To this day I'm still bitter about not being able to see him open for NIN when they played Vandy in the mid-90's.
Yes and it's an AOTY contender for me. Love Numan.
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To this day I'm still bitter about not being able to see him open for NIN when they played Vandy in the mid-90's.
Yes and it's an AOTY contender for me. Love Numan.
Well said. It's so "before the internet".
jhmtehgamr20xx
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I can't stand to listen to most 90s pop now, and I was a kid during then so I figure I would say it was good b/c when you're a kid you think everything's good.
A lot of the Death Row gangsta rap songs still hold up thanks mainly to the samples they used (Dre was/is a great producer, bam.). Hiphop was at its peak in creativity in the mainstream sector at the time; there are still awesome artists like Psyche Origami (they're doing a band thing now, forgot its name atm), El-P, Panacea, Funky DL, Little Brother, MF Doom etc., but they're underground.
But the music that, to me, does it best is from the jungle/drum and bass scene, and some of the hardcore stuff that predates them. The rapid transformation and weaving those genres did during that time frame was amazing, and so many of those tracks still hold up (I'd say sound even better) now. New techniques were just flying by and no other genre really came close to embracing technology's impact on sound like those did. Except maybe house and garage.
Could argue it's always been that way, and still is today. Noisa, dBridge, Vega, Amit, Decoder, Goldie, Total Science, Paradox, DJ Dextrous, J Majik...if you know where to look the list gets very big very quickly
. And house producers like Kerri Chandler, Jerry Sylvester, Aaron Carl (who passed away a while ago sadly), Masters At Work...
Plus arguably my favorite genre neurofunk/techstep whatever the fuck you wanna call it, got its start in the late half of the decade. Of course I didn't listen to it then, now I curse myself for not being older. And not living in Europe
A lot of the Death Row gangsta rap songs still hold up thanks mainly to the samples they used (Dre was/is a great producer, bam.). Hiphop was at its peak in creativity in the mainstream sector at the time; there are still awesome artists like Psyche Origami (they're doing a band thing now, forgot its name atm), El-P, Panacea, Funky DL, Little Brother, MF Doom etc., but they're underground.
But the music that, to me, does it best is from the jungle/drum and bass scene, and some of the hardcore stuff that predates them. The rapid transformation and weaving those genres did during that time frame was amazing, and so many of those tracks still hold up (I'd say sound even better) now. New techniques were just flying by and no other genre really came close to embracing technology's impact on sound like those did. Except maybe house and garage.
Could argue it's always been that way, and still is today. Noisa, dBridge, Vega, Amit, Decoder, Goldie, Total Science, Paradox, DJ Dextrous, J Majik...if you know where to look the list gets very big very quickly
. And house producers like Kerri Chandler, Jerry Sylvester, Aaron Carl (who passed away a while ago sadly), Masters At Work... Plus arguably my favorite genre neurofunk/techstep whatever the fuck you wanna call it, got its start in the late half of the decade. Of course I didn't listen to it then, now I curse myself for not being older. And not living in Europe
jhmtehgamr20xx
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Try some of the neurofunk from the late '90s from artists like Resonant Evil, Decoder, Ed Rush and Optical, DJ Trace etc. Not happy shit, quite sci-fi influenced, you could almost say they saw the writing on the wall. That genre sort of popped up b/c of the public turning its back on dnb but all the same.
The funny thing is, a lot of the "EDM" stuff these days like you find in the Just Dance games is like a return to form of that "comfy music"....it's definitely not to my taste but it's just a similarity I notice. Whether it's as good as the best stuff from that decade...again, personal preference.
someone's got some troubs they gotta work out.
teruterubozu
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I feel that way about 80s music. "Fuck the Man" was a popular sentiment in the 90s and there was certainly that cynical element in music. If anything, the post-9/11 trend seems to trend towards escapism - as in dance all night cuz YOLO or whatever.
Messofanego
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I've only heard it for one day, but have heard it on repeat 5 times now. Contender for me too.
Interesting, I can't watch these properly right now but I will later. Have you seen this?
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/872104423/beautiful-noise-music-documentary
Dunno if it's been posted yet, but I still love 'Bittersweet Symphony' by The Verve. Probably my favorite song of the 90's.
teruterubozu
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Apparently Wu Tang Clan was nothing to fuck with.
Fashion and pop music was absolutely terrible with only a few exceptions. And for some strange reason, all film that did not include paid actors featured SWEATY people. Home movies, public service announcements, everyone was sweaty.
Kurt Cobain died and took grunge with him.in retrospect, Michael Jackson technically died in my mind after 1992. The stink of the 90s permeated until about 2003, especially in terms of technology.
However, the cartoons of the era were absolutely and unequivocally amazing, literally every channel had some amazing programming throughout the decade. Superb
Fashion and pop music was absolutely terrible with only a few exceptions. And for some strange reason, all film that did not include paid actors featured SWEATY people. Home movies, public service announcements, everyone was sweaty.
Kurt Cobain died and took grunge with him.in retrospect, Michael Jackson technically died in my mind after 1992. The stink of the 90s permeated until about 2003, especially in terms of technology.
However, the cartoons of the era were absolutely and unequivocally amazing, literally every channel had some amazing programming throughout the decade. Superb
MrCunningham
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No, rap music started in the 70's but didn't really get commercially recognized around the early 80's with acts like Run DMC, LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys and Public Enemy and stuff like that. Rap was more predominantly west coast in the mainstream media up until the early 90's, but then shifted to west coast and "gansta rap" scene that started in the late 80's with groups like NWA. The early to mid 90's were all about the notorious east coast and west coast rap wars, then that burned out after a bunch of rappers were killed.
