Bush - Machine Head Metallica - The Unforgiven Rage Against the Machine - Kill in the Name Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Blod Sugar Sex Magik Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box Nirvana - Lithium Judas Priest - Painkiller
"Machine Head - Bush The Unforgiven - Metallica Killing in the Name - Rage Against The Machine Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Blod Sugar Sex Magik Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box Nirvana - Lithium Judas Priest - Painkiller Yes, I keep on thinking of more to add. "
These are all really good, I would add "Down in a Hole" by Alice in Chains, along with No Rain by Blind Melon. I feel like No Rain is a decade defining song of the 90's. No particular reason, it just does.
Presidents of the United States of America - Lump Oasis - Wonderwall No Doubt - Don't Speak MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
Rocket Dive - hide with Spread Beaver Pink Spider - hide with Spread beaver Misery - hide Genkai Haretsu - hide November Rain - Guns n' Roses Breakdown - Guns n' Roses Scars - X Japan Endless Rain - X Japan Dan Dan Kokoro HIkareteku - The Field of View Black or White - Michael Jackson They Don't Care About Us - Michael Jackson You're not Alone - Michael Jackson Made in Heaven - Toshi Sobakasu - Judy and Mary We Were Angels - Hironobu Kageyama
I wouldn't be able to pick one or even 10 since I think some of the best pop* music ever was recorded during that decade. But this video is as good an encapsulation as any... EDIT: These 2 videos are probably a better collection come to think of it, but they include some songs from the late 80s. 30 Best Rock Songs of the 90s Part A..... there is a part B, too but it has been stripped of its audio track by Youtube.
*I use the term "pop" to describe all popular music as opposed to jazz, classical, blues, ethnic folk and other compositionally unique music types. Pop music would include rock, dance, hip-hop and alternative as well as classic standards and showtunes.
Naming all of my favorite songs from the 90s would take way too long.
A few songs would include
Machine Head - Davidain, Ten Ton Hammer Fear Factory - Shock, Demanufacture, Scumgrief Morbid Angel - Where the slime live Illdisposed - Wake up dead, A deathwork orange Sepultura - Refuse/Resist, Territory, Roots bloody roots Behemoth - Decade of therion Amon Amarth - Victorious march, Bleed for ancient gods Napalm Death - Twist the knife, Greed Killing, Breed to breathe Cradle of Filth - The principle of evil made flesh, Beneath the howling stars
Dood, TOUGH topic for me. There are SOOOOOOOOOO many. Here's a couple that I liked a LOT:
I cannot even try to link up all the songs I could come up with. Needless to say, the '90s were fucking AWESOME!!!
*EDIT* Wanted to post up my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE song from the '90s, and luckily, it came out in '99. It's more Bush, and it has more meaning than any song I've EVER heard:
" Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam. Fuckin' epic song! "
Damn straight, even though I STILL can't understand a word he's fucking saying!
@Br3adfan: Great choice as well. I hate that Down on the Upside wasn't more recognized. "Rhinosaur" was an excellent song that mixed the mudrock, grunge, and psychadelic sounds really well.
Limp Bizkit - Nookie Mindless Self Indulgence - Planet of the Apes Rage Against The Machine - War Within a Breath Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire Rancid - Maxwell Murders Refused - Refused Are Fucking Dead Refused - New Noise
" Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam. Fuckin' epic song! "
Damn straight, even though I STILL can't understand a word he's fucking saying!
@Br3adfan: Great choice as well. I hate that Down on the Upside wasn't more recognized. "Rhinosaur" was an excellent song that mixed the mudrock, grunge, and psychadelic sounds really well. "
" the song that revolutionized rock music and gave us the openness and mellowness we have today in that genre and all its sub genres :
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana. all hail Kurt Cobain for revolutionizing the genre itself without many people noticing. "
Everyone noticed. The problem is, most of them couldn't notice that Nirvana also sucked. = / Including me. "
everyone noticed nirvana, nobody noticed nirvana's influence. nobody gives that shadow of a man Kurt Cobain any credit for setting the mood for the 90s rock with his f'd up creativity.
and i stopped arguing about things sucking or not sucking ages ago because to each his own, really, we all have different minds and natures and likes and dislikes so its pointless.. Nirvana is my number 1 favorite band and has such a unique and sentimental value to me and the music is just.. not from this world. all u can do is wonder HOW people could actually love what u hate. the only thing i couldnt keep myself from arguing about in the last few years is Dead Space cuz it simply amazed me that so many people enjoyed it.
