THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE MOTHERFUCKERShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0E0ynyIUsg&ob=av2n
― balls, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:27 (twelve years ago) link
SUCK IT 'BATTLES'
― balls, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
danzig
DANZIG
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
White Zombie's best song all the way
― the ineffable genius of DJP (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:28 (twelve years ago) link
The mom of Ivan De Prume (White Zombie) once came to my house to adopt a kitten, back in the 90's. She weirded us out a little too much, and we ended up sending her away, nicely. I've never minded No Rain as much as other people seem to...
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
The dropoff between vol 1 and vol 2 is fucking shameful
― the ineffable genius of DJP (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
save for zombie and creep these are pretty far from the worst things most of these bands did
still, voting for hey jealousy
― trimdon orange explosion (electricsound), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
zero memory of either the live or googoo dolls tracks on volume 2, everything else i either love or could get some nostalgic half enjoyment out of hearing. whereas this has 'zombie' on it.
― balls, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
I'd say 'Hey, Jealousy'. I was a fan of those early Gin Blossoms singles. Runners up are STP and White Zombie.
Really, though, all this stuff is my admittedly middling-quality Achilles heel. I have a 700+ song '90s Alternative Nation playlist that I utilize anytime I need pleasantly familiar aural wallpaper.
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
zero memory of either the live or googoo dolls tracks on volume 2
haha that is one of my favorite goo goo dolls songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya1O1AUCFcs
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
voted White Zombie. takes me back to high school. really like Plush and Hey Jealousy too, but I'm burnt out on the former (still enjoy the latter).
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
kind of surprised at the White Zombie love despite the fact that I still enjoy the song a lot. In retrospect it's much poppier than it felt at the time. 13-year-old me loved the cover art:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/White_Zombie_More_Human_Than_Human.jpg
My top four here would be Hey Jealousy > More Human > No Rain > Cantaloop.
― skip, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
I don't miss the 90s.
― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:54 (twelve years ago) link
ban jer fairall
― the ineffable genius of DJP (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:54 (twelve years ago) link
1. More Human 2. Creep3. Low
― the ineffable genius of DJP (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
'More Human...' was one of those songs that was a pleasant surprise to revisit 15 years after the fact. Pretty sure I like it more now than I did back then.
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 02:58 (twelve years ago) link
Nevertheless, voted Creep just over Hey Jealousy
― I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 03:00 (twelve years ago) link
love the chemical brothers font on the cover
― spacemindy, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
I hate every song on here except More Human & Mother, and I voted Mother because 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. No way of selling anybody on this proposition I know but trust me Whiney if you hadn't been, like, just a kid before White Zombie broke bigger, a dollar says you'd be very much on the front lines of telling people who like the later quasi-industrial White Zombie that they are wrong
― plastic surgery dizbusters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 03:41 (twelve years ago) link
oh i forgot which one "Plush" was, i kinda liked that one back in the day too
― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 03:54 (twelve years ago) link
voting for zombie cause apparently i'm the only one here who doesn't hate it
― JIM THOMETHEUS (zachlyon), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:02 (twelve years ago) link
You might be! I don't hate it, but I think it's easily their worst high-profile single.
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:04 (twelve years ago) link
voted No Rain which is sweet
― Mordy, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:05 (twelve years ago) link
it's just like, chill out music for a good day w/ your bros
mutha
― dmr, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:06 (twelve years ago) link
tell your children not to walk my way
I just heard Cantaloop yesterday, weirdly
dip flip, trip fantasia
― dmr, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:07 (twelve years ago) link
"mother" = perfect riff, over which there is danzig's characteristic lowing, which is totally theatrical i.e. capable of high ridiculousness but also there's this unsettling quality to an unbroken character, and then the song also captures a kind of metal appeal by delivering something distant and dark and nightmarish in a totally visceral way
mother
aw mother
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:22 (twelve years ago) link
just thinkin' unordered thoughts about "mother" at midnight
best song on that first Danzig album is "Twist of Cain" though
― plastic surgery dizbusters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:23 (twelve years ago) link
quality comp
― deaths and oil painting graphics (blank), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
oh absolutely yeah
thank you thread, i am now listening to danzig
xpost
― Whiney vs. (BradNelson), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:25 (twelve years ago) link
What's wrong with Us3?
― waiting in the shadow of the Big Gulp (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:26 (twelve years ago) link
― plastic surgery dizbusters (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, March 20, 2012 4:23 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm, but Mother is still gr8 obv.
― Norfolk State of mind (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:27 (twelve years ago) link
Tough call, this is kind of right when I was starting to get my own music taste so I have feelings for quite a few of these.
― Norfolk State of mind (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:29 (twelve years ago) link
I like to sing "more cumin than cumaaaaannnn" when I use cumin; voted White Xombie.
