Most defining song of the 90s

[Britanania]

I'm surprised no one has put it yet.

Smells Like Teen Spirit, of course.

[Jocabia]

I'm surprised no one has put it yet.

Smells Like Teen Spirit, of course.

Hmmmm...

Anyway, to answer the thread, while it isn't my favorite song, but clearly the defining song would be Smells Like Teen Spirit as it so clearly marked the divide between the dominant and cheesy rock of the previous decade and set the tone for rock scene of the 90s. Pop music pretty much clicked on unaffected and was a natural progression from New Kids on the Block to Boyz II Men etc. and then of course the Mickey Mouse Club vomiting forth pop stars.

I'm surprised too.

[The Blaatschapen]

I like to move it by Reel 2 Real

Is it okay if I love you a little bit now?

That is okay.

I mostly suggested it because I was moving this thread from NSG to A&F and I wanted to be topical about it

[Arkolon]

Anything by Blur, really.

[Nanya]

For me i really like some songs from the Riot GRRRL era like Heavens to Betsy or Bratmobile. Probably the most overlooked Genre, i love the garage band sound
Here's one from a recent game Gone Home Love that game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7WD0Hi3_nw

[Moby Rio]

Considering the question wasn't "what's your favourite 90's song" I'm also going to go with Smells Like Teen Spirit

[Vrolinstad]

Haven't really listened to much music made after the 80s. The only two I could put down are Wonderwall by Oasis and Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by Green Day.

[Dumb Ideologies]

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme tune, obviously.

I mean, you even need to ask? (゜-゜)

You have me on Facebook, right? This was my post...

Me: I have most of the music set up, but feel free to make some suggestions of some songs from the 80s and 90s.

And if you're going to suggest "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"... done and done.

Facebook?

Eh. I don't think I do, but it's not like I remember who two-thirds of the people there are.

[Cannot think of a name]

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme tune, obviously.

I mean, you even need to ask? (゜-゜)

You have me on Facebook, right? This was my post...

Me: I have most of the music set up, but feel free to make some suggestions of some songs from the 80s and 90s.

And if you're going to suggest "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"... done and done.

Oh, is that what's going on? I did a blitz of "things I remember from the 90s" a while ago...here are some of the selections (which have no reflection of what I actually liked and actually listened to...):

Pop Punk and inoffensive college rock:
Starting off with a pop punk super band with a cool name.
Goofy Canadians
College rock
For insecure people who are still pretty.
I think a friend of mine played with these guys for a bit.
Dude at the store I worked at loved the shit out of these dudes.
Different dude who was way into these guys.

Remember when women lead bands that weren't pop singers? The 90s does...
I went to a Mephiskapholese concert when this was popular that started with the singer asking "What if Satan was one of us..."
DIY chick.
If you were a college chick or dated one at some point in the 90s...
Kind of gave me a thing for librarian glasses...
You either thought the sun rose and set in her vagina or hated her, neutrality was not allowed.
More famous at the store at least because she didn't know what causality meant.
Patient Zero of the folk woman scene of the 90s.
I just know she was a thing.
Didn't know her band until she married Kurt
I think they had one more hit, but I can't think of it.
Just knew they were a thing.
Same.
Also same.
It wasn't about legendary bop saxophonists Cannonball Aderely nor was it about the Cannonball Run.
Beating the zombie craze by a decade.
Third Wave Ska (which I was actually into...)
When I saw them, the band that opened for the band that opened for them was Cake.
Ska covers are going to be a theme here, fair warning...
No Pink Floyd purists...
...here either.
Batman to the face.
Yum yum bubblebee tuna
Remember when No Doubt was a ska band? They don't either...
Ska/Jazz, couldn't be happier.
I don't remember what song I liked from them.
They're a kids show.
I liked the band's name.
Cross over political rap of the nineties...
Let that get stuck in your head forever.
Words of Advice...
Punk update.
Tribe...
Digable
I downloaded their entire catalog when they offered it for free.
More earwormage.
I have to say "Tennessee" like this ever since.


I've been at it too long to actually list things I actually listened to...

[Jocabia]

Haven't really listened to much music made after the 80s. The only two I could put down are Wonderwall by Oasis and Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by Green Day.

You say that apologetically. Those are fantastic choices.

[Jocabia]

You have me on Facebook, right? This was my post...

Me: I have most of the music set up, but feel free to make some suggestions of some songs from the 80s and 90s.

And if you're going to suggest "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"... done and done.

Oh, is that what's going on? I did a blitz of "things I remember from the 90s" a while ago...here are some of the selections (which have no reflection of what I actually liked and actually listened to...):

Pop Punk and inoffensive college rock:
Starting off with a pop punk super band with a cool name.
Goofy Canadians
College rock
For insecure people who are still pretty.
I think a friend of mine played with these guys for a bit.
Dude at the store I worked at loved the shit out of these dudes.
Different dude who was way into these guys.

