The 90's.

Have you ever heard a song and thought to yourself, "Man, that song is so 70's/80's/90's/etc!" Yeah, I have. More than once. It's funny how some decades have certain sounds and styles of music that you can attribute to them. For me, while I love all of the other decades, I'm a big fan of the 90's.

Let's get this straight. I don't like all 90's music. Some of it was pretty awful, and could have never been produced and I would have been okay. That can be said about a lot of decades, though. And I'm probably missing a good chunk of the decade. But I like the majority of it.

I don't really know what kind of sound to attribute to it...there was so much going on. It started with grunge, with the "bubblegum pop" catching the tail end. So I don't know what kind of style I could define it as, but I really like how versatile it was.

One of my favorite 90's bands was the Goo Goo Dolls. They're most popular for their song "Iris" that was featured in the movie City of Angels, y'know, the one with Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan. That's not my favorite Goo Goo Dolls song, though. My favorite is probably "Black Balloon" with "Sympathy" coming in at a very close second. I really love "Black Balloon." The lyrics are up for interpretation, but the music is nothing short of beautiful, to me. One of the better bands from the decade.

Another good 90's band is Matchbox Twenty. They had a lot of popular radio hits, but some of their better songs can be found on their albums, not on the radio, like the song "Hang." It surprised me that Rob Thomas launched his own solo career, but that the group was able to come back together for their "Exile on Mainstream" album. Then he put out another solo album. Go figure.

I wouldn't be talking about the 90's (and doing them justice) if I didn't talk about the "grunge" music. From what I understand, grunge came around in the early part of the decade, and included bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden, (who released an album in the very late 80's, but I'm calling them 90's). They called it the "Seattle sound" and it was super popular until around the time Cobain died, and Pearl Jam decided they hated Ticketmaster. At least that's what I've read. It was pretty influential, though. It created an era of "post-grunge" bands, which can be classified in other genres too, like Bush, and Stone Temple Pilots. The real grunge movement might have been over quickly, but it really influenced the 90's.





Some of my other favorite 90's artists are Oasis, Alanis Morissette, and Third Eye Blind. There are others, I'm sure. All in all, I think that the decade was a good time for music. It might not have had a defining sound, but it definitely sticks out in my mind.






Also, I like this song. I think she was a one hit wonder, and from Australia.


I guess to wrap it up, the 90's was good. There were a lot of good songs, and I just don't have the space to include all of them. But then, I'm biased, because the 90's was the only decade that I can remember. So, I'm open for opinions. Either way, I <3 the 90's.