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Best Late 80s/Early 90s Songs

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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by Anonymousreply 435September 19, 2023 7:44 PM

We didn’t start the Fire by Billy Joel

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by Anonymousreply 1September 6, 2023 1:28 AM

I was obsessed with this song as a kid. Still sounds great and original.

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by Anonymousreply 2September 6, 2023 1:35 AM

R1 hey tea cake that’s a good anthem for the younger generations about the white guilt agenda

by Anonymousreply 3September 6, 2023 1:36 AM

This was so much damn fun. George Michael OWNED the early 90's

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by Anonymousreply 4September 6, 2023 1:44 AM

r1 made me throw up in my mouth.

by Anonymousreply 5September 6, 2023 1:46 AM

Billy Joel is horrible

by Anonymousreply 6September 6, 2023 1:48 AM

Oh we’ll own your bad taste.

by Anonymousreply 7September 6, 2023 1:51 AM

All of Talk Talk's output was sublime, but "Life's What You Make It" might be my favorite

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by Anonymousreply 8September 6, 2023 1:54 AM

Fast Car the original

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by Anonymousreply 9September 6, 2023 1:55 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.

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by Anonymousreply 10September 6, 2023 1:58 AM

Buffalo Stance

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by Anonymousreply 11September 6, 2023 1:58 AM

Love this song, she sang her ass off.

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by Anonymousreply 12September 6, 2023 1:58 AM

"Between Something And Nothing" by The Ocean Blue

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by Anonymousreply 13September 6, 2023 1:59 AM

R10 dark pop. Love it. Cure vibe

by Anonymousreply 14September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 15September 6, 2023 2:00 AM

Adam Ant's ode to Heather Graham, "Wonderful"

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by Anonymousreply 16September 6, 2023 2:01 AM

Crucified

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by Anonymousreply 17September 6, 2023 2:01 AM

The Cure, "Lullaby" and the entire Disintigration LP

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by Anonymousreply 18September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 19September 6, 2023 2:05 AM

Sisters of Mercy!!!!! The Flood album was IT.

"Lucretia My Reflection" was my pregame jam on a Friday night

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by Anonymousreply 20September 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

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by Anonymousreply 21September 6, 2023 2:08 AM

"Six Underground" by the Sneaker Pimps

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by Anonymousreply 22September 6, 2023 2:10 AM

Headin’ for the 90’s, livin’ in the Wild Wild West!

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by Anonymousreply 23September 6, 2023 2:10 AM

Me too, R15. Nostalgia overdrive.

by Anonymousreply 24September 6, 2023 2:11 AM

For my hip hop heads.

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by Anonymousreply 25September 6, 2023 2:11 AM

This is my preferred late 80’s Billy Joel song:

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by Anonymousreply 26September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 27September 6, 2023 2:14 AM

Billy Joel is a douche bag.

by Anonymousreply 28September 6, 2023 2:14 AM

Public Image Ltd, "Happy"

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by Anonymousreply 29September 6, 2023 2:14 AM

Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart - 1990.

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by Anonymousreply 30September 6, 2023 2:17 AM

When can I see you again

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by Anonymousreply 31September 6, 2023 2:18 AM

Love Tribe Called Quest, R25. The whole Midnight Marauders album is delicious.

by Anonymousreply 32September 6, 2023 2:20 AM

"Trust" - Billy Bragg

The saddest song from then.

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by Anonymousreply 33September 6, 2023 2:20 AM

Soul II Soul

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by Anonymousreply 34September 6, 2023 2:21 AM

R22 is from 1996 NOT early 90's.

by Anonymousreply 35September 6, 2023 2:21 AM

B-52s

Cosmic Thing album

by Anonymousreply 36September 6, 2023 2:22 AM

Calloway- I Wanna Be Rich

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by Anonymousreply 37September 6, 2023 2:24 AM

"Sexuality," from the same Billy Bragg album as r33, Don't Try This at Home.

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by Anonymousreply 38September 6, 2023 2:24 AM

Hazard by Richard Marx. A very haunting song.

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by Anonymousreply 39September 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 Anonymousreply 40September 6, 2023 2:26 AM

Edie Brickell

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by Anonymousreply 41September 6, 2023 2:28 AM

The Tin Machine album. Underrated Bowie era.

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by Anonymousreply 42September 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:

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by Anonymousreply 43September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 44September 6, 2023 2:30 AM

Disappear by INXS

by Anonymousreply 45September 6, 2023 2:31 AM

Tell it to my Heart. This one still gets me dancing!

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by Anonymousreply 46September 6, 2023 2:31 AM

Depeche Mode's "Violator"album

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by Anonymousreply 47September 6, 2023 2:32 AM

The artist formerly known as Terence Trent D'Arby

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by Anonymousreply 48September 6, 2023 2:33 AM

"Can't Hardly Wait" - the Replacements

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by Anonymousreply 49September 6, 2023 2:33 AM

from 1987, "Coming Around Again," by Carly Simon

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by Anonymousreply 50September 6, 2023 2:36 AM

Sinead O’Connor- I Want Your Hands on Me

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by Anonymousreply 51September 6, 2023 2:36 AM

The sensational Sondra Prill!!

