Roxette - It Must Have Been Love (1990). Featured in the movie Pretty Woman.
A great, underrated era for music. Yeah it was all a bit overproduced but it sounded great, better than anything now.
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Roxette - It Must Have Been Love (1990). Featured in the movie Pretty Woman.
A great, underrated era for music. Yeah it was all a bit overproduced but it sounded great, better than anything now.
by Anonymous | reply 435 | September 19, 2023 7:44 PM |
I was obsessed with this song as a kid. Still sounds great and original.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | September 6, 2023 1:35 AM |
R1 hey tea cake that’s a good anthem for the younger generations about the white guilt agenda
by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 6, 2023 1:36 AM |
This was so much damn fun. George Michael OWNED the early 90's
by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 6, 2023 1:44 AM |
r1 made me throw up in my mouth.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 6, 2023 1:46 AM |
Billy Joel is horrible
by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 6, 2023 1:48 AM |
Oh we’ll own your bad taste.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 6, 2023 1:51 AM |
All of Talk Talk's output was sublime, but "Life's What You Make It" might be my favorite
by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 6, 2023 1:54 AM |
No one talks about the Mighty Lemon Drops anymore but they were SO good! "Where Do We Go From Heaven" is totally incredible. I saw these guys in the late 80s with an adorable band of young lads from Hershey PA called The Ocean Blue. I will post their most popular college hit next.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 6, 2023 1:58 AM |
"Between Something And Nothing" by The Ocean Blue
by Anonymous | reply 13 | September 6, 2023 1:59 AM |
R10 dark pop. Love it. Cure vibe
by Anonymous | reply 14 | September 6, 2023 1:59 AM |
Great idea for a thread, OP!
I was in college at the time and I get so nostalgic for that era of music.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | September 6, 2023 2:00 AM |
Adam Ant's ode to Heather Graham, "Wonderful"
by Anonymous | reply 16 | September 6, 2023 2:01 AM |
The Cure, "Lullaby" and the entire Disintigration LP
by Anonymous | reply 18 | September 6, 2023 2:04 AM |
I discovered this gem from that zany Don Cheadle show Black Monday. Sorry I couldn’t find a vid that wasn’t a live version without the 9/11 imagery.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | September 6, 2023 2:05 AM |
Sisters of Mercy!!!!! The Flood album was IT.
"Lucretia My Reflection" was my pregame jam on a Friday night
by Anonymous | reply 20 | September 6, 2023 2:06 AM |
The Stone Roses "I Wanna Be Adored"
Manchester was cranking out the bands in the early 90s, and all of it was a blast
by Anonymous | reply 21 | September 6, 2023 2:08 AM |
Headin’ for the 90’s, livin’ in the Wild Wild West!
by Anonymous | reply 23 | September 6, 2023 2:10 AM |
Me too, R15. Nostalgia overdrive.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | September 6, 2023 2:11 AM |
This is my preferred late 80’s Billy Joel song:
by Anonymous | reply 26 | September 6, 2023 2:13 AM |
Two of my favorites from The Smiths: "Sheila Take A Bow" and "Shoplifters of the World Unite."
Live on Channel 4, The Tube, April 1987.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | September 6, 2023 2:14 AM |
Billy Joel is a douche bag.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | September 6, 2023 2:14 AM |
Love Tribe Called Quest, R25. The whole Midnight Marauders album is delicious.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | September 6, 2023 2:20 AM |
"Trust" - Billy Bragg
The saddest song from then.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | September 6, 2023 2:20 AM |
R22 is from 1996 NOT early 90's.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | September 6, 2023 2:21 AM |
B-52s
Cosmic Thing album
by Anonymous | reply 36 | September 6, 2023 2:22 AM |
"Sexuality," from the same Billy Bragg album as r33, Don't Try This at Home.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | September 6, 2023 2:24 AM |
Hazard by Richard Marx. A very haunting song.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | September 6, 2023 2:25 AM |
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You. I went to the record store & bought the album right after I heard it. Did that with Guns & Roses (Paradise City) & -um… Rick Astley. I stand by all three , but Rick a little less
by Anonymous | reply 40 | September 6, 2023 2:26 AM |
The Tin Machine album. Underrated Bowie era.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | September 6, 2023 2:28 AM |
I’m a big Traveling Wilburys fan (check them out!) and they had some great songs from the late 80’s- End of the Line, Dirty World, Tweeter and the Monkey Man, but here’s Handle With Care:
by Anonymous | reply 43 | September 6, 2023 2:29 AM |
"Achin' to Be" - the Replacements
It's so hard to listen to now. So many people were sick or dying. I miss the guy who gave me this CD.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | September 6, 2023 2:30 AM |
Disappear by INXS
by Anonymous | reply 45 | September 6, 2023 2:31 AM |
Tell it to my Heart. This one still gets me dancing!
