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Get your platform shoes and jelly sandals, your Adidas poppers and your tie dye t shirts on, press pause on Pokemon or Friends and stop doing tricks with your yoyo and post your favourite iconic 90s songs in here!

I am looking for more like songs that remind you or sound like the 90s rather than simply something that was released in the 90s. I would like it to be the ultimate 90s nostalgia thread.

I will start with this lovely song:

Jelly sandals? I remember those in the 80s but not the 90s. :P

Anyway, here's a song that immediately takes me back to the early 90s, "James Brown is Dead" by L.A. Style:

Never thought of it at the time but apparently extreme close ups of faces were a trend in the early 90s. Here's another big face and a song I absolutely loved when it came out, "The City Sleeps" by MC 900ft Jesus:

Quote from: Janszoon on Jun 08, 2023, 10:59 PMJelly sandals? I remember those in the 80s but not the 90s. :P

Anyway, here's a song that immediately takes me back to the early 90s, "James Brown is Dead" by L.A. Style:

They were still a thing in the 90s. My sister had them and she was born in '92.

And that is indeed a killer track. Still hits hard over 30 years later.

The City Sleeps is also dope. For a long time I thought the artist's name was pronounced "MC 900 feat. Jesus", as if Jesus was a featured artist, haha.

Were a thing until the late 90s here. We may have been very late to the trend though.

Keep all this coming please!

This isn't exactly representative of the sounds of the 90s, but it does instantly take me back to my childhood. I was probably around 8-9 when it hit the radio here and it was just such a interesting song to my child brain.

Quote from: Janszoon on Jun 08, 2023, 11:07 PMNever thought of it at the time but apparently extreme close ups of faces were a trend in the early 90s. Here's another big face and a song I absolutely loved when it came out, "The City Sleeps" by MC 900ft Jesus:

This is fucking great.

Getting Prodigy vibes.

Maybe a bit less hard than them but I can picture the glowsticks, bucket hats and ecstasy pills right now! Very 90s rave type music.

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Jun 08, 2023, 11:23 PM

This isn't exactly representative of the sounds of the 90s, but it does instantly take me back to my childhood. I was probably around 8-9 when it hit the radio here and it was just such a interesting song to my child brain.

This plays regularly on the 90s radio station here. I only heard it for the fiest time on that but it definitely sounds like 90s music.

It gets the thumbs up from me. 👍

This makes me feel happy and warm  :)

Quote from: jimmy jazz on Jun 08, 2023, 11:56 PMThis plays regularly on the 90s radio station here. I only heard it for the fiest time on that but it definitely sounds like 90s music.

It gets the thumbs up from me. 👍

Funny story, I actually thought of that song in particular because they play it occasionally on my workplace radio, and they did today so it was fresh in my mind, haha.

This is such a great song and video imo. I used to love watching it when it came on the TV. I wanted one of the milk cartons.

It's still crazy and a damned shame that Blur never caught on over here. They were a great band, kind of had that 60s vibe but with a 90s attitude.

Here's a 90s gem for you all.


I forgot about this song for over 20 years until this year, when I saw a Youtube video talking about it. Absolute blast from that past. You may not recognize it by title, I certainly didn't, but if you were there, you know that riff.

Recognised it straight away (the riff).

Dua Lipa sampled it. I won't post it because this is a thread for the 90s but her song was called Love Again.

Yeah, strangely I'd definitely heard that Dua Lipa song before this year, I listened to that whole album when it came out, but somehow with all the other orchestration in that song it didn't really register that she sampled it.

It's a cool little incorporation of that riff though, yeah.

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Jun 09, 2023, 03:51 PMIt's still crazy and a damned shame that Blur never caught on over here. They were a great band, kind of had that 60s vibe but with a 90s attitude.

Here's a 90s gem for you all.

I forgot about this song for over 20 years until this year, when I saw a Youtube video talking about it. Absolute blast from that past. You may not recognize it by title, I certainly didn't, but if you were there, you know that riff.

That was big when I was a delivery driver so I heard it a lot on the radio. It's good song. It always cracked me up that that riff is basically the Darth Vader theme.

 :laughing: never noticed that.

Another one that was big during my delivery driver days:

Don't remember that one tbh. I know the name but never heard the song before.

Another gem.


I actually prefer this remix, this is the one that was very, very famous here. I only heard the original for the first time a couple of years ago.

Fatboy Slim remix is best imo.

The bit in the cubicle with the skeletons having sex shocked me when I first saw it.

I was about 9.

Great tune and video though. Chemical Brothers have some really good stuff from the 90s.

Love the Chemical Bros, and that whole wave of 90s electronica and big beat in general. The Prodigy, The Crystal Method, Fatboy Slim, Moby, Mr. Oizo, a lot of that stuff still bangs despite most of it being extremely 90s.

