Music Monday - 90's Anthems

For today's "You Choose" I've decided to bring us a little more up to date and look at the groups that came to the for in the 1990's. In Britain a lot of "Indie" groups appeared on the scene producing numerous good tracks and I've selected five today for you to choose a favorite from.
I think the tracks I've picked give a good indication of the style of music during that period but there are many more I could have picked.

As normal you can vote for the track you prefer on my sidebar as well as comment on this post.

1. Stone Roses "I am the Resurrection" - Although its a tough choice this is my personal favorite song of the 1990's although it has its roots in the late 80's. It was the final track of the groups first album in 1989 but wasn't released as a single until 1992. It is a great surprise it only reached No33 in the chart but later was rated by "Q" Magazine as No10 in its list of greatest guitar tracks of all time. Rolling Stone Magazine rated it No8 greatest Indie anthem ever.


2. The Verve "The Drugs don't Work" - This song from Richard Ashcrofts from their top class album "Urban Hymms" reached the top spot in the UK Chart in September 1987. It was credited on Channal 4's top 100 No1's as caputuring the spirit of the nation as it was released the day after the death of Princess Diana.


3. Manic Street Preachers "If You Tolerate This your children will be next" - This 1998 UK No1 single from this welsh group made the Guiness book of records. Apparently it as the longest title without brackets of any song making the top spot. The song is about the Spanish Civil war about rebels fighting Franco's facist regime and was inspired by The Clash song "Spanish Bombs".


4. Oasis "Wonderwall" - Although many fans of this Manchester supergroup consider this their best single it was actually kept off top spot in the UK charts by Robson & Jerome. It did reach No8 in the US Hot 100 so far the only Oasis song to break into the top ten. It has continued to sell since its 1995 release and has entered the top 100 selling songs of all time.
The song actually takes its title from the 1968 George Harrison album "Wonderwall Music".


5. Stereophonics "The Bartender and the Thief" - When we are talking 1990's groups we've of course got to mention the Stereophonis, hell their lead singer Kelly Jones is a Leeds fan.
For the record this song released in 1998 made No'3 in the UK Chart.


So what do you think ?