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Snow Patrol...The Thermals...My Chemical Romance...The Hives...

I need to stop watching Subterranean on M2 - it's making me want to never buy another record made after 1977 ever again

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:19 (twenty-one years ago)

The Thermals aren't bad. I keep saying this and occasionally someone listens. It's sort of like a mantra.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:22 (twenty-one years ago)

oh god they were the worst of the bunch. Wifey and I were just wondering how Sub Pop is gonna sell any of those. At leats I can sorta see the appeal of a band like My Chemical Romance - the kids dig it - but The Thermals song was so offensively hookless, unimaginative, and boring, I wanted to smash the TV. It reminded me of Dead Milkmen doing Nirvana straight-faced, complete with totally contrived drum set destruction. Awful kanawful.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm watching The Alternative on VH1C instead, suckaz! Subterranean does indeed suck ass.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:28 (twenty-one years ago)

On the bright side, Piebald, while still pretty awful, seem to be expanding their pallette a bit.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Snow Patrol's not bad, I've never seen any of their videos so I don't know if that might make me like 'em less, but Final Straw is a damn solid Brit-rock album, the kind of thing you always thought Travis had in 'em but never did.

― Josh Love (screamapillar), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:30 (twenty-one years ago)

i quite like snow patrol. the hives give me the shits though.

― gem (trisk), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:31 (twenty-one years ago)

ok I switched over so I can participate, this Piebald guy looks exactly like my first guitar teacher.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:31 (twenty-one years ago)

hahahahaaa

A lot of people have been speaking about Blonde Redhead's 'evolution,' but this sounds exactly like the same sub-Sonic Youth indie crapola my friends loved back in the mid-nineties

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:34 (twenty-one years ago)

DEVO VIDEO ON THE ALTERNATIVE YO! SATISFACTION!!!!

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I really loved the first Thermals album (it rocks very hard and has a lovely, unique sensibility to it) but I haven't listened to the new one besides one download. If that song was any indication, I see where you're coming from, Roger, but I wouldn't write them off entirely.

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:39 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost omg the satisfaction video is sooo magnificent

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:40 (twenty-one years ago)

the devo dvd + bonghits = another world of giggles

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:41 (twenty-one years ago)

If one ever forgets how much Devo rules, that video is all you need to remember.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Hahah now the Alternative is playing Nick Cave "Mercy Seat"

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:42 (twenty-one years ago)

grrrr

this is fun we should do this every week

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:42 (twenty-one years ago)

there's no reason not to.
THIS THREAD IS NOW THE DESIGNATED SUBTERRANEAN VS THE ALTERNATIVE THREAD!!!!
k thx bye

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:45 (twenty-one years ago)

OMG this Hives shit is terrible. What's up with the lame ass Jagger moves?

The only cool thing about this band is the fat guy. You KNOW he's got a side project and it's awesome

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:45 (twenty-one years ago)

not Peaches AGAIN VS who are Wolfgang Press again?

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:47 (twenty-one years ago)

oh I actually like this Dresden Dolls vid-glad they're playing it again, but I have it on my hard drive.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:57 (twenty-one years ago)

it was ok - who are they?

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 26 July 2004 03:59 (twenty-one years ago)

read this, rog:
Anyone heard the Dresden Dolls CD yet?

T REX VIDEO ON VH1C RIGHT NOW Y'ALL

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 26 July 2004 04:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Face it - music television is for watching when you should really be outside having fun.

― dog latin (dog latin), Monday, 26 July 2004 09:19 (twenty-one years ago)

THIS THREAD IS NOW THE DESIGNATED SUBTERRANEAN VS THE ALTERNATIVE THREAD!!!!

So let's get to it! The Alternative is playing Bad Religion "American Jesus" right now. They also have played some Violent Femmes, Matthew Sweet, L7 and Love and Rockets so far.
Subterranean hasn't started yet but tonights guest should be TV on the Radio.
Who's up for a shitty music television bitchfest?

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 9 August 2004 02:09 (twenty-one years ago)

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! NOOOOOOO!!!!!
IT'S THAT MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES SONG FROM CLUELESS!!!!!!!

