What are your favorite songs of the 1990's?

musicismylife78 · September 2010

A few weeks back Pitchfork had a list of their top 200 songs of the 1990's.

I am looking for peoples opinion on here as to what they would include in their own lists.

obviously this list will include alot of grunge music, pj, nirvana, soundgarden and alice, but i'm looking for an extensive list from people, not just the usual suspects.

the thing about music in the 90's was how well it held up, and how even the pop tunes like Goo Goo's Name or Verve Pipe's The Freshmen, hell even a pop song like Sonny Came Home, or Hands by Jewel, even putting on 3rd eye blind nowadays you look back and "wow even the mainstream pop rock scene was brilliant". All are extremely evocative and beautiful in a way music isnt these days.

What were some of the best songs and albums of the 90's? Best rock albums and songs? best pop songs and albums?

musicismylife78 · September 2010

i'm talking a song like One Headlight. A song that you hear it now, in 2010, and you are transported back, what is it now 14 years back to who you were in 1996/1997 and how you felt.

marcos · September 2010

For pop - I got cheesy in the 90's, beside my devotion to grunge, I liked -

4 non blondes - What's Going On
Hum - Stars
Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth
Lisa Loeb, Natalie Imbruglia, might be the same person but had a good song each.

I guess this list is more apt for one hit wonders, but those are on my iphone for 90's music.

AD85517 · September 2010

Yeah, One Headlight is one of those songs that takes me back. Here are a few more 'time-travellers' or 'one hit wonders' that should make the list:

Banditos - The Refreshments
Til I Hear It From You - Gin Blossoms (remember 'Empire Records'?

)
Anything by The Tea Party (esp 'Correspondences, Sister Awake, The River, Temptation' and 'The Messenger')
Dammit - Blink 182 (hate the band, love the song)
Holy Grail - Hunters and Collectors (if you haven't got this one, get it now!)
Lose Control - Ash (ah yes... Gran Turismo 1 much peeps?)
Stupid Girl - Garbage (and for that matter, Only Happy When It Rains, Special, Push It, Vow...)
Anything from Massive Attacks album 'Mezzanine', especially 'Angel' or 'Teardrop'
Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai
Celebrity Skin - Hole

and some for the NZers out there...
Scorpio Girls - Supergroove
Cruise Control - Headless Chickens
A Day Away - Shihad
'The General Electric' - Shihad (this album is one is worth getting from iTunes for sure)
Venus - The Feelers
Blind - Tadpole
Anchor Me - The Mutton Birds

musicismylife78 · September 2010

i got another one fade into you Mazzy Star. Such a beautiful song

intodeep · September 2010

musicismylife78 wrote:

i got another one fade into you Mazzy Star. Such a beautiful song

Yeah that one makes my list. Wonderful song.
I did like that pitchfork only used one song per artist.

I don't know if I'll have time to put a list together but I did not understand how their list did not include:
Enter Sandman- Metallica

That was one of the biggest songs of the 90's!

Some other smaller favs:
Girlfriend- Mathew Sweet
Windfall- Son Volt
Nearly Lost You There- Screaming Trees
Epic- Faith No More
Without a Trace- Soul Asylum
Hey Jealosy- Gin Blossoms
Possum Kingdom- The Toadies
Under the Bridge- RHCP
Far Behind- Candlebox
Honeysucklebloom- Drivin N Cryin
Jesus Built my Hotrod- Ministry
Low-Cracker
Walk on the Ocean- Toad the Wet Sprocket
Circle- Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Round Here- Counting Crows
Doin the cockaroach- Modest Mouse
Broken Chairs- Built to SPill

I could go on but i'll stop and those are far from my favs just off the top of my head (except the last two they would be top 20 songs i'm sure)

intodeep · September 2010

marcos wrote:

For pop - I got cheesy in the 90's, beside my devotion to grunge, I liked -

Hum - Stars
.

That song and band i did not think were cheesy I actually liked that album a lot but i could be cheesy lol

oh loved the 4 non blonde song too.

