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Eminem · Aug 10, 2004

Escape Goat · Aug 10, 2004

Eww, make it go away!

Eminem · Aug 10, 2004

I don't mind the sun sometimes, images it shooooows.

awesome song.

Escape Goat · Aug 10, 2004

Okay, to be fair, Cranberries are good.

Cerebral Palsy · Aug 10, 2004

border · Aug 10, 2004

Well, whether or not you like it, I would say that it's an excellent representation of what was popular, and on rock radio in the 90's. Those are all gigantic singles that got played until we wanted to slit the lead singer's throat.

The main criticism would be that "grunge" and some of the more progressive movements are not represented at all. No Nirvana, no Pearl Jam, no Soundgarden, no Smashing Pumpkins. Some of the artists on this set are just one-hit wonders that should be replaced with the bigger acts of the early 90's, if you really want to establish a cohesive canon of the decade. It seems like they are only really focusing on the music that was released after 1995 or 1996.

If they had a 3rd CD, I think it would be worth throwing in some tunes that exemplify the mainstream's flirtation with ska, swing, punk, and house/techno. No Doubt (or Mighty Mighty Bosstones), Brian Setzer Orchestra, Green Day, and Prodigy would fill those roles respectively.

The only song that I don't explicitly remember is "Everything Falls Apart" by Dog's Eye View. How did that one go?

samus4ever · Aug 10, 2004

Steal My Sunshine. Let me PUKE!

Eminem · Aug 10, 2004

I agree. A ton of songs I forgot about. Closing Time was a great song at the time.

Everything falls apart by dog's eye view...

"everything falls...apart. yeah falls...apart. yeah, count on that"

you'd prolly know it if you heard it.

and for that 3rd cd, also cherry poppin daddies.

border · Aug 10, 2004

Cherry Poppin' Daddies would also work to represent popular swing. I can't really recall which got the most airplay and attention.....Brian Setzer, Cherry Poppin' Dadddies, or Squirrel Nut Zippers.

Come to think of it, swing sure did die out quickly, didn't it? It seemed like all these people were going to swing nights and learning how to swing dance. But as soon as they finished their dance lessons, the fad was over. Suckers =P

Oh, and the omission of "Macarena" is something that should probably be remedied

BigJonsson · Aug 10, 2004

This thread inspired me to listen to a shitload of 90's one hit wonders/songs I haven't heard in ages

whoa

Eminem · Aug 10, 2004

no shit.

Hootie and the Blowfish - I Go Blind

What a great song. totally forgot about it. the opening 30 seconds will be stuck in your head for days.

Diablos · Aug 10, 2004

I loved The Cranberries!

Greekboy · Aug 10, 2004

They should have named that CD:

Blast from the 90's #1.....and many of them were one hit wonders!

Eminem said:
Hootie and the Blowfish - I Go Blind

What a great song. totally forgot about it. the opening 30 seconds will be stuck in your head for days.

54-40's version is much better.

Willco · Aug 10, 2004

This CD does not have any songs from the definitive mid-90s pop band -- ACE OF BASE.

DON'T TURN AROUND I DON'T WANNA SEE YOUR HEART BREAKING DON'T TURN AROUND!

I SAW THE SIGN! IT OPENED UP MY MIND!

Mau_Mau · Aug 10, 2004

I never understood the whole Gap sweater wearing, wuss rock groups of the mid 90s. These bands are forever doomed to Adult Light FM stations:

Third Eye Blind
Collective Soul
Better Than Ezra
Candlebox
Counting Crows
Deep Blue Something
Spin Doctors

boo-urns!

6.8 · Aug 10, 2004

Willco said:
This CD does not have any songs from the definitive mid-90s pop band -- ACE OF BASE.

DON'T TURN AROUND I DON'T WANNA SEE YOUR HEART BREAKING DON'T TURN AROUND!

I SAW THE SIGN! IT OPENED UP MY MIND!

