The irony of Bittersweet Symphony is that the violin part was also sampled by The Rolling Stones in their song. None of the writing credits should have gone to the Stones since the one part of the song the Verve used, wasn’t the part that The Stones wrote.
Sir Mix A Lot's contribution to rap was so significant that he was knighted by the Queen. Not many other rappers can say that. He doesn't get enough respect
Fun fact about Lisa Loeb, nowadays she makes children’s music! Lullabies, nursery rhymes, all that stuff. Apparently she’s pretty successful in that genre as well. Good for her
Their 2nd album Soup is great too. No Rain is my least favorite song by Blind Melon because it doesn't represent the band that well. I think people write them off as a hippie jam band but if people dig deeper they were much more than that.
So this guy obviously hasn't listened to either Blind Melon album. And doesn't even prepare to get the singer's name correct. And we are supposed to listen to him? Yeah, okay then. Good ole Shannon appeared on GNR Don't Cry.
Cruel intentions. That ending was probably one of the greatest movie endings of all time. Bittersweet symphony is one of the greatest songs of all time in my opinion.
As a Britt, The Verve certainly weren't a one hit wonder over here. Urban Hymes is one of the best selling and influential album of the 90s and Richard Ashcroft is still going strong. Now, if you want a one hit wonder then Babylon Zoo _ Spaceman is the one for you.
@@needfoolthings I've never listened to there songs and don't know what ever happened to them after Spaceman in all honesty. I might have give there album a listen to if I can find it.
Brimful of Asha by Cornershop Inside by Stiltskin Both UK #1 hits by bands that never had another song hit the Top 20 {Animal Army, Babylon's Zoo's follow up to Spaceman actually got to ##17}. - Chumbawamba don't count btw, they actually had TWO Top 10 hits, though no-one remembers the second :)
Great video… don’t forget Chumbawamba-Tubthumper, OMC-How Bizarre, Dog’s Eye View-Everything Falls Apart, Elastica-Connection, Belly-Feed the Tree, Black Lab-Wash it Away, Mighty Joe Plum-15 Stories, Fiona Apple-Criminal, Marcy Playground-Sex and Candy. So many more, I loved being in my teens and twenties in the 90s.
The original Macarena was a big hit in Spain when it came out but it was these two old flamenco dudes who had been around since forever and even your parents would find it old-fashioned because it absolutely was. There are no words for how bizarre it was years later when it suddenly became a massive international hit with a remix that was significantly more awful than the original, it felt like reality had broken down
0:55 I can just about imagine Finn coming to his wife: "honey, please film me walking into a kitchen like the normal middle-class husband I always wanted to be opening a fridge filled with enough groceries to cook for a middle-class suburban family for 2 weeks."
The 2000s had the Ketchup song, which also had a certain dance style. If a song has a certain dance, it´s certain that the artist will remain a one-hit-wonder.
As a young man in the mid to late 90s sowing my oats around the world in the Navy, I can promise you that the Macarena was played at least once a night in every club for about four years. You knew it, you danced to it even if you laughed about it. It's really hard to explain how big that was if you weren't out in the dance club scene then, beyond it became a big song for kids and soccer moms and shit.
The Verve's only big hit in America. Over here in the UK, they were huge with the album "Urban Hymns" containing 4 top 10 singles and selling millions of copies.
The Verve is one of the most underrated bands of the 90s. Urban Hymns is still a great album, Lucky Man & The Drugs Don’t Work should have also been a hits on US radio, but radio stations were still stuck on playing Bittersweet Symphony constantly in rotation, not giving their other songs a chance.
Bitter sweet indeed. Billboard revealed that Ashcroft has only ever received $1,000 in publishing money from 'Bitter Sweet Symphony', which was paid as part of the settlement deal. Billboard estimates the song's total publishing revenue over the years at almost $5 million.
Not to be nitpicky, but wasn’t it specifically Keith Richards that sued them? I think I remember reading they reached out to Richards for the sampling permission, but because he claimed they breached his terms of use, he sued them and received a song credit as a result. This case never sat well with me because Richards’s views don’t make much sense to me, so it seems like legacy artist bullying of a smaller act.
