My favorite song from '91 would have to be Under the Bridge by The Red Hot Chili Peppers

  There was some great music in '91...

  Kiss Them For Me ~ Siouxsie & the Banshees
  I Touch Myself ~ The Divinyls
  See The Lights ~ Simple Minds
  The Fly ~ U2
  Crazy ~ Seal
  Groovy Train ~ The Farm
  Walking Down Madison ~ Kirsty MacColl
  Caribbean Blue ~ Enya
  Chorus ~ Erasure
  Slave to the Grind ~ Skid Row
  Wonderland  & Phoenix of My Heart ~ Xymox
  Magic ~ The Cud Band

  groove ;) on...

   Kiss Them For Me ~ Siouxsie & the Banshees



Man, I completely forgot about that one.  Loved it! 8)

Since my main introduction to new music at the time, was VH1, I wasn't as into the "1991" 1991 music like "Ice Ice Baby" or "Smells Like Teen Spirit". I was more into pop/rock, AC ballads, and whatever was left over from the '80s (i.e. hair metal, Wilson Philips, certain songs from Huey Lewis, Van Halen, Genesis etc).

Although I think I did start liking some of the more cutting edge "Nineties" music like RHCP's "Under the Bridge".

I forgot to add "Life is A Highway" by Tom Cochrane.  I grew up listening to him, and here I forgot his best known (international) hit  :-[

Yeah, that's a good one. Too bad it didn't hit the U.S. charts until '92. :-\\ Another hand-me-down.

I forgot to add "Life is A Highway" by Tom Cochrane.  I grew up listening to him, and here I forgot his best known (international) hit  :-[



That song is from 1992.  Around April or May.

That song is from 1992.  Around April or May.


"Life Is A Highway" is one of those songs that was released at different times in different countries.  WHistledog is canadian, and the song was released in Late 1991 in Canada

While here in America, it was released in the Summer of 1992 and peaked in August 1992

1991 was the worst year in music for my personal tastes.  Grunge killed "the '80s," and I had yet to discover "Electronica," which was in its nascent stages in '91.  That year I spent a lot of time listening to Brian Eno, Cluster, Cluster und Eno, Robert Fripp, Robert Fripp and Brian Eno, John Cale, John Cale and Brian Eno!  There were some current songs--

U2: One (produced by Brian Eno, One backwards is Eno.)
Brian Eno & John Cale: Lay My Love/One Word
Paul Simon: The Obvious Child
Elvis Costello: The Other Side of Summer
Morrissey: King Leer/Asian Rut
Morrissey: November Spawned a Monster/Piccadilly Palare (1990 releases technically)
The Legendary Pink Dots: The Grain Kings
The Tear Garden: The Running Man
Edward Ka Spel: Tanith and the Lion Tree
International Pop Overthrow: Valerie Loves Me
Kitchens of Distinction: Drive That Fast
Dream Academy: Lucy September
Havana 3 A.M: Reach the Rock
Front 242: Tragedy For You (gonna look for this video on YouTube, come to think of it)
Coil: The Snow
Coil: Windowpane
Cabaret Voltaire: International Language
Kraftwerk: Radioactivity (remixed & reissued on "The Mix")
Xymox: The Phoenix of My Heart (w/Wild Thing outro)
The Pogues: Lorca's Novena/Hell's Ditch (Hell's Ditch album released falll 1990, but my favorite of 1991)
Gary Clail On-U-Sound System: The Emotional Hooligan

   There was some great music in '91...

   Kiss Them For Me ~ Siouxsie & the Banshees
   I Touch Myself ~ The Divinyls


Seriously how could I forget these two?

Xymox: The Phoenix of My Heart (w/Wild Thing outro)



  Seriously Max, I'd never even heard of Clan of Xymox before The Phoenix of My Heart  hit the waves...

  And all fine until the song rolled over to the Wild Thing  thing.  Things like that thing weren't my thing...

  go ;)...

