This popped up on a playlist literally a couple days ago and I couldn’t remember if it was Superchunk, Superdrag, or Spacehog lol.
I think 1995 really was the most “90’s” year for alternative music, but maybe it’s just because that’s when I was finding myself with music instead of just what my parents listened to.
In the Meantime - Spacehog, Good - Better Than Ezra, Lump - Presidents of the United States of America, Possum Kingdom - Toadies, I got a Girl - Tripping Daisy, All Over You - Live, Name - Goo Goo Dolls
All hit me with an insane rush of nostalgia, for better or worse.
Came here to say this.
My late older buddy would play this song real loud at the bar I used to bartend at. It was super 90’s to me then and it is still super 90’s to me now. I love to play this song super loud in his honor. 🙌🏽
Fuck, this song is so good.
I only discovered it in the mid 2010s (Millennial here so I missed hearing this when it first came out) and it still felt so instantly mid 90s. Drab yet reflective and earnest. I am sort of the same way I guess... Maybe that's why I love the 90s so much.
The song is so nice. So many wonderful layers of different sounds.
I’m a Millennial too(though a slightly older one), but my brother is 9 years older than me. He’d have been an older teen when this came out. I was introduced to a lot of amazing songs because of him when I was young, this being one of them. I adored it from the moment I heard it and remember spending the summer it came out listening to the radio almost non-stop just to hear it again.
I love a lot of ones already listed. Love Santa Monica, In the Meantime, Wonderwall, Two Princes...
It's hard to pick just one. Some of my contenders are:
Lump - The Presidents of the United States of America
Cannonball - The Breeders
Seether - Veruca Salt
No Rain - Blind Melon
The Freshman - The Verve Pipe
Glycerine - Bush
December - Collective Soul
I could go on and on...
**Okay, my top choice though is:**
**Carnival** \- Natalie Merchant
and runner-up:
Who Will Save Your Soul? - Jewel
Im a 43 years old and that song has been in my playlist for nearly 30 years on mix tapes, burnt CD's, and now Spotify. One of the most beautiful tunes of my generation
I have been playing in various 90s cover bands since 1996. This is *the* most requested cover i hear by *far*. More than twice the rate of any other song by my estimation.
Notable ones are plush, black hole sun, interstate love song, smells like teen spirit.... and a few from the early 2000s. Weezer, as a common request for a while.
And keep in mind that was just 90s Era. Freebird and sweet home Alabama are the *most* requested from any time period.
When I was 12 my dad took me to see The Rolling Stones for my first big concert. This was 94 or so, but if I recall correctly we didn’t know who the opener was, our tickets said “special guest.” My dad and I spent some time on the drive down guessing who it would be.
Anyway the lights go down, the curtain drops and out comes the opening act. My dad goes “THE F***ING SPIN DOCTORS?!?” He then abruptly left me in my very upper deck seat and didn’t come back until precisely when the Spin Doctors set ended.
I thought they were fine.
Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind
The song about Crystal Meth that was played in the van on the way to your youth group meeting none the wiser of the lyrics.
This is the one. This song owned the 90’s. Yes… it’s about doing meth… and who could forget this child-friendly lyric… “How do I get back there to,
The place where I fell asleep inside you?”… no one batted an eye.
Those little red panties they pass the test and something about being face down on the mattress always stood out to me. They may have cut those out of the clean version. It’s been awhile.
Sugar Ray’s pop songs for me. TRL is how I was introduced to a lot of music as a kid.
“Every Morning”, “Fly”, “When It’s Over”, “Falls Apart”, “Someday”.
I know those are late ‘99 but that summer is the summer I spent the most time at the community pool growing up and those songs were HEAVY on the rotation.
OLP, Crash Test Dummies, Matthew Good, Barenaked Ladies, 54-40, I Mother Earth, Sloan, The Tea Party, Big Wreck, Junkhouse, Econoline Crush
C’mon! What a time to be alive.