@@damienalvarez2957 IIRC, it wasn't the band that sued, it was their former manager. Jagger and RIchards weren't involved. It was a weird and stupid situation
I was one of the weird 90s teenager that loved both Blind Melon and Sepultura at the same time and didn't really think there was anything weird about it.
i unironically love what’s up. the studio song is okay, but it’s a great alternative to the usual picks like good riddance and wonderwall when asked to pull out an acoustic guitar. everyone sings along and it’s a great time
Speaking of those days, my then gf/later wife got me into Lisa Loeb. The first two albums are fantastic. Seriously, Firecracker is a really fantastic album. Also Ben Folds/Five, which became one of my favorite non metal/punk acts.
I love how when cannonball was on, someone said "You can tell Nevermind happened for sure." What's funny about that is that Kim Deal was in the Pixies whose sound was a major influence on Nirvana's sound.
I used to play a 90's Alt Rock playlist in my coffeeshop in Philly and every song you reviewed (besides the Macarena) was on it! I think the customers all hated it but I didn't care.
Id say the cha cha slide is the 2000's version of the macarena, as like the macarena in the 90's it was played at every single big party and everyone would do the dance. The Cupid Shuffle later in the decade a close second that was also very common and pervasive, Crank that had its moments but was arguably bigger as an online dance or something to do at a small hangout. I rarely saw the Crank that dance done at big parties even during the height of that songs popularity, it fits in more with modern tik tok dances which blow up online, but are rarely done at party's unless there's a bunch of influencers there.
The '90s really were the decade of one hit wonders! You could make quite a few sequel videos with how many there were. Here are my thoughts on each of these: "Baby Got Back" - If you're gonna do a one hit wonder, this is how it's done. An iconic song that most people have probably heard at least once. "Macarena" - I kind of like this song more than I should. As a kid, I had a screensaver with this song on it and I used to drive my mom insane letting it play on the computer. I also learned the dance in gym class, because of course I did. "Stay (I Missed You)" - I didn't like this song at first, but it's really grown on me. There's something about the aesthetic of mid-late '90s acoustic rock songs like this one that makes me intensely nostalgic. "No Rain" - I really like this song! It makes me want to drive down an empty desert highway with the top down. My little brother hates it with a passion, though... "Bitter Sweet Symphony" - When people ask me what my favorite song is, I tell them it's this one. I love it and it never gets old for me. "Cannonball" - I heard this song in a grocery store a couple of weeks ago and it was amazing. Everything about it is cool, from the sexy vocals to the badass production. "What's Up?" - I heard this song in the car last Friday and it was not very amazing. I said the last song sounded badass, but this one just sounds like ass. Those vocals, just why? "Unbelievable" - Another iconic and catchy hit from the early '90s. I just wish I didn't think of all the commercials it's been in every time I heard it...
Over the summer of ‘96, I briefly worked for a pony ride/petting zoo and at either 2nd or 3rd gig with them, it was a giant corporate picnic with a DJ…The Macarena was played AT LEAST 20 times throughout the day. 🤦🏻♂️😂
Aw man, I loved EMF when I was 10. I had Shubert Dip on tape and listened to it constantly. I think that whole UK baggy thing needs to get big, again, and explode on tiktok. EMF and Jesus Jones can do a tour together, and everyone there will look like early '90s Jeff Ament or Linda Perry.
Letters to Cleo! It's so strange, their song "Here and Now" just randomly popped in my head yesterday and I have no idea why but I've been trying to remember who did the song but couldn't - until now!
Stay is a classic… I love Lisa’s voice. The Macarena still plays at parties at the end of the night lol No Rain is still one of my favorite songs to sing when it comes on. Playing all my tracks from back then that I love. ❤ good times and good music for me
Lisa Loeb and Ethan Hawke lived in apartment buildings in NYC that were directly across the way from each other. That's how they met. My cousin Kristina lived in Lisa's apartment building too and considered both of them "theater acquaintances".
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony, was also used in the film Cruel Intentions which was a huge in the 90s starring Sarah Micheller Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Reese Whitherspoon.