1991 was the worst year in music for my personal tastes.  Grunge killed "the '80s," and I had yet to discover "Electronica," which was in its nascent stages in '91.  That year I spent a lot of time listening to Brian Eno, Cluster, Cluster und Eno, Robert Fripp, Robert Fripp and Brian Eno, John Cale, John Cale and Brian Eno!  There were some current songs--

U2: One (produced by Brian Eno, One backwards is Eno.)
Brian Eno & John Cale: Lay My Love/One Word
Paul Simon: The Obvious Child
Elvis Costello: The Other Side of Summer
Morrissey: King Leer/Asian Rut
Morrissey: November Spawned a Monster/Piccadilly Palare (1990 releases technically)
The Legendary Pink Dots: The Grain Kings
The Tear Garden: The Running Man
Edward Ka Spel: Tanith and the Lion Tree
International Pop Overthrow: Valerie Loves Me
Kitchens of Distinction: Drive That Fast
Dream Academy: Lucy September
Havana 3 A.M: Reach the Rock
Front 242: Tragedy For You (gonna look for this video on YouTube, come to think of it)
Coil: The Snow
Coil: Windowpane
Cabaret Voltaire: International Language
Kraftwerk: Radioactivity (remixed & reissued on "The Mix")
Xymox: The Phoenix of My Heart (w/Wild Thing outro)
The Pogues: Lorca's Novena/Hell's Ditch (Hell's Ditch album released falll 1990, but my favorite of 1991)
Gary Clail On-U-Sound System: The Emotional Hooligan



To be fair, Grunge didn't really explode until 1992.  1991 is credited for the beginning of grunge simply because that's when the artists/songs began to emerge (around November/December 1991) but didn't gain full steam until January 1992

The majority of 1991 (January - October) was pretty much Grunge Free

That song is from 1992.  Around April or May.

In the U.S. it was...but elsewhere in the world, it came out way before that.


"Life Is A Highway" is one of those songs that was released at different times in different countries.  WHistledog is canadian, and the song was released in Late 1991 in Canada

While here in America, it was released in the Summer of 1992 and peaked in August 1992

The artist himself, Tom Cochrane, is also Canadian, I believe.

To be fair, Grunge didn't really explode until 1992.  1991 is credited for the beginning of grunge simply because that's when the artists/songs began to emerge (around November/December 1991) but didn't gain full steam until January 1992

The majority of 1991 (January - October) was pretty much Grunge Free


  Agreed...

  And when the first, early grunge tunes began to trickle onto the "Modern Rock" aiwaves, I was really left scratching my head.  Was a quaint curiosity early in the game...

  I went through a post-hair metal phase in '91/'92 where my listening habits included the likes of New Order, Erasure, the New Order spin-off Electronic (anyone remember "Feel Every Beat" and "Getting Away With It" ?), Siouxsie & the Banshees, early Ministry, The Farm, Gene Loves Jezebel, The Jesus & Mary Chain, CUD, Peter Murphy, XTC, Ocean Blue and similar artists...

  These, among others, were still getting much airplay in the early 90's.  Really had a late-80's feel groove ;) on all...

   

In the U.S. it was...but elsewhere in the world, it came out way before that.
The artist himself, Tom Cochrane, is also Canadian, I believe.


For Canada, it was a hit in 1991 yes.  I'm actually surprised it even made the U.S. charts at all because in the 80s, Tom Cochrane had many popular hits across Canada, most of which were ignored in the U.S. charts.  

With most Canadian artists, it's usually the opposite ... Artist reaches the U.S. chart with one or two popular hits (maybe more), then fades out of the American spotlight, but continues to chart further hits in Canada.  Alannah Myles, Glass Tiger and SoulDecision all did that

For Canada, it was a hit in 1991 yes.  I'm actually surprised it even made the U.S. charts at all because in the 80s, Tom Cochrane had many popular hits across Canada, most of which were ignored in the U.S. charts.  


So I guess we were deprived :-\\ :-
With most Canadian artists, it's usually the opposite ... Artist reaches the U.S. chart with one or two popular hits (maybe more), then fades out of the American spotlight, but continues to chart further hits in Canada.  Alannah Myles, Glass Tiger and SoulDecision all did that

Was Jann Arden among those people? She had a big hit in U.S. in 1996 with "Insensitive"...then nothing more after that (in the U.S., that is).

So I guess we were deprived :-\\ :-[

Was Jann Arden among those people? She had a big hit in U.S. in 1996 with "Insensitive"...then nothing more after that (in the U.S., that is).


She can be added to the list yes, as can celtic singer Loreena McKennitt (I believe her single "Mummers Dance" was popular in the Statee)

She can be added to the list yes, as can celtic singer Loreena McKennitt (I believe her single "Mummers Dance" was popular in the Statee)

Yes it was, in late 1997/early 1998. Man, I love that song. 8) I remember it very well; I was a senior in high school at the time.

