My favorite decade for music means a bigger list when compiling the best. As noted and explained in Part 1, I decided to roll with 200 214 songs.
Here are Songs 152 through 103…
152. Thief – Our Lady Peace (1999)
151. Malibu – Hole (1998)
This is the last of the songs I had designated, in the year-by-year reviews, as “Great”. The 143 songs that follow, I had designated as “Awesome”. After going over the aforementioned 57 songs I’m starting to think they should have been considered “Awesome” as well. Yeah, I’m really enjoying this…
150. Wind Of Change – Scorpions (1990)
149. Just Another Day – Jon Secada (1992)
Go ahead and make fun. Another guilty pleasure here. I know it’s not my style and doesn’t fit with these other songs, but I can’t help but sing along to this one even still.
148. Who You Are – Pearl Jam (1996)
147. Remedy – The Black Crowes (1992)
146. Inevitability of Death – The Tragically Hip (1994)
A solid track from Day For Night that grew on me.
145. Something to Believe In – Poison (1990)
144. Yellow Ledbetter – Pearl Jam (1992)
Here’s a song that snuck up on everybody – with gibberish lyrics! But we still love mumbling to it, don’t we?
143. The Bad Touch – Bloodhound Gang (1999)
142. Been Caught Stealing – Jane’s Addiction (1990)
141. Dumb – Nirvana (1993)
Here is the original version, though I probably got to know the MTV unplugged version better.
140. Big Bang Baby – Stone Temple Pilots (1996)
139. Another Sunday – I Mother Earth (1996)
138. Lake of Fire – Nirvana (1994)
137. Ruby Soho – Rancid (1995)
136. Got You Where I Want You – The Flys (1998)
135. Jeremy – Pearl Jam (1991)
134. Bulls On Parade – Rage Against the Machine (1996)
133. The Man Who Sold the World – Nirvana (1994)
132. One – U2 (1991)
A slow song reminding someone of an ex? Why, I never!
131. Fight – The Tragically Hip (1991)
A great song from one of my 10 favorite albums of all time. This is from Road Apples.
130. Off He Goes – Pearl Jam (1996)
129. Push – Matchbox Twenty (1996)
128. Lump – The Presidents of the United States of America (1995)
127. Are You Gonna Go My Way – Lenny Kravitz (1993)
126. Mama Said Knock You Out – LL Cool J (1990)
1990 was the tail-end of my rap phase. Actually, probably a year after said phase. But this song definitely tempted me back. I was 16 and in grade 11.
125. Novocaine For The Soul – Eels (1996)
An underrated song, and from a band I thought could have been bigger.
124. Open Up Your Eyes – Tonic (1996)
123. Everybody Hurts – R.E.M. (1992)
122. High And Dry – Radiohead (1995)
120. Yawning or Snarling – The Tragically Hip (1994)
Always makes me think of the slant that a newspaper journalist is writing from – and how there are other perspectives.
120. My Friends – Red Hot Chili Peppers (1995)
119. Basket Case – Green Day (1994)
118. Where Did You Sleep Last Night – Nirvana (1994)
117. El Scorcho – Weezer (1996)
The only Weezer song on here not from the blue album. This one brings a strong memory. I had just graduated university and was just six or seven months off of my broken engagement. I couldn’t get a job in my field (Statistics) and was in turmoil. Where would I work? What direction would my career go? The summer of ’97 I had hit rock bottom. I was almost destitute – barely paying rent, needing care packages of food from my parents. I was driving a ratty-old pickup truck doing deliveries, plus working part-time at Zellers in the entertainment section. And that’s where this song comes in. We had a limited amount of CD’s we could play in section (you know the area – with the games, CD’s, stereos, TVs, etc.). The only CD I liked was a mix of pop and rock songs. And the best song on it was this one. So it got played many…many times over the six-odd months that I worked at the Guelph location. By December, I had decided to go back to school (I chose Fanshawe in London, to be near friends and family), thus opening a new chapter in my life.
116. Deuces Are Wild – Aerosmith (1994)
An underrated Aerosmith song, and also my favorite from them…
115. Pretty Noose – Soundgarden (1996)
114. Poets – Tragicallly Hip (1998)
When this album first came out, they came to London to do a surprise special show. I pulled an all-nighter with my friends and landed tickets. The second and final time I saw the Hip live.
113. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town – Pearl Jam (1993)
112. Doll Parts – Hole (1994)
111. When I Come Around – Green Day (1994)
110. Creep – Radiohead (1993)
109. Don’t Speak – No Doubt (1995)
It was because of this video that I put Gwen on my Friends-inspired, girlfriend-approved laminated celebrity list. Side note – one of my roommates (university) actually laminated his list! Sadly, I never ran into Gwen and so was unable to make use of said list. Because I’m sure it would have worked.
108. Nothingman – Pearl Jam (1994)
107. Violet – Hole (1994)
106. You Should Come Over – 54-40 (1998)
I always liked this song from an underrated Canadian band. It never went anywhere in the charts and in fact other, worse songs from the same album went further. But this one struck a chord with me.
105. No Way – Pearl Jam (1998)
Never released, but I picked up on this one right away and to this day is one of my favorite Pearl Jam songs. Just a catchy riff, really…
104. Plateau – Nirvana (1994)
103. When You’re Gone – The Cranberries (1996)
That’s it for Part 2. Next two parts are coming up. Thank you for walking with me through my history. If you enjoyed the songs, then we have the same tastes.
I have a 1990s playlist on YouTube here.
Here are songs 214 through 103…
| 103 | When You’re Gone | – | The Cranberries | 1996 |
| 104 | Plateau | – | Nirvana | 1994 |
| 105 | No Way | – | Pearl Jam | 1998 |
| 106 | You Should Come Over | – | 54-40 | 1998 |
| 107 | Violet | – | Hole | 1994 |
| 108 | Nothingman | – | Pearl Jam | 1994 |
| 109 | Don’t Speak | – | No Doubt | 1995 |
| 110 | Creep | – | Radiohead | 1993 |
| 111 | When I Come Around | – | Green Day | 1994 |
| 112 | Doll Parts | – | Hole | 1994 |
| 113 | Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town | – | Pearl Jam | 1993 |
| 114 | Poets | – | Tragically Hip | 1998 |
| 115 | Pretty Noose | – | Soundgarden | 1996 |
| 116 | Deuces Are Wild | – | Aerosmith | 1994 |
| 117 | El Scorcho | – | Weezer | 1996 |
| 118 | Where Did You Sleep Last Night | – | Nirvana | 1994 |
| 119 | Basket Case | – | Green Day | 1994 |
| 120 | My Friends | – | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1995 |
| 121 | Yawning or Snarling | – | The Tragically Hip | 1994 |
| 122 | High And Dry | – | Radiohead | 1995 |
| 123 | Everybody Hurts | – | R.E.M. | 1992 |
| 124 | Open Up Your Eyes | – | Tonic | 1996 |
| 125 | Novocaine For The Soul | – | Eels | 1996 |
| 126 | Mama Said Knock You Out | – | LL Cool J | 1990 |
| 127 | Are You Gonna Go My Way | – | Lenny Kravitz | 1993 |
| 128 | Lump | – | The Presidents of the United States of America | 1995 |
| 129 | Push | – | Matchbox Twenty | 1996 |
| 130 | Off He Goes | – | Pearl Jam | 1996 |
| 131 | Fight | – | The Tragically Hip | 1991 |
| 132 | One | – | U2 | 1991 |
| 133 | The Man Who Sold the World | – | Nirvana | 1994 |
| 134 | Bulls On Parade | – | Rage Against the Machine | 1996 |
| 135 | Jeremy | – | Pearl Jam | 1991 |
| 136 | Got You Where I Want You | – | The Flys | 1998 |
| 137 | Ruby Soho | – | Rancid | 1995 |
| 138 | Lake of Fire | – | Nirvana | 1994 |
| 139 | Another Sunday | – | I Mother Earth | 1996 |
| 140 | Big Bang Baby | – | Stone Temple Pilots | 1996 |
| 141 | Dumb | – | Nirvana | 1993 |
| 142 | Been Caught Stealing | – | Jane’s Addiction | 1990 |
| 143 | The Bad Touch | – | Bloodhound Gang | 1999 |
| 144 | Yellow Ledbetter | – | Pearl Jam | 1992 |
