Author Topic: 90s Classic Albums (Featuring: Matchbox Twenty) (Read 24523 times)

Fluffy Lothario · « **Reply #420 on:** August 19, 2015, 12:04:46 PM »

https://poly-graph.co/timeless/

There’s a graph in this article with the most played songs from the 90s on Spotify.

Nevermind has 3 songs in the top 30 or so.

Lowdz · « **Reply #421 on:** August 19, 2015, 12:34:49 PM »

Quote from: Fluffy Lothario on August 19, 2015, 12:04:46 PM

https://poly-graph.co/timeless/

There’s a graph in this article with the most played songs from the 90s on Spotify.

Nevermind has 3 songs in the top 30 or so.

Yep.as I said earlier,the decade was a wasteland for good music

Fluffy Lothario · « **Reply #422 on:** August 19, 2015, 01:03:52 PM »

And you even have the class to come and say it repeatedly in the 90s thread.

Lowdz · « **Reply #423 on:** August 19, 2015, 03:11:52 PM »

Quote from: Fluffy Lothario on August 19, 2015, 01:03:52 PM

And you even have the class to come and say it repeatedly in the 90s thread.

What can I say, I'm a classy guy.
There was good music around but I found it much harder to find. I still went looking for it and probably bought a far more varied palate of stuff than in any other decade.

This is a thread where my mind could be changed and I could learn something.

Outcrier · « **Reply #424 on:** August 19, 2015, 03:39:43 PM »

It was a great decade for some genres and subgenres like Alternative Rock, Hip Hop, Electronic, Britpop, Death Metal...

I bet you weren't into any of these?

Lowdz · « **Reply #425 on:** August 19, 2015, 04:21:15 PM »

Quote from: Outcrier on August 19, 2015, 03:39:43 PM

It was a great decade for some genres and subgenres like Alternative Rock, Hip Hop, Electronic, Britpop, Death Metal...

I bet you weren't into any of these?

I tried an album or two by Oasis. The rest? No. None of it is remotely in my ballpark.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #426 on:** August 19, 2015, 04:28:12 PM »

Give me some Eels. What a great band from the 90's. Also The Posies.

KevShmev · « **Reply #427 on:** August 19, 2015, 05:54:51 PM »

I remember, shortly after its release in 1999, being recommend this album separately by my brother and a guy at work, and even though that style wasn't up my alley at the time, I liked it a lot. I had never heard of Wilco, but Summerteeth made me a fan. It has a strong Beatles vibe, and had tons of catchy melodies everywhere, yet still had that feeling that there something "deep" about it. When I listen to songs like "How to Fight Loneliness" and "My Darling," I still get chills. This an album that is probably identified more than anything as alternative rock, yet has lots of folk, synth leads and mellotron, and even a bit of twang at times. Is this a classic? Absolutely. Great record.

Calvin6s · « **Reply #428 on:** August 19, 2015, 06:37:58 PM »

Not exactly on my radar. It is a name I'm aware of, but couldn't name a single song from them without cheating. Probably know the songs, just don't connect it to them.

But this

Quote from: KevShmev on August 19, 2015, 05:54:51 PM

synth leads and mellotron

is right up my alley.

Sacul · « **Reply #429 on:** August 19, 2015, 06:50:17 PM »

Quote from: Lowdz on August 19, 2015, 12:34:49 PM

Yep.as I said earlier,the decade was a wasteland for good music

You mean the 80s, right?

Calvin6s · « **Reply #430 on:** August 19, 2015, 06:55:02 PM »

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #431 on:** August 20, 2015, 07:22:12 AM »

I love Wilco. What a great band. One of my biggest musical regrets is not yet having seen them live.

Great melodies, great musicianship, and great songwriting.

Oh, and this album is pretty good, too.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #432 on:** August 20, 2015, 07:26:12 AM »

I have friends that love them. I've never really delved deep into their music and I should.

Lolzeez · « **Reply #433 on:** August 20, 2015, 08:43:04 AM »

I've only heard Yankee Hotel Foxtrot but never really got into it. How do I get into Wilco?

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #434 on:** August 20, 2015, 01:59:35 PM »

Quote from: Lolzeez on August 20, 2015, 08:43:04 AM

I've only heard Yankee Hotel Foxtrot but never really got into it. How do I get into Wilco?

If you didn't like YHF, I'm not sure. That's their biggest album, and my favorite.

Fluffy Lothario · « **Reply #435 on:** August 20, 2015, 02:19:16 PM »

That was me. Checked out YHF, wasn’t that fussed, haven’t looked further.

I’ve heard I should give Sky Blue Sky a chance though.

Lolzeez · « **Reply #436 on:** August 20, 2015, 03:59:54 PM »

Quote from: Fluffy Lothario on August 20, 2015, 02:19:16 PM

That was me. Checked out YHF, wasn’t that fussed, haven’t looked further.

I’ve heard I should give Sky Blue Sky a chance though.

Yeah I guess I'll do that too.

Calvin6s · « **Reply #437 on:** August 20, 2015, 04:12:40 PM »

Just clicked on song after song for Wilco on YouTube. Just not my thing.

KevShmev · « **Reply #438 on:** August 20, 2015, 04:48:37 PM »

Quote from: Lolzeez on August 20, 2015, 08:43:04 AM

I've only heard Yankee Hotel Foxtrot but never really got into it. How do I get into Wilco?