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by Anonymousreply 52September 6, 2023 2:38 AM

Kokomo just makes me happy

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by Anonymousreply 53September 6, 2023 2:40 AM

"You take me away..."

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by Anonymousreply 54September 6, 2023 2:40 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.

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by Anonymousreply 55September 6, 2023 2:40 AM

The Sundays. - Here’s Where the Story Ends (1990)

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by Anonymousreply 56September 6, 2023 2:41 AM

YES, R56!!! I used to listen to that song on repeat

by Anonymousreply 57September 6, 2023 2:43 AM

Several of Whitney’s songs qualify.

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by Anonymousreply 58September 6, 2023 2:44 AM

Alex Chilton by The Replacements

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by Anonymousreply 59September 6, 2023 2:45 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 Anonymousreply 60September 6, 2023 2:48 AM

Shit, here's the song

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by Anonymousreply 61September 6, 2023 2:48 AM

Sade - No Ordinary Love

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by Anonymousreply 62September 6, 2023 2:49 AM

Right Now by Van Halen

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by Anonymousreply 63September 6, 2023 2:50 AM

Lenny Kravitz - It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over

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by Anonymousreply 64September 6, 2023 2:50 AM

Bjork's album "Debut"

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by Anonymousreply 65September 6, 2023 2:51 AM

Siouxsie - Kiss Them for Me (1991)

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by Anonymousreply 66September 6, 2023 2:51 AM

Queensryche- Eyes of a Stranger. Great opening guitar.

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by Anonymousreply 67September 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

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by Anonymousreply 68September 6, 2023 2:53 AM

Duran Duran "Come Undone"

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by Anonymousreply 69September 6, 2023 2:54 AM

Another tender oldie

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by Anonymousreply 70September 6, 2023 2:54 AM

Mostly forgotten these days but I loved this when it was released. (Does it squeak in as late 80s?)

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by Anonymousreply 71September 6, 2023 2:55 AM

I Touch Myself

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by Anonymousreply 72September 6, 2023 2:56 AM

In 1989, Madonna did the only song I ever liked by her.

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by Anonymousreply 73September 6, 2023 2:57 AM

Goodbye Horses

I always thought it was a man singing, but it’s a woman.

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by Anonymousreply 74September 6, 2023 2:58 AM

I know he’s a predator but it’s still a bop.

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by Anonymousreply 75September 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 Anonymousreply 76September 6, 2023 2:58 AM

Rain in the Summertime

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by Anonymousreply 77September 6, 2023 2:59 AM

Let’s try this again

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by Anonymousreply 78September 6, 2023 3:00 AM

Epic. This is the first song I think of when I think about 1990.

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by Anonymousreply 79September 6, 2023 3:00 AM

The first hit of many

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by Anonymousreply 80September 6, 2023 3:00 AM

"Beds Are Burning" - Midnight Oil

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by Anonymousreply 81September 6, 2023 3:01 AM

"I Touch Myself" is great too, though, R77

by Anonymousreply 82September 6, 2023 3:02 AM

Please don’t Mary me but I love this song. Childhood classic.

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by Anonymousreply 83September 6, 2023 3:03 AM

R80 And it is still her best song.

by Anonymousreply 84September 6, 2023 3:03 AM

"I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" dominates this thread

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by Anonymousreply 85September 6, 2023 3:03 AM

When it is over…

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by Anonymousreply 86September 6, 2023 3:04 AM

Reba!

Fancy!

*Chef’s Kiss*!

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by Anonymousreply 87September 6, 2023 3:05 AM

Thanks for the Queensryche prompt, R67! Haven't thought about them in years. I really love his voice

by Anonymousreply 88September 6, 2023 3:05 AM

I’m surprised none of you hoes ain’t post this yet.

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by Anonymousreply 89September 6, 2023 3:06 AM

Moaning kicks in around 5:30

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by Anonymousreply 90September 6, 2023 3:07 AM

Lucinda Williams - Sweet Old World

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by Anonymousreply 91September 6, 2023 3:08 AM

En Vogue "Hold On"

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by Anonymousreply 92September 6, 2023 3:09 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.

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by Anonymousreply 93September 6, 2023 3:10 AM

Level 42 "Children Say" from the epic "Running in the Family" album, 1987

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by Anonymousreply 94September 6, 2023 3:11 AM

Four Non-Blondes = What's Up

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by Anonymousreply 95September 6, 2023 3:13 AM

Expose- I’ll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me

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by Anonymousreply 96September 6, 2023 3:13 AM

Beautiful song, but it bums me out. The music makes me sad.

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by Anonymousreply 97September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 98September 6, 2023 3:16 AM

A good sing-a-long song from one of the good guy country artists- Garth Brooks.

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by Anonymousreply 99September 6, 2023 3:17 AM

A hotter Miss America will never be found…

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by Anonymousreply 100September 6, 2023 3:19 AM

Every Heartbeat- Amy Grant. Video starring hot laundromat guy!