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 9 August 2004 02:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Subterranean: ugh, they're playing Keane again. oh, new Badly Drawn Boy now. Not that bad, but the video looks kinda like "Paranoid Android"
The Alternative: meh, Lush.

yes, I'm bored

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 9 August 2004 03:01 (twenty-one years ago)

good show tonight.

Lush - "Superblast!"
Charlatans - "The Only One I Know"
JAMC - "April Skies"
Morrissey - "We Hate it When Our Friends Become Successful"
Pop Will Eat Itself - "Can U Dig It?"
Electronic - "Getting Away With It"
PiL - "Rise"
Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Kiss them for Me"
MMBs - "Where'd You Go?"
Afghan Whigs - "Debonair"
Love and Rockets - "Motorcycle"
Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

and a bunch of others that weren't so hot. I don't know what was on Subterranean but I don't think it could possibly be better.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Monday, 9 August 2004 03:14 (twenty-one years ago)

hahaha, the Damned cover of Love's "Alone Again Or". The Alternative wins by a mile.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 9 August 2004 03:48 (twenty-one years ago)

The Alternative just played Kraftwerk "The Telephone Call" and now they're playing Devo "Freedom of Choice". This bodes well.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 16 August 2004 01:54 (twenty-one years ago)

i can't play tonight, fellas, i gotta be up in four hours to drive 11.

The Veils are hosting Subterranean tonight, FYI (who the fuck are The Veils?)

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 16 August 2004 02:05 (twenty-one years ago)

OMG ALEX A KILLING JOKE VIDEO!

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 16 August 2004 02:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm in.

Sahara Hotnights. Terrible. Lordy is that drummer hot, though. The vest!!!

Even the Susanna Hoffs solo joint rocks harder than this.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 16 August 2004 02:37 (twenty-one years ago)

I want to punch this dude from the Veils in the face

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 16 August 2004 03:03 (twenty-one years ago)

so i'm doing this alone now?

I like this Piebald song now. It's catchy.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 16 August 2004 03:26 (twenty-one years ago)

hey rog,
I really didn't watch much Subterranean at all tonight. Did I miss anything good that they haven't shown before?

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Monday, 16 August 2004 03:48 (twenty-one years ago)

As a VH1C "The Alternative" fan, I want to participate too!

(a.) I too saw the Killing Joke video and also thought of Alex when it was being played. It was actually pretty visually exciting!
(b.) *squeals* Ultravox!! "Passing Strangers"!! Ultravox!! "Passing Strangers"!! Makes little New Romantic fanatic me happy happy happy!! *squeals*
(c.) *squeals* Depeche Mode!! "But Not Tonight"!! They're actually playing this video!! *squeals*
(d.) "Whoa, The Cure's 'Fascination Street'?? WHOA." *ogle*
(e.) Devo's "Freedom of Choice" is no "Jocko Homo" but it's damn close to it in terms of classic-ness.
(f.) Heh. They went for a GOOD Gene Loves Jezebel song. That's cause to celebrate, even if the video's nothing to write home about.
(g.) Missing Persons! "Words"! A chance to see Warren Cuccurullo before he was Muscle Man! (BTW, I wonder how tiny Dale Bozzio is IRL, since she looks shorter than Warren and I know I towered over Warren when I met him.)
(h.) Ahh, Lene Lovich. "Lucky Number". The universe is right again.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 16 August 2004 10:16 (twenty-one years ago)

(Uh, with the exception of (a.), that was supposed to be a "How I reacted at the time they played the various videos I listed above" list. I also obv need to calm the hell down there. *laughs*)

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 16 August 2004 10:21 (twenty-one years ago)

what time is this Vh1 show on? I got to tivo it.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 11:58 (twenty-one years ago)

tonight:

Husker Du : Makes No Sense at All
Jesus & Mary Chain : whatever one from _Automatic_ has all the stars
My Bloody Valentine: Soon
The Damned : Anything
Pixies : Velouria

hell yeah

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:13 (twenty-one years ago)

what time is this Vh1 show on? I got to tivo it.

