90s music

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[Frink]

Interesting to think about some of these bands that have come back or just never quit. Off of Bad's list, Robyn Hitchcock (who will be at the Turf Club in April) is an example of someone who has just kept playing, touring and generally being awesome. Meanwhile the Pixies came back for a sad cash grab. Dinosaur Jr's original lineup getting back together was highly improbable. Even more improbable, they put out 4 solid albums.

One good thing, these bands (and many smaller local bands) have figured out fans of the the 90s generation will come out to shows as long as they don't start the headliner at 11:30. Most of these types of shows will have the headliner starting by 9, 9:30 at the latest.

 

[Frink]

It's the 20th anniversary of Mike Watt's Ball Hog or Tugboat album. Members of The Pixies, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soul Asylum, Pearl Jam, Lemonheads, Foo Fighters and on and on. Doesn't get any more 90's than this album.

Mike Watt’s "Ball-Hog or Tugboat" Turns 25: Kathleen Hanna, J Mascis Reflect on Its Importance

Dave Pirner, Nels Cline, Kathleen Hanna, and J Mascis remember the epic, genre-defying solo debut

www.spin.com

 

[tikited]

Interesting to think about some of these bands that have come back or just never quit. Off of Bad's list, Robyn Hitchcock (who will be at the Turf Club in April) is an example of someone who has just kept playing, touring and generally being awesome. Meanwhile the Pixies came back for a sad cash grab. Dinosaur Jr's original lineup getting back together was highly improbable. Even more improbable, they put out 4 solid albums.

One good thing, these bands (and many smaller local bands) have figured out fans of the the 90s generation will come out to shows as long as they don't start the headliner at 11:30. Most of these types of shows will have the headliner starting by 9, 9:30 at the latest.

Went to see Wire on Tuesday. They played till pretty late. I could sense the worry by many in the audience that work the next day was going to suck.

 

[CutDownTheNet]

A couple years ago I put together a playlist of modern rock from the early 90s, a period I refer to as the golden age of modern rock--before grunge came in and drowned out new wave and post-punk pop. This is what they were playing on KJ 104, which was a marvelous (IMHO) short-lived station and which was sort of reborn with some of the same staff members when REV 105 went on the air a few years later.

Most of this collection dates from mid 1989 through mid 1991, although there are songs that go as far back as mid 1988 and forward to mid 1992. The station went off the air over Labor Day weekend 1992. It was an incredibly prolific few years, with excellent releases by established artists as well as some one-hit wonders. Just 1990 by itself was a firehose flow of wonderful music.

I ended up with 8 volumes (volumed so they can fit on 80-minute CDs if desired) totalling about 10 and a half hours of music. And this isn't even everything from that era; I left stuff off that I thought was stale or that I didn't particularly like.

Here it is. It's all pretty findable on YouTube. Enjoy!

VOLUME 1

1	They Might Be Giants	Ana Ng
2	Redd Kross	Annie's Gone
3	Matthew Sweet	I've Been Waiting
4	Matthew Sweet	Girlfriend
5	Aztek Camera	The Crying Scene
6	Kitchens of Distinction	Drive That Fast
7	Aztec Camera	Good Morning Britain
8	The Chills	Heavenly Pop Hit
9	Cocteau Twins	Iceblink Luck
10	Bob Mould	It's Too Late
11	Social Distortion	Ring Of Fire
12	Social Distortion	Ball and Chain
13	The Waterboys	A Life Of Sundays
14	Primal Scream	Movin On Up
15	The Trash Can Sinatras	Only Tongue Can Tell
16	The Lightning Seeds	Pure
17	Billy Bragg	Sexuality
18	Teenage Fanclub	Star Sign
19	Marc Almond	Tears Run Rings

VOLUME 2

1	John Wesley Harding	Here Comes The Groom
2	Jane's Addiction	Been Caught Stealing
3	The Darling Buds	Crystal Clear
4	World Party	Way Down Now
5	Sinead O'Connor	The Emperor's New Clothes
6	Deee-Lite	Groove Is In The Heart
7	World Party	Put The Message In The Box
8	Katydids	Heavy Weather Traffic
9	The House of Love	I Don't Know Why I Love You
10	Jellyfish	I Wanna Stay Home
11	John Wesley Harding	The Devil In Me
12	The Orb	Little Fluffy Clouds
13	Lenny Kravitz	Mr. Cab Driver
14	Elvis Costello	The Other Side Of Summer
15	The Rave-Ups	Respectfully King Of Rain
16	The Stone Roses	She Bangs The Drums
17	Gear Daddies	Color Of Her Eyes
18	Happy Mondays	Step On
19	Steve Wynn	Tears Won't Help

