Over the weekend I watched Radiohead’s special on VH1. It just so happened that while I was watching this, I was texting Mandy, and I of course had to mention that two Radiohead songs would probably make my top ten list of 90’s songs. But I didn’t have a list and that was just off the top of my head. Mandy went ahead and made one.

This is not in any sort of order. If I were to put it in order of my favorites, then I’d be here way longer than anyone should. Without further ado, here is my list.

1. Creep by Radiohead - Even though “Creep” came out in ‘92 as a single, and ‘93 on Pablo Honey, I didn’t hear it until ‘97 when I heard “Paranoid Android” when OK Computer was released. While other people my age were off listening to Boyz II Men, I was listening to Radiohead. I think that speaks volumes about who I am. Oh, and I should mention, while I was listening to this, Mandy was in the process of developing a huge crush on the Backstreet Boys. I had to throw that in there.
2. Something In The Way by Nirvana - This is probably not Nirvana’s best song, or even a well-liked song by them, but I happen to love it. In ‘91, when Nevermind came out, my friends were listing to “I Wanna Sex You Up,” by Color Me Badd and my dad was listening to “Show Me The Way” by Styx and “Love of A Lifetime” by Firehouse.
3. Champagne Supernova by Oasis - To be honest, this was a toss up between this song or “Don’t Look Back In Anger”. Mandy choose the other, so I opted for this one, but just know that “Don’t Look Back In Anger” is virtually tied with this song. Some of my friends were listening to “Gangsta’s Paradise” by Coolio, while others were listening to whatever was playing by TLC, mainly “Waterfalls” and “Creep”.
4. Better Man by Pearl Jam - To be completely honest, I wasn’t a fan of Pearl Jam when they first came out. It wasn’t until after high school that I began to appreciate Pearl Jam. I still don’t like all of their stuff, or even most of their stuff, and Eddie Vedar’s voice has a tendency to drive me nuts on occasion. However, this is one of the few songs that I liked right away and can listen to over and over again. My friends were all listening to “The Sign” by Ace of Base. Losers.
5. Welcome to Paradise by Green Day - Technically, this song was first released in ‘92 on Kerplunk but I didn’t listen to it, or any Green Day, until this was re-released on Dookie in ‘94.
6. 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins - In general, I don’t like the Smashing Pumpkins. Billy Corrigan’s voice just doesn’t do anything for me. However, there are exceptions, and “1979″ would be one of them. I think it was the video that did it for me.
7. Badfish by Sublime - For the record, I am not a pot head, and in total I’ve only smoked up about five times in my whole life. The first time I smoked up was with my friend Ricardo. I was laughing hysterically for an hour, then my stomach started to hurt horribly, then I mellowed out and listened to 40 oz. to Freedom. Granted, I didn’t get high in ‘92, this was much much later, but it was released in ‘92 so it counts. Why was getting high so significant? It wasn’t. I didn’t really like it and didn’t think I would do it again. It was what happened when I mellowed out and listened to this song. But that’s for another time. In ‘92 my friends and I both were listening to “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-a-lot and some of my friends were listening to “Jump” by Kris Kross.
8. Drive by Incubus - Incubus is probably the only band that I don’t really keep tabs on from this list. Obviously, others I don’t keep tabs on for other reasons, but Incubus is still putting out albums. In ‘99, when Make Yourself came out, I was in high school. A lot of things happened that year that this song reminds me of. This is on here, not because I like the song, but more so for what it reminds me of. Again, that’s for another day. In ‘99 my friends were listening to “No Scubs” by TLC (which I can’t listen to anymore because it was overplayed), “…Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears and some other stuff that I don’t remember.
9. Tripping Billies by Dave Matthews Band - I heart Dave Matthews. “Tripping Billies” was originally released on Remember Two Things in ‘93. It was re-released on Crash in ‘96. I’ve seen DMB live more times than any other band. They were the reason I first picked up my dad’s guitar and learned what all those strings and frets were for.
10. Demons by Guster - I first heard Guster at a DMB concert. I can’t think of a Guster song that I don’t like, but “Demons” is one of my favorites. It was released in ‘97 on their Goldfly album. In ‘97, my friends were listening to Jewel, The Backstreet Boys, and Usher. My ex was listening to Hanson. Go figure.

I could keep going, on and on and on. But I’m going to stop at ten for now and pick it up again later.