Gen X Enters the 90's

So now it is the 90's.  They don't resonate as strongly for me as the 80's, but I think that is because lots of new music styles came out and because I am an adult, I am a less susceptible to their influence as I was as a teenager.  Now there is grunge and urban music.

The one staple that stays with me is Rock. I have always liked rock music, hard rock and of course what chick doesn't like a good rock ballad.  Songs from Poison and Bon Jovi come to mind, and they both have roses in them too!

The 90's bring Enter the Sandman and Nothing Else Matters and  I love James Hetfield's gritty voice. Eddie Vedder was also belting out some powerful songs.

In contrast to those strong gritty voices, I always liked Alice in Chains, with my favorite song being Nutshell.  Blind Melon's No Rain also comes to mind, because i love those songs.  Both lead singers died of drug overdoses.  Of course the king of overdoses and Gunge is Curt Cobain and one can't do a post on 90's influences and not mention Nirvana.  Curt Cobain is close to my age has been dead now since 1994, but he made an impact in such a short time.

If I look at my playlists there are bands that I can listen to over and over.  One that comes to mind is Blue Rodeo.  Nobody can sing at a piano like Jim Cuddy and I have seen them in concert many times.  They have played for years and its obvious when you watch them that they just love to make music.  And they are Canadian!

Some bands are attached to good memories.  Years ago when I was in Hawaii, we listened to some local radio station called K-POI and they played a lot of Offspring and Goo Goo Dolls.  I also went to an outdoor concert on the north shore and saw Matchbox 20, so those are good memories.

A few random songs I like are Joey, Concrete Blonde and What's Up by 4non Blondes.  REM Loosing my Religion, Counting Crows, Mr. Jones, House of Pain, Jump Around, Linkin Park, Breaking the Habit and Return of the Mac by Mark Morrison.

The 90's also had some smoooooth vocals from the likes of Sade and Sara McLaughlin.  How sexy is Sweetest Tabboo?  How beautiful is Arms of an Angel?  How in your face is Alanis Morisette?  You you you outta know!
 
And of course there is still Madonna.  Still re-inventing herself.  She started off the decade showing people how to Vogue and then showing a lot more with her whole Erotica phase. She did a little bondage with Human Nature, and then sang from a balcony with Evita.  She then died her hair black and did the erie Frozen and finished off with her techno Ray of Light.  This is all just in one Decade.

It's hard to believe how fast time passes.  There were songs that seemed like the ninetys but then I realized were late eighty's or more current.   These posts are always hard to narrow down as I like a lot of different music, but this is a smattering of some of my favorites!