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Am I Just Old Or Was 90S Music Forgettable?
i ask because im watching top of the pops on BBC it's 1990 and it's all rubbish! and completely unmemorable
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I was lucky enough to have been a teenager in the 60s, and I loved most of the music we were gifted with (...apart from the Ken Dodd/Des O'Connor/Engledinck dross that mysteriously kept coming up). But I also loved the 70s, although it was a very different time. In The 80s, my interest waned, as the business became far too powerful, and I became far more interested in comedy, to the extent that I became the archivist for the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy appreciation society - which I still am to this day, and I have the largest collection of memorabilia in the known universe. The 90s had hardly any impact on me at all, but looking through the stuff I was still buying, I still found a substantial number of records I bought, which I still regard as classics. Here's the list - in no particular order:
Oasis - Some Might Say
Mike + The Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle '96
Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff - Dizzy
Judie Tzuke - Outlaws
The Popinjays - Monster Mouth*
The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong
Madonna - Vogue
Madonna - Beautiful Stranger
Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind
Ace Of Base - The Sign
Snap! featuring Summer - Welcome To Tomorrow*
Phil Collins - Something Happened On The Way To Heaven
Veruca Salt - Seether
Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls*
Green Day - Basket Case
Weezer - Buddy Holly*
Slowdive - When The Sun Hits
Betty Boo - Let Me Take You There
Fem 2 Fem - Naked Heart
Pet Shop Boys - Se A Vida É (That's The Way Life Is)
Elastica - Waking Up
New Radicals - You Get What You Give*
Alisha's Attic - I Am, I Feel
Sing-Sing - Feels Like Summer
The Beatles - Real Love
The Beatles - Free As A Bird
Davy Spillane - Indiana Drones
Ozric Tentacles - Sploosh!
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul*
Wilson Phillips - Hold On
Dire Straits - Calling Elvis*
Genesis - No Son Of Mine
Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo!
Shonen Knife - Space Christmas
Shonen Knife - Riding On The Rocket*
The Cat - Tongue Tied*
Toccata And Fugue - Vanessa-Mae
Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It?
Cast - Alright
Supergrass - Late In The Day*
Tin Tin Out featuring Shelley Nelson - Here's Where The Story Ends
DiVinyls - I Touch Myself
The Faders - Jump*
Kylie Minogue - What Do I Have To Do?
Ash - Girl From Mars
Ash - Jesus Says
Fountains Of Wayne - I Want An Alien For Christmas*
The Lillies - And David Seaman Will Be Very Disappointed About That
The ones I've starred - * - all have great videos on YouTube too.
I guess most of you had probably forgotten about many of those! But that's not all - I've left the best till last, and this band made me focus my interest back on music - I have a complete collection of everything they ever did, and these are the best (some of these were not singles as such, but B-tracks on CD EPs):
Lush - For Love
Lush - Sweetness And Light*
Lush - Starlust
Lush - De-Luxe*
Lush - I Have The Moon
Lush - I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend
Lush - Nothing Natural*
Lush - Monochrome
And some people are saying there was no good music in the 90s - have a proper look, and I expect most of you will come up with a similar list with completely different tracks!
Oasis - Some Might Say
Mike + The Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle '96
Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff - Dizzy
Judie Tzuke - Outlaws
The Popinjays - Monster Mouth*
The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong
Madonna - Vogue
Madonna - Beautiful Stranger
Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind
Ace Of Base - The Sign
Snap! featuring Summer - Welcome To Tomorrow*
Phil Collins - Something Happened On The Way To Heaven
Veruca Salt - Seether
Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls*
Green Day - Basket Case
Weezer - Buddy Holly*
Slowdive - When The Sun Hits
Betty Boo - Let Me Take You There
Fem 2 Fem - Naked Heart
Pet Shop Boys - Se A Vida É (That's The Way Life Is)
Elastica - Waking Up
New Radicals - You Get What You Give*
Alisha's Attic - I Am, I Feel
Sing-Sing - Feels Like Summer
The Beatles - Real Love
The Beatles - Free As A Bird
Davy Spillane - Indiana Drones
Ozric Tentacles - Sploosh!
They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse In Your Soul*
Wilson Phillips - Hold On
Dire Straits - Calling Elvis*
Genesis - No Son Of Mine
Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo!
Shonen Knife - Space Christmas
Shonen Knife - Riding On The Rocket*
The Cat - Tongue Tied*
Toccata And Fugue - Vanessa-Mae
Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It?
Cast - Alright
Supergrass - Late In The Day*
Tin Tin Out featuring Shelley Nelson - Here's Where The Story Ends
DiVinyls - I Touch Myself
The Faders - Jump*
Kylie Minogue - What Do I Have To Do?
Ash - Girl From Mars
Ash - Jesus Says
Fountains Of Wayne - I Want An Alien For Christmas*
The Lillies - And David Seaman Will Be Very Disappointed About That
The ones I've starred - * - all have great videos on YouTube too.
I guess most of you had probably forgotten about many of those! But that's not all - I've left the best till last, and this band made me focus my interest back on music - I have a complete collection of everything they ever did, and these are the best (some of these were not singles as such, but B-tracks on CD EPs):
Lush - For Love
Lush - Sweetness And Light*
Lush - Starlust
Lush - De-Luxe*
Lush - I Have The Moon
Lush - I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend
Lush - Nothing Natural*
Lush - Monochrome
And some people are saying there was no good music in the 90s - have a proper look, and I expect most of you will come up with a similar list with completely different tracks!
Andi - i notice you have the good sense to include Jump by The Faders in your list.
I interviewed their drummer Cherisse Osei for Drummer Magazine at that time, and we have remained good friends - I have met and interviewed her several times since - the latest time being for the cover of the re-launched Rhythm Magazine.
Since The Faders, Cherisse has enjoyed a wonderful career, she went on to play with Mica and toured the world with him for eight years, as well as Bryan Ferry, Paloma Faith (she requested Cherisse via social media!!) Kelly Jones from The Stereophonics, and she is currenty drummer of choice for Simple Minds.
I interviewed their drummer Cherisse Osei for Drummer Magazine at that time, and we have remained good friends - I have met and interviewed her several times since - the latest time being for the cover of the re-launched Rhythm Magazine.
Since The Faders, Cherisse has enjoyed a wonderful career, she went on to play with Mica and toured the world with him for eight years, as well as Bryan Ferry, Paloma Faith (she requested Cherisse via social media!!) Kelly Jones from The Stereophonics, and she is currenty drummer of choice for Simple Minds.
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