I LOVE that first Dambuilders album.
― Euler, Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:18 (fourteen years ago) link
also in close proximity: The Flaming Lips' "She Don't Use Jelly" hit in '93 and I think one or two singles off Mike Watt's Ball-Hog Or Tugboat? charted in early '95
― some dude, Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:18 (fourteen years ago) link
also: Jesus and Mary Chain's "Sometimes Always". not sure how it did on radio but got a lot of play on Mtv.
― GM, Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:19 (fourteen years ago) link
well if the Lips count then why not Porno for Pyros, "Pets", MR #1 1993
― Euler, Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
also Love Spit Love, ""Am I Wrong", MR #3 1994
― Euler, Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:21 (fourteen years ago) link
You and me both! I also love the two that followed.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:21 (fourteen years ago) link
ah yeah -- don't remember that one but it got to #4. also on the UK side of the things, "Love Spreads" was huge on US rock radio, weirdly I think bigger than anything from the first Stone Roses album. xpost re: Jesus & Mary Chain
― some dude, Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:22 (fourteen years ago) link
'94's also the last year REM was a real chart presence.
― GM, Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:24 (fourteen years ago) link
xp but I guess the Psychedelic Furs weren't commercially under the radar so scratch that one
― Euler, Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
Sugar's FU:EL rode the previous album's momentum into the top fifty, and scored a top 20 college hit ("Your Favorite Thing"), so it wasn't a flop. If it seems so, that's cuz it was real easy to find for YEARS in used CD bins.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Nah, "Bittersweet Me" and "E-Bow the Letter" were both in the Modern Rock top 10 in '96.
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:27 (fourteen years ago) link
the 'cool' station I listened to at the time played Shudder To Think's "X-French Tee Shirt" and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's "Flavor" a lot, though neither charted nationally
― some dude, Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:29 (fourteen years ago) link
"X-French Tee Shirt" was played briefly on the alt-rock station in Chicago, but no JSBX.
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Also: (the London) Suede got their last airplay on my college radio station that year ("Stay," "New Generation").
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
xp re REM did you guys not get the pushing an elephant up the stairs song in 98 or whatever as well?
― kinda sad that everybody gets a blur band (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:31 (fourteen years ago) link
"The Great Beyond" peaked at #33 on the MR chart; they were done as radio fixtures by that point.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Folk Implosion's "Natural One": #4 in 1995.
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
xp totally forgot those New Adventures in Hi-Fi singles did well. their relevance seemed to taper off so quickly after Monster that it's easy to think that's their last genuinely popular release, even though it's kind of awful.
― GM, Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Monster was their last multiplatinum #1 album, yeah.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow, really didn't know that the Meat Puppets ever had this sort of success. Did the Afghan Whigs have any hits in this era?
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Thursday, February 4, 2010 11:32 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
ah, good one. Sebadoh's only charting song, "The Ocean," was in '96, which feels like a really late outlier compared the most of the other bands here.
― some dude, Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
'Flame' got into the UK Top 30 even later than that IIRC.
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:38 (fourteen years ago) link
xxp "Debonair" got to #18 Modern Rock in '93.
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:38 (fourteen years ago) link
So weird seeing Lou Barlow on TOTP. xp
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
also "Honky's Ladder' (#29) in '96. weirdly "Gentlemen" didn't chart, although that was the only one I heard at the time from MTV play.
― some dude, Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow, Billboard has one of the worst websites I've ever seen.
― GM, Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, also! Veruca Salt's "Seether": #8 Modern Rock in '94. I interned at Minty Fresh Records during the summer of '98, and they were still living off the success of that song.
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link
I should reiterate for British people, in most cases these songs only charted on the Modern Rock chart, which meant only they were getting airplay from "modern rock" or "alternative rock" radio stations. They weren't showing up on any Casey Kasem countdowns.
― Hoisin Murphy (jaymc), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:46 (fourteen years ago) link
so why is pavement on here and not nirvana? weird critieria issues?
― ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Kurt Cobain died.
― Inculcate a spirit of serfdom in children (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:49 (fourteen years ago) link
did these show up on casey kasem countdowns?
xpost lol
― the highest per-vote vag so far (history mayne), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:51 (fourteen years ago) link
rick dees' famous fake intro to "feel the pain"
― Altoids for your vagina. (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Urge Overkill sort of fit in here don't they?
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Definitely Bull in the Heather for me although that's mainly because Kathleen Hanna is in the video and that was at the height of my BK/KH obsession. I did like the Dino Jr song though. Have always hated Pavement.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Urge Overkill kinda fit -- 2 MR hits in '93, then "Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon" in '94 and one more in '95
― some dude, Thursday, 4 February 2010 16:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I love "Bull In The Heather" and frequently champion Jet Set-era Sonic Youth on this board, but I ultimately voted for "Feel The Pain," which is so great and singular in the context of Dinosaur Jr.'s discography, nothing else quite like it.
Honorable mention that SY's 5th and final MR hit was also in '94, that weird version of "Superstar" from the Carpenters tribute album that for some reason was in that Juno movie.
― some dude, Thursday, 4 February 2010 17:00 (fourteen years ago) link
GYBAWS was super-big tho, coz of pulp fiction, feels a bit different to me
― the highest per-vote vag so far (history mayne), Thursday, 4 February 2010 17:00 (fourteen years ago) link
The Flaming Lips' "She Don't Use Jelly" hit in '93 and that Meat Puppets song were played constantly on the "modern rock" radio station that I listened to at the time.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 17:00 (fourteen years ago) link
I remember Urge Overkill having a single that got played a lot around that time (not GYBAWS) and can even picture the video but can't remember what it was. Anyone?