For Canada, it was a hit in 1991 yes.  I'm actually surprised it even made the U.S. charts at all because in the 80s, Tom Cochrane had many popular hits across Canada, most of which were ignored in the U.S. charts. 

With most Canadian artists, it's usually the opposite ... Artist reaches the U.S. chart with one or two popular hits (maybe more), then fades out of the American spotlight, but continues to chart further hits in Canada.  Alannah Myles, Glass Tiger and SoulDecision all did that


That Alanis Morissette didn't do too bad over here  ;)

Grunge in 1991? No way, 1991 was a great year. I was 14/15 and having the time of my life! I love Divinyls and I'm glad "Too Many Walls" by Cathy Dennis got a mention.

"Cry For Help" by Rick Astley still gets regular play on my pc.

Mainstream music went downhill from 93 - 96 for me.

Grunge in 1991? No way, 1991 was a great year. I was 14/15 and having the time of my life! I love Divinyls and I'm glad "Too Many Walls" by Cathy Dennis got a mention.

"Cry For Help" by Rick Astley still gets regular play on my pc.

Mainstream music went downhill from 93 - 96 for me.


  "Cry For Help" and "Too Many Walls".?!  Wowsers... :o  Thanks robby...

  I haven't even heard  the names of these songs in, like, a decade.  They both rock..! (but, you know, in a soft kinda way...)

  Throwing another crazy '91 song out there:  "Hippychick"  by Soho.  Had it on cassingle.  I l-o-o-o-ved  that song groove ;) on...

  Throwing another crazy '91 song out there:  "Hippychick"  by Soho.  Had it on cassingle.  I l-o-o-o-ved  that song groove ;) on...

I think that one may have actually been from late 1990. (Where's Ellipsis when you need him?) Yeah, that's a great dance song. That's the one that begins exactly the same way as the Smiths' "How Soon Is Now."

Hippychick by Soho... the title and artist I know, the song however escapes me. I think I need Limewire for that one.

I think that one may have actually been from late 1990. (Where's Ellipsis when you need him?) Yeah, that's a great dance song. That's the one that begins exactly the same way as the Smiths' "How Soon Is Now."


  allmusic has the release year for Goddess  (album on which "Hippychick" debuts) in 1991...

  Also has the single, "Hippychick", debuting in 1990...

  Maybe I should know this, but are singles usually released before their parent albums..?

  go ;)...

 

  allmusic has the release year for Goddess  (album on which "Hippychick" debuts) in 1991...

  Also has the single, "Hippychick", debuting in 1990...

  Maybe I should know this, but are singles usually released before their parent albums..?

  go ;)...

 

Sometimes they are, sometimes not. Sometimes a subsequent single from a parent album may be released after the album. I've said on another thread that most people tend to associate a song with the year that it is released as a single, cuz' that's when the general public knows about it, and when it attains popularity.

Sometimes they are, sometimes not. Sometimes a subsequent single from a parent album may be released after the album. I've said on another thread that most people tend to associate a song with the year that it is released as a single, cuz' that's when the general public knows about it, and when it attains popularity.


  I'm trying to remember if the 1991 release of Van Halen's "Poundcake" predated the release of the parent For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.  if I remember correctly, I might have heard the single on the radio before the album was released...

  You're saying a single can be released after  the album debuts..?  How can that be..?  Are you talking airplay or a hard release (CD, cassette, etc)..?

  I'm trying to remember if the 1991 release of Van Halen's "Poundcake" predated the release of the parent For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.  if I remember correctly, I might have heard the single on the radio before the album was released...

  You're saying a single can be released after  the album debuts..?  How can that be..?  Are you talking airplay or a hard release (CD, cassette, etc)..?

I said a subsequent single from an album... I can give an example. Ace of Base's debut album, The Sign, was released in late 1993, if my memory serves me correctly. The first single from that album, "All That She Wants", came out a couple months before that. The title track, "The Sign", came out in early 1994; and another single, "Don't Turn Around", was released in April (?) of '94, so that was a few months after the album.

I said a subsequent single from an album... I can give an example. Ace of Base's debut album, The Sign, was released in late 1993, if my memory serves me correctly. The first single from that album, "All That She Wants", came out a couple months before that. The title track, "The Sign", came out in early 1994; and another single, "Don't Turn Around", was released in April (?) of '94, so that was a few months after the album.