I don't really know about modern RnB much to be honest.
In North America, yes. Though Electronic music had an underground scene in the and was generally a lot more popular in Europe in the 80's I would imagine.
Depends on who you talk too... some would consider acts like The Offspring and Green day to be poser pop acts, other would think they were punk.
This statement can be true for the 70's and 80's as well. Acts like David Bowie and Iggy Pop and glam metal in general were fueled by cocaine and heroin.
You could always say that indie and alternative music from the 90's was just another way of saying "underground" music from the 80's I suppose.
Umm... I don't know.
I think this might be relevant for the thread: Interview with Kurt Cobain about his views on the future of rock and young people interests in 20 years (basically now). Some of it is depressingly accurate, like the irrelevance of rock to kids these days and the isolation through "virtual reality" (facebook?).
Read Whatever Happened To Alternative Nation? for a good overview of alternative and grunge music in the 90's.
MrCunningham
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Here's a pretty candid interview with Kurt Cobain that was done for Much Music Canada:in 1993: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe7q8yDPJFo
He talks about how bored he was with grunge and hated being billed a grunge band, he wanted to experiment and reinvent New Wave with Nirvana.
kaiju
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Speaking of Nirvana, I highly recommend the deluxe edition of In Utero that came out recently. It includes Steve Albini's scrapped mixes of several songs, as well as a brand new mix of the whole album. Kurt hated Albini's original mix, so it's interesting to hear the songs as they originally were.
sixteen-bit
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Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
Spider from Mars
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Souvlaki came out in the 90's, which makes it the best decade for music.
perryfarrell
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I still remember exactly where I was (time, place, with whom) when I heard Smells Like Teen Spirit for the first time on the radio. What a fuckin revelation that was, holy moly. It captured exactly what people were wanting to hear
MrCunningham
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And one of the most vague and far reaching genres ever
here's some band that is signed to this major international conglomerate label, sells platinum status in months and oh yeah, they're ALT!
FYI SUBPOP had pretty much run out of money by the time Nirvana were ready to do Nevermind, and they have pretty much admitted that the deal that happened with Geffen saved the label.
Dog Problems
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One of my favorite bands from the 90's is Failure.
Undone
Solaris
Another Space Song
Enjoy the Silence - Cover of the Depeche Mode song. I actually like this more than the original.
As a kid I relied on Beavis & Butt-Head to discover music and then 120 Minutes/Alternative Nation.
Undone
Solaris
Another Space Song
Enjoy the Silence - Cover of the Depeche Mode song. I actually like this more than the original.
As a kid I relied on Beavis & Butt-Head to discover music and then 120 Minutes/Alternative Nation.
Alligatorjandro
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Alice in Chains
ReturnOfTheRAT
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I'll go the dance, electronic route and recommend:
Corona
2 Unlimited
Culture Beat
Snap!
The Prodigy
Fun Factory
Everything But The Girl
Olive
Jennifer Paige
The Future Sound of London
Seal
La Bouche
White Town
Corona
2 Unlimited
Culture Beat
Snap!
The Prodigy
Fun Factory
Everything But The Girl
Olive
Jennifer Paige
The Future Sound of London
Seal
La Bouche
White Town
Fantastic Planet is a MASTERPIECE. I have been kinda obsessed with Pillowhead these days
teruterubozu
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The Power Of Snap
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1991, what a year.
Twilight Gap
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teruterubozu
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This is such a great album. I really wished they continued in this shoegazer-rock vein but they didn't .
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. So much music. Punk, acoustic, drugged out, beautiful piano work, angry, religious themes tied to sex and violence, he's experimented in them all. Add PJ Harvey and Kylie Minough, (sp) and you have a winner. Can't go wrong there, and he's all over YouTube.
Rave and techno happened in Europe in the very early 90's
G.T.O. - Pure
FSOL - Papua New Guinea
Kicks Like a Mule - The Bouncer
The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
Speedy J - Pullover
Tricky Disco - Tricky Disco
Westbam - Hold Me Back
UK Apache & Shy-fx - Original Nuttah
Rotterdam Termination Source - Poing
Altern 8 - Activ-8
and it was all downhill from there on...
G.T.O. - Pure
FSOL - Papua New Guinea
Kicks Like a Mule - The Bouncer
The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode
Speedy J - Pullover
Tricky Disco - Tricky Disco
Westbam - Hold Me Back
UK Apache & Shy-fx - Original Nuttah
Rotterdam Termination Source - Poing
Altern 8 - Activ-8
and it was all downhill from there on...
kaiju
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The Power Of Snap
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Papua New Guinea is my favorite song ever. I think 1990, 1991 and 1992 were the best years of the 90's for music.
Here's some other classics.
The Shamen - Hyperreal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwTfF3JjE9U
Thompson Twins - Come Inside
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toX3vTLLSME
LaTour - People Are Still Having Sex
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ImRyPymRAM
Plavka <3
thesuperfunk
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Guns 'N' Roses were like the biggest band on the planet for a period in the early 90's
I guess it depends where you grew up as to what was big at the time.
I guess it depends where you grew up as to what was big at the time.
The Power Of Snap
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Added the KLF to my 1991 list. I can't believe i forgot about them.
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