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
probably "Sister Havana"? that's the only one I remember hearing a lot, albeit mainly on 120 Minutes.
― some dude, Thursday, 4 February 2010 17:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes! Thank you :D. This was also the time when I would sneak downstairs to watch 120 Mins. every single week so that's probably where I heard/saw it too.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 17:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Other things from around that time that might fit:
Anything off Live Through This, Longview or Weezer Blue album?
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 17:08 (fourteen years ago) link
'Come Out And Play' also I'd've assumed? (also fits the paying dues on indie label theme behind the actual poll)
― kinda sad that everybody gets a blur band (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 4 February 2010 17:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Also the radio station I mentioned had this thing at the time where ppl would vote for the best new song of the week and some aspie has put them all online. The ones listed for 1994:
Stay (Far Away, So Close) U2 Jan-94Divine Hammer Breeders Feb-94Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Crash Test Dummies Feb-94Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town Pearl Jam Feb-94God Tori Amos Feb-94No Excuses Alice In Chains Mar-94You Candlebox Mar-94Return To Innocence Enigma Mar-94The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get Morrissey Mar-94Spoonman Soundgarden Mar-94Gentlemen Afghan Whigs Apr-94Longview Green Day Apr-94Backwater Meat Puppets Apr-94Yellow Ledbetter Pearl Jam Apr-94Miss World Hole May-94Selling The Drama Live May-94Closer Nine Inch Nails May-94Big Empty Stone Temple Pilots May-94Sabotage Beastie Boys Jun-94Girls & Boys Blur Jun-94Shine Collective Soul Jun-94Come Out And Play Offspring Jun-94Vasoline Stone Temple Pilots Jun-94Far Behind Candlebox Jul-94New Age Girl Dead Eye Dick Jul-94Labour Of Love Frente! Jul-94Basket Case Green Day Jul-94I Alone Live Aug-94Am I Wrong Love Spit Love Aug-94All I Want To Do Sheryl Crow Aug-94Undone-The Sweater Song Weezer Aug-94Zombie Cranberries Sep-94Feel The Pain Dinosaur Jr Sep-94Madam Butterfly Malcolm McLaren Sep-94Self Esteem Offspring Sep-94What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? R.E.M. Sep-94Interstate Love Song Stone Temple Pilots Sep-94Welcome To Paradise Green Day Oct-94Doll Parts Hole Oct-94Beautiful Girl INXS Oct-94About A Girl (unplugged) Nirvana Oct-94Seether Veruca Salt Oct-94Spin The Black Circle Pearl Jam Nov-94Tremor Christ Pearl Jam Nov-94Landslide Smashing Pumpkins Nov-94Lightning Crashes Live Dec-94The Man Who Sold The World (unplugged) Nirvana Dec-94Voodoo Lady Ween Dec-94Buddy Holly Weezer Dec-94
lol Candlebox!!
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 17:12 (fourteen years ago) link
I know most of these don't fit the whole "US indie/Our Band Could Be Your Life angle of the above 5" thing but interesting nonetheless. hopefully.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 17:14 (fourteen years ago) link
New Age Girl Dead Eye Dick Jul-94
^ Don't have a clue what this is, but it doesn't look good.
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEDw9xgSmSc
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
oh shit I completely forgot about that song. wow.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Think I might pass on that?
― We should have called Suzie and Bobby (NickB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
she don't eat meat but SHE SURE LIKE THE BONE
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 4 February 2010 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
what is with this ilx silent majority shit these days??
― goole, Thursday, 11 February 2010 00:04 (fourteen years ago) link
ugh
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 11 February 2010 00:13 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm OK with these results actually -- i started buying Pavement albums because "Cut Yr Hair" and "Stereo" were super catchy songs, eventually realized i kind of hate them and most of their songs, but still really like those songs
― some dude, Thursday, 11 February 2010 00:23 (fourteen years ago) link
― goole, Wednesday, February 10, 2010 6:04 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Wednesday, February 10, 2010 6:13 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Haha, you act like Pavement fans are the most disgusting savages or something.
I forgot to vote in this poll, but I probably would've voted "Cut Your Hair," too. It's the first song I ever heard by Pavement, who would eventually (three years later) become my favorite band, and as some dude points out, it's one of their best. These days I probably like Sonic Youth better as a band, but "Bull in the Heather" (which was also the first SY song I heard) isn't as good of a song. As for the rest, "Headache" is great and the other two are all right, but I'm not sure I've listened to any of them within the last 10 years.
― Lusty Mo Frazier (jaymc), Thursday, 11 February 2010 00:34 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm a pavement fan and i vote
^bumper sticker
― the dong remains the same (M@tt He1ges0n), Thursday, 11 February 2010 00:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Not disgusting savages at all. I've just never really liked Pavement although I will admit that "Cut Your Hair" is catchy.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 11 February 2010 01:29 (fourteen years ago) link
oh god, cut yr hair in a walk.
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― call all destroyer, Thursday, 11 February 2010 01:36 (fourteen years ago) link
i totally think we should poll that list e posted tho. i know almost all those songs.
Yeah, I will do that soon.
btw CAD:The (enduring) cult of yelling "Freebird"
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 11 February 2010 01:39 (fourteen years ago) link
!!!
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 11 February 2010 01:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Lol, I know!
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 11 February 2010 01:45 (fourteen years ago) link