Remember when women lead bands that weren't pop singers? The 90s does...
I went to a Mephiskapholese concert when this was popular that started with the singer asking "What if Satan was one of us..."
DIY chick.
If you were a college chick or dated one at some point in the 90s...
Kind of gave me a thing for librarian glasses...
You either thought the sun rose and set in her vagina or hated her, neutrality was not allowed.
More famous at the store at least because she didn't know what causality meant.
Patient Zero of the folk woman scene of the 90s.
I just know she was a thing.
Didn't know her band until she married Kurt
I think they had one more hit, but I can't think of it.
Just knew they were a thing.
Same.
Also same.
It wasn't about legendary bop saxophonists Cannonball Aderely nor was it about the Cannonball Run.
Beating the zombie craze by a decade.
Third Wave Ska (which I was actually into...)
When I saw them, the band that opened for the band that opened for them was Cake.
Ska covers are going to be a theme here, fair warning...
No Pink Floyd purists...
...here either.
Batman to the face.
Yum yum bubblebee tuna
Remember when No Doubt was a ska band? They don't either...
Ska/Jazz, couldn't be happier.
I don't remember what song I liked from them.
They're a kids show.
I liked the band's name.
Cross over political rap of the nineties...
Let that get stuck in your head forever.
Words of Advice...
Punk update.
Tribe...
Digable
I downloaded their entire catalog when they offered it for free.
More earwormage.
I have to say "Tennessee" like this ever since.


I've been at it too long to actually list things I actually listened to...

I'm setting up for a party so I can't reply to all of this but I have almost that whole first group in my playlist. And Indigo Girls made it but for "Scooter Boys" instead. That is such a fantastic list.

Sorry, Blaat. CTOAN stole my love.

[Cannot think of a name]

Oh, is that what's going on? I did a blitz of "things I remember from the 90s" a while ago...here are some of the selections (which have no reflection of what I actually liked and actually listened to...):

Pop Punk and inoffensive college rock:
Starting off with a pop punk super band with a cool name.
Goofy Canadians
College rock
For insecure people who are still pretty.
I think a friend of mine played with these guys for a bit.
Dude at the store I worked at loved the shit out of these dudes.
Different dude who was way into these guys.

Remember when women lead bands that weren't pop singers? The 90s does...
I went to a Mephiskapholese concert when this was popular that started with the singer asking "What if Satan was one of us..."
DIY chick.
If you were a college chick or dated one at some point in the 90s...
Kind of gave me a thing for librarian glasses...
You either thought the sun rose and set in her vagina or hated her, neutrality was not allowed.
More famous at the store at least because she didn't know what causality meant.
Patient Zero of the folk woman scene of the 90s.
I just know she was a thing.
Didn't know her band until she married Kurt
I think they had one more hit, but I can't think of it.
Just knew they were a thing.
Same.
Also same.
It wasn't about legendary bop saxophonists Cannonball Aderely nor was it about the Cannonball Run.
Beating the zombie craze by a decade.
Third Wave Ska (which I was actually into...)
When I saw them, the band that opened for the band that opened for them was Cake.
Ska covers are going to be a theme here, fair warning...
No Pink Floyd purists...
...here either.
Batman to the face.
Yum yum bubblebee tuna
Remember when No Doubt was a ska band? They don't either...
Ska/Jazz, couldn't be happier.
I don't remember what song I liked from them.
They're a kids show.
I liked the band's name.
Cross over political rap of the nineties...
Let that get stuck in your head forever.
Words of Advice...
Punk update.
Tribe...
Digable
I downloaded their entire catalog when they offered it for free.
More earwormage.
I have to say "Tennessee" like this ever since.


I've been at it too long to actually list things I actually listened to...

I'm setting up for a party so I can't reply to all of this but I have almost that whole first group in my playlist. And Indigo Girls made it but for "Scooter Boys" instead. That is such a fantastic list.

Sorry, Blaat. CTOAN stole my love.

The stuff I listened to then wouldn't have helped your party. Well, maybe Soul Coughing.

[Conoga]

Anything but 2 Unlimited is just wrong.

[Cosumar]

It's not best song of the 90s, it's the most defining song of the 90s.

Given that distinction, I don't see how it can be anything other than "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana.

[Conoga]

It's not best song of the 90s, it's the most defining song of the 90s.

Given that distinction, I don't see how it can be anything other than "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana.

What do you envision as the quintessential song of the 1990s? What's your favorite song from that era?

[Neutral or Dead]

Radiohead-"Creep"

[Pimps Inc]

The theme of Fresh Prince of Bel Air.Totes.

[Cosumar]

It's not best song of the 90s, it's the most defining song of the 90s.

Given that distinction, I don't see how it can be anything other than "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana.

What do you envision as the quintessential song of the 1990s? What's your favorite song from that era?

Well ok, then. My favorite song released in the 90s was "Night's Blood" by Dissection.

The theme of Fresh Prince of Bel Air.Totes.

Definitely the defining TV theme of the 90s

[Toronina]

Any song of Nirvana

[Punkvania]

Cherub Rock by Smashing Pumpkins. Actually the entire Siamese Dream album reminds me of the best and worst feelings of the nineties. And it sort of fits that the song is, in part, about greed.

Many of my favorite bands made their mark in that decade though. Tool, Veruca Salt, Superchunk, Mazzy Star, Slowdive... just tons of wonderful Alt/Prog/Grunge/Garage/Shoegaze music.

[Adab]

In my opinion, "Smells Like Teen Spirit", perhaps the closest thing that comes to an anthem of the 1990s and Generation X.