online.
Being facetious?  (Stay.  Lisa Loeb. Video directed by Ethan Hawke)

Speaking of Hawke, the song he sang also on the Reality Bites soundtrack
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Bethie on June 12, 2005, 12:54:50 AM
Quote from: Gamblor Posts DrunkAhh 120 minutes. With Matt baldy what's his name. You know. He knew his friggin shit.

Matt Pinfield.


Quoteoh yeah. what about:
"life is a highway.......i wanna ride it all night long."

One of those songs you turn way up. Also one I have to download.


What about the string of hits Alanis Morissette had from Jagged Little Pill? You Ougtha Know, Hand In My Pocket, You Learn, Head Over Feet, and of course, Ironic.


And Jewel with- You Were Meant For Me, Who Will Save Your Soul, Foolish Games.

AHH. Duncan Sheik- Barely Breathing is a good 90's tune.

I keep remembering other bands. There was Everclear (Father of Mine. I Will Buy You a New Life, Santa Monica)

Eve 6- Inside Out
hahah remember Mighty Mighty Bosstones-..something about having to knock on wood.

Baz Luhrmann's Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen. I still listen to it frequently.


Garardo- Rico Suave. hahah. what a joke that guy/song was.

Jill Sobule- I Kissed A Girl. Supermodel.
The Cardigans- Love Fool
New Radicals- Someday We'll Know. You Get What You Give.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Sleuth on June 12, 2005, 12:55:39 AM
Quote from: Bethie
Quoteoh yeah. what about:
"life is a highway.......i wanna ride it all night long."

One of those songs you turn way up. Also one I have to download.

You can get it from my folder labelled "Slsk Hate worthy music"
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Bethie on June 12, 2005, 04:16:43 AM
Quote from: bigideasyou mentioning the desert reminded me of Aerosmith.
those videos starring Alicia Silverstone and Liv Tyler were all the rage.

Crazy was the video with both Alicia and Liv. Where as Amazing and Cryin' both featured only Alicia.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Myxo on June 12, 2005, 05:04:40 AM
Oh god, I hated Alanis Morissette.

..and my sister was a big fan..

:yabbse-undecided:
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Pubrick on June 12, 2005, 06:10:56 AM
u ppl only mention songs from the LATE 90s. that was hardly the defining era.

more nostalgic gems, for pas and anyone else who was alive then:

artist-band (comment)
Robert Miles - children (still holds up)
3T - anything (that's right, MJ's nephews)
Presidents of the USA - kitty, peaches, mach 5.
Deborah Cox - who do u love (my brother really really liked R&B)
Robyn - show me love (revived in Fucking Åmål,  part of what makes the ending so sweet)
La Bouche - sweet dreams
Cee-Lo - i wish
M People - movin on up
Zhane - hey mr dj
Absolutely Fabulous - absolutely fabulous (featuring pet shop boys)
Hocus Pocus - heeeeeere's johnny!
Denis Leary - asshole
Everything But the Girl - missing (i still listen to this track)
Kylie Minogue/Nick Cave - where the wild roses grow
Janet Jackson - that's the way love goes
Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - BOOM SHAKE THE ROOM!

i think a lot of the songs i remember were more european hits. like, i remember being surprised when i realised Kylie Minogue was NOT a superstar in america (during the 90s).
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Redlum on June 12, 2005, 07:54:37 AM
Peaches is a good one. Impressive 90's recollections, P. I have to say the only one that I still listen to is White Town, Your Woman. Besides all the britpop stuff.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Ghostboy on June 12, 2005, 08:05:59 AM
What about The Spice Girls? In comparison to the movement in music they gave way to, they were pretty cool.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: mogwai on June 12, 2005, 09:00:42 AM
Quote from: GhostboyWhat about The Spice Girls? In comparison to the movement in music they gave way to, they were pretty cool.
yeah, but "spice world" killed them.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: tpfkabi on June 12, 2005, 09:52:31 AM
Quote from: MyxomatosisOh god, I hated Alanis Morissette.

..and my sister was a big fan..

:yabbse-undecided:

remember that video where her nude body was only covered by her long hair?  

(i need an Emoticon that throws up)

what was that song about Jimmy Ray?
something like:
are you sting ray?
etc, etc
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Pubrick on June 12, 2005, 11:08:09 AM
Quote from: bigideasremember that video where her nude body was only covered by her long hair?  

(i need an Emoticon that throws up)
i guess u won't be buying the one on the far right then..
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Title: 90's Music
Post by: mogwai on June 12, 2005, 11:11:48 AM
pfft, some people like to diss alanis and her great bod because they thinks it's cool. singing wise, that's another story. :yabbse-wink:
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Myxo on June 12, 2005, 03:04:24 PM
Who remembers "Nightmare on my Street" by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince? I loved that song. Also, "Parents Just Don't Understand!