Every Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday night from 10 p.m. (Central time -- 11 p.m. Eastern) onward. The Sunday show is two hours long and the Wednesday and Thursday ones are one hour in length.

Really. It is the greatest video show ever. Or from 1991 onward, at least.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:16 (twenty-one years ago)

(BTW, I am SO glad our local NBC affiliate currently airs its late night news broadcast at 11 p.m. while the Olympics are going on. That way, I don't have to skip out on the news in order to watch "The Alternative".)

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Kingfish I believe that JAMC vid was "Blues From A Gun"

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:28 (twenty-one years ago)

sounds about right

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I wanted to smash the TV.

complete with totally contrived drum set destruction.

― Homarus Vulgaris, Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:09 (twenty-one years ago)

New Order's "The Perfect Kiss" was on too...somehow I'd never seen that video before. Awesome.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Thursday, 19 August 2004 05:11 (twenty-one years ago)

It's ON!

we've started with "Gone Daddy Gone." Not bad.

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Friday, 20 August 2004 02:01 (twenty-one years ago)

"The Perfect Kiss" video is on a bonus DVD that comes with "International" and also has the
video for "True Faith" and a live performance of "Blue Monday", FWIW Andrew.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 20 August 2004 02:24 (twenty-one years ago)

OMG ALEX A KILLING JOKE VIDEO!

Which one was it?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 20 August 2004 02:28 (twenty-one years ago)

A New Day

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 20 August 2004 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah, nice. Jaz in Nazcal spider get-up. Geordie painted black. Raven & Big Paul tatooed. Newsreel footage. It's a beaut.

http://www.an-irrational-domain.net/images/geordie/geordie07.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 20 August 2004 02:36 (twenty-one years ago)

hey it's teh lemonheads vid with johnny depp!

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 20 August 2004 02:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Jeez Louise. You are a FAN my man. :) (xpost)

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Friday, 20 August 2004 02:38 (twenty-one years ago)

SUGAR!

The Alternative plays the hell outta Bob Mould, doesn't it?

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 20 August 2004 02:41 (twenty-one years ago)

That means I'd have to buy a copy of International, though, one the most useless pieces of merchandise ever released by anyone. Thanks for the heads up in any event.

Goddamn, the video for "Black Metallic" is bizarre.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 20 August 2004 02:44 (twenty-one years ago)

This pre-Girlfriend Matthew Sweet shit is like Richard Marx Jr. innit?

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 20 August 2004 02:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, god, that was terrible.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 20 August 2004 03:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I think he pretty much disowned those albums post alt-rock acceptance.
Wouldn't you?

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 20 August 2004 03:33 (twenty-one years ago)

"Black Metallic" = schoolgirls roller-skating down hallways in slow motion, no? And some sort of mirror shit? And RD leaning against a wall in obligatory stripey shirt? It always reminded me of some Stevie Nicks video that I can't currently recall.

― nabiscothingy, Friday, 20 August 2004 04:09 (twenty-one years ago)

something like that, yeah. They've got firecrackers, too. Also, there's an old woman and some chick with a lot of makeup, and yeah, with tons of mirrors. I don't remember whether he was wearing a striped shirt or not but the wall-leaning is accurate.

Kinda fits the song, though I suppose it should be a bit shinier.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 20 August 2004 04:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I am watching The Alternative tonight. Highlights = (a) that epic Bunnymen "Do It Clean" live video and (b) the surprisingly excellent video for Violent Femmes' "American Music." Suddenly I think the Femmes are the best mugging-for-camera act of all time.

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 03:00 (twenty-one years ago)

And of course "Kiss Them for Me," surely one of the last half-decent videos ever to feature 80s-style "glasses shattering" / "reaching through mirror" effects.

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 03:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Fun Facts: In the obviously quickly-shot video for the Lemonheads' "Mrs. Robinson" cover, Evan Dando wears a nametag ("Hello ... My name is: Luka") and a Gram Parsons t-shirt.

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 03:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I remember that! On the boat, right?

