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― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 January 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
Hear the plants and rocks and thingsI swear to god it sounds like they're snoring
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 10 January 2014 22:08 (ten years ago) link
I've been through the desert on a horse with no nameThey cut off my legs now I'm an amputee goddamn you
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Friday, 10 January 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
flagpole sitta owns
― Hungry4Ass, Saturday, 11 January 2014 16:50 (ten years ago) link
In the desert, you cannot publish a zineCause there ain't no one raging a-gainst machines
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 11 January 2014 17:46 (ten years ago) link
I don't get Flagpole Sitta either, but Sad Sweetheart of the Radio is one of my favorite songs of all time.
― Your Favorite Album in the Cutout Bin, Saturday, 11 January 2014 21:14 (ten years ago) link
So what exactly is the distinguishing feature of Modern Rock that makes it 'modern'? Like, what exactly makes Matchbox 20 more modern than the non-modern ('mainstream' in Billboard parlance) rock acts of its era?
― Lee626, Sunday, 12 January 2014 00:43 (ten years ago) link
Singing that sounds like you are on a toilet having a difficult time.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 12 January 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link
For better or worse Billboard scrapped the term "modern rock" a few years ago in favor of calling the chart "alternative songs"
― some dude, Sunday, 12 January 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
My top songs from this selection: "Fade Into You", "Geek Stink Breath", "Brain Stew", "If You Could Only See", "Santeria", "Everlong", and "Flagpole Sitta". Torn between Mazzy or the Foos for my vote.
Looking at the list of modern rock #2 hits for this era I kinda wish they'd also been given their own poll, lots of gems there as well
― Frontier Psychiatrist, Sunday, 12 January 2014 17:22 (ten years ago) link
I think I read somewhere that '97-'98 was right around the time when radio completely changed the rules on how songs became hits and as a result you got these incredibly generic shitsongs like "3 A.M." and that Everclear crap, neither of which would have ever gotten big in the early 90s.
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 12 January 2014 17:25 (ten years ago) link
― some dude, Sunday, January 12, 2014 11:33 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
These songs are even less "alternative" than they're "modern"....
― Lee626, Sunday, 12 January 2014 17:41 (ten years ago) link
Voted for "I Got Id"
Pretty sure it charted higher than #3 on hot 100
― billstevejim, Monday, 13 January 2014 09:33 (ten years ago) link
it got to #7 on the Hot 100, mainly because the Merkin Ball EP was essentially a surprise non-album single by the biggest band in the world and went gold.
― some dude, Monday, 13 January 2014 13:02 (ten years ago) link
Pearl Jam's biggest Hot 100 hit: "Last Kiss" at #2 in 1999.
― LimbsKing, Monday, 13 January 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
and those are their only two top 10 hits. the only Ten single that scraped the Hot 100 was "Jeremy" at #79, which gives you an idea of how little the chart reflected the popularity of rock bands in the '90s.
― some dude, Monday, 13 January 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link
That's insane.
― Your Favorite Album in the Cutout Bin, Monday, 13 January 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
iirc "jeremy" charted a few years after Ten when a bunch of the maxisingle imports were reissued stateside... prolly around the same time as Merkin Ball.
I recall getting a little frustrated because I spent $9.99 on the import Jeremy single to hear "Footsteps" ... I didn't know "Yellow Ledbetter" before buying it. And then a year or 2 later it wasn't very difficult to find for $4.99 at Circuit City.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:22 (ten years ago) link
yeah the '90s was a painful time to be obsessed with bands and look for rarities on absurdly overpriced import singles and bootlegs. one of the things i'm most happy that file-sharing killed off.
― some dude, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:24 (ten years ago) link
yeah but it built character
― j., Tuesday, 14 January 2014 20:33 (ten years ago) link
Mazzy Star by a country mile.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Tuesday, 14 January 2014 21:20 (ten years ago) link
"Worst 90s import/rare/ripoff maxi-single buying experience" might be a good thread.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 21:35 (ten years ago) link
not a one
― Dominique, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 21:40 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/Voodoo_People_02.jpg
not worth it fyi
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 21:51 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
1995 - Sponge, "Molly" 6
six voters down the.........draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain
― Euler, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 00:07 (ten years ago) link
So someone aside from me also voted for Citizen King.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 01:24 (ten years ago) link
Yay, I voted for the winner! Much as I love reminiscing about Everclear, it really is the song here with the most staying power. Just lovely. Kind of surprised that "Perfect" and "Wrong Way" could get votes but not "Angels of the Silences" - not that there's anything that special about the latter either.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 03:25 (ten years ago) link
my Recovering The Satellites fandom is powerful, but not as powerful as my The Colour And The Shape fandom
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 03:30 (ten years ago) link
The most sought after import of my childhood was the Smashing Pumpkins' Rocket -- it had their cover of Depeche Mode's Never Let Me Down.
― LimbsKing, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 12:48 (ten years ago) link
Wow, lots of love for Flagpole Sitta. That one was just too played out both at the time and then throughout college.
― skip, Thursday, 16 January 2014 04:08 (ten years ago) link
When I first got Limewire I had a ball getting all the stray B-sides and compilation appearances that would have cost a fortune to collect on CD or vinyl - that Smashing Pumpkins cover being one of them.
― Deafening silence (DL), Thursday, 16 January 2014 10:43 (ten years ago) link