90s Music

[johnboysmole]

I'm weird too, starskin. I was a teenager in the 80s and the music I think is the best is from the 90s and the 70s. I enjoy some of the music in the 80s, but only in a nostalgic way. I can't honestly say I enjoy it.

[starskin]

Heh, yeah I do love 70s music, but my heart belongs to the early 80s. Well, and late 70s too, but I digress.

I think one of the reasons I don't have a huge amount of nostalgic love for the music of the 1990s is that I didn't listen to popular music then. My life was completely dominated by musicals. It wasn't until about 1999 that I began listening to rock music, so I missed out on a lot...I only retroactively got into bands like Nirvana, Wilco and Bjork. And I absolutely *love* them, but not due to nostalgia. Which is kind of true of the 1980s as well, since I was too young then to feel any real nostalgia for the music then, too. Heh.

[luciano]

By the time that I became a teenager, Kurt Cobain had been dead for a year. I can't even remember how I got into grunge - I was going to say that my brother got me into it, but then I remembered that it was Black Sabbath and Metallica that he got me into [while I was still a pre-teen - thanks, bro!]. He never really listened to Pearl Jam, Nirvana, or Soundgarden, although he did like AIC.

For me, the 1991-1995 era had the best music. My favorite band is still Soundgarden, even though they've broken up. The major band that sounds most dated to me from that time is Nirvana - even that doesn't sound that dated. I'm thinking it's because it was basically the biggest band that came out of there and it abruptly ended during that time [as opposed to breaking up afterwards or gradually evolving into another sound] so I can't help but think of the early '90s when I listen to it. I still listen to and like the band's music, though.

The album that I most listen to to this day is Temple of the Dog's self-titled album. That one is perfect to me.

[kore]

I started college in 1990 and music was my drug of choice.

The music I was introduced to (that was from the 90's) was...

Tori Amos's "Little Earthquakes"- Awesome Album!!!
Garbage's "Stupid Girl"
Voice of the Beehive "Monsters and Angels"
Matthew Sweet "Girlfriend"
Faith No More "Midlife Crisis"
Opus 3 "It's Going to be a Fine Night"
U2 "Achtung Baby!"
The Shamen "Move Any Mountain"
Collective Soul "December"

I was also introduced to Morrissey and The Smiths during this time. I remember Morrissey being on tour in 91" for "Kill Uncle"

[Brookie]

Van Halen Rides Again (and again and again). With their newest bass player - Wolfie Van Halen.

Kid was totally hit broadside with the ugly stick. Let's see if he takes after dear old dad.

[Beyle]

He's not an attractive kid but he has qualities of both, I think. More from his father (obviously) than his mother.

I enjoy listening to Van Halen. I liked both Roth and Hagar (respectively) as leads.

[dancedancexenu]

I turned 15 in 2000, and I still think 90s music trumps the 2000s by far. I had to dig this thread up because last night one of my housemates and I stayed up until 2 in the morning listening to all of our old junior high and high school albums that we still had. We have both come to the conclusion that we would have been totally awesome Gen Xers. We listened to:

Better than Ezra "How Does Your Garden Grow?"
I Mother Earth "Dig"
Nirvana "Nevermind"
The Rheostatics "Introducing Happiness"
Hole "Live Through This"
Bush X "Razorblade Suitcase"
Veruca Salt "Eight Arms to Hold You"
The Tragically Hip "Music@ Work"

I must say, the 90s totally ruled.

[chonies]

The brief Sassy discussion in the TC thread reminded me of my hatred for grunge and industrial. I graduated from high school in 1994, so I have fond memories of driving around town scream-singing to "the Sign" and "Laid" by James, who flutter the specific salty blobs of nostalgia more than any other band. I don't know why the Cure and Depeche Mode seem so much more timeless, but I don't especially associate them with high school.

We also though "Whoomp! There it is" was dangerously risque.

[kostgard]

We also though "Whoomp! There it is" was dangerously risque.

Oh, man. I remember how that song and many others seemed soooo bad, and they are so tame by today's standards. I don't know if that is a good or bad thing. I remember giggling about "Do Me" in high school.

Of course, I remember being at a friend's house while I was in elementary school when her older sister ran into the room shouting "They're playing it!" We ran into the sister's bedroom and stared at her little pink boombox in open-mouthed shock as George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" played on the radio. We couldn't believe that he was singing about that. Now that song is nothing.

[Sukie]

kostgard said:

We also though "Whoomp! There it is" was dangerously risque.

Oh, man. I remember how that song and many others seemed soooo bad, and they are so tame by today's standards. I don't know if that is a good or bad thing. I remember giggling about "Do Me" in high school.

Of course, I remember being at a friend's house while I was in elementary school when her older sister ran into the room shouting "They're playing it!" We ran into the sister's bedroom and stared at her little pink boombox in open-mouthed shock as George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" played on the radio. We couldn't believe that he was singing about that. Now that song is nothing.

I know. I was watching some show ( probably on VH1) and they were talking about the 2 Live Crew/Me So Horney drama that happened down in Florida. I was thinking about how in today's world that song would be just one of many getting played.