50 Memorable Songs Of The Late 1990s That Apparently Only You Remember, Even Though They Were Totally On The Radio And Stuff

Geri is a terrible singer but a great pop star. "Look At Me" is an incredible piece of provocation, it's her doubling down on everything that she was hated for and embracing it whole-heartedly.

Mel C's solo stuff made me think there was literally something wrong with me because she was supposedly "the good singer" in the Spice Girls, and I found her yowling unbearable. and I like yowling!

Yeah can't stand Mel C's voice either, Emma was the best singer and had imo the best solo single ("Maybe") but that didn't seem to equate to much chart success on either side of the Atlantic.

here's the forgotten big beat hit (though not much of a hit) missing from the list above.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IWl77o3l50

Going back to MarkoP's post-Beck/Cake/Sublime Spirit of 96 playlist: could the transition from the verse to the chorus of Kid Rock "Cowboy" be marked as some kind of end point for the genre? The moment the big (sampled?) drum fill kicks in, Kid lapses from chilled-out woozy summer vibes into sub-Aerosmith rawkin' and the spell is broken.

(I guess "All Summer Long" could be sort of a belated return back to this sound/style.)

Also, Kid-adjacent, I'd also consider ICP's "Another Love Song," which actually samples Beck's "Jack-Ass" to cast a backyard-party haze over their misogynistic murder fantasies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABBPdf5SwJA

Linda Perry: "Fill Me Up"

#onethread

Huh! Never knew that existed. It's... Huh. I don't hate the performance and I kinda like the sound, but the song itself isn't landing with me tbh.

Earned some modest airplay late summer/early fall '96. Kind of interesting in how it tries to sell that it's the "What's Up" lady, but with every edge softened, which kind of misses the point of what people who like that song like about it.

I didn't know until I heard Pink talking about it on Howard Stern a couple days ago, but she's the reason Linda Perry came out of semi-retirement. Pink was a huge fan and went looking for her to do some writing/producing. And now she won't go away lol

My daughter used the expression "I'm living a lie" this morning and it inexplicably thrust this song into my head that seems to have left very little lasting footprint

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk0aiREnTsc

"What do you do when you feel like you're living a lie?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k67uejNr9FA

Courtesy of Lithium Deep Cuts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqeT9ooYKnM

Jimmie's Chicken Shack: "High", a Godsmack-y Hard Rock song preparing absolutely no one for their next album's Blink-182/Lit-move lead single "Do Right":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsttsAHkZvw

^Mentioned upthread by some dude. The video is...something else (as you can see, MTV2 actually aired it with the intro interview bit w/the ex-girlfriend, which was eventually edited out for regular MTV after an airing or two)

def remember "Do Right." "High" is tickling some memory bone but nothing specific. I guess they were early Korn adopters? Kind of an awkward fit with the bright colorful video. Not sure they should have agreed to the "actual chicken shack" video concept.

Apparently they are still active and released their most recent album in 2022??

Early Korn Adopters is my new band name, thanks doc

The Soundtrack To Our Lives - Instant Repeater '99

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI6tk-3ADdg