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by Anonymousreply 101September 6, 2023 3:20 AM

the Cranberries - Dreams

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by Anonymousreply 102September 6, 2023 3:21 AM

Jane's Addiction.

All of their songs.

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by Anonymousreply 103September 6, 2023 3:21 AM

Cry Little Sister

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by Anonymousreply 104September 6, 2023 3:23 AM

Opposites Attract- Paula Abdul

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by Anonymousreply 105September 6, 2023 3:25 AM

A Fairytale of New York - the Pogues, Kirsty MacColl (uncensored)

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by Anonymousreply 106September 6, 2023 3:25 AM

R105 Your tryna be funny I bet 😂

by Anonymousreply 107September 6, 2023 3:27 AM

MC Skat Kat is no joke! ;)

by Anonymousreply 108September 6, 2023 3:33 AM

Let The River Run by Carly Simon

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by Anonymousreply 109September 6, 2023 3:36 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!

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by Anonymousreply 110September 6, 2023 3:59 AM

Neil Young- Rockin’ in the Free World

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by Anonymousreply 111September 6, 2023 4:04 AM

This haunts me. In a good way.

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by Anonymousreply 112September 6, 2023 5:51 AM

Not to be one of those people, but Dream Academy was ‘85 so it’s a smidge early for the list.

by Anonymousreply 113September 6, 2023 6:06 AM

"Candy" - Iggy Pop w/ Kate Pierson (1990)

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by Anonymousreply 114September 6, 2023 6:27 AM

Siouxsie & The Banshees, "Kiss Them For Me" (1991)

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by Anonymousreply 115September 6, 2023 6:47 AM

Front 242! This played in my small city’s “alternative” club, along with Depeche Mode’s “Violator” and Ministry…

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by Anonymousreply 116September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 117September 6, 2023 7:12 AM

The Pixies: Here Comes Your Man (1989)!

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by Anonymousreply 118September 6, 2023 7:22 AM

Nirvana's album "Nevermind" was released in 1991.

Musicologist, Rick Beato, explains what makes "Smells Like Teen Spirit" great.

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by Anonymousreply 119September 6, 2023 7:29 AM

Lisa Stansfield, 1989:

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by Anonymousreply 120September 6, 2023 7:30 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 Anonymousreply 121September 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 Anonymousreply 122September 6, 2023 9:59 AM

Martha was the voice who could sing any other “diva” under the table.

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by Anonymousreply 123September 6, 2023 10:04 AM

I actually like this Sinead O Conner song better that NCTY

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by Anonymousreply 124September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 125September 6, 2023 10:22 AM

Club mix

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by Anonymousreply 126September 6, 2023 12:14 PM

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).

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by Anonymousreply 127September 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 Anonymousreply 128September 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"

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by Anonymousreply 129September 6, 2023 12:36 PM

Agreed! I was obsessed with "Jump In The River," R124. Would listen to it on repeat.

by Anonymousreply 130September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 131September 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!

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by Anonymousreply 132September 6, 2023 12:49 PM

Bananarama bring in Youth, rip off The Rolling Stones and make their best single - Only Your Love

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by Anonymousreply 133September 6, 2023 12:50 PM

Great song and hot video - Chris Isaak Wicked Game

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by Anonymousreply 134September 6, 2023 12:51 PM

Gary Clail On U-Sound System - Human Nature

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by Anonymousreply 135September 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 Anonymousreply 136September 6, 2023 12:54 PM

Suzanne Vega - 99.9F

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by Anonymousreply 137September 6, 2023 12:59 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"

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by Anonymousreply 138September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 139September 6, 2023 1:02 PM

Eardrum Buzz - Wire

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by Anonymousreply 140September 6, 2023 1:04 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

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by Anonymousreply 141September 6, 2023 1:06 PM

Deep Forest's "Sweet Lullaby" y'all

Bet you had forgotten this one! It's truly gorgeous.

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by Anonymousreply 142September 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

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by Anonymousreply 143September 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

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by Anonymousreply 144September 6, 2023 1:24 PM

R143 - I'll run away with you any time Meet me at Map Ref. 41˚N 93˚W

by Anonymousreply 145September 6, 2023 1:27 PM

Talking of which

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by Anonymousreply 146September 6, 2023 1:28 PM

Hell yeah, R146. You're a keeper.

by Anonymousreply 147September 6, 2023 1:39 PM

NIN "Closer" was an anthem

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by Anonymousreply 148September 6, 2023 2:27 PM

'Member when all of the songs on the pop radio stations were actually good?

REM "Losing My Religion"

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by Anonymousreply 149September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 150September 6, 2023 2:39 PM

Something in the moonlight catches my eye

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by Anonymousreply 151September 6, 2023 2:41 PM

WOW, R151! Thank you for this memory. I had the cassingle of "Heart and Soul"

by Anonymousreply 152September 6, 2023 2:43 PM

Can't believe no one has posted this one yet!

George Michael "Freedom"

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by Anonymousreply 153September 6, 2023 2:44 PM

R148 Closer is from 94...mid 90's.

by Anonymousreply 154September 6, 2023 2:45 PM

Depeche Mode "Never Let Me Down Again" was a banger before the word banger was invented

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by Anonymousreply 155September 6, 2023 2:47 PM

Send Me An Angel

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by Anonymousreply 156September 6, 2023 2:50 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.

