Holy Poo I Love 90's Music

[Descartes_Lives]

The 90's channel on XM radio? Best thing ever.

Anyway, what music does everyone recall from the time? I'm partial to Marcy Playground's "Sex and Candy".

Des.

[Spike-X]

At The Drive-In
A Tribe Called Quest
Ben Harper
Beth Orton
Chemical Brothers
Concrete Blonde
The Cruel Sea
Dinosaur Jr
Dramarama
Icecream Hands
The Pursuit Of Happiness
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Buffalo Tom
Smashing Pumpkins
DM3
Whiskeytown
Teenage Fanclub
Soundgarden
Sonic Youth

Hell, even stuff like The Gin Blossoms, and that Pistols and Pesos song by whoever.

But not Marcy Playground.

*shudder*

[Shellhead]

Marcy Playground got their name from a Minneapolis playground where the lead singer used to get his ass kicked all the time as a kid. Sex and Candy is a good song, though.

I loved the '90s. You could just turn on the radio and hear all kinds of great music:

Devil's Haircut, by Beck
Black, by Pearl Jam
The Distance, by Cake
Ready to Go, by Republica
Lump, by the Presidents of the United States
Triggerhappy Jack, by Poe
Crazy, by Seal
Longview, by Green Day
The Sweater Song, by Weezer
Popular, by Nada Surf
Sour Times, by Portishead
Down by the Water, by PJ Harvey
Creep, by Radiohead
Stars, by Hum
Bulls on Parade, by Rage Against the Machine
Drown, by Son Volt
Disarm, by Smashing Pumpkins
Sweet Surrender, by Sarah Maclaclan
Feel the Pain, by Dinosaur Jr.
Cumbersonme, by Seven Mary Three
So Alive, by Love and Rockets
Dizz Knee Land, by dada
Love is Stronger than Death, by The The
Fade Into You, by Mazzy Star
I Nearly Lost You, by the Screaming Trees
Walkin' on the Sun, by Smashmouth
Right Here, Right Now, by Jesus Jones
Hell, by the Squirrel Nut Zippers
I'm Lonely, by the Magnetic Fields
Bomb, by Bush
Policy of Truth, by Depeche Mode
Smells Like Teen Spirit, by Nirvana
Wonderwall, by Oasis
Sober, by Tool
Sadeness, by Enigma
One, by U2
Seether, by Veruca Salt
Song 2, by Blur
Everlong, by the Foo Fighters
More Human than Human, by White Zombie
Wrapped Around Your Finger, by the Cranberries
Closer, by Nine Inch Nails
Epic, by Faith No More
Counting Blue Cars, by Dishwalla
Midnight in a Perfect World, by DJ Shadow
Rock'n'Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) by Handsome Boy Modeling School

[Spike-X]

Some of those are actually from the late 80s.

We're older than we like to think we are, Shellhead!












Sex & Candy is a tedious, overplayed piece of crap, though.

[Valmore]

That would be "Banditos" by The Refreshments. "But I got the pistol so I get the pesos... yeah that seems fair."

I am partial to some stuff from the 90's, considering I spent a lot of my formative years in that decade.

R.E.M. had four good albums.
Love The Gin Blossoms.
Dinosaur Jr. had some good stuff.
Stone Temple Pilots had some good songs.
Bad Religion had some good songs.
Foo Fighters had a lot of good work.
I'm also partial to Live. "Throwing Copper" is a great album.
Matthew Sweet.
Smashing Pumpkins.
Toad the Wet Sprocket.

Just as a few.

[Spike-X]

That would be "Banditos" by The Refreshments. "But I got the pistol so I get the pesos... yeah that seems fair."

That's the one. Boppy lil' song, that.

Matthew Sweet.


Gah! How could I forget 'Girlfriend', one of my favourite albums EVAR?!?!

Also, Jellyfish's Bellybutton. That one stayed in my car for months. Still one of my favourite albums (EVAR).

