Most Exciting Musical Moments of the 90's!

[Aktivator]

PJ Harvey, Björk, Tori Amos

Magic, I am surprised that no one else has made mention of the insurgence of women in popular music during the 90's. In the past, there was the occasional woman artist, but the rise of women in popular music during the 90's was a phenomenon that hasn't even started to ebb.

1992 Springtime. Saw the video for Silent All These Years, and frankly, wasn't impressed. Having discovered Kate Bush for myself about three years prior, I had a pretty high bar set for any woman writing personal, emotional music. But then.... my friend had left the cassette of Little Earthquakes in my car tape player. After a few trips back-and-forth to work "Winter" came around on the player. This was the song my soul had been waiting for, for years. With one listen, I "got" it.

About the same for me discovered Kate Bush in 1980 thru Peter Gabriel and immediately pick up The Kick Inside where The Man with the Child in His Eyes and Wuthering Heights became favorites of mine. Heard Tori's Crucify on College radio on a drive down to a friends and have followed her since. PJ took awhile for me I bought To Bring You My Love when it came out in 95 but shelved it for a few years before I listened again and love it. Started liking Bjork between Post and Homogenic although I did like a few sugar cubes songs in the 80's.

also throw in
Aimee Mann
Sarah McLachlan
Fiona Apple
Beth Orton
The Breeders

 

[Phil B.]

One of my favorite magazines from the 90's was CMJ New Music Monthly. It came with a CD featuring the new stuff that was coming out or had just been released.

The comp cd's had a wide variety of styles and there were always at least 4- 5 songs that would grab my attention.

I bought those as well Philmore. I still have a little shoebox full of the compilation CD's. I actually went out and bought quite a few CD's based on the selections I heard.

 

[Taboo]

I was very little during the 90's, but I remember growing up to some Paula Cole, Fiona Apple and Tori Amos

 

[Beady Eye]

How about the Britpop revolution.

Beginning with the madchester Stone Roses and turning into the Britpop
revolution with Suede and Blur along with Oasis, The Verve, Supergrass and Super Furry Animals.

Definitely one of the exciting musical moments of the 90's. Britpop was like a feel-good version of grunge with swagger instead of self-pity.
I used to be such a huge grunge fan, but it made me miserable for years. Why on earth can't those millionaires enjoy their money and fame like the hair metal bands did?

My personal most exciting musical moments of the 90's:
- Oasis debut
- grunge superband Temple of the Dog with their video "Hunger Strike" (what an awesome clash of great voices)
- Pavement's "Range Life" which turned into my personal summer song of that year.
- The MTV unplugged album of Alice in Chains (Layne Staley constantly losing it on stage, but still delivering his all-time great voice)
- West Coast Gangsta Rap! Until today I love the GTA-games set in San Andreas and pretend to be a black gangsta.

 

[treborillusion]

Channel 4 making television history.

 

[Black Dahlia]

THIS picture of Tori Amos, in the Boys For Pele album art, 1996.

 

[laverc]

When i was in my first garage band, during the late 90s, i remember one day when our bassist got a paper sheet with the chords to Nirvana's On a Plain. That song was my favorite, and we got so excited we must have played that about ten times during that afternoon's rehearsal. Good times...

 

[Dave78]

• I can't say I knew anything about U2 in their early days except for what was played on the radio (which was ok, but nothing all that special), but when their now-famous Red Rocks concert was broadcast over-the-air in 1983, I heard them in a totally different light and I was a fan 30 minutes into the concert (which I recorded on cassette, and have since replaced with the audio ripped from their remastered dvd of the show).

• And seemingly out of nowhere came Guns & Roses in 1987. I played their five best songs on the cd over and over and over to the point my then-girlfriend hated them -- and probably me, too. But I love those five songs. Still!

• The other strong recollection I have is hearing Pearl Jam's "Even Flow" on the radio for the first time in, I think, 1991. What a standout tune that was. And still is.

• And Soundgarden's "Outshined" was another killer Grunge tune that signaled a changing of the guard. The song may have lost its luster after 25+ years, but back then I remember I couldn't get enough of it.

All these personal moments I had were probably like every kid who heard Jimi Hendrix on the radio for the first time in 1967. "Jesus! What was that???" It's only rock and roll, but I like it!

 

[mrblond]

One of the most significant names of the 90's is definitely the Black Crowes, hugely talented band that exploded in that decade. Probably one of the last groups which added considerable amount of classics to the contemporary music.