Every day, aside from Saturday (and some Sundays) when you don't work, I always go through my notifs when I wake up (I need shit to listen to as I go through my morning routine), and I swipe away the dumb shit and save the interesting sounding stuff to my watch later list, and every single time I get a new upload from either of your channels (except for interviews if I'm being honest), I don't really get down with them unless it's with someone I know/a band I know and like, yada yada yada, I always save your videos last so that it's the first video I see in the playlist; you're prime poopin' playin' playa, and that's the highest honor and most important video of the day Finn me boy 🤙🏻
So much nostalgia in that video... I never knew what half these people looked like, and it makes perfect sense. I hope all these clothing styles make a comeback.
If you've ever watched Falling Down with Michael Douglas, there's a scene where there's a record store with an inflatable baby got back balloon in the background it's so out of place and I love it.
Argh damn it, I missed this on Twitch. Must've been my staff meeting night. 90s music is my favoriiiiiiite! I can't believe you hated No Rain at the time but I'm happy for you that you've grown to accept how wonderful it is.
The album "Pod" that came out right before Last Splash is also amazing. Produced by Steve Albini and features Britt from Slint on drums. a real 90's classic imo!
I hated No Rain at first... But when you listen to the Soup album from a few years later... It's a masterpiece. Shannon Hoon was way out there but so talented. After Soup, they would have put out a decisive record, putting them on the map for good. I'm sure of it. But then there's drugs...
Bittersweet Symphony was a hit not just because the violin but the lyrics are iconic. I'd say the lyrics under a different song would still have been a hit for them.
I remember a teenaged me told my parents the Macarena was like the black plague, no matter where you went you couldn't get away from it. It's the only time I can remember making my dad belly laugh. So for that memory, the song holds a small place in my heart.
Verve was one of the best bands in the 90s. They have a classic shoegaze album (A Storm in Heaven), a classic alternative album (A Northern Soul) and a classic Britpop album (Urban Hymns).
Samuel Bayer, the guy who directed “No Rain” also directed Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, “Zombie” by the Cranberries and “I’m Only Happy a when it Rains” by Garbage, among dozens of other videos. He also directed the 2010 Nightmare on Elm Street remake, so there were some misses as well.
I've mentioned this before but here's another fun fact about Baby Got Back - the girls dancing and shaking their butts in that video are the girls from En Vogue, before they got their big break
6:05 - dude, hot chicks literally ate shit up back then. Yes it’s fucking vapid and it is shit but it was everywhere like Gangnam Style or whatever it was called. But many people liked it. Tons. It’s like The Big Bang Theory. The show was shit. But in its worst week it pulled more viewers than even the best episode of Breaking Bad, one of the best shows of all time. The point is, never assume that cause something is dumb or uncool that it is not widely liked by the masses.
I remember hating most of these when I was growing up; but I don't know if it's because these hook have been implanted in my brain, now that I'm older, it makes so much more sense now. The Breeders are amazing; Kim is a legend. How about Utah Saints, Something Good for next time; the accompanying video is outstanding.
Hahaha. That EMF video…when I was a kid, my older cousin was in the hardcore band Mouthpiece…I hadn’t been to a show or heard their 7” or LP at the time, having only seen photos of them and the bands that inspired then…when I saw this video, I thought that’s what they’d sound like and what their shows were like. 😂
I used to live in Washington years ago and would often pop in to the local Guitar Center near south center mall. I heard on multiple occasions while chatting with employees that Sir Mix-a-lot came in quite often and was a super cool guy. I never ran into him, but cool that he was down to earth like that.
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Was Electric Slide 80s or 90s
The irony of Bittersweet Symphony is that the violin part was also sampled by The Rolling Stones in their song. None of the writing credits should have gone to the Stones since the one part of the song the Verve used, wasn’t the part that The Stones wrote.
