So for Wednesday’s mid-week post it’s back to my 90’s playlists and I’ve got up to the halfway point of that decade today! It’s yet another 120 song long playlist on YouTube just above but giving you now another option a little down!
Before we get to anything else for this year’s playlist I’m going to do my little flashback award show for this year, previous I’ve buried these in the opening paragraphs somewhere but going breaking it down and giving them a line each, it’s totally amazing shit! So what do they win? Nothing really but the very best video clip does get moved to the first song on my yearly playlist, Aussie album does have a track very early in the track listing and an oversea album’s song gets to kick start them after all the Aussies/Kiwis have finished. Might go back and edit into this for the last few posts to make it very clear or something? So if you’ve missed them or wanna go back for the rest of those updated mid to late 90’s playlists, links to 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999. What would you say are your own fave/best albums and video clips of this year? Drum roll, my little award shows go to:
The best/my favorite video clip for song of 1995 was Everything’s Fucked by Dirty Three
The best/my favorite “Aussie Album” of 1995 was Soft ‘N’ Sexy Sound by Dave Graney ‘N’ The Coral Snakes
The best/my favorite “Overseas Album” of 1995 was King For A Day, Fool For A Life by Faith No More
For everyone bitching and moaning about YouTube here it is on motherfuckin’ Spotify tooooo but it’s down to only 100 songs:
I cheated by using some convert thingy but some songs seem are totally missing but you’re going to have to figure out which ones those are yourself? Off course, I don’t have to tell you but if the song has video clip you really can’t see it on Spotify. Anyway you might like to listen on that? I don’t really use it so please let us know if that’s a good idea or I might NOT do this again!
A few more little things to point out in this playlist: Aussie acts again at the very start adding up to 43 (in the YouTube playlist) plus also got three Kiwi acts at almost the end of that bit. Included next is Chris Haskett solo instrumental track but it’s guesting the late great Aussie guitarist Rowland S. Howard on it which at number 47 so it’s kind-of half and half so I tagged it at that point, just as the oversea acts bit starts. Dirty Three put out their self-titled debut studio but also drop kind-of demo tape recordings too so they have a couple of tracks from each. Nick Cave did his famous duet with Kylie Minogue, now including it because previously I had the B-side but the Murder Ballads album itself wasn’t released until the following year in early 1996. Also NC appeared on the various artists Batman Forever soundtrack so I couldn’t help myself and included that tooo. Regurgitator released a couple of EPs in one year so once again had to have a song from each of both of them. Those are the doubles this time and kind-of reasons why I broken my one song per artist rule yet again! If anyone is interested? According to YouTube at this time has had a grand total of 267 views, well that’s what it says which is more popular than that SOTD one I posted earlier this month. I started making these yearly playlist a couple ago, I think? Most likely add more to them so anything you think I should have on it? Something I’ve forgotten? Oh yeah, I’ve NOT done 95 in that 1001 albums you must hear before you die book but I’ve NOT been very good at listening/blogging about that lately. Here’s what should play if you happen to press play on my 1995 (on the YouTube playlist):
- Dirty Three – Everything’s Fucked
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Where The Wild Roses Grow (featuring Kylie Minogue)
- Dave Graney ‘N’ The Coral Snakes – Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Where I Hide
- Bluetile Lounge – Figure Ground
- Regurgitator – Blubber Boy
- Ammonia – Drugs
- Tumbleweed – Hang Around
- The Mark Of Cain – Point Man
- Ricaine – Touch Me, I’m Famous
- Cosmic Psychos – Whip Me
- Don Walker – Party
- The Blackeyed Susans – Mary Mac
- Paul Kelly – Deeper Water
- Blekbala Mujik – Walking Together
- Spiderbait – Jesus
- TISM – (He’ll Never Be An) Old Man River
- Rail – Immune Deficiency
- Cranky – Australia Don’t Become America
- Custard – The Synthesiser Is Rapidly Overtaking The Guitar As The Most Popular Instrument In The World
- Ben Lee – Pop Queen
- Fireballs – Go Go Go
- Pollyanna – Lemonsuck
- Front End Loader – Mandino Deluxe
- Kim Salmon & The Surrealists – What’s Inside Your Box?