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by Anonymousreply 157September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 158September 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..."

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by Anonymousreply 159September 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

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by Anonymousreply 160September 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 Anonymousreply 161September 6, 2023 3:04 PM

Oh shit, R160. Yes Sign O The times was THE crucial album to have

by Anonymousreply 162September 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

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by Anonymousreply 163September 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

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by Anonymousreply 164September 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 Anonymousreply 165September 6, 2023 3:16 PM

Hole "Doll Parts"

Courtney Love was a hot mess but she was not untalented

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by Anonymousreply 166September 6, 2023 3:16 PM

Don't look back in Anger

Wonderwall

by Anonymousreply 167September 6, 2023 3:17 PM

R53 that’s an awful song. Should be buried like cat shit.

by Anonymousreply 168September 6, 2023 3:17 PM

This whole thread should be one reply. A playlist

by Anonymousreply 169September 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 Anonymousreply 170September 6, 2023 3:25 PM

Speaking of Bauhaus, I thought this would have made an appearance by now.

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by Anonymousreply 171September 6, 2023 3:26 PM

This was my jam!

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by Anonymousreply 172September 6, 2023 3:39 PM

Oh Canada!

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by Anonymousreply 173September 6, 2023 3:43 PM

The Shamen

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by Anonymousreply 174September 6, 2023 3:53 PM

The KLF with Miss Tammy Wynette

This old dance rave music was so much better than the crap they call EDM now.

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by Anonymousreply 175September 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

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by Anonymousreply 176September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 177September 6, 2023 4:10 PM

Groooove meee. Babbyyyyy.

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by Anonymousreply 178September 6, 2023 4:12 PM

Enya: Caribbean Blue (1991)

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by Anonymousreply 179September 6, 2023 4:22 PM

King of Wishful Thinking

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by Anonymousreply 180September 6, 2023 4:27 PM

The best part of Ghostbusters II- On Our Own by Bobby Brown

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by Anonymousreply 181September 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 Anonymousreply 182September 6, 2023 4:32 PM

Eric Carmen: Make Me Lose Control (1988)

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by Anonymousreply 183September 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

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by Anonymousreply 184September 6, 2023 4:32 PM

Another Day in Paradise- Phil Collins

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by Anonymousreply 185September 6, 2023 4:36 PM

Technotronic: Pump Up The Jam (1989)

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by Anonymousreply 186September 6, 2023 4:39 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.

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by Anonymousreply 187September 6, 2023 4:41 PM

The Christians: Words (1990)

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by Anonymousreply 188September 6, 2023 4:47 PM

Mylène Farmer: Désenchantée (1991)

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by Anonymousreply 189September 6, 2023 4:53 PM

R177 That Opus III album was DIVINE omg thank you for posting!!!!

by Anonymousreply 190September 6, 2023 5:03 PM

Queensryche—Silent Lucidity

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by Anonymousreply 191September 6, 2023 5:03 PM

The Breakfast Club - Right on Track

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by Anonymousreply 192September 6, 2023 5:11 PM

Marble Halls - Enya

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by Anonymousreply 193September 6, 2023 5:32 PM
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by Anonymousreply 194September 6, 2023 5:35 PM

This IS their vampire song for that album (not that other one) =

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by Anonymousreply 195September 6, 2023 5:37 PM

Better than Madonna's

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by Anonymousreply 196September 6, 2023 5:40 PM
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by Anonymousreply 197September 6, 2023 5:41 PM
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by Anonymousreply 198September 6, 2023 5:46 PM

I wonder why, are the seats still dry…

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by Anonymousreply 199September 6, 2023 5:48 PM

Love Is - Alannah Myles

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by Anonymousreply 200September 6, 2023 5:49 PM

I thought this would've been a top 10 hit for AM here in the states

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by Anonymousreply 201September 6, 2023 5:51 PM

This one holds up well

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by Anonymousreply 202September 6, 2023 5:51 PM
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by Anonymousreply 203September 6, 2023 5:53 PM

That scary spider theme song...

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by Anonymousreply 204September 6, 2023 5:54 PM

The P - Zone

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by Anonymousreply 205September 6, 2023 5:59 PM

Iris—Goo Goo Dolls

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by Anonymousreply 206September 6, 2023 6:00 PM
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by Anonymousreply 207September 6, 2023 6:01 PM

I loved this album

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by Anonymousreply 208September 6, 2023 6:02 PM

YOU MADE ME COME TO THIS!

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by Anonymousreply 209September 6, 2023 6:02 PM

TTD's hotly anticipated followup to "The Hardline According To..." got slept on for some reason, but I thought the single was sensational

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by Anonymousreply 210September 6, 2023 6:03 PM
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by Anonymousreply 211September 6, 2023 6:04 PM

Back when she could sing...

