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

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ha, "That's Right" by DJ Taz has shown up on the tubes

anybody remember an anti-lesbian r&b song called 'twistin' or something like that chorus: 'twistin the love of a man'
not the keith sweat song although iirc the singer sounded like him.

doesn't sound familiar

xp all i can find on the net is a smattering of people trying to find the song. had to be 95 or 96. oh well

speaking of Keith Sweat...

...Keith Sweat, "Nobody"

dude that's top 5 ks no way people it's forgotten (lol we old)

I have no idea what you just said other than "lol we old". Is that your special, archaic, old-folks language?

HOOCH@!!!

My brother and I have a lot of involved in-jokes re: this song, one involving some (real) Christmas special that had a zamboni driver named Schooch.

Forest for the Trees, too, and that follow-up single to the big Chumbawumba song ("do you suffer from long-term memory loss?")(this may be a US thing, who knows?)

"Hey Now Now," by Swirl 360 – memorable for being catchy in a Hanson-esque way. MOST memorable because after it was played on the local 'alternative' radio station, the DJ requested everyone call her station manager & tell him that they shouldn't have to play such stupid shit on their station.

xp haha top 5 keith sweat... gotcha

Why are Cleopatra no longer coming atch me, btw?

"Amnesia" by Chumbawamba is pretty great - the tropicaliesque "oooh ooh" bridge is a snooze, but the "do you suffer from long term memory loss" part has an almost ABBA-esque slam of overdubs...

Also sounds weirdly like a happy version of "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe."

OK, the ABBA thing might be a little over the top.

Everclear - One Hit Wonder

Their best post-Santa Monica single that's not "Father Of Mine," a perfectly compacted slab of their shiny shiny late 90s sound, and managing to check both the "cynical look at the phonies of the music industry" and "comforting advice for struggling teen" boxes. It's a good song!

Local H's "All the Kids are Right"

― kiss out the jams, Sunday, September 16, 2007 4:23 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

You're a fucking cunt for reminding me of this song...

Allow me to retort...

Also, there's a 1990's grunge-pop thred floating around that swimming with this shit.

Is this what you wanted
Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar,
Is this what you wanted, man?
Dave lost his hairline
But you lost your cool, buddy
"Can't Drive 55"?
I'll never buy your lousy records again

Pop Grunge Pop
sub- grunge crap S&D
Rethinking the Grunge era
Post grunge mix

Rahzel - All I Know

Liquido - Narcotic

This one was a a huge hit in my city, I have no idea if it was as big on the whole country or anywhere else but this one kept being requested on the radio for more than a year. Nowadays few people remember it by name until I play it and they immediatly recognize the opening piano melody.

Someone finally posted a full video of the afore-discussed "Fix," so here it is:

"All right y'all!"

Moka - never heard, or heard of, that before... nice hook! The guy's "Gavin Rossdale with a keytar" thing doesn't really draw me in though...I can believe in this as a local hit.

I actually had no idea what the guys looked like because I had never seen the video before posting it here.
Shortly afterwards they released another hit single called 'play some rock' tho it never garnered the same sort of attention over here. Also has a very catchy keyboard melody:

More also-ran trip-hop: "Failure" by Skinny

Chopper One - Punk Named Josh

MxPx - Chick Magnet

also both good candidates for Punk-pop of the late 1990s was a good genre

Presidents of the United States of America - "Volcano" and "Mach 5":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXwzSPc0FoA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z02Y54Ce3U&feature=channel

Like most of the source album II these are pleasant and reasonably hooky, not quite up to the snuff of "Peaches" or "Lump" but not bad either.

Semisonic - If I Run

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y4PibJUQdc

Album before "Closing Time," good use of the guy's voice and a much more distinctive sound than they'd have on their later hits...there are traces of the Beatles pastiche on "All About Chemistry" but here they sound almost Elephant Six-y with the watery guitars and all. One of the best post-grunge choruses, IMO.

9. LL Cool J, "Deepest Bluest" - Soundtrack contribution, LL Cool J rapping about how scary he would be if he was actually a mutant shark-man. "My hat is like a shark's fin!" Also written about at the page I linked above, and I'm having no luck at all tracking down the video, although I assure you it was a staple on The Box.

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9. LL Cool J, "Deepest Bluest" - Soundtrack contribution, LL Cool J rapping about how scary he would be if he was actually a mutant shark-man. "My hat is like a shark's fin!" Also written about at the page I linked above, and I'm having no luck at all tracking down the video, although I assure you it was a staple on The Box.

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 9 September 2007 17:57 (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

9. LL Cool J, "Deepest Bluest" - Soundtrack contribution, LL Cool J rapping about how scary he would be if he was actually a mutant shark-man. "My hat is like a shark's fin!" Also written about at the page I linked above, and I'm having no luck at all tracking down the video, although I assure you it was a staple on The Box.

