# I'm doing a nostalgia project on mid-90s pop music and want input **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 26, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608 "2006-12-26T12:58:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/21 "2006-12-27T02:32:10Z")
Also, the song Lucky Man by The Verve. I always remember it from my early days…heh… if no one mentioned it yet, All I Want by Toad the Wet Sprocket… Something else (it’s not pop-ish, but kind of alternative rock) is Stars by Hum. I don’t know that they were big, but I remember them from 5th grade! Brendon ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/22 "2006-12-27T02:58:44Z")
Wow. Looks like I get to provide the counterpoint. It seems that I get to come into every thread and mention NWA, but not so much this time. These were the ways of Tupac and Biggie, of the East and West coast feud. The formative years of Jay-Z and Nas. Let’s not forget that Ginuwine was really big around these times and Missy Elliot got their feet in the doors as well! If I were to make the playlist for this portion of our trip back down memory lane, Baby Got Back Whoomp There It Is Love Shack What is Love U Can’t Touch This Ice, Ice Baby Humpty Dance Poison Total Eclipse of the Heart This is How We Do It The entire “The Chronic” cd Doo Wop (That Thing) All of the “Doggystyle” cd Ice Cube got big in these years Outkast started in this decade Bone Thugs-n-Harmony had one of the best cds EVAR! Wu Tang Clan was getting some respect Eminem started in the late 90s Ma$e got huge and then flamed out Master P turned into the ghetto Bill Gates Cypress Hill Busta Rhymes I mean…shit! I could do 200 songs here…easy! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/23 "2006-12-27T03:02:32Z")
I’ll help narrow down my list a little bit for you and try to make it 1993-1998: Nas, Tupac, Biggie, Jay-Z, Outkast, Ma$e, Master P, Bone Thugs-n’-Harmony, Snoop, and the Wu Tang Clan. I get to bring up R Kelly, too. Yay me. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/24 "2006-12-27T04:52:04Z")
don’t know the name or the artist, but you might go with the graduation monologue from the sales convention movie with kevin spacey and danny devito, more late 90’s I know trust me, on the sunscreen ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/25 "2006-12-27T05:01:02Z")
[QUOTE=outlierrn] trust me, on the sunscreen [/QUOTE] Do you mean “Everyone’s Free to Wear Sunscreen” by Baz Luhrman? Yeah. That was addressed to the class of 1997. I was the class of 1998, so I didn’t hear it, and now I’m having dysplastic nevi carved off me on a quarterly basis. Dammit. It’s all Baz’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/26 "2006-12-27T06:05:01Z")
[QUOTE=Sattua] Do you mean “Everyone’s Free to Wear Sunscreen” by Baz Luhrman? Yeah. That was addressed to the class of 1997. I was the class of 1998, so I didn’t hear it, and now I’m having dysplastic nevi carved off me on a quarterly basis. Dammit. It’s all Baz’s fault. [/QUOTE] now now, part of growing up is learning to accept responsibilty for our own actions and omissions, suck eh? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/27 "2006-12-27T06:47:48Z")
Going to bed, but one off the top of my head would be _Ants Marching_ or _Satalite_ from Dave Matthews. ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/28 "2006-12-28T17:20:06Z")
A couple that haven’t been mentioned yet all from 1994-95. Tripping Daisy - I Got A Girl Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta Toadies - Possum Kingdom Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars Better Than Ezra - Good Everclear - Santa Monica ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/29 "2006-12-28T17:31:26Z")
A few more I forgot from 1996: Nada Surf - Popular Superdrag - Sucked Out ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/30 "2006-12-28T18:44:10Z")
Ahh the 90s. I’ll focus on the period from 1994-1997. Basically consisting of my transition from slacker frat guy college senior to unemployed 20-something living with his parents and partying down on the shore every weekend to 20-seomething dot com worker in Bostons rt128 loop. You don’t get more 90s than that. Bush - Machinehead 311 - Down Presidents of the USA - Peaches Better than Ezra - Good Beck - Loser Dave Mathews Band - So Much to Say Robert Miles - Children 2Pac - California Love White Zombie - More Human than Human Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (like it or not, Titanic was huge then. Does putting it in my list make me gay?) Barenaked Ladies - One Week Busta Rhymes - Dangerous Green Day - Having a Blast Cherry Poppin Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot (how can you forget the bried resurgence of swing in 1997) Chumbawumba - Tubthumping Filter/The Crystal Method - Trip Like I Do Republica - Ready to Go Natalie Imbruglia - Torn Tag Team - Whoomp There it is Foo Fighers - Everlong Real McCoy - Another Night and of course Los del Río - Macarena actually, for the dance portion of your mix, you can just take every song of this two CD set: > **[Various Artists - Pulse - Amazon.com Music](https://www.amazon.com/Pulse-Various-Artists/dp/B00005OBPY)** > > Various Artists ~ Pulse as well as Jock Jams volumes 1-3 > **[Various Artists, Michael Buffer, 2 Unlimited, Tag Team, Black Box, 69 Boyz, K7,...](https://www.amazon.com/ESPN-Presents-Jock-Jams-1/dp/B000000HKM)** > > Product description Espn Presents: Jock Jams ~ Espn Presents: Jock Jams Amazon.com A collection of well-known pop tunes, this record documents those ubiquitous tracks that have been played into the ground at nearly every sports... > **[Various Artists - ESPN Presents: Jock Jams, Volume 2 - Amazon.com Music](https://www.amazon.com/ESPN-Presents-Jock-Jams-2/dp/B000000HLB)** > > Track Listing 1. Welcome to the Big Show - Dan Patrick/Chris Berman/Dan Patrick & Chris Berman 2. No Limit - 2 Unlimited 3. Everybody Everybody - Black Box 4. 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New) - Coolio 5. We Got a Love Thang - Ce Ce Peniston 6. This Is Your... > **[Jock Jams - ESPN Presents: Jock Jams, Volume 3 - Amazon.com Music](https://www.amazon.com/ESPN-Presents-Jock-Jams-3/dp/B000000HMA)** > > Amazon.com Any record that leads off with Dick Vitale's ubiquitous jabberings is asking for trouble, and this third volume in the Jock Jams series is musically ill-equipped to pull out of the ensuing tailspin. The collection of inoffensive... ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/31 "2006-12-28T18:52:25Z")
