The 10 Most Gut-Wrenching 90's ALTERNATIVE Ballads!

Young man that was probably one of your best videos to date. I was struck by how to me, you humanized your message, in how music can speak so soulfully to us as individuals. I'm 60 years old and have been playing guitar since I was knee high. Keep it up. Your greatest strength is your personal approach in how you communicate and connect. 😊

I will always thank the melancholy of the 90s. I was in my 20s and in a very weird place. These songs became a part of me and will always be a part of me.

That song "Winter" gives me chills. I've actually recently taken up piano and one of my goals is to learn that song. Tori is a genius. To be able to play with the complexity she does and sing like an angel at the same time.

Jeff Buckley’s version of Lilac Wine on Grace is really the most stunning singing I’ve ever heard. Best song on the album

My #1 would have to be Joey by Concrete Blonde. "Joey, I'm not angry anymore" is one of the most heartbreaking lines I've ever heard a singer hit.

Yess! 90's alternative ballads. Have been waiting for this one. Love the return of the Ozark shirt! Congrats on 854k Subscribers! Damn, that Taylor looks and sounds beautiful, I want one haha.

Fade into you... one of the most beautiful songs of all time ❤

I couldn't agree more with what you said about Counting Crows and Gin Blossoms. I listened to those 2 bands constantly and to this day, anytime I put them on I'm right back in High School again.

I think you managed to get most of the good ones! Great job on this list! I love that you have "Fake Plastic Trees" on this list. That song and its best friend "High and Dry" have gotten me through some hard times. I remember hearing the latter song on the radio as a kid and it immediately stuck with me, but I didn't learn the name of the song until nearly 20 years after I first heard it! "Fade Into You" is one of the sweetest songs I know. That one automatically plays in my head if I'm feeling sad. One last thing – when that guy complained about you talking too much and you decided you'd talk more just to spite him, he indirectly did me a favor! Your stories are the best thing about your videos!

I love this video and your descriptions of these songs - both ones I loved too, and ones that are new to me. Thank you for being vulnerable sharing your emotions and memories with us!

As a musician who was desperately trying to break into the music industry in the late 90s, nearly all of these songs and albums hit home for me. August and Everything After is one of my lifetime albums. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and passion about this great music.

Really heartfelt video. I was never into alternative in the ‘90’s. I was still listening to 70’s & 80’s Rock….I couldn’t stand the music at the time. As I got older, and had to travel away from my wife and kids for years (starting in 2007 due to coming recession -2008 GFC) I listened to plenty of “classic rock” radio which was now playing these songs. They began to sound like something to me, along with my longing for home….I found myself growing in a calming/pained relationship with so many of these tunes.

9:41 Yes! So glad to hear you’re doing a video on Jeff Buckley’s guitar playing. Such an underrated player whose voice often overshadows his incredible guitar skills. Check out his guitar solo during “The Way Young Lovers Do” live in Corregio, Italy.

Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) reminds me a lot of Susanna Hoffs from The Bangles, both in appearance and in vocal prowess. Both are incredible singers and performers. I admit to having posters of both of them on my wall ball in the 90's. Not ashamed at all.

I knew the guys in the Gin Blossoms back before NME came out. Doug Hopkins, troubled though he was, was a good guy. I was out with them one evening and had no ride home - he gave me the keys to his car and said, "You can get it back to me tomorrow."

Like you said, the entire August and Everything After is such a captivating album, but I always go back to "Anna Begins." There's something about the way that song transitions from the pre-chorus to the chorus, it's like sunlight breaking through the clouds.

I actually got chills for some reason when you went from Fake Plastic Trees to Until I Fall Away. I saw Gin Blossoms in concert for the first time about 4 years ago and they played their cover of FPT and it was so freaking awesome.Gin Blossoms fans probably already knew that was a thing but it was really cool for me.

i first saw jeff buckley on an mtv show that showed up-and-coming bands performing live, in a studio, to nobody. they played 'grace' and it was so far beyond every other song, in every way, that my jaw was on the floor. really wish i could've seen him live.

Fade into You reminds me of a girl I loved that I couldn’t be with back in the mid 90s. I love Hope’s vocals. One of my fav songs of the 90s.

CROWING! Glen Philipps is one of my favorite songwriters. That entire album is incredible, but that particular song is a shining example for me of turning vulnerability into a raw and amazing work of art. In addition, that song makes great use of a capo, and the harmonies are epic.