Appreciate the walk down memory lane. 🤘
Blind melon a one hit wonder. They had a few hits and are good musicians
Too busy being alternative to tie our boots. Wonderful sense of humor Finn
Sir Mix A Lot's contribution to rap was so significant that he was knighted by the Queen. Not many other rappers can say that. He doesn't get enough respect
I was definitely on my way to google fact check this before I realized what you did there😂
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He's also the only rapper to ever have the privilege of rapping with The Presidents Of The United States
I saw him in '03 when he did a show at the University I attended. he was with Tone-Loc. it was a super fun show. 😎
Truf
Fun fact about Lisa Loeb, nowadays she makes children’s music! Lullabies, nursery rhymes, all that stuff. Apparently she’s pretty successful in that genre as well. Good for her
She was also married to Frank Zappa’ son Dweezil for a few years, which is the most random piece of trivia I can think of
That IS a fun fact
Can't forget her role as the reporter in The House on Haunted Hill remake.
Lisa Loeb rules. her 'Fircracker' album from 97, I believe, is incredible. also, yes I did have a massive crush on Lisa...STILL DO 😎
@@ghost_to_a_ghost Those glasses! Still listen to the 3 of her albums I have, when you just want to listen to a soft female voice.
The entire Blind Melon debut album is fantastic and underrated!
100% true
Their 2nd album Soup is great too. No Rain is my least favorite song by Blind Melon because it doesn't represent the band that well. I think people write them off as a hippie jam band but if people dig deeper they were much more than that.
@@davidhagler8475 How dare somebody refer to them as a one-hit wonder! especially when ther "one hit" is one of their worst songs
So this guy obviously hasn't listened to either Blind Melon album.
And doesn't even prepare to get the singer's name correct.
And we are supposed to listen to him?
Yeah, okay then.
Good ole Shannon appeared on GNR Don't Cry.
Also he died so they couldn’t make more and also a ‘hit’ does not equal quality fuck this guy
Cruel intentions. That ending was probably one of the greatest movie endings of all time. Bittersweet symphony is one of the greatest songs of all time in my opinion.
Agreed I just bought that movie again digitally. One of my favorite movies, and bittersweet symphony at the end was the most perfect song.
Yup, that song hit the ending sooooo perfectly.
Linda Perry from 4NonBlondes is a legit legend. She has been a very influential producer and songwriter for decades up until today.
Yeah. Its weird remembering 99% of people just know her for that song and look.
@@jacksdad734 When she dies, her tombstone will say “HEEEYYY-YYYYYAAAAYYY-YYYYARRRRE LIES LINDA PERRY”
Oh snap....did she die today?
I heard an interview with Kellii Scott from Failure, and he did a lot of work with her during Failure’s hiatus.
What happened today?
As a Britt, The Verve certainly weren't a one hit wonder over here. Urban Hymes is one of the best selling and influential album of the 90s and Richard Ashcroft is still going strong. Now, if you want a one hit wonder then Babylon Zoo _ Spaceman is the one for you.
The Babylon Zoo album was full of hooks, amazing unit and very much underrated.
@@needfoolthings I've never listened to there songs and don't know what ever happened to them after Spaceman in all honesty. I might have give there album a listen to if I can find it.
Brimful of Asha by Cornershop
Inside by Stiltskin
Both UK #1 hits by bands that never had another song hit the Top 20 {Animal Army, Babylon's Zoo's follow up to Spaceman actually got to ##17}.
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Chumbawamba don't count btw, they actually had TWO Top 10 hits, though no-one remembers the second :)
I like them too. I had the CD and it was pretty good.
Highly agree
Great video… don’t forget Chumbawamba-Tubthumper, OMC-How Bizarre, Dog’s Eye View-Everything Falls Apart, Elastica-Connection, Belly-Feed the Tree, Black Lab-Wash it Away, Mighty Joe Plum-15 Stories, Fiona Apple-Criminal, Marcy Playground-Sex and Candy. So many more, I loved being in my teens and twenties in the 90s.
Those just sound like Melvins lyrics.
Blind Melon had so many good songs from that era before Hoon died. I got really into them back in 2008 and love a lot of their music.
Yes!!! That whole album with the bumble bee chick on the front ( think it was self titled) was so damn good
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Hardly a one hit wonder for sure.
