ONTD Original - The Best Songs of the 1990's

[ichabod_crake]

SO-- the Best Songs of the 1990's... there's a LOT here and a LOT to choose from. These songs are just touchstones in my brain as one growing up and trying just to live life growing up through everything. All of these songs helped me survive being a gay in a world that still wasn't ready for it.

Comments

[lunaserenade]

Phenomenal choices!! Now I’m going to put on P Control by Prince and get nostalgic. Fuck I feel old 🤣

[waffletaco]

i love how on paper, the title makes it sound like a dirty song, but the reality is about a girl who keeps it tight because she's classy and thinking about her future 😭

[screamingintune]

this is a solid list. love that you put the Indigo Girls on there

I submit:

^^ this is my actual favorite song of all time

[waffletaco]

Portisheads live album/dvd is just perfection.
Humming and Roads in particular

[screamingintune]

ugh, the things I would do to get just one more Portishead album in my life

[waffletaco]

They really do be on that less-is-more approach.

Beth is very shy (she was pretty much never apart of interviews), she's not big on touring, so they rarely do.
They pretty much have said "Glory Box" let them have a decent life to live modestly on, so we just do things when we feel like it.

I wish they did a joint tour with MassiveAttack. They share a live keyboardist, too.

[longerthanwedo]

excellent picks!!! As an early 90s baby I love a lot of 90s music.

looooove the inclusion of Nanci Griffith <3 The Flyer album is such a classic to me personally. my dad loved that album and I had it memorized as a youngster lol. he's also gone now and I listen to it a lot. The Flyer, Nobody's Angel (!!!!), and the whole first half of the album especially are so golden

[longerthanwedo]

and the last track, This Heart!! So much fun to sing along with Nanci's vocal inflections

[ichabod_crake]

"On Grafton Street" breaks my heart everytime I hear it....... Tears, tears, tears.

[dadom88]

Mariah's entire 90's catalogue...Everyone else can go home.

[jensonanckles]

Mariah had some absolute bangers.

Butterfly is my favourite album of all times, it's perfect all the way through

[fraises]

As a 1982 bb I need some serious alternative tunes on my list!

[fraises]

But also I love your choices!!