- This song has definitely been played in my mom's car.
- (singing along) ♪ Do you believe in life after love? ♪
♪ (drums playing) ♪
- "Cut it."
♪ (upbeat theme music) ♪
- (FBE) We are heading back to the '90s today.
- Ooh, all the way back. That's ancient.
- (FBE) And we're gonna see if you recognize some music.
- Okay, let's see.
I don't know how I'm gonna do.
The '90s were a long time ago.
- I lived in the '90s for three weeks.
That's the extent of my knowledge.
- I was born in 1998, so obviously I'm not gonna
listen to any music past that.
I'm not really optimistic about my chances.
- See, I appreciate '90s culture a ton.
I'm just not that familiar with it.
- I'm gonna do decent.
If I don't know it, it's because it's a rock song
or a one hit wonder.
- There's so many different genres in the '90s music scene,
so I'm interested to see how I do today.
I'm excited.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ Oh baby, I'm so into you ♪
♪ Darling, if you only knew ♪
♪ All the things that flow through my mind ♪
♪ But it's just a sweet, sweet... ♪
- (singing along) ♪ ...fantasy, baby ♪
- ♪ When I close my eyes... ♪ - I don't think I've heard this,
but I definitely like it.
- This is a bop.
- ♪ ...in my daydreams ♪
♪ But it's just... ♪
- Everything about this screams '90s to me and I love it.
- ♪ ...baby ♪
- It just sounds like every other '90s music.
It just sounds like super vibey.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - I don't know.
It's not familiar to me.
- I don't know that song, but it sounds pretty cool.
- I don't know. Is it, like, Paula Abdul?
I don't even know who else to even say.
- I'm gonna say it's Mariah Carey.
- Something by Mariah Carey.
That voice, it has to be Mariah Carey.
- Definitely Mariah Carey.
No idea what the title is, though.
- Mariah Carey! "Fantasy"?
- (FBE) So this is called "Fantasy."
It's by Mariah Carey.
- Okay, see, she's someone known today, still.
She just hasn't really made anything new.
- I love her. Yes.
Every song she had-- bop. Bop after bop.
- (FBE) Fun fact about Mariah, she sings in a five octave range
and she masters the whistle register.
She made the Guinness Book of World Records
for the highest whistle register in history.
- Wow. Everyone knows Mariah's whistle notes.
They're like, "Ariana Grande's the new Mariah Carey."
Everyone compares people who can do whistle notes
to Mariah Carey.
- That's incredible.
That doesn't even seem human.
She's been around for so long, and she's had so many hits.
She's doing well. Snaps to her.
- She has a crazy good voice. It's unbelievable.
Her music isn't really my style, but, I mean, you can't doubt
that her voice is unbelievable.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ You get a parking violation and a maggot on your sleeve ♪
♪ So shave your face with some mace in the dark ♪
♪ Saving all your food stamps and burning down the trailer park ♪
♪ Yo... ♪
♪ (drums playing) ♪
- "Cut it."
(singing along) ♪ Soy un perdedor ♪
- (singing along) ♪ I'm a loser, baby ♪
♪ So why don't you kill me? ♪
- ♪ Double barrel buckshot ♪
- Okay, see, this would be more on my side of my music.
- I've heard this song, but I don't know who it is.
- ♪ I'm a loser, baby ♪
- It's like a road trip song.
It's really good vibes.
Just imagine, you know, going around a mountainside,
just bopping my head.
- (FBE) Do you know this one? - No.
- I don't know the title or artist.
- "I'm a Loser"?
I don't know the people that do the song.
- It's "Loser" by Beck.
- It is "Loser" by Beck.
- (FBE) So this is called "Loser" by Beck.
- Okay, I know who Beck is.
I don't listen to any of his music.
- "Loser" was the only song I really knew by Beck,
but once I started listening to his newer stuff,
it still stands up.
- His career has been so long.
He is still doing concerts and tours and everything,
and it's one of those things that I have not been a fan,
but I definitely can appreciate his music career.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ I want to stand with you on a mountain ♪
- I can't get jiggy to this.
- ♪ I want to bathe with you in the sea ♪
- Wait.
- This is very, like, boy standing on a beach.
- Like, this music just makes me want to fall asleep.
- ♪ Until the sky falls down one knee ♪
- I feel like my mom plays this.
- It's very relaxing.
It's really good with imagery.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - No.
- I have no idea.
- I don't, but I could definitely jam to it.
- I don't know the title or artist.
I've just heard it before.
- New Kids on the Block, "Bathe in the Sea"?
- (FBE) This is called "Truly, Madly, Deeply"
by Savage Garden.
- I've never heard of Savage Garden, ever.
It sounds like a cool name, though.
- Some band named Savage Garden?
- That might just have to be my new gamer tag for Xbox.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ But sometimes I get ridiculous ♪
♪ I'll eat up all your crackers and your licorice ♪
- Wow, what a beat.
- This song has definitely been played in my mom's car.
- ♪ ...stopped me from getting busy ♪
♪ I'm a freak, I like the girls with the boom ♪
♪ I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom ♪
♪ I'm crazy, allow me to amaze thee ♪
- The '90s.