Their albums are amazing. No Rain probably one of their worse songs ironically.
They had really great and interesting tunes.
One of my favorite bands.
The original Macarena was a big hit in Spain when it came out but it was these two old flamenco dudes who had been around since forever and even your parents would find it old-fashioned because it absolutely was. There are no words for how bizarre it was years later when it suddenly became a massive international hit with a remix that was significantly more awful than the original, it felt like reality had broken down
The Verve were huge in the UK, they even headlined Glastonbury, so for us in the UK we we don't see them as a one-hit wonder.
I know, I couldn't believe the Verve were a one hit wonder in the States 😮
Shouldn’t have been a 1 hit wonder. Lucky Man & The Drugs Don’t Work should have also been hits on US Alternative radio.
@@S_Over_Street lucky man was used in Marley and me
I wouldnt say hit, but here in Brasil Mtv, Lucky man played a lot, sonnet maybe too
The backstory of "Macarena" is even more insane than that. Todd in the Shadows has an amazing video that summarizes everything.
My favorite one hit wonder from the 90s is “you get what you give” by new radicals
0:55 I can just about imagine Finn coming to his wife: "honey, please film me walking into a kitchen like the normal middle-class husband I always wanted to be opening a fridge filled with enough groceries to cook for a middle-class suburban family for 2 weeks."
Some day we will actually have food in the fridge!
haha i love the moment he glimpses the camera
“Aerodynamically designed to steal your girl.”
Absolute facts about EMF🔥
The 2000s had the Ketchup song, which also had a certain dance style. If a song has a certain dance, it´s certain that the artist will remain a one-hit-wonder.
I’m trying really hard to come up with a rebuttal but damn that’s a solid point.
100%
Asereje
The song is called Asereje, the group was called Las Ketchup Girls
That is one of the worst songs ever written lol
As a young man in the mid to late 90s sowing my oats around the world in the Navy, I can promise you that the Macarena was played at least once a night in every club for about four years. You knew it, you danced to it even if you laughed about it. It's really hard to explain how big that was if you weren't out in the dance club scene then, beyond it became a big song for kids and soccer moms and shit.
4 Non Blondes, Blind Melon and especially The Breeders brought me instantly back to my college GF... So much nostalgia packed in one video!
The Verve's only big hit in America. Over here in the UK, they were huge with the album "Urban Hymns" containing 4 top 10 singles and selling millions of copies.
The Verve is one of the most underrated bands of the 90s. Urban Hymns is still a great album, Lucky Man & The Drugs Don’t Work should have also been a hits on US radio, but radio stations were still stuck on playing Bittersweet Symphony constantly in rotation, not giving their other songs a chance.
@@S_Over_Street Not forgetting "Sonnet". 🤘
That "Bittersweet Symphony" situation was a cursed paradox. Rolling Stones sued them, then they sued Jason Derulo for "Riding Solo"
Bitter sweet indeed.
Billboard revealed that Ashcroft has only ever received $1,000 in publishing money from 'Bitter Sweet Symphony', which was paid as part of the settlement deal. Billboard estimates the song's total publishing revenue over the years at almost $5 million.
Not to be nitpicky, but wasn’t it specifically Keith Richards that sued them? I think I remember reading they reached out to Richards for the sampling permission, but because he claimed they breached his terms of use, he sued them and received a song credit as a result.
This case never sat well with me because Richards’s views don’t make much sense to me, so it seems like legacy artist bullying of a smaller act.
@@damienalvarez2957 IIRC, it wasn't the band that sued, it was their former manager. Jagger and RIchards weren't involved. It was a weird and stupid situation
@@dorinbmf Yep, it was Allen Klein who sued Verve.
They are getting royalties for it now
I was one of the weird 90s teenager that loved both Blind Melon and Sepultura at the same time and didn't really think there was anything weird about it.
