harvey danger - flagpole sitta

and since when did milo have a "desk"?!?!???!?

an interesting taking sides might be this vs. "semi-charmed life."

http://www.zero.co.nz/music/images/Harvey%20Danger%20-%20King%20James%20Version.jpg

Five terrible bands.

I had visions, I was in them
I was looking into the mirror,
To see a little bit clearer,
The rottenness and evil in me,
Fingertips have memories
Mine can't forget the curves of your body,
And when i feel a bit naughty,
I run it up the flagpole and see,
Who salutes(But no one ever does)

I'm not sick but I'm not well,
and I'm so hot, cause I'm in hell!

Been around the world and found
That only stupid people are breeding,
The cretins cloning and feeding,
And I don't even own a TV
Put me in the hospital for nerves
And then they had to commit me,
You told them all i was crazy,
They cut off my legs now i'm an amputee,
(God damn you)

I'm not sick but I'm not well,
And I'm so hot, cause I'm in hell
I'm not sick but I'm not well
And it's a sin to live so well

I wanna publish zines,
And rage against machines,
I wanna pierce my tongue
It doesn't hurt, it feels fine,
The trivial sublime,
I'd like to turn off time
And kill my mind,
You kill my mind,

Paranoia paranoia!
Everybody's coming to get me,
Just say you never met me,
I'm runnin' underground with the moles,
(Digging holes)
Hear the voices in my head
I swear to God it sounds like they're snoring!
But if you're bored then you're boring,
The agony and the irony, they're killing me

I'm not sick but I'm not well
and I'm so hot cause I'm in hell
I'm not sick but I'm not well
and it's a sin to live this well

One, two, three, four!
(Guitar Solo)

EXACTLY

..grunge version of The Association, which is a fine way to define the genius of the track.

so how's that job at GQ going Charles?

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8054/gqoe2.jpg

WTF Chappelle was in that movie?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmTfAXzz3ok

Kind of wondering if the arrival of "Peep Show" on Netflix streaming in the US will re-spark interest in this song? I don't quite know how, but I managed to *never* hear it until a few months ago. Catchy. I do remember seeing the first CD in used bins all the time, but that's it.

the stations that played the song in the '90s still play it all the time, although people don't listen to them as much anymore.

It's really pretty decent. Dandy Warhols were both smarter and stupider at the same time, which is a neat trick to pull off. Semisonic vs. Harvey Danger? Though Semisonic's best album doesn't come out until a few years later.

God, this is the worst song ever.

it came on the radio while we were driving home like an hour ago and my wife said "i should buy this song for my ipod" and i looked at her with mild horror

Maybe it depends on whether you associate the song with late 90's alt rock or with the best sitcom (apparently) in the history of the world? I dunno, but I like it...

I like it -- the combination of nerdgoof 90s style plus loud distorted guitar and bass noise going on constantly in the background appeals to me. The lyrics might be harder to swallow if the guitars weren't so noisy, but that not being the case, this is a very cool and unique pop song.

Never heard it before Peep Show. Was incredibly drunk on my birthday last year and went to a US vs UK 90s night (it was awesome) and they played this and I was in such a state that I couldn't work out why they were playing the theme music to the best sitcom in the history of the world :D

There's a feedback/noise solo buried during the last chorus that no one's mentioned yet... prolly my favorite part.

vg just be glad your brain didn't choose this song as its permanent wake-up alarm. I don't honestly think "Sex and Candy" would have been an improvement but I never got the choice.

It could be worse, the “come my lady come come my lady” song was only a couple of years after this.

Or the “when I’m horny like thirsty she’s a cool drink of water” song.

A few things I didn't know...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cu3MMzfpww

^ Interesting.

I may not have heard this in full since before Peep Show was a thing. Watching the video now (for the first time, IIRC) I just keep hearing where the Peep Show edits AREN'T.

I really don't hate it. Judge me harshly if you must.

Go, my lady

"butterfly" >> this

(not really but idk, i'm generally happier to hear it nowadays than "flagpole sitta" tho)

what was the genre of pseudo-inspirational rock-infused hip hop that had lame rhymes that seemed like cliches out of a middle school English class?

I like both this song and "come my lady," sorry not sorry

But not "Sex and Candy" really

the only Marcy Playground song worth a shit is A Cloak of Elvenkind

(not sure that Todd in the Shadows video is a hate watch though, since Todd seems to be on the correct side of this debate)

― enochroot, Monday, May 23, 2022 8:12 PM

yeah, i regretted my wording as soon as i hit submit. i meant it's a good hate watch for folks like me who can't stand this song. todd is charming and informative, as always.

of course “butterfly” is better than this, that song rules!!!!

Yeah, I like "Butterfly" (I don't think of it in the same "category," tho)

At a party the other night, we did karaoke to both “Flagpole Sitta” and “Sex and Candy” (neither was my choice). They were both pretty fun!

My mom used to think that Marcy Plaground song said "Asthma, sex and candy".

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:40 PM (nineteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

This is the thrilling conversation I've been waiting for.