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:31 (twelve years ago) link
gin blossoms duh
― iatee, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 04:33 (twelve years ago) link
This looks to be stuff from '93 and '94. To give you an idea of just how much other stuff MTV discarded to pare things down to just these tracks, may I propose a pair of alternate universe Buzz Bin variants...
1993:4 Non Blondes - "What's Up?"Beck - "Loser"Belly - "Feed The Tree"Bjork - "Human Behavior"Breeders - "Cannonball"Digable Planets - "Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"Dinosaur Jr. - "Start Choppin'"Frank Black - "Los Angeles"Juliana Hatfield 3 - "Spin The Bottle"Lemonheads - "Into Your Arms"Lenny Kravitz - "Are You Gonna Go My Way?"Matthew Sweet - "Girlfriend"Nirvana - "Heart-Shaped Box"Pearl Jam - "Daughter"Porno For Pyros - "Pets"The Proclaimers - "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Soul To Squeeze"Smashing Pumpkins - "Disarm"Spin Doctors - "Two Princes"Tool - "Sober"U2 - "Numb"Ween - "Push Th' Little Daisies"
1994:Alice In Chains - "No Excuses"Beastie Boys - "Sabotage"Candlebox - "Far Behind"Collective Soul - "Shine"Counting Crows - "Mr. Jones"Crash Test Dummies - "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"Green Day - "Basket Case"Hole - "Violet"Lisa Loeb - "Stay"Live - "I Alone"Mazzy Star - "Fade Into You"Nine Inch Nails - "Closer"Oasis - "Live Forever"The Offspring - "Self Esteem"Pavement - "Cut Your Hair"REM - "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?"Sheryl Crow - "All I Wanna Do"Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun"Tori Amos - "God"Urge Overkill - "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon"Veruca Salt - "Seether"Weezer - "Buddy Holly"Whale - "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe"
...which will likely make you nostalgic or nauseous. Or, as is so often the case with these things, a combination of both.
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:02 (twelve years ago) link
those weren't actual buzz bin stuff videos. though, thats just stuff you made up
― the ineffable genius of DJP (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:06 (twelve years ago) link
No Whiney I literally tapped into the alternate universe and brought these through from the other side do you see because that's what I am actually claiming here.
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:09 (twelve years ago) link
I'm saying a list that has multiplatinum band u2 on it and a whale video that never made it out of Alt Nation rotation wouldnt be in the Buzz Bin even in an alternate universe.
― the ineffable genius of DJP (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:11 (twelve years ago) link
Pearl Jam's "Daughter" didn't even have a video. This is a list of nonsense from your iTunes
― the ineffable genius of DJP (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:12 (twelve years ago) link
Also, I didn't check beforehand, but it appears that most of those artists qualify. And considering that the videos of most of those songs were effing ubiquitous during that time, the objection is overruled. (gavel sound)
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:12 (twelve years ago) link
Truth x 1000
Still from this list I go mother, more human and
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:12 (twelve years ago) link
I like that this is apparently actually making you angry. Such are the passions stoked when the conversation turns to the Alternative Nation.
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:13 (twelve years ago) link
Hey man nice shot in #3. But actually I like most of this in at least an inactive way.
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:13 (twelve years ago) link
Ha wait I just reread the list, I am a liar, I actually hate about half these songs, I think I was just caught up in a nostalgic moment there for a second
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:15 (twelve years ago) link
im disappointed in you jjj for liking filter
― fuck deathcore and metalcore (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:17 (twelve years ago) link
Hey man nice shot is totally acceptable and the remixes on the maxi-single (old man moment) are pretty awes, def the best fake swing industrial outside of course of empire. Also I am watching the twist of Cain video atm and Danzig is wearing martial arts gloves for no discern able reason, which is awesome.
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
MOTHER
if you want to find hell with mei can show you what it's like...
also: "hey man", "low", "cantaloop", "zombie", "more human", "creep", even "everything's zen"
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 05:46 (twelve years ago) link
i totally get some dude's point - saying "buzz bins were bought by record labels and given to already popular bands" doesn't contradict that the Cranberries already received and could expect plenty of MTV airtime by "Zombie" and most of the groups given buzz bin nods didn't.
― da croupier, Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:03 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
that said, i've been accused of selective memory and long-held, judgment-clouding ilx beef by aero before, too, so i can't be trusted.
― da croupier, Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:04 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
<3
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
i'm not even sure that "feel the pain" was dino's first appearance in the buzz bin. for all i know that video where j snowboards briefly lived in the bin as well
― da croupier, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
clearly, that Buzz Bin was 80% "new artists"
I'm not even sure this is true of the options being polled
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
"Zombie" and to a lesser, Beavis-fueled extent "More Human Than Human" are the only songs on the comp I wouldn't pick as the band's buzz bin breakthrough, with respect to "Sex Type Thing".