I remember that video looking just like "Like a Virgin"

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 23 August 2004 03:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Item! I'm just realizing how ridiculously Canadian the Cowboy Junkies and their "Sweet Jane" cover are. They both look and sound like extras in one of those Kids in the Hall "cool people" sketches.

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 03:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Yep, the boat.

Seperated at birth: young Al Jourgensen and Joaquim Phoenix?

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 03:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I have just been (unfortunately?) reminded that a band I was in in high school used to practice a cover of L7's "Pretend We're Dead."

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 03:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Remember when Sonic Youth videos used to always have them playing in, like, someone's house, or for a crowd of two dozen skater kids? I think I liked that better.

Sugarcubes!

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 03:24 (twenty-one years ago)

How weird is it that the Pistols' reunion tour video now qualifies for VH1 Classic?

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 03:29 (twenty-one years ago)

Bono's sleeveless tshirt is tucked into his pants in this vid

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 23 August 2004 03:38 (twenty-one years ago)

So in U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday" live-at-Red Rocks thing, is Bono really drawing a big impassioned "no more!" to the troubles of Northern Ireland from an ampitheater full of, umm, Coloradans?

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 03:40 (twenty-one years ago)

They're like "no more! we don't know precisely what's going on, but we're sick of hearing about that shit on the news!"

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 03:41 (twenty-one years ago)

holy shit, Black Flag are all so thin in "TV Party."

Audio mix is different, too.

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 23 August 2004 03:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Holy shit, Black Flag in the "TV Party" look exactly like any random group of guys on the Lower East Side of Manhattan!

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 03:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Trucker hats! "Vintage" t-shirts! It's amazing!

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 03:44 (twenty-one years ago)

holy fuck! Bauhaus doing ziggy stardust! hell yeah!

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 23 August 2004 03:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Are they any Bauhaus videos that don't feature a person in a cage?

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 03:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Dude, Kingfish, are you seeing what I'm seeing?

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

OH FUCK YEAH

WHY THE FUCK AM I NOT TAPING THIS

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 23 August 2004 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Okay, someone needed to tell Shields they were filming him: even in the context of an MBV video, he manages to look disturbingly apathetic.

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 03:53 (twenty-one years ago)

"Kevin, could you move around or something?"
"I'm already moving my right hand."
"Well could you maybe look at the camera while you do that?"
"But there's a very interesting ladybug on my shoe."

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 03:56 (twenty-one years ago)

and Bilinda looked like such a friggin' gelfling

girl needs to eat a sammich or four.

does she still look like that?

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 23 August 2004 03:59 (twenty-one years ago)

No idea. Not enough of Deb's power-bass lurching in that clip (though plenty of Colm's dramatic drum-trigger reenactments).

Video for "Tomorrow": in fit of pique, Morrissey dictates strict rockabilly-look guidelines for entire backing band, resulting in classic "Morrissettes" look. Alain White is later censured when his non-regulation belt is noticed during editing.

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 04:00 (twenty-one years ago)

And that's all for us. Thanks for reading, g'night.

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 04:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Dude, I feel like Custos now. I promise I will never post after midnight again.

― nabiscothingy, Monday, 23 August 2004 04:04 (twenty-one years ago)

hee hee. happens to the best of us.

meanhile, women's track & field is on. nuthin' better than olympic ass clad in snug hot pants.

damn, i'm tired.

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 23 August 2004 04:05 (twenty-one years ago)

nabisco: Your MBV video commentary is getting excelsiored RIGHT NOW.

As for tonight's illustrious "Alternative" program:

1. I got a twinge of nostalgia watching the "reunion" video of "Pretty Vacant" and suddenly remembered how I stayed up "late" (for that year, anyway) to watch the band perform this very song on David Letterman back when the reunion was happening.

2. I always smile whenever VH1C play the video for Morrissey's "Tomorrow" because I love that song.

3. I think Bauhaus were contractually obligated to add a cage for every video they made, just to make sure people didn't miss the "hey guys, we're a bunch of UNTAMED HEATHENS" memo. (I dig because I love.)

4. I've gotten really sick of watching the video for Ministry's "Revenge", because "We Are the '80s" used to play that quite a lot. Dude, I am so spoiled now.

