Quintessential 90's song? Primitive Radio Gods came out at a perfect time for me, I was riding around LA with my older sister and this played on the radio often. This captures a big vibe for me.

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MellifluousManatee@reddit

This one is so underrated, I still listen to it regularly. One of the best one-hit wonders of all time.

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Juztaan@reddit

I’ve been downhearted baby, every since the day

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Juztaan@reddit

No. He says "every", as standard in the particular dialect of AAVE BB King was singing in.

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Secure_Bed_9110@reddit

LOL, what?

Quite a reach there. I guess everybody else's ears are wrong.

That being said, the "" was about the line being, "ever since the day we met," not "every since the day."

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goat_penis_souffle@reddit

I had absolutely no idea this was the lyric. Thought it was “I’ve been up and down Harlem, baby”

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Worldly-Fishing-880@reddit

As a cock 18 year old who thought he knew everything, I was flabbergasted that most people didn't know that was a BB King sample. My friend thought it was Fred Flinstone, lol

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prstele01@reddit

I remember listening to NPR years ago and they BB King song came on and I just stood in the hallway shaking my head for never realizing where that sample came from.

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Juztaan@reddit

😂 Fred Flintstone. I’ve been downhearted, Barney

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sgrams04@reddit

Ever since the day you left. Ever since the day you left.

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Abpoe77@reddit

Too bad he snubbed the music industry. He could have done some more amazing music

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HeywoodJaBlessMe@reddit

Oh yeah. This one is on my "Hyper 90s" playlist reserved for only the most 90s vibey tunes.

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KidFlow1019@reddit

Is Circles by Soul Coughing on your list?

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Hatecookie@reddit

This lives in my brain near Brimful of Asha on the 45 and Novocaine for the Soul

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WhenDarknessFalls81@reddit

Same here! This song brings me back! Damn i miss the 90's

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checkoutmuhhat@reddit (OP)

Good song, outstanding video, one of the best videos of the decade for me.

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jessek@reddit

Good song but that album was such an example of CDs being a rip off since nothing on it sounded like that song

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checkoutmuhhat@reddit (OP)

Yeah I know I bought the cd back then and there was one other song on there that was okay.

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_shaftpunk@reddit

Too bad the rest of the album was weak.

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goat_penis_souffle@reddit

Gin Blossoms Hey Jealousy did it for me

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Worldly-Fishing-880@reddit

Under rated low budget music video too.

"Hey just stand behind this fish tank guys!"

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MydniteSon@reddit

Even though it came out in 1989...I would say "Found Out About You". That song seemed to be EVERYWHERE in the early-mid 90s.

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Ok-Chemist-6781@reddit

Used to play this on test day in my classroom at the start of class.

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A friend and I had to do a creative project for a class in high school. We made a music video of this song. We drove around to various phone booths and filmed with a camcorder. Then I remember somehow hooking up 2 VCRs and a tv so we could put the music over our footage. To this day I don't know how we did it, but it was fun and the video got an A from our peers.

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No_Feeling_9513@reddit

Please tell me you still have it

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justjennyj@reddit

I don't

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fyrefly_faerie@reddit

It’s weird because the early 90s and late 90s feel so different to me. I’d say early 90s = Today by Smashing Pumpkins or a grunge song like Smells Like Teen Spirit

Late 90s - probably something like Backstreet’s Back so some other pop song

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bosco9@reddit

There's that but also early 90s also had gangsta rap in its prime and late 90s also had numetal. I also associate mid 90s with a lot of European dance music

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fyrefly_faerie@reddit

So many options

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DramaticErraticism@reddit

That song always reminds me of the Cable Guy.

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Riker_Omega_Three@reddit

Under the Bridge - RHCP

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bradyblack@reddit

Sometimes-James https://youtu.be/ejU5YAHN3vQ?si=oiPgSa_ipevJMOop

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JaredUnzipped@reddit

Everybody remembers the big hit off this album, but the best song on the album that didn't receive a drop of radio play is Motherfucker.

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BlackLioConvoy@reddit

Morrissey- Tomorrow

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Scrapla1@reddit

Was the theme to one of the best summers of my life. I never hear it on the local radio that plays "classic 90's rock". Whenever I do hear it, it brings me right back!

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The-Get-Along-Gang@reddit

Tom’s Diner! Listening to it, I felt cool.

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fyrefly_faerie@reddit

It’s from 1987 but it’s definitely a quintessential late 80s song

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mvillegas9@reddit

Smells like teen spirit

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VampireOnHoyt@reddit

Beck, "Where It's At." I used to play the opening riff on the marimba before band class every day.

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Tylerdurden389@reddit

Dogs eye view - everything falls apart

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MydniteSon@reddit

Misery by Soul Asylum

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Fixyblue@reddit

Still love this song.

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I_AM_DEATH-INCARNATE@reddit

California Love. Dre and Tupac, fell in love with rap when I heard that for the first time

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Exciting-Argument-67@reddit

I hope you still have your sister, and will for many years. When I lost mine, the number one memory that would even show up in my dreams was when we'd aimlessly ride around town after school, listening to music.

The best memory.

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waywardviking208@reddit

I lost my family in January. Ex owned the house and had a move out order served on me. We have a 5 year old I spent all day every day with since his birth 2 weeks after I turned 40.. needless to say I’ve been downhearted lately and this song that I’ve always loved makes me cry constantly lately but it’s a beautiful song.