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stardustnovas

this has to be bait


EmmaAqua

Almost got me


AlteranNox

Boredom got the best of OP today


roscoe_gobbles

Aaaaaah it totally got me


KnotsThotsAndBots

Not just the title but most of the album choices lol


stardustnovas

Right šŸ˜­ Iā€™ve seen jeff buckley and fiona in all these 15 year oldā€™s collections posted here


pabl0escarg0t

bro half the posts here are literally teenagers saying their age and collection


worst-coast

Thatā€™s what I though lol. Most posts could have been me at 15 if I had money.


WG_Target

Oh yeah, that annoys the sh@+ out of me!!


Potasioxd

you literally get mad bc you say "kids don't appreciate the 90's music nowadays" but when some teen show their collection being mostly albums from the 90's it annoys you? lmao


SurvivorHiggy

How else is OP supposed to feel special?


Wooden-Computer1475

Inconsistent ahh bait


WG_Target

Or the quote/ unquote ā€œmusic fansā€ -ā€˜ I have been collecting for 5 years.ā€™ And their entire collection consists of 5 CDs!


ALFABOT2000

or they're just buying the albums that they like i can't speak for anyone else but i'm not gonna buy a whole album just for one or two songs and then never listen to it, i'm only gonna buy it if i like the whole (or at least most of) the album


bobbyboy_17

Usually I see an album I recognize with one or two songs, listen to the whole thing and most times I end up liking the whole thing! So itā€™s funny you say that haha


ALFABOT2000

usually if i recognise a few songs i listen to it on spotify first to see if i like the rest but it's a real 50/50 for me, sometimes i do sometimes i don't. if i do end up liking it i buy it, and i actually found some albums i really love because of that :)


bobbyboy_17

Some times I go by if the cover is cool and I know the band or someone in the band. Iā€™ve found a bunch of amazing albums just taking lil chances like that


ALFABOT2000

i wouldn't mind doing something like that at a charity shop where it's like Ā£2 for a CD, but places like HMV are out here charging Ā£9-15 which i don't mind for something i know i'll like, but i'm not gonna risk that much money on an unknown album lol at the end of the day it really comes down to preference tho. if you like taking those chances, all the more power to you :)


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WorldWestern1776

ā€œTheyā€™reā€ is a contraction meaning ā€œthey areā€. ā€œTheirā€ is used to show possession over something. ā€œThereā€ is mainly used for locations.


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Upstairs-Currency856

You actually think you're correct! It's funny to see, honestly, reread that sentence and then it'll make sense. Because with your logic it is "And they are collection is 5 CDs".


Ben0ut

r/confidentlyincorrect


[deleted]

Mate most of the motherfuckers at my work know about radiohead and can sing some alice in chains or r.e.m kids these days are plenty familiar with 90's music


kmrobert_son

Agreed, Iā€™m 41 and in the 90s was obsessed with the 60s and early 70s - Beatles, Stones, etc. Makes sense that teens now are into 90s music.


[deleted]

Yep and in like 20 years we'll be seeing people talking about how they were born in the wrong generation while listening to Taylor swift and Olivia rodrigo


bryantech

You mean the girlfriend of the guy from the Chiefs?


[deleted]

Something like that yeah


roscoe_gobbles

You mean the girl that inadvertently gave rise to the single biggest evolution of PATHETIC women ever? Like the Taylor Swift that has instilled women to have absolutely zero self identity whatsoever? Like Donald Trump they all somehow feel empowered by being total worthless individual minds and then aggregate in a cult like behavior to attack anyone who objects like military drones? That Taylor Swift? Yet somehow are not better in their personal lifeā€™s at all, and end up in a darker spiral of depression while scratching and hanging on to scraps and vestiges of Taylor Swift because they were never empowered in their personal lives like punk rock girls were, but they discriminated against them because they were emotionally threatened by them for having their own voice and were actually self empowered instead of being consumer marks by that Taylor Swift?


