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Freedom 90
It Must Have Been Love
Giving You the Benefit
Rub You the Right Way
Groove Is in the Heart
Sadeness Pt I
Iesha
Love will never do without you
Tom's Diner
Wiggle It
That was the year we moved from CA to MI and as my mom drove us across the country I know we listened to the B-52s Cosmic Thing album a lot and also Alannah Myles’s “Black Velvet” because for some reason, my then 3 yo sister loved that song
I rmeember seeing this 12 inch in a record shop and not buying it and then it went to number one and thenm I coldnt find it again. Core Memory Unlocked.
Indeed, my first LP was this by The (English) Beat, another iconic record from the two tone scene..definitely worth a listen, it's on YouTube in full as well..
There’s another really good one I can’t remember … Lead singer was originally from ‘The Emotions’ and I think it had ‘baby’ in the title. …. 😆🥴 I have insomnia 😊
MC Tunes vs 808 State ‘Only Rhyme That Bites’ (ZTT Records), but if you are talking Billboard chart hit? Sinéad O’Connor absolutely owning Prince’s ‘Nothing Compares To U’
I am seething envy. Lol
I have both Listen Without Prejudice and Faith on vinyl but never got to see him in concert. I regret not taking that opportunity but I couldn’t afford it back then.
People are paying very close attention but I think we all need something that lets us forget the shitshow for a little while. The stress is too much for some of us.
There is nothing to forgive, that’s an amazing song! Sadly, you aren’t wrong we live in very scary times and we need to pay attention but please remember to be gentle with yourself.
Loved Vogue (Madonna), Freedom (George Michael), Infinity (Guru Josh), Sadeness (Enigma), Burn for you (John Farnham). I loved Snap as well - pretty sure that album came out in 1990.
Enigma! I remember my brother listening to their CD and I was both scared but mesmerized by their sound. I was so young then and grew up in 80s ballads so this was so different to me.
Let’s do a little sprinkle:
One-U2
Gangstas paradise-Coolio
Losing my Religion
California love-2Pac
Enter the Sandman
Nothing compares
Doo Wop (that thing) Hill
November Rain
Zombie
Hypnotize- the notorious!
Ironic- Alanis
Thunderstruck
Hard knock life- Z
Learn to fly
PLUSH
Give me one reason
I was sure I didn't know a single song from 1990, but looking at the comments, I recognize almost all of these. I had no idea that Alice In Chains, and The Humpty Dance came out in the same year.
Freedom-George Michael
Man in the Box-Alice in Chains
Lucidity-
She Talks to Angels-Black Crowes
Here's Where the Story Ends
Thunderstruck-AC/DC
Been Caught Stealing-Jane's Addiction
My concert career started with a bang . I was way too young to go see the Clash of the Titans (Alice in Chains, Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer) but I had such a good time.
I always missed Slayer live but back in the day I saw Metallica and Queesryche(sic!) as support acts for Ac/DC...
I was there for the former 2 and planned to leave early to catch the last train home from Berlin, but: after 15 min AC/DC I had forgotten that plan completely...
Slayer played last and closed with Angel of Death. I’d never felt energy like that as the whole grass section at the Pacific Amphitheater moshed, it didn’t matter if you wanted to or not.
Yeah you are right. The demo tape with Freedom on it came out in Nov 1991, the actual major label self titled album came our in Nov 2022 and the Freedom single was released in Dec 1993
her storytelling skills are so underrated, but that song just speaks VOLUMES. my mother loved that record when i was in middle school, and i very acutely get it now.
Sexecutioner - Gwar
To Defy The Laws Of Tradition - Primus
Burn Hollywood Burn - Public Enemy
The Ship Song - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Repeater - Fugazi
Dirty Boots - Sonic Youth
Been Caught Stealing - Jane’s Addiction
Beers, Steers, and Queers - Revolting Cocks
Comments
three days
suicide blonde
there she goes
istanbul
if you asked me this like the mid 90s i might have said cowboys from hell
It Must Have Been Love
Giving You the Benefit
Rub You the Right Way
Groove Is in the Heart
Sadeness Pt I
Iesha
Love will never do without you
Tom's Diner
Wiggle It
November Rain (Guns and Roses) sung by The Southern Gothic
are both beautiful.