5. The Black Flag "TV Party" video cracks me up every time I see it. Comedy! Pure comedy!

Okay, that's all I can think of adding to the mix.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 23 August 2004 06:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I always smile whenever VH1C play the video for Morrissey's "Tomorrow" because I love that song.

Great video too, for some reason. Just the way he struts around, and the reactions he gets from the Morrissettes. I'm also a sucker for one-shot videos.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Monday, 23 August 2004 12:39 (twenty-one years ago)

here we go again!

Sonic Youth's "teenage riot"! wow!

Smashing Pumpkins. oh great, i actually remember this one...

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Thursday, 26 August 2004 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

hahaha Temple of the Dog's "hunger strike". I always liked this one. One of the few 1992 mtv "grunge" tunes that i never got tired of.

altho you can see Eddie lockin' his jaw to extend his "chokinnnnnnnnnnnnnnng" sounds, which makes you wanna sock him

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Thursday, 26 August 2004 02:34 (twenty-one years ago)

also, nothing better than a band on the beach rocking out with unplugged instruments.

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Thursday, 26 August 2004 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)

This video SO takes me back to my "youth".

OH MY GOD, AND SO DOES THIS ONE! (RHCP's "Under The Bridge".) IT'S 1992 ALL OVER AGAIN!

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 26 August 2004 02:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Lots of hair-whipping in "Hunger Strike," as I remember.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 26 August 2004 02:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Ugh. "Under the Bridge"

whoa, i never realized that he was playing a Jazzmaster in the intro. hunh.

xp HAHAHAH how's that for contrasting memories?

i just remember this vid & matthew sweet's "Girlfriend" rocking my days off from school around feb-march 1992. remember Steve Isaacs on "Hangin' w/ MTV"?

oh yeah, also the first Wayne's World flick came out about this time.

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Thursday, 26 August 2004 02:38 (twenty-one years ago)

That's a Fender Jaguar dude

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 26 August 2004 02:41 (twenty-one years ago)

it is? i could never see a low angle enough shot to correctly identify the model..

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Thursday, 26 August 2004 02:43 (twenty-one years ago)

goddamn I love "Hunger Srrike" and "Under the Bridge".

Electronic videos are pretty cool. They have that sort of 3-D Saville-ness about them.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Thursday, 26 August 2004 02:44 (twenty-one years ago)

OH MY GOD! STEVE ISAACS! Do you know how many YEARS I have spent completely inable to recall who it was who co-hosted "Hangin' With MTV" with, uh, the female whom I'm THINKING was Duff but can't recall exactly anymore? YEARS AND YEARS! God. I think I had a crush on Steve Isaacs. And John Norris, but ca. 1993, when he was chummy with the Duran boys and it seemed like this could actually be a VJ who could connect with me on a fannish level. (Hey, I was 13 at the time -- cut me some slack! *laughs*)

Ooh, Electronic. And it's NOT "Getting Away With It"! :) :)

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 26 August 2004 02:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Duff was on "TV Nation", too

oh, all these early-mid 90's memories

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Thursday, 26 August 2004 02:45 (twenty-one years ago)

"Superblast" again. I was hoping they were going to play a different Lush video this time.

Still, smoky B&W Lush vids are always OK by me.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Thursday, 26 August 2004 02:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I loved Duff! Duff rocked.

I also remember thinking Tabitha Soren was the coolest MTV personality. Ever. I still do and I've always felt that she left MTV when she did because she could sense the complete idiotification of the channel. Meanwhile, I'm still seeing Kurt Loadass on MTV....

(Early - mid '90s MTV memories are cool! Such sweet reminiscing.)

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 26 August 2004 02:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh God. *laughs* "The Whole of the Moon"? AGAIN?

*presses the remote's Mute button*

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 26 August 2004 02:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Jaguar vs. Jazzmaster is easy Kingfish:

The Jaguar has the metal plate things all over it, like what Frusciante was playing in that video.

The Jazzmaster doesn't have metal plates, but it has those big white p90 pickups, and is what Elvis Costello is holding on the cover of "My Aim Is True".