I still remember my mom walking into my room circa 2000 and seeing my Napstered MP3 of The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" on my screen. She was absolutely mortified, haha.

Mr. Oizo, Crystal Method and Smack My Bitch Up, actually impressed you're well aware of those. I know Crystal Method are American but didn't know these were well known over there?

The video for SMBU isn't on YouTube any more. That was another one I loved.

Quote from: jimmy jazz on Jun 10, 2023, 03:12 AMMr. Oizo, Crystal Method and Smack My Bitch Up, actually impressed you're well aware of those. I know Crystal Method are American but didn't know these were well known over there?

The video for SMBU isn't on YouTube any more. That was another one I loved.

I discovered a couple of those retroactively in the mid-late 2000s, but I was actually a huge internet junkie in the 90s/00s and an early adopter of Napster, so yeah I actually did have a bit of exposure to some of that stuff through the dumb luck of browsing the janky early web. Our family got off dialup in 2001 as well, which drastically increased the rate of discovery of music.

It was kind of a crapshoot, but I did get exposure to a lot of crazy stuff, that's one reason my tastes were always really all over the place, even to this day really. I didn't really think in terms of genres or aesthetics back then. 11 year old me just thought the line "smack my bitch up" was so edgy and cool, and the song just bangs regardless of genre.

Unrestricted internet access is a hell of a drug when you're a kid, haha.

Edit: Now I want to create a 90s internet nostalgia thread. Just a sec...

Quote from: jimmy jazz on Jun 10, 2023, 03:12 AMMr. Oizo, Crystal Method and Smack My Bitch Up, actually impressed you're well aware of those. I know Crystal Method are American but didn't know these were well known over there? 

They were pretty popular over here.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Propellerheads yet!

I definitely remember The Prodigy at least being pretty well known here, yeah. Though looking back I think I was probably the odd one out knowing them in my 6th grade class when most people were listening to Nsync or Eminem or Limp Bizkit, depending on what kind of kid you were, on a scale of increasing edginess I guess, haha.

Though thinking a bit more about it I actually think I might be getting my chronology messed up, I don't think I got into The Prodigy specifically until around 2002-03. I remember listening to them in middle school which was 2000-2003 for me. I do have a pretty good memory generally, but it's starting to become so long ago now that my mental wires get crossed sometimes.

Going back to the early 90s, Extreme's "More Than Words" came out at the end of 8th grade for me and was inescapable. It felt like it was played more than once per school dance, and when I went to an academic camp in the summer between 8th grad and freshman year, I swear it was played at every event we had.

It's all fun and games until the hair metal band breaks out the acoustic guitars.

From the people that brought you "Tubthumping" comes this underrated gem. I actually had this album on CD back in the late 90s, bizarrely enough. Pretty musically eclectic stuff for mainstream pop rock, the electro-disco beat mixed with rock guitars and trumpets is a cool combination IMO.

And if you aren't familiar with the band, their history is a wild trip to look into. They went from an anarchist punk band with album titles like "Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records" to being remembered as cheesy 90s one-hit wonder.

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Jun 10, 2023, 01:52 PM

From the people that brought you "Tubthumping" comes this underrated gem. I actually had this album on CD back in the late 90s, bizarrely enough. Pretty musically eclectic stuff for mainstream pop rock, the electro-disco beat mixed with rock guitars and trumpets is a cool combination IMO.

And if you aren't familiar with the band, their history is a wild trip to look into. They went from an anarchist punk band with album titles like "Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records" to being remembered as cheesy 90s one-hit wonder.

I always liked "Amnesia" (and "Tubthumping" even though it was eventually overplayed). Back when that album came out, I had a coworker who had been a fan for years before and I remember him telling all about how different their older stuff was. I've always been curious about it but I never got around to giving it a listen.

Here's another early 90s one from the time when the likes of Poison and MC Hammer ruled the airwaves and alternative music was primarily found on college radio stations. On the album version of this song she says "fuck off" instead of "get lost".

Quote from: Janszoon on Jun 12, 2023, 02:54 PMHere's another early 90s one from the time when the likes of Poison and MC Hammer ruled the airwaves and alternative music was primarily found on college radio stations. On the album version of this song she says "fuck off" instead of "get lost".

I dig it! I have a feeling this is gonna be stuck in my head later today.

This thread needs more rap, so here's a 90s classic.
This was just a bit before my time in terms of when it was new, but it bangs regardless of my own lack of personal nostalgia. And as a former moshpit warrior myself I like that the song was inspired by mosh culture.

Spice Girls vs All Saints was a thing.

Spice Girls much bigger but All Saints had the better tunes imo.


Pure Shores was an amazing track as well. Just seen William Orbit produced it so that explains it a bit. Think he did some of Madonna's Ray of Light album, that was great too. Might even be her best album.