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by Anonymousreply 212September 6, 2023 6:06 PM

I really liked this album more than the average TT fan =

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by Anonymousreply 213September 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)

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by Anonymousreply 214September 6, 2023 6:09 PM

Your World - Richard Marx

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by Anonymousreply 215September 6, 2023 6:11 PM

Alive and Kicking - Simple Minds

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by Anonymousreply 216September 6, 2023 6:12 PM

TOPAZ !!!!

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by Anonymousreply 217September 6, 2023 6:12 PM

I love Richard Marx's voice, thank you R215.

by Anonymousreply 218September 6, 2023 6:13 PM

BREEZIN'

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by Anonymousreply 219September 6, 2023 6:15 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

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by Anonymousreply 220September 6, 2023 6:15 PM

St. Etienne

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by Anonymousreply 221September 6, 2023 6:18 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

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by Anonymousreply 222September 6, 2023 6:20 PM

99 Ways - Jane Weidlin

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by Anonymousreply 223September 6, 2023 6:23 PM

You Could Be Mine- Guns N Roses. T2 and GNR- great combo!

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by Anonymousreply 224September 6, 2023 6:24 PM

Song Of The Factory - Jane Wiedlin

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by Anonymousreply 225September 6, 2023 6:24 PM

R206 That’s late 90s.

by Anonymousreply 226September 6, 2023 6:25 PM

World On Fire - Jane Wiedlin

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by Anonymousreply 227September 6, 2023 6:26 PM

Baby Baby Baby. TLC had some great songs

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by Anonymousreply 228September 6, 2023 6:26 PM

Nearly Lost You- Screaming Trees.

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by Anonymousreply 229September 6, 2023 6:27 PM
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by Anonymousreply 230September 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 Anonymousreply 231September 6, 2023 6:28 PM
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by Anonymousreply 232September 6, 2023 6:28 PM

Some D -Lite

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by Anonymousreply 233September 6, 2023 6:30 PM

Some Electric Shock

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by Anonymousreply 234September 6, 2023 6:32 PM

Some Rubber Lovers

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by Anonymousreply 235September 6, 2023 6:33 PM

She really sang her butt off on this one =

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by Anonymousreply 236September 6, 2023 6:35 PM

INXS - Suicide Blonde (1990)

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by Anonymousreply 237September 6, 2023 6:37 PM

Their best from the 2nd album =

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by Anonymousreply 238September 6, 2023 6:37 PM

Pixies - Motorway To Roswell

For me, TROMP LE MONDE was their best record

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by Anonymousreply 239September 6, 2023 6:38 PM

Frank Black - LOS ANGELES

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by Anonymousreply 240September 6, 2023 6:39 PM

Angel - Expose

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by Anonymousreply 241September 6, 2023 6:39 PM
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by Anonymousreply 242September 6, 2023 6:41 PM

Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz

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by Anonymousreply 243September 6, 2023 6:42 PM

Their best during this period -

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by Anonymousreply 244September 6, 2023 6:45 PM

The Paula era

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by Anonymousreply 245September 6, 2023 6:46 PM

T.P.E. Round 2 =

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by Anonymousreply 246September 6, 2023 6:48 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

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by Anonymousreply 247September 6, 2023 6:48 PM

are you HAPPY?

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by Anonymousreply 248September 6, 2023 6:50 PM

Ok you guys, this thread is missing a special ingredient

They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng

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by Anonymousreply 249September 6, 2023 6:50 PM
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by Anonymousreply 250September 6, 2023 6:52 PM

Middle Of Nowhere

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by Anonymousreply 251September 6, 2023 6:54 PM

Where Love Goes

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by Anonymousreply 252September 6, 2023 6:55 PM

Keep Coming Back - EB & NB

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by Anonymousreply 253September 6, 2023 6:57 PM

Me By The Sea - EB & NB

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by Anonymousreply 254September 6, 2023 6:58 PM
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by Anonymousreply 256September 6, 2023 7:01 PM

Fine Young Cannibals - mmmm the singer was a dish back in the day

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by Anonymousreply 257September 6, 2023 7:03 PM

Sylvia is for lezzies

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by Anonymousreply 258September 6, 2023 7:06 PM

Brand New Day is for me

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by Anonymousreply 259September 6, 2023 7:08 PM

Little Bird is for the club kids

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by Anonymousreply 260September 6, 2023 7:10 PM

Where Love Hides...

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by Anonymousreply 261September 6, 2023 7:12 PM

You're Nothing Without Me...

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by Anonymousreply 262September 6, 2023 7:13 PM

If You Could Read My Mind...

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by Anonymousreply 263September 6, 2023 7:15 PM

Should I Let You In?

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by Anonymousreply 264September 6, 2023 7:16 PM

From 1988 - Cowboy Junkies' haunting cover of "Sweet Jane."

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by Anonymousreply 265September 6, 2023 7:20 PM

She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals

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by Anonymousreply 266September 6, 2023 7:32 PM

"I Want That Man" - Deborah Harry

Written by Alannah Curry and Tom Bailey of Thompson Twins fame.