― da croupier, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
actually I think I saw Cracker's "Happy Birthday To Me" a couple times after school, though "Low" definitely crossed over harder than that or "Teen Angst"
― da croupier, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
Cracker, Gin Blossoms, Danzig, the Cranberries - these were not "new" acts in any way
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
look at you, flaunting your hip by saying you knew the gin blossoms from way back
― da croupier, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
i was surprised later on to see that "Start Choppin'" had peaked higher on Billboard a year earlier than "Feel The Pain," since the latter seemed like a semi-big hit because of the video while i never really heard the former outside the parent album
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
Shakey, we're talking about songs bands broke through on MTV with, that you and your hipster buds were jamming to Dusted years before is kind of irrelevant
― da croupier, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
just fyi I have never listened to the Gin Blossoms
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
but had you heard of them before "Hey Jealousy"?
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
The grunge pedal is now made by digitech the parent company of dod and can be yours for 49.95 please do not all rush into the store at once
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
Uh oh does that count as deploying inside knowledge in a condescending way
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
will it give me the DGC sound? Because I want the DGC sound.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
def heard "Stop Choppin'" more often on college radio than "Feel the Pain"
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
lol jj
― goole, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
there must be some difference between mtv and college radio, let me think real hard
― ffun. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
The grunge pedal is only trumped by the death metal pedal which was specifically designed not to have a knob to turn the amount of distortion down from the "all of it all the time" setting
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
Whiney hedged his bets by putting "new artists" in quotes, not sure what criteria is being used to designate "new" tbh
I have no memory of when I first became aware of the Gin Blossoms. It's possible it was earlier (Request Video - respeck knuckles) but I don't really remember.
xp
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
― ffun. (Whiney G. Weingarten),
how's that going for you
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
lol oh god i very much remember seeing 'hey jealousy' on mtv late at night and being like 'whoa awesome who was that!!"
― goole, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, March 20, 2012 3:56 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Of course I mean, "new to MTV" stop being an Algerian Goalkeeper about this
― ffun. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
stop being so defensive, whiney! You know these threads are often an excuse to discuss other related maters.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
"new to MTV" = 120 Minutes and Headbanger's Ball don't count...?
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
you hipster, of course your hipster ghettos don't count
― da croupier, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
Headbanger's Ball was a hipster ghetto?
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
how heavy are those goalposts btw
― the sir edmund hillary of sitting through pauly shore films (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
you're out of your element, shakey. that element being mtv has known to kids who didn't get to stay up late on school nights.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
as known
This reminds me of when I heard and enjoyed "Hey Hey What Can I Say" on that Led Zep tribute album, Encomium and then rushed out to buy the Hootie and the Blowfish album. Um.
― Soggy Cheeseburgers (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
Shakey gtfo of this thread
― ffun. (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
hahahaha deric
― some dude, Tuesday, 20 March 2012 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 25 March 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
xp IIRC Weezer was a buzz clip at least 3 times (Sweater, Buddy Holly and El Scorcho)
― billstevejim, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
also in 1994 lots of kids (like me) were dumb and didnt know any dinosaur jr songs until "feel the pain"
― billstevejim, Sunday, 25 March 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
whether it was a corporate scheme or not, it exposed people to decent music they wouldnt have heard otherwise.
― billstevejim, Sunday, 25 March 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 26 March 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
There's an odd double bill. If I never hear the Gin Blossoms again it will still be too soon.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 26 March 2012 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently Hey Man Nice Shot is way worse than either Zombie or WWYS
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 26 March 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
i figured g.bloss would landslide so i switched my vote to danzig at the last second.
― billstevejim, Monday, 26 March 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
thank you.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 26 March 2012 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
man...
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 26 March 2012 02:32 (twelve years ago) link
top half of this poll really is the top half, tho, even if its out of order
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 26 March 2012 02:46 (twelve years ago) link
Whoa dude did you just say something less-than-disparaging about a Radiohead song?
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 26 March 2012 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
Hey Man Nice Shot at least has a good Wikipedia entry.
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Monday, 26 March 2012 04:26 (twelve years ago) link
Sport• Used as the theme song for 2009 National Hockey League (NHL) Playoff broadcast• Used in Australia's National Rugby League (NRL)• Used as the theme song for Sky Sports coverage of Rugby League's Super League between 2003 and 2004
Other• After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the song was placed on the list of post-9/11 inappropriate titles distributed by Clear Channel Communications.
― Marilyn Hagerty: the terroir of tiny town (Abbbottt), Monday, 26 March 2012 04:28 (twelve years ago) link
My band does a passable cover of HMNS
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 26 March 2012 05:53 (twelve years ago) link
We've never played it live but if we do, I'm gonna see if I can get my lead singer to introduce it as 'nobody's favorite song'
― dies irate (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 26 March 2012 05:56 (twelve years ago) link