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

Shryke · 04-12-2011 01:50AM #1

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 · 04-12-2011 01:52AM

Which 90s?

John Doe1 · 04-12-2011 01:54AM

Sugar ray??

Try pavement!

uch · 04-12-2011 01:54AM

80's was better

El Weirdo · 04-12-2011 01:55AM

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

John Doe1 · 04-12-2011 01:56AM

uch wrote: »

80's was better

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

gurramok · 04-12-2011 01:57AM

The birth of Oasis & Blur?

Biggins · 04-12-2011 01:58AM

It was crap compared to the 80's.

ChunkyLover_53 · 04-12-2011 01:59AM

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 · 04-12-2011 01:59AM

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 · 04-12-2011 02:01AM

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 · 04-12-2011 02:02AM

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 · 04-12-2011 02:09AM

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 · 04-12-2011 02:09AM

Stone Roses.Prodigy.
Fcukin ace

hidinginthebush · 04-12-2011 02:12AM

Anyone else remember how bad some of it was?

crushproof · 04-12-2011 02:13AM

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

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

Love it.

gurramok · 04-12-2011 02:15AM

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

GLaDOS · 04-12-2011 02:18AM

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

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

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

KKkitty · 04-12-2011 02:19AM

Kiss me was done by sixpence none the richer.

Biggins · 04-12-2011 02:20AM

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 · 04-12-2011 02:21AM

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 · 04-12-2011 02:22AM

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

PseudoFamous · 04-12-2011 02:25AM

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 · 04-12-2011 02:25AM

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 · 04-12-2011 02:27AM

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 · 04-12-2011 02:27AM

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

*gets hit in the eye with stick*

guitarzero · 04-12-2011 02:29AM

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 · 04-12-2011 02:30AM

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 · 04-12-2011 02:32AM

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??!