- ♪ ...don't faze me ♪
♪ I'm still getting in the girls' pants ♪
♪ And I even got my own dance ♪
- (singing along) ♪ The Humpty Dance is your chance to do the hump ♪
♪ Do it, baby ♪
- (gasping) - ♪ Do the Humpty Hump ♪
♪ Come on and do the Humpty Hump ♪
- Yes, okay, I know this song, but I don't know the artist.
It's "The Humpty Hump."
- (FBE) Do you know this one? - No.
- No, I don't.
- Something like "Humpty Hump"?
- This is "The Humpty Dance," but I don't know the artist.
- "The Humpty Dance."
No idea who the artist is, though.
- (FBE) This is "The Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground.
- I've never heard of them.
- Oh, never mind. I wouldn't have got that.
- Oh, my mom's gonna hurt me today.
I think she told me this recently.
- I've never heard of Digital Underground before,
and I've heard this song so many times.
I definitely have a memory of me dancing to this
when I was maybe seven.
- I have no idea who Digital Underground is.
It goes back to narrative rap.
He's telling a whole story while rapping and...
I don't know, it's cool.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ What would you do... ♪ - Oh!
- ♪ ...if my mother can do it, baby, you can do it ♪
- Is this remixing on me?
- No, see, I thought I was gonna get it because of the beat.
- ♪ 'Cause he's hungry ♪
♪ And the only way to feed him is to sleep with a man ♪
♪ For a little bit of money ♪
♪ And his daddy's gone ♪
♪ Somewhere, smokin' rock now ♪
- What is this?
- ♪ I ain't got a job now ♪ - It is a good song, you know.
♪ ...just a good time ♪
♪ But for me, this is what I call life ♪
- Hey, that was funky.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - No.
- No, I don't know it at all.
- I'm not sure what that song is.
- The sample in the beginning sounded familiar,
but I actually don't think I know this song.
- (FBE) This is called "What Would You Do"
by City High. - Ooh.
What would you do? I don't know.
I don't know what I would do.
- I haven't heard of these artists.
This is good.
I need to listen to them more.
- (FBE) This song, along with accompanying music video,
is a motivational anthem for single parents
dealing with poverty and especially for single mothers
who feel forced into prostitution due to the need
to support their children. - Well, damn.
I didn't get any of that.
- When I listened to it, I wasn't really listening
to the lyrics.
I was just like, "Oh, this is a cute pop song."
But it's good that they're sending a message.
- I love it when there's artists who can actually make a difference
by what they're saying and give people
who might not normally have an outlet
to express how they're feeling and empower these women.
- It's a great, happy song, but it's talking about
being a prostitute in order for your kids to have food.
It's a strange juxtaposition between the beat
and the way it sounds and the actual lyrics
and what it's about.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ Touch your lips just so I know ♪
♪ In your eyes, love... ♪
- This just sounds like country music,
and that's a big no-no for me.
- This guy is not enunciating.
- I feel like I used to play this on Guitar Hero
when I was nine years old.
- ♪ Crash into me ♪
♪ Yeah baby... ♪ - Yeah.
- ♪ ...when I come into you ♪
- Do I know this song?
- Oh, this song is really cute,
but I don't think I know who this is.
That made my heart just a little bit warm and fuzzy.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - No.
- I don't.
- I do not know this song.
- No. It sounds like a less passionate John Mayer.
- "Crazy About You." Don't know the artist.
- (FBE) This is called "Crash Into Me"
by Dave Matthews Band. - Never heard of him.
- I've heard of Dave Matthews Band.
I can't think of any of their songs,
but I'm sure I've heard them before.
- I've only ever heard of them just because of Parks and Rec,
because Andy Dwyer's super into Dave Matthews.
- That's sad that I only connect it in that way.
Dave Matthews Band, if you're watching this,
I'm so sorry.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
- ♪ I need time to move on ♪
♪ I need love to feel strong ♪
♪ 'Cause I've had time to think it through ♪
- I know this song. Wait for it.
- ♪ And maybe I'm too good for you ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪
- (singing along) ♪ Do you believe in life after love? ♪
I love her.
She is such a legend.
- Hey!
- ♪ ...something inside me say ♪
♪ I really don't think... ♪ - Nope.
I'm just gonna walk out the door.
- This is inspirational.
Talk about something motivational.
- ♪ ...believe in life after love? ♪
- Yes! (laughing)
Oh my god.
I totally forgot about that song.
I don't know why, but that song is such a meme
that I forget to associate it with the '90s.
- (FBE) Do you know it? - No, I don't.
- No, I don't.
- I have no idea.
- "Love After Love." Don't know the artist.
- "Do You Believe in Love"?
I don't know who sings it.
- "Believe" by Cher. The one and only.
- (FBE) This is called "Believe" by Cher.
- Cher?
- What?!
I really thought that was a male.
- Wow, she has a deep voice.
I just totally assumed that was a guy singing that.
- Cher's one of those people that just mystifies me
by her presence.
- Oh my god, that's right!
This is by Cher.
Oh my god. I love Cher, too.
Damn it.
- (FBE) About six years in the making, this song was the result
of the painstaking efforts of six song writers
and at least three producers attempting to create
a massive hit for Cher. - Wow.
Six years?
That's a little too long.
- It took that many people to make this?
It doesn't add up for me.
- It's a hit, so goal achieved.
And she's Cher, so I wouldn't expect any less.
♪ (quirky interlude) ♪
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