The Big Cat Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 Butthole Surfers - Pepper Nada Surf - Popular Sponge - Molly (16 Candles) Yes. Also, Halftime? Might be the fourth best track on the Illmatic. A rare treat, never sounds dated, belongs in any hip hop lover's top 10 albums. May be even top 5.
Rob's House Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Starside and Zeroes are also excellent songs by them. Here are some gems (I'll skip the most popular ones that everyone knows and remembers) Rock / Alternative Butthole Surfers - Pepper Nada Surf - Popular Beck - Loser Alice in Chains - Don't Follow Hum - Stars Blind Melon - Change Bush - Glycerine Corrosion of Conformity - Albatrose Cranberries - Zombie Dinosaur Jr. - The Wagon Flys - Got You (Where I Want You) Guns N Roses - Breakdown Helmet - Unsung Lemonheads - The Outdoor Type Nirvana - Plateau Oasis - Champaign Supernova Our Lady Peace - Naveed Radiohead - Thinking About You Seven Mary Three - Roderigo Silverchair - Tomorrow Sponge - Molly (16 Candles) Sublime - 40oz to Freedom Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike 311 - Come Original Rap / Hip Hop Fugees - Fu-Gee-La Naughty By Nature - Feel Me Flow Nas - Halftime Big L - Put it On Big Pun - I'm Not a Player Geto Boyz - Damn it Feels Good to be a Gangster Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy Snoop - The Shiznit Many, many, many more. But that's a long list of some great tunes. That's awesome that you listed Breakdown as the best GNR song of the 90s. It's one of a half-dozen or so I pondered before going with Santaria (which I admit is played out, but a great song none the less.) I'm surprised you listed Nada Surf. The whole bit about 30 year old guys doing spoken verse about high school popularity over mediocre music seemed like a corporate rock exploitation of disaffected teen angst to me, but to each his own. Blind Melon's "Change" was a great one too. Edited June 24, 2014 by Rob's House
Mark80 Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Yes. Also, Halftime? Might be the fourth best track on the Illmatic. A rare treat, never sounds dated, belongs in any hip hop lover's top 10 albums. May be even top 5. Definitely top 5. It's fantastic. NY State of Mind is probably my favorite on it, but that's everyone's favorite so I changed it up a bit. That's awesome that you listed Breakdown as the best GNR song of the 90s. It's one of a half-dozen or so I pondered before going with Santaria (which I admit is played out, but a great song none the less.) I'm surprised you listed Nada Surf. The whole bit about 30 year old guys doing spoken verse about high school popularity over mediocre music seemed like a corporate rock exploitation of disaffected teen angst to me, but to each his own. Blind Melon's "Change" was a great one too. Yeah, don't know why Breakdown never gets any love. It has some great verses in it. That Nada Surf song is just funny to me and I was in the middle of HS at the time so it has nostalgia value. Certainly not a Zeppelin level of talent in the group though, that's for sure. "Change" is one of my top 5 all time favorites especially in retrospect with what he was dealing with when he wrote it and his subsequent years of battling substance abuse. Unfortunately, in the end, he could not. Edited June 24, 2014 by Mark80
Just Jack Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 There's a lot from the 90's I like, this was the first one that popped in my head, since I heard it just yesterday in the airport.... How about some Sophie? Or Sade?
May Day 10 Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 Great decade of music IMO and the whole industry lost its way right around the explosion of the internet and cell phones just after the turn of the millennium. So many obvious choices, dont want to list. One I dont see listed here, which was a great 1-hit-wonder is: Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
The Poojer Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 i love that song...i think i read that Harvey Danger was supposed to be a Nirvana-ish band, and admittedly Flagpole Sitta is the extent of my Harvey Danger experience, but I don't get any Nirvana at all from that song Great decade of music IMO and the whole industry lost its way right around the explosion of the internet and cell phones just after the turn of the millennium. So many obvious choices, dont want to list. One I dont see listed here, which was a great 1-hit-wonder is: Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 I am surprised no one has mentioned this one yet: Bon jovi's "bed of roses." What? So that is where your money was going? Benedict Arnold! J/K... ;-P ;-P
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 I am gonna hear it for this one... But come on! Who can't help belting out the lyrics when it comes on the radio (even if it is Sirius present/90's... Or whatver it is called now). Worst song and band ever. Really... Wow... Taste is so subjective. To each their own.
BringBackFergy Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 This may belong in the guilty pleasures thread. FTW
Canadian Bills Fan Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Basket Case by Green Day and Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve CBF Edited June 24, 2014 by Canadian Bills Fan
Jauronimo Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 Any list of 90s tunes must include some Pumpkins - Zero, Cherub Rock, Today, Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun Pearl Jam - Even Flow
Security Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Pixies - Debaser and Wave of Mutilation and Monkey Gone to HEaven Edited June 24, 2014 by Security
Mark80 Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Any list of 90s tunes must include some Pumpkins - Zero, Cherub Rock, Today, Hummer, Mayonnaise Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun Rusty Cage, Mind Riot Pearl Jam - Even Flow Elderly Woman, Porch, Release, Alive Like yours, but personally these are my choices from those great bands. Pixies - Debaser Hated seeing that commercial butchering Gigantic recently. And it was one of those commercials that was on over and over and over. Which reminds me, how about The Breeders - Cannonball? Edited June 24, 2014 by Mark80
The Big Cat Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 No love for Banditos by the Refreshments? Last weekend at karaoke my buddy and I sang Lit--My Own Worst Enemy Sister Hazel--All for You Left waiting to sing Del Amitri (sic?)--Roll to Me
bbb Posted June 24, 2014 Posted June 24, 2014 Del Amitri (sic?)--Roll to Me I was going to nominate this one.
Rob's House Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 No love for Banditos by the Refreshments? Last weekend at karaoke my buddy and I sang Lit--My Own Worst Enemy Sister Hazel--All for You Left waiting to sing Del Amitri (sic?)--Roll to Me Good call. I loved that song when it came out. I also liked Santa Monica by Everclear before subsequent releases ruined it for me. My karaoke go to from the 90s is Gin and Juice by Snoop Dogg. It's a real crowd pleaser. Any list of 90s tunes must include some Pumpkins - Zero, Cherub Rock, Today Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun Pearl Jam - Even Flow Speaking of Pearl Jam, I'll throw Yellow Ledbetter out there.
The Big Cat Posted June 25, 2014 Posted June 25, 2014 Nobody has the guts to mention Third Eye Blind? Good call. I loved that song when it came out. I also liked Santa Monica by Everclear before subsequent releases ruined it for me. My karaoke go to from the 90s is Gin and Juice by Snoop Dogg. It's a real crowd pleaser. Speaking of Pearl Jam, I'll throw Yellow Ledbetter out there. Loved Santa Monica when it was new. (Still kinda do) No mentions of Weezer yet either.
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