- Died Pretty – Stops ‘N’ Starts
- Hoss – Dirty Cabbage
- Grinspoon – Sickfest
- Frenzal Rhomb – Genius
- Silverchair – Pure Massacre
- The Screaming Jets – Sad Song
- The Sump – Simply Pilled Honey
- You Am I – How Much Is Enough
- Max Sharam – Coma
- Merril Bainbridge – Mouth
- Regurgitator – Couldn’t Do It
- Dirty Three – Jim’s Dog
- Nick Cave – There Is A Light
- Mick Harvey – Initials B.B.
- Michael Hutchence – Passenger
- Christine Anu – My Island Home
- Ed Kuepper – When I First Came To This Land
- The Meanies – It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘N’ Roll)
- The Cruel Sea – Momma Killed A Chicken
- The Finn Brothers – Only Talking Sense
- Shihad – Silvercup
- The Dead C – Bitcher
- Chris Haskett – Invisible Western (featuring Rowland S. Howard)
- Faith No More – Caralho Voador
- Mr. Bungle – Desert Search For Techno Allah
- The Bucketheads – The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind)
- Madonna – Take A Bow
- Pulp – Mis-Shapes
- Blur – The Universal
- Sonic Youth – Little Trouble Girl (featuring Kim Deal)
- Palace Music – New Partner
- Kyuss – One Inch Man
- Garbage – Vow
- Pavement – Father To A Sister Of Thought
- Red House Painters – Summer Dress
- Mad Season – Long Gone Day (featuring Mark Lanegan)
- Mike Watt – Max And Wells (featuring Mark Lanegan)
- The Fall – Feeling Numb
- Radiohead – Street Spirit (Fade Out)
- Tricky – Aftermath
- PJ Harvey – Meet Ze Monsta
- Fear Factory – Replica
- Primus – Over The Electric Grapevine
- Bad Brains – God Of Love
- Foo Fighters – This Is A Call
- Ben Harper – Ground On Down
- Babes In Toyland – Sweet ’69
- The Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
- The Cranberries – Zombie
- The Flaming Lips – Bad Days
- Bomb The Bass – Bug Powder Dust
- Gravediggaz – Tonight Is A Special Night (featuring Tricky)
- Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Brooklyn Zoo
- GZA – Shadowboxin’ (featuring Method Man)
- Bruce Springsteen – Sinaloa Cowboys
- Elliott Smith – Needle In The Hay
- Throwing Muses – Bright Yellow Gun
- Local H – Cynic
- Quicksand – Delusional
- Everclear – Heroin Girl
- Wilco – I Must Be High
- Juliana Hatfield – Universal Heart-Beat
- Fugazi – Long Distance Runner
- Sleater-Kinney – The Day I Went Away
- Scott Walker – The Cockfighter
- Marianne Faithfull – Who Will Take My Dreams Away?
- Charles Aznavour – I Drink
- Helmet – Custard Pie (featuring David Yow)
- Screaming Trees – Working Class Hero
- Emmylou Harris – Every Grain Of Sand
- Aphex Twin – Ventolin
- The Young Gods – Kissing The Sun
- Filter – Hey Man, Nice Shot
- Smog – Bathysphere
- Edwyn Collins – A Girl Like You
- Thurston Moore – Ono Soul
- Folk Implosion – Natural One
- The Amps – Tipp City
- Cibo Matto – Birthday Cake
- Morphine – Super Sex
- Chris Isaak – Baby Did A Bad, Bad Thing
- Neil Young – Guitar Solo No. 1
- Swans – Where Does A Body End?
