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Before I get going, I love Halloween so I'm getting a bit of a head start this week! And being a Friday I will be sharing a Nineties Friday post yet again. Let's start the fun!

As a kid I remember watching the reruns of The Addams Family TV show from the mid 1960's. It was fun show that I used to watch along with Gilligan's Island, this was probably in the early 80's and they still played the reruns. In 1991 Barry Sonnenfeld directed the first movie version of the old TV classic starring Christopher Lloyd, Raul Julia, and Angelica Houston. It quickly became a favorite of a whole new generation of fans for the franchise. And what better way to start the Halloween season than with the Addams?

Christopher Lloyd put on a brilliant performance as Uncle Fester, a huge departure from his fame as Doc Brown from Back to the Future. Raul Julia was an amazing Gomez Addams adding so much passion to the character, and Angelica Houston as Morticia was simply brilliant. We also get to see the beginning Christina Ricci's acting career as the very dark character Wednesday Addams.

The sequel was equally a fun movie, but a third never happened due to the death of Raul Julia in 1994 from stomach cancer. Cancer is a a nasty disease!

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Boogie Nights

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This 1997 film by Paul Thomas Anderson features and all star cast and is considered one of the best films of the 1990's. The film was Mark Wahlberg's escape from his Marky Mark days breaking him into a serious actor. It's story revolves around a young porn star in the 1970's who develops a cocaine addiction and starts having trouble keeping his equipment "functional" due to the cocaine. Things start to get complicated from there ending up in a nice shootout at the end. Almost Tarantino style! If you haven't seen it it's a good film with some top notch actors, it also put Heather Graham into movie stardom.

And now for some music from the 90's!

Rob Zombie

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Rob was obsessed with zombie's since the time he was a child and watched just about ever zombie flick ever made. In fact he named his first band "White Zombie" in tribute to the very first zombie movie ever made, "White Zombie" in 1932. He finally embraced the heavy metal genre in the late 80's and early 90's before embarking on a solo career that has treated him very well. With Halloween coming I thought it might be fun to listen to a song off of his album "Hellbilly Deluxe" from 1998. This one is "Living Dead Girl", and you can see his love of theatrics in this video!

Soundgarden

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I know I've shared a lot of these guys lately, but they were such a great band. This band from Seattle really helped to bring the grunge musical movement to the forefront in the late 80's and early 90's. Since I'm warming up for Halloween I thought I might throw in one of their darker songs, "Black Hole Sun":

The Proclaimers

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Ok it's not quite Halloween yet, so I have to throw in some fun stuff too! These twin brothers from Scotland ,like our good friend @tengolotodo , had their biggest hit with their 1988 album "Sunshine On Leith". It sold well in the UK, Australia, Iceland and several other countries but didn't break in to the US market. That is until 1993 when the song "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" was included in the Jonny Depp film "Bennie & Joon". It's a movie I have never watched and likely never will, but it did put these guys on the map. It nearly topped the charts in the US in 1993, qualifying this song into the 90's! lol As a bonus, I did get to learn what the word "haver" meant as well thanks to this song. Look it up if you haven't heard it before! Here's "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)":

Because I spent most of the 1990's in countries that only really spoke Spanish I like to throw in a couple songs from the era as well.

Paulina Rubio

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Paulina started her career very young as a child singing in the popular group Timbiriche until 1991 before embarking on her successful solo career. She quickly gained a following in Mexico as well as the Latin American world. Some of her most popular work was release near the end of the 90's into the early 2000's with her album "Paulina". Although the album was released in 2000 it was mainly recorded in 1999, so I count it as a 90's album, this song is "Lo Haré Por Ti" (I'll Do It For You):

Chayanne

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I know I shared one of his last week is well, but he is one of the best Latin American male vocalists. This Puerto Rican artist started singing as a child in the group "Los Chicos" but went solo in the latter part of the 1980's. In the early 90's he had a string of number one hits, but his albums in the mid nineties didn't chart as well until the release of his album "Atado A Tu Amor" with his huge hit "Dejaría Todo" (roughly: I would give up everything). And this is the lead single of the album:

I do have to thank @jesuslnrs for reminding about this song in a post of his a couple weeks back!

That will wrap up the fun for this #ninetiesfriday. If you want to participate all you need to do is create a post about anything 1990's, your imagination is the limit. Just join the Nineties Friday community and publish it there and it's not a bad idea to do a shoutout to @geneeverett . One person will be chosen weekly at random to receive 6 HSBI units. Three from Gene and three from me, but we often give out bonuses to participants just for fun. If you have any question feel free to ask!

Thanks for taking the time to read my post, I really appreciate all of your support. I managed to pass a huge milestone a couple days ago climbing above 5K HP, and that was only possible thanks to all of you here on the Hive community. Thanks everyone! Have a great weekend!

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References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Addams_Family_(1991_film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raul_Julia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie_Nights

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Zombie#Discography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundgarden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Proclaimers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulina_Rubio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chayanne

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