brightone

Hey guys,
I was having an discussion with my friend about some of the best songs (one hit wonders or other) of the 90s. i said "sex and candy" by marcy playground was one of the greatest as well as criminal by fiona apple, but he disagreed. what are your thoughts?

squonk

Don't know either of those but here's my top ten...

"Hey Jealousy" > GIN BLOSSOMS
"Independent Love Song" > SCARLET
"Step On" > HAPPY MONDAYS
"Crazy" > SEAL
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" > SAINT ETIENNE
"Waterfall" > ATLANTIC OCEAN
"A Little Soul" > PULP
"Then" > THE CHARLATANS
"This Is How It Feels" > INSPIRAL CARPETS
"100 Ways To Kill A Love" > POWER OF DREAMS

Thom Yorke

Some of my favourites are:

Let Down - Radiohead
The Happening - Pixies
E-Bow The Letter - R.E.M.
Bobcaygeon - The Tragically Hip
Do The Evolution - Pearl Jam
Soon - My Bloody Valentine

tonyttt31

Manic Street Preachers - A Design for Life
Blur - Caramel
Radiohead - Street Sprit

Dirty

Best song of the 90s:

New Radicals - You Get What You Give



Honorable mentions that popped into my head:

Duncan Sheik - Barely Breathing
Gin Blossoms - Hey jealousy
Radiohead - Creep
Semisonic - Closing Time
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Montell Jordan - This is how we do it
Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy

Also a handful from Green Day, Smashing Pumpkins, and Nirvana each.

Also there's a ton of awesome rap

downwardspiral

Placebo - Hang On To Your IQ
Hole - Violet
The Lemonheads - Hannah & Gabi
Descendents - I'm The One
Butthole Surfers - Ricky
American Footbal - Never Meant
The Smashing Pumpkins - Behold! The Night Mare
Sonic Youth - Tunic
No Doubt - Just A Girl
Jane's Addiction - No One's Leaving
Radiohead - Street Spirit
The Flaming Lips - A Spoonful Weighs A Ton
Pulp - Do You Remember The First Time?
Queens of the Stone Age - Mexicola
Imperial Teen - Pig Latin
Nirvana - Rape Me
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
Bikini Kill - For Tammy Rae
Melvins - Honey Bucket
Third Eye Blind - Motorcycle Drive By
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Team Dresch - D.A. Don't Care
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
Kyuss - Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop
Marcy Playground - Comin Up From Behind
Fugees - Fu-Gee-La
The Wannadies - You and Me Song (L)
My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep
Babes In Toyland - Vomit Heart
Neutral Milk Hotel - Two Headed Boy
Dr. Dre ft. Eminem - Forgot About Dre
Shellac - The Admiral
Garbage - Medication
Ride - Kalaidoscope
Archers of Loaf - Wrong
System of a Down - Suite Pee
Jimmy Eat World - For Me This Is Heaven
Dinosaur Jr - Puke and Cry
Bjork - Army of Me
Pixies - Velouria
Superchunk - Sprung A Leak
The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright
Daft Punk - Around The World
Slint - Good Morning, Captain
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Marilyn Manson - Dried Up, Tied and Dead To The World
Treepeople - Outside In
Bardo Pond - Tommy Gun Angel
A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?
Weezer - Undone
The Breeders - No Aloha
L7 - Wargasm
Elliott Smith - Between the Bars
Afghan Whigs - Debnonair
Silkworm - Garden City Blues
The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
Elastica - Line Up
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Nine Inch Nails - March of the Pigs
Incubus - The Warmth
Guided By Voices - I Am A Scientist
Frank Black - Headache


Sorry, I ****ing LOVE the 90s though.

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Nosferatu Man

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Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Howard the Duck

Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness
Sugar Ray - Falls Apart
Nirvana - Penny Royal Tea
Soundgarden - Spoonman
Queensryche - Silent Lucidity
Filter - Take a Picture
Len - Steal My Sunshine
Glay - Mayfair
Sheila on 7 - Sahabat Sejatiku
Steven Chou Ce Pin - Kingdom of Lost Happiness
Kelly Chen - Spring
Lau Yee Tat - Fancy Nightmare of Water Bearer
Lo Tai Yu - Taipei's Red Rose

& many others

xraygord

Just way too much stuff to list. Some great music from the 90's... Pearl Jam, Gin Blossoms, The Hip...

Thom Yorke

ONE Pixies song???