what do you remember about the 90's???

hoggie-bear · 26-09-2008 4:06pm #1

I am hosting a radio show in college and the theme is the 90's..
I'd love to know what do you remember from the 90's and if you had to p-ick one thing about the 90's, that you could bring back what would that be?
Thanks

Sephiroth_dude · 27-09-2008 6:30pm

Jesus there was a great atmosphere around 90-95,great buzz about the place,grunge is what i remember most./

andy1249 · 27-09-2008 6:43pm

As the saying goes , " If you can remember the 90's ... then you werent there " ....

Seriously though , Grunge , Bruxxelless full of Devil worshipping rag wearing metal heads as opposed to LA sleaze metalheads , the Robot biker art on the walls in bruxxelles and the tree trunk tables in the industrial wasteland decor of Fibbers.

The after a bit of a paradigm shift in 94 ... the Cushions and the roman orgy type free fruit in the temple of sound ... after that its all a blur .... sorry !!

OK-Cancel-Apply · 28-09-2008 12:21am

I remember people in school being all 'ZOMG have you heard Smells Like Teen Spirit?' I remember my older sister's friends coming around, with the ripped jeans, shoulder-length hair and flannel shirt look, smelling like weed (probably early 90's). Ah memories.

Then I remember all these bands with floppy 'Hugh Grant' haircuts in dungarees doing ridiculus dance moves. Oh and MTV used to occasionally have music-related programming.

And then of course the Spice Girls...ugh..*shudder*

I also remember people with brown hair, who now have grey/white hair.

VickBack · 28-09-2008 12:27am

One word....

B*Witched lol

Parkie · 28-09-2008 12:35am

God help us........."The Cure", Aids scare, "The Summer of 69", perhapse I am getting mixer up.....but... Meatloaf....;)

All the best with it.:rolleyes:

estebancambias · 28-09-2008 1:09am

1.SPICE GIRLS
2.BLINK 182
3.EMINEM
4.BOYZONE

mental07 · 28-09-2008 1:23am

Blur vs Oasis!

And "Britpop" in general.....

VickBack · 28-09-2008 1:33am

hahaha...

cant forget the beginning of britney spears?!

Insect Overlord · 28-09-2008 1:06pm

Not really on the topic of music, but my fondest pop-culture memory of the '90s is the cartoon series "Animals of Farthing Wood"

Musically, has to be the nightmarish flashbacks of the Spice Girls. See also: 5ive, Backstreet Boys, and for some reason Barny the Dinosaur

Nolanger · 28-09-2008 1:08pm

Irish people working in McDonalds.

KnifeWRENCH · 28-09-2008 1:40pm

There are some songs that have always stuck in my head as '90's classics, because I remember them being out and hearing them a lot on the radio. when I was growing up. Here are a few (mainly from mid/late '90's) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQJsPGD1t0g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSTDXY4wxrA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE6Qcc6VDo8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtIuPApOP-E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVL-zZnD3VU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htobTBlCvUU (not her best song but the one most remember)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwtTOxouD5Q

and three of the most obvious ones!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm4iU0yx9GY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3wgaWAHo2Q
and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z7t-Ox3XvU

Scubadevils · 28-09-2008 10:54pm

andy1249 wrote: »

As the saying goes , " If you can remember the 90's ... then you werent there " ....

Seriously though , Grunge , Bruxxelless full of Devil worshipping rag wearing metal heads as opposed to LA sleaze metalheads , the Robot biker art on the walls in bruxxelles and the tree trunk tables in the industrial wasteland decor of Fibbers.

The after a bit of a paradigm shift in 94 ... the Cushions and the roman orgy type free fruit in the temple of sound ... after that its all a blur .... sorry !!

Yeah, I had about a 2-3 year stint in the Temple of Sound which also started in '94... we may have shared water or vicks

Great times, was by far my favourite club back then.

stovelid · 29-09-2008 12:21am

Felixdhc wrote: »

Yeah, I had about a 2-3 year stint in the Temple of Sound which also started in '94... we may have shared water or vicks Great times, was by far my favourite club back then.

Gisashotofyourwatertherebud?

ShawnRaven · 29-09-2008 2:03am

Good sh*t:

Seattle bands: Nirvana/Pearl Jam/Soundgarden etc
Drum n bass scene 96-99
The Eagles reforming
Porno For Pyros

Bad sh*t
Janes Addiction disbanding
Scatman John
Mr Blobby getting a UK number one.
Smashing Pumpkins disaster concert, The Point 1996.

lordgoat · 29-09-2008 2:12am

Maradona hand of God, Brady should be in the squad.

Xavi6 · 29-09-2008 2:24am

mental07 wrote: »

Blur vs Oasis!

And "Britpop" in general.....

"Who do ya prefer? Oasis or Blur?"