VOLUME 3

1	Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians	Oceanside
2	Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians	So You Think You're In Love
3	The Cramps	Bikini Girls With Machine Guns
4	Peter Murphy	Cuts You Up
5	Faith No More	Epic
6	The Farm	Groovy Train
7	Something Happens	Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello
8	Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians	Ultra Unbelievable Love
9	Richard Thompson	I Feel So Good
10	Gene Loves Jezebel	Jealous (Again)
11	Big Dipper	Love Barge
12	The Beautiful South	My Book
13	Oingo Boingo	Out Of Control
14	Jesus Jones	Right Here Right Now
15	Lloyd Cole	She's A Girl And I'm A Man
16	Trip Shakespeare	The Crane
17	Del Amitri	Stone Cold Sober
18	Jellyfish	That Is Why
19	EMF	Unbelievable
20	Kirsty MacColl	Walking Down Madison

VOLUME 4

1	Midnight Oil	Blue Sky Mine
2	Enya	Caribbean Blue
3	Material Issue	Diane
4	Trip Shakespeare	Bachelorette
5	The Railway Children	Every Beat Of The Heart
6	The Origin	Growing Old
7	The Pixies	Here Comes Your Man
8	Midnight Oil	Forgotten Years
9	David J	I'll Be Your Chauffeur
10	Concrete Blonde	Joey
11	XTC	The Mayor Of Simpleton
12	Midnight Oil	King Of The Mountain
13	Midnight Oil	River Runs Red
14	This Picture	Naked Rain
15	Siouxsie and the Banshees	Peek-a-Boo
16	House of Freaks	Rocking Chair
17	The Primitives	Sick Of It
18	The Connells	Stone Cold Yesterday
19	Too Much Joy	That's A Lie
20	Material Issue	Valerie Loves Me
21	Falling Joys	You're In A Mess

VOLUME 5

1	Depeche Mode	World In My Eyes
2	Soul Asylum	Cartoon
3	Public Image Limited	Don't Ask Me
4	Lou Reed	Dirty Blvd.
5	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Far Gone And Out
6	Indigo Girls	Hammer And A Nail
7	Depeche Mode	Personal Jesus
8	The Sundays	Here's Where the Story Ends
9	Pursuit Of Happiness	I'm An Adult Now
10	Jellyfish	The King Is Half-Undressed
11	The Church	Metropolis
12	Morrissey	November Spawned A Monster
13	Depeche Mode	Enjoy The Silence
14	Depeche Mode	Policy Of Truth
15	Morrissey	Piccadilly Palare
16	Big Audio Dynamite	Rush
17	James	Sit Down
18	Wire Train	Stone Me
19	The La's	There She Goes

VOLUME 6

1	They Might Be Giants	Theme From Flood
2	They Might Be Giants	Birdhouse In Your Soul
3	An Emotional Fish	Celebrate
4	The Wonder Stuff	Don't Let Me Down, Gently
5	They Might Be Giants	Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
6	Electronic	Getting Away With It
7	Ned's Atomic Dustbin	Happy
8	That Petrol Emotion	Hey Venus
9	Soup Dragons	I'm Free
10	MC 900 Ft. Jesus	The City Sleeps
11	Happy Mondays	Kinky Afro
12	Voice of the Beehive	Monsters And Angels
13	Boom Crash Opera	Onion Skin
14	When In Rome	The Promise
15	Meat Puppets	Sam
16	The Wonder Stuff	The Size of a Cow
17	Jane's Addiction	Stop!
18	Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy	California Uber Alles
19	Blur	There's No Other Way
20	Elvis Costello	Veronica
21	Mighty Lemon Drops	Where Do We Go From Heaven

VOLUME 7

1	Dream Warriors	Mr. Bubbunut Spills His Guts
2	Dream Warriors	My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style
3	Erasure	Chorus
4	The Heart Throbs	Dreamtime
5	The Lemonheads	It's A Shame About Ray
6	Hothouse Flowers	Give It Up
7	Dramarama	Haven't Got A Clue
8	Soho	Hippychick
9	Big Dipper	Impossible Things
10	Del Amitri	Kiss This Thing Goodbye
11	Dream Warriors	Wash Your Face In My Sink
12	The Sisters of Mercy	More
13	Saint Etienne	Only Love Can Break Your Heart
14	Ian McCulloch	Proud to Fall
15	The Judybats	Saturday
16	The Alarm	Sold Me Down The River
17	Lush	Sweetness And Light
18	Camper Van Beethoven	Pictures Of Matchstick Men
19	Goo Goo Dolls	There You Are
20	Pop Will Eat Itself	X, Y & Zee

VOLUME 8

1	School Of Fish	Intro / 3 Strange Days
2	Inspiral Carpets	Commercial Reign
3	The Ocean Blue	Drifting Falling
4	The Posies	Golden Blunders
5	The B52's	Deadbeat Club
6	The B52's	Love Shack
7	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Head On
8	Butthole Surfers	The Hurdy Gurdy Man
9	Divinyls	I Touch Myself
10	The Cavedogs	Leave Me Alone
11	The Shamen	Move Any Mountain
12	The B52's	Roam
13	The Charlatans	The Only One I Know
14	Dead Milkmen	Punk Rock Girl
15	Bob Mould	See A Little Light
16	Ultra Vivid Scene	Special One
17	The Stranglers	Sweet Smell of Success
18	Jah Wobble	Visions of You
19	The Church	You're Still Beautiful

Thanks for the awesome playlist!