I remember when the Ray of Light album came out, the title track and Frozen were huge, super nostalgic for me.

I prefer 80s Madonna on the whole but for the 90s and beyond, I would agree with your assessment.

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Jun 12, 2023, 03:28 PMI dig it! I have a feeling this is gonna be stuck in my head later today.

It's a good one. I feel like it's somewhat forgotten for some reason.

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Jun 12, 2023, 03:28 PMThis thread needs more rap, so here's a 90s classic.

This was just a bit before my time in terms of when it was new, but it bangs regardless of my own lack of personal nostalgia. And as a former moshpit warrior myself I like that the song was inspired by mosh culture.

I love that song, and for me it is fairly nostalgic. There is definitely a hardcore punk influence on it. The NYC band Biohazard are actually in the video and the two groups collaborated on a hardcore/hip hop crossover track on the Judgement Night soundtrack.

Speaking of hip hop, I worked in a movie theater in high school and one night when I was cleaning one of the theaters I found the cassingle (remember those? lol) for Nine's "Whutcha Want" on the floor. I wasn't much of a hip hop fan at the time and definitely wasn't into the grittier stuff, but I ended up loving this song and it certainly played a role in me getting more interested in different kinds of hip hop.

One of the first songs and music videos I have vivid memories of as a kid. It was probably around when I started paying more attention to music.

Siobhan Fahey was supposedly wasted drunk for her part in the music video, which makes it more interesting now. 

I spent the 90s ravenously consuming music, primarily by bicycling around my neighborhood, retrieving discarded tape cassettes which had been eaten by car stereos and thrown out the window into the gutters, bringing them home, re-shelling the cassettes and carefully re-spooling them, and listening to what I'd found. I spent my summers handwriting the lyrics in pencil pressing "PLAY - STOP - REWIND - PLAY - STOP - REWIND..." and in the days before the internet it was years before I could identify the artists and tracks. Many were obscure DJ remixes so that took a ton of extra work to transcribe and research. Many remixes, like Live - White, Discussion (Sam Sever Remix) and Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes (Random Carpet Mix) were worlds apart from the original album cuts.

I don't want to flood the thread but I've compiled my favorite examples from my logs and included YouTube links below.

1000 Homo DJs - Supernaut (Trent Reznor vocal version) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5NunXMltyk)
Babylon Zoo - Spaceman (Capital Mix - Touched By The Zupervarians) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VukxfnrJaYQ)
Moby - Go (Rainforest Mix) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1k_b1rX7Lk)
Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes (Random Carpet Mix) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISw_MMYnNkU)
Abigail ‎– Smells Like Teen Spirit (Club Mix ‎– 1994) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7EO_l-yZBI)
Power-Pill (Aphex Twin) - Pac-Man (Power-Pill Mix) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=pGWfy5kbAyA)
BT feat. Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing - Never Gonna Come Back Down (full-length album version) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Q8_d-5SsU)
The Crypt Keeper ‎- The Crypt Jam (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA4DNa9j4rw)
Mousse T. - Horny (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpK-rgxXvHU)
Live - White, Discussion (Sam Sever Remix) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR9bDR3fvTc)
Ram Jam - Black Betty (Rough 'n Ready Remix) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKAKKEGtPO8)
Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400 (Original Version) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbcG2TI4GBk)

In 2016, I spent a summer going through the broadcast archives of my favorite college radio station from high school, 90.5 WBER out of Henrietta, NY, and assembled a double-CD set of my favorite broadcast oddities and alternative cuts. I designed album packaging and everything and love queuing it up on my server for summer drives to reminisce.

Here's the set list of that double-CD set:

Disc 1

1-01 Folk Implosion - Natural One
1-02 Wildchild - Renegade Master
1-03 Ash - Kung Fu
1-04 Hum - Stars
1-05 Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand
1-06 BT feat. Mike Doughty - Never Gonna Come Back Down
1-07 Reverand Horton Heat - It's Martini Time
1-08 King Missile - Cheesecake Truck
1-09 Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell
1-10 The Breeders - Cannonball
1-11 Keoki - Me
1-12 808 State - 10x10
1-13 Edelweiss - Raumschiff Edelweiss <-- Austrian Star Trek tribute house music complete with rapping in Klingon
1-14 Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon (Propellerheads Mix)
1-15 Ween - Voodoo Lady
1-16 King Missile - Jesus Was Way Cool
1-17 Touch and Go - Would You

