90's music.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22671

Never really got into a lot of it but been listening to a radio program and some classic stuff.

4 non blondes
Spin doctors
O connells.

Good stuff..

Still friggin hate Oasis though.

The deluded Mr Turner · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2015 7:59 pm

The Wonder Stuff

Compo · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2015 9:37 pm

Two princes - Soin doctors cracking track. I had Snow informer in my head all day today.

Compo · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2015 9:38 pm

Closing time - Semisonic great song from that time as well as well as Eels Novacain for the soul.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Compo wrote:

Closing time - Semisonic great song from that time as well as well as Eels Novacain for the soul.

My kareokee song that, semisonic.

Loved that album when I was a kid

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Barriewardrobe · **Posted:** Sun Dec 13, 2015 2:16 am

90's music was crap...apart from Paradise Lost, and some Depeche Mode stuff....in my opinion, oh and some Weezer tunes !

Doris Tissot · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:12 pm **Posts:** 46

Barriewardrobe wrote:

90's music was crap...apart from Paradise Lost, and some Depeche Mode stuff....in my opinion, oh and some Weezer tunes !

....and Pavement, Tricky, Portishead, Disco Inferno, Pulp, Aphex Twin, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Guided By Voices, Trumans Water, Squarepusher, The Black Dog, Sebadoh, Afghan Whigs, Super Furry Animals, Delgados, Arab Strap, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, McClusky, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, Depth Charge, Bjork, ROC, Boards Of Canada, Mercury Rev, Rocket From The Crypt, Yo La Tengo, Royal Trux, De La Soul, Come, Beastie Boys, Orbital, Jacobs Mouse, Tindersticks, Mogwai, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Melt Banana, The Flaming Lips, The Make-Up, Fugazi, Sparklehorse, Wilco, Lambchop, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, Low, Clinic, Cornershop, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Silver Jews, Jesus Lizard, Slint, Shudder To Think, Stereolab, Gorkys Zygotic Mynci, The Wedding Present, REM, The Fall, Dawn Of The Replicants, New Bad Things....

But yeah other than that I agree the 90's were utter shite

Doris Tissot · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:12 pm **Posts:** 46

Well BOC were on there but yeah agreed, could have gone on all night

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

Good list....missed The Jayhawks, Cracker, 10,000 Maniacs, Ash, Supergrass, Gin Blossoms, Auteurs, Counting Crows these are just from albums I can actually see from where I'm sat. The 90s were fucking great..they also spawned possibly the best albums from XTC, The Fall, Julian Cope (Peggy Suicide), Elvis Costello (Brutal Youth)...not to mention Squeeze (Play) The Pretenders (Viva El Amor).

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

If your looking for 90s albums n new millennium stuff get yourself to poundland. Absolute goldmine of classics

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Doris Tissot · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:12 pm **Posts:** 46

The Jayhawks' Hollywood Town Hall is a belter.

I didn't even mention Shellac, The Breeders, Codeine, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Autechre, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, The Grifters, Sugar, Soul Junk, Buffalo Tom and on and on and on

To suggest music is crap in any given week is insane never mind a full decade!

Would struggle to agree The Fall made their best album in the 90s like, as good as Extricate is...

Barriewardrobe · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2015 1:25 am

Doris Tissot wrote:

Barriewardrobe wrote:

90's music was crap...apart from Paradise Lost, and some Depeche Mode stuff....in my opinion, oh and some Weezer tunes !

....and Pavement, Tricky, Portishead, Disco Inferno, Pulp, Aphex Twin, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Guided By Voices, Trumans Water, Squarepusher, The Black Dog, Sebadoh, Afghan Whigs, Super Furry Animals, Delgados, Arab Strap, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, McClusky, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, Depth Charge, Bjork, ROC, Boards Of Canada, Mercury Rev, Rocket From The Crypt, Yo La Tengo, Royal Trux, De La Soul, Come, Beastie Boys, Orbital, Jacobs Mouse, Tindersticks, Mogwai, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Melt Banana, The Flaming Lips, The Make-Up, Fugazi, Sparklehorse, Wilco, Lambchop, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, Low, Clinic, Cornershop, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Silver Jews, Jesus Lizard, Slint, Shudder To Think, Stereolab, Gorkys Zygotic Mynci, The Wedding Present, REM, The Fall, Dawn Of The Replicants, New Bad Things....

