MTV Buzz Bin: Volume 1 - The Zen of Buzz Clips: From a Guy Named Buzz

bush released at least one other good song and it was called "swallowed"

lol no it wasn't

unless there's some other completely song called "Swallowed" that I don't know about

i heard "Swallowed" on the radio last week and it really is a raft of shit even in the context of their catalog

my pencil box in 5th grade had "Buzz Clips Rule" written on it, so I think I would know

That's hilarious and amazing.

regardless of how i feel about "swallowed" (great swampy barely-written un-song) i related to my coworker the very otm "everything zen" statement and he told me he spent st. patrick's day with friends rocking out to bush and jumping up and down, which angered the landlord. "it was the most caucasian thing in which i have taken part, i think"

'Swallowed' is probably like 'My Humps' in that it would probably work much better with the vocals extracted altogether.

it always confused me when they put pretty established bands in 'the buzz bin.' like, White Zombie had been platinum for a while before "More Human," Cranberries were multiplatinum before "Zombie"

http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/images/Payola.jpg

I have no idea what that image is actually about btw but I love it a whole whole lot

Had White Zombie really been platinum before Astro-Creep?

"my lovely lady lumps" >>>>>>>> everything Bush recorded

La Sexorcisto went double-platinum but I don't know when that was certified

I like the first 5 Bush singles pretty well, although I hated them when they were out.

La Sexorcisto was released in '92, went gold in '93, went platinum in '94, and double platinum in '98 (Astro-Creep dropped in '95)

of course MTV was the major labels' bitch all through the 'alternative nation' era but i mean they didn't NEED to put "Zombie" in the buzz bin to justify playing it around the clock, they were already a huge band, what does 'buzz bin' even mean if it's not about new acts?

I’m starting to remember keeping myself willfully ignorant of White Zombie as a teenager because I understood them to be some kind of half-assed Ministry rip-off.

what does 'buzz bin' even mean if it's not about new acts?

helping the labels expand an existing band's demographic & keeping the most lucrative target market at the forefront of the marketing push imo

I’m starting to remember keeping myself willfully ignorant of White Zombie as a teenager because I understood them to be some kind of half-assed Ministry rip-off.

then you heard Filth Pig and realized no ripoff could possibly be worse, right

of course MTV was the major labels' bitch all through the 'alternative nation' era but i mean they didn't NEED to put "Zombie" in the buzz bin to justify playing it around the clock, they were already a huge band, what does 'buzz bin' even mean if it's not about new acts?

― some dude, Tuesday, March 20, 2012 11:50 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

xpost pitchfork didn't have to get bon iver to curate pitchfork fest paris either

i don't really understand what whiney or aero is saying

They should really have compiled all the Breakthrough Videos.

i mean i get what aero thinks is a truth bomb but is actually trite and totally beside the point of what i was saying (xpost)

They should really have compiled all the Breakthrough Videos.

― lag∞na beach: the real ∞range c∞unty (beachville), Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:58 PM (1 minute ago)

otm

They'd run the little "clouds" bumper that said Breakthrough Video and you'd be like "Oh, I wonder what groundbreaking video I'm getting?" and after about the 50th time, it was usually just "Black or White" or something.

that was a p amazing video tho

it's possible that including Strong second-album songs from White Zombie and Cranberries helps strenghten the credibility of 'the Buzz Bin'; maybe the process works both ways--MTV gives hot new bands exposure who then lend cred to 'return the favor'*

xp to some dude

There's an awful lot of hair on these bands.

* - I'm p unhappy with how imprecise 'who then lend cred to return the favor' sounds to me, but I really have nothing atm. I get what you mean, ship, and it's probably on some 'give the kids what they want' tip, but it's possible that a bombastic U2-style antiwar anthem was enough of a gamechanger for Dolores & co. to qualify for the 'Buzz Bin'

Zombie was the second single released from the 2nd album iirc...? Or maybe not?

ok wiki says nope

gin blossoms by a country mile, fuckaz

i get what aero was saying

caveats upthread noted, still voting for White Zombie here.

gin blossoms by a country mile, fuckaz

― Poliopolice, Tuesday, March 20, 2012

danzig all the way. sorry radiohead. cracker i have on a 10" single, white zombie track is ok, hated everything else at the time and imagine i still would. Would rather listen to herbie hancock than a sample of his, sorry guys.
Cranberries even worse than filter.

actually i dunno the dave matthews (does anyone outside north america?) but it cannot be worse than Zombie (nothing is)

They should really have compiled all the Breakthrough Videos.

only breakthrough video i remember offhand is "virtual insanity"

xp: I think we need to poll that, Herman.

while More Human is great it's a huge dropoff in quality from the bizarro fuck-rock schtick White Zombie'd been working for the two or three years before that

I'm listening to La Sexorcisto right now and really couldn't disagree with this statement more

if you removed the samples you'd end up with something suspiciously similar to an Infectious Grooves album

("Soul-Crusher" is pretty good though, at least up until the vocals come in and the music gets all boring again)

lol okay the music became unboring after a while

Danzig, White Zombie a close second.

xps
i dont think a poll is needed to decide Zombie is the worst song ever. It just IS

During my freshman year of college, the guys in the dorm room next to mine blasted "Zombie" constantly. It was an inauspicious intro to higher education.

i actually like "zombie". i guess that's the heretic's stance, which makes sense. it's got terrible, cringe-inducing lyrics, but the rush i get off the chorus is so massive that i don't really care. do wish it were about brain-eating instead.

Breakthrough Video of Radiohead's "Just" was how I got into that band. (Also some of the great S Jonze videos--Buddy Holly, I think, Wax's California--were BT Videos)

Also: No Rain/Low >>>> Mother/More Human than Human. But I still voted Hey Jealousy.

I really loved "Zombie" before someone showed me the lyrics

ah here's the G Love story (also more upthread): Defend The Cringe-Worthy: G Love & Da Special Sauce

I can't really understand what she's saying, sounds like it's better to remain ignorant. I find the song tolerable...

Another head hangs lowly,
Child is slowly taken.
And the violence caused such silence,
Who are we mistaken?

But you see, it's not me, it's not my family.
In your head, in your head they are fighting,
With their tanks and their bombs,
And their bombs and their guns.
In your head, in your head, they are crying...

In your head, in your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie,
Hey, hey, hey. What's in your head,
In your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, dou, dou, dou, dou, dou...

Another mother's breakin',
Heart is taking over.
When the vi'lence causes silence,
We must be mistaken.

It's the same old theme since nineteen-sixteen.
In your head, in your head they're still fighting,
With their tanks and their bombs,
And their bombs and their guns.
In your head, in your head, they are dying...

In your head, in your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie,
Hey, hey, hey. What's in your head,
In your head,
Zombie, zombie, zombie?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh, oh, hey, oh, ya, ya-a...