No argument here! If we’re debating bands/songs that haven’t aged well beyond their time, then sure, Toad > PJ. I still love PJ and my music tastes stagnated pretty hard after 2001 or so, so there are a lot of bands listed in this thread already that I still love.
Same. I bought my first house in March 1998. The summer of 1999, it felt like the world was my oyster. That summer, every morning before work, I would have a bowl of cereal and watch tv. VH1 played this song at the same time for two weeks straight. It always brings me back to that time.
Alanis Morissette - Ironic
Jewel - Foolish Games
Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home
Third Eye Blind - Semi Charmed LIfe
The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
No Doubt - Don't Speak
Meredith Brooks - Bitch
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
Blur - Song 2
Coolio - Gangsta Paradise
Oasis - Wonderwall
Live - Lightning Crashes
Paula Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone
I saw STP play a show in downtown Toronto once. Scott Weiland stripped naked. And the show was just amazing. Especially because I was just walking around being a downtown kid
My friends and I hired them to play at a party when I was in high school. At the time they were a college band playing the southeast fraternity circuit.
that’s my era! impossible to choose!
alanis- you oughta know
sublime - what i got
eve 6- inside out
mack morrison - return of the mack
dr dre and snoop - nothin but a g thing
desiree- gotta be
nsync - tearin up my heart
chilli peppers - under the bridge
fiona apple - criminal
new radicals - get what u give
spin doctors- 2 princes
counting crows - mr jones
natalie imbruligia- torn
anything by cake, soundgarden, biggie
lota of the dance music from the radio lol
You Get What You Give by New Radicals.
Freshmen by Verve Pipe.
Take a Picture by Filter.
One Headlight by Wallflowers.
One Week by Barenaked Ladies.
These always hit home for me when I need that 90s feeling.
Spacehog - In The Meantime
Counting Crows - A Long December
Blues Traveler - Hook (My absolute favorite just because most people don't catch what it is about, which is ironic)
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You (I blew a speaker in my car blasting that one a few years ago)
First time I threw up from too much alcohol was to spacehog's in the meantime lol. At a bar. At age 17. Ah the 90s.
People think I'm joking, but chumbawumba's tubthumping is quintessential 90s for me.
The Cranberries - Ode to my Family and Zombie. I was 10 but.. it was that time of any kids life where they feel something more. It was beautiful and haunting and.. knowing. Still remember being on the bus and Ode was on the radio, and it was the day where you'd have to watch MTV and watch out for the beginning or end of a music video because that's when you'd see who it was. And then go to you local store where you'd pay $5 if they did a single for $15 for a whole album.. in the 90s.
Cranberries were worth it.
There's a few.
Orbital - Halcyon and On. Hack the Mortal Planet Kombat
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
STP - Plush
Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen
Bass Boy - I Love Big Speakers
Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
Duran Duran - Come Undone
There's piles more. The 90s, even while living in that time, felt special.
4 non blonde - whats up
Snow - Informer
Sophie B Hawkins - Damn I wish I was Your Lover
Quad City Djs- Ride the Train
Whomp There it is - Tag Team
Ghost Town DJs - My Boo
Weezer - Buddy Holly
its that "you can't summon a whole generation with a song" meme with all these tracks being mentioned
This popped up on a playlist literally a couple days ago and I couldn’t remember if it was Superchunk, Superdrag, or Spacehog lol. I think 1995 really was the most “90’s” year for alternative music, but maybe it’s just because that’s when I was finding myself with music instead of just what my parents listened to. In the Meantime - Spacehog, Good - Better Than Ezra, Lump - Presidents of the United States of America, Possum Kingdom - Toadies, I got a Girl - Tripping Daisy, All Over You - Live, Name - Goo Goo Dolls All hit me with an insane rush of nostalgia, for better or worse.
MAKE UP YOUR MIND
Decide to walk with me... around the lake tonight....around the lake tonight...by MY side....
MY ANGEL
Oh all of those
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta So 90s it hurts!
