# Create the 90's playlist... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789 "2007-04-26T22:06:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/1 "2007-04-26T22:06:27Z")
Here are the rules, only 5 songs that SCREAM the 90’s to you. Here are mine. 1. Basket Case- Greenday 2. Man on the Moon- R.E.M 3. To Be With You - Mr. Big 4. Let Her Cry- Hootie and the Blowfish 5.No Rain- Blind Melon What are yours? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/2 "2007-04-26T22:18:41Z")
SCREAM the 90s? I agree on “No Rain”. Lessee here … 1. “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, Nirvana 2. “No Rain”, Blind Melon 3. “Evenflow”, Pearl Jam 4. “Plush”, Stone Temple Pilots 5. “Break Stuff”, Limp Biskit ---
**Author:** ![recessiveMeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@recessiveMeme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/recessiveMeme)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/3 "2007-04-26T22:21:36Z")
[ul][_]Blackhole Sun - Soundgarden[_]Creep - Stone Temple Pilots[_]Everything Zen - Bush[_]Smells Like Teen Spirit - NirvanaToday - Smashing Pumpkins[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/4 "2007-04-26T22:23:39Z")
“I Get Knocked Down” - Chumbawamba “Not a Pretty Girl” - Ani Difranco “Wonderwall” - Oasis “Ants Marching” - Dave Matthews Band “God” - Joan Osborne ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/5 "2007-04-26T22:26:13Z")
So many to chose from (I loved the 90’s music) Ok at random 1979- Smashing Pumpkins Smells like Teen Spirit- Nirvana Jeremy- Pearl Jam Blackhole Sun -Soundgarden No Rain- Blind Melon ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/6 "2007-04-26T22:26:19Z")
1. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” - Nirvana. As much as I hate that song, it screams 90’s grunge. 2. “Hey Jealousy” - Gin Blossoms. I was torn between this, and “Good” by Better than Ezra. 3. “When I come Around” -Green Day. 4. “Paranoid Android” - Radiohead. 5. “Hit Me Baby One More Time” - You might not want ot think about it, but pop was huge in the late 90’s, and it wouldn’t be an accurate representation if we didn’t have one of the more popular pop songs here. ---
**Author:** ![recessiveMeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@recessiveMeme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/recessiveMeme)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/7 "2007-04-26T22:27:31Z")
…can’t _believe_ I forgot Pearl Jam. Pretend I said them instead of Bush. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/8 "2007-04-26T22:40:48Z")
[QUOTE=bouv] You might not want ot think about it, but pop was huge in the late 90’s, and it wouldn’t be an accurate representation if we didn’t have one of the more popular pop songs here. [/QUOTE] What’s really excluded thus far is hip-hop and rap. For me, personally, the top 10-15 slots will be dominated by grunge and rock. Were I able to name a 100-song playlist, say … I could probably name 30 or so hip-hop/rap songs that take me back to a time and place in the 90s. But the hip-hop stamp was not impressed as deeply on me than on some other folks. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/9 "2007-04-27T03:03:47Z")
“Gonna Make You Sweat” - C+C Music Factory “Smells Like Teen Spirit”- Nirvana “Alive” - Pearl Jam “Two Princes” - Spin Doctors “You Oughta Know” - Alanis Morrissette ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/10 "2007-04-27T03:59:18Z")
“Saturday Night”- Whigfield “No Limits”- 2 Unlimited “The Key, The Secret”- Urban Cookie Collective “What is Love?”- Haddaway “Storm '95” - The Fifth Dimension ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/11 "2007-04-27T04:04:40Z")
My list will be skewed towards the late 90s - I didn’t enter high school until 2000. Also, because I was so young and impressionable, music taste then isn’t the same as it is now. 😉 Also tried to pick things other people didn’t. Barbie Girl - Aqua Freak on a Leash - Korn Cruel Summer - Ace of Base Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) - Backstreet Boys Candle in the Wind - Elton John ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/12 "2007-04-27T04:06:30Z")
My head is about to explode. Only 5 songs?!?! _I Am Barely Breathing_ by Duncan Sheik _Summertime_ by The Sundays _Good_ by Better Than Ezra _Lovefool_ by The Cardigans _Building A Mystery_ by Sarah McLachlan I’m actually lucky the OP only specified 5 songs, because otherwise I would be up till 6. ---
**Author:** ![JIAYO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@JIAYO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JIAYO)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/13 "2007-04-27T04:26:31Z")
Trying to name some that haven’t been mentioned. _Standing Outside a Broken Phonebooth With Money in My Hand_ by Primitive Radio Gods \*Semi-charmed Kind of Life \*by Third Eye Blind _Longview_ by Green Day (anything off of _Dookie_ really) _Tonight, tonight_ by the Smashing Pumpkins _Solitude_ by Edwin McCain \*In the House of Stone and Light \* by Martin Page _As I Lay Me Down_ by Sophie B. Hawkins _Run Around_ by Blues Traveler ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/14 "2007-04-27T05:18:19Z")
Since all my first choices (Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden) have already been mentioned, I’ll add: _Cantaloop_ by Us3 _Who Will Save Your Soul?_ by Jewel _Linger_ by The Cranberries _Give It Away_ by the Red Hot Chili Peppers _You Oughta Know_ by Alanis Morissette ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/15 "2007-04-27T05:51:35Z")
1. “Jeremy,” Pearl Jam 2. “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” Nikki French 3. “Hey Jealousy,” Gin Blossoms 4. “Glycerine,” Bush 5. “Cryin’,” Aerosmith ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/16 "2007-04-27T06:28:21Z")
[QUOTE=Tangent] Since all my first choices (Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden) have already been mentioned, I’ll add: _Linger_ by The Cranberries [/QUOTE] This WAS my last one but then I remembered Blind Melon. These songs rock! ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/17 "2007-04-27T06:47:58Z")
Smells Like Teen Spirit: Nirvana Disarm: Smashing Pumpkins (tough choice with that, 1979, and Bullet w/ Butterfly Wings) Under the Bridge: RHCP. Surprised I’m the first to mention it, it was the second one that came to mind behind Teen Spirit. I Saw the Sign: Ace of Base. Sorry, but it belongs. Aint Nothin but a G Thang: Dr. Dre. Like it or not, The Chronic really set off the rap thing, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/18 "2007-04-27T08:46:36Z")
**Smells Like Teen Spirit** - _Nirvana_ **Under the Bridge** - _Red Hot Chili Peppers_ **BabaBooey** beat me to it, but I’m also pretty surprised that it didn’t get mentioned earlier. **Wannabe** - _Spice Girls_ I can’t even hear any part of this without being instantly transported to the nineties. **Nuthin’ But a G Thang** - _Dr Dre/Snoop Doggy Dogg_ **Paranoid Android** - _Radiohead_ Honourable mentions would go to _Oasis_, _The La’s_, _The Cardigans_, _Ace of Base_, _Blind Melon_, _Tupac_, _Puff Daddy_ and/or _The Notorious BIG_ and _Fatboy Slim_. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/19 "2007-04-27T13:17:47Z")
1. The Offspring: C’mon & Play 2. Sugar Ray: Every Morning 3. Presidents of The United States of America: Lump 4. Toadies: Possum Kingdom 5. Smashmouth: Might as Well Be Walkin on the Sun ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789/20 "2007-04-27T14:07:06Z")
There were alot of MOR/college rock songs that were huge in the US that never quite made it over to this side of the pond. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/create-the-90s-playlist/401789.md?page=2)