― AaronHz, guitar dork (AaronHz), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:00 (twenty-one years ago)

"Teenage Riot" is pretty much the best video ever.

Dude, he was playing a Jazzmaster.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:03 (twenty-one years ago)

http://rhcp.wz.cz/img/klipy/underthebridge/11.jpg

http://www.myrareguitars.com/jazzmasterredsmallup.jpg

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Karen Bryant was the co-host of "Hangin' With MTV"

My favorite Hangin' moment: Faith No More (Karen's fave band IIRC) is being interviewed, and Karen (or Steve) asks Mike Patton this long convoluted question and gets nothing but a blank stare.
"Mike?.....Mike?"
"Oh, I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention."
Meanwhile the bass player was sitting there picking his nose the whole time.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:06 (twenty-one years ago)

hstencil look at the fucking pickups you twat

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:07 (twenty-one years ago)

and the fuckin metal plates even hehehehe

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:08 (twenty-one years ago)

They DO have the same body shape you know

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:09 (twenty-one years ago)

whoa wtf okay I take it back AaronHz, I just googled Fender Jaguar and there are some simiilar looking ones, despite mine not looking ANYTHING like them. Oh well.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:09 (twenty-one years ago)

jeez, FNM used to get so HIGH for all their appearances. remember when mike patton climbed into the industrial wall fan on SNL?

xp Aaron is right. Jags have single-coil pickups, Jazzes have humbuckers

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Jazzmasters have a larger body, at least I always thought they did. My mind is BLOWN, I tell you.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:10 (twenty-one years ago)

okay wtf I am officially stupid now: I was thinking of a MUSTANG, which is what I have. Goddammit. DO IT KILL ME NOW.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:11 (twenty-one years ago)

hahaha it's ok man but I know what I'm talkin about here.

maybe Jazzmasters do have a larger body, but the shape is very similar. you can always tell by the metal plates vs. giant fuckin pickups thing

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I hate to nitpick here Kingfish but those aren't humbuckers on the Jazzmaster, they're big fat single coil pickups called P90s some times people put em on Les Pauls if they don't like humbuckers.

stence I totally thought you must be talkin about a Mustang

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I also remember thinking Tabitha Soren was the coolest MTV personality

There weren't NOTHING cool about Tabitha Soren.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:14 (twenty-one years ago)

man okay I might be wrong on that but "Teenage Riot" is still like the best video ever!

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:15 (twenty-one years ago)

agreed

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Mustangs have the angled singlecoil pickups and a lack of switches

http://www.vintageinstruments.com/photos/inst16/65mustangful.jpg

then again, you have Toronados, where YOUR MIND IS BLOWN AGAIN

http://www.speedmusic.co.uk/acatalog/fen_deltornado.jpg

i always heard that kurt cobain was working on some JagStang combo at one point for Fender...

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Mustangs have switches! Two of 'em! They damage really easily though.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:19 (twenty-one years ago)

man this New Edition "Candy Girl" vid with like a 12 year old Bobby Brown is trippin me out on VH1C.

That Cobain Jagstang guitar is still available, but he didn't like how it turned out. After he died Courtney gave one to Peter Buck and you can see it in the What's The Frequency Kenneth video

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Mustangs have switches! Two of 'em!

but not the 30+ that jazzmasters have

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:22 (twenty-one years ago)

fine.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Fender Kurt Cobain Jagstang:
http://media.zzounds.com/media/fit,325by400/quality,85/brand,zzounds/0254200340-68fecd9ee56379b5043029d0ae5e07a4.jpg

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:28 (twenty-one years ago)

funky. looks melted.

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:28 (twenty-one years ago)

KC hated that fucker once it was done, he barely even played it.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:29 (twenty-one years ago)

would YOU?

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:30 (twenty-one years ago)

No, it's butt ugly. Funny this is, if you look at KC's Journals his design sketches are in there and it looks exactly the same. Of course we're talking about a guy who was never much happy with ANYTHING here.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:36 (twenty-one years ago)

poor kurdt. his failed career as an instrument designer caused him to eat a breakfast of buckshot.