by Anonymous | reply 46 | September 6, 2023 2:31 AM |
The artist formerly known as Terence Trent D'Arby
by Anonymous | reply 48 | September 6, 2023 2:33 AM |
from 1987, "Coming Around Again," by Carly Simon
by Anonymous | reply 50 | September 6, 2023 2:36 AM |
The eponymous debut album by the supergroup Electronic (Johny Marr of The Smiths, Bernard Sumner from New Order, Neil Tennant from Pet Shop Boys) is excellent. "Getting Away With It" was the megahit but "Get The Message " is my fave off the album.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | September 6, 2023 2:40 AM |
The Sundays. - Here’s Where the Story Ends (1990)
by Anonymous | reply 56 | September 6, 2023 2:41 AM |
YES, R56!!! I used to listen to that song on repeat
by Anonymous | reply 57 | September 6, 2023 2:43 AM |
Primal Scream, "Higher Than The Sun"
The perfect soundtrack to my brief but productive foray into smoking weed out of a bong the summer after I got out of the dorms and into a house with my friends
by Anonymous | reply 60 | September 6, 2023 2:48 AM |
Lenny Kravitz - It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
by Anonymous | reply 64 | September 6, 2023 2:50 AM |
Queensryche- Eyes of a Stranger. Great opening guitar.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | September 6, 2023 2:53 AM |
I don't think that Steven Street really understood Danielle Dax, and Blast the Human Flower sounds more dated that her older work, but I still love Jehovah's Precious Stone
by Anonymous | reply 68 | September 6, 2023 2:53 AM |
Mostly forgotten these days but I loved this when it was released. (Does it squeak in as late 80s?)
by Anonymous | reply 71 | September 6, 2023 2:55 AM |
In 1989, Madonna did the only song I ever liked by her.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | September 6, 2023 2:57 AM |
Goodbye Horses
I always thought it was a man singing, but it’s a woman.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | September 6, 2023 2:58 AM |
I know he’s a predator but it’s still a bop.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | September 6, 2023 2:58 AM |
"Nemesis" was 1985 so probably doesn't belong on this thread...
...but damn I fucking LOVED that song!!! Itt's so fierce. Glad to be reminded to give it a spin
by Anonymous | reply 76 | September 6, 2023 2:58 AM |
Epic. This is the first song I think of when I think about 1990.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | September 6, 2023 3:00 AM |
"I Touch Myself" is great too, though, R77
by Anonymous | reply 82 | September 6, 2023 3:02 AM |
Please don’t Mary me but I love this song. Childhood classic.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | September 6, 2023 3:03 AM |
R80 And it is still her best song.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | September 6, 2023 3:03 AM |
"I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" dominates this thread
by Anonymous | reply 85 | September 6, 2023 3:03 AM |
Thanks for the Queensryche prompt, R67! Haven't thought about them in years. I really love his voice
by Anonymous | reply 88 | September 6, 2023 3:05 AM |
I’m surprised none of you hoes ain’t post this yet.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | September 6, 2023 3:06 AM |
Kind of a forgotten single that only barely scratched the top 40 but I always thought it was lovely...and poignant for me because it was "big" (as big as the song would be anyway) the couple of weeks surrounding my dad's death and always takes me back to then. Lovely video too.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | September 6, 2023 3:10 AM |
Level 42 "Children Say" from the epic "Running in the Family" album, 1987
by Anonymous | reply 94 | September 6, 2023 3:11 AM |
Expose- I’ll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me
by Anonymous | reply 96 | September 6, 2023 3:13 AM |
Beautiful song, but it bums me out. The music makes me sad.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | September 6, 2023 3:15 AM |
Don’t know if this belongs on a “best of” list, but it’s legendary and a very guilty pleasure song of mine . I wouldn’t want anyone to catch me listening to it then or now.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | September 6, 2023 3:16 AM |
A good sing-a-long song from one of the good guy country artists- Garth Brooks.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | September 6, 2023 3:17 AM |
A hotter Miss America will never be found…
by Anonymous | reply 100 | September 6, 2023 3:19 AM |
Every Heartbeat- Amy Grant. Video starring hot laundromat guy!
by Anonymous | reply 101 | September 6, 2023 3:20 AM |
A Fairytale of New York - the Pogues, Kirsty MacColl (uncensored)
by Anonymous | reply 106 | September 6, 2023 3:25 AM |
R105 Your tryna be funny I bet 😂
by Anonymous | reply 107 | September 6, 2023 3:27 AM |
MC Skat Kat is no joke! ;)
by Anonymous | reply 108 | September 6, 2023 3:33 AM |
Walking on Broken Glass by Annie Lennox. Great song and video. Little ten year old me thought John Malkovich looked so good and I loved how he picked her up at the end. True love!
by Anonymous | reply 110 | September 6, 2023 3:59 AM |
Not to be one of those people, but Dream Academy was ‘85 so it’s a smidge early for the list.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | September 6, 2023 6:06 AM |
Siouxsie & The Banshees, "Kiss Them For Me" (1991)
by Anonymous | reply 115 | September 6, 2023 6:47 AM |
Front 242! This played in my small city’s “alternative” club, along with Depeche Mode’s “Violator” and Ministry…
by Anonymous | reply 116 | September 6, 2023 6:50 AM |
I’m a GenXer, former latch-key kid, born in late 1969. I still lived at home while I worked and attended university in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s; meanwhile, my parents were living their best life, free of the responsibility of raising kids, hosting endless dinner parties, whooping it up, and playing a particular few CDs in their multi-CD player, namely: U2 (Joshua Tree), Paul Simon (Graceland), Enya (Watermark), and Enigma’s MCMXC a.D. - that was like the middle-aged parents’ ultimate party/entertaining music where I live, and I still feel nostalgic for that music, as it takes me back to a time when my parents were still young and vibrant and our house was an endless whirlwind of international guests, both long and short term.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | September 6, 2023 7:12 AM |
Nirvana's album "Nevermind" was released in 1991.
