the fact that i grew up thinking 12 track albums were the norm and 14-15 is like awesome bonus is so fucked up and wrong, i'm glad i saw the light eventually
― kitty shayme (some dude), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:40 (eleven years ago) link
I loved "No Diggity."
I've never owned it on any format
― thommys got bendz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:45 (eleven years ago) link
whiney how hyped were you for that blackstreet/odb/slash/fishbone joint
― kitty shayme (some dude), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:47 (eleven years ago) link
it was my everything
― thommys got bendz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:48 (eleven years ago) link
311
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:49 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnPntwwxuq8&ob=av2n
― balls, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:51 (eleven years ago) link
still suprised tom gave that a '10' on popular tbh
― balls, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:52 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDkhl-CgETg
― balls, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:53 (eleven years ago) link
boy america got the better of that deal
love the extras in the spacehog video - 'ok guys it's the 90s, just stand around and look like bored assholes.'
― balls, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:54 (eleven years ago) link
There are a lot of people out there who really like Spacehog I gotta say, enough that I've always been sort of barely curious to dig beneath "In The Meantime" and "Mungo City." Although the memory of OG Pitchfork's scathing takedown of their Chinese Album or whatever it was called has always sort of put me off.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:57 (eleven years ago) link
balls, you probably remember athens band Boulevard - - - at one point they had a guitarist who was just ALL about the Spacehog dude, who I want to call...Royston? Royston Sinclair?
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:58 (eleven years ago) link
barring a couple of weird al videos i'm not sure any video ever made me laugh as immediately and as hard as this one did in 1996https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bYj2o7y4rk
― balls, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 03:58 (eleven years ago) link
haha "tattva" is kind of a jam imo
― kitty shayme (some dude), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:01 (eleven years ago) link
I think I have finally, painfully, given up on defending Kula Shaker. You were all right, all along! But the hours spent spinning K endlessly while working through the first Tomb Raider on PC will remain sacred to me.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:02 (eleven years ago) link
That Spacehog album was fucking awful. Just, y'know, fyi. I can send you the tape if your curiosity remains unshakable.
― Bob Bop Perano (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:04 (eleven years ago) link
are you talking about benj1 burt0n??? i actually hang w/ that dude. never really listened to boulevard, a little after i stopped really paying attention to local music (was never the same after jeremy barnes moved). you know who was the huge spacehog fan is stipe. i've always had a slight curiosity to check out anything else by spacehog but really i'm fine only knowing one song by them but really loving that one song. i only know three songs by the grass roots but really love those three songs. maybe it'll be something like the turtles where when i do finally delve deeper i'll wonder what took me so long, but in the meantime...
― balls, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:05 (eleven years ago) link
no, no, not benj but one of their other members along the way - - - possibly w1nst0n but my memory is shaky.
essentially spacehoggery (?):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Rwvwu3RrE&ob=av3e
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:07 (eleven years ago) link
what blackstreet/odb slash fiction joint?
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:08 (eleven years ago) link
STILL LOVE THIS SONG FWIW - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDHd-vxcMDo
PPL OF ATHENS I WILL BE SINGING THIS SONG THURSDAY AT KARAOKE.
― balls, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:08 (eleven years ago) link
my sister says she was in a spacehog video. i've never watched one, so i don't know whether or not this is true.