  Okay, I'm hip...

  So this is the case of "Hippychick" go ;)...

I was spinning "Hippychick" from the 12" single in the club I DJ'ed at around October of '90.  That I know because that place went to sh!t and I left in December that year.  :P

I was spinning "Hippychick" from the 12" single in the club I DJ'ed at around October of '90.  That I know because that place went to sh!t and I left in December that year.  :P


  Wow, October '90..?

  Man, was I off the mark, or what... :P

   Seriously Max, I'd never even heard of Clan of Xymox before The Phoenix of My Heart  hit the waves...

   And all fine until the song rolled over to the Wild Thing  thing.  Things like that thing weren't my thing...

   go ;)...

Well, to be honest, Clan of Xymox was never a great band, they were a mediocre band with "moments."  They had this mysterious allure in their early days (later known as Goth), sort of like a cheesy horror flick that still scares you.  I heard their breakthrough alternative hit "A Day" on Boston's WFNX in the fall of '85.  It took me a while to get the album.  The guy at the mall record store was like, "Zymot, what?" The first two albums "Clan of Xymox" and "Medusa."  (1985, 1986) rank as classics in the Goth genre, along with Bauhaus, Siouxsie & the Banshees, and the Sisters of Mercy.  In the early '90s the band released their 1984 demos as "Subsequent Pleasures," which is retroactively included with classic Clan of Xymox.    They shortened the name to Xymox starting with the 1988 singles.  The 1989 album "Twist of Shadows" had a lighter synth pop sound, but the songwriting and production was more cohesive than the earlier stuff.  I just never thought they would cover The Troggs!  1991--I saw their awaited return, "The Phoenix of My of My Heart" on 120 Minutes, and said wot sheeshe!  They were trying for the dumb "Manchester sound," as in Happy Mondays and Charlatans U.K.  Then they segued into the "Wild Thing Outro," and my disappointment turned to disgust.  I thought, well that's the end of them.  The next few Xymoxes were much worse, lite-weight "Manchester" stuff with some weak stabs at "Acid House."

By 1994 the band was gone, but Ronny Moorings carried on as "Clan of Xymox," and he does to this day.  He still has a loyal Goth following.  Each of the Clan of Xymox full-lengths starting with "Hidden Faces" has a couple of tracks that don't suck.  A few are excellent, especially "Jasmine and Rose" from the "Creatures" CD.  If you told me it was a lost Sisters of Mercy track from the "First and Last and Always" period, I would have believed it.

Anyway, the reason a put a strike-through over "Phoenix" was I expected to like it and was repulsed instead!
;D


Grunge in 1991? No way, 1991 was a great year. I was 14/15 and having the time of my life! I love Divinyls and I'm glad "Too Many Walls" by Cathy Dennis got a mention.

"Cry For Help" by Rick Astley still gets regular play on my pc.

Mainstream music went downhill from 93 - 96 for me.

Well, my older sister went to Evergreen State in Olympia (Matt Groening's alma mater) in the '80s.  In 1987 she sent me a cassette called "Let's Sea" from K Records.  That compilation was proto-grunge.  In the mid-80s grunge was not called grunge yet, but the sound Soundgarden and Nirvana defined for the mainstream was already in full-swing on the Seattle--Olympia axis.  The didn't call it the "Seattle" sound for nothing.  When I listened to that cassette comp, "Let's Sea," I didn't know what the music was called, but I knew I hated it, probably as much as my sister hated Depeche Mode!

True, Grunge didn't get HUGE until 1992, but it had been a staple sound on college/alternative radio at least since 1989.  Thus, it had already killed pop music for me. 

As mentioned in the Xymox comments, there were other horrors in the late '80s...the "Manchester" sound, House music/Acid House (shallow is too deep a word for this crap), early Techno (which wouldn't be good until it became "Electronica"), and the rise of faux-Industrial music (Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, Godflesh, etc)*

* real Industrial Music: John Cage, Edgard Varese, Einsturzende Neubauten, Throbbing Gristle, Coil, Psychic TV, Cabaret Voltaire, Fad Gadget, Monte Cazazza, even some tracks by Depeche Mode, which were directly influenced by Martin Gore's friends, Einsturzende Neubauten.  There will always be contention as to what Industrial music really is/was...but I will stand for electronically distorted hardcore being defined as "Industrial."
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