I'm totally with you on those selections, SpaceP. Good songs!
Another big aspect of the 90s for me was going to record stores and searching high and low for every CD single by Tori Amos I could find so I could add all her B-sides in my collection. The first four albums resonated with me greatly and some of the songs that didn't make the cut were as good or better than the album tracks.
Totally. I'd gotten lucky on CD Now (talk about 90s nostalgia...) and found the Australian tour copy of Under the Pink: it came with a second cd titled More Pink that collected a bunch of the B-sides. I think I played that disc more than any of the albums.
(edit: oh, and I think you're right about spoiler tags not improving things. I thought they did in some other video-heavy thread. Guess not)
again, while the edit box is open, can't resist:
After I made my earlier post I realized most of my recommendations were from my older brother in the mid-to-late 90's. However, in the earlier 90's I was more subject to my mom and dad's musical selections.
Evidently all I remember from my mom's music was a cover.
My Dad's musical selections were much better, consisting of Yes, Genesis, Kansas, and Boston. While it would be the 1991 album Union that would sort of become my definitive Yes album personally, there were two specific 90's bands my Dad got into that shall be eternal "one-hit (album?) wonders" of the era.
I still give my Dad grief over the latter album purchase, and to this day he doesn't understand why.
Boston.
oh, that *also* reminds me:
So much good music in the 90s!! I'll add the following:
edit: skimmer is me
I'll add these instead:
For parental influences my mom was a huge Robert Cray fan, so whenever she was driving we'd listen to him
My dad didn't really do any 90's music and any music he got me tended to be stuff he grew up with (Queen, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath)
For more general nostalgia:
I had a little sister who loved the Spice Girls, so I think I've watched Spice World about half a dozen times.
Anyway, here's Wonderwall
Oh my God Steal My Sunshine was 90's? I thought that was all my generation's fault. I think you successfully found a pop song from the 90's I hate more than the entirety of Ace of Base.
Not sure if I hate Cotton Eye Joe because it's a bad song or because it was and continues to be horribly over-played.
It was released in '99.
Also from '99
I'm totally with you on those selections, SpaceP. Good songs!
I mean, I know this is the nostalgia-all and all, but I've seen 4 out of 5 of my "prime" links perform live in the past 3 years. "American Jesus" seems more relevant now than when I first heard it.
So thanks to Sten for really bringing the hurt and playing the nuclear option: Oasis.
There's a certain kind of nostalgia in remembering how much you enjoyed hating something when they were new.
Some songs just sound like the 90s even if they weren't (like "Pure" from The Lightning Seeds). My personal 90s feel like they start after U2's Rattle and Hum and end before The Strokes' Is This It.
I haven't thought about these songs in years : D
Anger is a gift.
Oh man. So many things I was super into posted here. Bad Religion. Weezer. Less Than Jake. Daft Punk. The Prodigy. Let's see if I can't come up with some new (old) ones...
(That is who you think it is!)
I could go on but this is probably enough for now.
ETA: WAIT! One more, though it isn't on YouTube.
Yeah, I was always bummed I didn't get the first pressing, after I heard about that. However, Halcyon Live at NYC Irving Plaza had an awesome remix going for it...
So many good songs already.
Major props to Gravity Kills listed above.
A lot of high school songs in these posts. I was in the military and in my early 20s so most of the stuff I liked was club and dance music.
Major props to Gravity Kills listed above.
Whoo hoo! There's actually something both Aaron D. and I like!
Oh man-- I meant to post some Roni Size as well, but figured I was already posting too many videos. New Forms is a seminal drum n bass record, and still holds up amazingly well today.
There's also Amon Tobin's Bricolage and Permutations, that still hold up *extremely* well.
Oh man-- I meant to post some Roni Size as well, but figured I was already posting too many videos. New Forms is a seminal drum n bass record, and still holds up amazingly well today.
Fun fact: Roni Size may not be my favorite artist of all time, but his debut release New Forms is unquestionably my favorite album of all time.
I think it holds up so well, esp. within the genre, because most of the instruments are acoustic (stand up bass, real drum kits, etc.) .
If you're looking for some good nostalgia music, check out "Everything Sucks!" on Netflix. Period piece set in the 90s, and the soundtrack is excellent.
To be fair, I was definitely one to argue that her definition of ironic was completely wrong from the moment it debuted.
Also, sorry about killing your phone. If/when I post more, I will try to keep it to 2-3 clips per post.
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