Kitty on my foot and I wanna touch it! Some very funny lyrics and songs from Presidents of the USA.

How about some INXS? They released "Kick" in 1987, but I remember listening to it alot in the very early 90s. Also, Use your Illusion 1 and 2 from Guns N' Roses in 1991. Also, C&C Music Factory.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Thrindle on June 12, 2005, 03:48:33 PM
Seventies music is defined by classic rock and disco, Eighties is new wave and punk... but these are broad definitions.  We know what an eighties song is because it sounds eighties (synthesizers and all).  So what defines 90's music?  We have a list of all of these songs, but where's the link?


Also, "How Bizarre" played for far too long.  Oooh baby, you're making me crazy....
Title: 90's Music
Post by: tpfkabi on June 12, 2005, 04:25:21 PM
I guess what has made me think of this music lately is watching the new show, Hit Me Baby One More Time. it's pretty interesting to see what these one hit wonders are up to now.

As far as what will be the main characteristic for 90's music........I'm not sure. I imagine grunge/alternative music will always be associated with it.

p.s. referring to DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince:
I had the cassette single for I Think I Can Beat Mike Tyson.
I still think the song Summertime is really good even to this day.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Weird. Oh on June 13, 2005, 12:19:16 AM
Quote from: bigideas

what was that song about Jimmy Ray?
something like:
are you sting ray?
etc, etc


The song was by Jimmy Ray called Jimmy Ray. A bizarre misfit of rockabilly in mainstream pop. I absolutely despised that song.


Didn't notice any mention of bands like the Smashing Pumpkins and Oasis  in regards to a mid to late 90's sound. Definitely very big bands in the 90's. I guess the Pumpkins never get their dues, largely to the fact that Billy Corgan is an apparent prick.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Bethie on June 13, 2005, 12:35:32 AM
Quote from: Pubrick
Robyn - show me love

haha. I thought about that song all day...reminding myself to post it tonight.

Tom Petty with Free Fallin' and Mary Jane's Last Dance.
Coolio- Gangstas Paradise




QuoteDidn't notice any mention of bands like the Smashing Pumpkins and Oasis

I never mentioned them or Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots ...because I figured those were like all 'no duh' bands of the 90's. Everyone knows their sound defined the early 90's.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Pubrick on June 13, 2005, 01:11:45 AM
the defining charectiristic of early (popular) 90s music, apart from the grunge thing, or rather, running parallel to that, was the trend to put a rap solo in the middle or near the end of EVERY SINGLE SONG. the structure went thus: verse-hook-verse-chorus-verse-chorus-RAP-chorus to fade. perhaps popularized by michael jackson's Dangerous (JAM, black or white). the technique permeated through the decade and is still present when a dance solo won't cut it. i think the last good use of it was ODB at the end of Mariah Carey's 'Fantasy'. coincidentally, the year her innocence died.

btw, MJ still owned the early to mid 90s with his hits from Dangerous and HIStory up to his last great song, the underrated Stranger in Moscow. then with the advent of the spice girls, backstreet boys, the 90s became rigid, predictable, and officially property of another generation.. boy bands (backstreet, boyzone), girl bands (spice, all saints) , fake-angry bands (korn, limp), the sarcastics (eminem, blink182) chief among them. that period established the mold for what has now saturated the market.

it was BETWEEN the old ways and the advent of the new packaging that for a brief moment popular music wowed me with actual potential. it was in that split second that Fiona won best new artist at the MTV awards,  that the prodigy actually won the audience award, beck won best male two years running with Where It's At and Devil's Haircut, Smashing Pumpkins won best video for Tonight Tonight. but as the new stuff flooded the market, i became irritated by popular music.

maybe it was puberty, but it was in those years (post-97) that i gave up hope in the populace appreciating GOOD music, still sumthing tells me it happened to ppl in their 20s also. i remember that REM had been popular and good, and Pearl Jam which i rediscovered, so i wondered what the HELL happened to ppl!??? around that time i moved to movies, which had their own weird transition happening from Leaving Las Vegas and Fargo to TITANIC.

the decade ended with my discovery of Hieroglyphics. enabled by familiarity with Del the Funky Homosapien, the aforementioned early 90s one-hit wonder. so i would venture to say the 90s are clearly a difficult period to define for popular music. the early part was mostly cheesy spill-over from (or grungy reaction to) the 80s, and the final years feel geared towards a future Family Guy audience. there were shining moments when true talent was recognized by the masses, and in my pre-pubescence i was innocently carried away with it all, but for the most part it was dominated by a largely clueless and increasingly dull collective taste. did the 90s actually last only 2 years?