“Skin” by Blind Melon is fantastic. About Ed Gein. But the straight forward seeming lyrics become layered in a really great way. Good stuff…
The Lisa Loeb song is the sort of thing I would be listening to on my own, but instantly turn off if a friend turned up at my house unannounced!
i unironically love what’s up. the studio song is okay, but it’s a great alternative to the usual picks like good riddance and wonderwall when asked to pull out an acoustic guitar. everyone sings along and it’s a great time
The Breeders had a second hit on the same album of The Last Splash, called Saints…with the chorus “Summer is ready!…when you are!”
Speaking of those days, my then gf/later wife got me into Lisa Loeb. The first two albums are fantastic. Seriously, Firecracker is a really fantastic album.
Also Ben Folds/Five, which became one of my favorite non metal/punk acts.
I love how when cannonball was on, someone said "You can tell Nevermind happened for sure."
What's funny about that is that Kim Deal was in the Pixies whose sound was a major influence on Nirvana's sound.
I used to play a 90's Alt Rock playlist in my coffeeshop in Philly and every song you reviewed (besides the Macarena) was on it! I think the customers all hated it but I didn't care.
I’m 30 minutes from Philly and I wish I knew about your coffeeshop!
I live in South Philly so I can imagine so since Philly is all transplanted hipsters now.
Considering that we’re basically the same age (I was born in ‘77), I can’t get enough of these types of videos! Please keep ‘em coming, sir!
Id say the cha cha slide is the 2000's version of the macarena, as like the macarena in the 90's it was played at every single big party and everyone would do the dance. The Cupid Shuffle later in the decade a close second that was also very common and pervasive, Crank that had its moments but was arguably bigger as an online dance or something to do at a small hangout. I rarely saw the Crank that dance done at big parties even during the height of that songs popularity, it fits in more with modern tik tok dances which blow up online, but are rarely done at party's unless there's a bunch of influencers there.
The '90s really were the decade of one hit wonders! You could make quite a few sequel videos with how many there were. Here are my thoughts on each of these:
"Baby Got Back" - If you're gonna do a one hit wonder, this is how it's done. An iconic song that most people have probably heard at least once.
"Macarena" - I kind of like this song more than I should. As a kid, I had a screensaver with this song on it and I used to drive my mom insane letting it play on the computer. I also learned the dance in gym class, because of course I did.
"Stay (I Missed You)" - I didn't like this song at first, but it's really grown on me. There's something about the aesthetic of mid-late '90s acoustic rock songs like this one that makes me intensely nostalgic.
"No Rain" - I really like this song! It makes me want to drive down an empty desert highway with the top down. My little brother hates it with a passion, though...
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" - When people ask me what my favorite song is, I tell them it's this one. I love it and it never gets old for me.
"Cannonball" - I heard this song in a grocery store a couple of weeks ago and it was amazing. Everything about it is cool, from the sexy vocals to the badass production.
"What's Up?" - I heard this song in the car last Friday and it was not very amazing. I said the last song sounded badass, but this one just sounds like ass. Those vocals, just why?
"Unbelievable" - Another iconic and catchy hit from the early '90s. I just wish I didn't think of all the commercials it's been in every time I heard it...
Blind Melon had some incredible albums, the song "The Pusher" from their final album is great.
If Shannon Hoon hadn't died, they would've been really big. That entire album was great.
And Galaxie!!
Soup is one of my all time favorite albums.
I was secretly watching this in work and the EMF part broke my cover when I burst out laughing - thanks Finn 😂
Over the summer of ‘96, I briefly worked for a pony ride/petting zoo and at either 2nd or 3rd gig with them, it was a giant corporate picnic with a DJ…The Macarena was played AT LEAST 20 times throughout the day. 🤦🏻♂️😂
I saw EMF play in January this year. They still dress like this and still fucking rule.
Aw man, I loved EMF when I was 10. I had Shubert Dip on tape and listened to it constantly. I think that whole UK baggy thing needs to get big, again, and explode on tiktok. EMF and Jesus Jones can do a tour together, and everyone there will look like early '90s Jeff Ament or Linda Perry.
Macarena was the ultimate school disco song. Unbelievable was a hell of a song.
Surprised not to find MMM-MMM-MMM by The Crash-Test Dummies here
BRING BACK 90'S SNARE TONES. I want a goddamn piccolo snare with so much reverb in the mix that it doesn't end until the next snare hit, goddammit.
