10 Songs From the '90s That We Still Love To Hear

PJ Media ^ | 22 Mar 2018 | Lauren Spagnoletti

[Rummyfan]

How can I tell I'm getting old? My go-to music choices don't even come close to popular music currently topping the charts. When I drive my son to preschool, I proudly blast the classic rock station -- which now plays music from the 1990s. If listening to the likes of Pearl Jam and U2 makes me an old fogey? I can deal with that.

Perhaps this is something my parents would have argued a few decades ago, but I firmly believe that there is a good amount of music from the '90s that was so solid it will never be outdated. And I can't say that for much of what I hear on popular radio stations today.

If not for anything but a bit of nostalgia, let's take a look at the top songs from the '90s that still hold their own, shall we?

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“You know what else I hate? That freaking Queen song Bohemian Rhapsody. I hated it when it came out and they still play it nonstop.
“

Abdo-lutely!

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“the worst and most overhyped band of all time was the Doors.”

I thought they were terrible

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“The last real singer was Julie London.”

My Mom went to school with her.

[Yaelle]

Geezerplex. Rofl. I am sad for any freeper who thinks there has been no good rock since the 70s. There’s good stuff every year, you just have to be exposed to it.

Will check it out (the correct video) maybe while drowning my sorrows after this hockey game between my two favorite teams and it still isn’t going my way.

[Fightin Whitey]

you put the lime in dee coconut

You should know, brudder, you LIVIN da fool life!

[Fightin Whitey]

They were terrible.

And the lyrics were worse than the music.

“Like a dog without a bone”?

Heeaaveee, man...

[YogicCowboy]

May be true, but I still love The Beach Boys.

[YogicCowboy]

Mostly agree.

As far as CCM: Daniel Amos, Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, Second Chapter of Acts, Mustard Seed Faith (Oden Fong), and Sixpence None the Richer top my charts.

[dfwgator]

Ha! There are a bunch of songs from the Nineties we all still enjoy today!

Hello! Ma Baby

[YogicCowboy]

I agree on Sinead and Wilson-Phillips. Don’t care for the Nirvana/REM alt era much.

For me, Tori Amos’ 1992 “Little Earthquakes” (album and song) is a masterpiece by a virtuoso.

She was accepted to Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute (conservatory) at age 5 - youngest ever. My vocal accompanist circa 2004, Ph.D. and virtuoso pianist, went there as an adult - but after her despite being much older - and spoke of the campus stories about her.

I once saw her live, playing a total of four keyboards, two at a time: her Bosendorfer, an oldish electic piano(?), an old synthesizer (Moog?), and a newish keyboard (computer-style MIDI?) atop each of the first two.

She would straddle her piano bench, so she could switch back and forth between all four, mix and match, while singing the whole time.

Add to that, she wrote her own music, and sang like a virtuoso too - very agile, expressive voice capable of any style.

[mrsmith]

Sing Along with Mitch!

Crazy that I know as many 1890 songs as 1990 ones...

[Charles Martel]

I was listening to A New World Record (1976) by Electric Light Orchestra on the bus this morning.

Yesterday, I listened to Face The Music (1975) by ELO.

I must be stuck in a time warp.

Not a bad time warp to be stuck in. Orchestral (pop) rock was one of the better things about the '70s. Jeff's reconstituted ELO is touring this year, I have tickets for August. The current version of the band is a pretty good facsimile of the original, judging from the streaming videos of his recent shows available online.

[Charles Martel]

I like that one, too. I think I’m about the only conservative that does like Imagine. :)

I think the melody is a work of art, but the lyrics... well, I just prefer the instrumental version. Particularly the Chet Atkins - Mark Knopfler duet.

[beaversmom]

I love Knopfler. He’s an amazing guitarist , and he seems like a lovely fellow. I will have to find that.

[trebb]

Got some Billie Holiday going today - maybe some Patsy tomorrow...

[MayflowerMadam]

“Hoyt Axton was great.”

I loved his voice. Smooth, soft, and a little melancholy. He sang a song in the movie, “Heart Like A Wheel”, that was beautiful. “You Taught Me How To Cry”, I think.

[zeugma]

Well, my media player has 47 days, 13 hours of music, from the 30s to the present day. It covers big band, country, rock, classical, Christian, blues, jazz, and bluegrass. I didn't look, but I'm quite sure all of the songs listed in the article are on my playlist somewhere. There's a lot of music out there. I enjoy the variety. I really like hearing Sons of the Pioneers, followed by Radiohead. It's not all great, but a lot of it has some redeeming qualities. I'm not snobbish about it. Enjoy what you like, and skip what you don't.

[LouieFisk]

Our family used to watch Mitch every week - funny thing, I don’t think Mitch ever sang along himself, it was just the singers.

[agave]

The real issue is that the gatekeepers have established a monopoly over the music to which most young people are exposed. Over the last quarter century, pop music, along with other forms of mass entertainment and public education, has been deliberately (and relentlessly) dumbed down. The objective: To produce a generation of uninformed, maleable, and easily (mis)led sheeple detached from reality and devoid of any ability to think for themselves. There has been plenty of fine pop music produced during the last quarter century. But, if the artists and songs don't advance the Agenda, the Powers That Be at the Central Committee make sure most young people never get a chance to encounter and appreciate them.

[crusty old prospector]

I guess then it could have been “Smells Like Old Spice.”