I loved the 90's!!!!

[RiffRandell]

I am listening to tunes right now that brought back great memories------Jesus and Mary Chain with Mazzy Star and other ones.

[Bleacher Creature]

1. Anyone else notice how this decade has no character?

Seriously, no distinctive music, clothing, styles, etc. I know everything isn't political, but it can't be a coincidence that the right-wing wackos are in charge during what is shaping up to be an incredibly vanilla decade.

I'm not sure how things were in the 1950s, but it seems like that was the last time we had something like this. Fortunately, the blah of the 1950s produced quite a nice backlash in the 60s. Here's hoping!

[GainesT1958]

4. At least the 50s had Elvis, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard...

Beat the living hell out of N'Synch, 50 Cent and Britney!:puke:

B-)

[susanna]

8. The early 90s had some guts...

IMHO. There is some great EARLY 90s music. The very end of the decade, I wouldn't piss on if it was on fire. But then I'm "eccentric" (or so I'm told).

:-)

edited because I forget things

[MessiahRp]

18. The early 90s had distinctive style

It just changed abruptly right after 1994 or so.

I mean when I think of everything interesting about the 1990s I think back to the early 90s. Nothing in the late 90s is worth celebrating.

Early 90s:
Rap Music makes it's break (Public Enemy, NWA, etc.)
Neon color clothes
Spandex
the birth of Grunge
the death of hair metal
Hollywood tackles bigger subjects/social topics (JFK, Malcom X, Boyz N tha Hood, Singles, etc.)
The Simpsons and TMNT take off
Clinton gets elected


All of that beats the boring/embarrassing rest of the 90s:
The GOP takes Congress
Idiotic Pop hits big (Aqua's Barbie Girl, Macarena, etc.)
The beginning of Boy Bands/Britney Spears craze
Hollywood veers towards the mindless "Clueless" type of films
Tupac and Biggie fight a ridiculous rap turf war
Clinton gets impeached
Power Rangers and Pokeman take off
Somehow J Lo becomes a star (still trying to figure this out)
Metallica decides to soften up to sell more records

Pretty boring after 1993 in my opinion.

If I want to listen to mindless goofy music give me The Humpty Hump from Digital Underground or Baby Got Back from Sir Mix A Lot any day.

Rp

[cedahlia]

2. Me too!

So much great music. I've actually been on a Soundgarden kick all this week...been blaring it and singing along in the car. :-) And I was just jamming out to some Sonic Youth a few minutes ago, too.

I get all wistful when I think about the 90s...those really were the days.

[RiffRandell]

5. That's what I'm feeling right now..

Wistful--my husband (to be) would come home from traveling and we would sit around listening to tunes talking about things and laughing.

[susanna]

10. Soundgarden?

Oh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[Zomby Woof]

11. strange!

Last night I was cranking "Ultramega OK" and "Louder Than Love" in my car, back to back.

[cedahlia]

14. I was rockin' their "A-Sides" CD

all week, 'cause it's got all my favorite "belt 'em out" in the car songs on one CD...

Jesus Christ Pose
Rusty Cage
Day I Tried to Live
Blow Up the Outside World
Burden in my Hand

Chris Cornell is just...there aren't even words to describe the greatness of that man. Kim Thayil, too...he's one of the greatest guitarists ever, IMO. Okay, the whole band just rocks! :D

[Zomby Woof]

15. I was lucky enough to catch them weeks before the split

December 1996 in fact. At the end, Thayil just let his feedback do the talking while he polished off a bottle of beer, then tossed it behind him as he walked off stage. He and Cornell have great stage presences. For "Spoonman", they were joined by Artis the Spoonman himself, so he could reproduce his album parts live, and add a few more improvised bars. This was in Seattle, btw.

I love Audioslave too. As a fan of both Soundgarden and RATM, it works.

[MessiahRp]

19. Audioslave is okay

And when you listen to their sound they do come off as RATM with Cornell instead of De La Roche(sp?). But I liked Soundgarden way better. Hell I loved the Seattle-Alternative Rock movement from the early 1990s. Other than Pearl Jam I liked almost every band from the period.

Nowadays there are good bands too but too many have tried to rip off Korn or sound super rap-rockish like they're Limp Bizkit or something (I hate Limp Bizkit too).

There are some GREAT bands out there but most of them are local and unsigned. Here's a couple cool ones you should check out... they have MP3s up to DL too.

Silik
http://www.silik.net

Sketchy
http://www.sketchy.cc

Gravity|Lost
http://www.gravitylost.com

Rp

[GainesT1958]

3. The '90s...

Prosperity (after 1992, that is!:eyes: ); fiscal responsibility; environmental concern (and protection), only fighting dictators because of their human rights attrocities, and a president who "felt our pain"...

Makes the memory of all that sound-alike grunge music worth putting up with!:eyes:

B-)

[tuvor]

6. I'll claim Jesus and Mary Chain on behalf of the 80s, thank you very much!

Every decade has its great stuff. No decade's better than another, and that goes double for the sixties.

No offense, boomers.

[susanna]

9. OK, OK...

I'm sorta with you. J&MC were more 80s in my mind. But, I'll cross a generational bridge where a ladder is offered. :-)

[susanna]

7. Both of those bring back auditory hallucinations...

if not memories. Yes, I love them too!

[NYBlackCat]

12. BT?

Any Blues Traveler Fans? Anyone? RunAround? Hook? But Anyway?

Ask me sometime about why they are the GREATEST BAND EVER!!

Sorry, didn't mean to shout ;-)

H.O.R.D.E. Forever! I'll give a cookie to anyone who can explain what that is ;-)

[Zomby Woof]

16. I first saw them in '92

They opened for the Allman Brothers, and as with most opening bands, I was skeptical.

But they won me over almost instantly and are still the best opening band I have seen yet.

"Mountain Jam" is my favorite, mainly because of Gregg Allman's plaintive vocals.

I remember getting HORDE mailings when I added my name to the Blues Traveler mailing list at a show I saw in '93. :-) It was the Lilith Fair of jam bands, lol.

[NYBlackCat]

17. Glad to hear you liked then

They're still going strong, though the fan base has shrunk quite a bit, but we hardcore fans continue the traditions. Interestingly enough, John Popper (lead singer of Blues Traveler) once said he'd love to play Lillith Fair and collaborate with all the artists on the bill, but he didn't have the proper genetalia.....good old John, always being way too descriptive.

[Kire]

13. what about all of those Lilith Fair grrls?

Sarah McLachlan
Jewel
Fiona Apple
Meredith Brooks
Joan Osbourne
Shawn Colvin
Lisa Loeb
Beth Orton
Sixpence None the Richer
Nelly Furtado
and on , and on

[Zomby Woof]

20. Gov't Mule

Best power trio ever, a spinoff from the Allmans, with a fantastic 1995 debut. GREAT live.