Disc 2

2-01 Lucious Jackson - Naked Eye
2-02 K's Choice - Not an Addict
2-03 King Missile - Sensitive Artist
2-04 King Missile - Detachable Penis
2-05 Soul Coughing - Circles
2-06 Nada Surf - Popular
2-07 Geggy Tah - Whoever You Are
2-08 Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
2-09 PJ Harvey - Down By the Water
2-10 The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
2-11 Shriekback - Nemesis
2-12 Sequencial - House of the Dead <-- heavily samples Army of Darkness
2-13 Trio - Da Da Da
2-14 Cibo Matto - Know Your Chicken
2-15 God Lives Underwater - All Wrong
2-16 The Rentals - Friends of P

Quote from: innerspaceboy on Jun 14, 2023, 02:10 AMHere's the set list of that double-CD set:

Disc 1

1-01 Folk Implosion - Natural One
1-02 Wildchild - Renegade Master
1-03 Ash - Kung Fu
1-04 Hum - Stars
1-05 Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand
1-06 BT feat. Mike Doughty - Never Gonna Come Back Down
1-07 Reverand Horton Heat - It's Martini Time
1-08 King Missile - Cheesecake Truck
1-09 Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hell
1-10 The Breeders - Cannonball
1-11 Keoki - Me
1-12 808 State - 10x10
1-13 Edelweiss - Raumschiff Edelweiss <-- Austrian Star Trek tribute house music complete with rapping in Klingon
1-14 Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon (Propellerheads Mix)
1-15 Ween - Voodoo Lady
1-16 King Missile - Jesus Was Way Cool
1-17 Touch and Go - Would You

Disc 2

2-01 Lucious Jackson - Naked Eye
2-02 K's Choice - Not an Addict
2-03 King Missile - Sensitive Artist
2-04 King Missile - Detachable Penis
2-05 Soul Coughing - Circles
2-06 Nada Surf - Popular
2-07 Geggy Tah - Whoever You Are
2-08 Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
2-09 PJ Harvey - Down By the Water
2-10 The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
2-11 Shriekback - Nemesis
2-12 Sequencial - House of the Dead <-- heavily samples Army of Darkness
2-13 Trio - Da Da Da
2-14 Cibo Matto - Know Your Chicken
2-15 God Lives Underwater - All Wrong
2-16 The Rentals - Friends of P

That's a great list! A lot of of those are favorites of mine from that era (well "Dad Da Da" is technically from the 80s but it was re-popularized by that great VW ad in the 90s). I loved all three of Soul Coughing's albums and a lot Squirrel Nut Zippers output and a ton of Ween (I think I've seen them more times live than any other band). "Not an Addict" is such an underappreciated song. "Little Fluffy Clouds" seems to be less forgotten, but still a great track. And "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" is one of the best singles of the 90s imo, I wish Primitive Radio Gods had done more like it.

Some absolute classics on that list, yeah. I also like Soul Coughing and SNZ, and I love the inclusion of Hum and The Rentals, both great bands.

How'd I not see this thread until now? Here are some '90s house classics:



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LOVE Renegade Master!

I'm a huge Soul Coughing fan. I have all of their albums, all 14 of M Doughty's solo efforts, plus 16 of the surviving Soul Coughing live shows, including their first-ever performance (at The Knitting Factory) and their demo cassette, and 14 surviving Mike Doughty live shows.  And I tracked down the SC trilogy on vinyl.

(https://i.imgur.com/07BWXKml.jpg)

My introduction to Soul Coughing was this music video they aired on Cartoon Network back in 1998. When I got into the band proper in college I was overwhelmed by nostalgia when I realized they did that song. 

Quote from: innerspaceboy on Jun 14, 2023, 12:17 PMLOVE Renegade Master!

It's an old-school house classic. It's still getting sampled and remixed to this day. My all time favorite house mix samples it as well, 46:30 into the video. If you dig highly layered and textured electronic/house music, you'd probably dig this mix too - I was never really big on Lady Gaga/Arianna Grande's "Rain on Me", but this mix samples it and makes it sound absolutely immaculate:

Quote from: SGR on Jun 14, 2023, 04:10 PMIt's an old-school house classic. It's still getting sampled and remixed to this day. My all time favorite house mix samples it as well, 46:30 into the video. If you dig highly layered and textured electronic/house music, you'd probably dig this mix too - I was never really big on Lady Gaga/Arianna Grande's "Rain on Me", but this mix samples it and makes it sound absolutely immaculate:

I was glad to see you post it - I'm a fan of the Fatboy Slim Old Skool Mix of Renegade Master and shared it to a few subreddits a few weeks ago. WBER played that edit often in 1997.

Quote from: innerspaceboy on Jun 14, 2023, 04:15 PMI was glad to see you post it - I'm a fan of the Fatboy Slim Old Skool Mix of Renegade Master and shared it to a few subreddits a few weeks ago. WBER played that edit often in 1997.

Yeah, that's a great mix. Would be great for a workout playlist.

Also love Deeperlove's version of it:


Along with Volac's remix of the Deeperlove version:

Another 90s house classic I forgot to include, Marc Kinchen was the man and still is:


Do we have a House thread? If not, I should probably start one.