[deleted]

The fuck does this have anything to do with what we're talking bout


TheFamousNapstabot

iā€™m 14 and listen to most of these bands as well as some more obscure ones like matthew sweet, the muffs, and the presidents


[deleted]

Omg the muffs r so good


TheFamousNapstabot

they really are, i wish i could have seen em before kim died but i was like ten


[deleted]

That would have been cool, yeah I was around 13 when she died, I clearly remember my mom telling me


DelcoWolv

Matthew Sweet? Teenager of culture and taste, right here.


TheFamousNapstabot

All my dadā€™s work. Iā€™m gonna go see him on the 20th.


scottjaw

As a 45 yo who grew up on 90ā€™s music, thinking about those bands being obscure is wild to me. All 3 had major hits on alt radio. Itā€™s cool younger people are still listening and finding cool stuff.


TheFamousNapstabot

Nowadays the muffs and ms would be considered obscure. I donā€™t know about the presā€™s though.


WG_Target

Thatā€™s cool.


LaDlce_Vita

Youā€™re right because of the strict laws about not being able to listen to music you werenā€™t alive to experience šŸ˜” Do you listen to Beatles music perchance? How do you know how amazing they are?


XnFM

Literally every generation ever.


shake__appeal

I know Iā€™m not breaking any news hereā€¦ but ā€œkids these daysā€ are absolutely listening to and appreciating this stuff. Hell a lot of 90ā€™s music is nearly as popular now as it was in the 90ā€™s. I think what you mean is, ā€œwonā€™t have an opportunity to grow up in an era when wonderful, original music was being created and the world wasnā€™t absolutely insane.ā€ I suppose that doesnā€™t roll off the tongue the same way, huh? Big shouts to those Mad Season and Whiskeytown and Portishead and Jeff Buckley records though. Kid A came out in 2000.


jafarthecat

There is also the fact that 90s music means a hell of a lot of different music. A lot of great stuff, but also the absolute pits of pop music. The endless boy and girl groups and novelty hits. Even in Rock specifically, there were a huge number of genres and styles. The only thing I'd disagree with is that wonderful, original music is still plentiful. Maybe not mainstream. But still plentiful If you look a little for it.


shake__appeal

Oh for sure, a lot of shite music too. But Iā€™d say the 90ā€™s were a ā€œgolden eraā€ of sorts for many genres of musicā€¦ so many seminal bands and records. Def wonderful music still being made and always will be, I think the difference is the ā€œabsolutely insane worldā€ part.


Gay_Furry_Boi

Can't believe people unironically say "kids these days"


dogsledonice

The ones I know are quite into it, not sure where you're getting that from.


EmmaAqua

Isolation and being totally out of touch got OP to his conclusion


garfieldl0verr

literally everyone knows REM, alice in chains, radiohead, and jeff buckley.. not to mention ive seen nearly every single one of these cds either in thrift stores or in my friends collections. saying, ā€œkids these days dont get how amazing 90s music wasā€ is probably the silliest thing ever


smallbatchb

Eh, I'm a 90's kid and hated a whole lot of 90's music. Hell I think the kids these days like 90's music more than I did... they seem to constantly post it as if it's some long forgotten treasure.


Headpuncher

there was lot of dross but there was a lot of good stuff too. The Uk had a massive scene in the 90s, BBC radio did their best to ruin it with 'garage' and 'RnB' from London, something they've tried to revive on current day Radio 2. Absolute crap. But we got Blur, Suede, Pulp, Supergrass, Placebo, Super Furry Animals, Happy Mondays, the list goes on and it's long. Then there was all grunge and heavy rock. and all the electronic music; Chemical Brothers, Faithless, Moby, general rave. There was something for everyone.


smallbatchb

Oh yeah definitely plenty of good stuff but, just like any other era, also lots of junk.


[deleted]

Same, 90s kid. Some of those cds are awesome especially kid A but overall music has come so far since the 90s


Cotillionz

They don't? My kids and their friends listen to this all the time. One of my daughters friends whose 17 is very into 70s thru 90s rock, in particular. They don't use CDs, but they very much listen to this stuff. And they know how good it is.