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:09 (eleven years ago) link
i'm gonna start calling liv tyer "the spacehag"
― kitty shayme (some dude), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:09 (eleven years ago) link
I am so pissed off to be reminded of "Mungo City"― da croupier, Thursday, September 13, 2007 4:58 PM Bookmark
― da croupier, Thursday, September 13, 2007 4:58 PM Bookmark
^^^ pops into my head every time i think of Spacehog now
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:09 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6YkVlI5VSU
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:10 (eleven years ago) link
also not to be a self-plugger but if you are digging on kula shaker, mungo city and "fix" this may be the thread for you: 50 Memorable Songs Of The Late 1990s That Apparently Only You Remember, Even Though They Were Totally On The Radio And Stuff
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 04:11 (eleven years ago) link
I finally took a look at 1996's albums in my music and I'm a little bowled over. Here's the list of everything alternative-ish that wasn't represented in the poll and that I'll stump for (to varying degrees) and largely still listen to and enjoy:
A Minor Forest - Flemish AltruismAphex Twin - Richard D. JamesFiona Apple - TidalBaby Fox - A Normal FamilyBardo Pond - AmanitaBeck - OdelayBelle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister and TigermilkButter 08 - S/TCardigans - First Band On The MoonCat Power - What Would The Community ThinkCibo Matto - Viva! La WomanCocteau Twins - Milk and KissesCynthia Dall - (untitled)Dirty Three - Horse StoriesDJ Shadow - EndtroducingDJ Spooky - NecropolisDr. Octagon - Dr. OctagonecologystEels - Beautiful FreakFuture Sound Of London - Dead CitiesGastr Del Sol - Upgrade & AfterlifeLisa Germano - Excerpts From A Love CircusGirls Against Boys - House of GVSBGuided By Voices - Under The Bushes, Under The StarsPJ Harvey & John Parish - Dance Hall At Louse PointHayden - Everything I Long ForHigh Llamas - HawaiiIllyah Kuryahkin - Count No CountImperial Teen - SeasickJonathan Fire*Eater - Tremble Under Boom LightsJSBX - Now I Got WorryJune Of 44 - Tropics & MeridiansKostars - Klassics With A KLamb - S/TLuscious Jackson - Fever In Fever OutMazzy Star - Among My SwanTakako Minekawa - Roomic CubeModest Mouse - This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think AboutMorcheeba - Who Can You TrustNMH - On Avery IslandNinetynine - S/TOTC - Dusk At Cubist Castle and Explanation IIOrbital - In SidesBeth Orton - Trailer ParkPalace Music - Arise, ThereforePolvo - Exploded DrawingRachel's - The Sea And The BellsRaincoats - Looking In The ShadowsAlex Reece - So FarRetsin - Egg FusionRome - S/TRoyal Trux - Sweet SixteenSammy - Tales Of Great Neck GlorySebadoh - HarmacySleater-Kinney - Call The DoctorSloan - One Chord To AnotherSmog - The Doctor Came At Dawn and Kicking A Couple AroundSonora Pine - S/TSoul Coughing - Irresistable BlissSpinanes - StrandSpoon - TelefonoStereolab - Emperor Tomato KetchupSugar Plant - Cage Of The SunSuperdrag - Regretfully YoursTortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never DieTricky - Pre-Millennium Tension and Nearly GodUnderworld - Second Toughest In The InfantsVeruca Salt - Blow It Out Your Ass, It's Veruca SaltWeen - 12 Golden Country GreatsWilco - Being There
YMMV with a lot of these albums, but it blows my mind that anyone who was into alternative/indie stuff would consider this a shitty year for music. That's more decent-to-great stuff in a single year than I've probably discovered from the past five years.
― Bob Bop Perano (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
1996: In the Meantime vs. Tattva
― Mark Ruffalo! is gonna tell us! about empathy! (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
re: deric's list, i did something similar in the "defend 1996" thread:
12 Favorites:Sun City Girls - 330,003 Cross-Dressers...Electric Wizard - Come My FanaticsHellacopters - Supershitty to the Max!Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk and If You're Feeling SinisterOutkast - ATLiensStereolab - Emperor Tomato KetchupJohn Zorn - Bar KokhbaHarmony of the Spheres compilationBardo Pond - AmanitaTurbonegro - Ass CobraGhostface Killah - IronmanOther Good Stuff:2Pac - All Eyez On MeArvo Part - LitanyBoris - AbsolutegoBrainiac - Hissing Prigs In Static CoutureButter 08 - Butter 08Cibo Matto - Year of the WomanCircle - ZopalkiCountry Teasers - Satan Is Real AgainCryptopsy - None So VileDe La Soul - Stakes Is HighDJ Spooky - Songs of a Dead DreamerDr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst and InstrumentalystE-40 - Hall of GameFatboy Slim - Better Living Through ChemistryFu Manchu - In Search of...fucking racist asshole - FilosofemFugees - The ScoreGuided By Voices - Tonics & Twisted Chasers and Under the Bushes Under the StarsHarvey Milk - Courtesy and Goodwill to MenImperial Teen - SeasickJay-Z - Reasonable DoubtJessamine - The Long Arm of CoincidenceMagic Hour - Secession '96Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang SuiteMelvins - StagMobb Deep - Hell On EarthMOP - Firing SquadNeutral Milk Hotel - On Avery IslandOblivians - Popular FavoritesOlivia Tremor Control - Dusk at Cubist CastleSleater-Kinney - Call the DoctorSloan - One Chord to AnotherSwans - Soundtracks for the BlindThe Brian Jonestown Massacre - Take It From the Man! (and at least one more)The Chemical Brothers - Live At the Social, Vol. 1The Fall - Light User SyndromeThe Heads - Relaxing With...Three 6 Mafia - The EndTricky - Pre-Millennium TensionUnwound - RepetitionWeezer - Pinkerton
