Defining a decade with a song: 1990s

[Henry]

Nirvana's Teen Spirit just fits. I can't even THINK of a more apt song for the whole decade.

 

[Kemrain]

The Macarena.

- Kemrain the Having a Low Opinion of the 90's.

 

[Lhorgrim]

Achey Breaky Heart?.....

Just kidding, I have to vote for Smells Like Teen Spirit as well.

 

[reveal]

I was going to say "Smells like Teen Spirit" but then I though about it a little more. True, grunge was huge in the 90's but I think it was "Nothing but a G thing" by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg that really shook things up. It came out relatively early in the decade (1993) and by the end of the decade grunge was on the decline and rap/hip-hop was still going strong and just getting stronger.

 

[nakia]

Well - if you ever get the urge, pick up Recovering the Satellites - so far as the 90's go - it's the one album that *really* sticks out for me... nice and mellow.

However, I understand that the Counting Crows aren't for everyone (but they do happen to be my favorite band).

They are a group I want not to like, but do anyway.

And why do I feel like I am in the movie/book High Fidelity?

 

[The Shaman]

I considered "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails, "What I Am" by Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians, and "Right Here Right Now" by Jesus Jones, the "99 Luftballoons" of the Nineties.

But ultimately it comes down to two:

I was going to say "Smells like Teen Spirit" but then I though about it a little more. True, grunge was huge in the 90's but I think it was "Nothing but a G thing" by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg that really shook things up. It came out relatively early in the decade (1993) and by the end of the decade grunge was on the decline and rap/hip-hop was still going strong and just getting stronger.

This is an amazingly hard choice, but I have to go with Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit."

 

[Torm]

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" is one that comes quickly to mind, but I think I'd have to go with either Mariah Carey's "Vision of Love" (she came to prominence in 90, and ruled the charts throughout the decade) or Alanis Morrisette's "You Oughta Know" (she redefined the sound of most of what was getting played on the radio with "Jagged Little Pill" - for the better, I thought.)

 

[Torm]

I considered "Closer" by Nine Inch Nails, "What I Am" by Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians, and "Right Here Right Now" by Jesus Jones, the "99 Luftballoons" of the Nineties.

"What I Am" came out in '89. If you identify it with the 90s, that's fine, just thought you'd want to know.

 

[The Shaman]

"What I Am" came out in '89. If you identify it with the 90s, that's fine, just thought you'd want to know.

Oops, I thought it was 1990. My bad.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

... Alanis Morrisette's "You Oughta Know" (she redefined the sound of most of what was getting played on the radio with "Jagged Little Pill" - for the better, I thought.)

This is a pretty good choice... there's definately a time in the 1990's that **was** Alanis... however, I might go with "Ironic."