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 9 September 2007 17:57 (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

9. LL Cool J, "Deepest Bluest" - Soundtrack contribution, LL Cool J rapping about how scary he would be if he was actually a mutant shark-man. "My hat is like a shark's fin!" Also written about at the page I linked above, and I'm having no luck at all tracking down the video, although I assure you it was a staple on The Box.

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 9 September 2007 17:57 (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Here is a link to the Deepest Bluest video: http://www.clip4e.com/play_ll_cool_j_deepest_bluest.htm

It is truly as amazing as Dr. Casino said. Plus, there's MORPHING in the video.

Carnival Art

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCCdZtrvf50&feature=related

When I saw Carnival Art in London they were giving out unused VHS tapes with this video on. About 20 people at the gig as I recall...

More also-ran trip-hop: "Failure" by Skinny

This has made my day because I had completely forgotten about it but as soon as I read the title I could hear it in my head.

Not quite sure where to draw the line of too obscure to mention on this thread. S'pose "token dance track on the Evening Session every night for a fortnight, sold approx. 3 copies, never heard of again" is probably not it and I should take my vague nostalgia for Deejay Punkroc or the Ecologist to This is the thread where we reminisce over not particularly good Evening Session bands from the late 90s or the big beat thread or somewhere

Dunno how memorable it really is, but I do rather fondly remember the UK Eurovision entry from 1999, "Say It Again", which was quite nice and surely much better than Charlotte Nilsson's winning song.

Yea Matt, I saw them on the saem (probably only) tour in Glasgow, there were about 15 people there tops.

Too weird for the mainstream, too mainstream for the weirdos (apart from me)!

I've mentioned the Thrumdrone record on other threads, it still stands up pretty well imho.

Too weird for the mainstream, too mainstream for the weirdos

XTC and Thomas Dolby. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g92vl5lsWVM

John Mellencamp - Just Another Day (aka "the Big Jim Picato song")

ha. that one and "fire escape" are pretty much the only ones i remember.

"fire escape" is pretty grebt though.

dopey, but grebt. nice hook.

Yeah, it's a nicely done song! A drag at karaoke though, it turns out there's a few too many repetitions of the chorus IIRC.

and now on youtube...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jMyjjeSWak

"fire escape" came up on Pandora for me just yesterday!

Not on YouTube, but: 1,000 Clowns, "(Not The) Greatest Rapper."

From the comments for 1000 Clowns:

"i wonder how many chicks he picked up with that song?

I am thinking 0"

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, July 15, 2006 3:59 PM Bookmark

Robbie Williams - "Millenium". Really great pop tune, I thought it was big but nobody really remembers it anymore. Was stunned to find out that he was like a multi-billionaire with a castle...I thought this was his debut. I guess in America we never really heard much of him.

Moxy Fruvous - "King of Spain". Fun and gimmicky, actually this band turned out to be pretty decent if a little grating.

Janet Jackson - "Runaway". I hear it a lot in grocery stores and the like. I'm not really a fan but the vocal overdubs in this song were incredible. I always thought the song sounded unfinished and could have been a lot better. I still enjoy it (believe it or not)

Merril Bainbridge - "Mouth". Remember this cute little aussie girl? Kind of what I called "Mom Rock", catchy and quirky, and very friendly. If you don't remember it's the one that goes "would it be so bad/if I could turn you on?" She had another single "Under the Water" that got stuck in my head for like 10 years. I also remember that she did a Pet Shop Boys cover that was pretty interesting. Wonder what happened to her...?

Little T and One Track Mike - "Shaniqua". Classic!! Looking back this tune was even more bizarre than I remembered! "She's busy milking her purple cow and talkin' to the Easter Bunny!" Really bizarre rhymes but altogether this came together quite well.

Bad Ronald - "Shoot the Shit". Saw it on MTV a few times, had no idea what to think. Catchy tune but the bad clearly wanted to have more of an edge. Somehow I may be the only one who remembers "Bad Ronald".

Aqua - "Doctor Jones". Yes, they DID have another single! If I recall correctly this was a #1 in their home country and generally very big in Europe. In fact, Aquarium technically had 7 singles! "Doctor Jones" is easily their best, one of the few perfect pop songs in existance (really!)

Doctor Casino - I do remember Everclear's "One Hit Wonder"...IMO it was the best single off that album, maybe because it actually kind of sounded different from the rest? I went back and listened to the Everclear disc I bought when I was 12 and wow do they recycle their chord progressions a lot. Sounds great when you're 12 though.

I also thought "Fire Escape" was pretty great. Just pure and perfect power-pop. Sadly the band wasn't really that great. They still kick around but from what I've heard never really made a good album.

"Millenium" is the only Robbie Williams song I know!

I think the reason you never hear it anymore is like "Will 2k," it has a built in expiration date. "Millenium" does get some play on adult contempo radio sometimes.