Boardsies greatest song of the 90s - Live Thread

Collie D · 22-01-2020 08:52PM

1. Coolio - He played after racing at Leopardstown last summer and we’d planned to go. Not many acts you’ll go to see just for one song.

2. Tough one but I’ll give Nirvana the nod. Two great songs from two great albums but Smells Like Teen Spirit will lift any party.

22-01-2020 08:52PM

Fatboy Slim - Praise You

Brilliant song great video and my nomination

The Verve - Bitter sweet symphony
Great lyrics, cool tune and I nominated it

ArnoldJRimmer · 22-01-2020 08:53PM

Kolido wrote: »

R4/Match 1

Coolio - Gangster's Paradise
vs
Fatboy Slim - Praise You

Coolio, for the opening riff alone

R4/Match 2
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
vs
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

Nirvana, a genuinely huge song that helped bring an entire music scene to the mainstream. Versus a Rollings Stones ripoff? No thanks

angel eyes 2012 · 22-01-2020 08:55PM

1. Tough choice but I'll vote for Coolio, still know every word 20+ years on. Great song and really brings me back to that time.

2. The Verve, love the video and the song.

Song was used at the dramatic ending of the movie Cruel Intentions, with Reece Witherspoon's character driving off in the distance.

Triceratops Ballet · 22-01-2020 09:04PM

Kolido wrote:

Coolio - Gangster's Paradise

I love the intro to this song. It also made my long list, but got bumped. It's on of those recognisable intros that transports you.

This one was really hard. Smells like Teen Spirit is a sound of the 90's but not my fave Nirvana song. I think if both were released now I'd prefer the Verve because again I love the intros I'll give that my vote.....my 17 year old self has just disowned me

Electric Nitwit · 22-01-2020 09:07PM

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

Versus a Rollings Stones ripoff? No thanks

Except...

The Verve’s best-known song, “Bitter Sweet Symphony,” famously samples an orchestral cover of the Rolling Stones’ 1965 song “The Last Time.” The portion sampled was written by arranger David Whitaker. It is not part of the Stones’ original song. But while the Verve cleared the rights to sample the orchestral recording, they did not get the publishing rights from the Stones

Electric Nitwit · 22-01-2020 09:08PM

I've been pondering both for ten minutes now and can't decide!

22-01-2020 09:10PM

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

I've been pondering both for ten minutes now and can't decide!

Fatboy Slim and The Verve are my last two entries left in the comp!

Necro · 22-01-2020 09:11PM

Peatys wrote: »

Fatboy Slim - Praise You

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Need reasons to count brah

the heathen · 22-01-2020 09:11PM

Coolio
The Verve

Electric Nitwit · 22-01-2020 09:12PM

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Fatboy Slim and The Verve are my last two entries left in the comp!

So should I vote for the others?

Necro · 22-01-2020 09:13PM

the heathen wrote: »

Coolio
The Verve

Necro wrote: »

Need reasons to count brah

Kolido · 22-01-2020 09:14PM

Need a reason for you choices from this round on guys, anything relavant will do.

ArnoldJRimmer · 22-01-2020 09:14PM

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Except...

The Verve’s best-known song, “Bitter Sweet Symphony,” famously samples an orchestral cover of the Rolling Stones’ 1965 song “The Last Time.” The portion sampled was written by arranger David Whitaker. It is not part of the Stones’ original song. But while the Verve cleared the rights to sample the orchestral recording, they did not get the publishing rights from the Stones

Potaytos, Potattos

.

Fair enough, I just never really particularly likes this song. History and The Drugs Don't Work are class though

Peatys · 22-01-2020 09:14PM

Necro wrote: »

Need reasons to count brah

Sound, I'll leave it so.. no reason other than i like one more then the other

Necro · 22-01-2020 09:18PM

Peatys wrote: »

Sound, I'll leave it so.. no reason other than i like one more then the other

That's a reason, imo anyways

Kolido · 22-01-2020 09:28PM

R4/Match 3

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge

vs

Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight

R4/Match 4

Soundgarden - Black - Hole Sun

vs

Nirvana - Come As You Are

khalessi · 22-01-2020 09:31PM

R4/Match 3
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight

Love the group, the song, the video.