Listen to the featured album here.

I think Summerteeth is more catchy and easily more accessible than Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (which I really like, but it does have a few boring songs). Even the majority of great songs on YHF aren't instantly likeable, IMO. Summerteeth has a lot of catchy tunes.

KevShmev · « **Reply #439 on:** August 21, 2015, 10:49:29 PM »

Jeez, I killed my own thread.

Not a lot of Wilco fans here apparently. Oh well, we move on...

I like this album, but I have to admit that I never listen to it. Tori Amos is never someone who was really on my radar, but Little Earthquakes is a definite classic. I really need to listen to this more.

jammindude · « **Reply #440 on:** August 21, 2015, 11:03:31 PM »

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

***I*** ***LOVE*** ***THIS*** ***ALBUM***

I have to go pee myself and then collect my thoughts before I can say another word...

Anguyen92 · « **Reply #441 on:** August 22, 2015, 01:00:33 AM »

^^ Must be one long pee break. Hasn't come back to mention his thoughts about it after two hours.

erwinrafael · « **Reply #442 on:** August 22, 2015, 01:24:45 AM »

I listened to Tori Amos because Neil Gaiman mentioned her in an interview. Little Earthquakes is a gem.

Fluffy Lothario · « **Reply #443 on:** August 22, 2015, 01:59:47 AM »

This is a pretty great album, as is every album Tori Amos did in the nineties. My biggest issue with it was it had a really dated sound, but she remastered it recently and it sounds much better.

Didn’t DT once cover Winter?

King Postwhore · « **Reply #444 on:** August 22, 2015, 04:18:49 AM »

I always knew what a talent she was but never owned anything by her.

Zantera · « **Reply #445 on:** August 22, 2015, 05:10:54 AM »

Tori Amos is really lovely. I think Little Earthquakes is a great album, but I prefer Under the Pink and From the Choirgirl Hotel.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #446 on:** August 22, 2015, 05:32:27 AM »

It's as good as (or better than) any other Tori Amos album.

But I'm not crazy about Tori Amos. She just doesn't click with me.

Kotowboy · « **Reply #447 on:** August 22, 2015, 10:43:51 AM »

My favourite Tori album is From The Choirgirl Hotel

Calvin6s · « **Reply #448 on:** August 22, 2015, 06:59:21 PM »

I like Tori Amos and own all the albums of her first decade. There were definitely songs that I enjoyed to a high degree, but the albums as a whole eventually received less and less play by me.

jammindude · « **Reply #449 on:** August 22, 2015, 09:05:32 PM »

Quote from: Anguyen92 on August 22, 2015, 01:00:33 AM

^^ Must be one long pee break. Hasn't come back to mention his thoughts about it after two hours.

Well, there was peeing myself, the clean up, then I was tired, so I went to sleep, then today I had a funeral.....it was just a weird day.

Anyway. The thing that makes this album so powerful to me is the lyrics. I've had people roll my eyes at me for thinking that these lyrics are so profound...but I suppose they are more "powerful" than overtly "profound". I had just never heard a female artist be so blunt before. I mean, not THAT blunt.

"So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts?
Boy, you best pray that I bleed real soon.....how's that thought for ya?"

Ya, considering what came before it? That's pretty damn blunt.

Crucify is actually just OK...I like the remix from the EP a bit better. But everything else on the album is amazing. Silent All These Years, Precious Things, Winter, China, Mother, Me and A Gun, and Little Earthquakes are all so incredible that they are tear inducing. If anyone can get through Me and a Gun (a fairly graphic statement about her true life experience of being raped) without being emotionally eviscerated, I don't think I can help you. Just a jaw dropping piece. Winter reminds me of my daughter. China uses so much wordplay that's just mind-boggling. Precious Things captures the spirit of unrequited love perfectly...especially at that age where one is so vulnerable.

It's also a very liberating record. Like you can just feel the freedom of someone who rediscovered their sexuality after being sexually victimized.

I really like Under the Pink as a follow up, and didn't care for Boys for Pele at all. Most of the rest of her 90's output was fairly uneven. I never truly loved another one of her albums from start to finish until Scarlet's Walk came out far later....and I haven't even heard her last two. Nothing will ever top LE.

KevShmev · « **Reply #450 on:** August 23, 2015, 09:21:13 AM »

I've seen other fans rave over the lyrics like you just did, jammindude, so I am not surprised. Me and a Gun is definitely an astonishing piece of music, even if it is something I rarely turn on.

Ruba · « **Reply #451 on:** August 24, 2015, 05:02:06 PM »

Oh yeah Little Earthquakes. A stunning album.

KevShmev · « **Reply #452 on:** August 24, 2015, 05:02:15 PM »

I do not like this band.

I do not like any songs off this album.

I cannot stand Eddie Vedder's voice.

But Ten is a classic, so go nuts, Pearl Jam fans.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #453 on:** August 24, 2015, 05:03:40 PM »

You are nuts Kev. This album is an ass kicker.

wolfking · « **Reply #454 on:** August 24, 2015, 05:10:37 PM »

This album is incredible. Love it.

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Author Topic: 90s Classic Albums (Featuring: Matchbox Twenty) (Read 24523 times)

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