Just say someone had no clue about popular music from the last 15 or so years & they asked you ....

my favorite band from the 90's is prolly these guys...

you hadda be somebody to play Sesame Street...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC-KaKAmmEY


Spin Doctors
Jimmy Olsen's blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re7oTQnih-0&feature=fvw

(Pocket Full of Kryptonite ~ August 1991)

The Spin Doctors remind me of...

The Lemonheads....



who remind me of Marcy Playground...



Both from around 2005ish

Lemonheads was earlier, i think.

my other favorite 90's band is the Peppers, but they ain't for everyman...

If You Had To Ask
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-yy7bfSw6M&feature=related(TVMA)

(Blood Sugar Sex Magik ~ 1991)




yes, the guy playing bass is naked...

I can guess why your nickname here is Rockhead, Rockhead! Because you freaking rock! Does that make you redundant?

Is Flea completely nude in this video? I can't even see flesh colored underwear on him....

some would call me worse than redundant...

and yes, i'm pretty sure that's raw buttflesh.

I also like the punkins, but not as much.

Bullet with butterfly wings (2006)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktff3bZpux8&feature=channel

this is a later tune, but they started in 88 and played together till 2000.

I think aging might have something to do with it, like you mentioned. But for me I think it has more to do with it being a bad decade. I like a lot of music outside my "time" but for me the 2000's haven't been particularly inspired (didn't think the typical 80's music from America was either).



I'm very much a song guy, in that I usually only can stand one or two songs from any one artist. But Nirvana and Pearl Jam join only a couple of other artists for me where I like a substantial portion of their discography. So I'd actually recommend whole albums:

Pearl Jam: 10 (1991)
Nirvana: Nevermind (1991)

I feel like listening to some music, so I'm going to post some of my favorite post-1990 songs and put them in order by date:

Pearl Jam - Release (1991)


Pearl Jam - Black (1991)


Pearl Jam - Garden (1991)


Pearl Jam - Alive (1991)


Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991)


Pearl Jam - Yellow Ledbetter (1992)


Blind Melon - No Rain (1992)


Pearl Jam - Daughter (1993)


Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World (1993)


The Smashing Pumpkins - Today (1993)


Pearl Jam - Crazy Mary (1993)


Radiohead - Creep (1993)


Aerosmith - Amazing (1993)


Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (1993)


The Cranberries - Linger (1993)


Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror (1993)


Tool - Sober (1993)


Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea (Acoustic version in 1993)


Pearl Jam - Better Man (1994)


Bush - Comedown (1994) but I'm linking to a later acoustic version


Green Day - Basketcase (1994)


The Cranberries - Zombie (1994)


Bush - Glycerine (1994)


Green Day - When I come around (1994)


Counting Crows - Mr Jones (1994)


Hootie and the Blowfish - Goodbye (1994)


Green Day - She (1994)


Bush - Machinehead (1994)


Pearl Jam - Nothingman (1994)


Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees (1995)


Notorious B.I.G - Big Poppa (1995)


Oasis - Wonderwall (1995)


Alanis Morissette - Forgiven (1995)


The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight (1996)


Bush - Distant Voices (1996)


The Fugees - Killing me Softly (1996)


Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People (1996)


Better Than Ezra - Desperately Wanting (1996)


Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity (1996)


Bush - Mouth (1996)


O Rappa - Hey Joe (1996)


The Offspring - All I Want (1996)


Foo Fighters - Everlong (1997)


The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get (1997)


Sarah McLachlan - Angel (1997)


Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) (1997)


Smash Mouth - Walkin' on the Sun (1997)


Everclear - Father of Mine (1997)


Pearl Jam - Given to Fly (1998)


Alanis Morissette - Uninvited (1998)


Metallica - Turn The Page (1998)


Marilyn Manson - Disassociative (1998)


Goo Goo Dolls - Iris (1998)


Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution (1998)


Jota Quest -- Fácil (1998)


Foo Fighters - My Hero (1998)


Jota Quest - De Volta ao Planeta (1998)


Pearl Jam - Low Light (1998)


Legião Urbana - Pais e Filhos (1999 acoustic release)


Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly (1999)


Legião Urbana - Hoje a noite não tem Luar (1999)


Eminem (featuring Dido) - Stan (2000)


Clint Mansell - Lux Aeterna (2000)


Infected Mushroom - Dancing with Kadafi (2001)


Eminem - Lose Yourself (2002)


Johnny Cash - Hurt (2002)


Alison Krauss & Union Station f. Jerry Douglas - We Hide & Seek (2002)


Eminem - Cleanin' Out My Closet (2002)


Johnny Cash - Bridge Over Troubled Waters (2002)


Jet (an Australian band): Be my Girl (2003)


OutKast - Hey Ya! (2003)


Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You (2003)


blink-182 - I Miss You (2003)


Tiësto - Adagio For Strings (2004)


Christmas Song bonus:

Pearl Jam - Let me Sleep (1991)


Eh, there are plenty more but I've now listened to music for a lot more than I'm used to in one sitting.

Back home & listening. Thanks for the music, everyone. This is very interesting!



Soundgarden, yes!

I think if I was the right age at the time, I would have identified strongly with dark & angsty Seattle grunge. I know a lot of my older (secondary school) students did. They used to bring their tapes to class to play. Many were shattered when Kurt Cobain died. You've just reminded me.

I like your daughter's musical taste, Jane! Lovely.

And yes, I will check out more Coldplay on Youtube.

Thanks.

Interesting, Jane. The number of times I've seen the Grace Jones image (it was everywhere!) , but this is actually the first time I've heard her music. It has that certain international slow & trancey/dancey feel.

Oh I loved ComeOn, Come On, tsar!

The irony of that is I used to have the CD ... somewhere ... I would like to burn it on my Hard Drive but seemed to have misplaced it.... C'est la vie!

Wow, what a selection, djjd!
I am going to have to return here & listen more slowly, I can see.
Wonderful stuff!
Just one question: could I have directions on how to join the Mountain Goats fan club, please?

You might well be right, you dancing girl!



Thanks, boomerang. That was good fun!

and...

there's a whole new crop of Marleys about.

Ziggy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikzQmC3S-mE

( April 15, 2003)

Cake sounds intriguing. I like it. Further investigation, I think.

Now that is quite a collection, Robert!

I'm about a third of my way through ... listening with interest.

I'm thinking that Pearl Jam is such a thoughtful & serious band. And a very good one. I wish I'd come across them well before this. Played a couple of their tracks a couple of times over to catch their lyrics better. I imagine I'll be playing them again. Some of their tracks here have almost a dirge-like, mesmerizing quality. I liked Release very much. They are good!

I had to smile when I heard the first few bars of Smells Like Teen Spirit. You have no idea how many times I've heard that in classrooms in the early 90s! Brought back vivid memories of some very nice, idealistic year 11 & 12 students I taught. Some of them just adored Kurt! He was such an important influence.

I'm going to listen to the rest over the next couple of days. Thanks.

OK, I think I'll leave it here for the time being.

Thanks to all of you who posted. This has been quite an education. I'm certain (as is my way) that I'll return to this thread & play & replay. One listen is never enough, as you'd know. That's just scratching the surface!

A few one- or two-hit wonders from the '90s, some may be more popular now, I dunno (these are from a 90s collection we have, these are some of my faves from that collection). In all fairness, Jamiroquai also had a hit from The Napolean Dynamite soundtrack ("Canned Heat").

Robert, did you ever hear The Screaming Trees? You might like them.

man, this page totally locked up my computer...lol

Oops, sorry dude.