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah, thanks for helping to clarify this "Hangin' with MTV" co-host conundrum for me, Aaron! Yeah. Karen Bryant. Ha. Oh dear. I am so losing my memory....

(That does sound like something Faith No More would do, BTW.)

There weren't NOTHING cool about Tabitha Soren.

Double negative = you're actually agreeing with me here. Celebrate!

(No, really. I know what you mean. Why would you think that?)

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Thursday, 26 August 2004 04:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I have a whole SLP VHS tape of "Hangin" (that is if it hasn't yet completely deteriorated) including that FNM bit in storage. I haven't watched it in years, I wonder if I have the bit where pre-fame Brian "Marilyn Manson" Warner was interviewed in the audience and talked about his band The Spooky Kids...

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 26 August 2004 04:59 (twenty-one years ago)

back at that age, i mainly taped stuff like Aerosmith or Queen appearances...

oh look! A Sugar vid! cool!

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Friday, 27 August 2004 02:40 (twenty-one years ago)

tonight's been pretty dire. So far just Sugar, Depeche Mode and Curve have been noteworthy.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 27 August 2004 02:42 (twenty-one years ago)

omg the Jim Carroll Band.

doing a nasal Sweet Jane

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Friday, 27 August 2004 02:44 (twenty-one years ago)

this is terrible.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 27 August 2004 02:45 (twenty-one years ago)

gah. another Jane's vid. SEEN IT

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Friday, 27 August 2004 02:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Whoever programs this show is running out of ideas. I'm watching Smackdown.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 27 August 2004 02:51 (twenty-one years ago)

HA! Morrissey taped at a Hangin W/ MTV!

THIS THREAD HAS COME FULL CIRCLE

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Friday, 27 August 2004 02:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't believe the adulation Morrissey is getting in this video. The idea that he was actually fairly popular in the US in the early-mid 90s is still somewhat unfathomable to me.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 27 August 2004 02:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Hangin'>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>TRL

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 27 August 2004 02:57 (twenty-one years ago)

okay, here we go again.

we start out with New Order's "Fine Time", with plenty of cheezy 1989 video effects

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 30 August 2004 02:03 (twenty-one years ago)

to be followed up by....

inxs

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 30 August 2004 02:07 (twenty-one years ago)

i think i'm going to have to start a separate Subterranean threda

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Monday, 30 August 2004 02:10 (twenty-one years ago)

you did already

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 30 August 2004 02:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Happy Mondays, anyone?

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 30 August 2004 02:14 (twenty-one years ago)

No, most of my Mondays are quite dull. ;)

Really, though. Ever since watching 24 Hour Party People, I've started to develop a tiny bit of an appreciation for the artists from the Madchester era. Plus I found it really cool that there was actually a band out there with a DANCER as a member.

OMG. I wonder why they won't play "Connected". That's the lone Stereo MC's song I was familiar with for a long period of time.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 30 August 2004 02:19 (twenty-one years ago)

SHRIEKBACK! "NEMESIS"! YAY! :)

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 30 August 2004 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

HAHAHAHAH Shriekback!

this looks like an ep of "Jim Henson's Storyteller"

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 30 August 2004 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

hell yeah! J&MC "Happy When It Rains!"

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 30 August 2004 02:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I heart that Alternative show.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Monday, 30 August 2004 02:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Gary Numan's "Cars" is one of my favorite videos ever. I don't care if I've seen it half a billion times before in the past -- I still think it's awesome. And the "Nemesis" video -- yeah, it's hilarious, but hilariously brilliant IMHO.

For some reason, I just thought, "Hey, cool, Nitzer Ebb!" I think one of my friends is influencing me more than I thought music-wise.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 30 August 2004 02:37 (twenty-one years ago)

"Nemesis" changed my life. Kind of.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 30 August 2004 02:41 (twenty-one years ago)

it made you swear off your career in the military?

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 30 August 2004 02:45 (twenty-one years ago)

It made me appreciate the wonderful combination of pop and goth.

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 30 August 2004 02:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Also "parthenogenesis"!!!

― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 30 August 2004 02:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Both are good points that shall be taken.

