I have that PRG song in my head now but I don't now, nor have I ever known the words so it's just nonsensical humming going on. ARGH! Also, I associate this with that White Town song that was big around then even though they don't sound alike.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
You know the largely-forgotten '96 alt-radio song I remembered recently and realized is pretty effing tight? Imperial Drag - "Boy Or A Girl".
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
YOUR WOMAN IS GREAT
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, it's a good song. Was the Sneaker Pimps big hit also around then?
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
I think of Sneaker Pimps as very early '97.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
The Saint soundtrack
btw LimbsKing i believe you said you're new here, and i would like to welcome you and make a friendly suggestion to a) jump into the conversation on your threads more and b) try to space these things out a bit so that we don't have 3 very similar threads at the top of new answers at the same time.
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
"electronica!"
― call all destroyer, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Friday, May 25, 2012 11:29 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
not as great as your mom amirite
Nuh uh, I love it!!
This is helping me pass this horribly slow day at the office before a long weekend quite nicely.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
These threads, I mean.
i too have no problem with the board being clogged with 90s nostalgia
― da croupier, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
hey i have no prob with the threads, i'm just saying that having so many in action at once is both confusing for the people reading them and probably annoying for those that aren't
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
OK, thanks for the tip. I wasn't sure of the protocol... nor did I think that these would become so popular.
― LimbsKing, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
I loooove Your Woman. And 90s nostalgia!
Folk Implosion! I tried to find 'Kingdom of Lies' which was the only song I really knew by them and it wasn't on iTunes. Jerks.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
There was a video for Natural One. It had earthworms in it or something along those lines.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
have we ever polled The Saint soundtrack?
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
WE REALLY SHOULD
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
Your Woman is one of the best songs of the 90s of any genre.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
never mind
The Saint: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
xp Hah!I found solace in 'Why Would I Want To Die' by Grandaddy. Same mood! :)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
here's what was going on at #1 on the R&B chart in 1996
January 6-27 Exhale (Shoop Shoop) Whitney HoustonJanuary 20-27 Before You Walk out of My Life / Like This and Like That MonicaFebruary 3-March2 Not Gon' Cry Mary J. BligeMarch 9-April 20 Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) R. Kelly featuring Ronald IsleyApril 27 You're the One SWVMay 4 Always Be My Baby Mariah CareyMay 11-June 22 Tha Crossroads Bone Thugs N HarmonyJune 29 You're Makin' Me High / Let It Flow Toni BraxtonJuly 6-20 How Do U Want It / California Love 2Pac featuring K-Ci and JoJo / featuring Dr. Dre and Roger TroutmanJuly 27 You're Makin' Me High / Let It Flow Toni BraxtonAugust 3-10 I Can't Sleep Baby (If I) R. KellyAugust 17-24 Twisted Keith SweatAugust 31-September 14 Hit Me Off New EditionSeptember 21 Twisted Keith SweatSeptember 28-October 5 If Your Girl Only Knew AaliyahOctober 5 If Your Girl Only Knew AaliyahOctober 12 Last Night Az YetOctober 19-November 9 No Diggity Blackstreet featuring Dr. DreNovember 16-23 Pony GinuwineNovember 30-December 21 Nobody Keith Sweat featuring Athena CageDecember 21-28 I Believe I Can Fly R. Kelly
lol @ Modern Rock
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
Protip: any thread that stokes '90s nostalgia is likely to be a popular thread.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
haha lol of course
btw The Jackal soundtrack is super underrated
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ that being a DJP thread
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
August 3-10 I Can't Sleep Baby (If I) R. KellyAugust 17-24 Twisted Keith SweatAugust 31-September 14 Hit Me Off New EditionSeptember 21 Twisted Keith SweatSeptember 28-October 5 If Your Girl Only Knew AaliyahOctober 5 If Your Girl Only Knew AaliyahOctober 12 Last Night Az YetOctober 19-November 9 No Diggity Blackstreet featuring Dr. DreNovember 16-23 Pony Ginuwine
an incredible sequence
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
xp I think Kingdom of Lies was on the A Life LEss Ordinary soundtrack, which naturally I flocked to post Trainspotting/Ewan McGregor fangirling
Wow 90s rap was so much better than the rock but I never gave it a chance at the time! Except I loved Exhale (Shoop) because I bought the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack for that TLC song. I need to find that TLC song!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
I probably listen to "Come On Ride That Train" almost as much as any alternative song from '96, tbrr.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
wow i had no idea that "If Your Girl Only Knew" peaked before "Pony"
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