Musicologist, Rick Beato, explains what makes "Smells Like Teen Spirit" great.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | September 6, 2023 7:29 AM |
I love Rick Beato, R119! Also, I’ll be forever kicking myself for not going to the Nirvana show in 1991 in Victoria BC, because they were playing in a metal bar, and I was a snobby punk! 😭
by Anonymous | reply 121 | September 6, 2023 7:40 AM |
R43
They were brilliant. Apparently, Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty saw each other at a stop light and said, “hey, wanna work together?” And the rest is history. That album is one of my most favorite and I’m so glad you brought it up.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | September 6, 2023 9:59 AM |
Martha was the voice who could sing any other “diva” under the table.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | September 6, 2023 10:04 AM |
I actually like this Sinead O Conner song better that NCTY
by Anonymous | reply 124 | September 6, 2023 10:08 AM |
"I'm Too Sexy" - Right Said Fred
Three weeks at No. 1 in the U.S. February 1992. probably because of his hot armpits.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | September 6, 2023 10:22 AM |
Speaking of Vanessa Williams, I always loved this song from her (and the version of the sonng from the "Beverly Hills 90210" soundtrack with the guitar solo).
by Anonymous | reply 127 | September 6, 2023 12:17 PM |
It Must Have Been Love and Take My Breath Away (along with the Kenny Loggins monstrosity from Top Gun) were quite possibly the two worst songs of the 80s and/or 90s. Ear rot. And Top Gun was and is a total piece of shit.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | September 6, 2023 12:31 PM |
Yesssssss R116. Fuck yeah.
Front 242, Revolting Cocks, Ministry, NIN, Pigface, KMFDM, Die Warzaw, Skinny Puppy....
..... and Nitzer Ebb
"Join In The Chant"
by Anonymous | reply 129 | September 6, 2023 12:36 PM |
Agreed! I was obsessed with "Jump In The River," R124. Would listen to it on repeat.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | September 6, 2023 12:40 PM |
I thought the Seeds Of Love album was overblown tosh, but the almost title track is one of the best things Tears For Fears ever did.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | September 6, 2023 12:48 PM |
Thank you for bringing up Enigma, R117! Although I will forever associate them with one song and one song only: Sadness
Enjoy this "Unique Official TV Performance in Spain staged by Luka Yexi."
A beautiful song brought to life with an SCTV-worthy performance of silver-begloved hooded monks mincing around and hand-dancing in thick fog for several minutes. Ah, European television in the 90s!
by Anonymous | reply 132 | September 6, 2023 12:49 PM |
Bananarama bring in Youth, rip off The Rolling Stones and make their best single - Only Your Love
by Anonymous | reply 133 | September 6, 2023 12:50 PM |
Great song and hot video - Chris Isaak Wicked Game
by Anonymous | reply 134 | September 6, 2023 12:51 PM |
Gary Clail On U-Sound System - Human Nature
by Anonymous | reply 135 | September 6, 2023 12:54 PM |
I 100% agree, R131. I was a huge geeked-out TFF superfan. "The Hurting" and "Songs from the Big Chair" were musical miracles to me. "Seeds of Love" was a massive let-down, save for "Sowing," and I did quite like "Woman In Chains" a lot, its beautiful. The rest is pretentious, self-indulgent, adult contemporary bullshit. Well, so are the other two tracks, frankly. They went all soft and jazzy, and it broke my wittle new wave heart.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | September 6, 2023 12:54 PM |
Eeeek NO, R133. Bananarama peaked artistically with the True Confessions album. "Pop Life" was rubbish.
While Keren and Sara were circling the drain creatively, Siobhan Fahey snuck away and co-created one of the best songs of the entire decade
Shakespears Sister - "Stay"
by Anonymous | reply 138 | September 6, 2023 1:02 PM |
Come Inside - Thompson Twins
This was issued as a white label under an alias and got a lot of underground radio play. If they'd not issued it as Thompson Twins this would have been a massive hit. The whole 1991 album Queer is amazing.
by Anonymous | reply 139 | September 6, 2023 1:02 PM |
This is 1994 so perhaps a bit beyond the scope of the thread, but I tend to revisit this song and album (and Blur in general) ever summer
"Girls and Boys" by Blur
by Anonymous | reply 141 | September 6, 2023 1:06 PM |
Deep Forest's "Sweet Lullaby" y'all
Bet you had forgotten this one! It's truly gorgeous.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | September 6, 2023 1:09 PM |
Run away with me R140! Wire was my favorite band for years.
When "A Bell Is A Cup Until It's Struck" came out my head exploded. I was never the same. Life became performance art, a Surrealist game of charades. Life was just a big beautiful "happening" and everything is art. That's how Wire made me feel.
A Bell Is a Cup, It's Beginning To And Back Again (IBTABA), Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, On Returning, The First Letter = my soundtrack for living for many several years
"Kidney Bingos" is one of their best. Very melodious and catchy without sacrificing any of the quirks and weirdness that make Wire one of the most inventive bands of the era
by Anonymous | reply 143 | September 6, 2023 1:20 PM |
This song, the video and the album "Viva Hate" brought me untold joy and revelations as a little 9th grade fagamuffin in 1988 in the midwest
"Suedehead, 1988
by Anonymous | reply 144 | September 6, 2023 1:24 PM |
R143 - I'll run away with you any time Meet me at Map Ref. 41˚N 93˚W
by Anonymous | reply 145 | September 6, 2023 1:27 PM |
Hell yeah, R146. You're a keeper.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | September 6, 2023 1:39 PM |
'Member when all of the songs on the pop radio stations were actually good?