Quote from: SGR on Jun 14, 2023, 04:32 PMAnother 90s house classic I forgot to include, Marc Kinchen was the man and still is:

Do we have a House thread? If not, I should probably start one.

For so many of these house videos you've posted this is my experience:

• Hmm... I don't think I know this one.
• click
• Holy shit, that's what this song is called! I'm now in my teens again.

I feel you. I knew "Show Me Love" for a long time but never knew who did it or what it was actually called.

Quote from: Janszoon on Jun 14, 2023, 04:39 PMFor so many of these house videos you've posted this is my experience:

• Hmm... I don't think I know this one.
• click
• Holy shit, that's what this song is called! I'm now in my teens again.

:beer:

Happy to take you down memory lane! I'm a self-admitted house junkie, and many of these songs are so saturated (because they were so influential) that even today, you'd be hard pressed to listen to a few house mixes without stumbling upon a remix or a sample of these tracks. Here's another good one:

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Jun 14, 2023, 04:44 PMI feel you. I knew "Show Me Love" for a long time but never knew who did it or what it was actually called.

If "Show Me Love" isn't the most remixed song of all time, it's gotta be up there. Robin S has an absolutely phenomenal voice. Check out this incredible orchestral performance of the track from 2018, her voice sends chills down my spine:

Quote from: Janszoon on Jun 14, 2023, 04:39 PMFor so many of these house videos you've posted this is my experience:

• Hmm... I don't think I know this one.
• click
• Holy shit, that's what this song is called! I'm now in my teens again.

That was what I was hoping for with this thread.

I'm pleased it seems to be a popular one.

@degrassi.knoll you might like this thread.

I worked at a movie theater when The Crow came out, so this kind of makes me think of sweeping up popcorn with the closing credits rolling by, but I do still think it's a beautifully sad song.

I played that Crow cassette to DEATH! :)

A few other stray 90s alternative radio favorites...

Ruth Ruth - Uninvited (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhhsE-w3H9g)

Senser - States of Mind (http://youtube.com/watch?v=vceDtCLzpWM) (actual song starts at 1:22 in this video)

Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQlAEiCb8m0)

Another 90s staple of my youth - Polaris' "Hey Sandy," the theme tune to Nickelodeon's The Adventures of Pete & Pete.

A couple of 90s stalwarts. Seal and Omar.

I don't think I've ever seen Seal with hair before.

^Apparently he decided to shave his head in 1994. It suits him, the lucky bar steward.

Here's another banger from Seal's hair era.

This is the original version with DJ Adamski from 1990, I like it better than the 1991 album version, feels more raw in that early rave era style but with that glorious hook that elevates it a lot.

The Prodigy wasn't typically music that I would go out and buy, but if it was playing in a club or if someone pulled up in a petrol station forecourt, then it would call for much head bobbing.

Probably not very well known, but Big Catholic Guilt were a pretty cool local goth/industrial type Boston band when I was in my teens. I just came across this EP while going through my old CDs tonight. It's 30 years old this year.

Quote from: jimmy jazz on Jun 12, 2023, 04:41 PMSpice Girls vs All Saints was a thing.

Spice Girls much bigger but All Saints had the better tunes imo.

Pure Shores was an amazing track as well. Just seen William Orbit produced it so that explains it a bit. Think he did some of Madonna's Ray of Light album, that was great too. Might even be her best album.

This one is so sexy

Loved this one from Madonna when it came out.


Also, this Robbie Williams video, you could only see the full uncut version past 10pm. I was so excited when it came on.


Robbie has got some good tunes imo.

He did have some good tunes, at least before he decided he was Frank Sinatra for some reason.

This is probably my favorite

Guys, this one's a classic.

Quote from: jimmy jazz on Jul 15, 2023, 12:43 AMGuys, this one's a classic.

When I was 19 I worked at a bagel shop and the piped in music mix they played featured that song in heavy rotation. I can't hear it without thinking of that place. I never knew who it was by until this moment though.

I listened to a lot of electronica in the 90s, including stuff I never really listen to these days.

Some examples:






For Kraftwerk, the original is older, of course, but this remix is from 1991.

Quote from: Janszoon on Jul 15, 2023, 01:43 AMWhen I was 19 I worked at a bagel shop and the piped in music mix they played featured that song in heavy rotation. I can't hear it without thinking of that place. I never knew who it was by until this moment though.

Is it a good thing? I love this song  8)

Quote from: jimmy jazz on Jul 15, 2023, 02:04 AMIs it a good thing? I love this song  8)

It's neither a good thing nor a bad thing. It's impossible for me separate "Missing" or "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal from my memories of working at that bagel place. Neither one is a song that I'd put on a list of personal favorites, but I do like the feelings of nostalgia they both give me.

