I didn't realize I would be listening to this playlist for decades to come, because if I had, some of these songs wouldn't have made it. But I'm more naturally a journalist than a blogger, so I have not edited the list or cut out embarrassing choices or songs I'm just tired of hearing. This is a time capsule, and I'm exposing it just as it was preserved. So here are my notes as I relistened to it just last week. Listen along for yourself via Spotify HERE.
1. “That’s
Just What You Are” by Aimee Mann: I’m pretty sure I opened with this one
because of its build-up opening, plus it’s one of those songs that I heard for
a few weeks on MTV and then never heard again. Why was it on MTV, you may be
wondering? Because it was on the Melrose Place soundtrack in 1995. But I do dig
Aimee Mann. In small doses.
2. “Laid”
by James: This song was released in 1993 but I don’t think I heard it until
1995, but then it was everywhere. Except on the radio, or MTV. And I didn’t
want to buy the album because I had never heard of any other songs by James. So
when I got this MP3, it made it on my first mix cd. Now it’s the song I roll my
eyes at some days and belt out on other days.
3. “Perfect”
by Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dreams remains one of my favorite albums of all
time (though I never listen to it), but I was kind of done with the Smashing
Pumpkins by 1998 when this gem came out. I do like the softer side of Billy
Corgan, though he’s still a dick.
4. “Polyester
Bride” by Liz Phair: Liz Phair was one of those super cool female rockers of
the 90s, and though “Supernova” was her big song, this one is much better. The
music, the lyrics, the essence: so 90s.
5. “Angels
of the Silences” by Counting Crows: I never owned “Recovering the Satelites,”
perhaps because the singles were so regularly played on the radio. This one was
my favorite, and I still haven’t tired of it. I like the way the Counting Crows
do it, but I feel like this would make a great punk song too.
6. “Coffee
and TV” by Blur: Everyone knows Blur’s famous “Song 2” (“whoo-hooo!”), but did
you know Blur has OTHER songs too? I didn’t, until I heard this one. I like its
mellow vibe. And it had a cool music video about a milk carton that goes on an
adventure looking for the missing kid whose picture is on the carton.
7. “Cut
Your Hair” by Pavement: This definitely came from one of my friend’s folders,
but I liked this kind of “safe punk” sound, you know, where people aren’t
screaming. I feel like there are a lot of inside jokes in this song too and all
the digs at drummers. It still amuses me.
8. “Roulette
Girl” by Mary Prankster: Mary Prankster is a Baltimore gal, and she came and
played a tiny concert in Stamp Student Union at College Park, and I loved her
stuff, like “The World is Full of Bastards and I’ve Dated Every One,” and some
other one I used to have but have since lost. But this one has great build up
and is a great play on words, and I love it.
9. “Here
Comes Your Man” by the Pixies: This is one of those songs that dates back
before my modern musical consciousness, to 1989, but I had heard it once or
twice in the middle of the night on WHFS and didn’t know who or what it was, so
when I rediscovered it in college, I was ecstatic. And then I discovered how
much I really do like the Pixies, especially Doolittle.
10. “Mr.
E’s Beautiful Blues” by the Eels: I had forgotten the name of this song until I
had to look it up for this playlist. I thought it was called “Beautiful Day.”
Wrong. Do you know the Eels? They are depressing as can be, so again, small
doses, but this song is catchy, and creepy. When I listen to it in the car, I
turn down the volume so the kids can’t hear “GD right it’s a beautiful day” and
instead sing “Got that right, it’s a beautiful day.”
11. “Circles”
by Soul Coughing: This is such a catchy song, and while it got decent play on
the radio, it faded within a year or two. Not in my mind! In fact, this is one
of Rye’s favorite songs. Behind “Runaway Train.”
12. “(Rock)
Superstar” by Cypress Hill: This one doesn’t fit the vibe as much, but I loved
this song, and so does Josh, and you should see us car dance to this. Yes, we
know most of the lyrics. And we think it’s pretty corny, like a Vanilla Ice
song, but we still love it. “People see rock stars, you know what I'm sayin'?
But you still try to get out… Move like everybody else, you know, it’s a fun
job, but it’s still a job.”
13. “Arlington”
by Emmet Swimming: If you didn’t grow up with a D.C. station, you probably
don’t know this one. They were a local band and this was a big song in 1996, and
then it disappeared. But I didn’t forget! This is so classic 90s, both
musically and culturally speaking. Such a time capsule.
14. “Ba
Ba Ba Ba Ba” by The Mr. T Experience: Again, some of that safe punk sound. A
story about a boy in love with his teacher/growing up. And a band called The
Mr. T Experience? Love it.
15. “Scooby
Snacks” by Fun Lovin Criminals: A storyline about robbing a bank, audio clips
from Quentin Tarantino movies, the circular groove: classic.
16. “Doll
Parts” by Hole: I kind of liked some Hole songs, you know, because Kurt Cobain
probably wrote them, but I would never buy a Hole album. But I do like this
song. “I want to be the girl with the most cake.” For real.
17. “California”
by Wax: More safe punk! And this was one of the coolest music videos I’ve ever
seen: just a guy on fire running in slow-mo down a street. This was a song that
disappeared from the public that I was again happy to rediscover.
18. “Jump
Around” by House of Pain: Again, doesn’t make much sense on this cd, but I
think I realized I had 70 or 80 minutes of space to use and I have always loved
this song, since middle school dances.
19. “Dammit”
by Blink 182: I kind of hate Blink 182, more now than I did in the 90s, but
this song came out as I was going through a bad break-up and I held onto it.
And captured it for all time.
20. “Into
the Void” by NIN: Another surprise. I’m like magnetically attracted to Trent
Reznor’s sadness but not vulgarity, and this song keeps the vulgarity at bay. I
like the groove. But I can leave this song now.
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