Reel Big Fish 'Sell Out' vs. The Smiths 'Frankly Mr. Shankly'

I'm on a 90s nostalgia kick. The RBF song came up and I realized that I now have a weird fondness for it. Now that objectively horrible ska bands like RBF are forgotten by most people + never forced upon your ears unwillingly - is it possible to find some value, somewhere, in their music?

For example, is it not pretty possible to imagine Morrissey singing this verse?

Well, I know you can't work in fast food all your life
But don't sign that paper tonight, she said - but it's too late.
And I don't remember what I read, don't remember what they said,
I guess it doesn't matter, I guess it doesn't matter anymore.

ay i still play third wave ska punk type shit when i'm in a lol 90s mood and a lot of it is great but i will never fuck w/reel big fish

Love the intro to the RBF song, the guy's singing is a little bit flat and dull but they manage to convey a sense of something really exciting and fun and huge arriving, really the hallmark feature of good 90s radio rock (or maybe this is just because I just read the Post thread with all the talk about Army of Me)...

I think that's a great way to put it! Late 90s radio rock was a weirdly optimistic era. Clinton + dot com bubble etc + we're gonna conquer the world with our ska band! It sorta becomes melancholy in retrospect.

Who would write a song about selling out today? Who wouldn't sell out in 2009?

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