Gardenparty · September 2010

i't d be awesome if somebody wanted to compile our full list and then we all vote. Creat our definitive top 100.

Heres some more:
Seether - Veruca Salt
Sucked Out - Superdrag
Sister Havana - urge Overkill
Fall Down - Toad the Wet Sprocket
Faded - Ben Harper
Christmas Steps - Mogwai
Good Morning Captain - Slint
Jerry Was A Race Car Driver - Primus
Change - Blind Melon

Gardenparty · September 2010

intodeep wrote:

marcos wrote:

For pop - I got cheesy in the 90's, beside my devotion to grunge, I liked -

Hum - Stars
.

That song and band i did not think were cheesy I actually liked that album a lot but i could be cheesy lol

oh loved the 4 non blonde song too.

nope, not cheesy. This tune still rips pretty hard

jr19 · September 2010

local H- bound for the floor
Flaming Lips- She dont use Jelly
Folk Implosion- Natural One
Green Jelly- 3 little Pigs
Melvins- Civilized Worm
Porno for Pyros- Pets
Primus- Southbound Pachyderm
Brother Cane- And Fools Shine On
Butthole Surfers- Pepper
Marcy Playground- Saint Joe on the Schoolbus

marcos · September 2010

musicismylife78 wrote:

i got another one fade into you Mazzy Star. Such a beautiful song

great tune, also on my iphone for 90's music, and I suppose also falls under the wonder hit wonder, though the lead singer, Hope Sandoval, I think went on to a solo independent thing, but good call!

tinkerbell · September 2010

AD85517 wrote:

and some for the NZers out there...
Scorpio Girls - Supergroove
Cruise Control - Headless Chickens
A Day Away - Shihad
'The General Electric' - Shihad (this album is one is worth getting from iTunes for sure)
Venus - The Feelers
Blind - Tadpole
Anchor Me - The Mutton Birds

NICE!!!
To add to this:
George - Headless Chickens
How Bizarre - OMC
Weather With You - Crowded House
Violent - Stellar*

And the rest of the world
You Ougtha Know - Alanis Morrisette
Stupid Girl - Garbage
Just A Girl - No Doubt
Numb - Portishead
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls

And of course anything by Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, RHCP, AIC, Faith No More, Sound Garden etc. etc. The 90's were an awesome time for all music! The pop wasn't too cheesy (well thats a lie - after all Britney, Spice Girls, etc came from the late 90's) of course rock music was brilliant! and even RnB wasn't too bad - I remember slow dancing to Boys to Men at a school dance... I think it has a lot to do with it being my teenage years and that music started to be such a big part of my life.

eeriepadave · September 2010

too many a few which stick out (non PJ/Soundgarden, AIC, Nirvana, MEtallica, STP, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer and a few other big bands:

Nine Inch Nails- Wish
Beastie Boys- So What'cha Want
Toad The Wet Sprocket- Fall Down
Toadies- Possum Kingdom
The Lemonheads- Mrs. Robinson
Green Jelly- Three Little Pigs
Butthole Surfers- Who Was In My Room Last Night
Meat Puppets- Backwater
Rancid- Ruby Soho
Stabbing Westward- Shame
Sponge- Molly and Plowed
Us3- Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
Stereo Mc's- Elevate My Mind
Toni Tony Tone- If I Had No Loot
Belly- Feed The Tree
Ministry- Just One Fix
Jesus Jones- TheDevil You Know
Matthew Sweet- Girlfriend
Soul Asylum- Somebody To Shove
Fastball- Fire Escape
Folk Implosion- Natural One
The Flys- Got You Where I Want You
The Prodigy- Firestarter
Crash Test Dummies- Afternoons & Coffeespoons
Ugly Kid Joe- Cats In The Cradle
L7- Pretend We're Dead
Sir Mix A Lot-Baby Got Back

pandora · September 2010

Just a few from the mix ....and always spinning PJ

All That She Wants - Ace of Base
Loser - Beck
Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman
Shadowboxer - Fiona Apple
Cradle of Love - Billy Idol
Put Your Lights On - Santana f/ Everlast
Machinehead - Bush
Right Through You - Alanis Morissette
Room at the Top - Adam Ant
Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
Heart of Stone - Cher
One Headlight - The Wallflowers
Fade Into You - Mazzy Star
Crazy - Seal
I'm Not Satisified - Fine Young Cannibals
Live- Lightning crashes
Behind the Sun - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Groove is in the Heart - Deee-lite
Come Undone - Duran Duran
The Humpty Dance - The Digital Underground

eeriepadave · September 2010

good call on dee-lite and digital underground (forgot them as well) pandora. also forgot mazzy star (great song).

