90's Music. Anyone else remember how good some of it was?

Shryke

I grew up mostly in the 90's and never liked anything on the radio. I was big into Nirvana and Alice in Chains and such for ages but always hated the pop side of things. These days I seem to hit youtube and try to find any random song that is stuck in my memory from then.
It's a bit wierd to think that it was all over a decade ago.
Every Morning -Sugar Ray, Alanis Morrissete, Kiss Me by those guys whoever they are, TLC (I'm a dude seriously), What's Up? - Four non Blondes. Sublime.
That's to name a few I guess. Maybe time filters the crap from our minds but I genuinely didn't like 90's music when it happened. Looking back there was some great stuff. Any opinions that might not be completely dickish? (I ask After Hours, Christ).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sal-bp_ciC4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cqU1pFRqYE

Where To

Which 90s?

John Doe1

Sugar ray??

Try pavement!

uch

80's was better

El Weirdo

All the great 90s music and you picked that shite as examples?

John Doe1

uch wrote: »

80's was better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

gurramok

The birth of Oasis & Blur?

Biggins

It was crap compared to the 80's.

ChunkyLover_53

Pfft. Please OP those examples are terrible. :P

This is the real deal here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IGPv2r_A1o

/thread :cool:

Shryke

Everyone knows how great the 80's were
This is about the 90's. I'm picking random nostalgic stuff. Put up some of your own links if you don't like mine!

Senna

You have to go back to the 70's/80's for some decent music. The 90's will probably go down as some of the worse formulated pop music ever.

Shryke

I'll make an 80's thread too if everybody is going to bitch. I assume most decent people listen to friday night 80's and have a rather embarressing back catogolue of the stuff. I definitely do. This thread is about appreciating some 90's music because it never was appreciated. The instant 80's remarks reinforce that. Give me your links good people!

Good people my arse.

Biggins

Shryke wrote: »

I'll make an 80's thread too if everybody is going to bitch. I assume most decent people listen to friday night 80's and have a rather embarressing back catogolue of the stuff. I definitely do. This thread is about appreciating some 90's music because it never was appreciated. The instant 80's remarks reinforce that. Give me your links good people!

Good people my arse.

The problem (for me) is that in the 90's the music took a turn for the worse into heavier bands of gloss and PR shine - when in underneath a good few had no substantial talent really.
It became growing more about PR, imagery and who was wearing what in the fashion stakes. It became about what in the papers this week about them, who they met or slagged - not about the music itself. The followers of 'celeb culture' alone was really born in this 90's era.
The 80's music for me was about bands and singers that was in it for the pure joy of singing and entertaining.
Out went the life and soul of the music and natural sounds of a good un-altered voice.
Auto-tune a voice while they were singing live? Get outa here!
In came corporate companies taking over from artists producing their own full complete package.
Funny enough, some artists (to their credit) are now going back to that original methodology of operation.

senorwipesalot

Stone Roses.Prodigy.
Fcukin ace

hidinginthebush

Anyone else remember how bad some of it was?

crushproof

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W_kWxWn-Zo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOrc37wNUqU

Love it.

gurramok

You want 90's, try Radiohead. Their Ok Computer album is to be remembered.

GLaDOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm38Ojh61lY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDVsIvvFtcs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv37JfwmIbg

KKkitty

Kiss me was done by sixpence none the richer.

Biggins

KKkitty wrote: »

Kiss me was done by sixpence none the richer.

Same name but another from 1985

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSv3kSK41Oo

gurramok

Stock Aitken and Waterman destroyed music in the 90's. As Biggins said, commercialism took over from talent with a few exceptions and we still see the repercussions today.

LETHAL LADY

Happy Mondays,smashing pumpkins, the farm, the charlatans, EMF, Soup Dragons, Inspiral Carpets, James and the spice girls.

PseudoFamous

gurramok wrote: »

You want 90's, try Radiohead. Their Ok Computer album is to be remembered.

I listened to OK Computer and was exceedingly underwhelmed. I get the impression that it's music for musical elitists who like to scoff at lesser bands and their fans, and act outraged when anyone tells them that their music is a load of bollocks.

earpiece

Feckin' kids.... leave me sit here in my piss stinking dungarees dreamin' about the fun old 70's......we invented ABBA and the ELO. AAArrrrggggghhhhhhh (waves stick).

Biggins

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

...the spice girls.

The Spice Girls?
No, just no.

They were good for advocating girl bands and female empowerment but as for all having real raw talent, thats debatable.
They were certainly more PR manufactured than any band/group than ever before that I had come across.

Shryke

I always prefered The Bends to Ok Computer but it's still a great album.

*gets hit in the eye with stick*

guitarzero

Also Soundgarden, Eminem, Qotsa, Tool.

Perhaps the worst transition of a decade in music terms. Seriously, WTF is going on? As a species have we become so musically inept? Every band/song that comes out is forgotten within a week.

LETHAL LADY

Biggins wrote: »

The Spice Girls?
No, just no.

