they took it from a philip glass opera. the song was pretty good
I know they did, that's kind of my point
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
it's like if Avril called a song "The Kreutzer Sonata"
i'll have you know the full title of the song is "Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)"
so you live to torture me is basically what you're saying
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
found out about you is so good and it is what i am voting for
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
how do I explain that she's got a song called "Father Sergius"?
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
aero, have you checked out the Counting Crows' 20th Century Masters disc?
1. Mr. Jones2. Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman)3. Right Here4. Angels Of The Silences5. Hiroshima, Mon Amour6. A Long December7. Accidentally In Love (Love Theme From Shrek)8. Werckmeister Harmonies9. Ode To Robert Wilson (The "Yeah Yeah" Song)10. Rain King11. Big Yellow Taxi feat. Vanessa Carlton12. Hangin' Around (Watching Giallos)
― da croupier, Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
<3
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 24 May 2012 17:39 (eleven years ago) link
wait why is the 95 poll already over and this one still has a month to go?
― thillrer (loves laboured breathing), Friday, 25 May 2012 00:31 (eleven years ago) link
ask einstein
― mookieproof, Friday, 25 May 2012 00:45 (eleven years ago) link
Because it was my first post and I didn't know what I was doing.
Look forward to 1996 on Friday...
― LimbsKing, Friday, 25 May 2012 01:22 (eleven years ago) link
what song should I hate on so it can win the poll
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 25 May 2012 02:31 (eleven years ago) link
"Ironic" hit #1 in '96 so start yer engines
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 02:44 (eleven years ago) link
skeptical that you aero can bring yourself to vote mmm mmm mmm mmm even ironically
― mookieproof, Friday, 25 May 2012 03:18 (eleven years ago) link
mookie otm :(
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 25 May 2012 04:51 (eleven years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol you LOVE the Gin Blossoms so much.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 25 May 2012 14:57 (eleven years ago) link
that is a great song tho
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Friday, 25 May 2012 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
It's OK, I guess. CAD is really the GB #1 fan though.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
i voted gin blossoms as well ftr
― johnny crunch, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
Carly Rae Jepson - "My Prepared Piano"
― Mark G, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
I was in grade.. 5 I think, and I used to bring a portable boombox to school(!) for us to listen to The Top 12 At 12 at lunchtime in the school yard. I remember one day all of a sudden Basket Case jumped onto the chart, possibly at #1, and we were all just FLOORED by what we were hearing. I still feel that magic even though I'm all grown up and I have dug deeper into punk and rock. Voted Basket Case.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
Interesting that you say that because I had a similar OMG THIS BAND moment with Green Day but it was late one night watching 120 mins in my parents' basement with a friend who was staying over. Longview came on and we were both sort blown away. I remember saying that they were gonna be huge and this was several months before Dookie blew up. I think I voted BC in this poll though cause it's the song I like better now.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
Funny enough, though I adored the song I never bothered to buy Dookie nor did I ever really get into another GD single the way I did with Basket Case. My brother (ten years younger, so, about 2-3 when BC came out) became a huuuge Green Day fan in his teens/the American Idiot years. It was pretty cute. :*)
Oh I also really liked ummm the double single. Jaded/Geek Stink Breath? I've forgotten the name. Green Day! Who knew one day I'd vote you over Oasis twice!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
lol I voted them over Morrissey for Christ's sake but TMYIM has never been a favorite of mine.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
it's such a fun karaoke number though!
