Modern Rock #1 Hits of 1999

er Stereotype A

Have not thought about Kleenex Girl Wonder in literally a decade til now.

Do yourself a favor and listen to "Tendency Right Foot Forward" again today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzK9B29cjPU

1999, I salute you.

SHUT UP AND EEEEEEAT
TOO BAD NO BON APPETIT
SHUT UP AND EEEEEEAT
YOU KNOW MY LOVE IS SWEET

extra sugar
extra salt
extra oil and MSG

this is one of the best albums in the world

I remain convinced that, if Graham Smith had named his band literally anything other than Kleenex Girl Wonder, he could've been huge. That name is a hell of a hurdle for most people to jump.

yeah that might top The Rock*A*Teens as one of the most self-sabotaging band names of the '90s

I'mma issue a "trust me" memo, imploring everyone who loved Viva! La Woman to give Stereotype A another chance, particularly if you haven't heard it since '99. And maybe just pretend it's a different band. Because it really only suffers in comparison but it's solid when taken on its own terms. Feel free to blast me afterwards if I'm wrong.

this is my story about All The Small Things

qd

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― Planned Perrintweet (some dude), Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:03 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

surprises let me know she cares

― markers, Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:06 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

x-post - That's amazing.

markers post vmic etc.

lol what was the rose petal pic in reference to? Just curious.

the first half of the couplet "surprises let me know she cares" is "she left me roses by the stairs"

Oh, duh.

I thought he just busted that out of nowhere. Still good though.

haha oh sorry -- we were talking about the song on this thread: Now That's What I Call A Music Poll! Vol. 40 (U.S.)

I don't really like What's My Age Again. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

yeah that's the one big blink hit i don't like. "turned on the tv during a bj, then called the girl's mom to say her husband's gay, ain't i a cute lil' bastard" with nothing special in the music.

listening to Surrender now, I think my biggest problem is that after the HUUUUUUUUGE drums of Exit Planet Dust and Dig Your Own Hole, most of the rhythm tracks just sound limp and tired

also I had forgotten what Bernard Sumner sounded like on the verses of "Out Of Control", lol

xp: I never actually paid attention to the lyrics of "What's My Age Again"

Neither have I. I just don't really like the tune.

xp: I never actually paid attention to the lyrics of "What's My Age Again"

― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:07 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

someone was quoting them to me recently with no inflection and i was like 'wait... what the hell is that'. id never listened to the lyrics

I guess I could give Surrender a fresh listen too, but I mostly remember really driving rhythm tracks and deep, pulsating bass. Maybe less of the SNARE GO BANG INSIDE YOUR HEAD than the previous stuff. Acceptable trade.

that's funny to me because it always seemed so lyric-driven to me. i kind of like the way the music starts off sounding like the most wistful coming-of-age mersh emo thing ever before becoming a bunch of dick jokes, for better or worse it's Blink in a nutshell.

Why did ppl only go as far back with these are 88/89? Is that when the modern rock lists began or something?

yeah Billboard only started published a Modern Rock chart in 1988 (and iirc didn't have any rock singles charts before 1981)

Booooo.

boo what? history?

ENBB's disappointed we can't go farther back.

^^

oh ok

lol boo history!

;)

wow I'd forgotten how TERRIBLE "Let Forever Be" is

maybe if someone has back issues of CMJ they can dig up 80s college rock charts

this is the most frustrating album; I think "Hey Boy Hey Girl" is one of the best tracks they ever did but everything else on Surrender just screams "mediocre time filler" to me

LFB's an instance of the video being so rad that it made me like the song

the Mercury Rev collab is still the only thing of MR's I've ever heard -- ick.

I like "Let Forever Be" and never thought it was terrible. First time I heard it was on the radio, not while watching the video..

I associate "Higher" "The Chemicals Between Us" and "Learn To Fly" with Live's "The Dolphin's Cry" Rage "Guerilla Radio" and NIN's "We're In This Together" because I remember a long drive I had and some radio station was doing a "new music weekend" because all these singles were released within a month of each other or something.

Also I recall most of these were huge on TRL.

LFB's an instance of the video being so rad that it made me like the song

OTMFM. I never really listened to the Chemical Brothers past those first two albums (no clue why that is, seeing as how I was into them enough to also buy all of those albums' attendant singles). So "Let Forever Be" and "Star Guitar" don't really exist as entities separate from their amazing Gondry videos in my world. That said, "how does it feel like" is certainly in the pantheon of Most Intensely Brain-Damaged Gallgher Bros. Lyrics Ever.

For me, that's Kylie's "Come Into My World."

"Come Into My World" is a super awesome song too... wtf

For me, that's every song ever with a Gondry video ("Come Into My World" is awesome, though!).

I guess my equivalent of that would be "Pumping On Your Stereo" although IIRC that was Hammer & Tongs, not Gondry.

Come to think of it 1999 was a REALLY good year for videos.

Oh, I also just want to point out while I'm thinking about it that '99 is not a total lost cause in pop terms why because The Writing's On The Wall.

I guess my equivalent of that would be "Pumping On Your Stereo" although IIRC that was Hammer & Tongs, not Gondry.

The point at which MTV started playing them less.

er, I meant to copy bilstevejim's post

xxpost

Which I got just no end of shit from rockist friends for owning and loving.

Coffee + TV & Windowlicker , rare cases where fav songs and videos of the year were the same.

My other problem with Surrender is that half the tricks on that album were done better on Dig Your Own Hole with "It Doesn't Matter"

Well, accepting there would never be another "It Doesn't Matter" was the first step toward accepting the next pair of albums.