They were good for advocating girl bands and female empowerment but as for all having real raw talent, thats debatable.
They were certainly more PR manufactured than any band/group than ever before that I had come across.

Just kidding although I did like two become one there I admit it.

gurramok

PseudoFamous wrote: »

I listened to OK Computer and was exceedingly underwhelmed. I get the impression that it's music for musical elitists who like to scoff at lesser bands and their fans, and act outraged when anyone tells them that their music is a load of bollocks.

Underwhelmed in what context? We're talking about the 90s now. They were not elitists back in the day, they were friggin welcomed into what was then a musical deformancy.

Lethal Lady wrote:

Happy Mondays,smashing pumpkins, the farm, the charlatans, EMF, Soup Dragons, Inspiral Carpets, James and the spice girls.

All one hit wonders apart from Smashing Pumpkins. Now how can you say the Spice Girls were talented when none of them could play a musical instrument??!

Snowie

gurramok wrote: »

The birth of Oasis & Blur?

Don't forget these boys who are still join strong.. :cool:

Biggins

These 80's guys were in it just for the pure joy of singing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p_VRXpGhbk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXaZBdCfrRI

The WAS good music in the 90's to be sure but for me, it lost a lot of its soul and became about shares and profit and loss margins.

Snowie

Biggins wrote: »

The Spice Girls?
No, just no.

They were good for advocating girl bands and female empowerment but as for all having real raw talent, thats debatable.
They were certainly more PR manufactured than any band/group than ever before that I had come across.

man the 90s was the best brought people like Zoe ball radio 1 dj, coaxy, radio 1 dj chris evens radio 1 dj

all the coolest things happened then I love the 90s they were brilliant

zoe coming on drunk also cumin up on drugs and trying to speak words :pac:

awesome time :cool:

Snowie

Biggins wrote: »

These 80's guys were in it just for the pure joy of singing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p_VRXpGhbk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXaZBdCfrRI

The WAS good music in the 90's to be sure but for me, it lost a lot of its soul and became about shares and profit and loss margins.

i like the 80s too.

but joy division was nothing but depression didn't the lead singer top him self...



how ever new order

gurramok

Believe me, it was really a musical wasteland back then. I was in my early 20's and what had we to listen to?

Apart from been bombarded with the likes of girlpower the Spice Girls, I consider the likes of Suede quite good at the time. Perhaps Stereophonics when they were starting off or perhaps for the pop among us a few hits from The Cardigans or Natalie Imbruglia, throw in the Brit pop fight amongst Oasis and Blur and you can see the 90's generation had feck all to remember in music terms.

Though I really liked the following one hit wonder though. Fools Garden - Lemon Tree. I tried to link it via Youtube but commercial violations stopped it, says it all really how corporate interests supercede music.

Biggins

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

man the 90s was the best brought people like Zoe ball radio 1 dj, coaxy, radio 1 dj chris evens radio 1 dj

all the coolest things happened then I love the 90s they were brilliant

zoe coming on drunk also cumin up on drugs and trying to speak words :pac:

awesome time :cool:

Trust me, the 80's weren't quiet either.
While working in Manchester and a place called The Hacienda, I seen many a thing that even now never made the papers.

That place alone went out as it started! LOL

The Haçienda lost its entertainments licence in June 1997, following a final gig on June 15 by Spiritualized and remained open for a short period as an art gallery before finally going bankrupt and closing for good. After the Haçienda officially closed, it was used as a venue for two free parties organised by the Manchester free party scene. One of the parties ended in a police siege of the building while the party continued inside.

Todays lot are pussies! :pac:

LETHAL LADY

gurramok wrote: »

Underwhelmed in what context? We're talking about the 90s now. They were not elitists back in the day, they were friggin welcomed into what was then a musical deformancy.



All one hit wonders apart from Smashing Pumpkins. Now how can you say the Spice Girls were talented when none of them could play a musical instrument??!

I was just taking the piss with the spice girls;). I was a teenager in the 90s so it was mainly Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Therapy, Ash, Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax to name a few.

Johro

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

Don't forget these boys who are still join strong.. :cool:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055197995&page=249
Post #3733

Snowie

gurramok wrote: »

Believe me, it was really a musical wasteland back then. I was in my early 20's and what had we to listen to?

Apart from been bombarded with the likes of girlpower the Spice Girls, I consider the likes of Suede quite good at the time. Perhaps Stereophonics when they were starting off or perhaps for the pop among us a few hits from The Cardigans or Natalie Imbruglia, throw in the Brit pop fight amongst Oasis and Blur and you can see the 90's generation had feck all to remember in music terms.

Though I really liked the following one hit wonder though. Fools Garden - Lemon Tree. I tried to link it via Youtube but commercial violations stopped it, says it all really how corporate interests supercede music.