Yeah, if it's not the snare sound from Helmet's "Unsung," then I don't want it.
@@devenscience8894 John Stanier's snare tones were out of this world
I remember being in second grade class, and my teacher played The Macarena song and made us dance. The year was 1996.
Same
I also love that Lisa Loeb sang on New Found Glory's cover of Stay.
The best part of McArena is really the dance that can still be fun doing it at a wedding or so with like 100 people.
Love the Lisa Loeb shoutout. A band that reminds me of them from the 90s is Letters to Cleo who also made some major bops
Letters to Cleo! It's so strange, their song "Here and Now" just randomly popped in my head yesterday and I have no idea why but I've been trying to remember who did the song but couldn't - until now!
I was waiting for the Spin Doctors to show up so that I could throw my phone against the wall with purpose...
Stay is a classic… I love Lisa’s voice.
The Macarena still plays at parties at the end of the night lol
No Rain is still one of my favorite songs to sing when it comes on.
Playing all my tracks from back then that I love. ❤ good times and good music for me
Macarena was a phenomenon. Crank Dat and Gangnam Style did not match the dance fever. I remember it being Macarena Day at Yankees Games.
The Blind Melon album ‘Soup’ which came out after the album with ‘No Rain’ is an absolute masterpiece. Highly recommend👍
Blind Melon was brilliant. Such a shame about Shannon Hoon, really talented. That first album actually had some great guitar work and catchy hooks.
Cannonball is amazing. My mom introduced it to me a couple years ago...I'm 23. I'd say it definitely holds up.
Can confirm the Macarena was my favorite song in 4th grade.
Great video! Laughed so much, what a time to be alive.
Lisa Loeb and Ethan Hawke lived in apartment buildings in NYC that were directly across the way from each other. That's how they met. My cousin Kristina lived in Lisa's apartment building too and considered both of them "theater acquaintances".
EMF was the Linkin Park of the early 90s. If you were 11 you felt instantly badass just by listening to them.
"your purple prose just gives you away" that line definitely still holds up.
The Macarena was my first favourite song ever, of course I was born in 1991 😂
All the Filipinos in the world are screaming at how you disrespected the mocarena! Haha
Great video! Been busy with little man so have missed the twitch streams. Still waiting for the prmba onesie lol
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony, was also used in the film Cruel Intentions which was a huge in the 90s starring Sarah Micheller Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Reese Whitherspoon.
Every day, aside from Saturday (and some Sundays) when you don't work, I always go through my notifs when I wake up (I need shit to listen to as I go through my morning routine), and I swipe away the dumb shit and save the interesting sounding stuff to my watch later list, and every single time I get a new upload from either of your channels (except for interviews if I'm being honest), I don't really get down with them unless it's with someone I know/a band I know and like, yada yada yada, I always save your videos last so that it's the first video I see in the playlist; you're prime poopin' playin' playa, and that's the highest honor and most important video of the day Finn me boy 🤙🏻
My high school band "Fuerza" covered EMF nu-metal style back in 2000!!! 🤘
The whole Last Splash album by The Breeders is amazing!
So much nostalgia in that video... I never knew what half these people looked like, and it makes perfect sense.
I hope all these clothing styles make a comeback.
LOVE all the songs!
Thank you for the video.
Was expecting to see The Verve Pipe's "The Freshmen". I can't not think of it whenever The Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony" is mentioned.
Finn is absolutely right. Every punk/hxc kid had a crush on Lisa Loeb. Very lovely.
Yooo I know those ads are annoying, but Factor is legit. My wife and I love it.
19:14 [In Chat] Wolfalley: You can almost smell this video
I'm really glad I happened to see that scroll by.
Lets no forget that New Found Glory covered “Stay” and even had Lisa Loeb sing along with Jordan in their cover version.
If you've ever watched Falling Down with Michael Douglas, there's a scene where there's a record store with an inflatable baby got back balloon in the background it's so out of place and I love it.
