90s NOSTALGIA PARTY

[Byron The Bulb]

After making that Oasis thread I've been basking in the warm, ephemeral glow of nostalgia for the 1990s all day and so now I'm making this thread. We've done versions of this I think, but I don't think we've ever had (or recently had) a catch-all 90s thing. I'd mention Kinetic's tournament here, but I don't want to open old wounds. So, anyway, talk about the best decade ever in this thread.

Shania Twain And Elton John

This is a great 90s YouTube because not only does it feature two great 90s songs, it also features a sunset the likes of which we just don't see anymore. Seriously. Dusk just hasn't had the same auratic quality since Clinton left office.

 

[Smartly Pretty]

The 90s suck but whatever, I'll play.

Ace of Base - The Sign

 

[BUTT]

So is this just a music thread? We have a 90s Music Video Thread, but since the stupid mods' shitty embed limit ruined that, why not try it over again?

Anyway, this is the best song of the decade:

NEW ORDER - Regret

 

[Byron The Bulb]

Anyway, this is the best song of the decade:

Actually it;s this

Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U

 

[Byron The Bulb]

The 90s suck but whatever, I'll play

God, you were, like, eight when they ended. Get the fuck outta here with that shit. You don't even know, man. You weren't there.

 

[still fly]

The early and mid 90s ruled. The late 90s fucking sucked. Especially 1999.

It seemed pop culture reached critical mass during the late 90s. The return of boybands, TRL, Ricky Martin, Pokemon, swing dancing becoming popular again, wearing one pant leg above the knee, FUBU EVERYTHING FUBU. Holy shit it was bad.

 

[Byron The Bulb]

Like, if you weren't at least old enough to see Jurassic Park in the theaters you really can't speak on the 90s.

Mariah Carey - Fantasy

Another great 90s sunset. Will someone please confirm that I'm not crazy--the quality of light really was different back then, right??

 

[Byron The Bulb]

The early and mid 90s ruled. The late 90s fucking sucked. Especially 1999.

The "90s" basically ended in '97. Once the Lewinsky scandal blew up and Big Dog got impeached the party was pretty much over.

 

[still fly]

That being said, I'd take the late 90's over the whole 00 decade. Everything was better in the 90s. Sports was better, music was better, television was better, food was probably better too. I pity children like Divorce Cake who missed out.

 

[Star Ocean 2]

I really stopped paying attention to new music and bands in the '00s. It seemed like everybody just decided to start sucking, and if there were any good new bands I still don't know about them because I've just fallen so far out of the loop.

New music for me is discovering that Stone Temple Pilots actually made a fifth album that I never knew about.

 

[Smartly Pretty]

A pity I missed out on grunge and Korn and the Dallas Cowboys

 

[MFer]

The early and mid 90s ruled. The late 90s fucking sucked. Especially 1999.

It seemed pop culture reached critical mass during the late 90s. The return of boybands, TRL, Ricky Martin, Pokemon, swing dancing becoming popular again, wearing one pant leg above the knee, FUBU EVERYTHING FUBU. Holy shit it was bad.

Don't forget the rise of young, female pop stars too.

Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle

 

[Precious Roy]

Weezer - Buddy Holly

It's too bad Weezer blows chunks now

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

Weezer blew chunks then. No wonder I listened to nothing but classic rock and death metal that entire ten year span.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

So is this just a music thread? We have a 90s Music Video Thread, but since the stupid mods' shitty embed limit ruined that, why not try it over again?

Anyway, this is the best song of the decade:

NEW ORDER - Regret

This is one of my favorite New Order tracks.

I agree that the early 90's was great. The last few years of the 90's up to now really have been full of pretty much shit.

 

[BurningPirateShipSex]

A pity I missed out on grunge and Korn and the Dallas Cowboys

Allow me to retort:

Ol' Dirty Bastard-Shimmy Shimmy Ya

 

[Byron The Bulb]

U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

In the 90s our Batman movies had cool tunes like this in them instead of boring grim orchestral shit like the new ones.

 

[Mattdotcom]

Even Batman & Robin had a good "Music Inspired by" soundtrack and it rocked iirc.

R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (Video)

Foo Fighters - Big Me

These are like the first videos I remember that weren't "Ghostbusters"

Also, obligatory "Aerosmith pimps out their daughter" mention. Great videos.

 

[Cerebus The Aardvark]

So is this just a music thread? We have a 90s Music Video Thread, but since the stupid mods' shitty embed limit ruined that, why not try it over again?

Anyway, this is the best song of the decade:

NEW ORDER - Regret

Despite your Claude avatar, I have to disagree. It wasn't even the best song on that album.

Best song of the decade, from the best album of the decade:

The Afghan Whigs--Omerta/The Vampire Lanois

 

[Precious Roy]

90'S VAN HALEN

Van Halen - Right Now (Music Video) HD

All the "right now"'s are so quaint

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Seal - Kiss From A Rose (Official Music Video 720p HD) + Lyrics
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn - I can't be the only one who thought Natalie Imbruglie was outrageously beautiful.
Metallica - Until It Sleeps (Official Music Video) [HD] - Growing up VERY sheltered, this was my first exposure to Metallica.
Bone Thugs N Harmony - Crossroads

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Also, obligatory "Aerosmith pimps out their daughter" mention. Great videos.

In honor of and showing off the peak of Alicia Silverstone's popularity too.

Aerosmith - Crazy

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Rammstein-Du Hast {English Subtitles}

To a 16 year old, sheltered Haws, this was the heaviest riff I had ever heard.

 

[The Metal Maniac]

Hey, I remember when Rammstein was big for those like, 3 weeks. I thought that was neat, because I basically hated everything else that was popular, so it was neat that something became popular (even briefly) that I didn't hate.

 

[DMann1979]

Face it the 90's were the apex of Music Videos

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

Coolio - Gangster's Paradise (Official HQ)

 

[Gary]

Pharcyde - Drop

 

[alfdogg]

LL Cool J - Doin it

 

[HarleyQuinn]

The 90's also gave us Bjork and her weird as hell videos from the director who also directed Sinead O'Connor's video for the song Fire on Babylon.

Björk - Big Time Sensuality

 

[CanadianChris]

Lisa Loeb - Stay (I Missed You)

Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover - Sophie B. Hawkins