few more:
Dada- Dizz Knee Land
Gravity Kills- Guilty
Orgy- Blue Monday
Ned's Atomic Dustbin- Walking Through Syrup
Digable Planets- Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Live- Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition)
House Of Pain- Jump Around
Cypress Hill- Insane In The Brain
Duran Duran- Ordinary World
Collective Soul- World I Know
The Breeders- Cannonball
Elastica- Connection
The Cranberries- Salvation
Better Than Ezra- Good and Desperately Wanting
Snow- Informer

RKCNDY · September 2010

I listened to most of the music already listed...I also liked:

Sweet Water
Meat Puppets
Midnight Oil
The Posies
Green Apple Quickstep
Soul Asylum
Tool

I was at the music store every Tuesday...oh gawd, I gotta dig out all my CDs from storage!

markymark550 · September 2010

wow...I haven't thought of a lot of these bands in a while...

for me any Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, or Mudhoney makes the list

also:
Ben Folds Five - Brick; Battle of Who Could Care Less
Extreme - More Than Words
REM - Losing My Religion; Everybody Hurts; Man on the Moon; What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
Presidents of the USA - Lump; Peaches
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
Verve Pipe - The Freshmen
Tonic - If You Could Only See
Cake - Sheep Go To Heaven
Cravin Melon - Come Undone; Sweet Tea
Hootie and the Blowfish - Let Her Cry; Hold My Hand
Edwin McCain - I'll Be
Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings; 1979; Today
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealing
Blur - Song 2
Silverchair - Tomorrow
Our Lady Peace - Clumsy; One Man Army
Beck - Loser
Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You
Everclear - I Will Buy You A New Life; Father of Mine
Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge; Give It Away; My Friends; Otherside
Oasis - Wonderwall; Champagne Supernova
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush; Interstate Love Song
Offspring - Come Out And Play; Self Esteem
Sublime - What I Got; Santeria
Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
New Radicals - You Get What You Give
311 - Down
Fuel - Shimmer
Collective Soul - The World I Know
Blind Melon - No Rain

I guess that's enough from me....

craigb · September 2010

I haven't seen The Spin Doctors' "Two Princes" on here yet.

One of my favorites.

The Waiting Trophy Man · September 2010

Wish Fullfillment by Sonic Youth takes me back.

eeriepadave · September 2010

Gardenparty wrote:

intodeep wrote:

marcos wrote:

For pop - I got cheesy in the 90's, beside my devotion to grunge, I liked -

Hum - Stars
.

That song and band i did not think were cheesy I actually liked that album a lot but i could be cheesy lol

oh loved the 4 non blonde song too.

nope, not cheesy. This tune still rips pretty hard

The Hum song and video was too short

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izi7LMJz9nY

dustinpardue · September 2010

Great thread, so hard to come up with a list. As far as bringing back nostalgia for me, here are a few that haven't been listed yet:

"The Impression That I Get"-Mighty Mighty Bosstones
"Sunshower"-Chris Cornell
"Everything To Everyone"-Everclear
"Sister"-The Nixons
"Sick Of Myself"-Matthew Sweet
"Criminal"-Fiona Apple
"Comedown"-Bush
"Molly (Sixteen Candles)"-Sponge
"More Human Than Human"-White Zombie
"Nuthin But A G Thing"-Dr Dre
"Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth"-Dandy Warhols
"What I Didn't Know"-Athenaeum
"Basket Case"-Green Day

What are your favorite songs of the 1990's?

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