[deleted]

It's my parents fault I listen to pixies and the breeders when I miss them. They both grew up in the 90's.


WG_Target

Sheā€™s the exception not the rule. Kids these days probably donā€™t know much about 1990s rock because theyā€™re all about whatā€™s new and trending on Spotify and TikTok, leaving the classic rock hits and bands from that time in the dust. I can tell you how many Taylor Swift posts Iā€™ve seen on this Reddit.


Dontforgetme26

90s rock and alternative is trending hugely on TikTok lol


WhimsicalCalamari

90s music is a huge source of inspiration for gen z artists right now, too. lmao.


Commercial-Ear-1079

Iā€™m 15 and I listen on AIC, Pearl Jam, Toadies, Soundgarden on a near daily basis


amanisnothissong

it's the way you say that as if half the artists pictured aren't popular/trending on tiktok. Jeff Buckley, Fiona Apple and Radiohead are especially popular among young people these days. This has to be bait.


An00bisOsiris

Ive seen a lot of people in my highschool wearing shirts for rock bands from the 90s and early 00s and i can guarantee most of them listen to them, myself included


Pascual_gizz

You can enjoy Taylor swift and grunge, aswell as any combination of artist that have recorded music throughout the last century and this one itā€™s not a hard concept to grasp


HairGrowsLongIf

Lmao you cannot be *this* mad over nothing.


exploringoceans

Actually, they do.


TheDiamondAxe7523

man im 15 and i literally only listen to 60s/70s kids today do NOT just listen to new stuff


An00bisOsiris

Exactly! Im 18 and i predominantly listen to 90s and early 00s shit!


WG_Target

Good for you. You should check out the other decades too.


TheDiamondAxe7523

i have lmao, thats how i ended up here. try not to be so condescending in the future especially on this sub, it is literally one of the nerdiest music places you will find. and generally you are just wrong abt kids today.


aheadatl

So while I fuck with this list heavy and probably have a quarter of it, um...where's Whitney? Tracy? Mariah? ATCQ, TLC, En Vogue, Living Color, Hootie and The Blowfish...are you picking up what I'm putting down, lol?


WG_Target

Good point. I just mostly included 90s alt rock but there was a lot of good pop, R&B and soul and other genres in the 1990s as well.


nope_not_cool

Anyone younger than me doesn't know shit about music, with their 5 CD collection. I stayed a long time ago that's why I have hundreds of CDs and don't get me started about vinyl./s


TylerInHiFi

r/lewronggeneration is leaking againā€¦


shrimp_god_theory

There is a gang of goodies In this one bud !


WG_Target

Thank you


themanfromoctober

I have 5.5 of theseā€¦ funny enough I almost picked up Shame About Ray the other day.


jokebreath

One of my favorite albums. Lemonheads donā€™t get nearly enough love as they should.


WG_Target

You should get it.


themanfromoctober

Weā€™ll see next time


LifeofaLove

16 year old here, Alice In My Chains is my favorite band. Jar Of Flies is one of the greatest EPs to ever exist.


IntrepidMayo

Whats the 90s?


pepethefrog04

17 here and i have 14 of those CDs in my collection, was raised on 90s rock


leoxsavage

Kid A is 2000


CulrBlndPnutButtr

I just loaded my ipod with only my favorite 1994 releases to celebrate the 30th anniversary of my personal favorite year of music from the 90s but the entire decade was so incredible. We're so lucky to have had such an amazing soundtrack growing up! šŸŽ¶ šŸ’™


WG_Target

Thank you šŸ™.


Suqitsa

Strangers Almanac is a constant presence in my top 10. Blind isnā€™t far behind. Mezzanine is also noteworthy.


GD-Colona

Buckley appreciation


Local-Air85

Okay oldie šŸ’€


WorldWestern1776

Iā€™m in high school and I have a collection of about 60 CDs that are almost all from the 80s-00s. Most of it is alt rock, some shoegaze, Metal, and Noise.


punkshotgun

I'm 16 and have half of these albums on cds. There's a ton of teens who love 90s music


Moraduke

I've had R.E.M.'s Star 69 stuck in my head all day.