OMG, Paul Westerburg's "Dyslexic Heart"! Ha. Last time I saw this was back in 1992!! *laughs* This video looks SO DATED! Hell, the *song* sounds SO DATED! But it's all fun.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 30 August 2004 02:52 (twenty-one years ago)

holy shit. Fishbone covering Curtis Mayfield

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 30 August 2004 03:06 (twenty-one years ago)

listen to pas/cal. the cover of duchess on their web site. has life without buildings broken up? they should (have) do(ne) a cover of sweet and tender hooligan,

― youn, Monday, 30 August 2004 03:11 (twenty-one years ago)

yup, i think they're gone.

oh wow. "Jesus Built my Hotrod". Flashback to high school & riki rachtman.

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 30 August 2004 03:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Dude, this is the first Ministry song I ever heard. I was SHOCKED HALF TO DEATH when I heard "Revenge" several years later, obv.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 30 August 2004 03:17 (twenty-one years ago)

HOLY FUCK the PLASMATICS!

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 30 August 2004 03:17 (twenty-one years ago)

hahahah

"WARNING: This video was created & performed by professional conceptual artists. You should not attempt to try this at home."

enh. the actual song is too metalloid.

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 30 August 2004 03:18 (twenty-one years ago)

y'know, folks, sometimes your art can be so subtle that it requires a schoolbus driving thru a wall of television sets to properly get your point across.

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 30 August 2004 03:21 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm currently staring at this Plasmatics video with my mouth agape.

xpost -- Ha. Totally.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 30 August 2004 03:21 (twenty-one years ago)

HEAVEN 17! MY MUSICAL COMFORT FOOD! GRINS GALORE!

(Though I do wish they'd play the video for "Penthouse & Pavement" instead. Or hell, even "Temptation". But I'm not complaining. I can remember when I would've done almost anything to see the "Let Me Go" video.)

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 30 August 2004 03:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Ha ha ha ha, suddenly I feel this compulsion to figure out what I did with my old flannel overshirts. Um, 1992 revivalism tonight, anyone? (Not that I'm complaining -- I'd much rather deal with this as my generation's musical heritage than have to deal with the hair bands this type of music rendered irrelevant and uncool.)

God. Alice in Chains. Layne Staley R.I.P.

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 30 August 2004 03:42 (twenty-one years ago)

my flannel shirts were remarkably useful. Michigan winters, yo, and stomping thru them to get to class for 6 years.

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 30 August 2004 03:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I would imagine flannel shirts would be a lot more useful to you in the MI climate than they were for me down here in, um, TX. (But I perspired anyway. Ha, early '90s fashion victim!)

God, Eddie Trunk is so idiotic. I've seen this (Thrashing Doves) video before on VH1C! How can he say he can't ever remember not seeing this video before on that channel?? God, I know I've seen this one like three or four times, the first on the "I Love the '80s" program! And my memory's pretty darn dire!

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 30 August 2004 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

and thus we have this week's obligatory Morrissey vid

― Lt. Kingfish Del Pickles (Kingfish), Monday, 30 August 2004 03:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Ha. But it was a fun one. And that song's stuck in my head now. In spite of the easily earwormed "Tom's Diner" that's currently being played. Or at least it WAS stuck in my head. Damn you, "Tom's Diner". (BTW, I love thinking back to a time when the hairdo Suzanne Vega is sporting in this video was considered oh so very hip. Those were simpler times, weren't they?)

― Many Coloured Halo (Dee the Lurker), Monday, 30 August 2004 03:57 (twenty-one years ago)

There weren't NOTHING cool about Tabitha Soren Layne Staley R.I.P.

http://www.amgmedia.com/freephotos/pencil.jpg

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 30 August 2004 04:17 (twenty-one years ago)

The next person to mock the Plasmatics faces my considerable wrath.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 30 August 2004 11:42 (twenty-one years ago)

the thermals are okay.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 30 August 2004 11:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Dude, I feel like Custos now. I promise I will never post after midnight again.
It's always good to aspire towards greatness, Nabisco.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Monday, 30 August 2004 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

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