REM "Losing My Religion"
by Anonymous | reply 149 | September 6, 2023 2:33 PM |
R138, I love Stay (I love a lot of songs called Stay) but I like Hello (Turn Your Radio On) even better.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | September 6, 2023 2:39 PM |
WOW, R151! Thank you for this memory. I had the cassingle of "Heart and Soul"
by Anonymous | reply 152 | September 6, 2023 2:43 PM |
Can't believe no one has posted this one yet!
George Michael "Freedom"
by Anonymous | reply 153 | September 6, 2023 2:44 PM |
R148 Closer is from 94...mid 90's.
by Anonymous | reply 154 | September 6, 2023 2:45 PM |
Depeche Mode "Never Let Me Down Again" was a banger before the word banger was invented
by Anonymous | reply 155 | September 6, 2023 2:47 PM |
Rocket's Tail (for Rocket)
Kate starts out a cappella with the Trio Bulgarka, then turns it into a heavy rock jam with Dave Gilmour, and dedicates the whole thing to her cat. Who but Kate would write a song about dressing as a rocket, and launching herself off of Waterloo Bridge? Amazingly, the disparate pieces of the song all work really well.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | September 6, 2023 2:54 PM |
My real favorites from this era are albums. First is the first CD release of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds. It took them 'til 1990, but they finally released it, and I returned to being a Beach Boys obsessive the way I was in the 1960s. There were subsequent CD releases of all the Beach Boys albums.
Second was the Phil Spector box set, Back to Mono, in 1991. My favorites are the Ronettes' "Be My Baby" and the Crystals' "Then He Kissed Me."
Third, and most important, is the Beach Boys' 5-CD box set Good Vibrations. All the hits and then some. Disc Two has the first release of the album that would have been called SMiLe. It's only 30 minutes long, but I had never known that "Heroes and Villains" was the basis of this entire suite of music. In its many iterations, SMiLe has become my favorite album of all time.
by Anonymous | reply 158 | September 6, 2023 2:59 PM |
Love And Rockets "So Alive"
I was already a fan of Bauhaus and Love and Rockets. When this showed up on MTV I thought I had died and gone to heaven!
The outro is amazing. "Doot-n-doo do, doot-n-do..."
by Anonymous | reply 159 | September 6, 2023 2:59 PM |
In France a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name.
By chance his girlfriend came across a needle and soon she did the same.
At home there are 17 year old boys and their idea of fun
Is being high on crack toting a machine gun.
Prince, Sign O’ the times
by Anonymous | reply 160 | September 6, 2023 3:02 PM |
Im so pissed I fucked that up! It’s
At home there are 17 year old boys and their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called the disciples, high on crack, toting a machine gun.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | September 6, 2023 3:04 PM |
Oh shit, R160. Yes Sign O The times was THE crucial album to have
by Anonymous | reply 162 | September 6, 2023 3:04 PM |
Saint Etienne "Nothing Can Stop Us"
Fox Base Alpha was a visionary album, or at least it felt like it at the time in 1991
by Anonymous | reply 163 | September 6, 2023 3:06 PM |
I used to fall asleep every night listening to this album in the dark in college
Slowdive "When The Sun Hits" off of 1993's Souvlaki
by Anonymous | reply 164 | September 6, 2023 3:14 PM |
R2, thanks for reminding me of this gem. This song brings back so many good memories for me. I got chills hearing it for the first time in a long time.
by Anonymous | reply 165 | September 6, 2023 3:16 PM |
Hole "Doll Parts"
Courtney Love was a hot mess but she was not untalented
by Anonymous | reply 166 | September 6, 2023 3:16 PM |
Don't look back in Anger
Wonderwall
by Anonymous | reply 167 | September 6, 2023 3:17 PM |
R53 that’s an awful song. Should be buried like cat shit.
by Anonymous | reply 168 | September 6, 2023 3:17 PM |
This whole thread should be one reply. A playlist
by Anonymous | reply 169 | September 6, 2023 3:18 PM |
Late 80's/early 90's: 1988-1992, though 87 and 93 could be permitted as they are sort of in a hazy period between early and mid. Anything that did not come out in those years belobgs in another thread.
by Anonymous | reply 170 | September 6, 2023 3:25 PM |
Speaking of Bauhaus, I thought this would have made an appearance by now.
by Anonymous | reply 171 | September 6, 2023 3:26 PM |
The KLF with Miss Tammy Wynette
This old dance rave music was so much better than the crap they call EDM now.
by Anonymous | reply 175 | September 6, 2023 3:59 PM |
R163, when I first bought Foxbase Alpha I had only heard Only Love Can Break Your Heart, so I was disappointed to discover that Sarah Cracknell was not the same singer that appeared on that song, even though she was in the video that I saw (I found out much later that there was another video with Moira Lambert.) The album grew on me, and I soon grew to love Sarah. There are so many good songs on that album, I LOVE Like the Swallow, Springtime, and Girl VII, and the vocals at the end play tricks on my ears.