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by Anonymousreply 267September 6, 2023 7:49 PM

R266 meet R257.

by Anonymousreply 268September 6, 2023 7:50 PM

Massive Attack’s Unfinished Sympathy

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by Anonymousreply 269September 6, 2023 7:57 PM

Hunger Strike- Temple of the Dog

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by Anonymousreply 270September 6, 2023 7:58 PM

I Love Your Smile

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by Anonymousreply 271September 6, 2023 7:59 PM

Walking in Memphis

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by Anonymousreply 272September 6, 2023 8:00 PM

Ozzy! No More Tears.

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by Anonymousreply 273September 6, 2023 8:01 PM

Stone Roses- Fool’s Gold

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by Anonymousreply 274September 6, 2023 8:10 PM

Fight the Power

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by Anonymousreply 275September 6, 2023 8:11 PM

Sorry if this has been mentioned, it’s one of my favs-

Alice Cooper- Poison

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by Anonymousreply 276September 6, 2023 8:15 PM

Because I’m black like that.

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by Anonymousreply 277September 6, 2023 8:19 PM

The Blue Nile- The Downtown Lights

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by Anonymousreply 278September 6, 2023 8:27 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.

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by Anonymousreply 279September 6, 2023 8:28 PM

Who could forget the Brand New Heavies?

Hard to pick just one...

"Never Stop" 1990

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by Anonymousreply 280September 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 Anonymousreply 281September 6, 2023 8:44 PM

Sorry! the above was for R278.

by Anonymousreply 282September 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

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by Anonymousreply 283September 6, 2023 8:50 PM

The Cult- Fire Woman

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by Anonymousreply 284September 6, 2023 8:51 PM

Deee-Lite - Groove Is In the Heart

This is the exact moment that the 80s became the 90s.

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by Anonymousreply 285September 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 Anonymousreply 286September 6, 2023 9:41 PM

Great song. The Silencers should have been better known.

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by Anonymousreply 287September 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

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by Anonymousreply 288September 6, 2023 9:58 PM

The goddamn, motherfucking Smithereens

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by Anonymousreply 289September 6, 2023 9:59 PM

Dina Carroll - So Close

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by Anonymousreply 290September 6, 2023 10:01 PM

Brand New Heavies - Dream On Dreamer

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by Anonymousreply 291September 6, 2023 10:02 PM

"What is Love"

Haddaway - 1993

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by Anonymousreply 292September 6, 2023 10:05 PM

I haven't thought of The Silencers in decades, R287. Awesome pick.

by Anonymousreply 293September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 294September 6, 2023 10:10 PM

Alice In Chains - Man in the Box (1991)

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by Anonymousreply 295September 6, 2023 10:10 PM

What ever happened to THESE guys?

The Primitives - Crash

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by Anonymousreply 296September 6, 2023 10:11 PM

2 Live Crew - Me So Horny

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by Anonymousreply 297September 6, 2023 10:14 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.

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by Anonymousreply 298September 6, 2023 10:16 PM

Nirvana - Come As You Are

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by Anonymousreply 299September 6, 2023 10:19 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

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by Anonymousreply 300September 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 Anonymousreply 301September 6, 2023 10:27 PM

Very cool recycling of a Clash sample here by Mick Jones

Big Audio Dynamite - The Globe

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by Anonymousreply 302September 6, 2023 10:29 PM

Here I Go Again - Whitesnake

by Anonymousreply 303September 6, 2023 10:34 PM

Jellyfish - The King is Half-Undressed

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by Anonymousreply 304September 6, 2023 10:34 PM

NWA - Straight Outta Compton

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by Anonymousreply 305September 6, 2023 10:37 PM

People Are Still Having Sex by LaTour

by Anonymousreply 306September 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

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by Anonymousreply 307September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 308September 6, 2023 10:45 PM

R308, no I remember that one quite well and thought of posting it. Good one.

by Anonymousreply 309September 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 Anonymousreply 310September 6, 2023 10:47 PM

Cassingles! I had a backpack full of them. Wow, we're really dating ourselves!

by Anonymousreply 311September 6, 2023 10:54 PM

I always wondered if holmes was throwing hanky code...

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by Anonymousreply 312September 6, 2023 11:18 PM

r312 those guys were SO gay

by Anonymousreply 313September 6, 2023 11:20 PM

Did someone say gay?

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by Anonymousreply 314September 6, 2023 11:27 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.

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by Anonymousreply 315September 6, 2023 11:28 PM

This one was underrated.

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by Anonymousreply 316September 6, 2023 11:29 PM

Can't believe none of you bitches have mentioned Queen Celine!

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by Anonymousreply 317September 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 Anonymousreply 318September 7, 2023 12:11 AM

White Lines

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by Anonymousreply 319September 7, 2023 12:18 AM

Jane's Addiction - "Been Caught Stealing" (1990).

Fun song .. and the camptastic video still makes me laugh. .. Such a gem.

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by Anonymousreply 320September 7, 2023 12:18 AM

I LOVE Been Caught Stealing! Thanks r320. That song still sounds fantastic.

by Anonymousreply 321September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 322September 7, 2023 12:32 AM

Joey by Concrete Blonde, one of my all-time favorite songs.