But yeah other than that I agree the 90's were utter shite

90's METAL was fine, but how do you define the 90's, you mention some bands that were making music before then....can't believe you included Cornershop....ha ha ( 1 hit wonders)
Machine Head, Fear Factory, Bullet For My Valentine, Stabbing Westward, Mindset, Rammstein, Disturbed, Soulfly, Pantera, Lamb Of God, Die Krupps, Testament, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth, Ozzy, Sepultura, Dub War, Pretty Maids, Saxon, Nuclear Assault, Mad Max, Bonfire, Gotthard....etc

Doris Tissot · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:12 pm **Posts:** 46

I define the 90s as being between 1990 and 1999 and everyone on that list made brilliant music between those years

Cornershop were and still are great but yes agreed they made their best music in the 00s...

Metal not really my bag to be honest although I am partial to a snifter of Napalm Death when I've got a particularly large pile of ironing to get through

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

Doris Tissot wrote:

The Jayhawks' Hollywood Town Hall is a belter.

I didn't even mention Shellac, The Breeders, Codeine, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Autechre, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, The Grifters, Sugar, Soul Junk, Buffalo Tom and on and on and on

To suggest music is crap in any given week is insane never mind a full decade!

Would struggle to agree The Fall made their best album in the 90s like, as good as Extricate is...

"possibly"...Hex Enduction Hour is the best Fall album!

Doris Tissot · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:12 pm **Posts:** 46

As Peel once said, if you've got a favourite Fall album you're missing the point!

But yeah, Hex or Grotesque for me

Barriewardrobe · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2015 1:15 pm

Doris Tissot wrote:

I define the 90s as being between 1990 and 1999 and everyone on that list made brilliant music between those years

Cornershop were and still are great but yes agreed they made their best music in the 00s...

Metal not really my bag to be honest although I am partial to a snifter of Napalm Death when I've got a particularly large pile of ironing to get through

Nice one Doris !

Doris Tissot · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:12 pm **Posts:** 46

Chip Fireball wrote:

Cornershop released at least one really good album in the 90's, though also prefer their later stuff.

Loveless by My Bloody Valentine hasnt been mentioned, but I think, critically at least, its generally considered to be one of the most influential and groundbreaking albums of all time. Certainly one of my favourite records of all time.

Entroducing by DJ Shadow was another groundbreaker. Leftism by Leftfield is another, that hasnt been mentioned.

The indie kid in me would also put forward " Songs by Northern Britain " by Teenage Fanclub, and " If You're Feeling Sinister " by Belle and Sebastian.

Yeah Loveless and Endtroducing both stunning, along with Odelay which I also missed

Never quite felt the same about B &S, always struck me as a poor man's Field Mice....

The J Dizzle · **Joined:** Mon Jan 27, 2014 3:21 pm **Posts:** 342

Can't believe Manics, Suede and Primal Scream haven't been mentioned!

Doris Tissot · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:12 pm **Posts:** 46

The J Dizzle wrote:

Can't believe Manics, Suede and Primal Scream haven't been mentioned!

I like The Manics until I actually have to start listening to their lumpen pub rock...

Suede were great early on but diminishing returns after their first few singles

Primal Scream did release probably the most overrated album of the decade in Screamadelica but to be fair they did come back with the superb XLR8R in 2000

All imho obviously....

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Mon Dec 14, 2015 9:23 pm

Absolutely tons of great music around in the 90s. I'm biased like because it was my era due to when I was born, but when you look back there was definitely an explosion in the variety of genres and crossover between them. Maybe because of technology being cheaper, or because distribution got easier?

Whilst I've always loved indie, I have a weakness for electronica too, and the 90s was a golden age for it. Orbital, Future Sound of London, The Orb, Underworld, Slam, Chemical Brothers etc, loads of it stands up really well today. Particularly the 'Accelerator' album by Future Sound of London which still sounds fresh as a daisy 25years on.

Doris Tissot · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:12 pm **Posts:** 46

Chip Fireball wrote:

Doris Tissot wrote:

Chip Fireball wrote:

Cornershop released at least one really good album in the 90's, though also prefer their later stuff.
Loveless by My Bloody Valentine hasnt been mentioned, but I think, critically at least, its generally considered to be one of the most influential and groundbreaking albums of all time. Certainly one of my favourite records of all time.
Entroducing by DJ Shadow was another groundbreaker. Leftism by Leftfield is another, that hasnt been mentioned.
The indie kid in me would also put forward " Songs by Northern Britain " by Teenage Fanclub, and " If You're Feeling Sinister " by Belle and Sebastian.