The repeated line is Carrie's got a boyfriend, but I tend to hear it alternate between that and Paris is a playground
by Anonymous | reply 176 | September 6, 2023 4:07 PM |
Opus III's first album was excellent. Hard to choose the best song, but here is their cover of I Talk to the Wind by King Crimson.
Kirsty Hawkshaw went on to appear as a guest vocalist on a lot of songs.
by Anonymous | reply 177 | September 6, 2023 4:10 PM |
The best part of Ghostbusters II- On Our Own by Bobby Brown
by Anonymous | reply 181 | September 6, 2023 4:29 PM |
1995 is when things changed. 1994 was a transition year.
Mariah went HipHop/R&B, Shania brought her brand of goofy lifestyle songs to country.
by Anonymous | reply 182 | September 6, 2023 4:32 PM |
Cher- If I Could Turn Back Time.
I used to blast this whenever I caught it on MTV or VH1
by Anonymous | reply 184 | September 6, 2023 4:32 PM |
He gets shit on a lot, but I liked Michael Bolton’s voice. I remember my mom listening to this a lot around 1990.
by Anonymous | reply 187 | September 6, 2023 4:41 PM |
R177 That Opus III album was DIVINE omg thank you for posting!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 190 | September 6, 2023 5:03 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 194 | September 6, 2023 5:35 PM |
This IS their vampire song for that album (not that other one) =
by Anonymous | reply 195 | September 6, 2023 5:37 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 197 | September 6, 2023 5:41 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 198 | September 6, 2023 5:46 PM |
I thought this would've been a top 10 hit for AM here in the states
by Anonymous | reply 201 | September 6, 2023 5:51 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 203 | September 6, 2023 5:53 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 207 | September 6, 2023 6:01 PM |
TTD's hotly anticipated followup to "The Hardline According To..." got slept on for some reason, but I thought the single was sensational
by Anonymous | reply 210 | September 6, 2023 6:03 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 211 | September 6, 2023 6:04 PM |
I really liked this album more than the average TT fan =
by Anonymous | reply 213 | September 6, 2023 6:08 PM |
I just hopped out of my car and ran into my house to post The Church, R208! Starfish was a magnificent album. They just released a new one called The Hypnogogue and I'm working my way through it. It's classic Church, I'm liking it a lot.
I really liked the follow-up to Starfish, Gold Afternoon Fix, too. "Metropolis" was the single.
(And the follow-up to that, Priest = Aura is stunning too)
by Anonymous | reply 214 | September 6, 2023 6:09 PM |
I love Richard Marx's voice, thank you R215.
by Anonymous | reply 218 | September 6, 2023 6:13 PM |
Ahhhhhhhh TOPAZ Jesus Christ this takes me back to a simple happy time. Love you, R217.
I'll see your Topaz and raise you a Roam
by Anonymous | reply 220 | September 6, 2023 6:15 PM |
I was into Wire and The Cure and industrial bands, but I've always had a secret thing for Bruce Hornsby. I love his output with The Range. Such a warm, sweet vibe.
Bruce Hornsby - The Valley Road
by Anonymous | reply 222 | September 6, 2023 6:20 PM |
You Could Be Mine- Guns N Roses. T2 and GNR- great combo!
by Anonymous | reply 224 | September 6, 2023 6:24 PM |
R206 That’s late 90s.
by Anonymous | reply 226 | September 6, 2023 6:25 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 230 | September 6, 2023 6:27 PM |
My Threads don’t load after 475-500 posts so someone else is gonna have to make part two and babysit the thread
by Anonymous | reply 231 | September 6, 2023 6:28 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 232 | September 6, 2023 6:28 PM |
She really sang her butt off on this one =
by Anonymous | reply 236 | September 6, 2023 6:35 PM |
Pixies - Motorway To Roswell
For me, TROMP LE MONDE was their best record
by Anonymous | reply 239 | September 6, 2023 6:38 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 242 | September 6, 2023 6:41 PM |
Post-heyday Flock of Seagulls single "Magic" from 1989
When Mike Score finally put it on an album in 1995 he sped it up and added a bunch of shimmery synths to it. I like both versions, but this slower one rocks a lot harder and it's sexier.
It gives me feelings
by Anonymous | reply 247 | September 6, 2023 6:48 PM |
Ok you guys, this thread is missing a special ingredient
They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng
by Anonymous | reply 249 | September 6, 2023 6:50 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 250 | September 6, 2023 6:52 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 255 | September 6, 2023 7:00 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 256 | September 6, 2023 7:01 PM |
Fine Young Cannibals - mmmm the singer was a dish back in the day
by Anonymous | reply 257 | September 6, 2023 7:03 PM |
From 1988 - Cowboy Junkies' haunting cover of "Sweet Jane."
by Anonymous | reply 265 | September 6, 2023 7:20 PM |
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
by Anonymous | reply 266 | September 6, 2023 7:32 PM |
"I Want That Man" - Deborah Harry
Written by Alannah Curry and Tom Bailey of Thompson Twins fame.
by Anonymous | reply 267 | September 6, 2023 7:49 PM |
R266 meet R257.
by Anonymous | reply 268 | September 6, 2023 7:50 PM |
Sorry if this has been mentioned, it’s one of my favs-
Alice Cooper- Poison
by Anonymous | reply 276 | September 6, 2023 8:15 PM |
Robert Palmer's catchy "Simply Irresistible" from 1988.