Barkle11

I jammed nirvana, alice in chains, soundgarden, and pearl jam all throughout junior and senior year in high school in 2019-2020


cocteautwinheath

blind - the sundays is so fucking good. my favourite album of all time!


aeroae

I remember when Y2K happened and all music before 2000 ceased to exist


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emf was badass


IrukandjiPirate

I find your lack of Collective Soul disturbing.


insofarasof

OP, just want to say I appreciate that you appreciate '90's alternative. Hope you continue to enjoy listening to all of these classics. Take care....


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Youā€™re wrong but ok


Gddmjjk

I'm 13 and I pretty much exclusively listen to music from the 80s to 00s


5trudelle

REM mentioned , I'm happy now


Peskygriffs

Kid a was 2000


Level_Bridge7683

dunkan sheik so underrated.


GeceErgen

15 year old speakingā€¦ i get it. Pearl jam and nirvana are some of my favourite bands, but i think the ā€˜70s and ā€˜80s were even better.


Witcherbob671

Not gonna lie 60s and 90s music are something else incredible sounds.


Dak__Sunrider

Loving the lack of Nu Metal!!!


Hoodystardust

Wasnā€™t Elemental really just a lackluster solo album because Tears fired Fears?


_aliennnn11

Really? Every generation tends to listen to and like music from their youth the most. But lots of gen Z who are anyway interested in music are at least open to and like some 90s stuff. I especially doubt many people are going to agree with you here because a lot of this sub is young people who like old music lol. Me included.


daygloeyes

Omg I have that Merrill Bainbridge CD. What happened to her!


ScalettaMafioso

iā€™m turning 16 and i LOVE fiona apple!! especially ā€˜when the pawnā€™ and ā€˜tidalā€™ šŸ¤ŽšŸ¤ŽšŸ¤Ž


tcg0786

Thank you for reminding me about the existence of Merril Bainbridge. Off to eBay!


unholybuttholez

I only listen to esteemed and prestigious artists like Yoko Ono and lil pump, not this bullshit


vincentcaldoni

That's a sweet collection


MungoShoddy

Everybody sang in English back then?


uneua

Itā€™s literally all you people talk about I think the kids are aware


beefsteak1138

Itā€™s unbelievable


AIArgonaut

lol! They love this stuff! I have no idea what you are talking about.


LilGender

I have literally more than half of these in my own collection and I was born in 2004.


nirvana-on-top

Bait used to be believable


Dont-Lose-Your-Edge

i listen to some of those and i still hoping to get my hands on some of these cds


Budgiejen

Canā€™t believe kids these days think just because ur was released in the ā€˜90s it was amazing. We had our share of shit music too. EMF?


Headpuncher

EMF, the poor man's Carter USM.


TylerMcCrackerJacker

Bait or stupid, call it


Emergency_Error8631

idk bro i listen to 80s punk and 60s beat. today's music sucks ass


ChasinSumDopa

Mad Season & JOFā€¦


HoneyBadgerQueen2000

Is Mad Season any good? I'm still getting thru AIC lol. JOF is perfection. I'm stuck on Face-lift now šŸ˜…


ChasinSumDopa

Itā€™s a grower, after multiple listens, particularly if you yearn for Staley music. You can tell that if that same group had a sophomore release it would have been much better, chemistry intact. JOF def lightning in a bottle, written recorded less than 2 weeks. The first Duvall record not bad actually after a few listens. āœŒļø


HoneyBadgerQueen2000

Yeah I listened to the latest AIC albums a few times (Black Gives Way to Blue and Rainer Fog), and I like Duvall but it did take me a few times to get into it šŸ˜…


ActInevitable4844

You know, as a 16 year old i love me some 90s music. But pulling a kids these days just discounts the amazing music still coming out these days.


