The 90's!! Oh, how we miss you!

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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues - Todd Snider

    Hey, hey, my, my
    Rock n' roll will never die
    Just hang your hair down in your eyes
    You'll make a million dollars

    Well, I was in this band goin' nowhere fast
    We sent out demos but everybody passed
    So one day we finally took the plunge
    Moved out to Seattle to play some grunge
    Washington state that is...
    Space needle, Eddie Vedder
    Mudhoney

    Now to fit in fast we wear flannel shirts
    We turn our amps up until it hurts
    We've got bad attitudes and what's more
    When we play we stare straight down at the floor
    Woweee! Pretty scary
    How pensive
    How totally alternative

    Now to fit in on the Seattle scene
    You've got to do something they ain't never seen
    So thinkin' up a gimmick one day
    We decided to be the only band that wouldn't play a note
    Under any circumstances
    Silence...
    Music's original alternative
    Root's grunge

    Well we spread the word through the underground
    That we were the hottest new thing in town
    The record guy came out to see us one day
    And just like always we didn't play
    It knocked him out

    He said he loved our work
    He said he loved our work, but he wasn't sure if he could
    Sell a record with nothing on it
    I said tell 'em we're from Seattle
    He advanced us two and half million dollars

    Hey, hey, my, my
    Rock n' roll will never die
    Hang your hair down in your eyes
    You'll make a million dollars
    Well they made us do a video but that wasn't tough
    'Cause we just filmed ourselves smashing stuff
    It's kind of weird 'cause there was no music
    But MTV said they'd love to use it
    The kids went wild, the kids went nuts
    Rolling Stone gave us a five star review
    Said we played with guts

    We're scoring chicks, taking drugs
    Then we got asked to play MTV Unplugged
    You should have seen it

    We went right out there and refused to do acoustical versions
    of the electrical songs that we had refused to record in the first place
    Then we smashed our shit

    Well we blew 'em away at the Grammys show
    By refusing to play and refusing to go
    And then just when we thought fame would last forever
    Along come this band that wasn't even together
    Now that's alternative
    Now that's alternative to alternative
    I feel stupid...and contagious

    Well our band got dropped and that ain't funny
    'Cause we're all hooked on drugs but we're outta money
    So the other day I called up the band
    I said boys I've taken all I can
    Shave off your goatees, pack the van
    We're going back to Athens...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9319xcmG9J4
  • Steve Dunne
    Steve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    I miss Blind Melon. And their live shows.

    Anyone remember The Refreshments? They were a pretty funny and comical 90's band out of AZ I think.
    I love to turn you on
  • TheGossman
    TheGossman Posts: 1,120
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=F5Cf5OusjrQ

    this is a great thread, unfortunatley when PJ and all the amazing bands were coming out of Seattle back in the early 90's I wasn't aloud to watch MTV, haha, god I miss the 90's and all music had to offer, its just not the same anymore!
    9/4/98, 8/4/00, 12/8/02, 12/9/02, 4/15/03, 4/16/03, 4/19/03, 4/25/03, 4/26/03, 4/28/03, 4/29/03, 4/30/03, 7/8/03, 7/9/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/6/04, 9/1/05, 9/2/05, 5/16/06, 5/17/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 8/5/07, 6/11/08, 6/12/08, 6/14/08, 6/16/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08
  • TheGossman
    TheGossman Posts: 1,120
    Steve Dunne wrote:
    I miss Blind Melon. And their live shows.

    Anyone remember The Refreshments? They were a pretty funny and comical 90's band out of AZ I think.