I think it would be funny if some gay singer would flip the sex and re-do the video with a group of gay clones wearing tank tops and short-shorts.
by Anonymous | reply 279 | September 6, 2023 8:28 PM |
Who could forget the Brand New Heavies?
Hard to pick just one...
"Never Stop" 1990
by Anonymous | reply 280 | September 6, 2023 8:40 PM |
I don't know if I remember The Blue Nile, R28y, but I love the song you posted!!! I've listened to it twice in a row. (And I am now in love with the lead singer. His voice is amazing, and he seems like a really great guy - lol)
by Anonymous | reply 281 | September 6, 2023 8:44 PM |
Sorry! the above was for R278.
by Anonymous | reply 282 | September 6, 2023 8:44 PM |
Simply Red!! I always thought or wished that Mick Hucknall was gay. I mean the band name is so Mary. They played the shit outta Simply Red at the bars
by Anonymous | reply 283 | September 6, 2023 8:50 PM |
Deee-Lite - Groove Is In the Heart
This is the exact moment that the 80s became the 90s.
by Anonymous | reply 285 | September 6, 2023 9:39 PM |
I mean obviously "Groove Is In The Heart" is way far back on this thread, R285. No one would have let it slip through the cracks this far in. But you are right. It is the bridge between the 80s and 1990s music/vibe
by Anonymous | reply 286 | September 6, 2023 9:41 PM |
Great song. The Silencers should have been better known.
by Anonymous | reply 287 | September 6, 2023 9:53 PM |
The Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death
I loved this band and had their records in college. But this song hits different now that I'm 50
by Anonymous | reply 288 | September 6, 2023 9:58 PM |
I haven't thought of The Silencers in decades, R287. Awesome pick.
by Anonymous | reply 293 | September 6, 2023 10:07 PM |
I really hated "Pure" by The Lightening Seeds when it came out.
Now I think it's just one of the sweetest, cutest, most innocent, lovely songs ever.
by Anonymous | reply 294 | September 6, 2023 10:10 PM |
What ever happened to THESE guys?
The Primitives - Crash
by Anonymous | reply 296 | September 6, 2023 10:11 PM |
Fuck, yeah, R295. Alice in Chains was SO GOOD
Haha they changed the lyric from "shove my nose in shit" to "shove my nose in SPIT" for radio. Never realized.
I like their more melodic stuff, too.
by Anonymous | reply 298 | September 6, 2023 10:16 PM |
I know this is technically out of bounds, era-wise ('86), but this song was so great. Reminds me of the extreme anticipation I felt every time a new John Hughes movie was about to be released. And the soundtracks were always killer.
Flesh For Lulu - I Go Crazy
by Anonymous | reply 300 | September 6, 2023 10:26 PM |
R298 Yeah, I believe MTV told the band that they had to change some of the lyrics as well or they wouldn't broadcast the video. .. Listen to Layne singing the first line in the video at R295. He sings, "I'm the man in a box, buried in my pit." It's supposed to be "buried in my shit."
by Anonymous | reply 301 | September 6, 2023 10:27 PM |
Very cool recycling of a Clash sample here by Mick Jones
Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe
by Anonymous | reply 302 | September 6, 2023 10:29 PM |
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
by Anonymous | reply 303 | September 6, 2023 10:34 PM |
People Are Still Having Sex by LaTour
by Anonymous | reply 306 | September 6, 2023 10:38 PM |
Loved this one...also remember reading way back then the singer was bi and a runaway...thought she sounded so cool.3
by Anonymous | reply 307 | September 6, 2023 10:43 PM |
Am I the only one who remembers Sleeping Satellite by Tasmin Archer? I loved this song, but it's kind of obscure.
by Anonymous | reply 308 | September 6, 2023 10:45 PM |
R308, no I remember that one quite well and thought of posting it. Good one.
by Anonymous | reply 309 | September 6, 2023 10:46 PM |
Sweet darling at R308, I had "Sleeping Satelite" on cassingle and I wore it out. SUCH a good song!
by Anonymous | reply 310 | September 6, 2023 10:47 PM |
Cassingles! I had a backpack full of them. Wow, we're really dating ourselves!
by Anonymous | reply 311 | September 6, 2023 10:54 PM |
I always wondered if holmes was throwing hanky code...
by Anonymous | reply 312 | September 6, 2023 11:18 PM |
r312 those guys were SO gay
by Anonymous | reply 313 | September 6, 2023 11:20 PM |
Buffalo Stance by Neneh Cherry. She got an insane amount of hype at the time, she was going to be The Next Big Thing and turned out to be a one hit wonder.
by Anonymous | reply 315 | September 6, 2023 11:28 PM |
Can't believe none of you bitches have mentioned Queen Celine!
by Anonymous | reply 317 | September 6, 2023 11:45 PM |
Hmm, I had no idea there was a real group called Big Fun. When I think of Big Fun, I think Teenage Suicide (Don't Do It.)
I don't think it was the same people though.
Amazing that they put together a singing group of 3 blond gaylings in the 80s. I wonder if the three of them every got down together after a show. Since they weren't allowed to come out the best way to keep their secret would be to turn to each other.
Not crazy about their falsetto, but wouldn't mind watching them in a sucking triangle.
by Anonymous | reply 318 | September 7, 2023 12:11 AM |
Jane's Addiction - "Been Caught Stealing" (1990).
