The 90s thread

[brucetiki]

The Cranberries were my father's favourite band when I was a 90s kid, so I grew up listening to them constantly. Even some of their later albums like Bury the Hatchet and this year's In the End are very lovable.

The Corrs were massive here, but I don't think they have really stood the test of time though (Celt & Welsh accents were all the rage back then on the mid-late 90s radio, and Corrs quickly found themselves at the commercial forefront of this demand). Runaway and Forgiven not forgotten all still nice nostalgia injections from time to time I guess, but still a little overplayed.

IBM used one of The Corrs songs for one of their PC campaigns. When my folks were buying a PC, the song was playing on a contiunal loop on one of the IBM PC's, and I coudn't listen to the song for years afterwars as a result. I shudder to think how the salespeople would've coped listening to it repeatedly day-in, day-out.

 

[brucetiki]

It was the rage in school (I was just finishing Year 4 when it was peaking on the charts), but the kiddie appeal of that and a few other hits feels more apparent nowadays, whereas WTLGO & KOM remain pleasant and all-ages friendly. I did get very sick of WTLGO at the time.

I always wished my high school exams ended up in a riot after watching the Everybody Get Up clip!

 

[brucetiki]

When the Lights Go Out & Keep on Movin (really a turn-of-the-millennium hit) have aged fairly well, some of their other hits not so much.

Their version of We Will Rock You aged terribly - probably didn't help Central Districts PA guy played it at every home match for about 5 years.

Mind you, I think any attempt to cover a Queen hit is madness, but that's another discussion.

 

[Shell]

Aw i dm we will rock you.

 

[Shell]

I like their raps in it. But all good

 

[Roobs321]

On the topic of music i used to have a Backstreet Boys CD in my car for my drives to Melbourne.

I found them really easy to sing along to and would keep me awake rather than doof doof basey music that would normally make me very sleepy.

That droning base sound while driving at night or long distances used to get to me.

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Quit Playing Games & Everybody remain quality boy band singles. Don't mind a few others, but could live without them, whereas those 2 are still playlist-appropriate.

 

[Gough]

The Pogues are still the greatest Irish band ever.

 

[Shell]

Quit Playing Games & Everybody remain quality boy band singles. Don't mind a few others, but could live without them, whereas those 2 are still playlist-appropriate.

The call is srsly underrated backstreet boys song.

 

[Roobs321]

A few months ago I did a list of the 100 best singles to chart in the ARIA top 10 between 1990-1999 (for the first time). Might bring back a lot of nostalgia, but these ones remain very charming. I've linked music videos to 1-10.

Best ARIA top 10 singles: 90s

 

[Roobs321]

The call is srsly underrated backstreet boys song.

Yeah it felt like they were starting to get a little overlooked by that point. Their first GH came out in 2001 from memory, not long after. Incomplete was a massive comeback at the time.

 

[Shell]

I always wished my high school exams ended up in a riot after watching the Everybody Get Up clip!

The guy who talks at the start- the exam supervisor sounds exactly like a guy i work with. Exact same accent/tone


Hmmm and i work at aschool... i could round up a few boys reenact the whole film clip.

 

[peternorth]

Yourself or Someone Like You

 

[Richard Cranium]

Has this been posted yet?



Re-released/up on the streaming sites for the first time a few months ago.

Still a jam.

 

[peternorth]

Has this been posted yet?



Re-released/up on the streaming sites for the first time a few months ago.

Still a jam.

I think so

 

[Gough]

I saw Fat Boy Slim is playing some shows this summer, aside from the fact You've Come a Long Way Baby is now over twenty years old ffs, it's tempting to get some tickets, some pills and dance like the Y2K bug is going to f*** us all over. Unfortunately I think my body might have something to say about that though.

 

[Plugger35]

There was a doco on SBS recently on the rise of talk shows in the 90s, the kind of talk shows where the host would hand the mic to the audience.

They talked about how Donahue started it, it was originally a regular talk show like Ellen where only he would talk to the guests, then in between ad breaks he would hand the microphone to the audience to ask questions of the guests to keep them entertained. The producers then realised that was more entertaining than the regular show so kept it going on air.

Donahue was the first show of it's kind that aired on Australian tv, it was on Ch10 in the early 90s and was must watch midday tv for housewives, uni students and dole bludgers along with the Midday show. It was the forerunner to the Jerry Springer show and was a big ratings success.




Phil Hartman did a great send up of Phil Donahue on SNL btw.




A lot of imitators started up and The Jerry Springer show was one of them but it didn't get the ratings as they were just chasing the same audience as Donohue, ie. the older midday crowd. They were told it would be axed at the end of the season so they decided to change it up and go for the younger audience with the white trash and various freaks fighting each other angle.




The ratings exploded and it shifted to prime time, it was must watch tv by the end of the 90s, it even overtook Oprah for ratings.

As they said on the doco The Jerry Springer show paved the way for the trashy reality tv that followed in the next couple of decades so we have a lot to thank him for, a true tv pioneer.

 

[Procrastinator35]

Use to enjoy this whacky show from the 90's....Loved the premise & the characters…..John Lithgow has a killer comedic face.

 

[Procrastinator35]

The Pogues are still the greatest Irish band ever.

Reckon U2 has them covered & rather comfortably at that....Enya is still my favourite Irish artist by quite a way.

 

[Shell]

There was a doco on SBS recently on the rise of talk shows in the 90s, the kind of talk shows where the host would hand the mic to the audience.

They talked about how Donahue started it, it was originally a regular talk show like Ellen where only he would talk to the guests, then in between ad breaks he would hand the microphone to the audience to ask questions of the guests to keep them entertained. The producers then realised that was more entertaining than the regular show so kept it going on air.

Donahue was the first show of it's kind that aired on Australian tv, it was on Ch10 in the early 90s and was must watch midday tv for housewives, uni students and dole bludgers along with the Midday show. It was the forerunner to the Jerry Springer show and was a big ratings success.




Phil Hartman did a great send up of Phil Donahue on SNL btw.




A lot of imitators started up and The Jerry Springer show was one of them but it didn't get the ratings as they were just chasing the same audience as Donohue, ie. the older midday crowd. They were told it would be axed at the end of the season so they decided to change it up and go for the younger audience with the white trash and various freaks fighting each other angle.




The ratings exploded and it shifted to prime time, it was must watch tv by the end of the 90s, it even overtook Oprah for ratings.

As they said on the doco The Jerry Springer show paved the way for the trashy reality tv that followed in the next couple of decades so we have a lot to thank him for, a true tv pioneer.

Yep i remember Donahue, Sally Jesse Raphael, Oprah and Jerry Jerry Jerry

 

[Plugger35]

Ash were another great Irish band from the 90s.

They got a lot of airplay on Triple J back then with their debut album 1977.






They were heavy on guitars like Oasis and You Am I, those were the days, kids these days wouldn't know a power chord if they fell over one.

View attachment 759283Use to enjoy this whacky show from the 90's....Loved the premise & the characters…..John Lithgow has a killer comedic face.

Yeah that was another good sitcom from the 90s that was better than Friends.

 

[Shell]

I also went to a filming of Rikki Lake
It was pretty shit can't remember the topics

 

[HahnPremium]

The Pogues are still the greatest Irish band ever.

 

[Craven Morehead]

Reckon U2 has them covered & rather comfortably at that....

jesus, the irony in that post, from this poster, is astounding.

 

[HahnPremium]

Two ebullient souls singing of rainbows and lollipops.

 

[Shell]

Whats wrong with U2. Love their music.. prob gonna skip their concert this year tho