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
xp yeah, I'm not much a fan of that either. Tbh I can barely remember how it goes except the chorus - but I could sing *every line* of Basket Case if I felt like it (in fact.. I think I sang a good third of it the other night to annoy Andrew)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
I can't forgive rhyming bar with . . . bar.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, May 25, 2012 10:57 AM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it's funny because i couldn't stand them during the actual 90s but a couple years ago it hit me that at their best they were a REALLY good pop band.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
OTM
― skip, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, May 25, 2012 11:10 AM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Brain Stew/Jaded -- you can guess how i feel about the torturously slow song vs. the fast one
― some dude, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
Ahhh yes! Thanks SD.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Friday, 25 May 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
Lemonheads, "Into Your Arms" - great. Not much to discover as time goes by but well-done.Pearl Jam, "Daughter" - good, i like the lyrics on this. "Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room." The gnashing vocal still feels affected in places though.Gin Blossoms, "Found Out About You" - great. #3 after "Allison Road" and "Hey Jealousy."Nirvana, "All Apologies" - good, i like it but never really related to it or loved it or anything.Beck, "Loser" - this has always been just this side of boring me to tears. Coming in from Odelay this felt like an unfinished demo of this later, more varied and exciting music.Crash Test Dummies, "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" - ponderous and dull but kind of nice cause they hardly ever play it anymore. I have a weird affection for "God Shuffled His Feet."Tori Amos, "God" - baffled by the idea of this as a #1. "OOH HOO"s aside it's a little bit shapeless, it's no "Cornflake Girl" that's for sure.Morrissey, "The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get" - never heard this in my life Live, "Selling the Drama" - actually one of their better singles, not too pompous. Also great for how many syllables the word "before" can get.Green Day, "Longview" - okay, kind of over this at this point.Toad the Wet Sprocket, "Fall Down" - don't know this.Offspring, "Come Out and Play" - a little too gimmicky for its own good. Weird how by a couple years later playlists seemed to have totally ditched this in favor of "Self Esteem," which was a muuuuuuch more annoying song.Counting Crows, "Einstein on the Beach" - never heard.Green Day, "Basket Case" - hard to really knock it, great pop-punk, boy have i heard it WAYYYYYYYY too many fucking times though.REM, "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" - good! I'm a big R.E.M. fan, never been a die-hard for this but it's a legit grower.Cranberries, "Zombie" - world-wide karaoke staple and a real hoot (with real hooting). Ehhh, I give it a pass.Nirvana, "About a Girl" - can't remember how this goesREM, "Bang and Blame" - moodier than "Kenneth," and better, too, although I think the solo sucks and the chorus feels underwritten by their standards.
Voting Gin Blossoms on the basis of what feels like it'd be most refreshing to hear right this second.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
oh man you gotta check out "Fall Down"
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
and Morrissey.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
he's getting closer and closer! stop ignoring him!
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
We'll be at the bar.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
you're wasting your time
― some dude, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
You're asking for it.
― go down on you in a thyatrr (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
I couldn't believe that "Fall Down" was a hit until I realized that I was remembering "Hold Her Down" instead.
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
Crash Test Dummies first few albums are actually really solid. They do a nifty cover of The Replacements "Androgynous"! And a song about Superman!
And that song about Superman was actually a bigger hit in Canada than Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm was.
I'm still a bit baffled as to how "Mmmmm Mmmmm Mmmmm" managed to be a number one hit.
― MarkoP, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
You don't remember how "About a Girl" goes? That is their most Beatleseque song (and rendition).
― LimbsKing, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
"About a Girl" is great but the Unplugged version less so. "Loser" and "Kenneth" obv also classics but I get nostalgic for the Lemonheads on hot days like today so here's a vote for "Into Your Arms".
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 30 May 2012 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
Although Gin Blossoms were terrible, "Found out about you" was a pretty fine song. But it's gotta be "All Apologies." Great song, great recording by Albeenee
― broom air, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
This poll was so long ago (my first one... screwed up the date) that I can't remember who I voted for. But I think it was also "All Apologies."
― LimbsKing, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
Like I'm not going to vote for the grudge-bearing stalker.
― I found him in a Bon Ton ad (Nicole), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 17:17 (eleven years ago) link
you have a restraining order out on Ed Kowalczyk too?
― some dude, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
Well done
― robert mcnamara in reverse (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
Although Gin Blossoms were terrible
does not compute
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 26 June 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
Boringly voting All Apologies.
― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 29 June 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
voted for Toad.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 29 June 2012 00:11 (eleven years ago) link