Oasis, "Wonderwall" - for some reason I willfully ignored these guys at the time - too British?Smashing Pumpkins, "1979" - loved this albumAlanis Morissette, "Ironic" - ...Oasis, "Champagne Supernova" - long and boringCranberries, "Salvation" - don't remember this at allTracy Bonham, "Mother, Mother" - Great angsty '90s one hit wonder - better than all Alanis songs combinedDishwalla, "Counting Blue Cars" - this is when even 13 year old me started to think alt rock had lost its way. Basically Hootie & the Blowfish alternative. It's still in my 90s iTunes playlist though.Butthole Surfers, "Pepper" - at the time seemed like a good bookend to "She Don't Use Jelly" - nice guitar riff - I prefer King Missile's "Detachable Penis"Primitive Radio Gods, "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth..." - does anyone really think this song would have been big if the title were 2 words long?Pearl Jam, "Who You Are" - dreadful311, "Down" - I admit to liking this song at the time...Eels, "Novocaine for the Soul" - forgettableSublime, "What I Got" - has aged much better than 311 - harmlessBush, "Swallowed" - gross
― skip, Friday, 25 May 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
I have never heard this Dishwalla song before in my life
i have a hard time believing this, and expect you're in for an OH THAT SONG unless this was written while listening to it
This happened to me, too, with the added twist that for the first five seconds I was like "huh, maybe I've never heard this before, but whoever made this song listened to Document really carefully and have taken pains to construct a guitar/drums opening that sounds like a lost track off that great record" and then the singing starts and OH NO NOT THAT SONG
This whole period was very painful to R.E.M. fans since I think a lot of these groups sincerely and vocally saw themselves as carrying on some version of the R.E.M. project (this is true of Live and Counting Crows at the very least)
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 25 May 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
to those of us who, haters that were & are, had always disliked R.E.M., this era was a vindication of the hateration we'd been nurturing since Chronic Town
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 25 May 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
lol you had to wait through TEN ALBUMS to experience some schadenfreude
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
it was a painful time, I also hated the Smiths though I got over that
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 25 May 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
tho you have to admit, the payoff for the ten-year wait was pretty spectacular in this case
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 25 May 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
The '96 song I play most often these days is "Un-break My Heart."
Yes! Although if I had to work off of this list I would probably vote for 1979.
― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Friday, 25 May 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
This is pretty dire list. Oasis should walk, but their vote is gonna get split.
― Your Favorite Album in the Cutout Bin, Friday, 25 May 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
Oasis should walk...right off a bloody cliff.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 25 May 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
lol "Champagne Supernova" is not going to siphon many votes from "Wonderwall"
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
This list really is awful, I surprised myself and voted for "Swallowed" - the least awful Bush single and about the only one of these I'd really want to hear right now. I have a soft spot for that Albini recorded Bush album, I think it strikes an interesting tone between their wannabe-arena anthems and some (for radio alt-rock anyway) really cool sounding guitar parts.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
i prefer "Greedy Fly" if i have to hear something off of Razorbarf Suitbarf
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
oh greedy fly is much better obv
― call all destroyer, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
Oh yeah, you guys are right, "Greedy Fly" is better. I totally blanked on that being an actual single, because our local radio station at the time played like five songs off the album all at once and I was confused about which ones were really singles.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
Hey, y'all remember this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk_qO1CqSC0
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
thought to myself "wonderwall, again!?!" then remembered it was at the top of the charts forever (or at least the mtv trl countdown which was the only "chart" i ever really noticed, later not caring about any) - not that i have a problem with it
anyway:- hated primitive radio gods + butthole surfers + that eels song about as much if not more than i hated beck- didn't hate counting blue cars but was a bit wary of it- love down as long as i don't comprehend the lyrics- 1979 was ok but i dunno ehhh
...i'd go with salvation. i loved salvation i still love salvation. lol that video
― fauxmarc, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
What was that album called? Deconstructed? Who thought an entire album of Bush remixes was a thing that needed to happen. But I guess the "Mouth" remix that was in that horrible Werewolf sequel wasn't awful.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.classificaitaliana.com/imgvideo/TheCranberriesSalvation.jpg
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
i got bush's "desconstructed" forced on me via columbia house, was not into it but i think it was like dance-y remixes and i hadn't gotten into dance yet
― fauxmarc, Friday, 25 May 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
my sister played the Bush remix album over and over.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
she was last seen alive in the spring of 1998
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:21 (twelve years ago) link