[Valmore]

Devil's Haircut, by Beck
Black, by Pearl Jam
The Distance, by Cake
Ready to Go, by Republica
Lump, by the Presidents of the United States
Triggerhappy Jack, by Poe
Crazy, by Seal
Longview, by Green Day
The Sweater Song, by Weezer
Popular, by Nada Surf
Sour Times, by Portishead
Down by the Water, by PJ Harvey
Creep, by Radiohead
Stars, by Hum
Bulls on Parade, by Rage Against the Machine
Drown, by Son Volt
Disarm, by Smashing Pumpkins
Sweet Surrender, by Sarah Maclaclan
Feel the Pain, by Dinosaur Jr.
Cumbersonme, by Seven Mary Three
So Alive, by Love and Rockets
Dizz Knee Land, by dada
Love is Stronger than Death, by The The
Fade Into You, by Mazzy Star
I Nearly Lost You, by the Screaming Trees
Walkin' on the Sun, by Smashmouth
Right Here, Right Now, by Jesus Jones
Hell, by the Squirrel Nut Zippers
I'm Lonely, by the Magnetic Fields
Bomb, by Bush
Policy of Truth, by Depeche Mode
Smells Like Teen Spirit, by Nirvana
Wonderwall, by Oasis
Sober, by Tool
Sadeness, by Enigma
One, by U2
Seether, by Veruca Salt
Song 2, by Blur
Everlong, by the Foo Fighters
More Human than Human, by White Zombie
Wrapped Around Your Finger, by the Cranberries
Closer, by Nine Inch Nails
Epic, by Faith No More
Counting Blue Cars, by Dishwalla
Midnight in a Perfect World, by DJ Shadow
Rock'n'Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This) by Handsome Boy Modeling School

Those songs are actually in my 90's mp3 playlist.

[howyadoin]

... that Pistols and Pesos song by whoever. Like Val said, that's the Refreshments. That whole album (Fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy) is really good, but the one they followed it up with is garbage.

[Spike-X]

Hell, by the Squirrel Nut Zippers


And thanks so much for putting that one in my head!

[elheffe]

Not sure if anyone on this board has seen the movie Juno, but there's a great debate in that movie about '93 vs. '77 as being the best year in modern music. I love a lot of music that came out in '77, but I will always choose stuff from '93 first.

[Descartes_Lives]

1993 had the Crash Test Dummies.

[elheffe]

1993 had the Crash Test Dummies.

I'm not following. Is that a good thing or a bad thing in your opinion?

[Endless Flight]

Mmm mmm mmm mmm

[Valmore]

I'm not following. Is that a good thing or a bad thing in your opinion?

In my opinion, that's a mark agaisnt 1993.

Besides, "Twice Removed" wasn't released until 1994.

[jessecuster3]

I would put the 5 years from '92 -'97 with the best 5 years spans in musical history.


In that time we had the rise of Britpop and Punk/Ska as well as all of the great power-pop stuff.

[jesse_custer]

"Bleeders" by The Wallflowers

[Pixie_Solanas]

I'm not following. Is that a good thing or a bad thing in your opinion?

Under no criteria can Crash Test Dummies ever be considered a "good thing". :D

[Pixie_Solanas]

Sex & Candy is a tedious, overplayed piece of crap, though.

Gotta agree on this. It still gets serious airplay on the local "alternative rock" station here.

[elheffe]

Under no criteria can Crash Test Dummies ever be considered a "good thing". :D

Hey, I have no love for the Crash Test Dummies, but Descartes_Lives may or may not like them. He likes Marcy Playground - which I don't care for all that much either - so I was just trying to understand his cryptic post.

[Pixie_Solanas]

Hey, I have no love for the Crash Test Dummies, but Descartes_Lives may or may not like them. He likes Marcy Playground - which I don't care for all that much either - so I was just trying to understand his cryptic post.

He's an odd duck. We can only hope to unravel the enigma that is his riddle.

[elheffe]

In my opinion, that's a mark agaisnt 1993.

Besides, "Twice Removed" wasn't released until 1994.

For me, it The Crash Test Dummies don't even pop up on my radar in 1993.
1993 had:

Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Pablo Honey - Radiohead
In Utero - Nirvana
Chrome - Catherine Wheel
Vs. - Pearl Jam
Suede - Suede
Urge Overkill - Saturation
Slowdive - Souvlaki
Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been
Rid Of Me - PJ Harvey
The Breeders - Last Splash
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Don't Know How To Party
Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
The Reverend Horton Heat - The Full Custom Gospel Sounds of
Independent Worm Saloon - The Butthole Surfers
Paul Westerberg - 14 Songs
Teenage Fanclub - Thirteen
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
The Flaming Lips - Transmissions From the Satellite Heart
Frank Black - Frank Black
Belly - Star
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
Juliana Hatfield - Become What You Are
Rancid - Rancid
Man or Astroman - Is It ... Man or Astroman?
The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
The Verve - A Storm in Heaven
Saint Etienne - So Tough
New Order - Republic
Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy
Primus - Pork Soda
Southern Culture On The Skids - For Lovers Only
311 - Music
Cracker - Kerosene Hat
Tool - Undertow
The Goo Goo Dolls - Superstar Car Wash
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Going To Go My Way?

