Modern Rock #1 Hits of 2008

umm

Had to go iPhone... I mean, Coldplay.

Pet Shop Boys cover of "Vida La Vida" is far better though

am i really gonna vote for "Sex on Fire"?

oh wait no, Long Road to Ruin and Rise Above This are a bit more tolerable

"Long Road To Ruin" is like 10 times better than any one of these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At-p5loXVy8

such is life in the zone

a foo fighters song can never be better than anything. "Fake It" is the most tolerable seether song so that

lol no

wow 2007 and 2008 were not good years for modern rock #1s

'08 was maybe the worst year for modern rock #1s, modern rock singles in general, and charting singles in general

not for me. can't vote for any of these.

LRtR is the best

So there are circumstances under which I'd vote for coldplay after all.

i've actually never heard of seether. are they named after the veruca salt song?

probably, they have singles that are ripped off from Alanis Morissette and Republica songs

in that case, i've probably heard them on the radio at some point. sounds like a familiar formula.

kind of scary that puddle of mudd were still making waves as recently as 2008.

I've learned from this sequence of polls a fact about which I had no idea, which is that Foo Fighters have been consistently, massively popular for a really long time and continue to be.

I was going to ask that same question about Seether! I think I still love that Veruca Salt song -- would I, if I listened to it now?

I had no idea the Offspring had such a big career revival.

Seether, "Fake It" - worst album cover
Foo Fighters, "Long Road to Ruin" - these guys are machines
Puddle of Mudd, "Psycho" - professional and paint by numbers, sounds like a #1 despite being really boring
Seether, "Rise Above This" - initial guitar line is actually quite nice and affirming. With a different vocalist I might like this.
Weezer, "Pork and Beans" - that pitchfork review asking whether Weezer was actually a good band in the 90s or we were just in middle school and didn't know better is more relevant with every new Weezer album
Foo Fighters, "Let It Die" - much more boring than the other one
Coldplay, "Viva La Vida" - strange guitar-less #1. Super catchy. Animal Collective should sound more like this.
Staind, "Believe" - this is the most country out of all the modern rock #1 tracks yet
Offspring, "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" - nice Bad Religion-esque backing track in the chorus. If you don't listen to the lyrics not half bad.
Kings of Leon, "Sex on Fire" - these guys are terminally boring

Can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm voting Coldplay.

THIS SEX IS ON FIRE

I don't know why, but "strange guitar-less #1" made me laugh. (I also voted Coldplay.)

Songs that were both Modern Rock #1 hits and Hot 100 #1 hits:

1990 - Sinead O'Connor, "Nothing Compares 2 U"
1998 - Barenaked Ladies, "One Week"
2001 - Crazytown, "Butterfly"
2001 - Nickelback, "How You Remind Me"
2008 - Coldplay, "Viva La Vida"
2012 - fun, "We Are Young"
2012 - Gotye, "Somebody That I Used to Know"

I was going to ask that same question about Seether! I think I still love that Veruca Salt song -- would I, if I listened to it now?

A weird truth I recently discovered about Veruca Salt, that would have been anathema in the late 90s, is that "Eight Arms to Hold You" >>>>>>> "American Thighs." So the short answer is, "No."

I like both the VS records pretty equally, and for entirely different reasons.

How many modern rock #1 tracks have no guitars?

Foo Fighters have been consistently, massively popular for a really long time and continue to be.

A week or two ago, I was talking to someone six years younger than me who was stunned when I told her that Dave Grohl used to be a member of Nirvana. (Similarly, I've talked to people about eight years younger than me who love Dave Navarro's work with RHCP and had never heard of Jane's Addiction.)

Good question. I think a lot from the early days... Siouxie and the Banshees, Big Audio Dynamite, maybe the Depeche Mode songs? Sinead O'Connor?

A week or two ago, I was talking to someone six years younger than me who was stunned when I told her that Dave Grohl used to be a member of Nirvana. (Similarly, I've talked to people about eight years younger than me who love Dave Navarro's work with RHCP and had never heard of Jane's Addiction.)

― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, June 29, 2012 12:55 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark

the latter is especially funny because "Aeroplane" is the only Navarro-era RHCP song that gets any airplay and not remotely as much as "Jane Says" or "Been Caught Stealing"

tbf, Navarro's relationship to RHCP is probably something they remember from youth, but mostly just know him as an annoying pop culture constant.

yeah i could see people who don't even remember One Hot Minute just knowing him as the androgynous reality TV guy who was married to Carmen Electra

Sure. These guys really were RHCP fans who admired Navarro's playing though.

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