Yeah Loveless and Endtroducing both stunning, along with Odelay which I also missed
Never quite felt the same about B &S, always struck me as a poor man's Field Mice....

Time has not diminished by love of Loveless, listened to it today while tip tapping away at work, and it still sounds magnificent.

I wouldn't mind being a few quid behind B and S on the royalties front, they seem to have stretched a moderate amount of talent one hell of a long way.

It's just one of those records that will never date with the exception of Soon, sadly, that indie-dance Classic with the baggy beat

Doris Tissot · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:12 pm **Posts:** 46

poolieinnottingham wrote:

Absolutely tons of great music around in the 90s. I'm biased like because it was my era due to when I was born, but when you look back there was definitely an explosion in the variety of genres and crossover between them. Maybe because of technology being cheaper, or because distribution got easier?

Whilst I've always loved indie, I have a weakness for electronica too, and the 90s was a golden age for it. Orbital, Future Sound of London, The Orb, Underworld, Slam, Chemical Brothers etc, loads of it stands up really well today. Particularly the 'Accelerator' album by Future Sound of London which still sounds fresh as a daisy 25years on.

Totally agree, I can't imagine a time when Orbital 2, Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Vol 1 or The Black Dog's Temple Of Transparent Balls don't sound anything other than class

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

Nobody's mentioned Voice Of The Beehive!! Y'bastads!

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

..or "Grand Prix" by Teenage Fanclub!!

Pitlad · **Joined:** Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:43 pm **Posts:** 231

ElvisC wrote:

Nobody's mentioned Voice Of The Beehive!! Y'bastads!

Funny enough I saw them at the Redcar Bowl and they were supported by an Irish band called "A House", they were pretty good as well.

WestParkPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:01 am

How about The Prodigy's 'Music for the Jilted Generation'? Far better than 'The Fat of the Land'.

born toulouse · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:07 am

Dinosaur Jr were still knocking out good records, Royal Trux' Accelerator is superb and the 12" of Jesus Built My Hotrod is one of the greatest records ever made. Lot of good On U Sound releases from the likes of Dub Syndicate as well.

A very decent but chilly gig in 1991 was the Rollercoaster Tour at Whitley Bay ice rink. Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Dinosaur Jr and Blur. My Bloody Valentine were more like an awe inspiring sonic experience than seeing a band.

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

MadJohn wrote:

Pitlad wrote:

ElvisC wrote:

Nobody's mentioned Voice Of The Beehive!! Y'bastads!

Funny enough I saw them at the Redcar Bowl and they were supported by an Irish band called "A House", they were pretty good as well.

Endless Art seems to show up on most "indie" compilation CDs of a certain age.

Yeah A-House were a good band, got their album after that gig!

The 90's were good for female-fronted poppy bands too. The Katydids, DiVinyls, VOTB, Shakespeares Sister, Sleeper, Elastica etc...as well as the more hip Pixies and co.

Kolley Kibber · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:23 am

Chip Fireball wrote:

Doris Tissot wrote:

Chip Fireball wrote:

Cornershop released at least one really good album in the 90's, though also prefer their later stuff.
Loveless by My Bloody Valentine hasnt been mentioned, but I think, critically at least, its generally considered to be one of the most influential and groundbreaking albums of all time. Certainly one of my favourite records of all time.
Entroducing by DJ Shadow was another groundbreaker. Leftism by Leftfield is another, that hasnt been mentioned.
The indie kid in me would also put forward " Songs by Northern Britain " by Teenage Fanclub, and " If You're Feeling Sinister " by Belle and Sebastian.

Yeah Loveless and Endtroducing both stunning, along with Odelay which I also missed
Never quite felt the same about B &S, always struck me as a poor man's Field Mice....

Time has not diminished by love of Loveless, listened to it today while tip tapping away at work, and it still sounds magnificent.

I wouldn't mind being a few quid behind B and S on the royalties front, they seem to have stretched a moderate amount of talent one hell of a long way.