forgot a couple more: Rage Against the Machine - People of the Sun and of course…callin all y’all it’s a [Sabotage!!!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzTxuDUfzzM) ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/32 "2006-12-28T19:02:28Z")
I LOVE mid to late 90’s music!! I have a great 90’s Mix cd that I titled “Zed’s Dead, Baby. Zed’s Dead.” I don’t have a copy with me at work, but I remember a few of the tracks off the top of my head: Artificial Joy Club - Sick and Beautiful (This was a one-hit-wonder in 96/97) Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars Silverchair - Tomorrow Better than Ezra - Good Tracy Bonham - Mother, Mother Third Eye Blind - Semi-charmed Life Dogs Eye View - Everything Falls Apart K’s Choice - Not an Addict Fiona Apple - (Anything from Tidal) I’ll take a look at the track listing for that CD tonight and post some more. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/33 "2006-12-28T22:56:17Z")
Underworld - Born Slippy ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/34 "2006-12-28T23:13:48Z")
I’m a little sad no one has mentioned the Spice Girls. I _love_ the Spice Girls. No, I’m not kidding. I do. ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/35 "2006-12-29T04:11:56Z")
Most of these were radio hits in the mid to late 90’s, but there might be a few from the early 90’s that I just discovered a few years late: Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand Blind Melon - No Rain Blink182 - Damnit Bloodhound Gang - LiftYourHeadUpHigh(AndBlowYourBrainsOuT) Blues Traveler - Runaround Blur - Song 2 Breeders - Cannonball Bush - The Chemicals Between Us Cake - Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Collective Soul - The World I Know Cracker - Low Cranberries - Linger Dandy Warhols - Not if you were the Last Junkie on Earth Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffanys Eels - Novocaine for the Soul Elastica - Connection Everclear - Everything to Everyone Everclear - Heroin Girl Flys - Got You Where I Want You Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench Fuel - Shimmer Fun Lovin Criminals - Scooby Snacks Garbage - Only Happy When it Rains Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy Goldfinger - Counting the Days Gravity Kills - Guilty Green Day - Longview Green Day - Sassafras Roots Hootie & the Blowfish - Let Her Cry James - Laid Lisa Loeb - Stay Lit - My Own Worst Enemy Live - I Alone Lords of Acid - Pussy Mazzy Star - Fade Into You Mighty Mighty Bosstones- The Impression That I Get Our Lady Peace - Clumsy PJ Harvey - Down By The Water Phunk Junkeez - Me n yer Girl Poe - Angry Johnny Poe - Hello Powerman 5000 - When Worlds Collide Rentals - Friends with P Semisonic - Closing Time Sister Hazel - All For You (Acoustic Version) Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon Space - Female Of The Species Sponge - Sixteen Candles Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing Stroke 9 - Little Black Backpack.m4a Toadies - Possum Kingdom US3 - Cantaloop Ugly Kid Joe - I Hate Everything About You Veruca Salt - Seether Weezer - Sweater Song Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/36 "2006-12-29T06:23:49Z")
Because I’m totally lame and have nothing better to do, I made an Excel spreadsheet of the songs mentioned here – at least, the songs listed with artists, but not artists themselves or entire albums. If anybody would like a copy, my e-mail is in my profile. Drop me a line, and I’ll send you a .xls document of over 200 songs, neatly alphabetized. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/37 "2006-12-29T08:07:04Z")
A few more that might fit the style of the OP : Geggy Tah - “Whoever You Are” The Refreshments - “Banditos” Matthew Sweet - (“Girlfriend” or “We’re the Same”) I think for Ben Folds, “Battle of Who Could Care Less” is more of that era, as it seemed a bigger hit. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/38 "2006-12-29T08:32:14Z")
This thread triggered a memory of a song from that time that I can’t remember much about - what I do remember is that it sampled a car alarm (in the background), and sort of sounded like Depeche Mode. I think the band may have been from Sacramento as well. A little research suggests the band may be **Cause & Effect** , but I don’t recognize the song. Does anyone know if they’re the ones who used a car alarm, or am I mixing things up in my memory? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/39 "2006-12-29T14:33:08Z")
[QUOTE=bordelond] ☹ Not much longer till that AARP applications shows up in the mail, is there? [/QUOTE] Man, I’m only a few years older than the OP and I’m feeling like maybe I need to check into that Geritol stuff and start figuring out that newfangled Medicare thing. Man, did I ever love that Counting Crows CD. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608/40 "2006-12-29T15:36:00Z")
Is it just me or was every Everclear song…the same? Different lyrics, of course…but…the same! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-doing-a-nostalgia-project-on-mid-90s-pop-music-and-want-input/385608.md?page=3)