The 90's were a really lackluster decade for music. (In my opinion of course) I hated grunge...but at least Daft Punk came out of it pretty strong. Besides Eminem, Daft Punk is all I can really think of at the moment.
" @Ahmad_Metallic said: the only thing i couldnt keep myself from arguing about in the last few years is Dead Space cuz it simply amazed me that so many people enjoyed it. "
@Ahmad_Metallic: Ummm...in case you didn't notice, LOTS of people paid attention to Nirvana and noticed the changes they helped launch. Nevermind single-handedly killed more music careers than I could even try to mention, ranging from MC Hammer to Debbie Gibson to Loverboy...I mean, they came out and the '90s were introduced. Nonetheless, it doesn't mean they were good. I don't discredit Nirvana for sparking a revolution that basically killed new wave. I do, however, notice that Kurt Cobain was a no-talent heroin abuser that had a great drummer and a decent bassist with him. Cobain was basically the Jim Morrison for the '90s, but then again, Morrison had little to no talent either...other than pissing on all the people that helped him get where he was. Then, THEN, Cobain writes In Utero to try and turn people OFF of their music? Oh, and THEN Cobain blows his brains out because he's famous? Dood, if you don't want to be famous, don't sign the fucking contract. If you don't want people to listen to your music, don't sign the fucking contract.
I found Cobain to be an idol at one point, but I quickly woke up and realized that the last thing I need to idolize is a heroin junkie with a fucked-up marriage and nothing but hatred and venom to spew at his fans.
As for Nirvana's music, the dissonance of it is what helped bring about the alternative scene in the way he did, as well as brought about the grunge movement. However, much like the "Kool Herc" theory for hip hop, Nirvana was the same for grunge. They damn well weren't the first. They were simply the most recognized. Meanwhile, you had guys like The Meat Puppets that did it MUCH better with more meaning, and they were understated.
It's cool that they have personal meaning to you. I have personal meaning with Dave Matthews Band, and people spew venom about those guys all the time. I grew up through the grunge movement, and all these years later, I look back at the fact that I had an 8' x 5' poster of Kurt Cobain that said "I hate myself and I want to die" and I realized how much of a fucking idiot the dood was.
By far my favorite decade of music. It's very difficult limiting to one song, so here are some honorable mentions:
Dr. Dre - Nuthin' but a G Thang Nas - The World is Yours Nirvana - Lithium Radiohead - Paranoid Android Smashing Pumpkins - Soma My Bloody Valentine - Soon
@jakob187: see, you're getting carried away thinking that im some kinda die hard cobain lover.. i do not give a flying fuck about the man personally, what he used to be and what he did. all i love is the band as a musical act, and the guy as a music genius. talent.. you dont need talent to be a music genius. he was fucked up, it made him writes those talentless riffs and whacky noisy solos and lots of whining and bitching and some sort of life-wisdom talk.. whether you consider that genius or not depends on what music is to you: if you're after good talented skilled and experienced creations then fuck nirvana. if you have issues and emotions and thoughts and a nature that nirvana's messed up sound provokes, bingo. that applies to me and THAT makes them excellent in my eyes and the eyes of others , in addition to some moments of brilliance in several songs i mean its just not fair to say that nirvana doesnt have any impressive songs.. Actually, you sound like you used to be a nirvana fan yourself, i dunno why im explaining to you why nirvana can be seen as a great band to certain individuals.. were u or werent u a fan ?
so : 1)you say many people noticed nirvana's influence.. im not old enough to know but i dont believe so, based on how people speak of nirvana 2)kurt being a junkie and contradicting himself when it came to fame, i do not give a damn, all i see in that is the motive/inspiration to write the music he wrote which i spend long nights listening to and wallowing in the odd atmosphere they create around me
P.S. excuse my inaccuracy or anything like that here and there, im just a 18 year old arab guy from israel who discovered rock music less than 5 years ago. you seem to know alot about grunge and im not here to teach you anything =]
Probably something from Lonesome Crowded West or OK Computer, but really it is impossible for me to choose because, like somebody mentioned before, most of my all time favorite bands have released album(s) in the 90's and well...there is just too much to choose from.
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