Quote from: Guybrush on Jul 15, 2023, 01:53 AMI listened to a lot of electronica in the 90s, including stuff I never really listen to these days.

Some examples:

What song is that and who's it by? I like it.

Alright, now you're speaking my language! I love FSOL, Juno Reactor and of course Kraftwerk. I didn't get into electronic music aside from what I was exposed to on the radio/MTV until the early-mid 2000s, and after I dove headfirst into the world of synthesizers I gained a much deeper love and understanding of electronic music of all eras.

So many great 90s electronic artists. Some of my favorites (focusing mostly on dance artists because if I listed all the ambient stuff I'd be here all day) would be 808 State, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, The Prodigy, Moby, Orbital, The Orb, The KLF, Biosphere, The Crystal Method, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Boards of Canada, Plastikman, Hardfloor, Lords of Acid, Drexciya, Model 500, Jeff Mills, Octave One, A Guy Called Gerald, Portishead, Massive Attack, Hallucinogen, the list goes on of course.

Man, what a glorious decade for electronic music. I've got plans for tonight, but when we get home I'll add a few videos of some of my favorite 90s electronic tracks in particular.

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Jul 15, 2023, 02:24 AM...Lords of Acid...

I saw them live in 1997. They were fantastic, though I've never had my ears ring so badly after a show.

Quote from: Janszoon on Jul 15, 2023, 02:16 AMWhat song is that and who's it by? I like it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Have_Explosive
It rules

Yep, that was indeed We Have Explosive by Future Sound of London 🙂

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Jul 15, 2023, 02:24 AMSo many great 90s electronic artists. Some of my favorites (focusing mostly on dance artists because if I listed all the ambient stuff I'd be here all day) would be 808 State, The Chemical Brothers, Underworld, The Prodigy, Moby, Orbital, The Orb, The KLF, Biosphere, The Crystal Method, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Boards of Canada, Plastikman, Hardfloor, Lords of Acid, Drexciya, Model 500, Jeff Mills, Octave One, A Guy Called Gerald, Portishead, Massive Attack, Hallucinogen, the list goes on of course.

Man, what a glorious decade for electronic music. I've got plans for tonight, but when we get home I'll add a few videos of some of my favorite 90s electronic tracks in particular.

That's a good list 🙂 Some of those bands were in my rotation too.

I also tried my hand at making my own electronic music around that time. You can probably hear some of these influences. This was me:


It is a little weird as I now mostly make acoustic music that sounds very different.

Quote from: Janszoon on Jul 15, 2023, 02:33 AMI saw them live in 1997. They were fantastic, though I've never had my ears ring so badly after a show.

Their debut still holds up in my eyes

A classic. Love this one. Moby has some good stuff.

Classic. I recently revisited Moby's "Flower" from Play: The B Sides and the soundtrack to Gone in 60 Seconds.

This early Moby track still bangs, always been a fave. Porcelain has a huge nostalgic spot in my heart as well.

Quote from: Mrs. Waffles on Jul 18, 2023, 06:00 PM

This early Moby track still bangs, always been a fave. Porcelain has a huge nostalgic spot in my heart as well.

That's a great one. I'm a big fan of this one too:

I dunno why Eminem had a pop at Moby. He makes better music than Eminem does. Why have a go at Moby? I swear he's harmless.

Mobez  8)

On a similar front, I love this song too. I had it on a comp when I was in college but I had never seen the video until today.

Dudududududududu
Dudududududududu
Dududududududududududu

🕺

Before the video loaded and I could only see the text, I thought it was going to be this.

That's a good tune but I hate how it became a meme. I don't even get it.

A frigging great Britfunk tune from 1992. I think this might be my favourite instrumental from the 90s.
The composer and sax player Mike Smith, is currently the keyboardist for Gorillaz. A man of many talons, I mean talents.

Coolio is one of my perennial nostalgic faves.

Like many 90s kids, I was mesmerized by this man with the wacky hair who did the Kenan and Kel theme. "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage" were bigger hits, and understandably so, but this one was my favorite as a kid, possibly because of the ridiculous music video.

I also got to see him live many years later with a couple of my friends, a treasured moment that I treasure even more now that he's gone. RIP.

Melvins - Revolve

REM - Country Feedback

Quote from: jimmy jazz on Jul 18, 2023, 09:47 PMI dunno why Eminem had a pop at Moby. He makes better music than Eminem does. Why have a go at Moby? I swear he's harmless.

Mobez  8)

I thought everyone knew that Moby was pretty sketchy...........

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/23/after-sex-on-the-damp-sheets-we-passed-out-the-worst-moments-from-mobys-memoir

Quote from: Meatwad on Sep 26, 2023, 02:46 PMI thought everyone knew that Moby was pretty sketchy...........