'Moderate amount of talent' Mark? Never! I'd agree that their later stuff is pretty banal, but their three 90s albums and the Lazy Line Painter Jane EP are all great. Stuart Murdoch has to be one of my favourite lyricists of all time...

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

I find B&S twee but enjoyable! Tell you who else had a decent 90's...Everything But The Girl.

born toulouse · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:30 am

So did The Beautiful South - it was a good decade for people who used to live in Hull

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Dont like music really but heard a song the other day called "She said" by the LongPig or someone. No idea if it was 90s or not but quite enjoyed it.

Kolley Kibber · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2015 1:57 pm

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER wrote:

Dont like music really but heard a song the other day called "She said" by the LongPig or someone. No idea if it was 90s or not but quite enjoyed it.

Not particularly familiar with them apart from that song, but Richard Hawley was a member of the group and I'd say 'Baby, You're My Light' was the song that made a 15 year old Kolley Kibber realise there was good music underneath the layer of chart/indie filler music I was used to listening to.

born toulouse · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:11 pm

Liked her album with Marc Lanaghan.

Doris Tissot · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:12 pm **Posts:** 46

MadJohn wrote:

Doris Tissot wrote:

Barriewardrobe wrote:

90's music was crap...apart from Paradise Lost, and some Depeche Mode stuff....in my opinion, oh and some Weezer tunes !

....and Pavement, Tricky, Portishead, Disco Inferno, Pulp, Aphex Twin, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Guided By Voices, Trumans Water, Squarepusher, The Black Dog, Sebadoh, Afghan Whigs, Super Furry Animals, Delgados, Arab Strap, PJ Harvey, Radiohead, McClusky, A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, Depth Charge, Bjork, ROC, Boards Of Canada, Mercury Rev, Rocket From The Crypt, Yo La Tengo, Royal Trux, De La Soul, Come, Beastie Boys, Orbital, Jacobs Mouse, Tindersticks, Mogwai, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Melt Banana, The Flaming Lips, The Make-Up, Fugazi, Sparklehorse, Wilco, Lambchop, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, Low, Clinic, Cornershop, New Fast Automatic Daffodils, Silver Jews, Jesus Lizard, Slint, Shudder To Think, Stereolab, Gorkys Zygotic Mynci, The Wedding Present, REM, The Fall, Dawn Of The Replicants, New Bad Things....

But yeah other than that I agree the 90's were utter shite

Some great choices from Doris Tissot and others. That looks like a decent chunk of my music collection! A simply fabulous decade for music, though as DT rightly says it's a bit daft to talk about decades as if they are somehow separate entities, as if music changed dramatically in 1990 and then again in 2000. There is wonderful music being released all the time, and there always will be. To say any year or era is "crap" is just bizarre.

Looking at the above list it's difficult not to get just a little nostalgic as a lot of those names will always be associated with gigs that were either memorable in some way for me, or just fecking brilliant. Just picking on one... Shellac at the Leadmill was the first of 100s of gigs that I've been to with a great friend of mine. A special night.

I'd have to put Godspeed You! Black Emperor in there too. The proper debut album and EP were just a joy, and their Bristol gig supported by Fly Pan Am and Sigur Ros is one of my highlights.

The Fall in the 90s? I wouldn't say it's their very best material, not when you consider they ended the 80s with Kurious Oranj and started the 00s with The Unutterable, both better than anything in between to these ears, but the 90s was a very prolific and consistent body of work, with very little to dislike (I don't listen to Levitate much). Cave was on stellar form in the decade. To release Let Love In, Murder Ballads and The Boatman's Call as consecutive albums is just showing off.

I saw GY!BE at the Sage a few weeks back, absolutely stunning although the full evacuation for a false fire alarm spoiled the ambience somewhat. Was also lucky enough to see Cave there earlier this year, one of the highlights of my gig-going life...

Levitate is one of my favourite 90s Fall records, probably cos it's all over the place and contains the mighty 4 1/2 Inch. Steve Hanley's fantastic book The Big Midweek gives a good insight into the lunatic/genius that is MES...