    "Everybody knows, that the world is full of stupid people"
    9/4/98, 8/4/00, 12/8/02, 12/9/02, 4/15/03, 4/16/03, 4/19/03, 4/25/03, 4/26/03, 4/28/03, 4/29/03, 4/30/03, 7/8/03, 7/9/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/6/04, 9/1/05, 9/2/05, 5/16/06, 5/17/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 8/5/07, 6/11/08, 6/12/08, 6/14/08, 6/16/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    It all got very sour after about 1994, but before then, the music was all right.
  • El_Kabong
    El_Kabong Posts: 4,141
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=4upJmbbfewE

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cpunw66xAY4
    standin above the crowd
    he had a voice that was strong and loud and
    i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
    eager to identify with
    someone above the crowd
    someone who seemed to feel the same
    someone prepared to lead the way
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=r8asQsfn82E
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • Meaningless
    Meaningless Posts: 55
    This one will bring back memories...

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=YC_FeHZ8znM

    Remenber my first Love
    "Actually we could do a commercial for Dodge, Can't Find A Better Van"
    E.V
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    I miss the 90s, not sure how much my youth plays a factor, I was 16 in 94. Do I just miss not being so young? I know I lucked out when I consider being 16 today, but the 90s being spoken of here kind of ended in 96 for me.
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    Meaningless wrote:
    This one will bring back memories...

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=YC_FeHZ8znM

    Remenber my first Love

    ^^^
    Always reminds me of the film Before Sunrise. Love that one.


    http://youtube.com/watch?v=MnfigQ43EjE
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • Abookamongstthemany
    Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=iJ-6xGaETHQ

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=1jqsgVtcC6E

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=qQfqSWe8eVE
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • The Waiting Trophy Man
    The Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    Lenny Kravitz anyone??

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=6M2nGjgJrP0

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=T_dnWWnKCTk
    Another habit says it's in love with you
    Another habit says its long overdue
    Another habit like an unwanted friend
    I'm so happy with my righteous self
  • 1STmammal2wearPants
    1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 3,000
    The 90s rocked. So many carefree times for me with nothing to worry about. The Decline of the 90s coincided with me starting high school in 1999, so I guess yeah, that decade fucking rocked, because high school sucked major balls and thus life afterwards.
    2003 Mansfield III 
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    2010 Hartford 
    2013 Worcester I, Worcester II, Hartford 
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  • TheGossman
    TheGossman Posts: 1,120
    such a sad song, sometimes it makes me cry...

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=4oyGyaHKkSk
    9/4/98, 8/4/00, 12/8/02, 12/9/02, 4/15/03, 4/16/03, 4/19/03, 4/25/03, 4/26/03, 4/28/03, 4/29/03, 4/30/03, 7/8/03, 7/9/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/6/04, 9/1/05, 9/2/05, 5/16/06, 5/17/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 8/5/07, 6/11/08, 6/12/08, 6/14/08, 6/16/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08
  • Mike Renzella
    Mike Renzella Posts: 55
    Here's a few classics:

    Matthew Sweet: Girlfriend

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    Blind Melon: Change

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    Beck: Loser

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    Butthole Surfers: Pepper

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    Pure: Anna is a Speed Freak

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    POTUSA: Lump

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    And who didn't laugh at this one back in the day?

    Weird Al - Amish Paradise

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    OH hell, just for fun:

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    "A toast....to Canadian born Neil Young!!!" - Eddie Vedder

    CANADIAN AND PROUD OF IT!!!!!!
  • yellowbird
    yellowbird Posts: 184
    i missed out on the whole music scene of the 90's. was too busy working and raising kids. you don't know how much i regret not listening.
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Gotta love the "Amish Paradise" video. Weird Al at the top of his game.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    Long ass hair, flannels, doc martins, coffee houses, computers, the real world......

    Post your favorite 90's songs/lyrics, youtube links, memories here. :)

    Lemonheads - Confetti
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=pS_5Tw9oCUY

    Abook you rule!

    Isn't this song, this album, just perfect pop in every way?
  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    Abookamongstthemany wrote:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=ogeV4mpx0Lo

    Oh Dolores, in a parallel universe you are mine...

    Her voice makes my heart melt. I am powerless.
  • gabers
    gabers Posts: 2,787
    Eddie Better wrote:
    Remember this one?

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=OjNRE8Hg4hs

    Pink Floyd as done by a hair/progressive rock band from the 80's/90's. Great song. Queensryche made some great music.

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