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by Anonymousreply 323September 7, 2023 1:08 AM

With all these YouTube links this thread is probably going to shit out around 400

by Anonymousreply 324September 7, 2023 1:09 AM

Except for the geezers on HP desktops

by Anonymousreply 325September 7, 2023 1:09 AM

Another Big Fun. I don’t know which of the three came first, but this is the best.

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by Anonymousreply 326September 7, 2023 1:10 AM

Start a new thread, r324. Declare this one closed. 300+ is impossible on phones.

by Anonymousreply 327September 7, 2023 1:11 AM

Tennessee by Arrested Development

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by Anonymousreply 328September 7, 2023 1:26 AM

Cliffs of Dover. By Eric Johnson. No words, just a screaming guitar.

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by Anonymousreply 329September 7, 2023 1:27 AM

Toad

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by Anonymousreply 330September 7, 2023 1:28 AM

Gin Blossoms- Found Out About You. 1989

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by Anonymousreply 331September 7, 2023 1:29 AM

The Whistle Song by Frankie Knuckles (RIP)

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by Anonymousreply 332September 7, 2023 1:30 AM

A Phil Collins song that makes me feel sad:

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by Anonymousreply 333September 7, 2023 1:33 AM

And one that makes me feel happy:

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by Anonymousreply 334September 7, 2023 1:33 AM

Pavement's Slanted and Enchanted album blew my mind when it came out in '92

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by Anonymousreply 335September 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

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by Anonymousreply 336September 7, 2023 1:56 AM

It's an acquired taste, but they were ahead of their time here, anticipating grunge

Sonic Youth - Kool Thing

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by Anonymousreply 337September 7, 2023 2:05 AM

Cracker - Low

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by Anonymousreply 338September 7, 2023 2:06 AM

Lords of Acid - I Sit on Acid

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by Anonymousreply 339September 7, 2023 2:37 AM

Poison Heart- The Ramones

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by Anonymousreply 340September 7, 2023 2:58 AM

Sanctified. NIN.

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by Anonymousreply 341September 7, 2023 3:02 AM

Later covered by Liza on Results (1990).

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by Anonymousreply 342September 7, 2023 3:10 AM

Love this song

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by Anonymousreply 343September 7, 2023 3:14 AM

Pet Sematary- Ramones, from 1989.

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by Anonymousreply 344September 7, 2023 3:48 AM

He would swear by his mouth all mighty.

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by Anonymousreply 345September 7, 2023 4:01 AM

Pet Shop Boys covering "Go West" (1993).

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by Anonymousreply 346September 7, 2023 5:14 AM

The Human League - Heart Like A Wheel.

Probably would have been a bigger hit, if the video wasn't so crap.

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by Anonymousreply 347September 7, 2023 11:01 AM

EMF - I Believe

I wanted to fuck all of them, except the older ugly guitarist.

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by Anonymousreply 348September 7, 2023 11:03 AM

Hanson

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by Anonymousreply 349September 7, 2023 11:10 AM

Tom Cochrane: Life Is A Highway (1991)

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by Anonymousreply 350September 7, 2023 12:46 PM

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince: Summertime (1991)

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by Anonymousreply 351September 7, 2023 12:59 PM

Hanson is 1997, which is a huge stretch to be considered early 1990s.

by Anonymousreply 352September 7, 2023 2:20 PM

I am the real Gay Tupac.

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by Anonymousreply 353September 7, 2023 2:46 PM

I thought this song was the best off of that Human League album above =

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by Anonymousreply 354September 7, 2023 3:34 PM

Love Voodoo sounded so unique =

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by Anonymousreply 355September 7, 2023 3:39 PM
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by Anonymousreply 356September 7, 2023 3:41 PM

Once In A Lifetime

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by Anonymousreply 357September 7, 2023 3:44 PM

The one and only Lutha.

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by Anonymousreply 358September 7, 2023 3:44 PM
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by Anonymousreply 359September 7, 2023 3:46 PM

Oh shit that was early 80s.

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by Anonymousreply 361September 7, 2023 3:49 PM

And teachaaa.

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by Anonymousreply 362September 7, 2023 3:52 PM
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by Anonymousreply 363September 7, 2023 3:52 PM

It's Pat!

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by Anonymousreply 364September 7, 2023 3:56 PM

It's Pat's Evening!

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by Anonymousreply 365September 7, 2023 3:57 PM

It's Pat Lifting 'Em On Up!

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by Anonymousreply 366September 7, 2023 3:58 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

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by Anonymousreply 367September 7, 2023 4:00 PM

A song at the end of the album that should've been the lead single -

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by Anonymousreply 368September 7, 2023 4:01 PM

Pat's Back!

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by Anonymousreply 369September 7, 2023 4:11 PM
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by Anonymousreply 370September 7, 2023 4:14 PM

SUPERFLY GUY

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by Anonymousreply 371September 7, 2023 4:15 PM

Luv this song back in the late 80s but I'm shocked it has over 17m YT views =

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by Anonymousreply 372September 7, 2023 4:17 PM
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by Anonymousreply 373September 7, 2023 4:20 PM

Poor Jody hasn't been seen in a DL thread reaching 400 =

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by Anonymousreply 374September 7, 2023 4:23 PM

Maybe the DL told her this =

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by Anonymousreply 375September 7, 2023 4:25 PM

Jody Round 3 =

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by Anonymousreply 376September 7, 2023 4:26 PM

The underrated Lisa F. =

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by Anonymousreply 377September 7, 2023 4:30 PM

Here I Am The Queen of Crime!

