All Songs Rewind: The Legacy Of The '90s
All Songs Rewind: The Legacy Of The '90s
Pearl Jam (top left), Missy Elliott (top right), the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind (bottom right), PJ Harvey (bottom left), Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel (center). Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are both out this week, and in their absence All Songs Considered contributor Katie Presley and ASC intern Julian Ring have done what any respectful colleagues would do in similar circumstances: They have taken control of the entire show.
This week Katie and Julian will share their favorite memories and episodes of All Songs, starting with one of the podcast's most popular shows ever, a 2011 episode that revisits the music of the 1990s: the best, worst and weirdest from a hugely divisive era in music.
This retrospective charts the birth of grunge, the commercial rise of hip-hop, a batch of gutsy female songwriters and a few goofy one-hit wonders we'd mostly forgotten about. This episode is also Ann Powers' debut as a member of NPR Music, and she and Stephen Thompson join Bob and Robin to take a look back at the decade of flannel and spice.
Rewind: The '90s Are Back, Or Whatever...
Smells Like Teen Spirit
- from Nevermind
- by Nirvana
Grace
- from Grace
- by Jeff Buckley
No Surprises
- from OK Computer
- by Radiohead
Doo Wop (That Thing)
- from Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
- by Lauryn Hill
Holland, 1945
- from In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
- by Neutral Milk Hotel
Shine
- from Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid
- by Collective Soul
Black Hole Sun
- from Superunknown
- by Soundgarden
Long Snake Moan
- from To Bring You My Love
- by PJ Harvey
Hit 'Em Wit da Hee
- from Miss E...So Addictive/Da Real World/Supa Dupa Fly
- by Missy Misdemeanor Elliott
Mustt Mustt (Lost in His Work)
- from Mustt Mustt
- by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Steal My Sunshine
- from You Can't Stop the Bum Rush
- by LEN
1979
- from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
- by The Smashing Pumpkins
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
- from Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
- by Lucinda Williams
Soul and Fire
- from Bubble & Scrape
- by Sebadoh
Song 2
- from Blur
- by Blur
Enter Sandman
- from Metallica
- by Metallica
Brimful Of Asha
- from When I Was Born For The 7th Time
- by Cornershop
The Fixer
- from Backspacer
- by Pearl Jam
Note: Ann Powers chose this song to play to show how Pearl Jam is still relevant 20 years after the band started. "The Fixer" is from the group's 2009 album, Backspacer.
When You Sleep
- from Loveless
- by My Bloody Valentine
Delia's Gone
- from American Recordings
- by Johnny Cash
Loser
- from Mellow Gold
- by Beck