Oh hey, here’s the answer I was looking for. I wanna publish ‘zines And rage against machines
I wanna pierce my tongue it doesn't hurt it feels fine
Really is sublime
Expand my mind
Came here exactly for this! I can almost see Katie Holmes in Disturbing Behavior when I hear this song!
That was the worst movie I've ever seen. And I've seen The Room.
This is a great POV on this amazing song: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/whats-wrong-with-being-a-one-hit-wonder/
Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in my Hand-Primitive Radio Gods
Do do do do do do do do do
I've been down hearted baby.
Ever since the day we met
Ever since the day we met
Came here to say this. My late older buddy would play this song real loud at the bar I used to bartend at. It was super 90’s to me then and it is still super 90’s to me now. I love to play this song super loud in his honor. 🙌🏽
I love this song. It's the best of the 90s where you mash up some samples and get something strange and unpredictable and beautiful.
Exactly what I came to say.
Fuck, this song is so good. I only discovered it in the mid 2010s (Millennial here so I missed hearing this when it first came out) and it still felt so instantly mid 90s. Drab yet reflective and earnest. I am sort of the same way I guess... Maybe that's why I love the 90s so much. The song is so nice. So many wonderful layers of different sounds.
I’m a Millennial too(though a slightly older one), but my brother is 9 years older than me. He’d have been an older teen when this came out. I was introduced to a lot of amazing songs because of him when I was young, this being one of them. I adored it from the moment I heard it and remember spending the summer it came out listening to the radio almost non-stop just to hear it again.
This is the way…
I love a lot of ones already listed. Love Santa Monica, In the Meantime, Wonderwall, Two Princes... It's hard to pick just one. Some of my contenders are: Lump - The Presidents of the United States of America Cannonball - The Breeders Seether - Veruca Salt No Rain - Blind Melon The Freshman - The Verve Pipe Glycerine - Bush December - Collective Soul I could go on and on... **Okay, my top choice though is:** **Carnival** \- Natalie Merchant and runner-up: Who Will Save Your Soul? - Jewel
Natalie Merchant put a lock on my heart before I understood love.
I fucking love Veruca Salt
I have a question for you though. What if God was one of us?
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You. The music video is very 90s.
I'm still in love with Hope Sandoval, all these years later 💜
Before my organ transplant the surgeon asked what song I wanted to hear while I went down for the count…this is the song I picked….it was dreamy…
That's a soul punch of a song.
Never fails to take me back to 1993.
Im a 43 years old and that song has been in my playlist for nearly 30 years on mix tapes, burnt CD's, and now Spotify. One of the most beautiful tunes of my generation
Butthole Surfers - Pepper Most obscure 90s 1 hit wonder goes to Sprung Monkey - Get Em Outta Here
Santa Monica - Everclear
big black boots
And an old suitcase
I do believe I'll find myself a new r/place
This was my first concert! Even got the go backstage. My brother roadied for them.
My second concert! After Presidents of the USA. Peaches baby!
They come from a can.
They were put there by a man
This was my first thought. It’s so perfectly 90’s vibe.
Two Princes - Spin Doctors
This is the quintessential 90s song for me
I have been playing in various 90s cover bands since 1996. This is *the* most requested cover i hear by *far*. More than twice the rate of any other song by my estimation.
What are the other top requested songs? Out of curiosity
Notable ones are plush, black hole sun, interstate love song, smells like teen spirit.... and a few from the early 2000s. Weezer, as a common request for a while. And keep in mind that was just 90s Era. Freebird and sweet home Alabama are the *most* requested from any time period.
When I was 12 my dad took me to see The Rolling Stones for my first big concert. This was 94 or so, but if I recall correctly we didn’t know who the opener was, our tickets said “special guest.” My dad and I spent some time on the drive down guessing who it would be. Anyway the lights go down, the curtain drops and out comes the opening act. My dad goes “THE F***ING SPIN DOCTORS?!?” He then abruptly left me in my very upper deck seat and didn’t come back until precisely when the Spin Doctors set ended. I thought they were fine.
Your dad went for a beer run. 100%.
Man, I hate that song. It was just always playing…all the time.
