Are you a music fan? See if you can guess these artists of the ’90s by their lyrics!
Who sang:
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
Beck
Smashing Pumpkins
Nirvana
Blink 182
Nirvana
“Smells like Teen Spirit”
Nevermind, 1991
Who sang:
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
The Smiths
Depeche Mode
Radiohead
R.E.M.
R.E.M.
“Losing My Religion”
Out of Time, 1991
Who sang:
I can’t stand it, I know you planned it
I’m gonna set it straight, this Watergate
Coolio
Ice Cube
Beastie Boys
Jay-Z
Beastie Boys
“Sabotage”
Ill Communication, 1994
Who sang:
Tell me why
Ain’t nothin’ but a heartache
Ain’t nothin’ but a mistake
Backstreet Boys
Bel Biv Devoe
98 Degrees
Marky Mark
Backstreet Boys
“I Want it That Way”
Millennium, 1999
Who sang:
Daddy didn’t give affection
And the boy was something that Mommy wouldn’t wear
Spin Doctors
Pearl Jam
Stone Temple Pilots
Sonic Youth
Pearl Jam
“Jeremy”
Ten, 1991
Who sang:
Something’s wrong, shut the light
Heavy thoughts tonight
And they aren’t of snow white
Metallica
Soundgarden
Afghan Whigs
Foo Fighters
Metallica
“Enter Sandman”
Metallica, 1991
Who sang:
In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey
Butane in my veins and I’m out to cut the junkie
With the plastic eyeballs, spray paint the vegetables
Dog food stalls with the beefcake pantyhose
Hole
Weezer
Beck
Lunca
Beck
“Loser”
Mellow Gold, 1994
Who sang:
My man is smooth like Barry, and his voice got bass
A body like Arnold with a Denzel face
Queen Latifah
Roxette
Fugees
Salt ‘n’ Pepa
Salt ‘n’ Pepa
“Whatta Man”
Very Necessary, 1993
Who sang:
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake,
And it rips my life away but it’s a great escape.
Matthew Sweet
Blind Melon
Black Crowes
The Cranberries
Blind Melon
“No Rain”
Blind Melon, 1992
Who sang:
Can you help me remember how to smile?
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded?
Life’s mystery seems so faded
Soul Asylum
Ben Folds Five
Oasis
Jimmy Eat World
Soul Asylum
“Runaway Train”
Grave Dancers Union, 1992
Who sang:
Your groove I do deeply dig
No walls only the bridge
My supperdish, my succotash wish
B-52s
They Might Be Giants
Dee-Lite
Pulp
Dee-Lite
“Groove Is In the Heart”
World Clique, 1990
Who sang:
Faster than the speeding light she’s flying,
Trying to remember where it all began.