R4/Match 4
Nirvana - Come As You Are

Classic grunge gone mainstream, opened doors for other grunge bands and they were the soundtrack to my teens.

Necro · 22-01-2020 09:34PM

Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm honestly not gone on that particular Smashing Pumpkins song.

Nirvana - I quite like Soundgarden but I prefer the Nirvana track tbh.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 22-01-2020 09:35PM

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge - I do like the Smashing Pumpkins, but Tonight Tonight isn't a song I'm particularly fond of, whereas Under The Bridge is one of the best Chili Peppers songs.

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun - a very tough call on this one, as I really like both songs, but Black Hole Sun is easily my favourite Soundgarden track, and just beats Nirvana on this occasion.

ArnoldJRimmer · 22-01-2020 09:37PM

Kolido wrote: »

R4/Match 3
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge
vs
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight

RHCP, as I said earlier in this thread, I don't think Tonight Tonight is even in the top ten of Pumpkins songs, whereas Under the Bridge is a classic

R4/Match 4
Soundgarden - Black - Hole Sun
vs
Nirvana - Come As You Are

Black Hole Sun, brilliant song, brilliant video, and one of the best vocalists of all time singing it

Collie D · 22-01-2020 09:37PM

3. Under the Bridge - Great song from a band at their peak before the 2000s when all their stuff started to sound the same. Also because it gives me a wry smile that a squeaky clean band like the All Saints would cover a song about heroin addiction.

4. Black Hole Sun - Nevermind is one of the albums of the decade but Come as you Are was one of the weaker tracks but still a decent song in its own right. The Soundgarden track was one I hadn’t heard in years until Chris Cornell died but is now a regular on my playlist. Video creeped me out though.

Irish Aris · 22-01-2020 09:37PM

Not sure if the first 2 matches have been decided so I vote for all four matches just in case:

Match 1: Coolio (I like both, but Coolio has the extra advantage of being the soundtrack of a great film - and I love Michelle Pfeiffer)
Match 2: Nirvana (I mean it is one of the defining 90's songs, right?)
Match 3: Red Hot Chili Peppers (Blood Sugar Sex Magic was such an amazing album!!)
Match 4: Soundgarden (I like both songs a lot, I just want to give Soundgarden a chance to go a bit further)

22-01-2020 09:38PM

Tonight, Tonight - everything about this song is beautiful - the drums, the strings, the hammering crescendo before the gentle final notes.

Come As You Are - one of Nirvana's best songs and has a really cool bass line

Kolido · 22-01-2020 09:41PM

Coolio - Gangster's Paradise 10 4 Fatboy Slim - Praise You
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 10 4 The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

Triceratops Ballet · 22-01-2020 09:42PM

Kolido wrote:

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge

This song was my intro to RHCP, I had such a crush on Anthony Kiedis. I love the melody. It's a classic 90's jam

Kolido wrote:

Nirvana - Come As You Are

One of my preferred Nirvana tracks, I'd almost rather see this through than smells like Teen Spirit

Electric Nitwit · 22-01-2020 09:43PM

Tonight, Tonight - it's no Disarm but I still love it

Come As You Are - I accept it's not Nirvana at their best but it's still brilliant, that entire album was

angel eyes 2012 · 22-01-2020 09:49PM

Under the Bridge - real fresh sound when it was released, suffered a bit from overplaying to an extent but is more iconic than Tonight.

Abstain on other vote.

lassykk · 22-01-2020 09:53PM

Tonight tonight - Extremely hard to choose between tonight tonight and under the bridge. All I can go on is that I can remember clearly the first time I heard tonight tonight and was blown away.

Black hole sun - I know I'm going to lose this but I think Chris cornell was an amazing singer and deserves to place high on this list. When the noughties come around I'll definitely be nominating some audioslave too!

khalessi · 22-01-2020 09:58PM

lassykk wrote: »

Black hole sun - I know I'm going to lose this but I think Chris cornell was an amazing singer and deserves to place high on this list. When the noughties come around I'll definitely be nominating some audioslave too!

Listening to him at the moment on Youtube, there might be a tear or two a great loss loved listening to him sing amazing vocalist

Boardsies greatest song of the 90s - Live Thread

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