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by Anonymousreply 378September 7, 2023 4:39 PM
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by Anonymousreply 379September 7, 2023 4:46 PM
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by Anonymousreply 380September 7, 2023 4:46 PM

Play The Field...

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by Anonymousreply 381September 7, 2023 4:51 PM

Silence Speaks...

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by Anonymousreply 382September 7, 2023 4:52 PM

In His Mind...

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by Anonymousreply 383September 7, 2023 4:54 PM

Danny - Tiffany

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by Anonymousreply 384September 7, 2023 4:56 PM

It's The Lover - Tiffany

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by Anonymousreply 385September 7, 2023 4:58 PM

Back In The Groove - Tiffany

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by Anonymousreply 386September 7, 2023 5:00 PM

I Break Down - Tommy Page

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by Anonymousreply 387September 7, 2023 5:03 PM
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by Anonymousreply 388September 7, 2023 5:06 PM
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by Anonymousreply 389September 7, 2023 5:08 PM

This Alone Is Love = a-ha

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by Anonymousreply 390September 7, 2023 5:10 PM

Achtung Baby...the last truly great U2 record

"Mysterious Ways"

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by Anonymousreply 391September 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

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by Anonymousreply 392September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 393September 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).

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by Anonymousreply 394September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 395September 7, 2023 7:34 PM

Last day of School vibes

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by Anonymousreply 396September 8, 2023 12:24 AM

Rhythm Is A Dancer, bitches!

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by Anonymousreply 397September 8, 2023 1:13 AM

Wouldn't call this a "best" but it was a memorable track from 1990

My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Sex On Wheelz

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by Anonymousreply 398September 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.

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by Anonymousreply 399September 8, 2023 1:42 AM

The Cars

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by Anonymousreply 400September 8, 2023 1:47 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 Anonymousreply 401September 8, 2023 2:12 AM

The Outfield - Voices of Babylon - 1989

Amazing track

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by Anonymousreply 402September 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 Anonymousreply 403September 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."

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by Anonymousreply 404September 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:

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by Anonymousreply 405September 8, 2023 2:27 AM

Thank you R404 / R405!!

by Anonymousreply 406September 8, 2023 2:31 AM

Some Lita Ford...

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by Anonymousreply 407September 8, 2023 2:53 AM

1993 White Belly by Belly from their incredible album Star. It wasn't a single, but it should have been

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by Anonymousreply 408September 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

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by Anonymousreply 409September 8, 2023 3:06 AM

r407 r408 r409 Go to the next thread instead of posting in this one anymore.

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by Anonymousreply 410September 8, 2023 3:13 AM

MC Hammer: 2 Legit 2 Quit (1991)

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by Anonymousreply 411September 8, 2023 12:33 PM

Madonna: Vogue (1990)

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by Anonymousreply 412September 8, 2023 12:34 PM

Tom Petty: Free Fallin' (1989)

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by Anonymousreply 413September 8, 2023 12:40 PM

R411 Not only is that one of the worst songs of this time period. It is one of the worst of all time.

by Anonymousreply 414September 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 Anonymousreply 415September 8, 2023 4:14 PM

Nah, this is Hammer’s best- Addams Groove!

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by Anonymousreply 416September 8, 2023 4:45 PM

From 1992 - Utah Saints, "Something Good"

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by Anonymousreply 417September 8, 2023 6:54 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 Anonymousreply 418September 8, 2023 11:08 PM

My favorite single from R.E.M.'s 1992 album Automatic For The People.

"Man on the Moon"

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by Anonymousreply 419September 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

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by Anonymousreply 420September 9, 2023 6:10 AM

C. Rock -

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by Anonymousreply 421September 10, 2023 2:38 PM

R.I.P.

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by Anonymousreply 422September 10, 2023 2:39 PM

R.I.P. George

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by Anonymousreply 423September 10, 2023 2:40 PM
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by Anonymousreply 424September 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)."

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by Anonymousreply 425September 11, 2023 1:48 AM

Michael Penn- No Myth

from 1989.

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by Anonymousreply 426September 16, 2023 2:48 AM

Tori Amos: Crucify (1992)

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by Anonymousreply 427September 16, 2023 12:42 PM

Belinda Carlisle - Leave a Light On

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by Anonymousreply 428September 16, 2023 1:07 PM

This should've been a big radio hit for them =

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by Anonymousreply 429September 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 =

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by Anonymousreply 430September 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 =

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by Anonymousreply 431September 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 -

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by Anonymousreply 432September 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 =

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by Anonymousreply 433September 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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by Anonymousreply 434September 19, 2023 7:40 PM

Tara Kemp - "Hold You Tight" (1991)

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by Anonymousreply 435September 19, 2023 7:44 PM
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