Favorite early 1990s songs

[Mischka]

I've been asked to name three of my favorite songs from the early 1990s. What are yours? I'm totally going to copy off you.

 

[rosco rathbone]

fabulous thunderbirds, "tuff enuff"

 

[Mischka]

fabulous thunderbirds, "tuff enuff"

Excellent song, but unfortunately a bit early. "Tuff Enuff is a 1986 studio album by Texas-based Blues Rock and Rockabilly band The Fabulous Thunderbirds which pointed the band in a more mainstream direction. The single, "Tuff Enuff" was featured in the films Gung Ho, Tough Guys, as was the follow-up single "Wrap It Up"."

 

[beetlebum]

my bloody valentine - only shallow

teenage fanclub - the concept

everything but the girl - missing

suede - animal nitrate

pulp - babies
(best line in the history of music: i only went with her cause she looks like you MY GAHHH!!!)

blur - this is a low

stone temple pilots - sex type thing

smashing pumpkins - today

the cranberries - linger

REM - everybody hurts

the replacements - merry go round

the sundays - here is where the story ends

i can keep going.

 

[Mischka]

i can keep going.

Holy moly. Thanks! Queuing up Pulp on Spotify now.

 

[phrodeau]

A lot of crap made it big in the early 1990's.

For example,
"U Can't Touch This" 1990
"Losing My Religion" 1991
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" 1991
"Baby Got Back" 1992
"Runaway Train" 1992
"I Will Always Love You" 1992
"Tears In Heaven" 1992
"Man On the Moon" 1992
"Whoomp! (There It Is)" 1993
"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" 1993
"Macarena" 1994

 

[beetlebum]

Holy moly. Thanks! Queuing up Pulp on Spotify now.

can't go wrong with that choice.

 

[rosco rathbone]

living in america james brown

 

[Mischka]

living in america james brown

Rosco! Now you're just being contumacious. "Living in America" is a 1985 song composed by Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight, and performed by James Brown. It was released as a single in 1985 and reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

 

[pointless]

back then? it was probably something horrible like guns n' roses. now? i'm gonna go with some fugazi just off the top of my head.

smallpox champion.

 

[beetlebum]

back then? it was probably something horrible like guns n' roses. now? i'm gonna go with some fugazi just off the top of my head.

smallpox champion.

nice.

 

[Mischka]

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" 1991

I did not know Teen Spirit was a deodorant until the mid-2000s. I remember wondering what on earth teen spirit smelled like. A mix of Noxema, beer coolers, and hormones.

"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" 1993

Just reading this one gave me an ear worm.

 

[pointless]

damnit. three? man, fuck you. more fugazi.

great cop.

and shonen knife.

blue oyster cult.

yeah. i know. i don't care. i really have no idea. i'm just going with my gut at the moment. tomorrow my answers would likely be totally different.

 

[pointless]

nice.

damn right it's nice.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Rosco! Now you're just being contumacious. "Living in America" is a 1985 song composed by Dan Hartman and Charlie Midnight, and performed by James Brown. It was released as a single in 1985 and reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

My meter seems to be miscalibrated by five years to the past.

Burning Flames Congo Man

 

[Ishmael]

Santeria - Sublime

Ishmael

 

[Sinny]

Hallah, Mazzy Star
Touch Me I'm Sick, Mudhoney
Fuck and Run, Liz Phair
It's A Fast Driving Rave-Up, Dandy Warhols
Redhead Walking, Beat Happening

 

[Sinny]

I saw Fugazi open for Beat Happening in 1990

 

[beetlebum]

ride - vapour trail

slowdive - when the sun hits

 

[beetlebum]

Hallah, Mazzy Star
Touch Me I'm Sick, Mudhoney
Fuck and Run, Liz Phair
It's A Fast Driving Rave-Up, Dandy Warhols
Redhead Walking, Beat Happening

i respect you, person.

 

[pointless]

for rosco.

maniac dragstrip

 

[Sinny]

Echos Myron, Guided by Voices
There You Are, Flaming Lips
I Got A Broken Face, Pixies

 

[rosco rathbone]

john lee hooker this is hip

 

[Mischka]

As demonstrated by the offerings in this thread, I was officially out of it / uncool in the early 1990s; I haven't heard half of these before. Appetite for Destruction was my first tape; but I preferred my ABBA album; except when Dr. Demento played on the radio. Dead Puppies and Freakers Ball were my favorite songs.

 

[pointless]

As demonstrated by the offerings in this thread, I was officially out of it / uncool in the early 1990s; I haven't heard half of these before. Appetite for Destruction was my first tape; but I preferred my ABBA album; except when Dr. Demento played on the radio. Dead Puppies and Freakers Ball were my favorite songs.

my first tape was licensed to ill. my parents "lost" it for me after about six months. that was fun.