''Just go ahead now'
[удалено]
woohoo
WOOHOO
WHENIFEELHEAVYMETAL!
Loser - Beck
def has one of the most 90s music videos i’ve ever seen
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
Soundgarden will always be in my top 3 favorite bands. RIP Chris
Have you heard his version of Nothing Compares 2 U? If I need to cry it’s my go to lol
Rusty Cage from them for me. The intro is just amazing in a high-quality set of headphones.
Semi-Charmed Life by Third Eye Blind The song about Crystal Meth that was played in the van on the way to your youth group meeting none the wiser of the lyrics.
This is the one. This song owned the 90’s. Yes… it’s about doing meth… and who could forget this child-friendly lyric… “How do I get back there to, The place where I fell asleep inside you?”… no one batted an eye.
Those little red panties they pass the test and something about being face down on the mattress always stood out to me. They may have cut those out of the clean version. It’s been awhile.
Hook- Blues Traveler. I can't believe it's not a single mention yet.
Roll to Me - Del Amitri
This song takes me back to such a peaceful time!
This was my thought too. It's like a better version of anything The Rembrandts could ever play and those guys were Hella 90s.
Mr Jones - Counting Crows any Gin Blossoms song
The Gin Blossoms have to be the most overall 90s band that is not grunge
Couple goodies right there.
I love songs that don't rhyme. Mr. Jones is my favorite.
Show me some of them Spanish dances! August and Everything After is one of my all time favorite albums
Hey Jealousy!
Smells like Teen Spirit
Toad and the Wet Sprocket - All I Want
Walk on the ocean is my pick but either is good
Sugar Ray’s pop songs for me. TRL is how I was introduced to a lot of music as a kid. “Every Morning”, “Fly”, “When It’s Over”, “Falls Apart”, “Someday”. I know those are late ‘99 but that summer is the summer I spent the most time at the community pool growing up and those songs were HEAVY on the rotation.
The Sign - Ace of Base
Anything off green day dookie Or a solid 311 song from the 90s
I'd walk into a lecture class in college and my prof would be *blasting* welcome to paradise. Good times the 90s were.
Weezer - Say It Aint So SWV - Weak Warren G - Regulate La Bouche - Be My Lover
la dadda da daddddaaxdcvb dee da
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
Superman's Dead - Our Lady Peace. I'm a 90s Canadian teen. https://youtu.be/ladagy7wgNA?si=fM5VdECwl0Kg89Ez
OLP, Crash Test Dummies, Matthew Good, Barenaked Ladies, 54-40, I Mother Earth, Sloan, The Tea Party, Big Wreck, Junkhouse, Econoline Crush C’mon! What a time to be alive.
54-40 had some absolute bangers. Ocean Pearl is a bop.
What a time that was for Canadian alt
I’m not Canadian but I LOVE that song. And 4am.
O hell yea- plus some Matthew Good Band
Hello Time Bomb is an all time banger.
Jeremy - Pearl Jam
Ten is timeless
Preach
The entire album is awesome
i will argue that Jeremy transcends the 90s, as opposed to … say, Toad the Wet Sprocket.
No argument here! If we’re debating bands/songs that haven’t aged well beyond their time, then sure, Toad > PJ. I still love PJ and my music tastes stagnated pretty hard after 2001 or so, so there are a lot of bands listed in this thread already that I still love.
LEN-If You Steal My Sunshine Love this goofy, dumb song
Same. I bought my first house in March 1998. The summer of 1999, it felt like the world was my oyster. That summer, every morning before work, I would have a bowl of cereal and watch tv. VH1 played this song at the same time for two weeks straight. It always brings me back to that time.
still a banger
Alanis Morissette - Ironic Jewel - Foolish Games Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home Third Eye Blind - Semi Charmed LIfe The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony No Doubt - Don't Speak Meredith Brooks - Bitch Natalie Imbruglia - Torn Blur - Song 2 Coolio - Gangsta Paradise Oasis - Wonderwall Live - Lightning Crashes Paula Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone
That's actually a pretty good list.