| 145 | Something to Believe In | – | Poison | 1990 |
| 146 | Inevitability of Death | – | The Tragically Hip | 1994 |
| 147 | Remedy | – | The Black Crowes | 1992 |
| 148 | Who You Are | – | Pearl Jam | 1996 |
| 149 | Just Another Day | – | Jon Secada | 1992 |
| 150 | Wind Of Change | – | Scorpions | 1990 |
| 151 | Malibu | – | Hole | 1998 |
| 152 | Thief | – | Our Lady Peace | 1999 |
| 153 | Celebrity Skin | – | Hole | 1998 |
| 154 | What Was Going Through My Head | – | The Grapes of Wrath | 1990 |
| 155 | Disappear | – | INXS | 1990 |
| 156 | Hole Hearted | – | Extreme | 1990 |
| 157 | I Could Have Lied | – | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1991 |
| 158 | Come As You Are | – | Nirvana | 1991 |
| 159 | Jumper | – | Third Eye Blind | 1997 |
| 160 | Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) | – | The Offspring | 1998 |
| 161 | Runaway Train | – | Soul Asylum | 1992 |
| 162 | I Got Id | – | Pearl Jam | 1995 |
| 163 | November Rain | – | Guns N’ Roses | 1991 |
| 164 | Linger | – | The Cranberries | 1993 |
| 165 | Tubthumping | – | Chumbawamba | 1997 |
| 166 | Walking Contradiction | – | Green Day | 1995 |
| 167 | Song 2 | – | Blur | 1997 |
| 168 | Big Me | – | Foo Fighters | 1995 |
| 169 | Drain You | – | Nirvana | 1991 |
| 170 | Only In Dreams | – | Weezer | 1994 |
| 171 | Nearly Lost You | – | Screaming Trees | 1992 |
| 172 | She | – | Green Day | 1994 |
| 173 | Everlong | – | Foo Fighters | 1997 |
| 174 | Closer | – | Nine Inch Nails | 1994 |
| 175 | Pillar Of Davidson | – | Live | 1994 |
| 176 | Dissident | – | Pearl Jam | 1993 |
| 177 | Scooby Snacks | – | Fun Lovin Criminals | 1996 |
| 178 | Miss World | – | Hole | 1994 |
| 179 | You Learn | – | Alanis Morissette | 1995 |
| 180 | All For You | – | Sister Hazel | 1997 |
| 181 | Always on the Run | – | Lenny Kravitz | 1991 |
| 182 | Thank U | – | Alanis Morissette | 1998 |
| 183 | Nothing Else Matters | – | Metallica | 1991 |
| 184 | In The Garage | – | Weezer | 1994 |
| 185 | Breathe | – | Moist | 1999 |
| 186 | Supersonic | – | Oasis | 1994 |
| 187 | Zombie | – | The Cranberries | 1994 |
| 188 | Black Hole Sun | – | Soundgarden | 1994 |
| 189 | Say It Ain’t So | – | Weezer | 1994 |
| 190 | Loser | – | Beck | 1994 |
| 191 | The Distance | – | Cake | 1996 |
| 192 | Roam | – | B-52s | 1990 |
| 193 | Thunderstruck | – | AC/DC | 1990 |
| 194 | Immortality | – | Pearl Jam | 1994 |
| 195 | Tomorrow | – | Silverchair | 1994 |
| 196 | Cumbersome | – | Seven Mary Three | 1995 |
| 197 | Automatic Flowers | – | Our Lady Peace | 1997 |
| 198 | Your Woman | – | White Town | 1997 |
| 199 | The Sign | – | Ace of Base | 1993 |
| 200 | Misery | – | Soul Asylum | 1995 |
| 201 | A Change Would Do You Good | – | Sheryl Crow | 1996 |
| 202 | Possum Kingdom | – | Toadies | 1994 |
| 203 | Santeria | – | Sublime | 1997 |
| 204 | Blue on Black | – | Kenny Wayne Shepherd | 1997 |
| 205 | We’ll Go To | – | The Tragically Hip | 1993 |
| 206 | One Of Us | – | Joan Osborne | 1996 |
| 207 | Popular | – | Nada Surf | 1996 |
| 208 | All Mixed Up | – | 311 | 1995 |
| 209 | Give It Away | – | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1991 |
| 210 | Eat My Brain | – | The Odds | 1995 |
| 211 | Freedom ’90 | – | George Michael | 1990 |
| 212 | Enter Sandman | – | Metallica | 1991 |
| 213 | Mr. Jones | – | Counting Crows | 1993 |
| 214 | Interstate Love Song | – | Stone Temple Pilots | 1994 |
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