Doris Tissot · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:12 pm **Posts:** 46

MadJohn wrote:

With mention of some of thes bands that came out of Scotland at the time (B&S, Arab Strap, Ballboy, The Delgados...) the one I really regret not seeing was Prolapse. Four excellent albums (two in particular) over 5-6 years but I managed to miss them performing. I loved the contrasting vocals: sweet, tuneful, female, English vs unhinged, incomprehensible, male, Scottish. It was like a listening to a couple having a violent domestic during a Fall soundcheck. With Mogwai having picked them out of retirement to support them this summer (missed that too!) maybe it's not too late. Open the set with Flex, play Deanshangar and finish with Tina This Is Matthew Stone. I'd be a happy bunny!

I always thought Dawn Of The Replicants were a great Scottish band as well. Had tons of major label money chucked at them but we're just too different for the mainstream despite classics like Candlefire and Mary Louise.

Doris Tissot · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:12 pm **Posts:** 46

born toulouse wrote:

Dinosaur Jr were still knocking out good records, Royal Trux' Accelerator is superb and the 12" of Jesus Built My Hotrod is one of the greatest records ever made. Lot of good On U Sound releases from the likes of Dub Syndicate as well.

A very decent but chilly gig in 1991 was the Rollercoaster Tour at Whitley Bay ice rink. Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Dinosaur Jr and Blur. My Bloody Valentine were more like an awe inspiring sonic experience than seeing a band.

Agreed, Accelerator by Royal Trux is superb!!

Doris Tissot · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:12 pm **Posts:** 46

My doctor has recommended I only talk about 90s music so I don't have to think about Mikael Mandron and Jake Carroll....

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2015 8:50 pm

I can't believe no one has mentioned Right Said Fred yet.

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:05 pm

poolieinnottingham wrote:

I can't believe no one has mentioned Right Said Fred yet.

It wasn't a patch on Hole in the Ground. Shame there isn't a feller in a bowler hat to call time on this thread.

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:20 pm

Although it's obvious music isn't conditioned by the last two figures in the date, Mr I did kind of put forward the idea that the 90's was a shining example of great music. (It's pretty clear you all noticed it was mainstream music he was talking about, right?)

Allow me to express the alternative view that 90s music was no less bollocks than other decades.

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:43 pm

MadJohn wrote:

I'd only heard of two of the three bands he mentioned.

I was hedging my bets in case everyone knew about the O'Connnels but me!

I've been watching from a distance but I don't particularly feel like posting when I have the impression we're re-living 2014-15.
It's not a sign that I've given up on Pools; just that I don't feel much like talking about them right now.

Bossa Nova · **Joined:** Sun Feb 01, 2015 1:51 am **Posts:** 376

Some very worthy examples of '90's music in this thread no doubt but all a bit British, dreary and shoe-gazerie for me. For a bit more colour how about Japan's fabulous Pizzicato 5
https://youtu.be/eimjmlWiP9I

https://youtu.be/m0W_WgQl_8c

Pure Pop heaven!

Doris Tissot · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:12 pm **Posts:** 46

Bossa Nova wrote:

Some very worthy examples of '90's music in this thread no doubt but all a bit British, dreary and shoe-gazerie for me. For a bit more colour how about Japan's fabulous Pizzicato 5
https://youtu.be/eimjmlWiP9I

https://youtu.be/m0W_WgQl_8c

Pure Pop heaven!

Great band, although I'm not sure anyone mentioned a single British shoegaze band!

In fact especially noticeable by their absence so far have been Pale Saints

For even more colour try Melt Banana off the first list...last year's gig at The Cluny has given me chronic tinnitus

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

Loud? You've never lived! Motorhead supported by Tank, Newcastle City Hall June 81. I've been to hundreds of gigs, in dozens of venues, but never experienced anything like the volume levels of that night. it actually hurt your brain!

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2015 10:41 am

Pale Saints are a good shout....also Shack!!!!

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

Sock Hospital. They were canny.

born toulouse · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2015 3:11 pm

Pre-90s but still some great names on the bill

http://scarfolk.blogspot.fr/2014/06/scarfolk-music-indoctrination-festival.html

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

born toulouse wrote:

Pre-90s but still some great names on the bill

http://scarfolk.blogspot.fr/2014/06/scarfolk-music-indoctrination-festival.html

As a Scarfolk devotee, I can honestly say the day that appeared on their blog I cried with laughter. Really cried! Fucking brilliant.

born toulouse · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:01 pm

Pretty much the most consistently funny thing on the internet. Amazing that he can be arsed to put in the care and detail into everything.

90's music.

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