


She took time off to breathe, regroup, live a little. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.But five years (and several trends in pop) passed before another Lisa Loeb album dropped in stores. He’s back, but the naughtiness is more sporadic these days. The hip-hop trio tried to reignite their magic in 2011 with the album “Anthem Inc.,” but acrimony followed when member Vin Rock (far right) was fired. From “Gangsta’s Paradise” to a chiropractor’s nightmare. He was also sued in 2013 for jumping on a woman’s back and riding her like a bull. Hey, at least they’re getting paid.Īfter the mid-’90s, the rapper couldn’t quite keep his streak of hits going. The female hip-hop trio were pioneers in the genre during the late ’80s and early ’90s, but these days it’s more common to see them rocking “Push It” on those Geico commercials. But in 2006, they started rocking (sorta) again with vocalist Travis Warren - and sans bee girl. Singer Shannon Hoon (far right) died in 1995 of an overdose and the group faded. I’m from Texas - you can’t hurt my feelings.”ĭust off the fanny packs and pull out that two-sizes-too-small “Simpsons” t-shirt, because plenty of other throwbacks are playing 90sFest. He was giving me a little bit of that British cocky attitude, but I liked it. I was wearing one of those tiny little dresses and platform shoes - I probably looked liked a little doll. “One time I met David Bowie, who is a big influence. “I’m happy that there’s still such a connection to it, and I have so many great memories of that time,” she says. She’s consistently released music for the last two decades - most recently “No Fairy Tale,” in 2013 - but, Loeb admits, it’s “Stay (I Missed You)” that everyone still wants to talk about. Now 47 and living in Los Angeles - where she still occasionally sees her old New York City neighbor Hawke - Loeb is married to Conan O’Brien’s music producer, Roey Hershkovitz, and has two young children.
LISA LOEB NO GLASSES MOVIE
“The way they mocked up the room in the movie was exactly the same ,” Loeb says. In the latter, Loeb plays herself in an alternate reality where Craig Robinson’s character, Nick, sings “Stay” in a parody of the music video for the song, with Loeb lurking in the background. The glasses will likely make an appearance on Saturday, when Loeb plays the 90sFest concert in Williamsburg.Ĭurrent day nostalgia for ’90s fashion and music has meant that, over 20 years later, “Stay” is near omnipresent again, appearing on “Orange Is the New Black,” “New Girl” and even the movie “Hot Tub Time Machine 2.” Now, I have my own eyewear line and a lot of women have told me that they wear glasses because I gave them the confidence to do so.” But then I thought about Elton John and all the other artists that are so famous for the glasses they wear. “People would ask me about my glasses all the time in interviews, especially on wacky morning radio shows,” she tells The Post, referring to the cat-eye glasses she wore in the Ethan Hawke-directed video for “Stay.” “Back then, I just wanted to talk about my music. 1 on the Billboard chart even though Loeb was an unsigned artist, and through its inclusion on the “Reality Bites” soundtrack, the song embedded itself into the ’90s zeitgeist.īut there was a surprise byproduct of her sudden fame that Loeb didn’t see coming - probably because it was right on her face.

Back in 1994, anyone turning the radio on (or up) would have heard Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories’ folk-rock smash “Stay (I Missed You)” on repeat.