Fun song .. and the camptastic video still makes me laugh. .. Such a gem.
by Anonymous | reply 320 | September 7, 2023 12:18 AM |
I LOVE Been Caught Stealing! Thanks r320. That song still sounds fantastic.
by Anonymous | reply 321 | September 7, 2023 12:26 AM |
R319 that song is from 1983....wtf
I dont think there is one Celine Dion song I enjoy EXCEPT this one that was sort of a hit right before she became big.
by Anonymous | reply 322 | September 7, 2023 12:32 AM |
Joey by Concrete Blonde, one of my all-time favorite songs.
by Anonymous | reply 323 | September 7, 2023 1:08 AM |
With all these YouTube links this thread is probably going to shit out around 400
by Anonymous | reply 324 | September 7, 2023 1:09 AM |
Except for the geezers on HP desktops
by Anonymous | reply 325 | September 7, 2023 1:09 AM |
Another Big Fun. I don’t know which of the three came first, but this is the best.
by Anonymous | reply 326 | September 7, 2023 1:10 AM |
Start a new thread, r324. Declare this one closed. 300+ is impossible on phones.
by Anonymous | reply 327 | September 7, 2023 1:11 AM |
Cliffs of Dover. By Eric Johnson. No words, just a screaming guitar.
by Anonymous | reply 329 | September 7, 2023 1:27 AM |
The Whistle Song by Frankie Knuckles (RIP)
by Anonymous | reply 332 | September 7, 2023 1:30 AM |
A Phil Collins song that makes me feel sad:
by Anonymous | reply 333 | September 7, 2023 1:33 AM |
Pavement's Slanted and Enchanted album blew my mind when it came out in '92
by Anonymous | reply 335 | September 7, 2023 1:52 AM |
Prince had his own version of "Bitch I'm Madonna" two decades before Madge - and his was actually good
Prince - "My Name Is Prince" - Love Symbol Album, 1992
by Anonymous | reply 336 | September 7, 2023 1:56 AM |
It's an acquired taste, but they were ahead of their time here, anticipating grunge
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
by Anonymous | reply 337 | September 7, 2023 2:05 AM |
The Human League - Heart Like A Wheel.
Probably would have been a bigger hit, if the video wasn't so crap.
by Anonymous | reply 347 | September 7, 2023 11:01 AM |
EMF - I Believe
I wanted to fuck all of them, except the older ugly guitarist.
by Anonymous | reply 348 | September 7, 2023 11:03 AM |
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince: Summertime (1991)
by Anonymous | reply 351 | September 7, 2023 12:59 PM |
Hanson is 1997, which is a huge stretch to be considered early 1990s.
by Anonymous | reply 352 | September 7, 2023 2:20 PM |
I thought this song was the best off of that Human League album above =
by Anonymous | reply 354 | September 7, 2023 3:34 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 356 | September 7, 2023 3:41 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 359 | September 7, 2023 3:46 PM |
Oh shit that was early 80s.
by Anonymous | reply 360 | September 7, 2023 3:48 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 361 | September 7, 2023 3:49 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 363 | September 7, 2023 3:52 PM |
r130...Im very OC and would do the same with songs I love....actually I still do
While most raved about NCTU I think JITR was miles better
This is one I play over in my car along with Kim Wildes Kids in America....
This song GLM defined an era, movie defined it for the West Coast...not so much for us NYers but still awesome
by Anonymous | reply 367 | September 7, 2023 4:00 PM |
A song at the end of the album that should've been the lead single -
by Anonymous | reply 368 | September 7, 2023 4:01 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 370 | September 7, 2023 4:14 PM |
Luv this song back in the late 80s but I'm shocked it has over 17m YT views =
by Anonymous | reply 372 | September 7, 2023 4:17 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 373 | September 7, 2023 4:20 PM |
Poor Jody hasn't been seen in a DL thread reaching 400 =
by Anonymous | reply 374 | September 7, 2023 4:23 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 379 | September 7, 2023 4:46 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 380 | September 7, 2023 4:46 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 388 | September 7, 2023 5:06 PM |
by Anonymous | reply 389 | September 7, 2023 5:08 PM |
Achtung Baby...the last truly great U2 record
"Mysterious Ways"
by Anonymous | reply 391 | September 7, 2023 6:27 PM |
My Bloody Valentine's album "Loveless" blew my FUCKING MIND when it dropped my freshman year of college.
1991
I had had a really lame dorm-mate who suddenly moved out of the room after a month (I have no idea what ever happened to them and didn't care). After that, I had the room to myself the rest of the year. So I hung up scads of Christmas lights and I would get really high and listen to this album on repeat, very, very loudly.
I was so excited when the band came through our college town that year, opening for Dinosaur Jr. It was incredible. An hourlong wall of sound with all these projected visuals bouncing off of every surface in the club, a kaleidoscopic frenzy of pinks and purples. I wasn't even on anything and yet it was like the most euphoric, sensory-heightening acid trip you could imagine.
I was in the pit for MBV 's performance and then I went up to the balcony and fell asleep during Dino. Which is quite a feat, as Dinosaur JR is loud as fuck. I think I had stayed up all night the night before, cramming.
Happy, happy college memories x
by Anonymous | reply 392 | September 7, 2023 6:39 PM |
This originally came out in 1976 in Jamaica, but got super popular in ‘89 so I’m counting it. ⚡️🛝 Electric Slide ⚡️🛝
Check out the dance moves at 2:05.
by Anonymous | reply 393 | September 7, 2023 7:15 PM |
The Smiths break up and Johnny Marr gets a call from Talking Heads asking him to play some guitar on their album, "Naked."