Yes, the car was black
Agreed 😤
"I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" was covered by B Angie B as the lead single of her self-titled 1991 album
My contribution:
https://open.spotify.com/track/2He3NOyqtLNE3RQPpeDdSb?si=GUmOoR5vTKyq6jI0XoxRIQ
https://youtu.be/0H9jQQVnU2g?si=Q6KWX6wsdXOsvipk
quite possibly the greatest get-people-moving song of all time.
Ministry - Burning Inside
Peter Murphy - Cuts you up
Hangar 18
The Only One I Know
Step On
Hahaha.
https://youtu.be/PBsjggc5jHM?si=wRHqO2vO-zeMBL2o
Humpty Dance - Digital Underground
Free Falling - Tom Petty
Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville "Don't Know Much."
https://youtu.be/Re4aDJL3heA?si=eoYV5W93Um9ZeZ2I
That SO MUCH that year. The CD was pretty much permanently in the player.
The Beautiful South: "Perfect 10"
I have both Listen Without Prejudice and Faith on vinyl but never got to see him in concert. I regret not taking that opportunity but I couldn’t afford it back then.
Excellent song from a fantastic album!
Bette Midler's version of From a distance
Milli Vanilli
Still a great song. I don’t care who sang it.
U can't touch this
Vogue
Nothing compares to you
Step by step
https://youtu.be/ysYyCElzB0A?si=97ol-qAjGLUiWJl4
Loosing My Religion
Suicide Blonde
Reality. U Can’t Touch This - MC Hammer
Nothing Compares 2 U
Yep.
Blues Traveler
U can't touch this
If you said the 90s
I would have said
So Low by Self
Or
In the meantime by spacehog
... Or
Standing outside a broken payphone with money in my hand
Love BOTDH - Echo & the Bunnymen are a favorite.
One-U2
Gangstas paradise-Coolio
Losing my Religion
California love-2Pac
Enter the Sandman
Nothing compares
Doo Wop (that thing) Hill
November Rain
Zombie
Hypnotize- the notorious!
Ironic- Alanis
Thunderstruck
Hard knock life- Z
Learn to fly
PLUSH
Give me one reason
"Truly, Madly, Deeply", Savage Garden, comes to mind.
https://youtu.be/d49USeHogUs?si=VpPWbmE2dVFncjcE
Can't believe I had to scroll so far for this one
Man in the Box-Alice in Chains
Lucidity-
She Talks to Angels-Black Crowes
Here's Where the Story Ends
Thunderstruck-AC/DC
Been Caught Stealing-Jane's Addiction
Freedom 90-George Michael
Here’s where the story ends-The Sundays
Hard to Handle-Black Crowes
Probably "Pitch The Baby", but the subtle opening bassline of "Cherry-coloured Funk" is tremendously visceral for me.
another worthy 1990 track: "A Certain Someone" by The Sundays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVmaqj668Fk
I was there for the former 2 and planned to leave early to catch the last train home from Berlin, but: after 15 min AC/DC I had forgotten that plan completely...
King of wishful thinking - Go west
Tom Petty… Free falling
Or
Vogue, Madonna
https://youtu.be/UP5CjtIi06c?feature=shared
Do the Evolution.
https://youtu.be/aDaOgu2CQtI?si=ywtMazAhHqlIM2a3
https://youtu.be/RQ8muwMQNbg?si=tS9r-kt0PEK_BKOI
my current favorite song from 1990 as a middle aged woman, though? bonnie raitt's "nick of time."
https://youtu.be/K3D8_Mc3XTI?feature=shared
To Defy The Laws Of Tradition - Primus
Burn Hollywood Burn - Public Enemy
The Ship Song - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Repeater - Fugazi
Dirty Boots - Sonic Youth
Been Caught Stealing - Jane’s Addiction
Beers, Steers, and Queers - Revolting Cocks
But if you twist my arm into choosing one, I’ll probably choose “Merchandise” or “Sieve-Fisted Find.”
"Rhythm Nation" Janet Jackson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZrIdbumFiI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSD11dnphg0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yljbcRu3tiU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lc79DOLBLU
That's two that I don't think were mentioned yet.
He has this great message for this thread.
Love Shack - The B-52’s
Thieves in the Temple - Prince