sometime during the late 90s, my taste in music began to suck considerably less.  this simply means i stopped listening to n’sync and the backstreet boys, and began listening to well, anything else.

one of my favorite sources of new music back in those days was from movie soundtracks.   i was reminded of my practice of trolling amazon’s soundtrack listings, listening to 30-second snippets to decide if a song was worth a download, while i was watching “can’t hardly wait” this morning (just happened to be on, it wasn’t on purpose or anything).  I remembered how much i used to love some of the songs on that movie,  and then i began thinking about all those other “teen” movies that struck me back at that time, and how they had some great music too.

and it led me here.  re-listening, re-evaluating.  because it’s sunday.  and because it’s easier than going to the gym, yet i still feel somewhat productive.

these are my top 3 songs from my favorite 90s soundtracks:

dazed & confused (1993)

foghat ~ slow ride
war ~ low rider
lynyrd skynyrd~ tuesday’s gone

reality bites (1994)

the juliana hatfield 3 ~ spin the bottle
lisa loeb ~ stay
squeeze ~ tempted

clueless (1995)

world party ~ all the young dudes

radiohead ~ fake plastic trees (favorite)
jill sobule ~ supermodel

can’t hardly wait (1998)

feeder ~ high
matthew sweet ~ farther down
dog’s eye view ~ umbrella

american pie (1999)

blink 182 ~ mutt
dishwalla ~ find your way back home
bic runga ~ sway

drive me crazy (1999)

barenaked ladies ~ it’s all been done
plumb ~ stranded
phantom planet~ is this really happening to me

cruel intentions (1999)

counting crows ~ colorblind (other favorite)
aimee mann ~ you could make a killing
the verve ~ bitter sweet symphony

 

 

 

 

 

-jess

 

And if I could be who you wanted
If I could be who you wanted
All the time, all the time.

radiohead ~ fake plastic trees