I too shared the grief at the loss of the short-lived KJ-104 and REV-105. I think I still have REV-105 stickers on various objects. The (current, pun intended) Current is semi-OK I guess, but doesn’t hold a candle to those “classic” modern rock stations (did I just invent an oxymoron phrase?).

 

[coolhandgopher]

I stumbled upon this compilation of the Top 50 alternative landfill songs from the ‘90s-a great combination of songs I’d never heard, had forgotten about, and am still quite fond of. I also love the descriptor-I would have labeled it, “bands whose CD’s were 10 deep at the used record store.”

Here’s the list

 

[Nokomis]

I stumbled upon this compilation of the Top 50 alternative landfill songs from the ‘90s-a great combination of songs I’d never heard, had forgotten about, and am still quite fond of. I also love the descriptor-I would have labeled it, “bands whose CD’s were 10 deep at the used record store.”

Here’s the list

What is meant by a landfill song? Songs that had some initial success but are now all but forgotten?

 

[coolhandgopher]

What is meant by a landfill song? Songs that had some initial success but are now all but forgotten?

The author was following up on Twitter with questions, and he explained landfill songs/CD's as those that artists whose work ended up being shuttled off to used CD shops/thrift stores/pawn shops and eventually onward to landfills.

 

[Nokomis]

The author was following up on Twitter with questions, and he explained landfill songs/CD's as those that artists whose work ended up being shuttled off to used CD shops/thrift stores/pawn shops and eventually onward to landfills.

311 fits that description for me (and didn't seem them on the linked list). I was really into 311 in the 90s but haven't really thought of them since. The is the song that propelled them into the mainstream.

 

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Thought about putting this in the Old Music thread but it made more sense to track this thread down. Peak 90's right here and the opener, God Knows it's True, is a just amazing, especially Brendan O'Hare going Animal on the drums.

 

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Thought about putting this in the Old Music thread but it made more sense to track this thread down. Peak 90's right here and the opener, God Knows it's True, is a just amazing, especially Brendan O'Hare going Animal on the drums.

Saw them with Yo La Tango in 93. Top ten show for me. Still listen to both often. Teenage beat out Nirvana for best album of 91 I remember. At least according to Spin magazine.

 

[Bad Gopher]

In case people don't know, the Chris Carter who hosts "Breakfast With the Beatles" on SiriusXM's Beatles channel was the bassist for Dramarama.

 

[stocker08]

311 fits that description for me (and didn't seem them on the linked list). I was really into 311 in the 90s but haven't really thought of them since. The is the song that propelled them into the mainstream.

Soundsystem is a great album.

 

[Nokomis]

Soundsystem is a great album.

Music, Grassroots, & 311 are all solid. After that I lost interest.

 

[stocker08]

Music, Grassroots, & 311 are all solid. After that I lost interest.

Wow! Transistor and Soundsystem are widely considered to be their two best albums....but to each their own.

 

[Frink]

Another fantastically 90's relic.

 

[stocker08]

I stumbled upon this compilation of the Top 50 alternative landfill songs from the ‘90s-a great combination of songs I’d never heard, had forgotten about, and am still quite fond of. I also love the descriptor-I would have labeled it, “bands whose CD’s were 10 deep at the used record store.”

Here’s the list

Thanks for the link. I'm with you. Plenty of stuff here that I know....and quite a bit that I am not very familiar with. But I love the sound of this era of music.

 

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Pavement - Gold Soundz

 

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Sponge checking in with Molly (16 Candles)

 

[Ope3]

Filter, Hey Man Nice Shot

 

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[GopherRock]

Speaking of 93.7 the Edge...

 

[Ope3]

Lyle Lovett's The Road to Ensenada rates as one the best albums in the 90s for me. Here he is with a little help from Shawn Colvin, Fiona.


I have always presumed the song had something to do with Julia Roberts.

 

[Ope3]

A bunch of art rock music geeks fronted by a goddess vocalist with an incredible stage presence yields Garbage. Only Happy When It Rains.

 

[Bad Gopher]

A bunch of art rock music geeks fronted by a goddess vocalist with an incredible stage presence yields Garbage. Only Happy When It Rains.

Produced by Butch Vig, I believe