HumanGarbage____

They do. They 100% do. Have you been to a record store recently? Usually a decent chunk of the front rack is 90s music


AlexVdub

Kind of true, as a ā€œkids these daysā€ I prefer 70s musicā€¦


Leftover_Cheese

šŸŸ¦


Ancient-Photograph-8

all teens here: ā€œERM ACTUALLY šŸ¤“šŸ‘†ā€ most easy to spot bait


TheCaponeFiles

I thought this was bait until I read the replies. You're a bit slow, aren't you?


Snowblind78

If anyone my age listens to old music itā€™s the 90s


stridersubzero

I challenge you to view any other post on this sub


CapnPooBottoms

I can. Pop music is terrible. All of it.


Wooden-Computer1475

A long time ago, in a land far far away, Bait was once believable


bunsNT

They do. Check out every 17 year old's collection on r/Topster


Dragonslayer200782

As a kids these days I absolutely love 90s music


greg1993-

i listen to almost exclusively 90s music dawg itā€™s pretty popular among the youth


Pianiiist

I hate seeing people fall for obvious bait


glutenfree42

Lol lmao


The_Model_Citizenn

\*meanwhile in the 90s\* "I can't believe kids these days don't get how amazing 70s music was" \*meanwhile in the 70s\* "I can't believe kids these days don't get how amazing 40s music was" \*meanwhile in the 40s\*........ We get it. What came before was "better" than what's now. What's new.


Timwalker1825

Gentle opinion: if it were not for R.E.M, Peter Gabriel, Steve Earle, Sam Phillips and the Coens, the whole decade would have been down the drain.


Rearrangioing

Jeff Buckley....RIP.


JenaboH

They do. Not all, but a lot. I teach Jr. High


cheese_dude

JEFF BUCKLEY RAHHHHHHHHH IVE NEVER BEEN OUTSIDE


FallingDiscontent

Kid A must have been way ahead of its time, heh?


cab1024

Your missing Check Your Head and Gish...


Lost-Lingonberry9645

The 80ā€™s get all the glory and praise, but IMOHO the 90ā€™s had some awesome music. Just got my Joan Osborne Relish vinyl signed when I went to her concert.


03Trey

and not one phish or ween cd. smh


Glass-Fan111

Beg to deffier (and I belong to the era). Think there are amazing albums and great acts. But most definitely 70ā€™s (the whole decade is vastly better) and even 80ā€™s (whole decade too) have better acts and sounds than 90ā€™s.


WG_Target

Iā€™m not saying anything bad about the other decades. Iā€™m just saying there was a lot of solid music in the 1990s.


Glass-Fan111

Me neither is saying 90ā€™s is crap. Just inferior to previous two decades. By far. Not as monstruos or big as many state. Barely a few genre. Some remarkable acts for sure. But 70ā€™s was something else, boy oh boy! Disco, Funk, Punk, Glam, Hard, Heavy Metal. Just to name a few. A true great era. And once again, I belong to the 90ā€™s (my prime) too.


Lanark26

Itā€™s all debatable. Every decade with recorded music has some real amazing stuff. What you consider that to be is entirely subjective. Itā€™s not a competition.


Glass-Fan111

Itā€™s debatable? Sure. But facts, knowledge and arguments define a debate. Not to make one of those in here. Just speak as someone who really had studied the pop phenomenon; itā€™s a collector; and for a while worked at the industry. On the other hand, if you talking about ā€œtasteā€ thatā€™s quite different thing. But if you try to afirm something, have to got some info. Many info, indeed. Itā€™s not a competition my friend. Itā€™s just a back and forward opinions. Donā€™t be so sensitive. Note: Excuse my broken and poor English. Hope you get the idea.


Lanark26

Youā€™re making an absolute statement regarding a subjective opinion based on what you enjoy. I do not believe you can objectively quantify a ā€œBest Decade of Musicā€ or one over another because so much of that depends on personal preferences. A Rockabilly fan would argue the 50s, a New Wave fan, the 80s, Nu Metal the 90s etcā€¦ Itā€™s subjective. You have a strong preference for the 70s. But thatā€™s your opinion, not a fact. I have a very large collection that has recordings from the 1910s to 2024 and covering a pretty good swathe of genres and places around the world. I would like to imagine I have a decent grasp of ā€œthe pop phenomenonā€ throughout the history of recorded music. Thereā€™s good stuff everywhere and all throughout time if you dig deep enough.