(Nothing) but Flowers (1988).
by Anonymous | reply 394 | September 7, 2023 7:26 PM |
Echo & the Bunnymen - "Lips Like Sugar" (1987)
From wiki:
[quote] Initially dismissed by Ian McCulloch as too commercial, "Lips Like Sugar" became a chart success in the UK, Ireland, and New Zealand. Despite not charting in the US, the song has become one of their most famous songs in America, thanks in part to college radio airplay and its music video directed by Anton Corbijn, which was regularly broadcast on MTV's 120 Minutes programme.
by Anonymous | reply 395 | September 7, 2023 7:34 PM |
Wouldn't call this a "best" but it was a memorable track from 1990
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Sex On Wheelz
by Anonymous | reply 398 | September 8, 2023 1:16 AM |
The Psychedelic Furs - Until She Comes - 1991
It would be the band's third and last No. 1 single on the U.S. Alt charts.
by Anonymous | reply 399 | September 8, 2023 1:42 AM |
Thank you, R399. I had wanted a Psychedelic Furs song on this thread but couldn't figure out how to make the dates work. I had totally forgotten about this wonderful song.
I LOVE THIS BAND SO MUCH
by Anonymous | reply 401 | September 8, 2023 2:12 AM |
The Outfield - Voices of Babylon - 1989
Amazing track
by Anonymous | reply 402 | September 8, 2023 2:15 AM |
I just created a Part 2 but I don't feel confident that I know how to create a link for it in a post. Can anyone help?
by Anonymous | reply 403 | September 8, 2023 2:19 AM |
You did it!
Now you need to post the link a few times in this thread. Just put it in the box marked "Web Site Link" and click "Post."
by Anonymous | reply 404 | September 8, 2023 2:24 AM |
Though this thread has only a few more than 400 posts, OP has started a part two, so it will still be accessible on your mobile.
Go to this link for Best Late 80s/Early 90s Songs, Part Two:
by Anonymous | reply 405 | September 8, 2023 2:27 AM |
Thank you R404 / R405!!
by Anonymous | reply 406 | September 8, 2023 2:31 AM |
1993 White Belly by Belly from their incredible album Star. It wasn't a single, but it should have been
by Anonymous | reply 408 | September 8, 2023 3:01 AM |
Pressure by Sunscreen, released in the UK in 1991, and in the US in 1993. From their album O3. Sunscreen should have been much bigger than they were, but they had label issues.
Their second album, 1996's Change or Die was also fantastic
by Anonymous | reply 409 | September 8, 2023 3:06 AM |
r407 r408 r409 Go to the next thread instead of posting in this one anymore.
by Anonymous | reply 410 | September 8, 2023 3:13 AM |
R411 Not only is that one of the worst songs of this time period. It is one of the worst of all time.
by Anonymous | reply 414 | September 8, 2023 12:45 PM |
R414, I think it's Hammer's best song. I wasn't a fan of it when it came out but I love it now.
by Anonymous | reply 415 | September 8, 2023 4:14 PM |
Nah, this is Hammer’s best- Addams Groove!
by Anonymous | reply 416 | September 8, 2023 4:45 PM |
Now THIS is a blast from the past, R417. Jesus I had this one on cassingle, too, and I had forgotten about them all this time
by Anonymous | reply 418 | September 8, 2023 11:08 PM |
My favorite single from R.E.M.'s 1992 album Automatic For The People.
"Man on the Moon"
by Anonymous | reply 419 | September 9, 2023 5:19 AM |
Sunscreem's LOVE U MORE. Always wondered why this wasnt a massive hit but i get it now. The song doesn't really pop until 2:30....You can hear the DNA of Republica's READY TO GO and this was many years earlier. I cued it at a minute in but again, 2:30 is where you can hear why its a dance classic
by Anonymous | reply 420 | September 9, 2023 6:10 AM |
by Anonymous | reply 424 | September 10, 2023 2:52 PM |
Patti Smith's "Dream of Life" album came out in 1988. People probably associate it more with her socio-political song, "People Have the Power," but here's the more pop-sounding song, "Looking for You (I Was)."
by Anonymous | reply 425 | September 11, 2023 1:48 AM |
This should've been a big radio hit for them =
by Anonymous | reply 429 | September 19, 2023 12:06 AM |
Her video for this single is over 1 minute longer so I didn't post it here
but I thought this tune was like nothing on the radio in '86 =
by Anonymous | reply 430 | September 19, 2023 6:33 PM |
For Belinda Carlisle, I thought her 4th single (a remake of the old 60s tune) should've made it into the top 10 here in the states but I never heard it on the radio =
by Anonymous | reply 431 | September 19, 2023 6:37 PM |
This was supposed to be the follow up to their big international hit
but I don't recall it being played on my local radio a single time -
by Anonymous | reply 432 | September 19, 2023 6:39 PM |
I think they released this song as a club single but I thought it would've fit right in next to Madonna, Prince, Dead O Alive & George Michael in the mid 80s =
by Anonymous | reply 433 | September 19, 2023 6:44 PM |
I remember standing unfron of the mirror, pink brush in hand, singing Toni Braxton's Breathe Again, to my imaginary boyfriend
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