I can't help but think of the He-Man cover whenever someone brings up What's Up by 4 Non Blondes
Argh damn it, I missed this on Twitch. Must've been my staff meeting night. 90s music is my favoriiiiiiite!
I can't believe you hated No Rain at the time but I'm happy for you that you've grown to accept how wonderful it is.
That whole Breeders album was pretty good.
The album "Pod" that came out right before Last Splash is also amazing. Produced by Steve Albini and features Britt from Slint on drums. a real 90's classic imo!
4 non blondes aesthetic is so fucking 90s I love it
I hated No Rain at first... But when you listen to the Soup album from a few years later... It's a masterpiece. Shannon Hoon was way out there but so talented. After Soup, they would have put out a decisive record, putting them on the map for good. I'm sure of it.
But then there's drugs...
Bittersweet Symphony was a hit not just because the violin but the lyrics are iconic. I'd say the lyrics under a different song would still have been a hit for them.
That whole Blind Melon album was solid.
I remember a teenaged me told my parents the Macarena was like the black plague, no matter where you went you couldn't get away from it. It's the only time I can remember making my dad belly laugh. So for that memory, the song holds a small place in my heart.
Sir Mix-A-Lot also helped produce music for Ayron Jones before Ayron signed his major label deal.
Verve was one of the best bands in the 90s. They have a classic shoegaze album (A Storm in Heaven), a classic alternative album (A Northern Soul) and a classic Britpop album (Urban Hymns).
The Turnstile comment about the EMF video, omg I cried laughing
Lisa Loeb has not aged.
"We were too busy being Alternative." 😅 True
Samuel Bayer, the guy who directed “No Rain” also directed Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, “Zombie” by the Cranberries and “I’m Only Happy a when it Rains” by Garbage, among dozens of other videos. He also directed the 2010 Nightmare on Elm Street remake, so there were some misses as well.
I've mentioned this before but here's another fun fact about Baby Got Back - the girls dancing and shaking their butts in that video are the girls from En Vogue, before they got their big break
Oh i didn’t know that!
6:05 - dude, hot chicks literally ate shit up back then. Yes it’s fucking vapid and it is shit but it was everywhere like Gangnam Style or whatever it was called.
But many people liked it. Tons.
It’s like The Big Bang Theory. The show was shit. But in its worst week it pulled more viewers than even the best episode of Breaking Bad, one of the best shows of all time.
The point is, never assume that cause something is dumb or uncool that it is not widely liked by the masses.
I discovered EMF in the late 2000's because Thousand Foot Krutch had a cover of it on their first album lol
I remember hating most of these when I was growing up; but I don't know if it's because these hook have been implanted in my brain, now that I'm older, it makes so much more sense now. The Breeders are amazing; Kim is a legend. How about Utah Saints, Something Good for next time; the accompanying video is outstanding.
Hahaha. That EMF video…when I was a kid, my older cousin was in the hardcore band Mouthpiece…I hadn’t been to a show or heard their 7” or LP at the time, having only seen photos of them and the bands that inspired then…when I saw this video, I thought that’s what they’d sound like and what their shows were like. 😂
That was UNBELIEVABLE! lol
“Alright France…”
A Breeders and Veruca Salt tour would be awesome.
Unbelieveable wasn't my sort of song but it's so hooky.
Thumbs up for Blind Melon. RIP Shannon.
Lmao I remember being in gym class in 4th grade when the Macarena was everywhere and they had us do the dance
Finn NEVER mentions OMC How Bizzare one hit wonders videos. That was one of the quintessential 90s one hit wonders. :/
Lol. Lisa Loeb was smokin hot. She was one of my first crushes.
Finn, I am also mad that blind melon is not sepultura.
I still dress like I'm in EMF, luckily the early 90s have made a comeback, and my daughter's 6th grade friends don't know I'm an old loser.
Hell yeah brother, love to see the Lisa Loeb love 🤘🔥 Unironically though that song is amazing.
I used to live in Washington years ago and would often pop in to the local Guitar Center near south center mall. I heard on multiple occasions while chatting with employees that Sir Mix-a-lot came in quite often and was a super cool guy. I never ran into him, but cool that he was down to earth like that.