Sun City Girls - 330,003 Cross-Dressers...Electric Wizard - Come My FanaticsHellacopters - Supershitty to the Max!Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk and If You're Feeling SinisterOutkast - ATLiensStereolab - Emperor Tomato KetchupJohn Zorn - Bar KokhbaHarmony of the Spheres compilationBardo Pond - AmanitaTurbonegro - Ass CobraGhostface Killah - Ironman
Other Good Stuff:
2Pac - All Eyez On MeArvo Part - LitanyBoris - AbsolutegoBrainiac - Hissing Prigs In Static CoutureButter 08 - Butter 08Cibo Matto - Year of the WomanCircle - ZopalkiCountry Teasers - Satan Is Real AgainCryptopsy - None So VileDe La Soul - Stakes Is HighDJ Spooky - Songs of a Dead DreamerDr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst and InstrumentalystE-40 - Hall of GameFatboy Slim - Better Living Through ChemistryFu Manchu - In Search of...fucking racist asshole - FilosofemFugees - The ScoreGuided By Voices - Tonics & Twisted Chasers and Under the Bushes Under the StarsHarvey Milk - Courtesy and Goodwill to MenImperial Teen - SeasickJay-Z - Reasonable DoubtJessamine - The Long Arm of CoincidenceMagic Hour - Secession '96Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang SuiteMelvins - StagMobb Deep - Hell On EarthMOP - Firing SquadNeutral Milk Hotel - On Avery IslandOblivians - Popular FavoritesOlivia Tremor Control - Dusk at Cubist CastleSleater-Kinney - Call the DoctorSloan - One Chord to AnotherSwans - Soundtracks for the BlindThe Brian Jonestown Massacre - Take It From the Man! (and at least one more)The Chemical Brothers - Live At the Social, Vol. 1The Fall - Light User SyndromeThe Heads - Relaxing With...Three 6 Mafia - The EndTricky - Pre-Millennium TensionUnwound - RepetitionWeezer - Pinkerton
was a great fucking year
― The term or title antichrist, in Christian theology, refers to (contenderizer), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, and my list dispensed with most the mainstream pop and hip hop from that year. '96 just don't stop.
― Bob Bop Perano (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
Also, lest we all forget, '96 also brought us this gem:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1piLRStP7xE
― Bob Bop Perano (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
oh man that totally belonged in my poll :-/
― Mark Ruffalo! is gonna tell us! about empathy! (loves laboured breathing), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
dr casino you need to get a mungo city jar, where every time you want to post a clip of "mungo city" or reference "mungo city" on ilx you hit yourself with the mungo city jar.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
lmao
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
hahahahah
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
btw props for filing "fucking racist asshole" alphabetically under F
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
can't believe i didn't bother to read the Xgau P&J essay from this year already, really touches on a lot of the same points covered itt: http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pj96.php
― the girl with the swag and tattoo (some dude), Friday, 18 May 2012 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
voted for whigs, nice to see this turnout
― Hungry4Ass, Friday, 18 May 2012 23:17 (eleven years ago) link
formative years for so many of us
― call all destroyer, Friday, 18 May 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/Carbuttoncloththelemonheads.jpg
thought of another album for the 'accidental omissions' list along w/ Cracker and Tom Petty
― some cute (some dude), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
oh man – I assigned this album when I was arts editor in college. "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You"!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
Just listened to "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You" this morning. Another pretty little Lemonheads tune, if ultimately fairly empty at its core.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
I did not like that album
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
Blame the drugs.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
it's a shame about evan
― some cute (some dude), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
Wasn't that around the time he started doing stuff with Noel Gallagher? Yeah...
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
his vocal sounds like he's singing around a gob of Listerine.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
some really good stuff on it, first three tracks especially, but oh god C'mon Daddy is fucking terrible
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
I love the sound on that Lemonheads album. It's so bright and airy. While there aren't any stand-out songs, first half of the record is really solid. I like the cover of Knoxville Girl. It always seemed that there was something pretty fucked up lurking behind the Dando persona and that choice of song is kinda, "Yeah, that makes sense."
― brontosaur, Tuesday, 22 May 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
I know it's not quite "modern rock," but Sheryl Crow's eponymous follow up definitely fits in this category. Better than the first album, IMO, but definitely a big dip sales wise (I think Entertainment Weekly even wrote an article about all of these at the time).
Alt radio definitely played "If It Makes You Happy" and "Everyday is a Winding Road" -- which should've been the leading single.
― LimbsKing, Saturday, 24 May 2014 11:41 (nine years ago) link
Is it viewed as a disappointment though? I don't think so. It's still her most critically beloved album (self-production, etc), and those singles got as much airplay as the TNMC stuff.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 24 May 2014 12:15 (nine years ago) link