96/97 might be looked upon as insignificant historically, since the periods before and (especially) after overwhelm popular memory, but it seemed to possess a peculiar combination of naiveté, ambition and a little precocity. unfortunately, as nature would have it, when the decade was most RIPE was also the moment it fell and proceeded to decay. if this post had a soundtrack i'd end it with my favorite hit from the 90s, popular and brilliant, it defines the period it was released in: The Verve's bitter sweet symphony.

a few personal faves not yet mentioned:
Montell Jordan - this is how we do it
George Michael - fastlove
Arrested Development - mr. wendal
ween - push th' little daisies
Ini Kamoze - here comes the hotstepper
faith no more - EASY (there u go, RK)
Butthole Surfers - pepper

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Quote from: ®edlumBesides all the britpop stuff.
don't get me started on Take That!
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Bethie on June 13, 2005, 02:46:33 AM
hey you changed your list. You had a Sheryl Crow song on there before. It made me want to download Everyday is a Winding Road.



What about Snow- Informer. haha. My brother owned the cd that included that song. My niece's mother asked if she could borrow "snow" my brother said yes thinking she meant that decorating spray snow (it was around Christmas time.) she took his cd back in 93 and never gave it back.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Pubrick on June 13, 2005, 03:26:11 AM
Quote from: Bethiehey you changed your list. You had a Sheryl Crow song on there before. It made me want to download Everyday is a Winding Road.
yeah, it wasn't really 'me'. i also removed Janet Jackson - if, and added (the original and best) AD plus ini kamoze. if i had to choose a sheryl crow song it would be If It Makes You Happy.

Quote from: BethieWhat about Snow- Informer. haha. My brother owned the cd that included that song. My niece's mother asked if she could borrow "snow" my brother said yes thinking she meant that decorating spray snow (it was around Christmas time.) she took his cd back in 93 and never gave it back.
that was on my first list. i rapped it at a radio station once.. :shock:
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Bethie on June 13, 2005, 04:56:23 AM
hahahahhaha. at least it was a radio station. it could have been worse, a television station. you'd be forever remembered as the the kid that rapped that one terrible song.




Crossroads was also on your first list which upon reading prompted me to sing 'see you at the crossroads crossroads crossroads'
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Pas on June 13, 2005, 08:21:45 AM
Anyone remembers that chick who sang "Saturday night dilididadidadida with you baby" or something like that ? and her other hit : "Another with you ... another day...another day...anoooother day with you"

I loved that as a child. What's her godamn name ?????

Edit : WHIGFIELD
Title: 90's Music
Post by: tpfkabi on June 13, 2005, 07:06:07 PM
i don't understand your Family Guy comment, but when i had a boss named Jan, every time i thought of her name i thought:

Jan
Jan
Here Comes the man,
Hot Damn!

i don't remember the rest of Heavy D's rap solo on the track.

-the daddy mac
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Myxo on June 14, 2005, 02:27:26 AM
Pubrick's description of the 1990s music culture is just spot on.

Fake angry bands in Korn & Limp Bizkit..

haha..

So true.

God, commercial music was prevelant in the 1980s and even early 1990s but it wasn't so incredibly blatant. Now anyone with half a brain can look at most artists and put them in a neat little package.

Shit, we don't even listen to records anymore. Is anyone paying attention to that? We're buying Ipods and cramming them full of the "very best" of our favorite albums. Oh, records still get released which are worth listening to from start to finish, but they're getting to be a very rare thing indeed.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Sleuth on June 14, 2005, 02:39:46 AM
Why else do you think I slit my wrists
Title: 90's Music
Post by: tpfkabi on June 14, 2005, 06:40:59 AM
Quote from: Myxomatosis
Shit, we don't even listen to records anymore. Is anyone paying attention to that? We're buying Ipods and cramming them full of the "very best" of our favorite albums. Oh, records still get released which are worth listening to from start to finish, but they're getting to be a very rare thing indeed.

man, that's awesome. my friends make fun of me when i say you can't really judge a record until you've listened to it straight through on headphones. to me, it's almost important as to how the artist sequences their songs as to the actual content. there was a time during college that i would just lay on my bed and listen to full albums on headphones when i was feeling out of it or down. my roommate would make fun of me and say i was 'meditating.'
Title: 90's Music
Post by: Gamblour. on June 14, 2005, 01:57:18 PM
Wow, we somehow forgot to mention the best fake angry band Marilyn Manson.
Title: 90's Music
Post by: ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ on June 14, 2005, 10:12:01 PM
Quote from: bigideas
my friends make fun of me when i say you can't really judge a record until you've listened to it straight through on headphones.

You're hanging with the right crowd.