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Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

Norman Bates — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:07:09 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 05/14/2013 19:07

I'd made an "indie rock" YT playlist a few months ago for another forum. It's here:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCAA65E4134505907

It's not exclusively 90s though, but you'll find some of my fav 90s ones in there.

Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

Charicature — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:55:43 GMT

Author: Charicature

Posted: 05/14/2013 18:55

Oh, right, Live.

Lightning Crashes

I think there's a couple more out there I've heard and could mention, but too hard to think of at this point. Some were already mentioned.

Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

junodog4 — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:30:41 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 05/14/2013 17:30

Cymro2011 wrote:

I actually found them from your "Children of Pussy Galore" chart 😁

Have you heard their live album "Live: In The Red"? It's way better than any of their studio albums. It made my chart too.

No I haven't... I guess I should. They were a epic mess in concert.

Speaking of which - Jon Spencer is in town on June 20th... PLaying the Legion, no less. It's gonna be a good night.

Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

Cymro2011 — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:55:11 GMT

Author: Cymro2011

Posted: 05/14/2013 15:55

junodog4 wrote:

Nice one... Pussy Galore kicked ass.

I actually found them from your "Children of Pussy Galore" chart 😁

Have you heard their live album "Live: In The Red"? It's way better than any of their studio albums. It made my chart too.

Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

Charicature — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:53:15 GMT

Author: Charicature

Posted: 05/14/2013 15:53

Was going to make this list then whittle it down...but I can't. So picking just one song from a host of artists, I'll suggest this as the best alternative rock of the 90s:

Eat My Dust You Insensitive Fuck - Catherine Wheel
Nothing Lasts - Matthew Sweet
Honey Don't Think - Grant Lee Buffalo
Black - Pearl Jam
Blissed - Jesus Jones
Best Days - Blur
Champagne Supernova - Oasis
Country Feedback - R.E.M.
Dropout - Urge Overkill
Range Life - Pavement
Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might be Giants
Black Star - Radiohead
Waiting for the Night - Depeche Mode
Blew Away - Smashing Pumpkins
Better Off Dead - Bad Religion
Without a Trace - Soul Asylum
Allison Road - Gin Blossoms
Sink To the Bottom - Fountains of Wayne
Everything's Cool - Pop Will Eat Itself
Jimmy Olsen's Blues - Spin Doctors
Sometimes (Lester Piggott) - James
Dark Therapy - Echobelly
Heaven - Better Than Ezra
The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
In the Garage - Weezer
Gepetto - Belly
Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots
I Want Everything - Cracker
Comedown - Bush
Filmstar - Suede
Common People - Pulp
Galileo - Indigo Girls
Lake of Fire - Meat Puppets
Zeroes - Spacehog
Love Spreads - Stone Roses
Would? - Alice In Chains

Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

MrFrogger — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:54:26 GMT

Author: MrFrogger

Posted: 05/14/2013 00:54

Here's some more

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Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

pearljammer13 — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:51:19 GMT

Author: pearljammer13

Posted: 05/14/2013 00:51

It would take me days to list all my favorites, but I feel that these two songs encapsulate the sound of 90's alt rock beautifully:

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Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

KinkyAfro — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:43:39 GMT

Author: KinkyAfro

Posted: 05/14/2013 00:43

Link

The The - Dogs of Lust.

Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

miguelabbate — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:33:42 GMT

Author: miguelabbate

Posted: 05/13/2013 23:33

This is probably too commercial, but for me this is how the 90's sounds:
1. One by U2
2. Everybody Hurts by R.E.M.
3. Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
4. Karma Police by Radiohead
5. Bachelorette by Björk
6. Don't Cry by Guns N' Roses
7. Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz
8. Torn by Natalie Imbruglia
9. Just a Girl by No Doubt
10. Crazy by Aerosmith
I hope you like it

Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

Anonymous — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:00:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/13/2013 23:00

Anything from Clouds Taste Metallic really, but this song in particular:

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Also:

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And anything from Wowee Zowee too:

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And some GBV obviously:

Link

And lastly (for now, anyway) one of my favourite videos of all-time, and a song that I feel is kind of representative of the direction accessible alt. rock was taking as it entered the new millennium:

Link

Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

Norman Bates — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:07:38 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 05/13/2013 21:07

OK i'll try. Here some of my favourite alt-(?)rock songs from the 90s. Thoughts and comments very much welcome!