1. LeftFeild
2. Massive attack
3. Orbital
4. underworld
5. Sneaker Pimps
6. Prodigy
7. Supergrass
8. Air
9. Fatboy slim and the big beat sound
10. Fun loven Criminals
11. Blur
12. Oasis
13. Nirvana
14. Pulp
15. I could go on
    

Shryke

You could make a megathread about good 80's music Biggins. If there's even one 90's song you like, y'know in that whole ten year period, then maybe post it. (Or gtfo).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AVTjHlRiP4

gurramok

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

I was just taking the piss with the spice girls;). I was a teenager in the 90s so it was mainly Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Therapy, Ash, Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax to name a few.

Some of those bands are heavy metal, not appealing to most including myself. Ash as well as Pearl Jam were indeed quite a breadth of fresh air and we know what happened to Nirvana

In the mid 90's when I went to a college party the biggest roar from the dancing crowd was from a song by Ace of Base, that says alot as there was no better tunes around then. Frustrating!

Snowie

Biggins wrote: »

Trust me, the 80's weren't quiet either.
While working in Manchester and a place called The Hacienda, I seen many a thing that even now never made the papers.

That place alone went out as it started! LOL




Todays lot are pussies! :pac:

hell yeah they all gimps and hipster who take there sound really seriously :roll eyes: and they were tight jeans wtf like how can you be cool if your balls are in your stomic

Id love to punch the kings of leon in the face because they ve offended me for too long...


and there **** live :rolleyes:

Biggins

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

i like the 80s too.

but joy division was nothing but depression didn't the lead singer top him self...

however new order

He did but that was because of person problems - maybe he also foresaw the coming of Westlife, Boyzone and now One Direction some day.
I'd be depressed too if it was possible to see into the future.

Then we had these guys...
(I'd like to see someone singing this today, the wusses!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdbLqOXmJ04

Snowie

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

I was just taking the piss with the spice girls;). I was a teenager in the 90s so it was mainly Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Therapy, Ash, Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax to name a few.

you mean you were smelly and hairy as a teenager



Nice :P

gurramok

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

1. LeftFeild
2. Massive attack
3. Orbital
4. underworld
5. Sneaker Pimps
6. Prodigy
7. Supergrass
8. Air
9. Fatboy slim and the big beat sound
10. Fun loven Criminals
11. Blur
12. Oasis
13. Nirvana
14. Pulp
15. I could go on
    

Half of them have no musical affection with me. Prodigy had that famous one hit wonder with your man in the tunnel starting fires:D

Massive attack had that one hit wonder too which was well received, the rest were either Brit pop or were heading towards house\dance music. Well, are they remembered now? Don't think so for the majority listed.

ascanbe

Funny you should mention that.
I was looking through my brother-in-law's CD collection earlier today in order to pilfer a few to listen to in the car on the way back.
Dismissed a lot of it that i was either too familar with or had no interest in and, at the last minute, went with a few of those 'The best album ever!' compilations that were popular in the 90's, that he had.
They mainly concentrated on British music, the 'brit-pop' explosion of the time.
There were, at best, three or four good songs on each of these double cd's; i'd forgotten just how god-awful, boring, cravenly derivative a lot of the music of that time was.
I was nearly tempted to turn on 2fm in order to luxuriate in the relatively superior sounds of contemporary pop.
I 'came of age', as they say, in the 90's and still love a lot of music from that time; but holy f*ck, there was an awful lot of absolute dreck.
Having got that off my chest, lol, i may, if this thread continues, come back and post some music from that era that i love.

Snowie

gurramok wrote: »

Half of them have no musical affection with me. Prodigy had that famous one hit wonder with your man in the tunnel starting fires:D

Massive attack had that one hit wonder too which was well received, the rest were either Brit pop or were heading towards house\dance music. Well, are they remembered now? Don't think so for the majority listed.

The majority of them who i listed still play bar nirvana because they had a dude who shot him self in the head......


massive attack you don't call them a one hit wonder there one of the most influatual sounds ever to come out of england...

LETHAL LADY

This reminds me of meeting my now Hubby

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-aPIXeAmpO8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

and this reminds me of hating school

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-aPIXeAmpO8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Snowie

Johro wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055197995&page=249
Post #3733

stevie nix in her witch dress you would so motor boat her :cool:

Snowie

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

This reminds me of meeting my now Hubby

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-aPIXeAmpO8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

and this reminds me of hating school

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-aPIXeAmpO8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I just made vomit aww so cute :pac:

gurramok

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

The majority of them who i listed still play bar nirvana because they had a dude who shot him self in the head......


massive attack you don't call them a one hit wonder there one of the most influatual sounds ever to come out of england...

Thats very well that they still play but are they any good?!

Ok, what hits did Massive Attack have other than teardops?

I have never liked LeftField, Orbital,underworld, Sneaker Pimps, Air, Fatboy & fun Lovin Crims(apart from one hit wonder) as they all sounded the same from dance\house 90s style.

Yes Pulp were good as well as early Oasis\Blur. You see, we're struggling at what's good with 90's music.

billybudd

mcalmond and butler, one hit song but what a song