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/23/after-sex-on-the-damp-sheets-we-passed-out-the-worst-moments-from-mobys-memoir

Tbh since I posted that I found out he's got a load of veganism tattoos which was enough for me to think he's a bit of a bellend.

Still though, Eminem should go after people who will give him a fight.

Quote from: jimmy jazz on Sep 26, 2023, 03:00 PMTbh since I posted that I found out he's got a load of veganism tattoos which was enough for me to think he's a bit of a bellend.

Still though, Eminem should go after people who will give him a fight.

Yeah, I forgot about those ridiculous tattoos of his.  :laughing:

Definitely someone I'd give a wide berth to.

I love this song, I would actually use this song for a car chase scene as well. The 90s was so dope in terms of music overall imo.

A complete feel-good '90s classic:

I just wanted to say I love this thread.  :love:

Quote from: SGR on Sep 27, 2023, 08:53 PMA complete feel-good '90s classic:

A great one. Totally forgot about this.

Did this get posted yet?

Banger!

I also loved blackhole sun but this one was slightly higher on my replay list.

Local H - Bound for the Floor

L7 - Andres

Every time someone mentions Republica I think of Elastica.

MC Hammer - U Cant Touch This

This song was on one of the first compilation cassettes I ever owned. It's still a great tune.

Quote from: Gandalf on Sep 29, 2023, 08:56 PMThis song was on one of the first compilation cassettes I ever owned. It's still a great tune.

Whats song is it? Currently says video is unavailable to me.

Many people say this was the defining song of the 90s. I liked it but I'm not sure about all that.

Paw - Jessie

Cypress Hill - Dr Greenthumb

Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy

Kris Kross - Jump

Crazytown - Butterfly

^Butterfly is from the early 00s 🙂

Quote from: Guybrush on Oct 08, 2023, 07:49 PM^Butterfly is from the early 00s 🙂

The video is, the album it was from came out in '99. Though yeah most people didn't hear it until became a radio single in 2001.

Wikipedia says October 2020 🤔

Oh, nvm. 99 it is?

Quote from: Guybrush on Oct 08, 2023, 08:48 PMWikipedia says October 2020 🤔

Oh, nvm. 99 it is?

Yeah album is 99, single is 2000, video I remember being big in 01.

Don't think I posted this but it's a gem.


If you grew up in the 90s and this doesn't make you feel happy and nostalgic and want to dance then I don't know.

💃🎊

Quote from: jimmy jazz on Jan 14, 2024, 08:06 PMDon't think I posted this but it's a gem.

If you grew up in the 90s and this doesn't make you feel happy and nostalgic and want to dance then I don't know.

💃🎊

Hell yeah, that entire album rules. Some other bangers from it:

I love it.

Buckcherry - Lit Up

P.O.D. - Southtown

Easily the happiest song from the 90's ...........  :laughing:

Babybird - Bad Old Man

Kylie Minogue - Better the Devil You Know

Korn - Blind

I probably don't talk about it too much on here, but KoЯn is actually my favorite band of all time, or at least my favorite rock band. Been a fan for 25 years and they got me through some tough times.

This is how I opened up 1990. It was released the October before, but definitely still 90's to me. This was on the first CD I ever owned. The first one I ever really wanted anyway.

If there's quintessential Industrial in the 90's, this fits I think.

Quote from: Hope on Jan 24, 2024, 11:53 PM

This is how I opened up 1990. It was released the October before, but definitely still 90's to me. This was on the first CD I ever owned. The first one I ever really wanted anyway.

If there's quintessential Industrial in the 90's, this fits I think.

Pretty Hate Machine is indeed an all time classic album. Definitely foreshadowed the 90s in terms of the direction of alt music. Proud to share a birth year with it.

I didn't hear that until fairly recently but I loved The Downward Spiral.

Quote from: jimmy jazz on Jan 26, 2024, 09:31 PMI didn't hear that until fairly recently but I loved The Downward Spiral.

The Downward Spiral is just grittier. I feel it's where Trent really found himself. It's like, everything thereafter lost that a bit. 

I think he peaked with The Fragile, and after that it was a pretty precipitous drop. The Fragile has a bit of filler, being a double album, but it has a lot of great material.

And in terms of sound design and textured multilayered arrangements, it's super unique imo. PHM has that kinda "still one foot in the 80s" sample heavy sound, Downward Spiral is more gritty hellish industrial, and then The Fragile is just these huge walls of guitars and ambient synth washes, a much more atmospheric side of NIN.

But yeah, from 89 to 99 NIN is a top 20-30 all timer act for me. Can't really go wrong with anything from that era.

