One of the great untapped resources of this blog is Simons knowledge of music. The tunes below are a snap shot soundtrack to the 90s and when Simon suggested the list he described them as ’songs you forgot’. Turns out he was right, these tunes are from a time when I hadn’t begun drinking, I listened only to 2FM and I still remember putting down ‘74-75′ by The O’Connells as my favourite song in some sort of personal profile we designed in an IT class. I still have no idea what that song is about. The Cardigans I will always associate with my Junior Certificate as they provided the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmans ‘Romeo and Juliet’, our Shakespeare play that year. I’ve gone for ‘My Favourite Game’ rather than ‘Love Fool’ though. No. 1 is a song that I discovered is especially hard to sing in karaoke in recent years, that said, its my favourite of Simons choices.

6. The Cardigans, ‘My Favourite Game’

5. OMC, ‘How Bizarre’

5. Third eye Blind, ‘Semi-Charmed Life’

4. James, ‘Sit Down’

3. Freak Power, ‘Turn on, Tune In, Cop Out’

2. The Connells, ‘74-75′

1. Crash Test Dummies, ‘Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm Mmmm’