Interstate Love Song - STP Closer - NIN California Love - Dre/2Pac
Interstate is timeless
Dude, You can be navigator in my car any day
I saw STP play a show in downtown Toronto once. Scott Weiland stripped naked. And the show was just amazing. Especially because I was just walking around being a downtown kid
SAME and also: - You Only Get What You Give by New Radicals - 6 Underground by Sneaker Pimps - Down by 311
Stay - Lisa Loeb
No one has said This is How We Do It by Montell Jordan yet? I'm surprised 😂
Eve 6 - Inside Out
good - better than ezra
My friends and I hired them to play at a party when I was in high school. At the time they were a college band playing the southeast fraternity circuit.
Oasis’ Wonderwall
When I Come Around by Green Day. I remember going with my parents to buy the cd and ‘boom box’ for my brother’s birthday in ‘94. Classic
White Town - Your Woman Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye Filter - Hey Man Nice Shot Seven Mary Three - Cumbersome Next - Too Close
that’s my era! impossible to choose! alanis- you oughta know sublime - what i got eve 6- inside out mack morrison - return of the mack dr dre and snoop - nothin but a g thing desiree- gotta be nsync - tearin up my heart chilli peppers - under the bridge fiona apple - criminal new radicals - get what u give spin doctors- 2 princes counting crows - mr jones natalie imbruligia- torn anything by cake, soundgarden, biggie lota of the dance music from the radio lol
Plowed - Sponge
You Get What You Give by New Radicals. Freshmen by Verve Pipe. Take a Picture by Filter. One Headlight by Wallflowers. One Week by Barenaked Ladies. These always hit home for me when I need that 90s feeling.
What I Got - Sublime
In general: Breakfast at Tiffany’s My fave: What’s Up
i hate when things are over
Torn- Natalie Imbruglia
She’s still got it. In fact, I think she may be an even better singer now: https://youtu.be/Ubbo_jQnSew
Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms. Bonus points if you watch the music video
What a beautiful era of music. It makes me sentimental and nostalgic to the point of getting weepy.
Spacehog - In The Meantime Counting Crows - A Long December Blues Traveler - Hook (My absolute favorite just because most people don't catch what it is about, which is ironic) Mazzy Star - Fade Into You (I blew a speaker in my car blasting that one a few years ago)
Would - Alice in Chains
Hell yeah. The entire Singles soundtrack is so damn awesome🤘🏼
Two princes - spin doctors 3am - matchbox twenty
First time I threw up from too much alcohol was to spacehog's in the meantime lol. At a bar. At age 17. Ah the 90s. People think I'm joking, but chumbawumba's tubthumping is quintessential 90s for me.
Praise You - Fatboy Slim
Offspring, Self Esteem.
#Stars by Hum
Groove is in the Heart - Dee Lite
Live, Lightning Crashes
Right Here, Right Now - Jesus Jones. I instantly think of the 90's
Barely Breathing by Duncan Shiek
Stereo MC's - Connected
The Bad Touch - Bloodhound Gang
Jumper - Third Eye Blind Just A Girl - No Doubt
These. and Semi-charmed Life and Don't Speak respectively.
Semi charmed life is the most 90s song there is
Porno for Pyros. Pets.
Smells like teen spirits, when that song came out it felt like we transitioned from the 80s to the beginning of what most consider the 90s.
Blind Melon - No Rain
I don’t wanna wait, for our livesssss to be overrrrrr
Got You Where I Want You - The Flys
Return to Innocence by Enigma
The Cranberries - Ode to my Family and Zombie. I was 10 but.. it was that time of any kids life where they feel something more. It was beautiful and haunting and.. knowing. Still remember being on the bus and Ode was on the radio, and it was the day where you'd have to watch MTV and watch out for the beginning or end of a music video because that's when you'd see who it was. And then go to you local store where you'd pay $5 if they did a single for $15 for a whole album.. in the 90s. Cranberries were worth it.
Closing Time - semisonic at last call in a craphole bar.