[Chiasm]

Grunge and alternative are two of the greatest things to happen to music IMO so of course I love the 90's.

[Mysterio]

Anything by Alice in Chains or Stone Temple Pilots.

[Descartes_Lives]

I'm not following. Is that a good thing or a bad thing in your opinion?


It was a good thing by itself, I enjoy their first two albums. However, their stuff from then on hasn't been good, so it's bad for the band that their high point was in the early 90's. It all came crashing down when Brad Roberts, the long-haired, deep-voiced lead singer, decided to move to Harlem.

Des.

[Valmore]

Just for kicks, the last 10 mp3s played on my randomized 1990's playlist:

Sloan - "Coax Me"
Our Lady Peace - "Clumsy"
10,000 Maniacs - "Because the Night"
The Nixons - "Sister"
Butthole Surfers - "Pepper"
R.E.M. - "Bittersweet Me"
Third-Eye Blind - "Jumper"
The Refreshments - "Banditos"
Matthew Sweet - "Sick of Myself"
Ash - "Kung Fu"

[howyadoin]

Just for kicks, the last 10 mp3s played on my randomized 1990's playlist:

Sloan - "Coax Me"
Our Lady Peace - "Clumsy"
10,000 Maniacs - "Because the Night"
The Nixons - "Sister"
Butthole Surfers - "Pepper"
R.E.M. - "Bittersweet Me"
Third-Eye Blind - "Jumper"
The Refreshments - "Banditos"
Matthew Sweet - "Sick of Myself"
Ash - "Kung Fu"Matthew Sweet fucking rules. Have you heard the album of covers he did with Susannah Hoffs?

[Valmore]

Matthew Sweet fucking rules. Have you heard the album of covers he did with Susannah Hoffs?

I've heard of it, but I haven't heard it yet. I really want to hear it, though. Just need to find it/order it.

[howyadoin]

I've heard of it, but I haven't heard it yet. I really want to hear it, though. Just need to find it/order it.You can hear samples here (http://www.amazon.com/Under-Covers-Matthew-Sweet-Susanna/dp/B000EQ5QFE). Just click the "Preview All" button.

[Valmore]

You can hear samples here (http://www.amazon.com/Under-Covers-Matthew-Sweet-Susanna/dp/B000EQ5QFE). Just click the "Preview All" button.

I was hoping it would pop up on eMusic, but they only have his album he released in Japan only (which is awesome) and one other album.

Any suggestions for which reacks to get?

[howyadoin]

Any suggestions for which reacks to get?I'm tempted to say all of them. But definitely "Cinnamon Girl", "The Kids Are Alright", "Sunday Morning" and "Monday, Monday".

[Spike-X]

I'd add Different Drum to the list.

[Valmore]

I still had a free download left from Pepsi (I'm saving the caps, since I drink Diet Pepsi Max on a regular basis anyway) so I went and got one of the tracks - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue. Very well done. I'll need to download more of this album.

I had three total free downloads and had already gotten the new R.E.M. single, Supernatural Superserious; and a Santana track that had Chad Kroger singing - my wife wanted that one.

The R.E.M. track is really good. It doesn't have any of the boring electronica that their past three albums have, so I'm hoping the whole album will be that way. I was actually surprised at the Santana track - it was pretty good, even with the Nickelback singer.

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

i have already expressed my love for the 90's on this board.

[GRANT!]

The R.E.M. track is really good.

It sounds okay and it's catchy enough. Stipe can still sing and musicianship is still there but it doesn't sound all that exciting. I really would like R.E.M. to make another good record someday though. This is just decent (sort of like a few of the recent U2 singles).

[Valmore]

It sounds okay and it's catchy enough. Stipe can still sing and musicianship is still there but it doesn't sound all that exciting. I really would like R.E.M. to make another good record someday though. This is just decent (sort of like a few of the recent U2 singles).

I guess after three albums of stuff I can't even put into my CD player, the new single seems like awesome work to me. In the context of their best work, yeah, it's pretty decent enough, but certainly not "Begin the Begin" or anything.

[GRANT!]

I might consider buying it. But I feel like they peaked. Sometimes it's best to move on. There's other bands I'm more excited these days (like The National who are opening up for R.E.M. this year).

[Buried Alien]

I usually need for a decade to have ended for a few years before I can really appreciate its music. I grew up during the 1980s, but disliked its pop music until a few years after the 80s ended. Similarly, I disliked 1990s music while the 90s were going on, but I've since discovered a fondness for some of it.

Buried Alien (The Fastest Post Alive!)