Your top 10 defining songs of the 90's
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The other 90's thread inspired me to think of what songs, to me, define the 90's.
U2 - The Fly
First single off of Achtung Baby and the opening riff is to me one of the greatest. The song and album were totally groundbreaking and perfect.
Pearl Jam - Alive
The first single (?) from Ten and probably their most well known. We all love it. Enough said.
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
The biggest song from the biggest "grunge" band (whether we like it or not). First rock song of the grunge era.
Snoop Doggy Dogg - What's My Name?
Not really gangsta rap, but was the upside to it. Even though Snoop rapped about being a hustler, a pimp, and a gangbanger, he made music so damn catchy and with just the right hooks to make 13 year old girls feel happy and safe listening to it.
Green Day - Basket Case
Probably their biggest song. It played on MTV once an hour for about three months - back when MTV was still watchable and played videos. It's not my favorite Green Day song, but it's their most memorable. And yes, unfortunately, it ushered in a hoard of crap pop punk wannabe bands.
RHCP - Give it Away
When I think of the Chilis, I think of this one. Their best video. The song captures the energy of their early stuff with the hooks of their best album (Blood Sugar Sex Magic).
Blind Melon - No Rain
This is probably in my top three most "90's" songs. I'm actually pretty sick of it and chances are, if it's on the radio, I'll turn it. But it is a great song.
Moby - Porcelein
Mr. Techno slows it down and makes one of the most memorable albums of the 90's. Every song from this album was licensed for marketing of some kind or another, with all profits going to charity. Maybe the best "dance oriented" album ever, in my opinion.
Beastie Boys - Sabotoge
The epitome of the Beastie Boys rock sound. Brilliant. Possibly the best video ever.
Britney Spears - Oops...
Sucks so bad but was huge. Reintroduced America to pop sweethearts. Damn her!
U2 - The Fly
First single off of Achtung Baby and the opening riff is to me one of the greatest. The song and album were totally groundbreaking and perfect.
Pearl Jam - Alive
The first single (?) from Ten and probably their most well known. We all love it. Enough said.
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
The biggest song from the biggest "grunge" band (whether we like it or not). First rock song of the grunge era.
Snoop Doggy Dogg - What's My Name?
Not really gangsta rap, but was the upside to it. Even though Snoop rapped about being a hustler, a pimp, and a gangbanger, he made music so damn catchy and with just the right hooks to make 13 year old girls feel happy and safe listening to it.
Green Day - Basket Case
Probably their biggest song. It played on MTV once an hour for about three months - back when MTV was still watchable and played videos. It's not my favorite Green Day song, but it's their most memorable. And yes, unfortunately, it ushered in a hoard of crap pop punk wannabe bands.
RHCP - Give it Away
When I think of the Chilis, I think of this one. Their best video. The song captures the energy of their early stuff with the hooks of their best album (Blood Sugar Sex Magic).
Blind Melon - No Rain
This is probably in my top three most "90's" songs. I'm actually pretty sick of it and chances are, if it's on the radio, I'll turn it. But it is a great song.
Moby - Porcelein
Mr. Techno slows it down and makes one of the most memorable albums of the 90's. Every song from this album was licensed for marketing of some kind or another, with all profits going to charity. Maybe the best "dance oriented" album ever, in my opinion.
Beastie Boys - Sabotoge
The epitome of the Beastie Boys rock sound. Brilliant. Possibly the best video ever.
Britney Spears - Oops...
Sucks so bad but was huge. Reintroduced America to pop sweethearts. Damn her!
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2. Even Flow - Pearl Jam
3. Green Day - Longview
4. Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
5. Dr. Dre - Nuthin' But A G Thang
6. Toadies - Possum Kingdom
7. Blind Melon - No Rain
8. Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
9. Guns N' Roses - November Rain
10. Radiohead - Creep
spin doctors - two princes - classic 90s tune
alice in chains - rooster - emotional, so grunge, so 90s, so good
pearl jam - state of love and trust - the sound of grunge for me (this is my 90s tunes not really general 90s)
foo fighters - monkey wrench - the one everyone knows from the colour and the shape
lemonheads - its a shame about ray - tune!
neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea - alternativvveee
nirvana - smells like teen spirit - ok ok
REM - the sidewinder sleeps tonight - nice sad song lacking sad meaning
Radiohead - Karma Police - radiohead woo
Rage Against the Machine - Bombtrack - it has umphh
smashing pumpkins - 1979
STP - interstate love song
soundgarden - black hole sun
radiohead - paranoid android
rhcp - suck my kiss
green day - longview
dinosaur jr. - feel the pain
sonic youth - 100%
g-n-r - you could be mine
Alive PJ
Disarm Smashing pumpkins
Runaway train Soul asylum
Under the bridge RHCP
Killing in the name RATM
Basket Case Green Day
Black Hole Sun Soundgarden
Grace Jeff Buckley
Karma Police Radiohead
And so many more
E.V
Alice in Chains - Down in a Hole
Soundgarden - Burden in my Hand
Nine Inch Nails - We're in this Together
Tonic - If You Could Only See
Stone Temple Pilots - Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart
Hootie And The Blowfish - Only Wanna Be With You
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Lenny Kravitz - Fly Away
Moby - Porcelain
this was hard. Personally, these are amongst the 10 that had the biggest effect on me, but i could have made 4 more "top 10" lists of songs that had almost as big of an impact.
Yeah, I know what you mean. There are so many. There are several others I wanted to include but I kept it to ten.
2: Sandman - Metallic (great album made by greedy bastards)
3: Even Flow -Pearl Jam
4: Would? - A.I.C
5: Plush -STP
6: Nuthin' But A G Thang - Dre & Snoop (put West-coast rap in the spotlight)
7: Ought A Know -Alanis (help the female rock movement in mid-90's)
8: Crash Into Me - DMB (made the jam bands/touring bands popular)
9: ADDIAS - Korn (made the Nu-Metal/Rap popular, I hate it though)
10: Hit me Baby 1 More Time - Britney (she made Xtina, Jessica, Mandy etc popular) seriously she did.
EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
Beck Loser
Smashing Pumpkins Mayonnaise
Tool Sober
U2 Mysterious Ways
A.I.C Would
Soundgarden Jesus Christ Pose
Nirvana Something in the Way
James Laid
Eels Beautiful Freak
Bran Van 3000 - Drinkin' In LA
Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free
Supersonic - Closing Time
Alisha Attic - The Incidentals
Elliott Smith - Angeles
Ace of Base - Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry (I know it's not a great song, but The Bridge was the first ever album I got, so guess that has to count for something)
The Breeders - Cannonball
New Found Radicals - Get What You Give
Blur - Country House
Hanson - Mmmbop (what's more defining than mmmbop?!)
'06 - London, Dublin, Reading
'07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Total - Kissin' You
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
Nas - If I Ruled The World
TLC - Waterfalls
Soul Asylum - Runaway Train
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Boyz II Men - End of the Road
I know I'm missing a few.
Pearl Jam "Alive"
R.E.M. "Nightswimming"
Radiohead "Fake Plastic Trees"
Better Than Ezra "Desperately Wanting"
Bruce Springsteen "Streets of Philadelphia"
Marcy Playground- "Sex and Candy"
Puffy "I'll Be Missing You"
Britney Spears "Baby One More Time"
NSYNC "Bye Bye Bye"
Those all pretty much define the 90's. Some of the songs are fucking terrible, but the first six are fucking fantastic.
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It's good to see love for BTE, another highly underappreciated band in my opinion. They've kept on making good music and nobody seems to know.
Indeed. "Before The Robots" was a fantastic album, and "Closer" should have been HUGE!
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Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
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1. Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. The Tragically Hip- Little Bones
3. Pearl Jam- Alive
4. Rheostatics- Record Body Count
5. Buffalo Tom- Taillights Fade
6. Sloan- Underwhelmed
7. R.E.M.- Losing My Religion
8. U2- One
9. Spirit of the West- Home for a Rest
10. Rage Against the Machine- Killing in the Name
honorable mentions:
Eric's Trip- Behind the Garage
54-40- Blame Your Parents
Beck- Loser
Radiohead- Fake Plastic Trees
Lowest of the Low- Salesmen, Cheats and Liars
Cracker- Teen Angst (what the world needs now)
Beastie Boys- Sabotage
The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir- Simple
Weezer- Say it Ain't So
Blue Rodeo- Hasn't Hit Me Yet
The Inbreds- Any Sense of Time
Fishbone- Swim
Weeping Tile- Good Fortune
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Suck My Kiss
The Mahones- Drunken Lazy Bastard
Soundgarden- Black Hole Sun
Sarah McLachlan- Possession
Smashing Pumpkins- Cherub Rock
Change of Heart- Little Kingdoms
Doughboys- Fix Me
Skydiggers- A Penny More
Uncle Tupelo- Looking for a Way Out
Counting Crows- Round Here
Headstones- When Something Stands for Nothing
The Watchmen- Run and Hide
Midnight Oil- My Country
Junkhouse- Out of My Head
The Black Crowes- Remedy
-Tom Waits
yeh i can work with this...
but you forgot push by matchbox 20