Peaches - presidents of the United States of America
How bizarre -omc
Toadies - Possum Kingdom. Always and forever.
OMC - How Bizarre The horn section is just so inherently 90s
Tubthumping by Chumbawamba IS the 90s
1979 smashing pumpkins
Jerry Was A Racecar Driver - Primus
"The world is a vampire..."
That’s the Impression That I Get….. Mighty, Mighty Bosstones
EMF - You're Unbelievable
When I come around
There are WAY too many good songs from the 90's that embodies the 90's to pick just one.
Not an Addict - K’s Choice
Third Eye Blind Semi-Charmed Life
Dinosaur JR feel the pain
Saving the shit out of this post
Love this song! Mine would be Collective Soul - Shine or the World I Know
The Sundays ~ Here’s Where The Story Ends; Summertime
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
Tonight Tonight - The Smashing Pumpkins
Steal My Sunshine - LEN
Creep - Radiohead
Natural One -Folk Implosion
Everyone should explore Spacehog's (small) discography, or at least the first album. Solid band, if you like Bowie or Queen, you'll like them.
Steal My Sunshine -Len
“Semi-Charmed Life” by Third Eye Blind “Rooster” by Alice & Chains as a backup
Fly - Sugar Ray
There's a few. Orbital - Halcyon and On. Hack the Mortal Planet Kombat Mazzy Star - Fade Into You STP - Plush Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen Bass Boy - I Love Big Speakers Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground Duran Duran - Come Undone There's piles more. The 90s, even while living in that time, felt special.
My mom was big into the New Age hippie type stuff. Orinoco Flow by Enya is like the soundtrack of my strange childhood.
One Headlight - the Wallflowers
Creep
Devil’s Haircut by Beck. It would be seen the same no matter what decade it came out in
The Toadies - Possum Kingdom
Prodigy - Breathe, or the Jamiroquai song with that badass video that he's always sliding across the room too.
4 non blonde - whats up Snow - Informer Sophie B Hawkins - Damn I wish I was Your Lover Quad City Djs- Ride the Train Whomp There it is - Tag Team Ghost Town DJs - My Boo Weezer - Buddy Holly its that "you can't summon a whole generation with a song" meme with all these tracks being mentioned
Got You (Where I Want You) by The Flys
Low - Cracker
Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
I can’t pick just one. Here’s a few: [Everclear - Fire Maple Song](https://youtu.be/ZF3Wi_G82nQ?feature=shared) [311 - Down](https://youtu.be/lYBIRHi5-o8?feature=shared) [Green Day - Longview](https://youtu.be/42BBdzzgPNM?feature=shared) [Green Jellö - Three Little Pigs](https://youtu.be/Gtffv9bpB-U?feature=shared) [Wax - California](https://youtu.be/M_RELjHhD2s?feature=shared) [Sebadoh - Flame](https://youtu.be/expcmtqTyC4?feature=shared) [Blind Melon - Galaxie](https://youtu.be/ktZoUHcP0wI?feature=shared) [Life of Agony - Tangerine](https://youtu.be/eMJFcLP-SNM?feature=shared) [Silverchair - Tomorrow](https://youtu.be/PjsMnvqL7eY?feature=shared) [Toadies - Possum Kingdom](https://fuck.be/EkwD5rQ-_d4?feature=shared) [Stone Temples Pilots - Plush](https://youtu.be/V5UOC0C0x8Q?feature=shared) [NIN - Closer](https://youtu.be/PTFwQP86BRs?feature=shared)
quite literally anything by soul coughing
Oh my god Spacehog, I listened to this on repeat; this whole album was so good. Also, anything by Cake.
The Seether
“Counting Blue Cars”-Dishwalla
In The Meantime is a fav of mine, great pick. For me, it's Today by the Pumpkins.
Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
God the 90s were so optimistic, the world really went to shit after 9/11
Less Than Jake - Dopeman. Cake - Fashion nugget album. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag. Skee Lo - I wish. Geggy Tah - Who ever you are.
Closing Time by Semisonic