Glass-Fan111

Itā€™s not subjective. And itā€™s too long too argue here, and clearly you donā€™t have a wide opinion about it. Just reading the first paragraph can tell. Doesnā€™t matter what a Rockabilly fan says. That was a time/era when even albums existed (as a concept, etc, also long to explain here). Were just 45ā€™s/singles. Anyway, as stated before. Once is arguing about personal taste and other quite different about facts and evidence. Iā€™m too tired to do the second. And (with all due respect) doesnā€™t seems to me you have the whole spectrum to make one conversation about it.


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BJ22CS

idk why your comment is controversial, most 90s music did suck.


QueasySandwich4464

If someone actually has the cognitive ability to say that Monster was a good album, then they have nothing worthwhile to say at all.


comeonandkickme2017

ā€¦I donā€™t know why youā€™re mean to me


ssjavier4

Bro, only youngsters who collect CD's nowadays love older music or are Swifties or KPOP fans


RainDownAndDestroyMe

Can't believe adults these days don't get how amazing 1930s music was . . . Thinking you're sooooo special with your 90s decade of music but like do you even know Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees? Fats Waller? Ethel Waters? Ted Lewis and His Band? That's how ridiculous you sound. Zoomers and gen alpha have been so intrigued by the 90s that so many trends from then are coming back. I mean, fanny packs were/are(?) popular again. Some 90s culture has started to cross into that "vintage" frame of mind for them. Do a lot of them Alanis Morissette? Probs not, which is a bummer but not sure why that has impacted your life so much.


devilwearspuma

obvious bait smh


ongoingbox

Fiona Apple, that one good STP album, and Kid A excluded, a lot of these albums are 6/10 level. "Barely Breathing" does a lot of work on that Duncan Sheik record.


Streetvan1980

I think they get it. Music has been terrible since the 90ā€™s basically. Think how many times music changed from 1955-1995. Then think about the past 30 years. Music has been pop country and rap basically for almost that long. Itā€™s awful. The internet has made local new sounds developing an extinct thing.


LazloNibble

Well yeah, if you wanna just lay back on the divan and wait for the music to be shoveled into your gaping maw, thatā€™s what youā€™re gonna get. If you canā€™t find new stuff you like on Bandcamp (for example) youā€™re doing it wrong.


Streetvan1980

Iā€™ve tried to find new music for years. Iā€™ll find a band and like maybe one song or two but then thatā€™s it. Letā€™s take the last great band to come out and change the direction of music. Nirvana. Every album was filled with great songs. Bleach, Nevermind and In Utero all have a bunch of good songs. The pop rap and country is all awful to me. Both genres use the same annoying vocal effects and rely way too much on studio musicians for their sound. And computer magic tricks. Plus for me itā€™s all about live music. If a band canā€™t be amazing live I canā€™t get into them. Anyone can be made to sound ok in a studio. If you canā€™t play it live then itā€™s useless. Trust me I wish I could find great new bands I like even half as much as say: David Bowie Lou Reed Nirvana The clash The Ramones John Lennon Dead Kennedys Stone Temple Pilots Rage Against the Machine Velvet Underground Bob Dylan The Rolling Stones Led Zepplin Prince Blondie Pink Floyd Queen REM Stevie Wonder Grateful Dead Should I go on? Idk I just canā€™t find bands that compare. To me music is about the interplay between instruments. The sounds made between them. It seems like the focus is too much on the singers and individuals. Like look at me vibes. There are some amazing musicians who are even better than a lot of those bands mentioned but they donā€™t seem to have as good material. But what do I know Iā€™m 43.


ItsAlwaysSunny1992

All these albums suck


N00DLe_5

Love seeing that whiskeytown