IAWTP

Tamanon · Aug 10, 2004

Mau_Mau said:
I never understood the whole Gap sweater wearing, wuss rock groups of the mid 90s. These bands are forever doomed to Adult Light FM stations:

Third Eye Blind
Collective Soul
Better Than Ezra
Candlebox
Counting Crows
Deep Blue Something
Spin Doctors

boo-urns!

Not sure I would lump Candlebox in there if you listened to their non-singles. Plus the Spin Doctors weren't a wuss rock group, they were a pure jam band that had catchy tunes.

And thus were pure evil.

WHAT TIME IS IT?

Four Thirty!

I'm late?

Naw, just early, early, early.

Warm Machine · Aug 10, 2004

They stick that I'm glad he's dead fucker Blind Melon on there and ignore the best 90's alt band Bush.

tt_deeb · Aug 10, 2004

Eminem said:
01 What I Got | Sublime
02 What's The Frequency, Kenneth? | R.E.M.
03 All Mixed Up | 311
04 How's It Gonna Be | Third Eye Blind
05 Zombie | Cranberries
06 Inside Out | Eve 6
07 Take A Picture | Filter
08 Shine | Collective Soul
09 Closing Time | Semisonic
10 Good | Better Than Ezra
11 Far Behind | Candlebox
12 You Get What You Give | New Radicals
13 What It's Like | Everlast
14 Cumbersome | Seven Mary Three
15 One Week | Barenaked Ladies

Disc 2
01 Mr. Jones | Counting Crows
02 Hey Jealousy | Gin Blossoms
03 Sex And Candy | Marcy Playground
04 Breakfast At Tiffany's | Deep Blue Something
05 Runaway Train | Soul Asylum
06 All I Want | Toad The Wet Sprocket
07 Little Miss Can't Be Wrong | Spin Doctors
08 Brick | Ben Folds Five
09 Everything Falls Apart | Dog's Eye View
10 Lump | The Presidents Of The United States Of America
11 The Freshmen | Verve Pipe
12 No Rain | Blind Melon
13 Pets | Porno For Pyros
14 Pepper | Butthole Surfers
15 Steal My Sunshine | Len
16 Fade Into You | Mazzy Star
17 Mother Mother | Tracy Bonham
18 Save Tonight | Eagle-Eye Cherry

Yeah a lot of the songs bring back lots of memories. This is some of the first music I ever got into and I distinctly remember "Save Tonight" being the first song I've EVER liked. My first CD was Barenaked Ladies' Stunt which had the "One Week" song. Sublime, REM, Blind Melon, Marcy Playground, Cranberries, Sould Asylim and many more I distinctly remmebering listening to in the car with my dad who loved this kind of stuff and probably shaped what my music taste is today.

One song that sort of fits this 90s alternative rock scene collection thats not on is Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitta"

SteveMeister · Aug 10, 2004

tt_deeb said:
My first CD was Barenaked Ladies' Stunt which had the "One Week" song.

Fuck, I'm old.

My first CD's were David Bowie's "Let's Dance" and Billy Joel's Greatest Hits vol 1-2 (which was brand new at the time, and was released in 1985).

Vennt · Aug 10, 2004

Thats young around these parts.

"Parallel Lines" by Blondie was the first album I bought, on vinyl - at release

*runs away crying*

etiolate · Aug 10, 2004

I never understood the whole Gap sweater wearing, wuss rock groups of the mid 90s. These bands are forever doomed to Adult Light FM stations:

I was going to bitch about the plain rock mid 90s stuff, too, but Candlebox, Counting Crows, Spin Doctors and Collective Soul don't belong style wise or chronologically into that mix..

I'd put it as:

Semisonic
Barenaked Ladies
Third Eye Blind
Eve 6
Eagle Eye Cherry
Verve Pipe

Matchbox 20 is the king of that shite though.

And 311 + Sublime make up pothead music for straightedgers.

TheQueen'sOwn · Aug 10, 2004

tt_deeb said:
My first CD was Barenaked Ladies' Stunt which had the "One Week" song.

Hah ! Same here.

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