Swell, "Here It Is" (totally underrated band) - (from 41, 1994.)

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Same LP: "Kinda Stoned"

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Pavement, "Perfume-V" (from Slanted and Enchanted, 1992.)

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"Loretta's Scars", from the same album.

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Cat Power, "Nude As the News" (What Would the Community Think, 1996)

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Diabologum (French band), "A découvrir absolument" - aptly titled (from #3, 1996)

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Mazzy Star, "Happy" (Among My Swan, 1996)

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Sugar, "Tilted" (Beaster, 1993)

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Same LP : "JC Auto"

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Palace Brothers, "Work Hard/Play Hard" (Viva Last Blues, 1995)

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Same guy, different album : "O Let it Be", Will Oldham (Joya, 1997)

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Red House Painters, "Lord Kill the Pain" (Down Colorful Hill, 1992)

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PJ Harvey, "Dress" (Dry, 1992)

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Lambchop, "Hellmouth" (I Hope You're Sitting Down / Jack's Tulips, 1994)

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MORE LATER !

Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

junodog4 — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:05:53 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 05/13/2013 21:05

Cymro2011 wrote:

Link

This is just pure awesome. I recommend that you play it LOUD.

Nice one... Pussy Galore kicked ass.

Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

ShaneSpear — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:48:21 GMT

Author: ShaneSpear

Posted: 05/13/2013 20:48

Here's one of my favorite mid-90s nostalgia bombs

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Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

Anonymous — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:17:32 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/13/2013 19:17

revolver94 wrote:

not from the 90's and srsly 3 doors down like rly

Oh yeah, it's from 2000.
I like that album.

Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

meccalecca — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:15:03 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 05/13/2013 19:15

Yeah, this is damn near impossible. So maybe I'll just list a few less obvious songs that defined my 90s

Afghan Whigs - Be Sweet
Elliot Smith - Waltz #2 (XO)
Slowdive - Allison
Rocket From The Crypt - Ditch Digger
Fugazi - Merchandise
Dinosaur Jr - Start Choppin
American Music Club - Johnny Mathis' Feet
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Hight Hand
Teenage Fanclub - Don't Look Back
James - Sometimes
East River Pipe - Shiny, Shiny Pimpmobile
Grandaddy - A.M. 180
Cocteau Twins - Fotzepolitic
Guided By Voices - Motor Away

Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

Cymro2011 — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:04:33 GMT

Author: Cymro2011

Posted: 05/13/2013 19:04

Link

This is just pure awesome. I recommend that you play it LOUD.

Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

revolver94 — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:55:58 GMT

Author: revolver94

Posted: 05/13/2013 18:55

JMan wrote:

Kryptonite and Loser from The Better Life are pretty good.

not from the 90's and srsly 3 doors down like rly

Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

Norman Bates — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:55:51 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 05/13/2013 18:55

It'd be a bit long to list them all, if you look at my 90s decade and year charts you'll get an idea. I'll try and build a top 10 up sometime later.

Re: Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

Anonymous — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:53:31 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/13/2013 18:53

Plush by STP.

Your Favourite 90's Alternative Rock Songs

soundguardian — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:48:08 GMT

Author: soundguardian

Posted: 05/13/2013 18:48

I was wondering if you guys would be up for listing out some of the alt rock songs of the 90's that you prefer over the others, and maybe some reasons why you choose those particular songs? It'd be really interesting to me, consider this site is mostly album-based and not very track-based. The songs you choose don't have to be singles, and my definition of 'alternative rock' is very loose.

i.e., you could conceivably include new wave, industrial, trip-hop, shoegazing, dream pop, jangle pop, lo-fi, indie, Britpop, Madchester, acid house, goth rock, rap-rock, rap metal, alternative metal, grunge, post-grunge, post-punk, post-punk revival, post-rock, pretty much everything that has a hyphenated post-something in its title. I know this will incur issues with semantics from at least one user that sees this post, and I'm prepared for that! =P

either the song has to be released as a single between Jan 1990 - December 1999, or it has to be released on an Album, EP, LP, etc. between Jan 1990 - December 1999. (e.g. "There She Goes" was released in 1988 as a single, but the album The La's was released in 1990, so "There She Goes" is a legitimate choice). I just want to know what you guys think characterizes the sound of alternative rock in the 90's.

you can make your list as long as you'd like, but please limit it to 100 songs.

thanks guys!