- Tom Waits – The Fall Of Troy
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – The Face Of Love (featuring Eddie Vedder)
- Alice In Chains – Head Creeps
- Red Hot Chili Peppers – Coffee Shop
- No Doubt – Just A Girl
- Elastica – Car Song
- Anthrax – Riding Shotgun
- Rollins Band – Fall Guy
- Tad – Emotional Cockroach
- Free Kitten – Royal Flush
- U2 – Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
- Prince – The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
- Björk – Army Of Me
Ending tiny note about today’s featured image: let’s pick a French movie this time around as one of the very best films of 1995! The City of Lost Children who was directed by both Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet and continuing highlighting the female lead as the post’s feature image which seems it’s another childhood actress who stealing the show…
Cheers! 🙂
a1000mistakes 
Glad you’ve got Madonna and Kylie Minogue on your 1995 list!
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Oh yeah, they’re wicked great and really enjoy your blog all about them tooo! Cheers Rebecca 🙂
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I’ve been playing this today while working William. Thanks for putting it together!
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Oh yeah, well i hope it helped? Cheers Kev 🙂
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William, your music tastes and mine couldn’t be any more different! The only song on your Top 100 that’s also on mine is Madonna’s “Take A Bow”, which would be in my top 10 of the 90s.
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Oh right, did you have 95 one or is that all the 90’s? I think, you told me this or something like this before, you know? Like the two of us has or how music taste is so different! I guess, that’s pretty right but “Take A Bow” is bloody great song, would be one of my most faves by her toooo! You didn’t say but if you did have a little listen to the 95 playlist, I hope you enjoyed it? Cheers 🙂
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I basically had my musical head up my ass throughout most of the 90s, so did not like very much 90s music. I don’t remember 1995 as a particularly good year, music-wise, but “Take A Bow” was far and away my favorite song that year. I still listened to mostly mainstream Top 40 stuff back then, so never heard a lot of the songs on your list. Another favorite of mine on your list is Smashing Pumpkins’ “1979”, although it came out in 1996. I also like “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me” by U2.
You’re gonna cringe, but here are my top 10 faves for 1995, most of which are basically easy listening pop. Also odd for me is that most are female artists, which I liked more back then, but not so much today:
1. Take A Bow – Madonna
2. Fantasy – Mariah Carey
3. Believe – Elton John
4. Kiss From A Rose – Seal
5. No More “I Love You’s” – Annie Lennox
6. As I Lay Me Down – Sophie B. Hawkins
7. When I Come Around – Green Day
8. Strong Enough – Sheryl Crow
9. You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette
10. The Sweetest Days – Vanessa Williams
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LOL, your funny and like how you put it! Oh yeah, most deaf Pumpkins and U2 are cool tracks tooooo! Well yeah, that’s very pop top ten, I didn’t really numbered mine but I guess, most likely faves get added first, for the re-jig putting all the Aussies kick-off, trying for nice follow like how I did old mixtapes, remember them? I put You Oughta Know on/in 96 playlist, have i got the wrong year? maybe, it still was in charts because it very popular for very long time. Some reason Madonna crossed over to me, where other mainstream pop acts never did, i don’t why? she’s a little more edgy or something maybe? Can I ask, what about an album of 95, you got one? I named a couple above in the post or maybe was just the hit singles for you! Cheers mate 🙂
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I didn’t buy very many albums that year either. About the only ones I can remember were “Bedtime Stories” by Madonna, which I basically bought to have “Take A Bow”, and Elton John’s “Made in England”, which I bought for “Believe” and “Blessed”. Remember that back in the mid-90s, there was no such thing as streaming or YouTube, so if you wanted a song you had to buy the single or the album. I rarely listened to either of those albums, and just put those songs onto a mixtape I made. I later bought a used CD of Mariah Carey’s “Daydream”, which has “Fantasy”, “Always Be My Baby” and “One Sweet Day”, and a friend made a copy of Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill”.
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Oh yeah, none of that stream shit back then but Mixtapes were great fun back then toooooo! Kind-of figured by what you saying before, just had to ask about albums? Cheers, have a good weekend 🙂
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This was a very good year for music, in general, and “The City of Lost Children” is easily one of my Top 20 fave films. Do you know “Delicatessen”, also by Caro & Jeunet? Another great one 🙂 Cheers, William
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Oh yeah, very good year for music most deaf! Yeah again, Love Delicatessen toooooooooo! Cheers 🙂
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