VickBack wrote: »

cant forget the beginning of britney spears?!

Hands up who cracked one off! /raises hand

For me the 90s was all about cheesy dance -

Snap - Rhythm Is A Dancer
Culture Beat - Mr. Vain
N Trance - Set You Free
2 Unlimited - No Limits
Haddaway - What Is Love?
Dr. Alban - It's My Life
Adamski - Killer
Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You
Robin S - Show Me Love
Urban Cookie Collective - The Key, The Secret
Whigfield - Saturday Night
Corona - Rhythm Of The Night
Black Box - Ride On Time

As well as the obvious indie bands, I grew up on that stuff and it still gets regular iPod time today!

Ruu_Old · 29-09-2008 2:35am

Rage Against the Machine and the album Evil Empire. I had it on tape.

humberklog · 29-09-2008 1:22pm

lordgoat wrote: »

Maradona hand of God, Brady should be in the squad.

Huh? Maradona's sublime hand pass was is '86 and Chirpy Chippy was manging Celtic in '91.

Chris Evans was the 90's.

lisajane · 29-09-2008 6:20pm

I feel so old.

Anyone remember this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJN3PGqDRNg

tech77 · 29-09-2008 7:10pm

1990-1994:
Grunge, grunge and more grunge.
End of GNR era.
Dance stuff Xavi6 mentions- some good, some sh1te.
Never got into the Madchester scene though for some reason.

Mid-90s:
Blur vs Oasis/Brit pop sh1te- apart from Suede maybe.
Manics domination for a brief period as well.

My belated discovery of:
1) Smashing Pumpkins- via Melloncollie.., Siamese Dream.
2) The Pixies.
3) The Smiths.
4) Achtung Baby.

Mid-Late 90s:
Chart pollution with The Spice Girls, girlbands and boybands.

Late 90s-Early 00s: Coldplay.
Not a lot of other good stuff tbh.

lordgoat · 29-09-2008 8:46pm

humberklog wrote: »

Huh? Maradona's sublime hand pass was is '86 and Chirpy Chippy was manging Celtic in '91.

I know this. The song i quoted was from 1990. If you were as smart as your comment you'd have figured it out.

Scubadevils · 29-09-2008 9:43pm

stovelid wrote: »

Gisashotofyourwatertherebud?

then a massage and blast of olbas oil for good measure. :pac:

ShawnRaven · 30-09-2008 9:24am

lisajane wrote: »

I feel so old.

Anyone remember this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJN3PGqDRNg

I remember his bad breakdancing on Top Of The Pops around that era. Who'd have thought he'd have gone on to be a household name after that?

Certainly not me, that's for sure.

Aspiration · 30-09-2008 10:56am

Los del Rio - Macarena *shudders*

humberklog · 30-09-2008 12:36pm

lordgoat wrote: »

If you were as smart as your comment you'd have figured it out.

A bit strong...no?
I don't see how the figuring that out would have elevated my smartness as high as my comment.
]
What song is it anyway?

Creature · 30-09-2008 2:00pm

The whole commotion about Blur and Oasis and which one was better (it was Blur for those that never found out), while no one even considered Suede or Pulp.

American rock. The videos for Come As You Are and Black Hole Sun being played repeatedly on MTV. MTV back when it actually played music and Davina McCall was a presenter.

Boy bands and Spice Girls.

And of course the disgracefully bad dance music that Xavi mentioned.

noby · 30-09-2008 2:06pm

Blur v Oasis. While both bands had their moments, that whole particular spat was over two steaming piles of turd, and which one would get to no.1

I haven't seen MTV in about ten years, and I'm not missing much judging by the comments.
MTV for me was Pip Dann's PostModern, and Paul King's 120 minutes.

Early 90's indie/baggy/'Madchester' (much as I loath that word) was the true highlight.

ShawnRaven · 30-09-2008 4:09pm

Didn't Blur win that one in the end because they dropped the price of the singles?
They had to, It was Country House vs Roll With It at the time, whereas Roll With It was bad, Country House just made my ears bleed.

MikeHoncho · 30-09-2008 4:17pm

The 90's would have been nothing without the album "ill Communication" by the Beastie Boys.

Dudess · 30-09-2008 4:20pm

Parkie wrote: »

God help us........."The Cure", Aids scare, "The Summer of 69", perhapse I am getting mixer up.....but... Meatloaf...

Is that not the 80s...?

I was too young for the good part of the 90s (the early part) so there was no going to raves in Sir Henry's, shoegazing gigs up in Dublin at venues like McGonagles, the Baggot Inn, the Rock Garden (now Doran's) or even heading over to Manchester to check out the Hacienda. It sucked cuz I was old enough to be into all this stuff (early to mid teens). Then when I got to 17/18, started university etc the sucky mid 90s arrived. How I detested Britpop.

what do you remember about the 90's???

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