Everyone remembers the ’90s glory days. It was the beginning of binge-watching Friends and cutting your hair to look just like Rachel Green. Well, as much as your local cable network allowed you to watch since Netflix wasn’t around back then. Come to think of it, the internet wasn’t even widespread yet until the mid-nineties. Who could possibly forget that epic day when the Titanic movie came to theatres. Not to mention that most of the Disney movies were released in the ’90s like The Lion King, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast. It almost makes me wonder what people even did in the ’80s. The ’90s were all about the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and That ’70s show. The ’90s also held the introduction to the religion of PlayStation, where young boys would disappear for days on end.
But what really made the ’90s so great? It was the music of course. Grunge music basically defined the generation. The ’90s was also a time of punk rock like Green Day, The Offspring and who can forget Nirvana. We dressed a little goth like and listened to music lyrics like “Don’t wanna be an American idiot. Don’t want a nation under the new mania. And can you hear the sound of hysteria..” This was the anthem of our decade. But then again, the other half of the ’90s teens were listening to N Sync, Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, Spice girls and every other pop sensation you can think of. Preteens wore Slap bracelets and jelly shoes while jumping up and down to “I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want!” While the heavy metal and grunge listeners wore flannel shirts and ripped jeans while rocking out to Blink 182 and spoke about how no one understood their struggles. And who can forget the gold chain wearing Tupac and Dr. Dre with their low riding wide leg pants? Hip Hop took over the nation and rap was on the rise with Vanilla Ice.’s cult classic “Ice Ice Baby” and “Jump around” by House of Pain was the number one song playing in the clubs getting people dancing.
These epic hit songs and artists defined the ’90s. But what about those lesser known artists who sang those number one hits then slowly disappeared off of our radios. While Nirvana and Britney Spears were a constant throughout the ’90s some artists only produced one hit wonders. Whatever happened to Sir Mix-a-lot and Deep Something Blue. The 90’s produced so many one-hit wonders like “Save Tonight” and “Mambo No. 5” that it begs to question where are these artists now? Have they produced any other music since? And of course how do they look after all these years?
[post_page_title]Joan Osborne, “One of Us”[/post_page_title]
Joan Osborne released the massive hit “One of Us” in 1995 on the album Relish which was produced by Rick Chertoff. “One of Us” quickly rose to the top 40 and hit the top four on Billboard Hot 100. You are probably singing the words to “One of Us” as you read this right now, that song is the epitome of the ’90s hit. “One of Us” became the theme song for the famous television series Joan of Arcadia. “One of Us” even hit number one status across Europe.