Does anyone remember Wet Wet Wet? I feel like they're a band nobody talks about, but they had quite a bit of success in the late 80s and 90s from what I can remember 🤔

Mariah Carey - Love Takes Time

Something I remember from the 90s if the German band Die Krupps. They were somewhat industrial metal-ish, a bit fun and goofy.

Anyone know them?

I remember these two well:

Quote from: innerspaceboy on Sep 28, 2023, 11:14 PMEvery time someone mentions Republica I think of Elastica.

Elastica ripped that opening riff from Wire

Quote from: Lexi Darling on Jan 26, 2024, 09:54 PMI think he peaked with The Fragile, and after that it was a pretty precipitous drop. The Fragile has a bit of filler, being a double album, but it has a lot of great material.

And in terms of sound design and textured multilayered arrangements, it's super unique imo. PHM has that kinda "still one foot in the 80s" sample heavy sound, Downward Spiral is more gritty hellish industrial, and then The Fragile is just these huge walls of guitars and ambient synth washes, a much more atmospheric side of NIN.

But yeah, from 89 to 99 NIN is a top 20-30 all timer act for me. Can't really go wrong with anything from that era.

Downward Spiral is an all-timer, can't forget about Broken either.

Quote from: SGR on Mar 12, 2024, 08:44 PMDownward Spiral is an all-timer, can't forget about Broken either.

Gosh, how did i not realize I skipped it. I love that one so much too. Wish is a killer single yeah. Suck and Happiness in Slavery are my favorites from that EP. I didn't know Suck was a Pigface cover for a long time.

Edit: Actually, funny story about that since I don't think I've mentioned this before, but Martin Atkins taught at the college I went to and I had some classes with him. Rad dude.

Wumpscut is another one of those, for me, random bands/artists from the 90s. This is the only song I remember from them.


Very gothy 🖤

A great one.


Madonna gave me some of my first ever boners with this video. Love the song too.

Quote from: Lexi Darling on Mar 12, 2024, 09:13 PMGosh, how did i not realize I skipped it. I love that one so much too. Wish is a killer single yeah. Suck and Happiness in Slavery are my favorites from that EP. I didn't know Suck was a Pigface cover for a long time.

I listened to Broken on repeat while I packed my shit for basic training.

Quote from: Guybrush on Mar 13, 2024, 12:05 AMWumpscut is another one of those, for me, random bands/artists from the 90s. This is the only song I remember from them.

Very gothy 🖤

This song is an electro-industrial classic:

I used to love this song as a teenager. Even included it in a fight scene in our high school graduation movie.

Quote from: jimmy jazz on Mar 13, 2024, 08:41 PM

A great one.

Madonna gave me some of my first ever boners with this video. Love the song too.

I'm generally not much of a Madonna fan, but this track of hers will forever be killer - easily my favorite Madonna tune.


That "mmmmmmmmMMMMMmmmmmm" just fuckin sends me man.

One of SP's best.

my fave SP song/video. I would watch it every single time it showed up on MTV.

Quote from: DJChameleon on Apr 09, 2024, 02:07 PMmy fave SP song/video. I would watch it every single time it showed up on MTV.

Love that music video. I feel like music videos in the '90s had a more distinctive style and flair to them than music videos these days. I think bands valued them a lot more because those videos might be the primary exposure they'd get to people, besides radio play, so you had to make yourself stand out from whatever else was in the MTV lineup. SP actually had a lot of great music videos too.

Admittedly, I had a big crush on D'arcy (their bass player). It's a shame she got into drugs and went off the deep end. They've done reunion tours with all their original band members except for her. And I know they've tried to get her involved, it just hasn't panned out. A shame.


Oh yeah, MCR definitely was influenced (which they admit to) by SP in a big way:

Duran Duran - Ordinary World

Wesley Willis Fiasco - Jesus is the Answer

Tracy Bonham - Mother Mother

Classic '90s house track. And the comments on the video are hilarious.  :laughing:

Soundgarden - Beyond the Wheel

Pulp - This is Hardcore

Quote from: Meatwad on May 18, 2024, 12:21 PMPulp - This is Hardcore

This Is Hardcore was definitely their best album. And was the proper swan song for Britpop.


Pat Smear tossing the cigarette before riffing. Badass, man.  :laughing:

Was a big tune on the airwaves. Inspired by GB in The Residents thread.
tstepper

Quote from: Saulaac on May 29, 2024, 12:48 AMWas a big tune on the airwaves. Inspired by GB in The Residents thread.

Popularized by its appearance on the Pret-a-Porter soundtrack.

I liked this one from Omar who performed recently on Jazzrefreshed in London. Now I know we often compliment someone how they haven't aged, but this guy is in a different category altogether. Still going strong since the 90s, and performed a Roy Ayers classic.  :-*

This is so 90s.

Anyone remember this one? Pretty damn 90s if you ask me.  :laughing: